"Go to the city gate immediately, leave the city, hide in the mountains and forests, maybe you can escape."
Looking up at the city gate ahead, the black cloaked figure showed hope in his eyes.
If her cultivation had not been too low, she would have been able to move forward directly in the city with her weapon.
Xia Que City restricts the flight of Yuan practitioners below the Yuan Dan realm. Once discovered, they will be attacked by patrols.
Strength is respected everywhere, and the strong naturally do not need to pay attention to these regulations and restrictions.
The man in black who was chasing the cloaked woman was within the flying limit, so he was also unable to use his weapon to pursue him.
………
At night.
The lights lit up one after another, vividly reflecting the prosperity of Xia Que City.
Two rays of light flew slowly from the western sky, showing two figures, one tall and one short.
"Is that Xia Que City? It doesn't look big, but it looks quite prosperous." Yuan Yao couldn't help but said as she looked at the outline of the city in the distance.
Li Yuan smiled and said nothing, and gestured to Yuan Yao beside him. His speed suddenly increased, and the buildings he could see gradually became clearer.
Suddenly, a dark shadow emerged from the city. Li Yuan frowned slightly. There was a familiar aura about the shadow.
Immediately afterwards, not far behind the black shadow, five figures chased after them. Although they were all wearing black robes, their arrogant aura was very familiar to Li Yuan.
He winked at Yuan Yao, and immediately the two of them flew directly from the sky into the woods.
As soon as they left the city, before the cloaked woman could summon the ingot, several figures from behind flew towards her with weapons and surrounded her.
The cloaked woman raised her eyes and looked at the people in the sky in horror.
The pressure from the other party made her breathless.
It was obvious that there was a huge difference in cultivation between her and the other party.
"You make it easy for us to find you. I originally respected you as a level-condensing alchemist and your beauty, so I relaxed my supervision of you.
"Fortunately, we didn't create any big traps. There is still some use in thinking about you. Should you go back with us yourself, or should we take you back by force?"
In the sky, the leader of the five men shouted with a cold voice.
The delicate body under the cloak was trembling, and fear appeared in his eyes.
"A few friends, I don't know why you are chasing this person? Can you give me some face and let her go? I will thank you very much."
Suddenly, a young man's voice rang out from the woods not far away.
Hearing the sound, all the men in black looked over immediately.
The cloaked woman below also looked over, a look of surprise flashing in her eyes.
However, as soon as she had a glimmer of hope in her heart, she was immediately discouraged and disappointed.
She couldn't detect any fluctuations in energy from the blue-robed figure walking out of the forest.
It was just an ordinary person who couldn't cultivate his essence. How could he save her from these people?
"I've been really unhappy these past few days. If this woman can't be killed, why can't you still be killed? Boy, it's your fault for your bad luck."
The leader of the men in black showed murderous intent and poured out all the hard work of the past few days on the young man in blue robes, intending to kill him.
"You must be friends of the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce. I am an old acquaintance with President Wan Xian Yun Wan.
"If you guys let this person go, I will definitely put in a good word for you in front of President Wan."
In response to the words of the man in black, the young man in blue robe not only did not look shocked, but instead smiled, very kindly.
Hearing this, several people in black were shocked.
They were dressed like this, and the other party could still see their identities, and they became wary.
Several other men in black looked at the leader at the same time and communicated through messages.
After a while, the leading man in black took out a jade slip and wanted to send a message for confirmation.
The blue-robed young man raised his eyebrows and his eyes turned cold. At this moment, he had confirmed that the other party was undoubtedly from the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce.
"Xiao Yuan, if you don't take action, your secret will be revealed." Yuan Yao, who had been hiding in the dark, reminded anxiously.
As soon as she finished speaking, two thunder blades flew out of Li Yuan's body. In the blink of an eye, they drew two blue and silver arcs and passed through the bodies of the five men in black. Then they circled and quickly sank into his body. .
Five men in black fell down and hit the ground hard.
Li Yuan moved his palm and accepted the five people's Yun Rings and Yuan Bao.
At this time, the woman in a black cloak froze there, motionless, and what she saw made her unbelievable.
Although she could not find out the cultivation level of the five people, she had been responsible for looking after her, and she knew a thing or two about their strength, and they all had late-stage Yuan Dan cultivation levels.
This puts her, a person who has just entered the Yuan Dan realm, beyond the reach of her. She doesn't know if she can reach that level in her lifetime.
Li Yuan looked at the woman who was completely shrouded in a black cloak. The latter was obviously too frightened.
He felt that the aura on this woman's body was familiar. After a long silence, he asked, "Are you Han Zishu?"
"you know me?"
Han Zishu came back to his senses, looked at the blue-robed young man in front of him, and asked weakly.
She wore a black cloak and did not reveal her true face.
In this unfamiliar place in Xia Que City, it was impossible for anyone to know her.
The reason why the people from the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce were able to track her was that her body was imprinted with the elemental power mark by the leader in black.
She only has the early stage of Yuan Dan realm, so she can only suppress the mark as much as possible, but cannot remove it.
