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More than three years have passed in the blink of an eye.

At this moment, Li Shizhou was on a deserted island three thousand miles away from Tianxing City, standing in front of a basalt rock that was one zhang high and wide and half a zhang thick.

He made a hand seal with one hand, and after half a breath, he waved his hand, sending out a golden flying blade with crimson flames.

It pierced through the hard basalt in front of it, and the accompanying crimson flames burned a large hole in the basalt, from which gushing lava flowed out.

This flying blade was formed from Li Shizhou's secret technique, "Golden Flame Blade".

After he established his foundation, he could cultivate two more supernatural abilities and secret techniques attached to the Pure Yang Technique, one of which was the Golden Flame Blade.

Its power is decent, but its attack speed is extremely fast, and its casting speed is also quite swift.

He hasn't mastered the technique yet, but as he becomes more proficient, his speed will only increase, making it more than enough as a regular attack method.

After practicing the Golden Flame Blade for a while, Li Shizhou took out a copper bottle about the size of two fists and opened it.

A thick black mist immediately gushed out of the bottle.

In the blink of an eye, the area within three zhang around him was shrouded in black mist.

This black mist is called "Hidden Dragon Miasma," and it is another supernatural secret technique that can be cultivated during the Foundation Establishment stage of the Pure Yang Technique.

Cultivating it is quite troublesome. First, a special method is required, which involves consuming a great deal of spiritual energy to refine it in advance, and then storing it in a container.

When released during a battle, he is surrounded by a miasma of hidden dragons, making it difficult for enemies to pinpoint his exact location unless their spiritual sense is more than 50% stronger than his.

Not only will he be unaffected, but within the area shrouded by the Hidden Dragon Miasma, his ability to detect with his divine sense and his movement speed will be greatly enhanced.

However, the color can easily lead people to mistakenly believe that the spellcaster is a demonic cultivator.

Looking at the pitch-black mist, Li Shizhou suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"If I can control the miasma of the Hidden Dragon while flying through it, wouldn't my escape speed increase greatly? If I can succeed, I'll have an extra means of survival in the future."

Thinking of this, his heart skipped a beat.

In the original book, it was precisely because Han Laomo's escape speed far exceeded that of other cultivators of the same level that he was able to save his life in critical moments time and time again.

Without further ado, Li Shizhou first manipulated the mist to envelop himself, and then flew away on his flying device according to his previous idea.

After several attempts, the results were minimal, and it was always difficult to achieve a perfect match.

For cultivators, this setback is nothing.

He first restored his magical power and spiritual consciousness, and then summarized his experiences and lessons learned before continuing to try.

A month later.

A thin, black mist flew rapidly around the deserted island.

"It's done. The speed has increased by about 70-80%, but it's a pity that it consumes a lot of spiritual energy."

With no one around, Li Shizhou couldn't help but burst into laughter. The more he looked at the scene, the more it resembled that of a demonic cultivator.

After flying for a while, he formed hand seals within the miasma of the Hidden Dragon.

Two breaths later.

A small, blood-red sword, about a foot long, flew out of the black mist, its length condensed from magical energy.

He made a sword-pointing gesture with his fingers, and the blood-red dagger transformed into a stream of light. Wherever the sword's edge passed, trees and rocks were easily pierced as if they were tofu.

This small sword is a product of a secret technique called "Spirit-Slaying Sword".

After his cultivation technique, "Spiritual Illumination Scripture," was established, it also acquired two supernatural secret techniques, one of which was the Spirit-Slaying Sword.

Its power is far greater than that of the Golden Flame Blade, but the casting time is too long and the mana consumption is extremely high.

Another secret technique attached to the "Spiritual Illumination Scripture" is called the "Concealing Breath Technique," which can both conceal one's aura and hide one's form, and is quite mysterious.

"It's been almost a year since I left, it's time to go back to Tianxing City."

Li Shizhou first found a cave to rest in for the night.

