Put away your magical powers now!.

Chapter 207 [Treat the Symptoms] (6200)

Chapter 201 [Treat the Symptoms] (6200)

For Chen Yan, the matter of Luo Shang was just a minor episode he had heard at Xueya Pass.

After settling into the Brotherhood, Chen Yan rested for the night. That night, Da Bai stayed in Chen Yan's room, lying by his bedside.

The next day, Chen Yan took Da Bai to the bathroom and gave the big guy a good bath.

Seeing that more than ten buckets of water had been used, Chen Yan couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Just how dirty is this guy?!

Thinking about it, it's not that strange. Big White has lived in the wild for years, either in bad soil mountains, forests of evil spirit trees, or snowfields.

Where do wild animals bathe?

Fortunately, Chen Yan's storage jade pendant contained a lot of supplies—Ye Wei's "doomsday reserves" contained everything from food and clothing to shelter.

After using up a whole bottle of shower gel on Big White, Chen Yan finally took it out of the bathroom.

He still had to go to the General Affairs Department of Xueya Pass today to exchange his head for merit and reward, so it wouldn't be appropriate for him to parade around with Da Bai.

Upon returning to Snow Cliff Pass, Chen Yan realized that Da Bai was quite valuable and that many people in Snow Cliff Pass would likely covet it. So he simply told Ruyi to leave Da Bai with the Brotherhood.

Bald Brother Thirty-Nine personally took Chen Yan to the General Affairs Department of Xueya Pass.

In the words of this bald guy, "I'm taking you to get acquainted with the place. You'll have to deal with these people on your own eventually."

The tunnels inside Xueya Pass are intertwined within the mountain's belly. The General's Office is located on the upper level of the mountain's belly, and the General Affairs Department, which is subordinate to the General's Office, is in charge of all general affairs within Xueya Pass except for military operations. Naturally, it has considerable power, so its location is also on the upper level of the mountain's belly.

After leaving the Brotherhood's encampment, Chen Yan followed the bald man up a slope after walking for a while. There was another elevator with guards on the side.

This thing is clearly controlled by some kind of magic array.

According to the bald man, the areas inside the mountain are divided into distinct zones with strict hierarchical levels.

The civilian facilities are located at the bottom layer, while the official and military facilities are located at the top layer.

Each area must be connected by an elevator.

This elevator is similar to the elevator in Chen Yan's real world, but it is significantly larger in scale.

Each elevator can carry at least a hundred people at a time. And there are at least a dozen elevators between each area.

"This is a military town after all. If trouble breaks out in a certain area, such as an invasion from outside or an internal riot, the garrison will need a large enough transport capacity to suppress it."

The bald man explained to Chen Yan along the way that he was an old man from Xueya Pass and knew this place like the back of his hand.

The interior of Xueya Pass is divided into four areas, numbered A, B, C, and D.

The most prestigious area is Zone A, but it's not located inside the mountain; rather, it's situated on a mountaintop platform. This is the garrison area of ​​Xueya Pass.

District B is where the garrison commander's office is located, along with the various military and political offices within Xueya Pass.

Section C was where the logistics were stored—the General Affairs Department was responsible for exchanging spoils of war for rewards and merits, so many supplies needed to be collected and organized, and therefore were also placed in Section C.

District Ding is the lowest level of Xueya Pass, also known as the "civilian district".

Whether it was a non-governmental organization like a brotherhood, or a business, shop, alchemy room, or martial arts training room, they were all located in District D.

The entire Xueya Pass is like an underground beehive buried in the belly of the mountain.

Based on Chen Yan's judgment, he naturally couldn't help but have a thought.

The vast Xueya Pass has most of its facilities located inside the mountain and underground. If an earthquake were to strike, wouldn't the entire area be wiped out?

However, Bald Thirty-Nine told Chen Yan with a smile, "There is a supreme formation set up by a great cultivator here to suppress the earth dragon. Earthquakes will never happen at Snow Cliff Pass!"

After arriving at Sector C by elevator, the tunnels here were noticeably more than twice as wide as those in Sector D, where the Brotherhood was located.

The number of guards patrolling inside the tunnel has also increased considerably.

However, among the people coming and going, there were very few ordinary people, and there were no cave dwellings or shops on either side of the tunnel. Instead, all the buildings were made of brick walls and huge stones.

According to Bald Thirty-Nine, the mountainside on the first level has been hollowed out and used to store military supplies.

