"Oh? You really have good eyesight, young hero. These are all the best choices among low-level talismans. I think if young hero goes back to practice today, his speed will definitely improve by leaps and bounds..." Seeing Tianjihong suddenly making a big deal, he took down several coins in one breath. The boss immediately smiled brightly when he saw a valuable talisman and continued to flatter him non-stop, "These three talismans add up to a total of 380 silver coins. I wonder if the young hero needs anything else?"
"Well, isn't the price you bought a little expensive? I just have a little extra money in my hand, let me take a look..." Tianjihong conveniently placed two or three inconspicuous gadgets on the side, with the most conspicuous ones between them. Chu pulled the latent shadow talisman that he had been thinking about so much into his hand, and then said to the boss: "Let's do this, plus these things, how about a total of 400 silver coins?"
"This...Young hero, you can't be joking like this. The value of the few things you picked up is not low. The price clearly stated here is dozens of silver coins, especially this latent shadow talisman is currently on the market. It’s a hot commodity, and you can’t even get it for 100 silver coins if you take it out alone. You know, young hero, that this latent shadow talisman is usually..."
"Okay, okay, it's really long-winded. So, why don't you sell it for 500 silver coins? If it doesn't work out, I'll buy it from another store!" Tianjihong interrupted quickly when he saw the boss talking about sensitive content. In fact, it was not his intention to increase the price. Looking at the boss's attitude, there was obviously room for maneuver. However, he was still under the surveillance of the three people behind him and should get out as soon as possible. Furthermore, after Tianjihong's investigation, he actually understood that the price was indeed fair. , so I don’t want to worry about it.
"Oh, okay... Old man, I am defeated by your little brother. This is your thing, so hurry up and collect it. If you feel good when you go back, remember to come and visit me often in the future." Finally, in a short period of time, After a few haggling, the boss finally compromised and agreed to the price.
Tianjihong, who had the things in hand, was not in a hurry to take action, but continued to approach the most crowded area of the square. His purpose of doing this is of course also to confuse the three people behind him. Firstly, his route is contrary to the path leaving the square, so the other party will not take special precautions and will easily take it lightly. Secondly, it is easier for him to use the talisman in his hand when he comes to a crowded place. If Yin is not discovered, it will be easier to blend in and take the opportunity to get rid of the pursuers behind him.
Having the previous experience of rescuing Tong Bo with Wang Qing, he is now quite familiar with using this latent shadow talisman. While hiding the talisman in his sleeve and slowly injecting spiritual power, Tianjihong's figure suddenly appeared among the crowd. It started to become erratic. The latent shadow talisman itself cannot reduce the user's collision volume, but it can block the perception of outsiders for a short period of time. At this time, he happened to be in a crowded city. Even if the followers behind him focused all their attention on Tianjihong, in such an environment, Deacon Ouyang's cultivation level was not yet at the Bone Forging Realm. It was difficult for him to use his soul. Know and lock Tianjihong under the latent shadow talisman.
The moment he saw the three people behind him being at a loss as he suddenly disappeared from sight, Tianjihong immediately started heading towards the planned escape route without a moment's hesitation. Since he had concealed his target very well along the way, the other party had obviously not guessed that he had used the talisman to escape, and most likely guessed that he would try to continue escaping among the crowds of people.
In fact, Tianjihong used the effect of the latent shadow talisman to quickly move towards a remote corner. His goal was not the gate where many people flocked to, but chose a VIP passage that was smoother on the side. As the name suggests, this VIP passage is reserved for the use of prominent figures in the chamber of commerce, making it easier for them to enter and exit on weekdays. Its guarding is relatively tighter than that of ordinary passages, and the four major chambers of commerce take turns sending experts to guard it.
It's just that when Tianjihong uses the latent shadow talisman, no matter it is the VIP channel in front of him or the ordinary channel beside him, he can still find loopholes. The main reason is naturally that the square is a public area, and the entrance and exit fees are only 5 silver coins. Normally, who would use a latent shadow charm worth hundreds of silver coins just to avoid interrogation at the gate? Therefore, even at the VIP entrance on the side, there is no special protective circle for detecting sigils like the one on the front of the Chamber of Commerce.
Since it was already the end of the market hour and no one would come in when the vendors were leaving, the guards on both sides inevitably relaxed their vigilance. When the guards were not paying attention, Tianjihong turned into a ball of lightning and fled out of the square area, and ran for nearly half a mile without looking back before stopping.
At this time, the effectiveness of the latent shadow talisman in his hand slowly began to recede. According to Tianjihong's estimation, the quality of the talisman he purchased was obviously not as good as the one given by Wang Qing, both in terms of duration and escape effect. It can only be regarded as a bargain. When he passed through the square gate in the chaos, he was almost noticed by the guard who turned his head.
