Xiuxian, I have a high martial arts world

Chapter 122 Supernatural power, earth escape technique!
A moment later, in the south of Yudai City.

Lin Chen followed the underground tunnel opened by the drilling machine and dived into the ground more than 200 feet deep.

It was pitch dark underground, and Lin Chen could only rely on his spiritual sense to explore the surrounding environment.

When he reached the end of the tunnel dug by the drilling rig, Lin Chen saw another tunnel half a person's height.

He bent down and went in, Lin Chen's consciousness spread out like a tide.

After observing for a while, Lin Chen nodded and said:

"It is indeed a newly dug tunnel... And it doesn't look like it was dug by a snake creature, but more like it was dug by a human..."

"How come this digging skill seems more sophisticated than that of a drilling machine?"

Lin Chen had a strange look on his face.

After some thought, he decided to explore deeper into the underground tunnel.

Leaving Long Ba where he was, Lin Chen walked down the cave.

During this period, Lin Chen kept his spiritual sense at the maximum distance and was able to sense the situation nearly three hundred feet away.

After walking for a while, he estimated that he was about seven or eight hundred feet away from the ground.

But the hole still has no end...

After walking forward for a while, Lin Chen stopped.

In his perception, there was the presence of someone three hundred feet away.

And that person was digging a hole in the ground at an astonishing speed.

Much faster than a drilling machine...

A strange look appeared on Lin Chen's face.

"Why does this person's aura feel familiar?"

After careful sensing, Lin Chen identified the man's identity.

"This seems to be the Jade Belt Scholar who escaped from Jade Belt Mountain?"

"If that's the case, then it makes sense..."

Lin Chen touched his chin and thought of the Jade Belt Scholar who had performed the Earth Escape Technique.

The earth escape technique is extremely mysterious, so it is not surprising that it can dig a hole at such an astonishing speed.

"This way, I can save some effort... If I can learn the earth escape technique of this Jade Belt Scholar, wouldn't it be much more convenient than using a drilling machine?"

Thinking of this, Lin Chen concealed his own cultivation and slowly approached the Jade Belt Scholar.

……

At the same time, the Jade Belt Scholar was digging the hole tirelessly.

He also muttered something:

"That damn fellow actually sealed up Yudai City... Are they really going to hold a city sacrifice?"

"Fortunately, I have the skill of escaping underground. When I dig a thousand feet deep underground, hehe! Even a Yuanying Great Power... can't find me!"

The Jade Belt Scholar already had a plan in mind at this moment.

It would be best if we could just dig our way out of Yudai City.

If they really can't escape, they will hide deep underground for a year or two before coming out to see people...

In a blink of an eye, he dug several feet deeper.

While resting, he suddenly felt something was wrong. Looking back, he saw a figure standing behind him.

Subconsciously holding up the body's true energy...

But it's of no use at all!
I saw a pitch-black long sword directly breaking through the true energy that protected his body.

The whole body was split in half by a huge force...

Pain spread throughout his body, but he didn't even have the chance to scream out in pain.

Before he died, he had only one thought in his mind.

"How could someone find him in this deep underground?"

After killing the Jade Belt Scholar with one sword, Lin Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's a thousand feet underground, so the earth escape technique is a bit troublesome...if he escapes, it will be a big loss!"

"It would be more comfortable to just kill him with one blow..."

Lin Chen muttered.

His strike contained more than a million pounds of force. How could someone at the Foundation Establishment stage resist it?
After killing the Jade Belt Scholar, Lin Chen took out his storage bag and searched through it carefully.

He easily erased the restriction and probed into it with his spiritual consciousness.

Lin Chen was a little surprised. There were quite a few good things in this storage bag.

It is unknown how many years this Jade-Belt Scholar has been a robbery cultivator. He may have had some adventures in his early years.

There are more than 30,000 spirit stones in the storage bag alone, which is enough for Lin Chen to practice for the next 100 days.

In addition, there are many magic weapons, elixirs, and mountains of ancient books and storybooks...

"Tsk tsk, a scholar! Naturally he loves reading..."

Lin Chen muttered to himself that the Jade Belt Scholar had collected no less than a thousand ancient books on various martial arts techniques.

Of course, most of them are common stuff.

But there are also dozens of books that look unusual, as if they were unique copies excavated from ancient ruins.

In addition, Lin Chen discovered that this Jade Belt Scholar liked to read vernacular novels.

