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Chapter 128 Shock
Chapter 128 Shock
Black mist swirled around the stone steps.
Occasionally, some disciples who come down the mountain to do quests or hunt in groups will come down together.
Luo Qingchen has already removed the black cloth from her face.
Otherwise, it would attract even more attention and arouse suspicion.
He dared not stop and continued on his way.
But soon, a group of people followed him, staring at him suspiciously.
Someone greeted him and deliberately asked his name.
He simply nodded, expressionless, and then quickly left.
"This person looks somewhat familiar."
"Look, doesn't he look like that red-named disciple from Black Phoenix Peak?"
"It shouldn't be him, right? Even if you gave that kid a hundred times the courage, he wouldn't dare come back and walk right into a trap, would he?"
"That's right, it's been several months, they're probably dead out there by now."
"It still feels somewhat similar. Shall we follow them and take a look?"
When Luo Qingchen climbed all the stone steps in one go and arrived at the main gate of the outer sect, he was already followed by more than a dozen disciples.
"It doesn't seem like it. Look at him, he's not flustered at all."
"No, look at this portrait, the more you look, the more it resembles the person!"
As Luo Qingchen entered the gate and stepped onto the white path, several passing disciples looked at him suspiciously before quickly turning around and following behind him.
"Junior brother, what's your name? Which peak are you from?"
"Junior brother, please wait!"
A group of people were shouting from behind.
Luo Qingchen ignored him and quickly arrived at the management office on the main peak.
There were two people queuing at the office window to handle their business.
He stood behind the two of them in line.
The two young men glanced back at him, and when they saw the large group of people behind him, they were both stunned. After hearing the people's discussion, their expressions changed, and they immediately moved aside from the window, looking at him with suspicion and uncertainty.
Luo Qingchen walked to the window and took out her identity badge.
At this moment, the group of people following behind him immediately opened their eyes wide and looked at his waist badge, while also pricking up their ears.
Inside the window of the stone house.
Yang Jiujiang carefully placed the documents in the drawer, then looked up and suddenly saw a somewhat familiar young face appear outside the window. He froze for a few seconds, then jumped up from his chair, his eyes wide, and exclaimed, "It's you! You—"
Luo Qingchen handed over the waist token in her hand and said, "Uncle Yang, I'm here to exchange for my identity token."
Yang Jiujiang's eyes widened, his face filled with shock as he stared at him. "You—how dare you—huh? What did you just say? Change your identity token?"
He paused for a moment, then reached out and took the waist tag handed to him, seemingly not quite understanding what was happening.
Luo Qingchen said, "Senior Uncle Yang, I have broken through to the Strength Realm, so I've come to exchange my identity token."
"What?!?!"
Yang Jiujiang's body stiffened instantly, and he stared at him with wide eyes: "You—you've broken through to the Qi Realm? Are you sure?"
"boom--"
As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Qingchen clenched her fist and threw a punch to the side.
Amidst the deafening sound of the punch, a powerful gust of wind, which only cultivators could sense, suddenly appeared, swirling and coiling around his fist and body.
The group of disciples following behind were immediately startled.
"It seems to be that kid from Black Phoenix Peak!"
"However, it seems he has already broken through to the Qi Refining Realm!"
The disciples' expressions all changed.
Yang Jiujiang stared at him in shock and disbelief, remaining stunned for a moment before suddenly realizing what he had done and quickly said, "Good lad! Wait a moment, I'll change your waist tag right away!"
He naturally knew that once the identity token was changed, the previous brotherhood contract would be null and void.
Therefore, the red names above automatically disappeared.
He immediately took the badge and left.
A moment later, he returned with a brand-new black waist tag and said, "Quickly, drip in your essence blood!"
Luo Qingchen immediately bit her index finger and dripped a drop of her blood onto the waist token.
The moment the blood essence touched it, it seemed to be absorbed by the black waist tag and disappeared instantly.
At the same time, the name, cultivation level, and mountain peak engraved on the waist tag lit up briefly before returning to calm.
"It's done!"
Yang Jiujiang handed him the waist token with a broad smile, then looked at him as if he were a rare treasure, clicking his tongue in amazement: "You kid—you really are a talent! I thought you were definitely going to die this time. It's been several months, and I guess you wouldn't even have any bones left. I didn't expect you to come back alive and kicking, and you've even broken through to the Strength Realm! If you hadn't just broken through to the Spirit Nourishing Realm not long ago, I would have suspected that you deliberately took advantage of your imminent breakthrough to sign a brotherhood contract to kill your companions."
Then, as if remembering the ancient man from Medicine Man Town, he sighed and said, "What a pity. If he were alive, even if he were still that unruly and arrogant person, he would probably be green with envy right now."
Luo Qingchen accepted the waist token and bowed in thanks.
Yang Jiujiang laughed and said, "Alright, there shouldn't be any problems now. Go to the management office of the core disciples of Black Phoenix Peak, and they will provide you with a new cave dwelling."
