Chapter 49
Chapter 49
Chapter 49: Disaster Relief in the Market
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Seeing the Daoist priest fly away, Zhang Chen breathed a sigh of relief. He didn’t have the confidence to win if the fight dragged on.
The reason why he didn’t run was because the other party could catch up to him and find him, which meant that he basically couldn’t escape, so he might as well take a chance and give it his all.
Fortunately, he won!
Zhang Chen was afraid that the Daoist priest would return, so he did not dare to immediately dispel the Blood Ignition Technique. Instead, he called the horse demon over and rode away.
They ran a hundred miles nonstop before Zhang Chen finally deactivated the Blood Ignition Technique.
A feeling of weakness spread through his body, and his cultivation quickly dropped to the sixth level of Qi Refinement.
After experiencing the power of magic, Zhang Chen somewhat regretfully took out a blood storage bottle to replenish his blood essence, allowing his cultivation to return to the ninth level of Qi Refinement.
He didn’t not stop and let the horse demon keep running.
On the other side, the Daoist priest had already returned to the Daoist temple and was performing a ritual.
“Illumine the darkness, spirits of the four directions, heed my command and return at once: ”
After reciting the spell, the Daoist priest threw out a wisp of Zhang Chen’s breath as a medium to guide the soul.
After a while, there was still no sign of Zhang Chen’s soul appearing.
The Daoist priest frowned and cast another spell. “Illuminate the darkness, spirits of the four directions, heed my command and return at once!” Still no response.
“Could it be that the disciple of the Blood God Sect is still alive? Or did he use some method to disperse his soul?”
After casting the spell several times in a row, the Daoist priest had to give up.
However, he believed that Zhang Chen would definitely die. He had never heard of anyone who could survive using the Blood Ignition Technique.
Even if there was, it was not something that a Qi Refinement Foundation Establishment cultivator could do.
Due to the presence of the Daoist priest, Zhang Chen did not go to the city assigned by Xu Yixian but headed towards the direction of the Blood God Sect.
If the Daoist priest came after him again, he wouldn’t have enough blood essence to spare.
Near the Blood God Sect, the Daoist priest would probably be wary and not dare to attack.
In fact, Xu Yixian was afraid of being retaliated against by Li Mumin and did not go to the assigned city. Even if Zhang Chen went, he wouldn’t find anyone there.
The Daoist priest’s appearance saved him from making a wasted trip.
After a day and night of traveling, Zhang Chen returned to the town where he had previously bought the saddle.
Thanks to the horse demon, Zhang Chen’s speed was the fastest, even though he had run an additional 2,000 miles, the disciples assigned here hadn’t arrived yet.
The news of the immortal buying a saddle had long spread throughout the town. Seeing Zhang Chen appear again, many people came to pay their respects.
“Immortal, that Immortal is back!” “Greetings, Immortal, bless us!”
“Is this the immortal? He looks so handsome!”
“Stop talking nonsense and get down on your knees.”
Zhang Chen ignored these people and headed to the horse market. He wanted to see if anyone had caused trouble for the saddle shopkeeper because of him.
If anyone caused trouble for the saddle manager, it would be a slap to his face.
When Zhang Chen arrived at the horse market and saw that the saddle manager was safe and sound, he turned around and prepared to leave.
At this moment, the county magistrate rushed over. “I’m the local county magistrate. Greetings, Immortal!”
Zhang Chen’s expression was cold. “If someone retaliates against the shopkeeper because of me, I will hold you responsible.”
The county magistrate was terrified and quickly assured him: “Immortal, rest assured. If anyone dares to retaliate against the shopkeeper, it is as if they retaliate against me. I will never let them go.”
“Okay.” Zhang Chen nodded and got on his horse, preparing to leave.
“Immortal, wait!” the county magistrate shouted.
“What is it?” Zhang Chen looked at the county magistrate coldly.
The county magistrate said carefully, “I’ve always admired immortals and want to know if I have any immortal fate.”
“In a few days, someone will come and examine you. Only if you have spiritual roots can you join our Blood God Sect.” With that, Zhang Chen urged his horse to leave.
