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"Brother Zhang, why did you leave so abruptly?"

Song Tou was still somewhat dissatisfied; he felt he had been taken advantage of.

Although Chen Qingmo sensed something was wrong, it was a subconscious reaction.

He also wanted to hear Zhang Hao's reasons, as it was clear that Zhang Hao had made a more decisive decision than he had.

"Well, Brother Song, let me just give you a brief explanation."

Zhang Hao sighed, a trace of sadness appearing on his face.

"I once searched for another cultivator's cave with a friend. When we went there to search for treasure, we also saw a secret chamber."

"But there was no treasure in the secret chamber at all; it was just the remnant soul of a cultivator preparing to possess another body."

Fortunately, that time it was just a remnant soul left behind in the late stage of Qi Refining, and its power was not strong.

"Even so, my friend's soul was severely damaged, and he was never able to improve again."

"If I reveal this directly, those later cultivators will definitely not go to the secret chamber. Then, we'll be under surveillance; how will we handle that?"

Seeing the fear on Song Tou's face, Zhang Hao continued:

"Later, I consulted some ancient texts and learned that it is against the natural order for cultivators to seize another's body, so it is not easy for the cave owner to restore his cultivation."

"We've obtained some of the treasures; wouldn't it be better to leave sooner to improve our cultivation? Why be so attached to them?"

When Chen Qingmo first heard about this, she felt somewhat fortunate for her choice.

It is likely that the jade pendant was distributed by the cave owner before his death, in order to attract people to the cave.

Song Tou's expression was complex, but he finally said in a deep voice:

"Brother Zhang, thank you very much!"

Although Zhang Hao didn't say it explicitly, he did get a hint from the other person.

Seeing that night had fallen, the three of them found a cave to hide in.

"My two brothers, farewell. I'm leaving now. We'll meet again someday."

The next day at dawn, Zhang Hao bid farewell to Chen Qingmo and the other person.

Their collaboration has ended, and it's inconvenient for them to stay together.

Song Tou said he also wanted to go out and wanted to wait until he left Shuangyangling before parting ways.

Chen Qingmo stayed another half day, hoping to gather some materials.

During this time, he encountered several demonic beasts, all of which he killed effortlessly.

Seeing that he hadn't found what he needed, Chen Qingmo was somewhat disappointed and left immediately.

This trip to Shuangyang Ridge was very fruitful; the materials for the Golden Silk Array and the body-tempering method are both things that can improve one's strength.

He first went to the town market to sell the monster corpses, and then found a cave on an unnamed mountain peak to go into seclusion.

After setting up the protective array, Chen Qingmo took out the bone plate and several ancient books.

Ironically, he bought these books out of curiosity about barbarians, and unexpectedly, they actually contained information about bone tablet writing.

He began to carefully compare the bone plate with the contents of the book.

Barbarian Body Tempering Method.

After training, one's physical body becomes incredibly strong; upon reaching mastery, one's combat strength can rival that of a Qi Refining Perfection cultivator.

Human cultivators who wish to practice this method must bathe in the blood of demonic beasts, especially wolves, lions, bears, tigers, and dragons.

However, the blood of demonic beasts is violent and contains ferocity, making it unsuitable for those without strong willpower.

If one is not careful, at best one's soul will be damaged, and at worst one will lose all senses and become no different from a humanoid monster.

The barbarians possess totem power, and coupled with their strong physiques, the ferocity of demonic beasts has little effect on them.

Even so, it is not easy for barbarians to cultivate body tempering techniques to a high level.

Human cultivators must endure the pain of body tempering and the struggle between willpower and ferocity. It is difficult!

Cultivators must remember to think thrice before acting!

After reading the last sentence of the book, Chen Qingmo fell silent.

He thought that cultivating this method would be quite easy after his physical body was strengthened, but now he understood why not many people cultivated this body-tempering method.

Improving the physical body is relatively easy, but improving one's spiritual consciousness is extremely difficult.

Some people with strong spiritual senses are either born different from ordinary people or have specific cultivation techniques.

