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Chapter 183 Linghu Sanren Huidong Chamber of Commerce Locking Spirit Smoke

Seeing Xiao Chen took out the bone cane.

The female cultivator opposite was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "So you are the senior from the White Bone Sect. I misunderstood you."

As she spoke, she actually reached into her storage bag and took out a skull.

"We are our own people."

what?
Her reaction surprised the two people opposite her.

Xiao Chen was a little confused. What did this mean?
Hu Feipeng was filled with despair and actually ran into Jie Xiu's accomplices.

Why is he so unlucky?
"I'm a friend of Linghu Sanren, and I'm acting on his behalf this time."

The female cultivator opposite her introduced herself: "I was the one responsible for supplying spiritual materials at Suohu two years ago. Do you still remember me, senior?"

Suo Lake is just 200 miles west of here and is a relatively famous spiritual lake nearby.

"boom!"

A ball of fire burst out from Hu Feipeng's hand, and then under the cover of the fire, he flew backwards with all his might.

Although the hope of escape was extremely slim, he decided to struggle again.

"Senior, he was born on a Yin year, Yin month, and Yin day. Don't let him go."

Seeing this, the female cultivator quickly spoke out to remind him.

Now that he has inherited the Yellow Springs Dao, Xiao Chen has gained a good understanding of the magic skills and knows that the essence and blood of this kind of person is very suitable for sacrifice.

But he ignored it and let Hu Feipeng escape.

He just waved his hand lightly, and released two streams of magic power to form a barrier, blocking the incoming flames.

"senior?"

The female cultivator opposite was completely stunned. What did this mean?
Her tone darkened. "Spirit Lake Wanderer specifically instructed us to gather the three yin and three yang offerings before dawn tomorrow."

"If we delay, it will be hard to explain when the time comes."

However, Xiao Chen ignored her completely.

Seeing Hu Feipeng flying away without looking back, he nodded with satisfaction.

This kid is very sensible and ran away directly, so I don’t have to hide when I take action later.

"You don't have to worry about whether it's good or not."

Xiao Chen looked at the female cultivator in front of him and asked, "Who is this Linghu Wanderer you're talking about?"

When he asked this, the female cultivator opposite him immediately changed her expression and realized that she must have recognized the wrong person.

So he activated the talisman in his hand without hesitation and turned around to try to escape.

The talisman immediately burst out with a ball of red light, and three flying swords appeared in the air, slashing towards Xiao Chen in a triangular shape.

She was decisive and had no intention of fighting with an opponent who was holding a top-grade magic weapon.

But it was obviously too late.

A tasseled brocade handkerchief flew out and wrapped up all three flying swords.

Then, golden light flashed twice, and Xiao Chen was in front of her: "Don't try to struggle, answer my questions honestly, and I will give you a quick death later."

"Tell me the time and place of the sacrifice."

"And who is the chief priest? Is he the Linghu Wanderer you mentioned?"

"Where is he supposed to be now?"

The female cultivator saw the golden light flashing before her eyes and her face turned pale immediately: "Golden Escape Technique, you are that Xiao Chen!"

"Have you heard of me?"

Xiao Chen smiled slightly: "That's perfect, answer my questions honestly, I always keep my word."

However, the female cultivator on the opposite side did not surrender.

She took out a jade talisman from her bosom and stuck it directly on her body: "I know your escape technique is powerful, but you can't keep me."

The next moment, a large amount of blood erupted.

Three identical beams of blood light rushed towards three different directions.

Whether observing the fluctuations of breath or monitoring with spiritual consciousness, it is completely impossible to distinguish the true from the false, as if each one is a real body.

Xiao Chen subconsciously drew out the Wind and Thunder Sword, but hesitated for a moment.

If we kill him directly, won’t the clues be cut off again?

The jade talisman just now is also recorded in the Yellow Spring Secret Book. It is a technique of splitting shadows and blood escape. Perhaps we can try to crack it with the Immortal Binding Rope.

Thinking of this, he put away his flying sword and took out the Immortal Binding Rope from his storage bag.

He recited the formula silently, threw the rope into the air, and shouted softly: "Go!"

The rope suddenly seemed to come alive and rushed to the right.

Xiao Chen followed and saw that the female cultivator had a terrified look on her face and had been tied up.