Luo Qingchen asked, "By the way, Senior Uncle Yang, about the last mission to escort the magical beasts—"
Yang Jiujiang waved his hand and said, "The failure of the mission is not your sole responsibility. Regardless of what happened, the captain and vice-captain bear the greatest responsibility. However, the last mission was your first mission after advancing to the Nourishing Spirit Realm. Since you failed, you must complete another mission. Now that you have advanced to the Strength Realm, there will be a new mission in a month."
In other words, you have tasks this month and next month. Next month's Strength Realm task will definitely have generous rewards, but this month's tasks will probably be a waste of time.
Luo Qingchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's only right. I originally thought there would be further punishment."
Yang Jiujiang laughed and said, "Even if you don't advance, there will still be penalties, even if you don't have a red name."
Luo Qingchen didn't say anything more and took her leave.
At this moment, the group of disciples who had been following behind him began to whisper among themselves and gradually dispersed.
Those who hadn't left watched him from afar, their expressions complex.
Luo Qingchen walked towards the general store as if no one else was around.
The plump senior sister Xiong was eating sunflower seeds behind the counter. When she saw a customer, she said indifferently, "What do you want to buy?"
She glanced at him as she spoke.
She suddenly stood up, stared at him with wide eyes, and said, "You—you are—"
Luo Qingchen took out her new waist token and said, "Senior Sister Xiong, I have advanced in rank. This is the waist token I just got."
Xiong Hong was taken aback upon hearing this. She took the waist token from his hand and examined it carefully several times before looking at him with a strange expression and saying, "It really is that Junior Brother Luo! You actually advanced? Tsk tsk, you're really lucky."
Luo Qingchen took back her waist token and said, "Senior Sister Xiong, I came here today not only to sell some things, but also to repair the Ten Soul Banner."
Xiong Hong suddenly remembered that he had come to inquire about the Ten Soul Banner before, and asked in surprise, "Your Ten Soul Banner is still intact?"
It did last quite a long time. However, it's been over half a year now, and I still advise you that instead of repairing it, you might as well buy a new one.
Luo Qingchen said, "I still want to fix it."
As he spoke, he first took out a large pile of storage bags and placed them on the counter, then took out a large stack of pre-peeled monster hides and said, "Senior Sister Xiong, can you help me see how much silver these things are worth?"
"So many storage bags?"
Xiong Hong's expression changed. She immediately remembered the reason for his red name, gave him a strange look, and began to count the items.
At that moment, Luo Qingchen suddenly felt a pair of eyes staring at her from behind.
Turning my head, I saw it was Tian Feng.
"Senior Brother Luo————"
Tian Feng's expression was complicated. After hesitating for a moment, he cupped his hands in greeting and changed the way he addressed him.
He seemed to have already heard about the young man's advancement to the Qi Realm.
Looking back at their past identities and considering their present ones, who wouldn't feel a sense of melancholy?
"Junior Brother Tian."
Luo Qingchen returned the greeting with a cupped hand.
He paused for a moment, then added, "Thanks for reminding me last time."
Tian Feng looked at him with a complicated expression, and said calmly, "I just overheard it by accident last time, it was nothing."
Luo Qingchen nodded and didn't say anything more.
Tian Feng remained silent for a moment, then sighed, "When you suddenly killed Zhang Dashan in the cave, I was already quite shocked. Later, in the environment of Yaoren Town, you actually broke through and climbed back up. At that time, I knew that your future achievements would definitely surpass mine. However, I never imagined that in just half a year, you would advance two levels and have now broken through to the Jinli Realm. If there really are geniuses who cultivate demonic arts in this world, you are definitely one of them."
Luo Qingchen said, "It was just luck."
Tian Feng gave a wry smile and said nothing more.
At this moment, Xiong Hong had finished counting everything and said, "Junior Brother Luo, the storage bag and the monster hides will cost you 12000 taels of silver. The quality of these hides is quite good, however, there are too many wounds—"
"Senior Brother Luo, please go ahead with your work."
Upon hearing this number, Tian Feng's lips twitched slightly, and he bowed and took his leave.
Luo Qingchen glanced at his retreating figure again, took out the Ten Soul Banner, and handed it to the counter, saying, "Senior Sister Xiong, I won't haggle anymore, 12000 taels it is. However, I hope that Senior Sister Xiong will inform Senior Sister Chen today to repair this Ten Soul Banner as soon as possible."
Xiong Hong took the Ten Soul Banner and was about to agree when he suddenly paused, staring at the banner in his hand for a while before saying, "Junior Brother Luo, this Ten Soul Banner of yours—"
Seeing her expression, Luo Qingchen's heart skipped a beat, and she asked, "What's wrong? Is there a problem?"
Xiong Hong stared at the blurry blood-red skull on it for a while and said, "Junior Brother Luo, this shouldn't be the Ten Soul Banner you sent up from Medicine Man Town last time, right? The quality of this Ten Soul Banner is obviously much better than the previous one. It's already a top-grade low-level magic weapon. The materials used to make it are probably the best."
