Chapter 26: Who is the Prey

  Gu Chen's face was calm and unruffled, but his heart was greatly shocked. Just now, he had carefully come from the south of the city, but this person had still managed to catch up with him, and had even seen his true appearance. The situation was extremely bad.

  Since Liu Huayuan knew his identity as Dan Yao Shi, he absolutely couldn't let him spread the news. In Gu Chen's heart, a murderous intention immediately surged up.

  Better late than never, Gu Chen didn't want to bother with him anymore, and at that moment, he made up his mind.

  This place is located in the East City, within the sphere of influence of the Gu family. Liu Huachan didn't want to drag things out any longer, lest he be discovered by the Gu family. After saying one sentence, he didn't care whether Gu Chen responded or not. His body moved swiftly, reaching an extreme speed as he pounced towards Gu Chen.

  As soon as Liu Huachen's voice fell, Gu Chen suddenly had an additional black cloak on his body, which was the Rapid Wing Cloak. At the same time, he activated the Heavenly Punishment Tempering Body Great Technique, and his physical body instantly reached the realm of Post-Heavenly Eighth Layer. As soon as Liu Huachen moved, Gu Chen turned around and sprinted towards the rear with all his might.

  His physical body had reached the eighth layer of the Acquired Realm, and under the speed boost of his Wind Feather Cloak, Gu Chen's speed was at least five times faster than usual. Compared to Liu Huachan, he wasn't slow in the slightest.

  In Le Shui City, Liu Huachan would immediately become the focus of attention if he were to fly with his spiritual tool, attracting the attention of others. Now, he wanted to secretly take Gu Chen to the Liu family in Bei Cheng, and of course, he wouldn't be flying with his spiritual tool in Le Shui City.

  But the speed of Liu Huachen was surprisingly not much faster than Gu Chen's, and in a short period of time, he couldn't catch up at all.

  Liu Huaheng's heart was secretly puzzled, a post-heavenly three-layered teenager of about ten years old, how could he possibly reach such a fast speed? Liu Huaheng's gaze fell on Gu Chen's cloak, "This cloak must be a treasure, at such a young age, with low cultivation, not only is he a famous alchemist, but his body also possesses such a precious object. Even if the Gu family discovers him, today they will definitely capture you."

  Gu Chen passed through several alleys, but did not rush to the Gu family's mansion. Instead, he deliberately chose a secluded alley and ran towards the outskirts of Lebu City. Liu Huachan had already seen Gu Chen's true appearance, so Gu Chen would not escape back to the Gu house at this time. If Dan Medicine Master's identity was spread out, Gu Chen would never have a peaceful day again.

  "What? He's actually running out of the city? Could it be that this child is not a member of the Gu family?" Lü Huà Hán saw that Gǔ Chén did not escape towards the Gu residence, but instead ran wildly outside the city walls, and wondered in his heart.

  However, Gu Chen escaped to the outside of the city, which coincidentally suited Liu Huahan's intentions. In the city, he couldn't let loose, but once they were outside... Heh heh, didn't that kid just walk right into his trap?

  Liu Huachan didn't mind exposing his tracks by flying with the Imperial Instrument in the city of Lesui, as long as he could capture Gu Chen. Now that he saw Gu Chen escaping out of the city, he put aside this idea and closely followed Gu Chen to pursue him.

  Soon, Gu Chen emerged from a secluded area outside of Leshui City. With a flip of his hand, he held a low-grade Explosive Flame Emblem in his left hand and a low-grade Spirit Suppressing Emblem in his right hand. His speed didn't decrease as he rushed eastward with urgency.

  Out of the city of Le Shui, Liu Hua Han's face had an even thicker smile, but he didn't rush to fly. Now it was too close to the city, anyway, the young man in front couldn't escape his palm, and the farther away from Le Shui City he ran, the better.

  The farther away from Leishui City, the better... Gu Chen also had this idea in his heart, and today's events, he didn't let anyone see.

  The two of them were extremely fast, and after a minute, Gu Chen had already left Le Shui City more than ten miles away, entering the mountainous forest area of Dong Huang.

  Liu Huaheng suddenly raised his hand, and a flying sword flew out of the storage bag. His body leaped up, stepping on the flying sword to increase speed explosively, quickly rushing towards Gu Chen.

  Gǔ Chén's current speed has reached its limit, comparable to the flight of a Xiantian initial-stage cultivator. Liǔ Huà Hán has already reached the sixth layer of Xiantian cultivation and is also a peak existence in the middle stage of Xiantian. The flight of his flying sword is much faster than Gǔ Chén's full-speed sprint.

