81: Chapter 81 Three punches and two kicks, one sword and one knife
Combining this with the altar he had seen earlier, he could almost conclude.
That bishop had used the method of human sacrifice to forcefully push himself up.
"I cannot return to Xu Family Village."
Soul-type Ability also has detection methods similar to his.
He could not take the gamble; he was afraid that the other party would track the traces he left behind.
If that happened, once he returned to Xu Family Village or passed through other villages,
it would cause irreparable consequences.
"I can only resort to guerrilla tactics."
Sighing, Shen Fei took out the two maps that Qin Li had given him earlier. "I'll go find the Gateway first."
On the other side, the Pure World Society bishop saw Shen Fei turn and run, but did not pursue him.
Instead, he came to the corpse of the Tier 3 Martial Artist who had died, reached out and grabbed into the void, and a humanoid shadow appeared in his hand.
The moment the shadow appeared, it let out an angry roar.
"Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
"The mad dogs of The Purifiers, I will absolutely not spare them!"
Obviously, this shadow was the soul of that Tier 3 Martial Artist.
But looking at the other party's appearance, this was not their first "death."
"According to the rules, as a Tier 3 Martial Artist, you are allowed three resurrection opportunities."
"Now, this is the last one."
The bishop's voice rang out without the slightest emotional fluctuation.
"If you die one more time, your soul will belong to me!"
The angry roar came to an abrupt halt, like a rooster whose neck had been grabbed.
"I... I understand, Bishop."
The bishop waved his hand, flames rose, and the corpse on the ground instantly turned into ashes.
"For now, stay inside my soul banner. When I find a suitable body, I will resurrect you."
As the bishop spoke, a white soul banner the size of a lantern appeared in his hand.
Seeing this soul banner, the humanoid shadow visibly trembled.
He wanted to refuse, but under the bishop's cold gaze, he finally trembled and crawled into the soul banner.
However, the moment before he entered the soul banner, he couldn't help but ask.
"Bishop... are you just going to let that Purifier go?"
"What if... no, he will definitely spread the news of this place..."
The bishop looked somewhat impatient, as if he felt the other party was talking too much.
But for some reason, even though he looked impatient, the bishop still replied.
"Rest assured, he cannot escape."
"Moreover, he cannot call for reinforcements."
Watching the shadow still not entering the soul banner, a flash of ferocity crossed the bishop's face.
But he still patiently explained: "The Sect Leader has already entered the Longji Mountain Range."
"The Weaver and King Zhenyue are both trapped in a secret realm and cannot escape. The high-end combat power of The Purifiers here in the Longji Mountain Range has more than enough to deal with inside the barrier; how could they possibly come to support the outside?"
Seeing that the shadow still had no intention of entering the soul banner and seemed to want to ask more questions, the bishop finally said coldly.
"Don't think about stalling for time. You know that it is useless!"
Hearing this, the shadow finally resigned itself and crawled into the soul banner.
Seeing the shadow enter the soul banner, the expression on the bishop's face finally relaxed.
He gently stroked the soul banner in his hand, as if caressing a beloved object.
But immediately after, the bishop let out a cold snort, "If it weren't for the fact that the Sect Leader added these restrictions when creating the soul banner,"
"how could you mongrels be allowed to be so presumptuous!"
"The Purifiers..."
Thinking of Shen Fei who had just escaped, a trace of regret flashed across the bishop's face.
"It's a pity that a Transcendent from The Purifiers cannot possibly sign a contract with my soul banner."
"Otherwise..."
Shaking his head, the bishop glanced in the direction where Shen Fei had left and turned to walk towards the altar.
At the moment, this altar could not be abandoned, so naturally, he could not go after Shen Fei.
At the very least, he had to wait until he obtained the spirit condensing pill and promoted to S-rank before doing so.
...
Early the next morning, Xu Yan saw Qin Li and the other two off, then received the food sent by the people Zhou Heshun had dispatched.
As usual, he began to grind for attributes in the courtyard.
Shen Fei and his group did not return all night, but Xu Yan did not care.
Qin Li had already given him the bottom line earlier.
He also knew that Shen Fei and the two team members he brought were much stronger than Qin Li's squad.
One Tier 3 dual-type Transcendent, plus two Second-order Martial Artists.
With this configuration, as long as they were not surrounded by groups of Pure World Society members,
or encountering a Fourth-order Transcendent, they would basically not be in danger.
Therefore, it was unlikely that a situation like Qin Li's would happen again.
Plus, Shen Fei had also said that once he explored the situation in the mountains and found the location of the Gateway, he would notify him.
So Xu Yan temporarily gave up the idea of going into the mountains.
He thought he would take this time to focus on grinding his attributes higher.
That way, if he happened to encounter any stronger enemies, he would be better able to deal with them, right?
With a slight movement of his mind, Xu Yan opened his Attribute Panel.
Name: Xu Yan
Age: 26
Strength: 3
Agility: 3
Spirit: 3.29
Constitution: 3.5
Skills Learned: ... Five Mountains World-Suppressing Art LV0 (19/100)
Allocatable Attribute Points: 0.24
In one morning, he had grinded the proficiency of the Five Mountains World-Suppressing Art to 19 points.
He had also grinded out 0.24 free attribute points.
Xu Yan added directly to his Spirit attribute until it reached 3.5.
The remaining 0.03 free attributes were added to his Strength.
Thus, Xu Yan's four-dimensional attributes became:
Strength: 3.03
Agility: 3
Spirit: 3.5
Constitution: 3.5
"I am still 2.97 free attribute points away from having all attributes breakthrough to 4 points."
Xu Yan's gaze fell on the Five Mountains World-Suppressing Art.
Unsurprisingly, once the Five Mountains World-Suppressing Art reached LV1, it would also provide him with one free attribute point.
Xu Yan calculated that, based on his current efficiency in grinding proficiency,
it would take him at most three days for a cultivation technique to advance from LV0 to LV1.
"At this rate, it won't be long before I finish practicing all those cultivation techniques I've collected."
There are many martial arts techniques published online.
But excluding those that are obviously fake, and those made up by people who are just making up numbers and dreaming of being a "Grandmaster,"
there are only seven martial arts techniques that are truly officially certified and can be practiced!
These are the ones that Xu Yan can collect on the surface.
As for whether there are any in secret, he doesn't know.
But there probably aren't.
After all, once a cultivation technique is created, it needs to be constantly improved and upgraded.
Individual power always has its limits.
There is no cultivation technique that is perfect the moment it is created.
They all require constant trial and error, improvement, and upgrading before they can eventually evolve into top-tier techniques.
And among these seven techniques, it does not include the Basic Guidance Technique that was officially released some time ago.
These seven techniques are: Three Fists, Two Legs, One Sword, and One Blade.
Just by looking at the categories, one knows what their basic chapters are for.
It is worth mentioning that the "One Sword" among them is the Moon Shadow Sword Canon created by Su Yue.
Shaking his head, Xu Yan stopped thinking about it; these techniques were still too far away from his current situation.
Of the seven techniques, although he had only practiced two, the remaining five would be enough for him to practice for a long time.
And...