In other words, with the mental strength, reaching the forty-fourth rank, Zhang Ruochen could use any kind of Lightning-type Grade 1 Mental Power Spell at will.
Of course, it wasn’t that easy for him to cast a level two mental power spell, and he had to spend several days researching it before he could successfully cultivate it.
As for third level spells and fourth level spells, it would take even more time to study them.
Even if he hadn’t yet cultivated powerful higher spells, with his current strength, he was actually already strong enough to fight against weaker Fish Dragon Eighth Transformation cultivators.
Moreover, his spiritual strength had only just reached the forty-fourth rank.
As the strength of his spiritual power continued to increase, his strength would also continue to increase, and in the future, even if he were to fight against a group of Fish Dragon Ninth Transformation with his own strength, it would not be a difficult task.
If he was able to raise his spiritual strength by another order, reaching the forty-fifth order, he would immediately be promoted to a Spiritual Strength Half-Saint.
From the forty-fourth rank to the forty-fifth rank, there was only a difference of one rank, however, the span therein was not something that ordinary people could imagine. One was on the ground and the other was in the sky.
Zhang Ruochen spent another six days proficiently controlling the added martial cultivation and spiritual power, consolidating the realm.
“It’s almost time, let’s go to the county town of Qing Yun County first and trade the Sacred Stones.”
Zhang Ruochen stood up, flicked the dust on his shoulders, and left the Scroll World, re-arriving at the barren mountains outside of Liyuan City.
Liyuan City was a total of 12,000 miles away from Qingyun County City, and even if an ordinary person walked a hundred miles a day, it would still take them four months to reach it.
However, Zhang Ruochen was a Spiritual Power Master, and the speed of his journey naturally far exceeded that of an ordinary person.
“Running Thunder Art.”
Zhang Ruochen mobilised the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth and transformed it into the power of thunder and lightning, a ray of electricity, around his body, coalesced and wrapped his body completely.
On the plains, a “boom” of thunder resounded, and Zhang Ruochen was like a bolt of lightning, rushing into the clouds and flying towards the sky.
The Running Thunder Technique was only a level one lightning spell, not really that brilliant.
Whoever called Zhang Ruochen’s mental power powerful, even if it was only a grade one spell, it could still exert a powerful force and increase its speed to a very terrifying level.
At dusk, Zhang Ruochen finally reached the outside of Qing Yun County City, rushing out from the clouds and landing on the ground.
“Puffing!”
The electric light on his body gradually dissipated.
“No wonder Spiritual Power Masters are more powerful than martial artists, who must reach the Half-Saint realm in order to fly off the ground. However, when a Spiritual Power Master casts a spell, he can easily fly away from the ground.”Zhang Ruochen sighed.
Zhang Ruochen, however, did not know that it was because, his spiritual power was strong, so he was able to continuously cast spells and fly for ten thousand miles.
If he were to be replaced by a Spiritual Power Master whose Spiritual Power was only at the 40th rank, it was estimated that, he would have already exhausted himself.
The navy blue walls, the hundred feet wide moat, the towering altar, the formation tower that went straight into the sky, the Qingyun County City was many times more massive than the Liyuan City, giving people a sense of heaviness, and even more of a feeling of antiquity and vicissitude.
An ancient city.
In the eyes of evil martial artists, everything was based on profit as the root of survival, whoever had a hard fist was the truth. They are like a scattered sand, they don’t know how to govern the world, nor will they know how to teach the people.
All in all, in this chaotic land, to be able to see such a well-ordered ancient city was indeed unbelievable.
Entering the county city, Zhang Ruochen did not immediately head to the Delusionless Inn, but, instead, first went to a car dealership and bought a Barbarian Beast Ancient Car.
The savage beast pulling the cart was a third stage lower grade savage beast, the Unicorn Inferno Tiger, with a mighty body and immense strength.
Why did you need to buy a cart driver?
The carriage was used to transport the spirit crystals for the purchase of holy stones.
Duanmu Ya had said that she was able to mobilise three Sacred Stones at the transaction price of eleven million Spirit Crystals for one Sacred Stone. To purchase three Holy Stones, Zhang Ruochen must prepare thirty-three million Spirit Crystals.
