txolops Chapter 23: Slightly Lagging Behind!
Chapter 23: Slightly Lagging Behind!
Time ticked by, and suddenly, a loud shout came from afar, "The Immortal Master is here! Village Chief, the Immortal Master is here!"
These words instantly ignited the scene. The eight innate martial artists sitting on the field sprang up as if springs had been placed under their buttocks, leaving only Chu Xuan sitting on the field.
Chu Xuan's expression remained unchanged as he slowly stood up. Since he couldn't hear anything anyway, it was normal for him to be slow.
"Everyone, quickly follow me to welcome the Immortal Master!"
After speaking, Xu Ying glanced at Chu Xuan, smiled and nodded, then took the lead and walked towards the main gate. The group of Xiantian cultivators followed suit. Chu Xuan's expression remained unchanged as he followed.
Further on, there were hordes of ordinary people.
Just as the group reached the village entrance, they saw a young man in a long robe rushing towards them from afar, each step covering several meters.
When they first arrived, the person was still in the forest 300 meters away. In just a few breaths, the person was right in front of them.
As the young man stopped, the spiritual light on the two yellow talismans on his legs dissipated and fell to the ground.
The talisman paper that fell to the ground was exactly the same size as the talisman paper made in Xujia Village, except that it looked somewhat withered and yellowed and had no luster, probably because it had been used.
Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow. Is this the legendary talisman?
It seems to be a speed-enhancing talisman, similar to a speed-boosting talisman or a horse-riding talisman. I just don't know what this talisman is called in this world.
"Greetings, Immortal Master!"
Just as Chu Xuan was pondering to himself, everyone in the arena bowed and greeted him.
This time, Chu Xuan did not try to steal the spotlight. He bowed along with the others. He had been a little slower when they set off earlier, and with his deliberate control, he blended in with the ordinary villagers.
They look like ordinary villagers standing in front, not as conspicuous as innate masters. On our first encounter, it's best to observe them and not try to stand out too much.
"Yes, get up, everyone."
The young man put his hands behind his back and nodded slightly.
"Thank you, Immortal Master!"
"Um!"
Nodding slightly again, the young man stepped forward, and the crowd immediately parted to make way for him. After he passed, Xu Ying, the village chief, immediately led a group of innate grandmasters to follow.
Chu Xuan trailed far behind the crowd. At first, the villagers wanted Chu Xuan to go first, but seeing that he wouldn't leave, they had no choice but to go ahead. They couldn't possibly neglect their immortal master.
And so, back and forth, Chu Xuan completely blended into the villagers. With the immortal master present, no one dared to speak out of turn, and Chu Xuan remained completely undetectable in the crowd.
After the crowd escorted the Immortal Master back to the center of the village, Xu Ying invited the Immortal Master to sit down. When he looked up, he was stunned. Where was Master Li? How come there were only eight Xiantian left?
Seeing the change in Xu Ying's expression, the young man asked, "Village Chief Xu, what's wrong? Is there a problem with the talisman?"
As he said the last sentence, the young man's expression immediately turned serious, and a faint but palpable pressure slowly emerged.
Xu Ying's expression changed instantly, and he quickly said, "Please rest assured, Immortal Master, there is absolutely no such thing. The talismans produced by my Xu Family Village are of the best quality and quantity."
Upon hearing this, the young man's expression softened, and he nodded slightly. "It's good that the talisman is fine."
Let's begin!
With the immortal master speaking, Xu Ying could no longer care about Chu Xuan and hurriedly called the villagers forward one by one to hand over the talismans.
The young man inspected the items on the spot, keeping those that passed and discarding those that failed. After inspecting each one, the young man would raise his hand and several golden beans would appear in his hand. This happened to more than a dozen people in a row.
This is a storage bag!
Chu Xuan's eyes lit up immediately amidst the crowd. This was a real treasure! In the Federation, this was something that only disciples of the Immortal Abode and a few important figures of the Federation could possess.
Unexpectedly, in this world, even a casual outer disciple possesses such a valuable item as a storage bag.
Although Chu Xuan has not yet developed divine sense and cannot detect other people's cultivation levels, he still managed to catch the change in the young man's aura just now.
When he uses his spiritual power, the fluctuations of spiritual power emanating from his body are not very strong.
It's even weaker than you can imagine!
It's impossible to know the specifics without a fight, but most likely, he's no match for me.
Of course, as a body cultivator, his attack range is a major weakness before he reaches the Foundation Establishment stage. If his ranged attack methods are not weak, it would probably take him a lot of effort and be quite risky to take him down.
Just as Chu Xuan was assessing the strength of this level of cultivator through details, Wang Feng was feeling very bored. He hated this kind of external business of collecting talismans the most; there was no profit to be made, and it was extremely boring.
How could I, a cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining, do this kind of work?
Spending all day mingling with these mortals, without any dignity of a celestial master, is a disgrace to celestial masters. If being a rogue cultivator wasn't so hard, I would never have become an outer disciple of the Xuanming Sect!
Unfortunately, only Qi Refining cultivators can detect the concentration of spiritual energy in talismans.
As Wang Feng repeatedly checked the spiritual energy of the talismans and took out the golden beans, the number of talismans around him increased. After two or three hours, all the villagers' talismans had been inspected.
Wang Feng let out a long breath, took out a bunch of storage bags from his waist, and put the surrounding talismans into them one by one. After filling one bag, he replaced it with another. Before long, there were more than a dozen storage bags on the table.
Seeing this scene, Chu Xuan's eyes burned even brighter. What a treasure!
This storage bag must be at least one or two cubic meters in size; the space is ridiculously large!
According to the common knowledge about cultivation provided by the Federation, the most basic storage bag of a storage magic treasure has a volume of only 0.1 cubic meters, which is about the size of a drawer. It can only hold some valuable items such as talismans and pills.
Unlike the cultivators of this realm, a single Qi Refining Realm cultivator carries more than a dozen storage bags, each with an absurdly large storage space.
Wang Feng hung the storage bags one by one on his waist, then took out a palm-sized array plate, raised his hand and pointed at it, and a stream of magic power flowed into the array plate, which instantly lit up with spiritual light.
"All children of the appropriate age, come forward quickly to have your spiritual roots tested!"
As soon as Wang Feng finished speaking, Xu Ying immediately led the children who had been prepared beforehand forward, and nine children around ten years old stood in a row.
"Place your hand on the array plate!"
"Yes, Immortal Master!"
A young man stepped forward nervously, placed his palm on the array plate, but there was no change. "No spiritual root, next!"
Chu Xuan observed the situation before him and silently analyzed it. Judging from the magic power he had unleashed, it was much stronger than the true essence of a Grandmaster of the Innate Realm, but it was still far inferior to his own Thick Earth Magic Power.
Judging solely from their magical power, the cultivators of this realm seem to be slightly weaker.
Moreover, the method of testing spiritual roots is somewhat outdated. If Chu Xuan is not mistaken, the spiritual root testing method used by this person is the most primitive measurement method, which takes the five elements spiritual objects as the basis to make the array plate.
During the measurement, the array plate is activated to observe the compatibility between the person being measured and the spirit within the array plate.