Hearing this, everyone’s hearts were filled with excitement, already starting to imagine their lives as immortals.
Zhang Chen did not return to the Blood God Sect but went to the market outside the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
Returning to the sect so quickly and not bringing back a mortal with spiritual roots could easily be seen as intentionally avoiding his mission and he would be punished by the sect.
It was said that there was a Golden Dan elder in the market, and it was currently the safest place to be.
Under the effect of his spiritual eye, the market’s illusion array was like a black and white curtain that was incompatible with the surrounding environment.
This was Zhang Chen’s second time here. Practice made perfect and he came to the inn in the market to rest.
These past few days, Zhang Chen had first experienced a great battle, and then worried that the Daoist priest would come after him. His mind was constantly on edge, and he had not slept at all. Now, he could finally rest easy.
He slept for the entire day.
The next day, Zhang Chen leisurely strolled around the market, with nothing to do. On one hand, he wanted to broaden his knowledge, and on the other hand, he wanted to see if there was anything he could buy.
“Demon beast meat, seventh level Qi Refinement demon beast meat, demon beast meat, seventh level Qi Refinement demon beast meat…”
Hearing the sound of hawking, Zhang Chen stopped in his tracks and walked over.
“Fellow Daoist, do you want to buy demon beast meat? This is demon beast meat at the seventh level of Qi Refinement, freshly killed just now.” The stall owner warmly greeted him.
“Do you have any demon blood for sale?” Zhang Chen was not here to buy demon beast meat, but demon blood.
In his fight with the Daoist priest, he had used up a large amount of stored essence blood and needed to replenish it.
Since there was demon beast meat for sale, there was a high chance that there was demon blood too.
Although the demon beast meat was also rich in spiritual energy, for disciples of the Blood God Sect like him, it was far inferior to demon blood.
Apart from the people of the Blood God Sect, others generally did not drink monster blood. It was mainly used for drawing talismans and practicing alchemy.
“I have demon blood. How much do you want to buy?”
“How much does it cost?”
“Two spirit stones per pot.”
It was about the same price as what he got from Li Mumin. Zhang Chen nodded. “Alright, give me 20 pots.”
In fact, many inner sect disciples would buy monster blood in the market and then go back to the sect to find outer sect disciples to exchange it for blood essence.
“This is demon blood. Fellow Daoist. Keep it safe, and come back if you need more.”
After buying demon blood, Zhang Chen continued to wander around the market and eventually came to a bookstore selling spells.
“Do you have spells for the Foundation Establishment Stage?”
In his blood-burning state, he could reach the Foundation Establishment Stage, but he wouldn’t know any spells for that stage with just raw magical power.
“Of course, do you know what type of spell you need?” the bookstore owner asked.
Zhang Chen thought for a moment. “Show me the spells related to flying.”
Flying was the symbol of the Foundation Establishment realm. It was essential whether one was escaping or pursuing.
The shopkeeper took out three books from under the counter and introduced them, “This is the ‘Wind Mastery Technique’. It can soar 100 feet in the air and ride the wind. Its speed is about the same as that of an ordinary horse, and it’s sold for 100 spirit stones.
“This is the ‘Cloud Movement Technique’. It can soar 300 feet in the air and travel on clouds. Its speed is almost the same as that of running with the Light Body Technique. It’s sold for 120 spirit stones.
“The last book is the ‘Flying Feather Soaring Technique’. It can allow one to fly 500 feet in the air simulated bird wings using magic power. It can fly 200 miles in an hour. The price is 200 spirit stones.”
Zhang Chen wanted the ‘Flying Feather Soaring Technique’, but the price was too expensive. It was equivalent to the whole body’s blood essence of an eighth level Qi Refinement disciple of the Blood God Sect.
He did not have much blood essence on him now, and after buying this spell, he would have almost nothing left.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Chen decided to buy it anyway. He wouldn’t be leaving the market soon, so he could spend the next period of time practicing and storing his blood essence again.
“Do you accept blood essence?”
“Of course, we do.”
Okay, I’ll take the ‘Flying Feather Soaring Technique..”‘