293: Chapter 293 Baoqing Mansion

The next moment, Chen Hu opened the System Mall.

He entered "Spells suitable for cultivation at the Golden Core Realm" into the search box.

He clicked search.

The next moment, the page displayed numerous Spells suitable for cultivation at the Golden Core Realm.

Chen Hu scanned through these Spells with a serious gaze.

Soon, Chen Hu had finished looking through hundreds of Spells.

However, there were still many Spells left, a full tens of thousands of them.

Chen Hu did not intend to look through all tens of thousands of Spells; he planned to read the introductions of only one thousand of them.

Then he would select a few from among them to purchase and Cultivate.

After spending some more time, Chen Hu finished reading the introductions for 1,000 Spells.

First, he would select attack-type Spells.

After a slight hesitation, he decided to select the "Great Five Elements technique".

This technique contained Five Elements Spells.

Learning one was equivalent to learning five.

Furthermore, they could be used in combination, and when cultivated to the highest level, they could form a Five Elements magic array.

The price was not low either, a full 1,000,000 underling points, which was already equivalent to the price of the "Tai Xuan Golden Core Technique".

He clicked purchase.

The next moment, the contents of the "Great Five Elements technique" appeared in his mind.

Next, he locked onto another technique, the "Myriad Sword technique".

This technique required the use of a Flying Sword.

As it happened, Chen Hu possessed a High Grade Flying Sword.

Thus, Chen Hu chose to purchase it again; this Spell was priced at 500,000 underling points.

The attack Spells were chosen.

It was time to select defensive Spells.

Soon, Chen Hu locked onto a Spell named "Mysterious Turtle Shell".

This Spell was priced at 400,000 underling points.

Chen Hu purchased it directly.

Next, he purchased another defensive Spell named "Golden Light technique".

This Spell had one characteristic: it was fast.

It could form a layer of golden light for defense at the fastest speed, and if one had sufficient mana, one could continuously stack the armor.

And Chen Hu had cultivated the Nine-Turn Golden Core, so his mana was inexhaustible.

As long as he stacked hundreds of layers of golden light, the power of this Spell could even surpass that of the "Mysterious Turtle Shell".

Furthermore, the price of the "Golden Light technique" was only 100,000.

The attack and defensive Spells were all chosen.

Next, it was time to select flight Spells.

Soon, Chen Hu selected a flight Spell named "Kunpeng technique".

After using this Spell, one could increase their speed by 3 times; if cultivated to the extreme, after using it, one could burst out with a terrifying speed of 30 times in a short period.

It is worth mentioning that after reaching the Golden Core Realm, one naturally breaks some rules of gravity.

With a mere thought, one could escape gravity and fly freely in the sky.

But how fast could he fly? Chen Hu had not tested it yet.

Thinking of this, he decided to test it.

Thus, he rose directly into the air, turning into a streak of golden light as he flew toward Zhenlong City.

A quarter of an hour later, he landed on the ground.

He had the Nine-Turn Golden Core, so his flight speed was much faster than an ordinary Golden Core.

Without relying on a Flying Sword or Spells, he could probably manage ten thousand li per hour.

He opened the System Mall again.

Chen Hu purchased the "Kunpeng technique", consuming 600,000 underling points.

However, the "Kunpeng technique" was a flight technique.

Chen Hu still needed to purchase a Spell to increase speed on the ground.

After some selection, he bought a technique named "Illusion Travel technique".

This Spell had two major functions; as long as it was cast, it could create a large number of illusions.

Secondly, this Spell could also increase speed.

The price was not low either, worth 500,000 underling points.

The next moment, Chen Hu took a step.

He returned to the study in Zhenlong City.

He attempted to Cultivate these six Spells.

It had to be said, the Nine-Turn Golden Core was truly awesome.

It took him only one hour to Cultivate the "Great Five Elements technique" to the Introductory level.

It is worth mentioning that Spells also have distinctions in Realms; the higher the Realm, the stronger the power displayed.

Therefore, the Realms of Spells are Introductory, Proficient, Mastery, Minor Achievement, Major Achievement, and Perfection.

Chen Hu knew that he could not Cultivate the "Great Five Elements technique" to Perfection in a short time.

Thus, after cultivating this Spell to the Introductory level, he switched to cultivating the second Spell, the "Myriad Sword technique".

