Chapter 74 Hidden Crisis

As the experience and insights of practicing the Ghost Vine Technique flooded into his mind, Chen An understood and mastered the technique.

Ghost Vine Technique is a wood-based spell that can consume a second-level spirit seed and stimulate it to grow into a ghost face vine, which can be used to trap or attack. Usually, if a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building is hit, he can only wait for death. It is a good spell, but it consumes a second-level spirit seed each time it is cast, which is a bit wasteful of seeds.

Chen An shook his head, took out the ghost face mask and compared it with it. Perhaps because they share the same origin, its appearance is somewhat similar to the face on the ghost face vine.

The ghost face mask is as thin as a cicada's wing and feels quite special to the touch, like touching the skin.

Chen An hesitated for a moment, refined it, and tried to stick it on his face.

The next moment, the mask melted away like water and merged into Chen An's face. His body suddenly grew several inches taller and his figure became more muscular. In the blink of an eye, he turned into a burly man.

Feeling the changes in his body, he had an idea and used the Spirit Rain Technique to condense a water mirror. A face that looked very similar to Wang Feihu appeared before him. Even the aura on his body changed, and it was exactly the same as Wang Feihu.

"This mask has some value, but I never leave Yunwu Mountain, so it probably won't be of much use to me."

Chen An transformed himself into several familiar characters and played with them for a while. He felt it was novel at the beginning, but got bored after a few changes and then threw the ghost face mask aside.

He took out talisman paper and talisman pen, thought for a moment, and found a second-level intermediate-grade defensive talisman called Water Element Cover in the second-level talisman inheritance.

He immediately started writing and spent some time making several high-quality water element talismans for future use for self-defense.

Three years later.

The spiritual field in front of the cave is lush and green, and every spiritual plant grows luxuriantly under the nourishment of the third-level spiritual field.

Chen An stood in front of several spiritual ginseng plants and activated the Soul-Grabbing Technique to gather several other spiritual plants, ripened a fifteen-year-old spiritual ginseng, and harvested a spiritual pill of perfect quality.

After putting away the spiritual ginseng and elixir, he turned and left the spiritual field, stepped out of the formation, and headed towards the west of Yunwu Mountain.

"Senior, you are here!"

Zhao Hu quickly stood up and bowed.

A few years ago, Chen An gave him an ordinary quality spiritual pill, which repaired part of his foundation. His cultivation speed has been restored to that of a low-grade spiritual root, approaching the middle grade.

"Well, the progress is pretty good. I haven't been lazy."

Chen An nodded with satisfaction. The other party had been practicing in Yunwu Mountain for almost ten years. Chen Qing also occasionally sent him a batch of practice resources. Now Zhao Hu's practice has reached the sixth level of Qi training.

It can be seen that Zhao Hu has been practicing hard here and has never slacked off.

"Take this pill."

Chen An immediately took out the elixir and handed it over.

"Perfect quality nourishing elixir!" Zhao Hu was shocked. Happiness came too suddenly and he didn't dare to take it.

Chen An saw the other party's doubts and said, "Don't worry, I don't want anything from you. When you go back, if there are any major moves in Qingyun Sect, please inform me in time, and it will be worth it for me to help you this time."

In the future, as the Chen family's strength gradually increases, especially as Chen An's cultivation gradually approaches the Jindan stage, conflicts between the Chen family and the Qingyun Sect will arise sooner or later.

Although Chen Yu can play a similar role in Qingyun Sect, with her qualifications, it is hard to say whether she can become a real high-level figure in Qingyun Sect. It is impossible for her to inform the family in time for some core events.

"Thank you, senior."

Zhao Hu breathed a sigh of relief and took it with trembling hands. As long as he took this pill, his foundation would be completely restored.

By then, it will not be difficult for him to advance to the later stage of Qi training and break through the foundation building. Those disciples of the sect who harmed him in the past will not be able to escape!

When Chen An obtained the Soul-Snatching Technique several years ago, he was able to obtain soul-replenishing pills of perfect quality. On the one hand, he could not put others before himself. Even if it was to restore Chen Qing's foundation, it was only implemented after he had obtained a wave of self-defense methods.