It seems that using the Huangquan secret technique to restrain the blood escape method is indeed effective.

"Can you please answer my question now?"

Xiao Chen grabbed her and dropped her to the ground: "Don't waste our time anymore. Just tell me what you know."

"Nonsence!"

The female cultivator's eyes were filled with evil: "I didn't expect that a bastard like you would actually practice magic."

"As expected, you are all hypocrites and sinister villains."

"Now that I'm in your hands, you can kill me or chop me up as you please."

"But don't try to get any information from me."

Ok?
Xiao Chen was a little surprised. From the tone of the voice, he seemed to have encountered a tough opponent.

"Are you really not going to cooperate?"

"Kill me if you dare!"

"I advise you to think it over carefully and not force me to do anything."

"What? You want to humiliate me too? Come on!"

It seems there is no way to communicate.

If Xiao Chen had encountered such a situation before, it might have been a bit difficult.

But now it’s different, he has just obtained the "Secret Book of Huangquan Zhenjun's Judgment of the World".

This book happens to contain a secret torture technique that looks quite powerful.

"Have you heard of 'blood worms'?"

Xiao Chen clenched his five fingers into a fist, and a red earthworm condensed by magic power appeared in his palm.

Then he stretched out his hand and pointed, and the earthworm drilled directly into the other's body.

In less than half a minute, the female cultivator in front of him truly understood what it meant to be unable to live or die.

The binding rope had been untied, but she had no time to escape.

Instead, he knelt on the ground and begged, "Kill me, please, kill me!"

Xiao Chen paused the spell: "I also want to give you a quick death, but you have to seize the opportunity yourself."

The other party immediately revealed the secret: "Tonight at 1:00 PM, hand in the offering at the birch forest south of Wenxiang Town."

"I don't know what a chief sacrifice is. My godmother will take the offerings away herself."

"Ahem, she never told us the whereabouts of the sacrifice, and we never cared about it."

"Godmother will go to the woods to wait a quarter of an hour early in the evening. Only there can we find her."

"I don't know where she went the rest of the time."

"That's all I know. Kill me, kill me now!"

Xiao Chen pressed on, "Who is this godmother you're talking about? Is she Linghu Sanren?"

"Yes, my godmother is Linghu Sanren."

"No, my godmother has three names. At home she is called Mother, and outside she is called Linghu Sanren."

"If you go to the Chamber of Commerce, you'll be called Fairy Yurong."

As she spoke, she took out a skull and a token: "The one holding the bones is Linghu Sanren, and the one holding the token is Yurong Fairy."

The word "Huidong" was written on the token.
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After Xiao Chen learned the situation, he drew his sword and killed her.

While flying on his sword to Wenxiang Town, he began to think.

At present, it seems that some evil cultivators want to take advantage of this chaotic opportunity to conduct a blood sacrifice.

I just didn't expect that this matter was actually related to Huidong Chamber of Commerce.

Xiao Chen didn't know much about Huidong Chamber of Commerce. He only knew that it gathered many independent cultivators. However, it was said that it had a strong background in the Eastern Region.

But he really didn't know what the specific situation was.

Firstly, the two sides had little contact before, and secondly, now that the trade routes have been cut off, the presence of Huidong Chamber of Commerce is much less than before.

But now it seems that Huidong Chamber of Commerce is also not at peace.

"Forget it, what's going on? Just go and capture Linghu Sanren and ask him and we'll know."

Wenxiang Town is not far from Xiangye Mountain, less than 200 miles northwest of Xianghefang City.

Before the evening of Xu, Xiao Chen arrived outside Wenxiang Town.

He concealed his breath with the acupuncture point sealing and concealing technique and lay dormant quietly in the birch forest.

As soon as the hour of Xu arrived, he saw a slender figure in a cloak walking in.

Soon another female cultivator came down, holding two monks who had already fainted.

"Godmother, I have brought all the offerings."

"Zhifang is such a good boy. You are always the first one to complete the task. You are really my dear baby."

Then the two of them started chatting, and the content was similar to what Xiao Chen had asked before.

Linghu Sanren adopted a total of sixty goddaughters and finally trained four foundation-building cultivators.

The second son was unwilling to help the evildoer after learning about the sacrifice, so he was punished by the family law.