Luo Qingchen immediately recalled the strange change that occurred to the Ten Soul Banner when the gilded blood was dripped into it, and hurriedly asked, "Will it still be damaged?"
Xiong Hong said, "Low-grade magic artifacts will naturally break, but your Ten Soul Banner is of very good quality. I estimate it can be used for at least another two years without any problems."
He then looked at him and said, "Junior Brother Luo, what about your previous one? This one, you must have just gotten it, right?"
Even she was envious of what this kid had gained this time; she never expected that he would be able to acquire such a high-quality magical artifact.
Luo Qingchen took the Ten Soul Banner back from her and said, "Perhaps I've confused them. I still have the previous one somewhere. Senior Sister Xiong, if it's the previous damaged Ten Soul Banner, could you add the best materials to reforge it like this? If so, would it damage the souls inside?"
Xiong Hong glanced longingly at the Ten Soul Banner in his hand and said, "If you have good materials, it should be possible. As for whether it will damage the souls inside, that depends on the skill of the person who crafts it. Junior Brother Luo, the Ten Soul Banner is a low-level magic weapon, not very useful. How about you sell this one to me, and I'll give you a good price?"
Luo Qingchen put away the Ten Soul Banner and said, "I haven't thought about selling it yet. Senior Sister Xiong, give me the 12000 taels of silver. As for the other Ten Soul Banner, I'll consider whether to have it repaired."
Xiong Hong looked regretful, but didn't say anything more. She nodded and went inside to get the silver notes.
Now that this kid has advanced to the Strength Realm, there's no need for her to offend him anymore. If it were his previous cultivation level, she might have tried to find a way to get him to sell the Ten Soul Banner.
Soon, she took out a thick stack of silver notes, counted them one by one, and placed them on the counter.
Then he gathered them together, handed them to him, and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Luo, if you have any more of these things in the future, bring them to me as soon as possible. Then I can raise the price a bit more, especially those few monster hides you just took out."
Luo Qingchen put away the silver notes, nodded, and took her leave.
As he walked towards Black Phoenix Peak, he pondered the matter of the Ten Soul Banner.
Now, his Ten Soul Aspects have been completely repaired, and their quality seems to have improved a lot, which should be the effect of that drop of gilded blood.
He absolutely could not let anyone know about this strange and mysterious thing.
But his sister's soul was still inside, and he had to make sure she was safe.
He can't trust anyone now.
The only way is to quickly break through to the Tongqiao Realm, then cultivate soul techniques, and see my sister with my own eyes before I can be completely at ease.
Judging from the effects of the Ten Soul Banner this time, it seems that the gilded blood has other wonderful uses besides accelerating cultivation.
Repairing magical artifacts?
How to improve the quality of ritual implements?
Or perhaps there are other undiscovered uses?
Unfortunately, his cultivation level is too low to use magical artifacts.
If he had other magical artifacts, he could drip a drop of gilded blood into one every day to see if he could make a mid-level or high-level magical artifact even more powerful.
The Ten Soul Banner definitely can't be dripped anymore.
Originally a low-grade magic artifact, its quality has now been completely transformed. If more gilded blood is added, the Ten Soul Banner might not be able to withstand the damage, and the internal formation would completely collapse, leading to utter regret.
After calculating, he now has a total of 33720 taels of silver.
He is now a true tycoon.
There's no need to spend exorbitant amounts of money to repair the Ten Souls Banner anymore.
Besides using the money for cultivation, he also wanted to refine some Xuan Iron nails.
He now has three pieces of black iron, which should be enough.
As he pondered this, he continued walking along the white road.
Soon, he stepped onto the stone bridge leading to Black Phoenix Peak.
At this point, news of his breakthrough to the Qi Realm should not have reached him so quickly.
His name was still posted on a large tree at the intersection.
He decided to take advantage of this time to deal with Deacon Wei, who was colluding with Zhang Duanyang.
The opponent's highest cultivation level was probably only at the Strength Realm, but now he was old and frail, his blood and energy were declining, and he had been living a life of ease and comfort here for a long time. He probably hadn't fought with anyone in a long time, otherwise he wouldn't have stepped on the iron nail that he had placed in the training ground that night.
Therefore, dealing with him shouldn't be too difficult.
"Huh? Isn't this Junior Brother Luo?"
After crossing the stone bridge, while walking on the white road, several people suddenly emerged from the side path.
One of them was Chen Yuan, the ninth-ranked core disciple of Black Phoenix Peak.
Beside Chen Yuan was a woman with a beautiful figure, Zhang Jiaowei, who was the twelfth in her family.
The two had met at the training ground.
As for the disciples behind the two, they all appeared to be at the Blood Exchange Realm.
At this moment, these people looked at his radiant light with a mixture of surprise, as if they had suddenly discovered a treasure and a sense of greed.
Clearly, they had not yet received any information from the main peak administration.
"It really is Junior Brother Luo!"
"Junior Brother Luo, what brings you back?"
At this moment, the group confirmed it was him and immediately quickened their pace to stand in front of him, surrounding him directly.