The General Affairs Department was smaller than Chen Yan had anticipated.

Without a wide and bright facade or signboard, it looked like the entrance to a cave dwelling that wasn't much bigger than the Brotherhood's.

But after showing the fraternity money token to the guards at the gate, the two were quickly allowed to enter.

Upon entering the cave dwelling, Chen Yan was somewhat surprised to find a large hall inside—giving him a feeling of being in an official government hall in the real world.

Each counter stands tall and imposing, with a small door for entry and exit.

There were people inside talking in hushed tones.

Many of the people coming and going were neatly dressed, and there were quite a few people like Chen Yan and the bald man who were clearly ordinary people. They were scattered in twos and threes in the hall, seemingly waiting for something.

The bald man glanced around and quickly called over a passerby—this person was dressed in clean clothes, wearing a gray robe and some kind of strange medal on his chest.

The bald man chatted with the other man for a few minutes, then pointed in Chen Yan's direction. The man smiled and walked up to Chen Yan: "Are you a new member of the Brotherhood?"

"My name is Wang Chuyi," Chen Yan said with a smile.

"Yes, just call me Lao He. If you need anything done at the General Affairs Department, just knock on the door of Room 25, District Ding." Lao He smiled amiably, the kind of polite smile Chen Yan often saw in real life from low-level bureaucrats and civil servants.

Chen Yan nodded.

Old He pondered for a moment: "You're here to exchange for merit points and bounties, right? The fighting has been fierce these past two days, and there are quite a few people exchanging money... You're a member of the Brotherhood, so you don't need to wait in line here. Come with me."

As he spoke, he led the way, with Chen Yan and Bald Thirty-Nine following behind. They entered through a small door next to a counter with Old He. Inside was a small room.

Old He sat down on a stool, casually picked up a round jade plate from the counter behind him, and quickly made a few fingerprints with his fingers, after which a glimmer of light rippled on the jade plate.

Old He didn't look up, his fingers rapidly tapping on the jade plate—a gesture that, in Chen Yan's view, looked a bit like typing on a keyboard.

"Brother Wang Chuyi, how many heads of the Ferocious Beast Clan do you have?" Old He asked casually without looking up.

"Eighty-nine," Chen Yan answered steadily.

"Young Master Duo!!!???"

Old He wasn't the only one to exclaim in surprise; Bald Thirty-Nine Brother also shouted out.

The two of them stared wide-eyed at Chen Yan.

Old He took a deep breath: "You...you're not mistaken, are you? Or did I hear you wrong? You want to take delivery all by yourself, and the delivery fee is less than eighty..."

“The heads of eighty-nine ferocious beasts,” Chen Yan repeated.

With a thud, the jade plate in Old He's hand fell onto the table.

The bald man stared in disbelief and whispered, "Brother...you, you wiped out a village of the Beast Clan?"

"..." Chen Yan smiled but didn't say anything.

Old He took a deep breath, his fingers stiff as he picked up the jade plate again: "Well, let's inspect the goods first."

With a wave of his hand, Chen Yan caused piles of ferocious beast heads to fall from his storage jade tablet and appear on the ground!
A huge pile of bones, like rolling watermelons, each head contorted in a grotesque grimace, a bloody mess.

Old He's body trembled!
After a few seconds of stunned silence, he seemed to turn pale: "I made a mistake, a mistake... I thought there would be at most seven or eight heads... I didn't expect there to be so many. I should have taken you to a bigger place."

Inside the small room, more than eighty heads, mangled and bloody, rolled on the floor, instantly filling the air with the stench of blood!
Old He was trembling slightly—not from fear, but from shock.

He quickly waved his hand, and the piles of heads on the ground disappeared, disappearing into some unknown place.

However, Chen Yan noticed that Lao He's lips were moving, probably as he was counting the numbers.

A moment later, the bloody scene in the room disappeared. Old He turned around and took out a porcelain bowl and a porcelain bottle from behind the counter.

He poured a bowl of water into the porcelain bowl, and with a light tap of his finger, he swiftly cast a spell.

Chen Yan's eyes lit up!
This is a cleaning spell that the little lark girl taught me.

A moment later, the water in the porcelain bowl turned a reddish-black color, and the remaining bloodstains and stench in the room were completely gone.

Old He got up, took a bowl of bloody water and went out. A moment later, he returned empty-handed and sat down. His gaze towards Chen Yan was much more complicated.

