Chapter 457 - 211: Tier 4 Spirit Pill, the Jin Family’s Search
Chapter 457: Chapter 211: Tier 4 Spirit Pill, the Jin Family’s Search
Ghost-faced Cyan is ranked tenth on the bounty wall of Ten Thousand Immortals Island, with a reward of one million three hundred thousand Spirit Stones.
"Sigh, if that’s the case, could it have been Whitebeard? He’s always liked going after these major families."
"Hard to say. Any of the top-ranked ones are possible. Isn’t that white-faced scholar also known for showing up around here?"
The white-faced scholar is ranked sixth, with an accumulated bounty of exactly two million Spirit Stones.
"No way. Nerd Bai doesn’t have the guts. He only dares to attack lone cultivators. He’s just been lucky not to get caught for the past three hundred years."
"That’s nonsense. How could someone ranked sixth lack guts? Maybe he’s just intentionally acting contrary to expectations."
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Soon, the crowd’s conversation devolved into an argument about the top ten Tribulation Cultivators—who was the strongest and who was the weakest.
Xiao Chen slipped away and spent some time gathering information.
The situation was not looking good. Hundred Herbs City now believed the Jin Family cultivators had been killed by a Tribulation Cultivator and was helping to gather useful leads within the city.
Rumor had it the Jin Family had hired a tracking expert.
They had already narrowed the search area to the south of Hundred Herbs Island and had gone to the southern islands the day before yesterday to make inquiries.
As long as they could find Loose Cultivators who had seen the Jin Family members, they could lock down a general area and begin the next phase of elimination.
With the cooperation of Hundred Herbs City, after eliminating the Golden Core Cultivators with alibis, not many suspects would remain.
After all, even if the Eastern Domain had a relatively large number of Golden Core True Men, there weren’t so many that they couldn’t all be investigated. Most of them could be traced.
It was merely a matter of how much manpower and time they were willing to invest.
At the same time, Xiao Chen also learned something unexpected: security on Hundred Herbs Island had become lax on the inside but tight on the outside.
No one bothered those entering the island, but any Golden Core Cultivator trying to leave would be tailed.
Anyone who stayed behind might wake up in the middle of the night to find a large group of people blocking their door.
In truth, this information had been deliberately leaked by the Jin Family.
Under normal circumstances, a Tribulation Cultivator in this situation would almost certainly choose to flee Hundred Herbs Island.
To that end, the Jin Family had actually left a third of their forces hidden near Hundred Herbs Island, ready to ambush the fleeing Tribulation Cultivator.
However, Xiao Chen did not leave as the Jin Family had anticipated.
The main reason was that if he fled now, his identity as the Golden Light Wanderer would be forfeit, and he could forget about the Relic in the Outer Sea.
Therefore, he decided to take a gamble that he wouldn’t be discovered.
After all, no matter how thoroughly the Jin Family investigated, they theoretically had no way to pinpoint a specific individual.
’Besides, I have the Blade of Night. The worst-case scenario is just being cornered at my door. It’s not like I’ll actually be trapped on Hundred Herbs Island for good.’
So, over the next few days, he simply spent his mornings in Refinement of a Demon Pill to increase his True Essence.
In the afternoons, he would restore his Yang Qi while taking strolls through Hundred Herbs City, blending in with the crowds to gather the latest news.
As it happened, it was a good thing he hadn’t left.
On the first day of the third month, a distinguished guest arrived on Hundred Herbs Island.
He was an old friend of City Lord Huo, with the Dharma Name Tideng True Monarch.
Upon seeing the Bounty Orders plastered all over the city, he posted a bounty of his own in the main square.
Any cultivator who could provide one of three specific Tier Four Spiritual Objects could trade it for an Immortal Ganoderma Soul Cleansing Pill.
The Immortal Ganoderma Soul Cleansing Pill was a Tier Four Spirit Pill that could purify the Divine Soul, enhance Divine Sense, and, most importantly, boost one’s comprehension.
It was said that after consuming it, one could achieve a state of near-instantaneous enlightenment for twelve hours.
This made it immensely helpful for breaking through bottlenecks or comprehending difficult cultivation principles.
Correspondingly, however, the three items Tideng True Monarch sought were also related to comprehension.
They were: Auspicious Immortal Ganoderma, Purple Gold Bodhi, and Three-Flower Converging Spirit Fruit.
The Auspicious Immortal Ganoderma was, in fact, the most crucial primary ingredient for refining the Immortal Ganoderma Soul Cleansing Pill.
’An opportunity this good?’
Xiao Chen felt a stir of temptation as he looked at the bounty. ’I might have to flee at any moment anyway, so I might as well trade for a Tier Four Spirit Pill first.’
After all, the Immortal Ganoderma Soul Cleansing Pill could enhance one’s Divine Sense. While this was considered a secondary benefit for Tier Four cultivators, for him, it was a very useful boost.
’If I go unnoticed, I’ll walk away with a Spirit Pill.
And if I do draw attention, I can just use the Blade of Night to escape. It would be the perfect way to evade the Jin Family’s search anyway.’