Chapter 69: The Art of Concealing One's Spirit

  In the Xianyu prison, there were suddenly seven more people. Su Che naturally had to assign them different tasks and make specific arrangements.

  At first, Lao Hei would definitely give the prisoners a thorough and comprehensive "reorganization", just like the intimidating stick in the yamen, regardless of whether they were male or female, as long as they came in, they had to endure this kind of torment.

  It's not that Su Che and Lao Hei are psychologically abnormal, enjoying torturing others, but rather they want to make them clearly recognize their situation through this method. Once you enter, you must be obedient and submissive. Anyone who dares to cause trouble will have an even more sumptuous feast of discipline waiting for them...

  After being interrogated by Lao Hei, Su Che learned about the special skills of these seven people and soon assigned tasks to all prisoners in Xianyu.

  The Lingcao transplanted into Xianyu is still taken care of by Han Youming and Lu Cheng'an.

  Luo Lianqiao was definitely responsible for refining the elixir, and he arranged for an outer sect disciple of the Tianxuan Sect to assist him.

  Han Zuo Jing, He Xing men and two other Tianxuan Sect outer sect disciples, a total of four men, will be in charge of refining the ore.

  The red-robed female cultivator had a special talent, being relatively skilled at crafting spirit talismans. However, due to the limitations of her cultivation level, she could only create low-grade spirit talismans of the water, earth, and wood elements.

  No matter what, having a special talent makes one a talented person, and it can always play a certain role. So Su Che arranged another female cultivator as her deputy, and once the materials were ready, they could start making talismans.

  Refining elixirs, smelting ores, and crafting talismans require not only sufficient materials but also specific tools, such as the alchemical furnace, refining furnace, and the rare true flames necessary for refining elixirs and equipment.

  All these things need to be prepared slowly by Su Che. In the valley of Yin Feng, Su Che cut down some wood, collected some stones, and had enough drinking water, all of which were sent into the Xian prison.

  There are already ten prisoners in the Xianyu, including two women. This requires building houses for them and providing regular food supplies... All sorts of trivial matters need to be solved by Su Che personally.

  Since it's a prison, we should provide the prisoners with at least the most basic guarantee of survival, which is necessary. Fortunately, they are all cultivators, and their abilities in all aspects far surpass those of ordinary people. With wood and stone materials, plus the assistance of various magical techniques, they can quickly build houses that look like real ones in the immortal prison.

  In the prison, Lao Hei gathered all the prisoners in front of him and roared at them: "You already know that this is a prison, and I, Mo Wang, am the head of this prison! From today on, you can call me Hei Mo Lao Da."

  "Black Whirlwind!"

  Apart from Hongying, the other nine people bowed their heads in respect; Hongying was a woman with a strong personality, even if she showed obedience to Lao Hei, she would not humbly lower her head and behave like a slave.

  Su Che had seen that she still didn't forget to protect her husband at the critical moment of life and death, so he was quite respectful of such a woman. So, he begged for mercy on her behalf, letting Lao Hei treat her slightly specially. As for others, Su Che couldn't be bothered to care.

  All he heard was Old Black continuing to shout: "Although it's a prison, you still have the most basic right to survive and some rights in terms of personal dignity. So, except for me, there will be absolutely no bullying or humiliation here. You prisoners must respect each other and help each other..."

  He said with a sly smile, "If you have the guts, I'd even allow you to join forces and create a riot, challenging my authority. Of course, I'll also gently suppress it, softly... Hmph! This kind of game is something I personally enjoy very much, but I wonder if you have similar interests?"

  The crowd was silent, and just by looking at this 'Hei Mo Lao Da', you could tell that he was a thoroughbred demon, his thoughts and consciousness were definitely different from those of humans, and his temperament couldn't be measured with ordinary logic.

  Lao Hei finally said: "This prison of ours is equivalent to a small world, a small society, allowing you to practice normally, interact normally, and also allowing husbands and wives or lovers to live together. However, the relationship between men and women must be consensual, absolutely no coercion or intimidation is allowed, nor is any promiscuous behavior tolerated. Do you understand?"

  "Got it, Hei Mo Boss!"

  The prisoners responded in unison, and only then did they feel that this prison was not as terrifying as they had thought earlier. In terms of living, it was relatively free, except that the overall area of the prison space was smaller, with a range of only about 100 miles, like a completely closed small town.

  This time, even the face of the red-robed nun looked much better, and she could still live with her husband, which was the first good news. Secondly, it seemed that this place was relatively reasonable, although it was a prison, but one could still have some power and dignity...

  After settling the prisoner, Su Che decided to make a trip to Tian Xuan Sect's Wu Hua Peak to buy all the necessary items before returning to the valley. Because many things couldn't be bought in the supply town, such as the two kinds of spiritual grass needed for refining the Earth Escape Pill, and slightly better quality pill furnaces and refining furnaces, which were not available here.