I especially like to read stories about a scholar and a fox demon falling in love among ordinary people...

There are no less than a hundred stories of this kind alone.

Taking another look at the author's name, it turned out to be written by the Jade Belt Scholar himself.

Seeing this, Lin Chen couldn't help but have a strange look in his eyes.

"Tsk tsk, I didn't expect this jade-belted scholar to have such a hobby..."

After searching carefully for a long time, Lin Chen finally got what he wanted.

A jade slip.

A jade slip that records the art of earth escape!

Lin Chen immersed his mind in the jade slip and read it carefully.

Half an hour later, a look of amazement flashed in Lin Chen's eyes.

"This earth escape technique is really unusual...it turned out to be a magical power he found in ancient ruins!"

That’s right, the Earth Escape Technique is the first magical power Lin Chen has ever seen!
In the world of cultivating immortals, not every technique can be called a magical power.

For example, the bird in a cage and Yin wood power that Lin Chen had learned before.

They can only be called magic.

Spells are relatively common, with decent power, but the energy consumption of casting is relatively low.

Just like the major sects and forces in Yanlai, they almost all master magic.

What is even rarer and more precious than magic is supernatural power!
The biggest feature of supernatural powers is that they are highly powerful and consume a lot of mana and true energy!

Just like this earth escape technique, if one has mastered it to a certain extent, digging a thousand feet underground in a day is not a problem...

With such magical powers, even for a person with the level of cultivation as Jade Belt Scholar, it would not be difficult to survive below the Nascent Soul stage.

After all, if one hides thousands of feet underground, even a Nascent Soul cultivator would have a headache.

"It's a pity that this Jade Belt Scholar has not yet mastered the Earth Escape Technique."

Lin Chen murmured.

The opening record of this earth escape technique comes from the "Earthly Evil Chapter" in the "One Hundred and Eight Heavenly and Earthly Evil Magical Powers".

Earth escape technique has two major methods.

First, dig a hole!
Just like the Jade Belt Scholar, he can easily dig a hole and hide himself underground.

Second, escape underground!
After performing this magic, the land will be like water to the cultivator and will not pose any hindrance at all.

There is no need to even dig the ground. The whole person will live underground in a strange form like a fish.

After mastering the art of earth escape, one can hide thousands of feet underground in an instant.

Moreover, it is like swimming in water, and one can travel underground, and the speed is not much slower than flying with a flying device...

Whether it is for traveling or saving lives, it is first-class.

The only pity is that the earth escape technique consumes too much mana.

Moreover, they must escape underground in one breath. If they run out of magic power or cannot withstand the pressure of the land, they can only return to the shore.

"Tsk tsk, this Jade Belt Scholar may not have mastered the art of earth escape!"

"Otherwise, you could have just evacuated thousands of feet underground in one breath...how could I have caught you?"

Lin Chen's mouth corners slightly raised.

He meets the prerequisite for practicing the Earth Escape Technique—he possesses earth-type spiritual roots!
After all, Swallowing Spirit has all five elements, and Lin Chen almost meets the prerequisites for learning most of the magical skills.

"Well, as long as I master this earth escape technique, I will be able to protect myself even if the demons sacrifice the city..."

Lin Chen glanced at the countdown on his arm.

There are less than three days left before returning to Blue Star.

"This thousand-foot-deep underground is much safer than Jade Belt City..."

Lin Chen touched his chin and simply opened up a small cave with a radius of three meters underground.

Afterwards, he released Long Ba and Feng Jiu into the city to gather intelligence for him.

As for himself, he stayed underground and practiced earth escape techniques.

"First, practice the earth escape technique. Then, even if you encounter a threat, you will have more ways to protect yourself..."

Lin Chen thought silently.

So I started practicing.

……

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

The countdown on his arm was about to reach zero, and Lin Chen temporarily ended his practice.

"Tsk tsk, this earth escape technique is indeed a magical power. It is really difficult to learn..."

"Three days, and you've barely gotten started?"

Lin Chen touched his chin.

He got up and walked to the hole.

He performed the Earth Escape Technique, and with a flash of mysterious light, a layer of brown energy seemed to be attached to the surface of his body.

With his hands outstretched, he dug in the dirt in front of him.

He could hardly feel the presence of the soil. Once he dug it away, it instantly returned to nothingness.

In just a dozen breaths, Lin Chen dug two or three feet deep. "Tsk tsk, this digging speed is no problem at all, a thousand feet a day..."