This Spell was faster, only taking more than half an hour to reach the Introductory level.

Unknowingly, the time had almost reached the Chen hour.

After a night of hard cultivation, all six Golden Core-level Spells had reached the Introductory level.

After eating breakfast.

Chen Hu gathered the group from the Fierce Tiger Army and announced that Nangong Hongyan would serve as the Minister of Finance for the Fierce Tiger Army.

No one objected to this.

It was passed by everyone.

And Nangong Hongyan officially took office accordingly.

For this reason, Chen Hu even arranged for two Blood Refining Realm combat Puppets to serve as her bodyguards.

Likewise, he also gave her a protective jade pendant.

In this way, even if she were attacked by a powerhouse at the Gang Refining Realm, Chen Hu would be able to arrive in time.

Previously, Chen Hu had reached an agreement with the Yellow Heaven Sect.

Of the nine Prefecture Cities within Lingzhou territory, whoever captured three Prefecture Cities first would own the last one.

Therefore, today he prepared to take the last piece of Lingzhou in one fell swoop—Baoqing Prefecture.

This Baoqing Prefecture could be considered the poorest Prefecture City in Lingzhou.

There were two reasons for this.

First, Baoqing Prefecture was mountainous, making entry and exit difficult.

This led to difficulties in developing commerce in Baoqing Prefecture.

Secondly, Baoqing Prefecture also had Barbarians.

These Barbarians were simple-minded, but possessed powerful Physical Bodies; even if they did not Cultivate, as long as they reached adulthood, they could possess the strength of the Flesh Refining Realm.

Fortunately, these Barbarians had difficulty reproducing.

A Barbarian couple, even if they tried hard to make babies, could give birth to at most two.

After exceeding two, they absolutely could not give birth to a third child.

Therefore, the number of Barbarians could never increase.

The total number of Barbarians within Baoqing Prefecture did not exceed one hundred thousand.

Moreover, the Barbarians liked to live in the mountains and forests.

After the Great Yong Court discovered that it could not completely exterminate these Barbarians, it planned to guide them to leave the mountains and forests to live elsewhere.

But these Barbarians were simply unwilling to leave the mountains and forests.

In desperation, the Great Yong Court could only give up.

Later, when the imperial court exiled prisoners, it treated Baoqing Prefecture as the first choice.

Currently, Baoqing Prefecture only had one Prefecture City and two County Cities.

Casting "Near and Far", Chen Hu quickly arrived more than ten li outside the Baoqing Prefecture City.

Because Baoqing Prefecture was mountainous, the Prefecture City was built between two sides, so there were only North and South city gates.

Because they had to guard against Barbarian sieges, the Baoqing Prefecture soldiers were actually much more elite than those of other prefectures, and their number reached over 8,000.

Chen Hu waved his hand.

Three thousand Fifth-Tier Black Armor Cavalry appeared.

Although the soldiers of Baoqing Prefecture were more numerous than those of other Prefecture Cities, with the strength of the Black Armor Cavalry, it would still be very easy to capture it.

Soon.

Chen Hu led the three thousand Black Armor Cavalry to the North Gate.

Perhaps because they were frequently attacked by Barbarians, the soldiers guarding the city were very alert.

Upon discovering the Black Armor Cavalry, the city gates were quickly closed.

At the same time, the sound of horns rang out within the city, and before long, the city walls were covered with dense crowds of soldiers.

Various Sharp Weapons for city defense were also brought up to the city walls.

The Commandant of Baoqing Prefecture was named Chen Xuance.

Because of the frequent wars, over the past ten years or more, his cultivation had instead broken through the Bone Refining Realm to reach the Early Stage of the Marrow Refining Realm.

However, as the three thousand Black Armor Soldiers approached, Chen Xuance's expression became extremely grave.

Because he sensed that, apart from the young man leading them, the three thousand Black Armor Soldiers behind him were actually all in the Marrow Refining Realm.

"Father, have you sensed that these Black Armor Cavalry are somewhat abnormal!" Suddenly, Chen Xuance's son, Chen Yunxiao, spoke up.

Chen Xuance nodded: "I have sensed that they are all in the Marrow Refining Realm!"

"What?"

Chen Yunxiao's face instantly turned somewhat pale.

With three thousand Marrow Refining Realm soldiers attacking the city, what could they use to defend it?