156: Chapter 156 Chen Hu's Sense of Crisis

The middle courtyard of the Chen family home.

The study.

After Chen Hu sent away Ruyi and Zhizhi, who had been following him around like little tailing bugs,

he immediately went to open his cards.

First, he opened all the resource cards.

Sure enough, what he drew today was quite ordinary.

Three meat field cards, all containing ordinary meat.

Next, he opened the item cards as well.

The weapon card actually yielded a Low Grade Common Weapon.

The divine weapon card only yielded a Low Grade Divine Weapon.

Suddenly, Chen Hu had a sudden inspiration: "If I take a concubine every day, wouldn't I be able to draw good things every day?"

The next moment, an intelligence card appeared in Chen Hu's hand.

He silently activated it.

Today's Intelligence: Fan Jun, who has lost his cultivation, has already escaped. Xia Zhong, who is at the Late-stage Refining Viscera, is now managing the intelligence squad. At the same time, a second squad is about to arrive at Linjiang Prefecture. Among the members of this second squad, two are people of the State Preceptor.

"What?"

Seeing the first half of this intelligence, Chen Hu's expression was calm, but upon seeing the second half, his expression changed.

This State Preceptor was the number one powerhouse of the Great Yong Kingdom, and moreover, he was a powerful spellcaster.

In that case, what was this State Preceptor's purpose in sending people to Linjiang Prefecture?

Could it also be to search for that spellcaster?

If the two people sent by the State Preceptor were also spellcasters, and their cultivations had reached the Dan Soul Realm or even exceeded the Dan Soul Realm...

If he met them, wouldn't he be exposed?

"I hope the people sent by the State Preceptor haven't exceeded the Dan Soul Realm."

"No, I can't delay any longer. I must first break through to the Primordial Spirit Realm!"

Otherwise, if his identity as a spellcaster was exposed, even if the State Preceptor didn't do anything to him...

That old geezer Marquis Weiwu certainly wouldn't let him off.

Thinking of this...

Chen Hu immediately took out his cultivation multiplier card.

He silently activated it.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for obtaining an eightfold cultivation effect!"

"Not bad!"

He took out a Soul-Nourishing Pill and swallowed it.

Then, he circulated the Spirit Refining Art to refine and absorb it.

Two hours later.

He claimed the eightfold cultivation effect.

Instantly, a surge of pure Soul Power poured into his Divine Soul.

With the integration of this Soul Power, his Divine Soul was transforming into a Primordial Spirit.

"barrier card!"

The next moment, Chen Hu took out the barrier card and formed a barrier in the study to prevent his aura from leaking out.

Otherwise, the aura leakage caused by his Breakthrough to the Primordial Spirit Realm might be sensed by that spellcaster master and disciple.

*Crack!*

Along with a soft sound, the core within his Divine Soul cracked.

The energy inside erupted, merging completely with his Divine Soul.

Unknowingly, over an hour passed.

Chen Hu's Divine Soul finally transformed into a Primordial Spirit.

Previously, he could only rely on Soul Wandering to let his Divine Soul leave its shell and travel far.

But now, having reached the Primordial Spirit Realm, he could let his Primordial Spirit leave his body and travel far even without relying on this technique.

Furthermore, the strength and coverage distance of his Spiritual Sense also skyrocketed.

The coverage area of his Spiritual Sense skyrocketed directly from a radius of ten thousand meters to thirty thousand meters.

"Phew!"

Chen Hu exhaled a breath of turbid air.

After reaching the Primordial Spirit Realm, he felt his sense of security increase significantly.

As long as he didn't deliberately go and wander around in front of the two people sent by the State Preceptor, the possibility of him being exposed was not high.

Right at this moment...

A team disguised as a merchant caravan quietly entered Linjiang Prefecture.

In the merchant caravan, there was a pair of seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girls.

Of these two girls, one was lively and the other was aloof.

They were both disciples of the State Preceptor.

The lively girl was a spellcaster, while the aloof girl cultivated the martial path.

The caravan moved forward.

The lively girl was constantly sizing up her surroundings with curious eyes.

The aloof girl, on the other hand, was resting with her eyes closed, seemingly uninterested in everything around her.

Soon...

The caravan completed its check-in at a large inn.

Both girls were assigned to a fine room.

"Senior Sister, why don't we go out for a stroll? Maybe we can find that person!" the lively girl said as she came to the aloof girl's room, her voice filled with anticipation.