"It's a pity that the consumption of true energy is too great..."

Lin Chen murmured.

The core of the earth escape technique is not the speed of digging, but how to deal with the dug soil.

This magical power can move the useless soil excavated to the surface, otherwise there is nowhere to move the soil underground.

"There is also the method of burrowing underground. The energy consumption is probably more than ten times that of digging underground..."

"Let's see if we can master the Earth Escape Technique to a small degree!"

Lin Chen's sensitivity to earth spiritual energy is comparable to that of a top-grade earth spiritual root.

Both his aptitude and comprehension were far superior to that of the Jade Belt Scholar.

In just three days, he almost reached the same level as the Jade Belt Scholar.

After a moment, the countdown on Lin Chen's arm returned to zero.

……

Daxia Kingdom, Martial Arts Palace.

After Wang Lishan noticed the changes in Lin Chen, he was delighted and asked:

"came back?"

“Yeah!” Lin Chen nodded and said, “I found a good thing… At least I can save my life in Yudai City!”

He told Wang Lishan everything he encountered in Yudai City.

Including speculations about the Puppet Hall, the Ghost Exorcist Gate, and the newly acquired Earth Escape Technique.

Wang Lishan was obviously quite interested in the Earth Escape Technique. He said:
"This earth escape technique is really impressive... I want to form a special unit to learn this earth escape technique. I'm afraid it will be very useful on the battlefield!"

Lin Chen nodded slightly after hearing this.

The art of warfare is all about deception. Even on a martial arts battlefield, the art of earth escape is of great use!

For example, digging a secret passage from thousands of feet underground to attack the monster's lair...

"I heard that in the old era, there was a special force called the Tomb Raiders Captain... I think the captain was an official position in the old era." Lin Chen said with a smile.

Besides, the promotion of earth escape technique might make Brother Tumu unemployed...

……

This time when he returned to Blue Star, Lin Chen reported the intelligence as usual.

On the one hand, we are waiting for the think tank’s next plans and predictions.

On the other hand, Lin Chen also worked hard to practice the earth escape technique.

In this way, seven days passed quickly.

Lin Chen has made great progress in earth escape techniques.

If one has enough true energy, digging two thousand feet deep in one day is not a problem...

But unfortunately, Lin Chen’s current true energy is not enough.

The maximum depth of digging in a day is a thousand feet.

When he returned to the world of immortal cultivation, Wang Lishan informed Lin Chen of the think tank's latest predictions.

"Xiao Chen, remember what you said before, that the cultivators and mortals in Yudai City have lost the concept of leaving the city?"

"of course I remember!"

Lin Chen nodded. This was the most terrifying and bizarre thing he had ever seen.

If the entire Yudai City, with millions of people, lost the concept of "leaving the city", what a terrifying force that would be!

I'm afraid only an immortal can do this...

Wang Lishan smiled and said:
"Would you like to hear the think tank's latest speculation?"

"In fact, they were also shocked when they learned about this. After all, it was too unbelievable to make everyone in the city lose the concept of leaving the city..."

"But considering your situation, and the Jade Belt Scholar who also wants to dig his way out..."

"In the end, we came to the conclusion that this formation did not make people lose the concept of leaving the city...it just caused misleading thinking to a certain extent...making people unable to remember to leave Yudai City."

After hearing this, Lin Chen agreed deeply.

Indeed, if it were just misleading thinking, it would be much simpler.

Any cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining can deceive ordinary mortals by learning a little trick to confuse people.

If you want to confuse a cultivator, the requirements for realm and soul power will be even greater...

Wang Lishan then said:
"But even so, being able to confuse the hearts of millions of people in the entire city... that's really an extraordinary power!"

"Based on our judgment of the power of the immortal cultivation world, it would be difficult for even a Nascent Soul cultivator to accomplish this!"

"Therefore, we guess that this formation must have some kind of limitation..."

"For example, the reason why you were not affected by the formation and still wanted to leave the city is most likely because your soul power is strong enough... beyond the foundation building perfection!"

"This should be a dividing line. Those below the perfect foundation will be affected by the formation, but those above the perfect foundation will not be affected!"

"As for the Jade Belt Scholar, he was not affected. On the one hand, it is because he is also in the late stage of foundation building and his spirit is not bad... On the other hand, it is because he has only been in Jade Belt City for a short time! He has not been affected by the formation yet..."