Most people's spiritual consciousness can only be improved slowly with their cultivation level, and cultivation techniques are not so easy to obtain.

Demonic beast blood? Divine sense cultivation techniques?

"My cultivation level is too low; I can't see any opportunity to acquire anything..."

Chen Qingmo shook his head. The path of body cultivation appeared simply, but there were no resources to support its development. At least for now, no one in his family could cultivate it.

He put away the body-strengthening technique and stopped thinking about it.

"Let's see if we can create this golden silk array."

Since acquiring this formation diagram, Chen Qingmo has studied it frequently and has become very familiar with it.

He took out the materials and array plate needed for the Golden Silk Array and began to make it.

One month later.

Inside the cave, Chen Qingmo inscribed the final array pattern, and the array plate glowed with inner light, its aura no longer leaking out.

The month-long, sleepless work nearly exhausted his spiritual power, but thankfully, his efforts paid off and the Golden Silk Array was finally completed.

Even if he were to face a Qi Refining Grand Perfection expert after that, as long as he could trap the opponent when they weren't paying attention, he could buy them a lot of time to escape.

With an extra means of survival, Chen Qingmo was very happy.

He rested in the cave for a day to recover his consciousness, and then went to Dongze County.

In a teahouse, Chen Qingmo was pondering where to go.

There are not many places left to go in Dongze County. Apart from Shuangyang Ridge, most opportunities are controlled by various powerful families.

However, if someone possesses another's body in the mountains, one cannot easily enter.

He is now all alone, and can be considered a rogue cultivator.

No one would easily let him into their own territory, so he could only set his sights on Annam.

Both Linyuan County and Dongze County are located in Leizhou of Qi State and are under the jurisdiction of Yuanjian Sect.

The Yuanjian Sect governs four prefectures, with Lei Prefecture located on the periphery, making it a relatively remote place.

Annam Prefecture, on the other hand, does not belong to any sect and is a gathering place for independent cultivators.

According to the family records, the ancestor of the Chen family initially mingled in Annan Prefecture before joining the family lineage of the Yuanjian Sect.

Chen Qingmo was somewhat curious about this place, and many of the stories circulating about it were even more fascinating.

But since they were all just rumors, he didn't believe them too much.

Moreover, the state of Annam is teeming with independent cultivators, making it inherently dangerous.

Even in Leizhou, which is under the jurisdiction of the Yuanjian Sect, there are many cases of murder and robbery. People in Annan Prefecture would probably steal the brains of dogs.

Chen Qingmo knew that he could use tortoise shell divination to avoid many misfortunes, but upon further reflection, he pondered:

"The tortoise shell can only cast one divination per day, so I cannot disregard my own safety based on that alone. I must be careful in everything I do."

After thinking for a while, he decided to go and see what he could buy.

Dongze County Jinquan Chamber of Commerce.

Chen Qingmo looked at the expensive grade-three talisman in front of him and felt a pang of regret.

He only had a few hundred spirit stones on him, which wasn't enough to buy much.

If we can make it ourselves, the cost will be greatly reduced.

However, he did not learn more advanced talisman-making techniques when he came out, and could only buy them in the short term.

Chen Qingmo turned and left, only buying some pills.

"If you encounter someone you can't beat, just run away."

He thought to himself.

Taking advantage of the early hour, Chen Qingmo rushed to a small town on the border of Dongze County.

This place is less than ten miles from Annam province; we can enter directly the next day.

He entered an inn where there were many cultivators, most of whom shared his thoughts.

Chen Qingmo sat down in the lobby and drank a few cups of tea. After finding no further news, he went to his room to rest.

When he reached the hour of Zi (11 PM - 1 AM) during his cultivation, the hexagram in his sea of ​​consciousness suddenly awakened him.

The divination result has been updated.

[Today's Divination - Extremely Inauspicious]: You intend to travel to An'nan Prefecture, but while using a high-grade magical artifact, the flying shuttle, you are targeted by a group of rogue cultivators who intend to kill you and steal your treasure. You are ambushed and severely injured. You then try to escape with all your might, but due to your severe injuries, you are unable to defend yourself and perish.