  It took more than a day to return to the mountain gate, went to Wuhua Peak, spent more than 500 spiritual stones, and bought all kinds of things.

  Most items are not expensive, only a third-grade dan furnace is worth over 100 spirit stones, which is the most expensive item in terms of unit price.

  The alchemy furnace used for refining elixirs is extremely particular. Generally speaking, to refine a first-grade elixir, one must use a first-grade alchemy furnace; to refine a third-grade elixir, one needs a third-grade alchemy furnace... It can't be too high or too low, because even an alchemist like Luo Lianqiao with limited skills would find it difficult to control a top-grade, peerless alchemy furnace. He could only follow established procedures and fixed patterns to refine the elixir, in order to guarantee a stable success rate.

  Dun Di Dan belongs to three-grade elixir, so just one three-grade elixir furnace is enough.

  As for the heteromorphic true fire required for alchemy, since the cultivation of all prisoners in Xianyu is not enough, they cannot cast any kind of true fire spell, so they can only spend spirit stones to buy true fire talismans, combined with some specially made combustibles, which can refine elixirs below grade 5. For now, these expenses are still bearable.

  After buying everything they needed, Su Che continued on his journey through the night and returned to the Valley of the Dark Wind.

  Other things can wait, but 'Dun Di Dan' should be refined as soon as possible. With this life-saving magic, doing anything will give you a few more points of confidence.

  In the Xianyu, ten prisoners were each responsible for their own tasks, some refining medicine, others mining, and making talismans, all busy at work... Only the two gardeners in charge of taking care of the spiritual grass had a relatively leisurely workload. However, their responsibilities were actually heavier than those of the others, because if even one stalk of 500-year-old mid-grade spiritual grass had any problems, it would be a huge loss of several thousand spirit stones.

  During this time, Su Che also didn't idle around, changed into the Taoist robe of a Tian Xuan Sect disciple, and after another disguise, took on the identity of a loose cultivator, and in the gorge, either actively or passively got into all sorts of conflicts with others, then relying solely on his own strength, fought it out.

  Win or lose doesn't matter, it's all about accumulating more battle experience...

  Apart from gaining combat experience, there were also other gains when luck was on his side. Once, Su Che, as a lone cultivator, had a run-in with four outer sect disciples of the Tian Xuan Sect and engaged in a fierce battle against overwhelming odds. Su Che sustained some minor injuries and naturally chose to retreat.

  However, two of the four people on the other side pursued Su Che relentlessly, chasing him for over a hundred miles, intending to kill him.

  This situation is relatively rare in the Valley of the Wind, generally speaking, people are either here to hone their skills or make money, unless they are sworn enemies or have other special reasons, it's unlikely that they would engage in such a relentless battle.

  Since that's the case, Su Che didn't bother being polite to them anymore and adjusted his previous 'sparring mode' to capture mode. As soon as Lao Hei made a move, he easily took down the two guys.

  Two more prisoners were added in the Xianyu, and through interrogation, they unexpectedly gained a relatively special 'Yinling Technique'.

  One of the outer disciples, also from a certain immortal family, has made great achievements in disguise, not only can change his appearance and body shape, but even can change his own spiritual power fluctuations to some extent.

  For example, actually having a cultivation base of three layers of Qi, by changing the characteristics of one's own spiritual energy fluctuations, will make others mistakenly think that they only have two layers of Qi, or even just one layer. By hiding their true cultivation like this, there is an opportunity to numb the opponent, causing them to become careless and commit a mistake, then finding an opportunity to launch a surprise attack, which is commonly known as "dressing up as a pig to eat the tiger".

  It is called "Yin Ling Zhi Shu" because this secret technique has certain limitations, and can only conceal the fluctuations of one's own spiritual power, but cannot fake excessive spiritual power. In other words, a cultivator at the third level of Qi training can disguise themselves as being at the first level, but they cannot pretend to be a master at the fourth or fifth level of Qi training.

  Lao Hei mastered this art of concealment, and with the help of Xianyu's magical effects, he even upgraded this secret technique. From then on, Su Che was not only able to disguise himself as a Qi-refining first-layer small bird, but could also disguise himself as a Qi-refining seventh-layer spiritual power fluctuation.

  How is this done?

  The principle is simple, Lao Hei changed the method of covering up the spiritual power fluctuations to mimicry. It can arbitrarily mimic the spiritual power fluctuations of a certain prisoner in Xianyin, disguising itself as the cultivation strength it possesses.

  For example, if Luo Lianqiao has a cultivation base of seven layers of Qi Refining, then after some imitation, Su Che can adjust his own spiritual power fluctuations to be the same as his, in order to deceive others' senses or probes.

  Due to the characteristics of Xianyu itself, such imitation can only be targeted at prisoners in custody. If you want to imitate the spiritual fluctuations of someone outside Xianyu, it's impossible.

  It remains to be seen whether such a simulated effect can deceive the Foundation Establishment cultivators, let alone the Golden Core cultivators.