There seemed to be a hint of awe in his eyes.

"Brother Chu Yi, you've reaped so much from just one hunting trip..." Old He's smile grew even warmer, and he looked at Bald Thirty-Nine: "Congratulations to the Brotherhood, you've gained another formidable warrior."

The bald man was clearly still in a daze, and just looked at Chen Yan, hesitant to speak.

Old He dared not delay. After quickly tapping the jade plate a few times, his tone became serious: "Eighty-nine heads of the ferocious beast tribe, inspection complete! According to the bounty order of Sendai and the reward of the Snow Cliff Pass garrison, each head can be exchanged for two hundred and fifty coins..."

After a pause, Old He said in a low voice, "However, in addition to exchanging for bounty, you can also exchange for military merits at Xueya Pass. But if you exchange for military merits, you can't get the reward from the garrison commander's mansion. In other words, if you want to exchange for military merits, one head can only be exchanged for the two hundred coins indicated on the bounty order of Sendai."

Chen Yan was taken aback: "If it's in exchange for military merits, how are they calculated?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed that the bald man sitting next to him seemed a little stiff and subconsciously shifted his position.

Old He glanced at the bald man and slowly said, "A military order from the garrison commander's office of Xueya Pass, and the head of a ferocious beast, can be exchanged for two merit points of Xueya Pass."

Fifty merit points can be exchanged for the status of a Xueyaguan Immortal Officer, allowing one to serve in the Xueyaguan Garrison and Defense Army, and potentially become a squad leader.

One hundred merit points qualify one to join the Thunder Cavalry as a squad leader! Commanding five riders and ten men!

Joining the army?
Chen Yan immediately lost all interest.

He had never done anything to defend his country in the real world, and this place, the Domain Realm, was not his home. Why should he serve as a soldier here?

"Whether it's the Guanfang Army or the Benlei Cavalry, the treatment is quite good, especially the Benlei Cavalry, who get paid monthly..." Old He was about to introduce more when Chen Yan waved his hand and said, "I'm not interested in that. Let's exchange it all for bounty money."

"...Don't you need to reconsider?" Old He couldn't help but add.

"Hey! I'm telling you, Lao He!" The bald guy was annoyed. He stood up and shouted, "My brotherhood finally got a promising young brother, and you're already trying to poach him? Let me tell you, Brother Chu Yi is someone even Brother Jin Jia values ​​highly!"

Upon hearing this, Old He smiled sheepishly and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, alright, I was just being nosy. I was just saying a few extra words as is customary."

Seeing that Chen Yan's expression remained unchanged and unmoved, Old He sighed: "The reward is 22250 coins." As he spoke, he slapped the jade plate, and two golden rays flew out from the plate and landed on the table.

Chen Yan looked at them and saw that they were two paper tickets, but they were flashing with talismanic light.

"This is a banknote issued by the General's Office of Xueya Pass. You can take it to any counter in the outer hall to withdraw the money. If it's over 20,000 coins, I'm afraid it will take..."

The bald man chuckled and reached out to take the two banknotes from Chen Yan, saying with a smile, "Twenty thousand yuan requires an appointment and waiting in line, it's too much trouble. Brother 135, our brotherhood can handle this for our own brothers!"

As he spoke, he shoved the money notes into Chen Yan's hand and said, "There's no need to queue in the hall outside. Go back and give the money notes to Ruyi, and she'll give you the money. Then she'll have her own way of getting the money from the General Affairs Department."

"Oh?" Chen Yan asked, somewhat curious.

Old He nodded and said, "That's right, the Brotherhood has always done it this way. When Ruyi brings the money notes, it's not just to exchange them for money. It often exchanges them directly for some supplies from the General Affairs Department. This way, it saves you from having to carry so much money back and forth."

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As expected, the bald man hadn't lied to Chen Yan. After Chen Yan returned to the Brotherhood's base, he handed the money and tickets to Ruyi, who was immediately shocked—she hadn't expected that this youngest brother, who had joined the Brotherhood the latest, would have such a huge harvest after just one hunting trip.

However, she quickly had Chen Yan produce the Brotherhood's money token for her, and a moment later she returned it to Chen Yan.

"22250 coins have been deposited into your money card, little brother. You can use this Brotherhood money card to spend money in all shops in Xueya Pass without any hindrance."