The next day at daybreak, he took out his flying chariot and flew towards Tianxing City.

When I returned to Tianxing City, it was almost time for the opportunity information to refresh.

He simply flew straight to the market.

I was inside for less than fifteen minutes when the golden panel refreshed on time.

[Daily Opportunity Information]

[Area: Five li]

[An: Qianzhen Pavilion has a section of the spine of a Cangming Jiao that has transformed into a dragon, which is being sold as the spine of a Xiyuan Snake. Obtaining it can greatly shorten the advancement time of the Moli Beast.]

[Danger: Wang Han, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, possesses a Level 5 demon core in his storage bag. Stealing it can yield over a thousand spirit stones.]

Since he established his foundation, the range of his daily opportunities and information has increased from one li to five li.

The cultivation level of the targets collected has also been raised to the Foundation Establishment stage, greatly improving efficiency.

Li Shizhou quickly glanced at the contents.

He had never heard of the "Cangming Jiao" mentioned after the character "An".

It should be a rare type of monster, since there are appraisers in the shop, and it's extremely rare for them to be mistaken.

Li Shizhou ignored the information following the word "danger" as usual and headed straight for Qianzhen Pavilion.

This shop sells talismans and elixirs. He had been there several times before and was quite familiar with the shopkeeper.

As soon as he arrived at the door, a middle-aged cultivator with a large nose greeted him from afar with a cupped-hand salute: "Fellow Daoist Li, it's been a long time. What would you like to buy today? Our shop will give you the lowest price."

"Then thank you in advance, shopkeeper. I wonder if you have any snake demon dragon spines for sale in the shop recently?" Li Shizhou asked directly.

"You've come at the perfect time. There really is a section of the dragon spine of the Xiyuan Serpent. I just acquired it a few days ago and have already had the shop's appraiser examine it. I'll bring it over for you to see."

Before long, the shopkeeper took out a jade box, opened it, placed it on the counter, and pushed it in front of Li Shizhou.

Li Shizhou picked it up and saw that it was a piece of grayish-white hard bone, three inches long and four fingers wide.

This was the first time he had ever seen such a spiritual material. Although he didn't recognize it, he still had to pretend to be interested. Buying it too readily would only arouse suspicion.

After pretending to look at it for a while, Li Shizhou asked, "What's the price?"

"If someone else were to buy it, they would have to pay two hundred spirit stones. If Fellow Daoist Li is interested, I will give you a 10% discount. Please do not spread this around, lest other fellow Daoists come looking for trouble with me."

Li Shizhou didn't believe in their shady business tactics and asked in a doubtful tone, "Why is a piece of bone so expensive?"

"Fellow Daoist Li, you may not know this, but the appraiser in the shop has examined it and determined that it should be from a level 5 Xiyuan Serpent. It is a family heirloom of a down-on-his-luck cultivator."

"Are you sure? If I have other appraisers examine it later and their opinions differ from yours, don't blame me for making trouble for you."

The big-nosed shopkeeper patted his chest and said, "It's genuine, no doubt about it. If there's any problem, I'll refund double."

"Alright, does the shop have any life-saving talismans? Preferably mid-level or intermediate grade."

Li Shizhou has now stabilized his cultivation and mastered his supernatural abilities and secret techniques. He plans to go to Kui Xing Island in a few days to find and destroy the ancient teleportation array.

This island belongs to the Outer Twenty-Four Star Islands, and it takes Foundation Establishment cultivators several months to fly there.

Although his cultivation level wasn't considered dangerous, he was alone, so it was best to prepare some self-defense items in advance.

The big-nosed shopkeeper replied, "If it's a mid-level beginner talisman, we have quite a few in the shop. For mid-level ones, we currently only have one Immortal Imprisonment Talisman. It has no offensive power, but once it's cast, it turns into a cage. Even a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator wouldn't be able to escape it for a while."