The other three and four brothers were trained to become well-trained robbers, specifically responsible for capturing various sacrifices.

Most of the time they only capture Qi-refining cultivators because this is more low-key and less likely to attract the attention of the Lingyuan Sect.

There are more than 100,000 Qi-refining cultivators in Hezhou, so it is normal for some of them to go missing.

After all, monks themselves like fighting and adventure, and no one cares why a casual cultivator suddenly disappears.

Over the years, even the fourth brother, who had fought the least, the female cultivator who had previously chased Hu Feipeng, had killed dozens of Qi-refining cultivators.

According to her account, her eldest sister Zhifang, who was the first to establish her foundation, killed hundreds of cultivators.

And not all of them were sacrifices. Some were silenced or captured for entertainment and tortured to death.

Soon, the third brother also came down with three monks and threw two of them who had already fainted to the ground.

At the same time, the last conscious female cultivator was pushed out.

"Godmother, elder sister, look what I found."

"I chased that stinky man all the way to his home, and surprisingly found out he had a daughter who also had an extremely Yin body."

"I didn't steal any of it this time. I brought it back specially to honor my mother."

hiss~!

Xiao Chen looked at the shivering girl with a frown.

He lay in ambush in the birch forest early in the morning, intending to wait and see.

According to the original plan, those captured "sacrifices" were at least foundation-building cultivators, so they just needed to be a little careful during the battle.

So he deliberately stayed away to reduce the risk of being discovered.

But I didn't expect that there would be an extra hostage, and he was only at the third level of Qi Refining, and it seemed that he was injured.

If a fight breaks out, her safety will not be guaranteed.

"Pfft!"

The sound of a sharp blade piercing flesh was heard.

Linghu Sanren cut the girl in two with one sword: "What nonsense!"

"What did I tell you before we set out this morning?"

"This time we're arresting a Foundation Establishment cultivator, so we can't afford to make any mistakes. Otherwise, if someone discovers us, there will be endless trouble."

The third child felt a little aggrieved: "Mom, I was very careful along the way, I'm sure no one will find me."

"I'm just excited to see this. You don't come across such a good toy once a year."

Linghu Sanren frowned: "How dare you talk back!" "Why don't you go outside and keep watch to see if anyone is being followed."

Carrying such a Qi-refining cultivator with you will reduce your escape speed and make it easy for someone to track you.

"No need to go outside, let's just chat in the woods."

As soon as Xiao Chen finished speaking, three streams of light immediately fell beside the eldest sister, trapping her directly in the sword formation.

At the same time, a rope flew straight towards Linghu Sanren, which was the Immortal Binding Rope.

He himself was holding a sledgehammer and rushed towards the third brother.

It's still the same principle. When he's outnumbered, he likes to attack the weakest one first to quickly reduce the number of casualties.

"No, there's an ambush!"

The moment she saw the sword flash, the eldest sister immediately pulled back. But she was still a step too slow and was directly locked by the Little Three Talents Sword Formation.

If no one can help her, she will be dead.

"This is the Immortal Binding Rope. Are you from the White Bone Sect?"

On the other side, Linghu Sanren hurriedly took out a small ball from his arms and smashed it directly to the ground, which caused a large cloud of white smoke to spread out.

She hid in the smoke and managed to temporarily avoid the Immortal Binding Rope.

However, the third brother was not so lucky.

A golden light flashed before her eyes, and then a hammer as big as a pumpkin came down on her head.

In a hurry, she only had time to raise her sword to block.

"Bang~!"

There was a dull thud first, and then the huge force that followed directly pressed half of her body into the ground.

"Pfft! Wow!"

Then the third brother opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood. Before he could catch his breath, his stomach churned and he couldn't help but spit out another mouthful of blood.

As a magic cultivator, he took on the physical cultivator's surprise attack.

The fact that she didn't die suddenly was a testament to her solid foundation from her daily practice.

Normally, monks would test each other when fighting in order to prevent such unexpected situations from occurring.

However, Xiao Chen's speed was too fast, leaving no time for reaction, so he was able to succeed with one strike.

"Oh!"

Taking advantage of her disordered breathing and no time to block.

Xiao Chen turned around and smashed down with another hammer, and it was like smashing a watermelon, and the bright red watermelon juice splashed all over the ground.

"San'er!"