Ruyi looked at Chen Yan with more respect: "If you want cash, just tell me when you're leaving, and I'll withdraw it for you to take with you."

Chen Yan smiled and thanked him, then went out again.

As Ruyi watched Chen Yan's retreating figure, she suddenly exclaimed, "Brother Jinjia will be back in a few days. Do you want to wait for him to return so we can have a get-together?"

Chen Yan looked at Ruyi and smiled, "Before I left the pass this time, didn't Sister Ruyi say that Brother Golden Armor would be back soon? Why hasn't he returned yet?"

Ruyi sighed: "I heard that he went to Baiyujing on business this time, but some troublesome matters delayed his return. He only received a definite letter yesterday saying that he will be back within three days."

Chen Yan thought for a moment and smiled, "Brother Jinjia is so good to me, so of course I'll wait for him to come back so we can get together."

Ruyi smiled contentedly: "It wasn't for nothing that your older brothers and sisters have doted on you!"

Chen Yan went to the alchemy workshop in Xueya Pass on this trip.

He had been to this place before and exchanged his pills there.

But this time, Chen Yan had a clear goal!
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"Do you have any Spirit Communicating Pills in stock?"

Standing in front of the alchemy shop counter, Chen Yan stated his request. The shopkeeper behind the counter immediately stood up and invited Chen Yan to sit down. His expression turned serious.

"Your esteemed guest wishes to obtain a Spirit-Connecting Pill?"

"Mm." Chen Yan nodded.

The shopkeeper's expression warmed up: "Does our esteemed guest know..."

"I know." Chen Yan nodded and said seriously, "I remember seeing your prices. The Spirit Communicating Pill is 10,000 coins per pill, right?"

As he spoke, Chen Yan placed his Brotherhood's money tokens on the table.

The shopkeeper's expression became even more enthusiastic.

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The Spirit Connection Pill may have an unremarkable name, but it is actually considered one of the most expensive and rare pills in the alchemy workshop.

This thing is very simple and brutal in its effectiveness.

This allows someone who has been practicing cultivation but has not yet entered the realm of enlightenment to sense the existence of primordial energy within a certain period of time after taking the elixir, and to absorb primordial energy into their body during practice!

Not everyone in the realm is a cultivation genius, nor does everyone possess cultivation talent.

Even in wealthy and powerful families and major sects, there are always ordinary and mediocre descendants.

From a genetic perspective, this situation is also unavoidable.

If an ordinary person doesn't have the talent for cultivation, at worst they'll just live their whole life as a mortal. After their decades of life are over, they'll eventually return to dust and become nothing more than a grave.

But what about families of cultivators, powerful clans, or prestigious sects... where there might be descendants who lack the talent for cultivation?

They were never content to live their whole lives as ordinary people, only to turn to dust after their lifespan of a few decades had ended.

Imagine if you were a great cultivator above the Celestial Realm, with unparalleled magical power, you could easily live for hundreds or thousands of years.

But you happen to have one child who has no talent for cultivation and cannot enter the path of cultivation.

Even if you are extremely wealthy, would you just stand by and watch him (or her) live a mediocre life and die old and frail decades later?
Thus, the realm came into having the "Spirit Communication Pill".

For those without cultivation talent, the biggest hurdle is that no matter how hard they try to cultivate, they cannot sense the existence of the primordial energy of heaven and earth.

If one cannot sense the vital energy, one cannot channel it into the body, and thus will be unable to enter the gate of cultivation.

The Spirit Connection Pill can significantly enhance a person's meridians and their affinity for vital energy in a short period of time!

To put it bluntly, taking this pill will allow ordinary people who cannot sense the primordial energy of heaven and earth to sense it for a certain period of time!
It can be summarized and transported into the body by vital energy!

Although this time is limited, it is only a short period of time before the effect wears off.

But most people who are unable to cultivate themselves are actually missing this crucial step!
Because as long as one can allow vital energy to enter the body, as long as one can begin to gather and collect vital energy.

Once vital energy enters the body, it will naturally nourish the practitioner's physical body.

Under the influence of vital energy, one can improve the physical talent that was originally unable to cultivate.

After the body has been nourished and nurtured by vital energy, even if the body was not suitable for cultivation before, it will naturally become more compatible with vital energy after being nurtured, and the threshold will no longer exist!
This is a change from zero to one!
Of course, this kind of artificial cheating...