Fortunately, he managed to get rid of the pursuers behind him without any danger. Tianjihong, who breathed a sigh of relief, was now among the crowds of people in the downtown area of the town. The adventures he had experienced in Dongsheng Town throughout the whole day also disappeared. Now that I have gained a lot of knowledge, I have achieved all the goals of my trip. Now it is time to think about the return journey.
Looking at the familiar tavern that was starting to light up as dusk approached, Tian Jihong couldn't help but recall the happy times he and Bai Qian had drinking here a few days ago, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried about Bai Qian, who was just an acquaintance. . I don’t know how long the Bai family, as an ancient family, can sustain under the pressure of the Yuzong and many other forces at that time?
Unfortunately, after staying aimlessly in the town for a quarter of an hour, the searching Tianjihong did not find the familiar figure again, so he had to give up and quietly set foot home before nightfall. road. The only thing that made him quite satisfied was that after successfully condensing the warrior's soul above his dantian, his originally weak and chaotic consciousness had more than doubled.
After dealing with many matters throughout the day, Tian Jihong not only did not feel any fatigue at this time, he could even clearly feel that when he mobilized his spiritual power and soul power to gather in the battle of souls, the latter was also Feed back your own spiritual power and soul consciousness little by little, so that your attention in the sea of consciousness can stay focused and clear.
"I really didn't expect that the warrior soul could be so powerful. No wonder both Dad and Master Li claimed that fighting souls is one of the core elements of monk practice. Think about it, this warrior soul is just the most common first-level soul. One way, I really can't imagine what kind of power those powerful monks with advanced fighting spirits can exert!" Tianjihong thought to himself.
"And this [Wraith Soul Technique] is also a rare treasure. According to Nie Qian's description, the first three levels of the Ghost Soul Technique are recorded, which is enough to ensure that my soul consciousness can be successfully cultivated to the level of the bone forging realm, which can be converted into a soul. The power technique is at least comparable to the Xuan-level technique. Now that I have obtained all the things I need for practice, I should immediately start improving my own strength when Master comes back. As for the auction in three days, If you have time to participate, you can find some treasures that can improve your actual combat effectiveness."
When Tian Jihong successfully arrived at the familiar village gate, half of his face was still exposed by the setting sun on the edge of the mountain in the west. With Tian Jihong's skyrocketing cultivation, the journey to Dongsheng Town no longer required the nearly two hours it did before. So long. However, at such a time when darkness is about to fall, Donglin Village, where everyone should go back to each house in an orderly manner on weekdays, is extremely quiet at this time, and there is no smoke at all from the roofs of each house.
The keen-minded Tianjihong immediately realized that something had happened in the village. He did not see any fighting or conflict scenes at the moment. According to Tianjihong's guess, it was probably the Huai Village Chief who had summoned everyone elsewhere to discuss important matters. Apart from what they saw on their way home yesterday, Tianjihong and Tianjifei had only experienced this kind of situation once in the past two years in Donglin Village:
At that time, the village was invaded by pirates from the east. Many innocent villagers became victims of the sword and their wealth was looted. After that, under the leadership of Huai Village Chief, martial arts masters and nearby caravan masters, everyone finally worked together to resist the attack from this group of desperadoes. Later, it was said that the masters from the Shiyu Sect in Donglin Port personally went to encircle and suppress the attack. , and finally annihilated all this group of pirates near [Crescent Island] dozens of nautical miles away.
Now that such a situation occurred again, Tian Jihong immediately thought of the sea soul beast mentioned by the village chief Huai yesterday. If there is anything that will endanger the safety of the entire village in recent days, then this sea soul beast must be the most likely one. Yesterday, the head of Huai Village tried to call on everyone to crowdfund and hire experts from the caravan to come forward to solve the problem. According to this situation, it is very likely that the beast has harmed people again.
"Oops, could it be that Xiaofei...?!" Thinking of this, Tianjihong suddenly panicked. He sent his younger brother to the village chief in the morning to find out the whole story. Could it be that he encountered an accident by chance?
Thinking of this, Tianjihong didn't even have time to stop and take a breath, so he hurriedly started searching for everyone's whereabouts in the village. But after walking around the village for several times, the huge village was actually empty. Not even the children who usually played outside were seen. The whole village was eerily silent, which made Tianjihong even more nervous. It's a bit more severe.
Suddenly, as it gradually approached the end of the south direction of the village, Tianjihong finally detected a familiar figure in a corner outside the village through his soul consciousness. I saw the son of the innkeeper Lin leading the two of them to wander in front of a collapsed house. They seemed to be investigating the wreckage in front of them while arguing quietly about something.