  "You can't escape now, haha..."

  Liu Huahen burst out laughing, and like a hawk swooping down on a small chicken, he spread his five fingers wide and grabbed at Gu Chen who was running forward.

  Gu Chen sneered inwardly, and every move of Liu Huaheng fell into his eyes. With a pinch of his right hand, the Xiangling symbol turned into a clear light that entered Gu Chen's body.

  The Spirit Seal was attached, and in an instant, Gu Chen's cultivation skyrocketed from the 6th layer of the Post-Heaven Realm to the 4th layer of the Pre-Heaven Realm. The true energy within his body transformed into Pre-Heaven True Energy in a flash. His body suddenly stopped, his left hand raised, and the low-grade Exploding Flame Symbol turned into a beam of firelight, shooting rapidly towards Liu Huachan who was pouncing on him.

  Liu Hua Han's eyes were fixed on Gu Chen's every move, when suddenly Gu Chen's strength surged, causing Liu Hua Han's heart to skip a beat, and he felt something was off, so he hastily stopped in his tracks.

  But...

  It's too late...

  The speed of the Blazing Inferno Talisman was several times faster than Liu Huayuan's flying sword, and in the blink of an eye, it had already flown to his face.

  Rumble...

  The Blazing Inferno Symbol emitted a deafening explosion, bursting forth violently, and even Gu Chen, who was several meters away, felt the powerful energy fluctuations.

  It can extinguish and kill mid-term cultivators of the Innate Realm with a low-grade Exploding Flame Token, and its power is indeed not trivial.

  In the midst of the explosion, Liu Huachan spat out a mouthful of blood and his body flew backward like a kite with its string cut off. The flying sword under his feet was also severed from its connection to Liu Huachan by the blast of the fierce flame talisman, losing the stimulation of Liu Huachan's innate true energy. The flying sword fell to the ground, motionless, like an ordinary iron sword.

  Liu Huaheng hadn't even landed when a dark shadow flashed before his eyes, followed by a chill in his throat...

  Gu Chen stepped on a flying sword, and the dagger in his hand had already been inserted into Liu Huahans throat.

  The dagger was immediately withdrawn from Liu Huachan's throat, bringing out a bright red blood arrow.

  *panting sound*

  Liu Huaheng's body heavily crashed onto the ground, his eyes wide open, mouth agape, as if wanting to say something, but nothing came out...

  Died with an expression of utter incredulity on his face.

  Gu Chen sheathed his dagger, looked at Liu Huaheng with an expressionless face, raised his right hand, and the clear light from his body converged onto his palm. In a flash, a new Spirit-Subduing Charm reappeared in Gu Chen's hand.

  The charm of descending spirits can't hold on for much longer, leaving it for next time may still be able to save a life once.

  Gu Chen's body lost the possession of the Lingtian symbol and fell back to the six-layered realm of acquired.

  He picked up Liu Huaheng's storage bag and poured out everything inside. Apart from two low-grade magic tools, there were many spirit stones. Gu Chen counted them and found that there were over 300, a huge profit.

  What's this?

  What delighted Gu Chen was that there was also a 300-year-old Ling Xin Cao in the storage bag, and Ling Xin Cao was one of the main medicines for refining the Xian Tian Jing Ling Dan. A 300-year-old one was extremely rare to see.

  Gu Chen bought Huang Jingzhi and Zi Yuanhua, refining the spiritual elixir was short of more than 300 years of Lingxincao, this time it was obtained from Liu Huahans body, it was indeed an unexpected joy.

  Carefully inspect these items to ensure there are no problems, then retrieve them all into the乾坤镯. Gu Chen poured out all 475 of his previous Ling Stones and carefully inspected them. Indeed, these Ling Stones had also been tampered with by Liu Huachan, who had sprinkled some strange medicinal powder on top.

  No wonder Liu Huachen was willing to add nearly 100 spirit stones at the auction, it turned out that he wanted to find the owner who had cultivated the Yuanyuan Spirit Liquid through this means.

  After Gu Chen threw away the storage bag sent by Liu Huaheng, it seemed that Liu Huaheng was tracking these medicinal powders, so Gu Chen didn't shake him off.

  It's not suitable to stay here for long, having discovered the problem, Gu Chen immediately put away the Ling Stone in the Qian Kun Bracelet and quickly left this place. He ran to a nearby stream, washed off the medicinal powder marks on the Ling Stone, then ran dozens of miles southwest before turning back north and returning to Le Shui City.