You think I have mixed spiritual roots? I became an immortal through a spirit gourd, so what are you

"Pfft!"

Chen Huai'an swung his knife at the man surnamed Guo. Guo raised his knife to meet the attack, intending to use the force of the slash to escape. However, Guo did not expect that Chen Huai'an's knife would not strike him but instead turn and strike his companion who had lost an arm.

With a single strike, the unsuspecting one-armed man was killed by Chen Huai'an.

Now, only the man surnamed Guo who was in charge is present.

"You damn bastard, you're asking for it!" After a brief moment of shock, the man surnamed Guo cursed angrily and turned to run without hesitation.

His opponent was far stronger than him; staying to fight to the death would only lead to his demise.

Having succeeded, Chen Huai'an swung his knife again at the man surnamed Guo.

This time, we must kill him. We've already seen him before; he killed a menial disciple of the Qingyun Sect. If the sect finds out, he'll definitely be in trouble. So, this person must die.

It was because of this belief that Chen Huai'an kept his eyes fixed on the other person, worried that this guy might have the Swiftness Talisman.

While chasing the man surnamed Guo, Chen Huai'an discovered something: a very strange feeling appeared in his mind.

The feeling was as if he and his storage bag had formed a connection, like a spiritual connection, yet not quite.

Because of the short distance, Chen Huai'an didn't pay much attention. But at this moment, as he was chasing the man surnamed Guo, he discovered that this magical connection was what they called divine thought.

He could even project his divine thoughts outwards.

Yes, Chen Huai'an can now project his divine sense outwards. His divine sense is locked onto the other person, even if he is running ahead and encounters obstacles such as big trees, he can still see the other person.

This isn't just seeing; it's a three-dimensional perception, as if the obstacle in front of me has disappeared, and you are right in front of me.

Chen Huai'an wanted to test just how far his divine sense could perceive.

Chen Huai'an slowed down, but his divine sense remained firmly locked onto the running figure.

Ten meters!

Twenty meters.

Fifty meters.

One hundred meters.

Two hundred meters.

500 meters.

The man surnamed Guo had completely disappeared from his sight, but he could still sense his presence.

Five hundred meters was not Chen Huai'an's limit. It wasn't until he was more than a thousand meters away that he felt a sharp pain in his head.

Exceeding one thousand meters is Chen Huai'an's limit.

"Damn bastard, I finally got rid of that piece of trash. When I run into you again, I'll tear you to pieces." The man surnamed Guo turned around and found no one behind him, so he couldn't help but curse.

He ran several hundred meters further before finally finding himself panting heavily under a large tree.

Today was a huge loss. The restrictions on the cultivator's cave were not lifted, no benefits were gained, and two companions died.

What pained him most was that the expensive anti-restriction talisman he bought was wasted, benefiting that bastard disciple.

Now, he doesn't dare to go back at all; he can only go back to his sect to find a solution.

At the same time, they prayed that this guy hadn't broken the cave's restrictions, so that next time they came, they could still take away the inheritance from the cave.

"Go to hell."

Upon seeing the figure of the man surnamed Guo, Chen Huai'an immediately threw the long knife in his hand.

Just as the man surnamed Guo swung his spiritual weapon to knock away the long sword thrown by Chen Huai'an, Chen Huai'an's true form had already arrived, and then a huge fist smashed into his face.

Before the opponent could react, a dagger suddenly appeared in their hand, and with a spin, a perfect throat-slitting slash was delivered.

"you……"

The man surnamed Guo's pupils were wide open. Even as he died, he couldn't comprehend how this guy had managed to catch up with him, even though he had clearly shaken him off.

After killing the man, Chen Huai'an immediately searched his body, took off the storage bag from his waist, and put the spiritual weapon on the ground into the storage bag.

"If we had a fire, we could just burn this corpse to ashes and not put it into the gourd space." Chen Huai'an frowned as he looked at the corpse on the ground.

Disposing of the body can avoid a lot of trouble.

The best course of action would be to burn it to ashes and scatter it. Placing it in the space was somewhat of a last resort.

However, there's no rush. His divine sense is already able to leave his body, and he's not far from breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm.

Once he breaks through the Qi Refining Realm, he will be able to cultivate the Fireball Technique.

He put the corpses on the ground into his gourd space, erased all traces of the battle, and then ran wildly toward the cultivator's cave.

After collecting the storage bags from the two corpses and sending the corpses into his spatial storage, he looked at the cave dwelling before him.

Since no one had attacked the cave, it was just an ordinary hill. He couldn't figure out what was going on.

He had just seen a yellow halo appear on the hill in front of him.

"Does it only appear when attacked?" Chen Huai'an frowned.

"boom!"

Chen Huai'an swung his long sword, slashing at the hill. With a loud boom, the hill didn't explode; instead, a huge yellow light shield appeared.

This is the restriction outside the cave.

Chen Huai'an unleashed his Flaming Blade Technique to its fullest extent, slashing at the yellow light barrier with one strike after another.

While slashing at the yellow light barrier, Chen Huai'an spread his divine sense in all directions, paying attention to every move around him.

He can sense any movement within a radius of 500 meters.

"Is this the method of a Qi Refining Realm Immortal Master? It's really too powerful." The continuous attacks over the time it takes to drink a cup of tea would have dismembered several experts at the late stage of Body Refining Realm, but the yellow light shield only dimmed slightly and showed no signs of breaking.

As long as there's no one around, Chen Huai'an is confident he can break through the yellow light barrier.

"I refuse to believe I can't break through your turtle shell." Chen Huai'an drank some spiritual spring water and ate some demon beast meat to recover some strength, and then continued to attack the yellow light barrier.

Chen Huai'an discovered that while attacking the light barrier, he gained some new insights into the Flame Blade Technique.

So, this Flaming Blade Technique can be performed in this way.

In particular, by circulating the fire-elemental spiritual power within his body and unleashing the Flame Blade to its fullest potential, the fire-elemental spiritual power would be released through the spiritual weapon in his hand and collide with the yellow light shield.

Such an attack consumes a great deal of energy, as if draining one's vital essence. However, the attack power is doubled, and its destructive force on the light shield is extremely strong.

The yellow light shield dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"boom!"

With a loud bang, the yellow light shield vanished instantly.

Next, there was a simple cave halfway up the mountain. What he had just seen was all an illusion, a mirage, and not at all the high hill he had initially seen.

Because of years of neglect, the spiritual energy of the array has been severely depleted. Otherwise, without the cultivation of the Qi Refining Realm, it would be impossible to break through the defenses of this cave.

"Is this the cave dwelling where the immortal master resides?" Chen Huai'an scanned the surroundings with his divine sense and found nothing unusual before entering the cave dwelling.

This cave dwelling wasn't very large, but it was still much larger than Chen Huai'an's residence on Zayi Peak.

The first thing you see is a large hall, covered in dust, clearly untouched for a long time. Apart from a few stone benches and a stone table, the hall is completely empty.

Close to the mountainside, there was a stone door. Chen Huai'an gently pushed it open, and a figure sitting cross-legged appeared in his sight.

No, it wasn't a human figure, but a skeleton.

The owner of the cave has passed away.