“What do you mean by that?”
Miao Qing hadn't expected Chen Xiao to still refuse him even after she had said so much.
“I mean, I won't let you go back to report!”
Chen Xiao had no intention of letting him live, so why would he spare him any face?
“Hmph, if you were here in person, I might actually be a little wary of you. You're merely a body condensed from divine consciousness, and you think you can kill me?”
Miao Qing was also enraged, saying with an arrogant expression.
“Heh heh…”
Chen Xiao had said enough nonsense. He reached into Miao Qing’s dantian and crushed his nascent soul.
Miao Qing, deceased.
Seeing his master’s body collapse onto the ground like a limp noodle, the black dog was both angry and scared. It bared its teeth at Chen Xiao but dared not move.
“I hate rats the most…”
With a casual wave of his hand, Chen Xiao swatted the black dog to death.
After finishing all this, Chen Xiao’s form began to dissipate in the air, turning back into wisps of divine consciousness, returning to his main body in Shanhai Yipin.
After breaking through the sixth turn of the Canglan Nine Revolutions, Chen Xiao’s divine consciousness had greatly improved.
Not only could he condense into a physical form like Zhu Hanshan, but in his normal state, the range of his divine consciousness coverage had already reached that of an entire football field.
In any area covered by his divine consciousness, he could perceive everything with utmost clarity; not a single blade of grass or rustle of leaves could escape his notice.
Thus, the black dog, which thought it was hidden well, had long been spotted by Chen Xiao.
And after killing Miao Qing, Chen Xiao had already made enemies of three hidden sects.
This meant that in a year’s time, he would likely face a joint attack from these three hidden sects.
With Chen Xiao’s current strength, surviving their onslaught would not be difficult, but defeating the three hidden sects might not be so easy.
However, fortunately, Chen Xiao still had a year to develop.
Once he broke through to the seventh turn of the Nine Revolutions Canglan Art, he would be completely fearless.
Let alone a few hidden sects, even the entire Immortal Hidden Realm mobilized, Chen Xiao would not bat an eye.
It was just that breaking through to the seventh turn within a year was by no means an easy feat.
After all, in the world with abundant spiritual energy in his dreams, Chen Xiao had spent a full hundred years to break through to the seventh turn.
After waking up, although he had only spent less than a year to break through to the sixth turn, it was due to various fortuitous encounters and opportunities, as well as the foundation laid in his dreams.
Therefore, without greater fortune, breaking through to the seventh turn was almost a fantasy.
However, Chen Xiao was not worried. Even if he didn’t break through to the seventh turn, he still had the ability to protect himself.
What’s more, he still had a tremendous opportunity yet to be fulfilled, which was to gather the five Sacred Relics and open the Immortal Emperor’s Tomb.
And Chen Xiao was not without clues regarding this. At least he knew that under the lava of Ice Fire Island, there existed one Sacred Relic.
Food must be eaten bite by bite, and roads must be walked step by step. Although the time left for Chen Xiao was not much, he would not rush for success.
If he did every task well, the outcome would naturally not be too bad.
Upon returning home, Chen Xiao called Lin Jie to ask about the acquisition of houses.
“Almost done, almost done. Several have already been finalized, and it’s estimated that by tomorrow morning, they will all be completed.”
Lin Jie on the other end of the phone gave Chen Xiao a satisfactory reply.
“Good, thank you, Sister Lin. I appreciate your hard work!”
Chen Xiao expressed his thanks, thinking that Sister Lin’s efficiency was quite high.
However, in reality, the smoothness of the matter had little to do with Lin Jie. Chen Xiao’s acquisition of houses without regard for cost naturally led to high efficiency.
Since the house acquisition was nearing completion, Chen Xiao decided to use the Azure Wood Spirit Seed to set up a spirit dispersion array.
Although the Azure Wood Spirit Seed was a magic treasure, Chen Xiao had not yet deciphered its usage method.
As far as he could see, besides continuously emitting Azure Wood spiritual energy, it seemed to have no other use.
Of course, even this alone was already incredibly powerful.
However, Chen Xiao still felt that it had other uses, but deciphering them might require certain conditions or opportunities.
Therefore, before that, rather than carrying it with him, it was better to let it play a greater role.
Chen Xiao went to the basement. The spirit gathering array, the spirit induction array, and various other small arrays were all operating in an orderly manner.
Adding a spirit dispersion array among them was not complicated.
After several hours of work, Chen Xiao had completed the spirit dispersion array and perfectly integrated it into the entire array system.
The spirit dispersion array would continuously generate Azure Wood spiritual energy, which, along with the Dragon Vein spiritual energy, would nourish this land.
Before long, large areas of blessed land would appear on the ground, and they would be even more formidable than the blessed land of Medicine King Valley.
As the saying goes, it’s not the thief you fear, but the one who covets.
Chen Xiao had transformed this land into something like a fairyland, with spiritual energy concentrations several times, or even tens of times, higher than the outside world. It was difficult not to attract attention.
Therefore, he had to strengthen the protective measures for the entire Shanhai Yipin, not only with arrays but also with people.
The personnel he could currently rely on included Gongsun Yi, Lin Zicong, Gu Zhendong and his daughter, and the people from Medicine King Valley.
Their strength was already considered rare in the secular world, but in Chen Xiao’s eyes, it was far from enough.
Moreover, this world was filled with extraordinary individuals. Who knew if some master might suddenly appear to launch a sneak attack when he was not at home?
Therefore, they must become stronger to protect this land.
This was not only Chen Xiao’s home but also their home!
Just as Chen Xiao was contemplating how to further enhance their strength, the Stone Spirit suddenly appeared before him, swaying its large head.
Chen Xiao’s eyes lit up. That’s right, he had forgotten about this guy.
This fellow was a born spirit body, and its ultimate potential was much higher than everyone else’s.
Just as Chen Xiao was about to trick it into learning some powerful cultivation techniques, he saw it swaying its large head and saying, “Chen Xiao, the King of Luling asked me to deliver a message to you.”
“Hmm?”
Chen Xiao was slightly taken aback. “What message?”
“He said that if you want to gather all the Sacred Relics, you still need to go to two places.”
The Stone Spirit blinked its large, bronze eyes. “Those two places are the bottom of the Forgetfulness River and the Abyss of Jiuyi.”
“The bottom of the Forgetfulness River? The Abyss of Jiuyi? What kind of places are those?”
Chen Xiao looked bewildered. He knew that Jiuyi Mountain was located in the Xiangnan region of China.
The Abyss of Jiuyi might be related to this Jiuyi Mountain.
But what the heck was the bottom of the Forgetfulness River?
The Forgetfulness River, also known as Naihe, was the boundary between the Yellow Springs Road and the underworld.
But the problem was, the Forgetfulness River was a place fabricated from mythology, and it didn’t exist in reality.
Chen Xiao was about to ask the Stone Spirit what else the King of Luling had told it.
However, after shaking its large head and yawning, the Stone Spirit curled up at Chen Xiao’s feet and fell asleep…