"I'm Li Yuan. More than 20 years ago, we took the exam together to become a pharmacist. This is not the place to talk. Let's talk after we get to the city."
Seeing Han Zishu's reaction, Li Yuan was sure that he had not mistaken the person.
From the conversation between the man in black and Han Zishu, it seems that the latter is already a level-condensing alchemist.
When Li Yuan met her back then, he had already cultivated in the early stages of the Void Realm.
Now, after more than twenty years, I have entered the Yuan Dan realm, and my talent is not bad.
Han Zishu took off his cloak, looked at it carefully, and recognized Li Yuan. Her appearance had not changed, and she still looked a little immature, but she was more mature.
If not, he would probably be middle-aged if he entered the Yuan Dan realm not long ago.
Looking at the several corpses on the ground, Han Zishu hesitated.
"Don't worry about it. They are chasing you. I think you should know some secrets of the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce. Tell me about it later." Seeing Han Zishu's actions, Li Yuan said casually.
"Li Yuan, you are very capable, can you help save Sister Su?"
Hearing the words Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce, Han Zishu's eyes suddenly turned red and he hurriedly pleaded.
Wei Wei was startled, thinking that by just saving Han Zishu, the matter would be settled, but he didn't expect that there would be other things.
Li Yuan was very interested in the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce. After a few words of comfort to Han Zishu, he called Yuan Yao out, and the three of them headed towards Xia Que City in a swagger.
………
North of Xia Que City, Wanmeng Branch.
Two members of the Chamber of Commerce brought an old man wearing a condensing medicine refining robe into a secret room, then exited and closed the door.
In the secret room, Wan Xianyun sat cross-legged on the stone bed, staring coldly at the old man who had just entered the secret room.
She looked at the old man for a moment, then released her cultivation pressure.
The old man, who was only in the middle stage of Yuan Dan, was unable to move under the powerful pressure of her, who was at the peak of the early stage of Nirvana.
Wan Xianyun looked away, took a pill, then turned her right hand slightly, and a palm-sized octagonal yellow ingot appeared in her hand.
At the same time, he pointed his fingers around the secret room with his left hand, and suddenly, Yuan patterns appeared.
She shined the octagonal yellow ingot at the old man. In an instant, the ingot's yellow light bloomed, covering the old man.
After looking at the old man for a few times, Wan Xianyun slowly closed his eyes and released his soul power. In an instant, beads of sweat appeared on his face and slowly fell down.
After a while, she opened her eyes, looked extremely weak, and put away the ingot.
This state of weakness is not due to depletion of vitality in the body, but overuse of soul power.
"The Soul Planting Curse consumes too much soul power. It can only be cast with the help of Jingyuan Sunflower Pill, Soul Ascension Array and Huang Ming Soul Mirror.
"I really envy the powerful masters of the Eight Sects in the Soul Realm. They only need the Huangming Soul Mirror to cast soul spells."
Wan Xianyun breathed heavily, with sharp eyes, looking at the old man lying on the ground, and said to himself.
………
At this time, Li Yuan and his party of three walked to Xia Que City. They took many twists and turns and spent a lot of time before finally finding a high-end inn.
Two upper rooms were opened, one for him and Yuan Yao, and one for Han Zishu.
Han Zishu stared at Li Yuan and Yuan Yao with strange eyes.
After so many years, the graceful and beautiful woman who followed Li Yuan was replaced by this cute and well-behaved little girl in front of him.
Yuan Yao has been living with Li Yuan and Li Yunqing, which gives him a headache.
Li Yuan smiled awkwardly and did not explain much.
The gap between them is too big, and there will be very few opportunities to see each other again in the future. Maybe they won't be able to see each other again until Han Zishu's longevity is exhausted.
They each went back to their rooms to freshen up, and asked the inn to provide some delicious food. Li Yuan invited Han Zishu to learn about Liu Su.
Han Zishu's story shocked Li Yuan.
This matter has something to do with him.
After Li Yuan, Li Yunqing and Guan Tian left Qingzhai City, the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce sent many strong men into Qingzhai City to investigate Wan Yun and others, but to no avail.
Not long after, Wan Xianyun visited Qingzhai City in person, but also found no clues.
The influence of the Nirvana Realm powerhouses was too great, and the entire city fell under the control of the Ten Thousand Alliance Chamber of Commerce.
They established a branch in Qingzhai City, second only to Xingcheng in Yuanzhou.
A few years ago, Han Xuyang and Ren Yanchen passed away one after another, and the elixir market in Qingzhai City was firmly in the hands of the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce.
Due to the Alchemist Guild, the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce has not taken action against these two presidents.
The two presidents passed away, and the Alchemist Guild in Qingzhai City existed in name only.
The newly promoted Condensation Alchemist either left Qingzhai City or joined the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce.
Six years ago, not long after Liu Su broke through the Yuan Dan realm, he became a level-condensing alchemist and entered the Chamber of Commerce's sight.
Under the coercion of the Chamber of Commerce, this woman had to choose to join the Chamber of Commerce.
The Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce used the Holy Land of Xia Que City as bait to take Liu Su away from Qingzhai City.
Speaking of which, Liu Su went to Xia Que City voluntarily.
It is a place that every alchemist in Daxia has longed for all his life. Who would not be moved by it?
After five years of absence and no news, Han Zishu was worried that something might have happened to her.
Not long after, Han Zishu broke through the Yuan Dan realm, and under the arrangement of the Ten Thousand Leagues Chamber of Commerce, passed the Condensation Alchemist examination and came to Xia Que City.
As soon as she arrived at the Xiaquecheng branch of the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce, she met Liu Su.
But the two just looked at each other from a distance and did not communicate.
They have known each other for decades, and they understand each other just by looking at each other.
Through Liu Su's eyes, Han Zishu understood that the former asked her to leave.
Three days ago, the guards were lax and Han Zishu took the opportunity to escape.
After hiding near the Alchemist Guild for three days, I still couldn't escape the pursuit of the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce, so I tried to escape in the Hongxi Mountains.
The three of them chatted in the room until late at night.
Han Zishu knew very little about the Wanmeng Chamber of Commerce.
She is just entering the Yuan Dan realm for the first time, and with such strength, it is difficult to get in touch with the core of the Chamber of Commerce.
Full of doubts in his mind, Li Yuan decided to visit the Wanmeng branch at night and asked Yuan Yao to stay to protect Han Zishu's safety.
Under Nirvana, no one can hurt Yuan Yao.
If there are a few people who have reached the Yuan Dan realm, Han Zishu probably won't be able to survive, but Yuan Yao will be able to escape unscathed.
If the non-Yuan Dan realm is perfect, no matter how much it is, the little girl can handle it.
Li Yuan put on a black satin close-fitting cloak, walked directly from the room window into the alley next to him, checked the direction, and disappeared in the alley with a sway.
Xia Que City has patrol teams patrolling the city all day long. There are more patrol teams at night than during the day, so the order here is better than that in the capital.
The royal weapon is too ostentatious. Since it is an exploration, it cannot be made public.
According to the location of the branch mentioned by Han Zishu, Li Yuan covered his whereabouts all the way, and finally came under the wall of the chamber of commerce at five o'clock.
Li Yuan looked around, found a big tree, and flew up.
I wanted to observe the situation in the courtyard, but the walls were too high and my line of sight was limited, so I could only use my soul power to investigate.
Even though it was the fifth watch, the lights in the mansion were still bright and the place was no less popular than during the day.
Except for Wan Xianyun, there is no other state of nirvana in the entire mansion.
After a while, Li Yuan withdrew his soul power, swayed, and fell into the mansion.
It was just a preliminary exploration, and it didn't take him long to figure out the topography of the mansion.
As if he had lived here for many years, Li Yuan cleverly avoided the members of the chamber of commerce.
After a short time, he arrived at a three-story building.
There were no lights on the lower two floors of the small building, and only the third floor was flickering with firelight.
I just explored this place with my soul power. This is the residence of a Yuan Zhe who has reached the peak of Yuan Dan Realm.
Judging from his aura, this person is much stronger than Tao Dingliang of Jinling Mountain.
Suddenly, a middle-aged man rushed into the small building and quickly climbed to the third floor.
Li Yuan hid close to the corner, released his soul power, and explored the movement in the building.
"President Lu, all five members of Squad 26 were killed, not far from the west gate.
"I have checked the soul jade tablets of other members in the guild, and they are all in good condition. It means that only these five people have encountered something unexpected.
"Look at this matter, do you need to report it to President Wan?" The middle-aged man's words were full of worry. He had seen the corpses of the five people, and they all died almost at the same time.
Although he had perfect cultivation in the Yuan Dan realm, he couldn't kill five people so easily.
President Lu pondered for a moment and said slowly: "President Wan just planted the soul curse on the last alchemist and needs to rest.
"Let's wait until tomorrow. Have they lost anything?"
"The Yun Ring was taken away. Did someone steal the money?" The middle-aged man thought about it and speculated.
"It may be a robbery. You go down first and keep everyone from going out tonight.
"I will report to President Ming tomorrow and then make arrangements." President Lu touched the mustache on his chin and said in a deep voice.
The middle-aged man moved his mouth, wanting to say something more, but in the end he did not speak. He bowed and left the room.
"Soul curse? What is that?" Li Yuan was confused.
"A soul technique that uses soul power to place restrictions on others." Ling explained.
"Soul magic?"
"It is performed through soul power, not Yuan Power. It is specifically targeted at the soul."
"Why did Wan Xianyun cast the soul spell on them?" Li Yuan rubbed his chin and thought secretly.
Lingdao: "It's probably to drive others to do things. Soul spells are a large category of soul arts.
“There are many soul curses, and it’s not clear what they mean by soul curses.
"If you want to perform soul arts, the minimum requirement for the soul realm is the mysterious realm. Only by condensing the soul can you control the soul power to perform soul arts.
"That Wan Xianyun is only in the king realm and cannot condense the soul. How can she cast the soul spell?"
(End of chapter)