Hearing this, Lin Chen suddenly realized:

"Uncle Wang, what you mean is that this formation has existed for a long time...but it has never sealed the city, and it has only gradually misled the thinking of the creatures in the city!"

"After the formation was activated, the mortals and cultivators in the city had long lost the desire to leave Yudai City... so naturally they wouldn't notice anything unusual?"

Wang Lishan nodded and said:

"That's right! But you have overlooked one point. There are so many monks in Yudai City. I think besides you and Yudai Scholar, there should be other monks who have discovered the abnormality..."

"Even among these tens of thousands of cultivators, is it possible that there are independent cultivators in the Jindan stage lurking and aware of it?"

"Perhaps you should go to the city and look for it... maybe you can find a clue!"

Lin Chen nodded slightly after hearing this.

According to the think tank's speculation, there should still be some monks in the city who have not been affected by the formation.

Or, they were aware that the formation was sealing off the city, but did not dare to directly confront the Puppet Hall and the Ghost Exorcist Sect.

I can only hide in secret and look for an opportunity to leave the city.

If Lin Chen can find this power, the possibility of escaping from Yudai City will be greatly increased.

"Okay, I'll pay attention to this!"

Lin Chen nodded.

Wang Lishan glanced at the time and knew that he was not far from Lin Chen's crossing.

So he patted Lin Chen on the shoulder and comforted him:

"Xiao Chen, if you really can't escape, just hide underground and destroy everything with nuclear weapons!"

"Behind you is the entire high-level martial arts world... Even if it is the karma that the cultivator is afraid of, it should be borne by our entire world together!"

After hearing this, Lin Chen nodded silently without saying anything.

Soon, a new round of time travel was reset, and Lin Chen's vision changed.

……

Outside Yudai City, thousands of feet underground.

After Lin Chen returned, he used the earth escape technique to return to the ground.

At this moment, the sky was just getting light.

He looked towards the direction of Yudai City and murmured:
"Originally, my idea was to go to the mass grave outside the city..."

"But now it seems that if we can find other independent cultivators in the city, it might be a better solution!"

With this in mind, Lin Chen sent Long Ba and Feng Jiu to search for clues in the city.

Originally, Lin Chen didn't think about it in this regard, so he missed many details.

But after looking for it carefully, things became simpler.

For example, Lin Chen noticed that there were several monks who always sat in the inn opposite the Black Dog Gang drinking and drinking tea.

He would stay there for an entire afternoon and would come every one or two days.

After a few days, Lin Chen roughly determined the identities of these cultivators.

So he sent Long Ba and Feng Jiu to contact them.

……

The inn opposite the Black Dog Gang.

Fengjiu walked into the inn, looked around, and then sat down at a table.

At this time, there were already two monks sitting at the table, chatting and laughing.

After seeing Feng Jiu, he asked with some doubt:
"My fellow Taoist, what can I do for you?"

Feng Jiu frowned and snorted coldly:

"I've been watching you guys for a long time! Have you been following me all this time?"

After hearing this, the two foundation-building monks on the opposite side changed their expressions, coughed twice and said:
"Fellow Daoist, you think too much..."

"Overthinking? If I was overthinking, why would your expressions change?"

After saying that, Fengjiu reached out and grabbed the cultivator's wrist.

When the monk felt the huge force on his wrist, his face suddenly changed.

Another monk who was traveling with him wanted to resist, but was grabbed by Long Ba.

Afterwards, Long Ba and Feng Jiu dragged the two monks out of the Black Dog Gang’s base and walked into a room in the inn.

"Two...two fellow Taoists! You have misunderstood!"

The two monks who were gathering intelligence on the Black Dog Gang suddenly changed their expressions and spoke quickly.

They had never seen such a bluffing monk before, who would fight over a disagreement...

Feng Jiu snorted coldly after hearing this:

"Of course I know you're not following me!"

"Are you...really investigating the Black Dog Gang? Or...are you investigating the three strange things in the city?"

After hearing this, the two monks' faces changed slightly, and they asked tentatively:

"My two Taoist friends, what do you mean..."

"Yes, we are investigating as well! Why don't we share some information with each other?"

Fengjiu said calmly.

After hearing this, the two monks looked at each other and said:

"So, there are still Taoist friends who have not lost their minds in the city... In that case, the two Taoist friends, please follow us..."

(End of this chapter)