Very expensive!
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A Spirit Pill that costs 10,000 coins!
Although Chen Yan was not very familiar with the overall prices in the realm.

But in a place like Snow Cliff Pass, the head of a ferocious beastman is only worth two hundred and fifty coins...

That means going to the front lines, fighting with real swords and guns, killing and beheading, risking your life to win!

You can only exchange it for 250 coins.

Therefore, it is clear that 10,000 coins is an absolute fortune in the realm!

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Chen Yan bought the Spirit Pill, of course, for Lu Sisi at home.

Lu Sisi has been practicing her cultivation technique for several months, but she is still unable to get the basics down! As Lu Sisi's man, Chen Yan naturally doesn't want his girlfriend to have any regrets—only after getting the basics down can Lu Sisi gradually become a cultivator and stay with him forever.

Without even blinking, Chen Yan said, "I'll buy it!" when asked about the 10,000-coin Spirit Pill.
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"We don't have top-grade rare medicines like the Spirit Connection Pill in stock here. We'll have to send someone to source it from a pill shop in a major city," the shopkeeper said with a forced smile. "Therefore, esteemed guest, you can place a deposit first..."

Chen Yan frowned and sighed, "No stock available?"

The shopkeeper's smile remained unchanged as he slowly said, "Honored guest, don't forget... Snow Cliff Pass is a war zone."

War zone...

Chen Yan immediately understood.

The Spirit Pill is a miraculous elixir that allows mortals to break through barriers and cultivate.

But the war zone...

Who the hell trains from scratch in a war zone?!
Everyone who comes to the war zone is highly skilled and experienced.

Ordinary people wouldn't come here, much less choose to start from scratch in this place.

There's really no need to keep any stockpiles of Spirit Connection Pills at Snow Cliff Pass.

"Once you place your order, I will immediately contact our shop to arrange for the goods. This type of pill is only available in pill shops in major cities. However, please rest assured, our shop has branches in major cities. Although the Spirit Connection Pill is precious, we will definitely have it in stock!"
Even if we don't have the goods in stock, we can gather the materials and have a top-tier alchemist from the workshop refine them!

The shopkeeper spoke with great enthusiasm, as if he were afraid of losing Chen Yan, this big customer.

"how long it takes?"

"...Seven... um, five days at the latest! Five days at the latest!" the shopkeeper hurriedly said. "I will contact the shop today, and if we have the goods in stock, we will definitely deliver them to Xueya Pass within five days!"

"What if there's no stock available?" Chen Yan asked. "If we were to ask an alchemist to refine it on short notice, it would probably take a long time."

The shopkeeper immediately understood—this customer didn't want to wait that long.

It takes at least several dozen days to refine a single rare elixir.

"If we don't have the item in stock, we will source it from another supplier for our customer! Within five days, I will definitely give our customer a satisfactory answer!"

The shopkeeper immediately made a guarantee.

Chen Yan agreed.

He and the shopkeeper signed a contract—since they were in the realm of territories, after the contract was written, the two prayed to the heavens, drew a talisman, and burned it on the spot.

After the contract was burned, the Heavenly Dao Contract was established.

This kind of thing is more reliable than a contract.

The party that breaches the contract will naturally be punished by Heaven.

Chen Yan paid a deposit of one thousand coins, which was deducted from his Brotherhood money account.

He then bought several bottles of pills, replenished his stock of White Bone Pills, and also bought several bottles of "Nourishing Spirit Pills".

This Nourishing Spirit Pill is different from the Spirit Tempering Pill issued by the Patrol Division.

The Spirit Tempering Pill is used to increase one's primordial spirit cultivation—Chen Yan dared not take it, fearing he might fall into the trap of the Heavenly Dao of the Realm and become a crippled cultivator.

However, the Nourishing Spirit Pill is fine.

This kind of pill has no effect on improving the cultivation of the primordial spirit; its only use is to soothe and nourish the primordial spirit.

It allows the trials and wounds that the primordial spirit has suffered to be repaired.

Chen Yan had previously practiced a lot of "sharpening" of his primordial spirit at home. Although it did not increase the cultivation level of his primordial spirit, it honed it to a very refined level.

However, the process of sharpening the knife was too painful, leaving some hidden dangers and traumas on the spiritual level of his primordial spirit.

The Nourishing Spirit Pill, which warms and nourishes the primordial spirit and repairs wounds, is indeed the right remedy for Chen Yan.

(End of this chapter)