The aloof girl gave the lively girl a flat look.

She didn't even care to expose her little thoughts, so she nodded. "Sure."

Just as they walked out of their rooms...

...a woman came up to greet them. "Young Ladies Shangguan, are you planning to go out? Do you need this humble one to send a few people to accompany you?"

"No need!"

The aloof girl, Shangguan Lingnan, resolutely refused.

"Alright then. Please be careful, young ladies!"

The middle-aged woman nodded and did not pester them further.

Watching the two girls leave the inn's entrance, the middle-aged woman murmured softly, "As expected of the State Preceptor's brilliant disciples. At such a young age, she has already stepped into the Organ Refining Realm, not inferior to Cao Shuang in the slightest!"

On the other side...

Chen Hu had already claimed his martial arts cultivation.

Today, he had obtained eighty days of cultivation.

After using it...

...this cultivation all turned into fuel for his second Marrow Refining.

This caused his progress in the second Marrow Refining to leap forward by a large margin.

In just two more days...

...he would definitely be able to step into the Late Stage Marrow Refining.

He took out his identity card.

He silently used it.

To Chen Hu's slight disappointment, the identity drawn this time was very ordinary—just a common Skin Refining Martial Artist.

But Chen Hu didn't mind either.

Perhaps he could obtain some useful intelligence from the other party's memory.

Thus, he resolutely used the identity he had drawn.

However, after finishing the other party's memory...

...Chen Hu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Because this Skin Refining Martial Artist was actually a house guard for a certain wealthy household in the city.

Relying on his good looks, this guy had hooked up with the wealthy man's third concubine, fifth concubine, and seventh concubine.

Recently, he had even been making eyes at the wealthy man's second daughter.

What made Chen Hu admire him was that this guy had been fooling around with the wealthy man's three concubines for over two years, yet he hadn't been exposed at all.

Moreover, those three concubines not only let this guy enjoy them for free, but they even gave him silver.

"Tsk, tsk, a classic case of letting a wolf into the house!"

Chen Hu shook his head secretly, deeply despising that wealthy man's judgment.

"Should I secretly send a letter to that wealthy man to expose the guard?" Chen Hu couldn't help but think with a bit of mischievous humor.

But after thinking about it, he decided not to poke his nose into other people's business.

Originally, Chen Hu had planned not to go to the Fierce Tiger Gang today.

But on second thought, he decided to go anyway. After all, the Martial Skills of the few guys locked up in the dungeon had not been fully copied yet.

Although he already possessed Divine Grade Martial Skills now...

...these copied Martial Skills could still strengthen the foundation of the Fierce Tiger Gang.

However, it was already close to noon.

Chen Hu decided to go after having lunch.

He stood up and went to the backyard.

He found Liu Xiangyue, who was currently guiding her younger sister, Qianxue, and Qianyu in their cultivation.

"Xiangyue, transcribe all the Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills you know and compile them into a book!"

"Alright, husband!"

Liu Xiangyue nodded and agreed.

Suddenly, she said with some hesitation, "Husband, can I pass on the Cultivation Techniques and Martial Skills I know to Xianglan, Qianyu, and Qianxue?"

Chen Hu pondered slightly and said, "It is fine to do so, but they will probably find it very difficult to master!"

What Fan Jun cultivated was a Heaven Grade Cultivation Technique and Heaven Grade Martial Skill.

Qianxue and Qianyu's talent might barely allow them to Cultivate them, but Liu Xianglan, who only had a Profound Grade talent, would find it extremely difficult.

The higher the grade of a Cultivation Technique, the higher the requirement for talent.

"Mm, then I'll give it a try. If it doesn't work, I'll have them Cultivate their original Cultivation Techniques!" Liu Xiangyue nodded.

After finishing his chat with Liu Xiangyue...

...Chen Hu went to sit and drink tea.

Then, Nangong Hongyan walked over. "Brother Chen, I plan to return home for a bit."

"Not staying for a bit longer?" Chen Hu asked with a smile.

Nangong Hongyan said somewhat bashfully, "I mean, I'll go back and let my parents know, and then continue to stay here at your place."

"It's fine, feel free to come and stay. After all, Hongyan, you are naturally beautiful. Seeing you every day makes me feel much happier!" Chen Hu teased with a laugh.

"Brother Chen, there you go again. Be careful that Sister-in-law doesn't hear you and make you sleep in the study!"

Nangong Hongyan stamped her foot lightly and then ran away bashfully.