Daily Intelligence: From Miner to Dao Ancestor of Alchemy and Talismans

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Following the location in the intelligence, he found the entrance to the cave halfway up the mountainside. The entrance was completely hidden by dense vines and rocks, and even if you walked close to the mountainside, you would never find that there was a cave hidden there.

Xu Yuan swung his sword to cut the vines, moved aside the rocks, and revealed a hole just wide enough for one person to pass through.

He didn't rush in. He first crushed a talisman and threw it into the cave. After confirming that there were no monsters or restrictions inside, he bent down and slowly walked in.

The cave was larger than he had imagined.

The entrance was narrow, but the interior was about half the size of a house, dry and well-ventilated, with no strange smells.

Walking a few dozen steps further in, you'll find a gently flowing underground river. The water is clear and filled with spiritual energy. The concentration of spiritual energy in the entire cave is 30% higher than in the market. Deep inside the cave, there are several naturally formed stone chambers with hard walls and excellent concealment, perfect for storing supplies and cultivating.

An excellent hiding place, it could even serve as his long-term cultivation retreat.

Xu Yuan did not rush to store the supplies. Instead, he spent a whole day setting up four layers of interconnected and airtight formations in the cave.

The outermost layer is an early warning array centered on the entrance of the cave. Within a radius of 100 feet, if any cultivator steps into the cave, the array will immediately issue an early warning. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator can detect it a stick of incense in advance.

The second layer is a concealment array, based on a spirit-gathering array, which completely conceals the spiritual energy fluctuations and aura of the entire cave. Even if a Foundation Establishment cultivator repeatedly scans the mountain wall with their divine sense, they will absolutely not be able to detect the existence of the cave.

The third layer is a trapping and killing formation. Centered around the rock-cracking talisman, the flame-bursting talisman, and the trapping formation talisman in his hand, it sets up a triple killing trap. As long as an outsider breaks in, it will be triggered instantly. The trapping formation will lock down the retreat route, and the killing formation will bombard without any blind spots. Even a cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining will die instantly. Even a cultivator at the early stage of Foundation Establishment will be slowed down, giving him enough time to react.

The innermost layer is a spirit-gathering array, which covers the deepest cultivation chamber. It can not only gather the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to assist cultivation, but also form a final spiritual energy shield to block external attacks.

With the four layers of formations in place, the entire cavern became an impregnable safe haven, capable of both offense and defense. Even if the Blood Fiend Sect breached Qingya Fang, he would be absolutely safe hiding here.

After the formation was completed, Xu Yuan did not rest for a moment. He made three round trips in a row, transferring most of his wealth to the cave.

More than two hundred high-grade spirit stones, a full box of rare alchemy materials, cinnabar for drawing talismans, a high-grade spirit brush, a second-tier alchemy furnace, a complete collection of first-tier alchemy formulas, a jade slip containing his insights on talismanic arts, and all the fine and top-grade talismans and high-grade pills he had collected were all hidden in the stone chamber at the deepest part of the cave. Only a small number of unimportant miscellaneous items and a set of emergency talismans and pills were left in the small courtyard of Qingya Fang. Even if the small courtyard were searched, no core items would be found.

At the same time, he stockpiled enough spirit rice, clean water, fasting pills, and healing medicine in the cave for half a year. He even moved half of the spirit-gathering array for cultivating fire spirit grass into the cave. Even if he hid here for half a year, he would not have to worry about supplies and cultivation.

With all preparations complete, Xu Yuan took advantage of the night to go to Qian Shi's courtyard.

Qian Shi was locking the courtyard gate and pacing anxiously inside. Seeing Xu Yuan enter, his eyes instantly reddened, and he grabbed Xu Yuan's arm, urgently saying, "Brother Xu! Rumors are circulating that Black Wind Stronghold will attack in five days! What should we do?!"

"Don't panic." Xu Yuan patted his shoulder, his tone calm. "I've already found a hiding place, and I'll take you there now. Remember, once we get there, no matter what noises you hear outside, you're not allowed to leave the cave. Just stay inside and cultivate peacefully. I'll come to pick you up once the commotion has passed."

Upon hearing that there was a hiding place, Qian Shi immediately calmed down.

After so many incidents, he had absolute trust in Xu Yuan, and he would never question a word Xu Yuan said.

He quickly shouldered the bundle he had packed earlier and followed Xu Yuan. Under the cover of night, they quietly left the market and made their way to the cave in Wohu Mountain.

Seeing the layers of formations, ample supplies, and safe stone chambers inside the cave, Qian Shi was completely relieved. Xu Yuan gave him a complete set of defensive and offensive talismans, as well as two bottles of high-grade rejuvenating pills, repeatedly instructing him three times that he absolutely must not leave the cave. Qian Shi nodded repeatedly in agreement, patting his chest and promising that even if the sky were to fall, he would never step out of the cave.

After settling the money and stones, Xu Yuan didn't linger in the cave. He had more important things to do for the surprise attack five days later. He wanted to use this catastrophe to find out the details of the ancient talisman in the Zhao family ancestral hall, and even seize this greatest opportunity.

Under the cover of the morning mist, he quietly returned to Qingyafang and went back to his courtyard.

But as soon as he pushed open the courtyard gate, his steps faltered instantly, his spiritual energy tightened, and his divine sense spread out.

Three unfamiliar figures appeared at the corner of the alley outside the courtyard gate.

The three men were dressed in the coarse cloth clothes of ordinary rogue cultivators, but they could not hide the fierce and bloody aura on their bodies. Their aura was sinister, and their eyes were scanning his small courtyard warily. Their fingers were always on the magic weapon at their waist. They were the Blood Fiend Sect cultivators who had infiltrated the market.

They've already set their sights on his small courtyard.

Three figures at the alley entrance outside the courtyard gate, like venomous snakes, kept their eyes fixed on the courtyard gate, even slowing their breathing, afraid of alerting the target inside.

Xu Yuan stood behind the courtyard gate, his divine sense already firmly locking onto the auras of the three people. His face showed no sign of anything amiss, and he even deliberately made the sound of bolting the door, pretending to be completely unaware, before turning and walking towards the backyard.

He knew all too well how these Blood Fiend Sect spies operated. Right now, he was just keeping watch; it wasn't time to make a move yet. If he showed any abnormality, it would alert them. It was best not to act rashly without complete information.

Reaching the backyard wall, Xu Yuan flicked his finger and placed two top-grade concealment talismans on his chest. His cultivation at the seventh level of Qi Refining instantly vanished without a trace, and even his body temperature dropped to match the surrounding environment.

With a light touch of his toes, he gracefully vaulted over the more than ten-foot-high wall, landing silently without even bending a single blade of grass at the base of the wall.

The three spies at the alley entrance were completely focused on the main gate of the courtyard and did not realize that the person they were watching had already circled around from the backyard to behind them.

Xu Yuan followed the three of them at a leisurely pace, hugging the shadows along the wall.

The three were clearly heading back to their stronghold, walking with extreme caution, glancing back every now and then, and even circling around several times to avoid the Zhao family's patrolling guards. However, they never noticed Xu Yuan following behind them.