At this time, Linghu Sanren's exclamation was heard.

What followed were five flying knives, each of which flashed with a different color of light.

They did not fly straight ahead, but kept circling, and vaguely formed a formation.

The biggest advantage of these five flying knives is that they can borrow power from each other through the formation.

When the enemy uses a magic shield to block, he will be directly carried away by the flying knife in front, thus creating opportunities for the flying knife behind.

However, the next moment, four top-grade defensive magic weapons appeared in front of Xiao Chen one after another.

Although the first four flying knives managed to deflect a defensive magic weapon through clever force, a new defensive magic weapon would immediately replace it.

When the last flying knife finally reached him, he saw a snake bone spear.

"Snapped."

The bone spear turned into a spirit snake and bit the flying knife directly.
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It was not until then that Xiao Chen saw clearly that these five flying knives were actually five top-grade magic weapons.

And it looks like a complete set.

Under normal circumstances, even a cultivator who had reached the great perfection of the foundation-building stage would die on the spot if attacked by this set of flying knives.

Even if it was Xiao Chen, if he encountered this set of flying knives when he first came to Hezhou, he would probably have to rely on the Night Blade to escape.

This Linghu Wanderer is so powerful?
It doesn't make sense. He had never heard of such a powerful person in Hezhou before.

The other party's pseudonym, Fairy Yurong, is not famous at all.

"Ah~!"

A scream came from the Xiao Sancai Sword Formation.

But no one cared about the situation over there at this time.

Xiao Chen's gaze fell on the white smoke in front of him, and above the white smoke was the Immortal Binding Rope circling back and forth.

It’s nothing that Linghu Sanren recognized the Immortal Binding Rope directly, but it’s a bit outrageous that she was able to immediately come up with a means of restraint.

I don’t know what that white smoke is.

Whether using spiritual consciousness or the spiritual eyes that can see through delusions, it is impossible to see through the situation inside.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, why don't you put away the Immortal Binding Rope and let's have a proper talk."

Linghu Sanren suddenly spoke.

Xiao Chen offered up the Golden Light Pearl and Jade Ruyi and asked, "Ah? What do you want to talk about?"

The fight was halfway over, and he had just killed her two adopted daughters in front of her.

He didn't know what else the two of them had to talk about?

Linghu Sanren said, "This smoke of mine comes from the Soul-Locking Smoke in the Cloud Pond Secret Realm of the Eastern Region. With it, you can't do anything to me."

"I'll be honest. Since you can take my Five Elements Spinning Blade, I can't do anything to you for now."

"Neither of us can do anything to the other, so why not shake hands and make peace?"

Xiao Chen shook his head: "Oh, is Suo Lingyan so powerful? I don't believe it."

As soon as he thought of it, two huge hammer shadows appeared behind him and then smashed down fiercely.

"Boom~!"

Unexpectedly, the huge hammer shadow fell as if it hit a whole piece of solid steel, and even a loud knocking sound was heard.

"disease!"

Xiao Chen took out the golden bamboo hairpin and shouted softly.

The golden hairpin immediately turned into a golden light and shot out, instantly piercing through the Soul-Locking Smoke, but it was like a needle piercing through a ball of cotton.

Not only did we not see any results, but we quickly lost contact and were trapped in the smoke.

"Go!"

Xiao Chen stretched out his hand and pointed, and the fire treasure gourd immediately grew larger, spinning in the air and spewing out a large amount of black fire.

However, when the black fire encountered the soul-locking smoke, it was like encountering a wall again and could not burn into it at all.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, I told you that you can't do anything to my Soul-Locking Smoke."

Linghu Sanren's words seemed to carry a hint of laughter: "Perhaps you haven't heard of the Yunchi Secret Realm. It is a secret realm that only Jindan Zhenren can enter."

"And this Soul-Locking Smoke is a specialty of the Yunchi Secret Realm."

"A defensive magical weapon refined from this smoke is a life-saving trump card that only a few great immortal cultivation clans can prepare for their heirs, even in the Eastern Region."

"No foundation-building cultivator has ever been able to break through the Soul-Locking Smoke. I advise you not to waste your energy."

Xiao Chen thought about it carefully, but there was no such thing mentioned in the books he had read, such as "Journey to the East".

So I don’t know whether what Linghu Sanren said is true or not.

