Chapter 484 - 243: Tenth Layer Great Perfection! Activating the True Level Talent [True: All Laws Return to the Origin]
Chapter 484: Chapter 243: Tenth Layer Great Perfection! Activating the True Level Talent [True: All Laws Return to the Origin]
However, not long after Jiang Che’s clone had departed, deep within the Spirit Mist Valley, atop a rather lavishly decorated pavilion...
A middle-aged man in a brocade robe with sinister eyes was standing before a window, his gaze fixed darkly upon where the black-robed stall owner had been.
"Master Wu, what is it?"
Behind him, an attendant asked cautiously.
The middle-aged man known as Master Wu rolled two Profound Iron Galls in his hand, which made a clacking sound.
"That black-robed person who was just selling the Elemental Fusion Vein Protection Pills, have you seen him before?"
"No... he seemed to be a new face." The attendant shook his head.
"A new face... who can produce something as high-end as Elemental Fusion Vein Protection Pills..."
Master Wu narrowed his eyes, a cold glint flashing within them.
Here in Spirit Mist Valley, the trade in high-end Elixir Pills had always been monopolized by a few powerful elixir merchants.
A strategic resource like the Elemental Fusion Vein Protection Pill was even more strictly controlled; even they had trouble getting their hands on it.
And now this guy pops out of nowhere, his origins unknown, and he actually has a supply...
"Go, send someone sharp to follow him and investigate."
Master Wu stopped the movement in his hands and said coldly, "Find out which peak this guy belongs to and who’s backing him. If he’s just an Independent Cultivator with no backing..."
A cruel smile touched his lips:
"This Elixir Pill business isn’t something just anyone can get a piece of!"
"Yes! This subordinate understands!"
The attendant accepted the order, and with a flicker of his figure, he silently crept off in the direction Jiang Che’s clone had disappeared.
...
Outside Spirit Mist Valley, on a rugged mountain path.
A figure wrapped in a black robe was striding forward quickly.
’Someone’s following me...’
Through his [True: All-Seeing Eye], Jiang Che’s clone discovered a figure tailing him from behind.
It was a skinny man dressed in gray clothes.
His cultivation had reached the Early-stage Second Layer of the True Master Realm. Although his aura was somewhat impure, to an ordinary Outer Disciple, he was an existence not to be provoked.
’Second Layer of the True Master Realm...’
Jiang Che calculated inwardly.
’With my clone’s current abilities, if I were willing to pay the price and use the Black Armor Form, combined with a sneak attack, killing him wouldn’t be difficult.’
’But...’
Jiang Che’s brow furrowed slightly.
Once he made a move, he would inevitably leave traces.
Moreover, since the other party dared to tail him outside Spirit Mist Valley, they must have a powerful faction backing them.
Killing a minion only to attract a whole mob, and even exposing his trump card in the process, would be a loss that far outweighs the gain.
Especially since assassins from the Great Yan Kingdom had recently infiltrated Lingzhou, transforming into Black Armor could easily lead to being mistaken for a Giant Spirit Martial Artist, which would cause even bigger trouble.
’To be safe, I just need to shake him off!’
With his mind made up, the pace of Jiang Che’s clone suddenly changed.
BOOM!
The earth beneath his feet sank slightly as the clone’s speed instantly exploded, and he shot like an arrow released from a bow toward a dense forest ahead!
"Hm? Trying to run?!"
Behind him, the skinny man responsible for tailing him saw this, and his expression changed.
He hadn’t expected the black-robed person before him to be so alert, nor that his burst of speed would be so fast!
"Since you’ve spotted me, I don’t have to be nice anymore!"
The skinny man snorted coldly. No longer concealing his presence, he circulated the True Qi in his body, his figure transforming into a gray shadow as he abruptly accelerated in pursuit.
"Friend! Since you’ve come to Spirit Mist Valley, why not stay and chat? My master would like to invite you for a talk!"
He shouted this as he gave chase, transmitting his voice with True Qi in an attempt to disrupt his target’s focus.
However, the black-robed man ahead paid him no heed, plunging headfirst into the dense forest.
"So you’ve chosen the hard way!"
A vicious glint flashed in the skinny man’s eyes. He pushed his speed up another notch and charged into the woods right behind him.
Once they were in the forest, with his True Master Realm Divine Thought locked on, the target wouldn’t be able to escape even if he grew wings!
However.
Just as he charged into the woods, the scene before him made him freeze on the spot.
The black-robed man had vanished into thin air, right under his very nose!
"What’s going on?!"
He frantically unleashed his Divine Thought, sweeping it again and again over every inch of vegetation and every rock in the vicinity.
No one!
No one!
Still no one!
Within a hundred-meter radius, there was no trace of a living person’s aura, only the rustling of leaves in the wind!
"Damn it... What kind of Escape Technique was that?!"
The skinny man stood rooted to the spot, a layer of cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
Even an Assassin from Shadow Killing Peak, who specialized in concealment, couldn’t have vanished so completely without leaving a single trace!
He searched the forest for a long time, frustrated, even blasting a patch of surrounding bushes flat, but in the end, he had no choice but to accept the fact that he had lost the target.
...
「An hour later.」
Deep within Spirit Mist Valley, inside the lavishly decorated pavilion.
"You lost him?"
The Profound Iron Galls spinning in Master Wu’s hand came to a sudden stop.
He turned, his gaze falling coldly upon the skinny man kneeling on the floor:
"You’re in the Second Layer of the True Master Realm, yet you’re telling me you lost an Independent Cultivator who sells pills?"
"Master Wu, forgive me!"
Cold sweat poured down the skinny man’s face. "That person is incredibly strange! This subordinate had clearly locked onto his aura, but after he entered the forest, it was as if he evaporated into thin air! This subordinate suspects... he might have some kind of High Tier concealment Magical Treasure, or he has cultivated an extremely profound Escape Technique!"
"A profound Escape Technique..."
Master Wu narrowed his eyes.
To be able to disappear right under the nose of a True Master was indeed not something an ordinary person could do.
It seemed the background of this suddenly appeared pill-seller was more complex than he had imagined.
"Forget it."
After a long moment of contemplation, Master Wu waved his hand and began rolling the Profound Iron Galls in his palm again.
"Since you lost him, then let it be. It’s not worth raising a fuss over a mere bottle of pills."