txolops Chapter 77 tells you the secret! You deserve to die too!
Chapter 77 tells you the secret! You deserve to die too!
The handsome young man from the Hidden Moon Sect watched Lin Chuan's figure disappear into the halo of the illusion array at the market exit. The faint smile on his lips did not disappear; instead, it deepened.
With a playful, cat-and-mouse attitude, he didn't linger at the market entrance and slowly walked out of the illusion array.
Just as I emerged from the illusion array, my gaze fell upon this scene.
Just then, they saw Lin Chuan and the black-robed Qu Hun walking side by side on the mountain road a hundred feet ahead, heading unhurriedly away from the market.
"Ha, you're quite composed!"
The handsome young man chuckled, a sly glint in his eyes.
With a thought, a piece of light gauze, as thin as a cicada's wing, almost transparent, yet faintly glowing with a pale red hue, flew out from his sleeve.
Like a rosy cloud, it lightly covered him.
His body was covered by a gauze robe, and the spiritual pressure of the late Foundation Establishment stage that was originally clearly perceptible around him, along with his life force, seemed to be instantly isolated and absorbed, becoming faint and almost nonexistent.
Even cultivators of the same level could not sense any aura when they scanned it with their divine sense.
This was the treasure he relied on for tracking and stealth—the Hidden Spirit Veil.
However, Lin Chuan, who was walking ahead, appeared casual, but in reality, he was highly focused.
Ever since he noticed that surprised look in the market, he had been spreading out a portion of his divine sense like an invisible spider web.
It covered an area of several hundred feet behind it.
At first, he did sense a clear aura belonging to the late Foundation Establishment stage coming from the direction of the market.
But after only a few breaths, that aura vanished as if it had evaporated into thin air!
"A method of concealment?"
Lin Chuan felt a chill run down his spine.
However, he had absolute confidence in the strength of his spiritual sense.
Since he made some progress in cultivating the Great Evolution Technique, his spiritual sense has already surpassed that of ordinary late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, and is even approaching that of pseudo-Core Formation cultivators!
He held his breath and focused his mind, raising the precision of his divine sense to the extreme, like the most sophisticated radar, repeatedly scanning every inch of space and every wisp of energy fluctuation behind him.
Finally, in that seemingly empty void, he detected a trace of extremely faint spiritual energy that was almost integrated with the environment, as well as a life pulse that had been deliberately suppressed to the extreme.
The trace was faint and elusive, yet it remained firmly fixed on a position a hundred feet behind him, like a persistent carbuncle.
They moved almost simultaneously!
"They did follow us! And they even used clever stealth techniques!"
Lin Chuan felt a surge of anger rising within him.
He was a complete stranger to the other party, with no grudges or enemies. They had only met briefly in the market, yet he was being relentlessly targeted and followed. This made him extremely unhappy, and he had a vague feeling that things were probably not so simple.
This place is still outside the market of the Hidden Moon Sect. There is a strong no-fly zone within a ten-mile radius, making it impossible to fly.
Lin Chuan could only suppress his anger and maintain his walking speed as he headed out of the restricted area. The hidden aura that followed him like a shadow always kept a distance that was neither too close nor too far, like a patient hunter.
"They've really got their eyes on me!"
A cold glint flashed in Lin Chuan's eyes.
Finally, after traveling several more miles, the space ahead rippled slightly, and the effects of the anti-flight restriction completely disappeared.
Without hesitation, Lin Chuan summoned a flying artifact beneath his feet, carrying him and the black-robed Qu Hun, and instantly took off towards the eastern horizon.
"Trying to run? You can't escape!"
Behind them, the handsome young man also rode a silver-white magic weapon, his speed not slowing down at all, closely chasing after Lin Chuan through the air!
The two magical artifacts streaked through the air one after the other at great speed, covering dozens of miles in one go, until a vast, undulating primeval forest with lush vegetation appeared ahead.
Just then, the magical artifact in front of them suddenly stopped, then turned around and, like an arrow released from a bow, plunged into the vast and dense forest below!
The silver-white magical artifact behind hesitated for a moment, seemingly assessing the terrain, before it also landed without hesitation and followed closely into the forest.
In the dense forest, the light was dim, ancient trees reached for the sky, and vines entwined around them. Lin Chuan stopped in a relatively open clearing in the forest, turned around, and looked coldly at the handsome young man who had followed closely behind and appeared in the distance.
"Who are you? Why have you followed me all this way?"
Lin Chuan's voice was devoid of any emotion, while his divine sense firmly locked onto the other party.
"hehe……"
The handsome young man patted off non-existent dust from his clothes, a fake smile on his face.