Secondly, if Zhao Hu had been given a perfect quality elixir right away, without the ten years of waiting and tempering, he would not have cherished the favor too much, and might even have been unsatisfied and asked for more. Thirdly, after ten years, it was reasonable for Zhao Hu to recover his foundation, and others would have just regarded him as a chance, not too shocking.

Anyway, with the other party's qualifications, a few years of slow cultivation wouldn't delay much.

"After your spiritual roots recover, you can leave Yunwu Mountain and return to the sect." A barely perceptible black light flashed across Chen An's palm. He gently patted the other person's shoulder and said in a flat tone.

"Senior, I..." Zhao Hu's eyes were filled with tears. He was about to say something else, but when he looked up again, there was no sign of Chen An in front of him.

There was only one voice floating in this simple cave, which continued to ring in the ears: "When you go back, don't let on that you have been to Yunwu Mountain."

Zhao Hu kowtowed towards the direction where Chen An left and said, "Junior will remember this!"

Chen An noticed Zhao Hu's behavior, smiled lightly and said nothing more. He had just cast a soul-controlling spell on the other party, so he could rest assured.

Different from Chen Jiangxin's near-madness, the soul-controlling spell he cast was relatively simple and more secretive. It was only a precautionary measure. As long as Zhao Hu had the intention of betraying him, the soul-controlling spell could destroy his soul in an instant.

After Chen An left, he turned around and went to the family compound and found Chen Qing.

"In a few days, send Zhao Hu to the outskirts of Black Wind Mountain, and then leave him alone. Remember, you must do it secretly and try not to let others find out."

Chen Qing knew that the other party must have a deeper meaning for this arrangement, but he still couldn't help asking: "Zhao Hu is just an outer disciple of Qingyun Sect, why do you care so much about him?"

"He is not an ordinary outer sect disciple. He has a top-grade spiritual root. He accidentally got involved in the factional struggle of Qingyun Sect and had his spiritual root destroyed."

"What? Top-grade spiritual roots?"

Chen Qing felt sad. In the past few years, he had taken in several concubines for Chen Duoduo, and the best qualified children born from them only had medium-grade spiritual roots.

If Zhao Hu's foundation is repaired, breaking through the foundation within a few years will not be a problem at all.

Chen An did not hide anything from Chen Qing and told him his plan.

After hearing this, Chen Qing sighed: "Your worries are not without reason. The Xu family has accumulated a lot of wealth over the years. If Qingyun Sect hadn't deliberately suppressed them, there would definitely be more than three foundation-building cultivators in the family. At least there would be as many as one hand can hold."

“So, after becoming powerful to a certain extent, you must keep a low profile. With the Xu family leading the way, the Chen family is unlikely to attract the attention of the Qingyun Sect. I’m only doing this just in case.” Chen Ando said.

The ancestor of Qingyun Sect has only reached the Jindan stage. If the major families are allowed to continue to develop, the status of Qingyun Sect might be threatened. If another Jindan appears unexpectedly, it will be completely out of control.

If Chen An was a high-ranking member of the sect, he would most likely do the same.

"Leave this matter to me, don't worry." Chen Qing immediately patted his chest and made the promise.

The things left by the old man and several low-grade spiritual weapons seized from the two people of the Liu family were of little use to Chen An now, so he divided them among Chen Qing and Chen Zishun, which greatly improved their strength.

As long as Chen Qing and Zhao Hu disguise themselves and are careful, they will not attract much attention from others.

After explaining what happened here, Chen An returned to the cave.

He activated the Soul-stealing Technique, ripened and harvested several bottles of perfect quality Peiyuan Pills, and continued his hard practice.

A month later.

Chen An's spiritual sense discovered a figure wandering outside the formation, who seemed to be very anxious.

"Chen Qing?"

"Could it be that Wang Feihu came again and forced him to cooperate?"

Chen An's heart skipped a beat and he hurried out of the cave and passed through the light curtain of the formation.

(End of this chapter)