However, judging from the current situation, this thing is indeed not simple and far exceeds the ordinary top-grade defensive magic weapons.

But Xiao Chen soon discovered a characteristic, or shortcoming, of Suo Lingyan.

That is, this thing seems unable to move.

So he stretched out his hand and began to condense the fire thunder. This was the only way to deal with such a turtle shell.

And in order to achieve the best effect.

He planned to manually condense the Lihuo Lei, and then use the Hidden Fire Treasure Gourd to launch three consecutive shots.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, we have no grudges in the past or in the present, so why do we have to fight to the death?"

Linghu Sanren suggested again: "I can put aside what happened before, why don't we sit down and talk?"

"What's the point of dragging it out like this?"

While condensing the Lihuo Lei, Xiao Chen asked, "It's okay to chat. Then first, tell me who you are working for by arresting people?"

"Isn't it obvious? I'm helping the Divine Fire Cult by capturing these sacrifices."

"So you are from the Divine Fire Cult?"

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, I've already answered one of your questions. To be fair, isn't it my turn to ask you a question now?"

"Okay, just ask."

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, why did you suddenly come here to ambush me today?"

"Let's not even mention that I'm the manager of the Lihuo Sect's Demon Slayer Hall and a newly promoted Demon Slayer of the Lingyuan Sect. As a righteous cultivator, I fight demons and defend the way. Do I need a reason?"

"Exorcist of demons and defender of righteousness? I never thought Fellow Daoist Xiao was such a gentleman."

"If you had investigated me, you would have found that I have always been a good person. So which faction do you belong to?"

"If I talk about the Huidong Chamber of Commerce, would Fellow Daoist Xiao believe me? I only have some business dealings with the Divine Fire Sect, like helping to collect sacrifices today."

"To seek the skin of a tiger?"

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, your statement is not quite appropriate. I think it should be a matter of each taking what they need."

"What good will it bring to you to help the Divine Fire Sect?"

"Fellow Daoist Xiao seems very anxious. Now it's my turn to ask questions."

"Okay, you ask."

"What should I do so that Fellow Daoist Xiao will let me leave?"

"That won't work, I'm afraid. Let's change the question."

"Nothing to discuss?"

"No need to discuss."

"Fellow Daoist Xiao is truly a cold and aloof person. If that's the case, I'd like to know why our people saw you go to Huangquan Palace, so why are you here now?"

"No comment, please change the question."

"Fellow Daoist Xiao is unwilling to answer this question. If this matter were known to the Jindan True Immortals, would it be detrimental to you?"

"You don't have to worry about this."

"But if we continue like this until dawn, we'll definitely be discovered. When we face the Golden Core Master, I might not be able to keep it a secret for you."

"It doesn't matter. The dead won't reveal secrets. Why would the Huidong Chamber of Commerce make a deal with the Divine Fire Cult?"

"Fellow Daoist Xiao's questions are so strange. We are a chamber of commerce, so why don't we do business that comes to our door?"

"What are you talking about? The Divine Fire Cult blocked the trade routes, so you have no business, right?"

"Heh, Fellow Daoist Xiao's ideas are the same as those old stubborn people in the association."

"Forget it, asking like this is too inefficient, let's try this."

During the conversation, Xiao Chen had already condensed 6636 fire bombs in his hands.

"Boom! Boom!..."

Explosions rang out one after another, and a total of one hundred and eight fire bombs exploded close to the Soul Locking Smoke.

The thick white smoke suddenly became much thinner, and a figure appeared vaguely.

But after the explosion, everything returned to normal very quickly.

"It seems that Fellow Daoist Xiao's attempt has failed."

"It's a little early to talk about this now."

Xiao Chen began to condense the Fire Thunder again.

He was just a little bit short, and he still had another spell that could be used in conjunction with the Lihuo Lei, which was the Luotian Holy Fire.

Half an hour later, an orange-red light emerged from the powerful explosion, almost pressing the thin white smoke to the ground.

The Immortal Binding Rope that was used again immediately had a target and tied up Linghu Sanren tightly.

The next moment, the Soul-Locking Smoke, which had lost its mana supply, finally dissipated.

Xiao Chen smiled slightly: "Next, let's change the method."

"I'll ask you an answer."

(End of this chapter)