"Young friend Lin, oh no, perhaps I should address you as Fellow Daoist Lin now?"
"However, Fellow Daoist Lin really has a short memory. Back when the Crimson Forbidden Land opened, Fellow Daoist Lin single-handedly seized twenty-eight main ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills, helping Uncle Li Huayuan of Yellow Maple Valley win the bet. This event caused quite a stir at the time, and I remember it vividly. I greatly admired Fellow Daoist Lin's demeanor!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Chuan suddenly understood.
That's it!
This person is very likely one of the Foundation Establishment stage stewards who accompanied the Hidden Moon Sect team to the Crimson Forbidden Land back then, and was responsible for providing support or observation!
Given the astonishing quantity of spiritual herbs he had submitted back then, it was bound to attract the attention of various factions, so it's no wonder that this person remembered his face.
However, after several years, the other party recognized him here and followed him, so his purpose was probably not as simple as "chatting".
"You haven't answered my question yet!"
Lin Chuan's tone grew even colder, his magical power subtly surging as his vigilance reached its peak. "What is your purpose in following me?"
"Hehe, Fellow Daoist Lin, don't be impatient, I mean no harm."
The handsome young man smiled and casually took two steps forward to close the distance. "I just wanted to ask you about a small matter to satisfy my curiosity."
"Stop! If you have something to say, just stand there!" Lin Chuan shouted sternly.
At the same time, he stepped back slightly, maintaining what he considered a safe distance from the other party.
The handsome young man paused, his smile gradually fading, a sinister glint flashing in his eyes, and his voice lowering:
"Alright, since Fellow Daoist Lin is so straightforward, then I'll be frank—Fellow Daoist, how exactly did you obtain those twenty-eight spiritual herbs in that blood-red forbidden land where you were almost guaranteed to die? Did you discover some treasure land left behind by predecessors, or did you grasp some kind of secret...?"
Or perhaps a special technique for finding medicine? Could you... tell me these secrets, brother?
By the end, the greed and curiosity in his eyes were almost undisguised.
An ordinary Qi Refining cultivator can obtain spiritual medicines far superior to those of his peers in the forbidden area.
In his view, it was not simply a matter of good luck; he must have mastered some unknown shortcut or secret! The value of this secret might far exceed the value of those elixirs themselves!
"No comment!"
Lin Chuan flatly refused.
"Then... don't blame me for using some tricks!" A fierce glint flashed in the handsome young man's eyes, and before he finished speaking, he suddenly raised his right hand!
A blue talisman with intricate snowflake patterns flew out of his hand.
The talisman exploded in mid-air!
"call--!"
In an instant, the temperature within a radius of more than ten feet centered on the talisman plummeted, and countless tiny ice crystals condensed in the air.
Immediately afterwards, hundreds of sharp ice spikes, each about a foot long, materialized out of thin air and rained down on Lin Chuan like a storm!
It was none other than the powerful mid-to-low-tier attack talisman – Ice Rain!
"Hmph! You're asking for death!" Lin Chuan's anger was completely ignited.
Despite repeated concessions, the other party became increasingly aggressive and even attempted to kill him!
He no longer held back in the slightest.
With a thought, an umbrella-shaped magical artifact, entirely yellow with silver edges and engraved with mysterious defensive runes, flew out of his storage bag.
This magical artifact is none other than the Yellow Silk Umbrella, a top-tier defensive artifact obtained from Fengyue in the Crimson Forbidden Land!
The yellow umbrella swelled in the wind, instantly transforming into a size of about ten feet in diameter, hovering above Lin Chuan's head, and casting down a solid yellow light screen to protect Lin Chuan and Qu Hun behind him.
"Jingle bells—!"
The dense, rain-like icicles slammed into the yellow light screen, producing a crisp, resounding impact.
The light curtain trembled violently, flashing with spiritual light, yet remained as stable as a mountain, blocking, deflecting, or melting all the ice spikes.
"A yellow parasol?!"
The handsome young man missed his first attack, then fixed his gaze on the yellow umbrella above Lin Chuan's head, his greedy expression deepening, even tinged with excitement.
"As expected! You really did kill Feng Yue! ...Heh heh, he brought a powerful talisman into the forbidden area back then, it must have fallen into your hands, right?"
He paused, his eyes filled with even more curiosity, and began to speculate to himself:
"Tsk tsk, I'm even more curious now... Han Tianya, that arrogant and powerful figure from Huadaowu, is said to have also fallen in the Blood Forbidden Land, and even his precious flying knife talisman has disappeared... Could it be that you killed Han Tianya too? One person, silently eliminating so many talented individuals with powerful backgrounds, no wonder you were able to amass so many spiritual herbs..."