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Chapter 214 My close friends with Fellow Daoist Chen

Chen Xu's journey through the Netherworld has now increased again.

The number of times it can be used each day remains five, but the distance has increased from about three miles to about five miles.

He stepped out of the villa and appeared silently in a quiet alley in the city.

Then Chen Xu walked out of the alley and through the streets and neighborhoods.

He was dressed in a blue robe and had a composed demeanor, but interestingly, he was not conspicuous in the crowd.

This was actually Chen Xu subconsciously learning from the Wild Goose Ghost King.

He did not reach the other person's strange state of being in the present world, yet seemingly detached from the realm of yin and yang.

However, he possessed innate Qi, and when he wanted to reduce his own presence, he seemed to naturally understand how to integrate his breath into the world and hide from the mortal world.

This state of being is actually the "unity of heaven and man" that Gongsun Jiuniang vaguely felt that day.

Of course, Chen Xu's concept of "harmony between man and nature" is still very rudimentary and unstable. Calling it a "pseudo" harmony between man and nature would be more appropriate.

He walked through the bustling streets and alleys, listening to the voices of people coming and going, and experiencing the hustle and bustle of the world once again. Then, without hesitation, he left the city and went out of the north gate alone.

Once outside the city, it's a completely different world.

As it is a prefectural city, Yunjiang City is surrounded by many prosperous farms, and you can see fields with smoke rising from chimneys and white walls and blue tiles every three or five miles.

And this is the same road that Chen Xu once walked.

Thirty li outside the northern city is Pufeng Mountain.

Chen Xu didn't actually know where Wei Yuan would be in seclusion, but he remembered seeing Wei Yuan at the foot of the stone mountain opposite Pufeng Mountain, so he subconsciously headed this way.

He had made up his mind that if he could not find Wei Yuan on Wanshi Peak, he would use the Spirit Cicada Jade Robe to divine Wei Yuan's whereabouts.

Fifteen days have passed since the last divination, and the Jade Cicada Robe is ready to be used again.

If you continue for another ten miles, you will turn west onto a side road. If you continue for another twenty miles, you will reach Pufeng Mountain.

The road gradually became quiet and deserted, and the number of people around began to decrease.

With the spirit pouch hanging from his waist, Chen Xu's inner emotions unconsciously became exceptionally calm.

Looking back at the faint outline of the city in the distance, compared to the ambitious feeling he had when he left Jichuan County last time, this time, Chen Xu felt a sense of vastness and tranquility as he left Yunjiang City.

It is not like still water in a dry well, but rather like deep, clear, and expansive still water.

[You embark on another journey, gaining insight and obtaining three coins of the spiritual material, the Heartfire Divine Lotus.]

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Huh? The Culinary Scripture suddenly gave a notification.

Chen Xu never expected that he would obtain the Heartfire Divine Lotus again at this time.

Thinking back to the opportunities that led to obtaining the Heartfire Lotus in the past—

Most of the time, it's because of killing the enemy.

By slaying enemies and eliminating evil, one's thoughts become clear and unobstructed, thereby obtaining the Heartfire Divine Lotus.

At this moment, Chen Xu did nothing, but he had a slight enlightenment on his way out of Yunjiang City and actually obtained the Heartfire Divine Lotus.

Chen Xu suddenly understood.

It seems that the real opportunity to obtain the Heartfire Lotus is not by killing enemies, but by one's own "enlightenment".

Each time you gain enlightenment, you may obtain a Heartfire Lotus.

This item is truly magical. Even with Chen Xu's increased comprehension, the more spiritual materials that can promote flashes of inspiration, the better. He felt a surge of joy, the spirit pouch hanging from his waist as he walked along the mountain path, a breeze seemingly rising from his clothes and sleeves.

Where is the little hedgehog right now?
Wei Yuan was indeed not far from Wanshi Peak. After drinking the Demon Stream Elixir last time, he unknowingly sensed an opportunity for a breakthrough in his cultivation. So he hurriedly ran to Wanshi Peak, dug a cave, and went into seclusion to cultivate.

The breakthrough went exceptionally smoothly, and last night, Wei Yuan once again activated the moonlight's cleansing power.

This morning, it stretched groggily, then suddenly burrowed out of its burrow, sniffed the mountain air in the sunlight, and vaguely realized that it had grown from one foot to one and a half feet tall!

It grew taller and bigger.

Even without its spiky hair, it is now a foot tall.

Wei Yuan was overjoyed. It jumped three feet high without thinking, thinking: I must go find Fellow Daoist Chen and show him what I look like now.

Unexpectedly, with this jump, a large net was suddenly placed over his head.

Caught off guard, Wei Yuan was caught in this large net.

It was both surprised and annoyed. Just as it was about to use its magic to escape the net, it heard a rough male voice laughing from above, "Hey, what a big hedgehog! If we catch this hedgehog, won't Granny Zhu reward us with more than ten taels of silver?"

Immediately afterwards, Wei Yuan felt himself being lifted up by a large net, his body floating in the air.

The net tightened from all sides, and a strange, dark power invaded along with the net, causing Wei Yuan's magical power to stagnate and his mind to become dizzy for a moment.

A moment later, it silently recited a calming mantra and regained consciousness.

Looking around, however, one is horrified.

It turned out that I had been stuffed into a basket without my noticing, and there was a child curled up inside the basket, looking dazed!

The child's clothes were disheveled, and his face was covered in bruises; he looked to be in very bad shape.

Worst of all, he was missing his right arm, and blood was still seeping from the severed arm in his shoulder. It had only been hastily bandaged, and he looked like he was being kept alive.

Wei Yuan was furious. Then he heard the rough voice above say, "A big hedgehog and a child with a chopped-off arm. Let's go back and report. Let's get the reward money first. Don't linger outside any longer."

I don't know why, but I suddenly felt a chill.

Another young voice said, "This child's arm has been cut off, and his body is incomplete. Does the fortune teller still want him? If we offer him to the River God, he might blame us, and we'll be in trouble!"

The rough male voice said irritably, "Why do you care so much? Whether or not the fortune teller wants to offer people to the River God is her business. We're just here to catch people."

These days, do you think people are easy to catch?

If this child hadn't been harmed by his stepmother and then run away on his own, would we have been able to take him away so quietly?

"Alright, enough talk, let's hurry up and go. That Pufeng Mountain over there used to be haunted; we shouldn't linger."

Then the basket started to shake.

It turned out that the basket was being carried on the back of the burly man, and the basket naturally swayed with each step he took.

Wei Yuan quickly circulated his magical power, and a stream of pure energy flowed from his dantian to his divine sea.

It steadied itself in the basket, clung to the opening with both hands, and quietly looked around.

After listening to their conversation, Wei Yuan guessed that he must have been involved in some extremely bad thing.

Given Wei Yuan's magical powers, it wouldn't be difficult for it to break free from these two people now.

Judging from their conversation, arresting people was a common occurrence for them.

Wei Yuan was immediately filled with a sense of chivalry.

It thought, "Chen Daoyou once wrote 'Ode to the Knight-Errant,' and since we are close friends, how could I stand idly by and watch such a wicked thing happen?"
We must secretly investigate and find out the truth. We must at least beat these two so badly that they will never dare to capture people or demons again before we stop!

(End of this chapter)