"I hope so..." Chu Qi rubbed his temples.
He used a minor supernatural power during his fight with Liu Yuetong, which took a toll on him.
Fortunately, he had already sent a distress message to his superiors, and once they came to his aid, he would be safe.
Yes, the Thief of Heaven Sect does not have a traditional master-disciple relationship; they only have a hierarchical relationship similar to a pyramid scheme.
After all, in this organization where even its own members are wary of being deceived, anyone who dares to truly establish a master-disciple relationship is courting their own destruction.
Of course, if the place is exposed before anyone arrives, he also has a way to escape, but at that time, everyone will flee when disaster strikes.
Yes, if necessary, he would not hesitate to sell the masked man.
Although the other party was acting with him and had a higher cultivation level, they belonged to different departments, so in a critical moment, there was no need to consider the other party's life or death.
According to the order of the six departments of the Thief Heaven Sect, Chu Qi belongs to "Desire for Opinions" and the masked man belongs to "Delight for Seeing". In terms of departmental status, Chu Qi is higher than the other party, but because of their cultivation levels, the two usually treat each other as equals.
The masked man had no idea what Chu Qi was thinking.
He was still gloating over having stolen the Azure Flame Seed, thinking that after a while, when the teachers and students of Azure Flame High School were exhausted from running around and their minds were relaxed, he would find an opportunity to run away.
If this deal goes through, he might be able to break through to the late stage of Foundation Establishment...
As for Chu Qi, if the other party didn't belong to the highest-ranking "Desire for Opinions" department and possess a technique of earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of escape technique), he wouldn't bother taking this burden along.
He had secretly resolved that if things became unfavorable, he would trick Chu Qi into staying, thus buying time for his own millions to escape.
......
At Cangyan High School, a large number of teachers and students were moving around inside and outside the campus.
Among them are people of immortal virtue, those who possess the Nine Cauldrons, those who are beastly, and those who traverse mountains and seas.
The reason why the people of Xiande, Jiuding, and Shouman were willing to take action was naturally because of Wang Lin's promise of "generous rewards".
For the students of Cangyan High School, it was more like a battle to defend their honor and dignity.
The theft of the Azure Flame Seed means that their prized Azure Flame Tower has lost its core. Although they still have the Spirit Gathering Array, their advantage is gone.
Moreover, the theft of the school's prized possession was a disgrace to them as members of the Cangyan clan. Driven by anger, they were determined to find the two thieves no matter what.
As for the people of Shanhai, it was because their top student, Chu Qi, was actually an evil cultivator.
This made the people of Shanhai Middle School feel ashamed, and they wished they could drag Chu Qi out and clear Shanhai's name!
Chen Yi looked at Wang Bian: "How did you tell that it was a fake Wang Jun just now?"
Wang Bian took a drag of his cigarette and shrugged: "Everyone has secrets... There are some things that I can't say to you even if you're my friend. Maybe you'll find out later, but not now."
Chen Yi nodded, showing an understanding expression: "Then do you have any way to find those two guys?"
Wang Bian narrowed his eyes, glanced around to make sure no one was eavesdropping, and then said, "Yes!"
"How so?" Chen Yi asked.
"Since that guy is impersonating Wang Jun, the smell of smoke on him won't dissipate anytime soon—I mean, to me, of course. I can use that to track him for a distance. Interested in coming with me to catch those two rats?"
That's exactly what I was thinking!
Chen Yi immediately agreed.
However, it wasn't because of the mission issued by Cangyan School, since Wang Lin only said there would be a generous reward, but didn't specify what it was.
Isn't this just empty promises?
He agreed so readily because the schedule had been expanded to include a new "special plan".
[Special Project: Search Operation]
[Time: Current - ? ? ?]
Objective: Find the thieves from the Thief of Heaven Sect.
[Reward: Elixir Recipe - Twelve-Story Jade Elixir]
This time, the reward wasn't magic or supernatural powers, but rather a recipe for a certain spiritual liquid.
Speaking of which, the effects of this Twelve-Story Jade Liquid are quite remarkable.
It should be noted that the twelve-story building corresponds to the numerology of the Earthly Branches, symbolizing the ladder for communication between heaven and man, and also the boundary between the oral cavity and chest cavity, that is, the energy of yin and yang.
The system informed that as long as this spiritual liquid is contained in the throat, and the throat chakra is visualized, and the Ren meridian acupoint is activated to participate in the microcosmic orbit, the cultivation level can be advanced from the eleventh level of Qi Refining to the twelfth level of Qi Refining, completing the transition from earth to heaven.
It should be understood that the eleventh level of Qi Refining is a necessary condition for Earthly Foundation Establishment, while the twelfth level of Qi Refining is a transitional stage to Heavenly Foundation Establishment.
The Twelve-Story Jade Liquid connects heaven and man through the earthly branches, thus possessing the magical power to build tall buildings from the ground and touch the heavenly palaces.
Chen Yi then realized that the difference between Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment and Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment was not merely a matter of the amount of true spiritual energy and foundation-building materials.
The difference between the thirteenth level of Qi Refining and the eleventh level of Qi Refining is not simply two levels.
No wonder he has only ever seen cultivators at the eleventh level of Qi Refining, and never anyone above the twelfth level. It turns out there's a world of difference between the two...
"I must get my hands on the recipe for the Twelve-Story Jade Elixir," Chen Yi secretly resolved.
Soon, he left the Cangyan campus with Wang Bian.
The other party did indeed follow the scent of smoke.
At least Chen Yi couldn't smell any lingering odor.
Therefore, he looked at Wang Bian with a strange gaze.
"Don't look at me like that. Cultivators have naturally strong senses. It's just that I'm a little more sensitive to the aroma of tobacco..." Wang Bian said nonchalantly.
The two continued on their way until they arrived at a mountain forest a few kilometers away from Cangyan High School.
"The smell of smoke stops here." Wang Bian sniffed, but couldn't find any trace of it.
Chen Yi calmly analyzed: "The scent suddenly disappeared, either it teleported away, or it was covered up by something."
"Teleportation?" Wang Bian frowned slightly. "Given their cultivation levels, that's highly unlikely, and there's no teleportation array here..."
"Teleportation array?"
Wang Bian's words reminded Chen Yi.
He immediately activated [One Glance at the Array].
In an instant, the colors of the mountains and forests became transparent, and neither the soil, rock layers, nor leaves could obstruct his view.
He first scanned the surroundings from a high vantage point, but found no trace of any formation.
Just as he looked down, a grayish-white array pattern appeared.
The formation he saw was located directly below him, but it was thousands of meters deep.
A glaring red dot was also faintly visible deep underground...
"Really underground?" He was slightly taken aback.
He realized that the main array eye of the concealment formation was located there, which was probably also the hiding place of the thieves from the Heaven Stealing Sect.
"Being able to dive a thousand meters underground, with no secret passages around, one of these two must have mastered earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one of the two to escape) techniques..." This was his deduction.
However, despite knowing this information, he dared not act rashly.
After all, among those two, besides Chu Qi, there was also a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Although he and Wang Bian were strong, they were not confident in fighting against a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, not to mention that Chu Qi's strength should not be underestimated.
"We haven't found anything suspicious here yet. Let's go check somewhere else," he said to Wang Bian.
This place is directly above the concealment formation, and we might be being eavesdropped on by the formation's creators. It would be safer to discuss this elsewhere...
Wang Bian nodded blankly.
Chen Yi left in any direction at random.
Only after confirming that they had left the range of that great formation did he hurriedly transmit his voice to Wang Bian:
"Quick! Call your sister over! It's best if only one of you comes first; too many people will alert her!"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com