Since, Zhang Ruochen already knew that Mu Lingshi was with Duanmu Ya, he naturally couldn’t use the space ring, and could only store the spirit crystals on top of the frame before trading the holy stones.
Zhang Ruochen trusted Mu Lingshi, but he had come to the Eastern Region Evil Land to kill the young master of the Black Market One Piece Hall.
The entire operation was quite dangerous, and he didn’t want Mu Lingshi to get involved.
Therefore, right now, it was not possible to let Mu Lingshi know his true identity.
Even if he wanted to tell her, he would have to wait until after killing Emperor Yi.
Arriving at a street not far from the Delusionless Inn, Zhang Ruochen stopped slightly, releasing his spiritual power and scoping out the surroundings.
No matter what, Duanmu Ya was, after all, someone from the Devil Cult, so in case she really ambushed Zhang Ruochen, it was reasonable. Zhang Ruochen certainly had to be more careful, and if Duanmu Ya wanted to plot against him, he would be able to respond in time.
There was no ambush set up around the Delusionless Inn.
“The Moon Worshipping Demon Sect really does things with more principles than the black market.”
Zhang Ruochen smiled, put away his spiritual power, and drove the frame to the outside of the Delusionless Inn.
Duanmu Ya stood on top of the tower on the fourth floor and saw Zhang Ruochen’s carriage from afar, so she immediately sent someone to access Zhang Ruochen into the Delusionless Inn.
The carriage drove into the Delusionless Inn and came directly to the backyard.
At this time, night fell and the sky darkened.
A multi-coloured lantern was raised in the Delusionless Inn, illuminating the night in a colourful and very hazy manner, giving people an unreal feeling.
Duanmu Ya, wearing a white lace dress, stood right underneath the lanterns, and seeing the carriage travelling, she laughed from afar, “Duke Zhang, you’ve got some guts, the people of the Blood Cloud Sect, they’re looking for you all over the place, and you actually dared to come to the county town in a big way.”
The Savage Beast Ancient Vehicle, stopped.
Zhang Ruochen stepped on the carriage and landed on the ground, saying, “Boss lady, where are the holy stones?”
“Could it be that in your eyes, the slave is still not as glamorous as the Sacred Stone?”
Duanmu Ya walked over towards Zhang Ruochen, her high, crispy peaks gently trembling, and every curve in her body seemed to exude someone’s flavour.
Zhang Ruochen only felt a faint fragrant breeze that surged over, so he couldn’t help but take a step back.
Duanmu Ya revealed a sultry look and said: ”How is it that Zhang Ruochen is so uninterested, in Liyuan City, you took the initiative to kill Fang Jie and Cao Ying, Nu Jia is very grateful and has been wanting to express the gratitude in my heart, why do you still want to hide from Nu Jia? Isn’t it heartbreaking to see you do so.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “If Boss Lady is truly grateful in her heart, then give the three Sacred Stones to me.”
“The Sacred Stones are too precious, and the slave can’t make the decision. Otherwise, why don’t you slave give yourself to Mr Zhang?”
Duanmu Ya walked up to Zhang Ruochen’s body, observing Zhang Ruochen’s eyes and figure from a close distance, and secretly said in her heart that this person’s figure was really very similar to Zhang Ruochen’s.
Could it be that he was really Zhang Ruochen as Ling Xi had said?
“Swish!”
Duanmu Ya quickly shot out, and wanted to uncover the metal mask on Zhang Ruochen’s face.
At this moment, Duanmu Ya and Zhang Ruochen were only two steps away. With the speed of a cultivator of the Fish Dragon Sixth Transformation, her hand, in a split second, was able to pass through the distance of two steps.
With a surprise strike, even if the other party’s cultivation level was higher, she was certain that she would be able to remove his mask.
Duanmu Ya’s finger was about to touch Zhang Ruochen’s neck. Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen then quickly retreated and moved a bit, landing on top of the Savage Beast Ancient Vehicle.
Zhang Ruochen stared condescendingly at Duanmu Ya and said in a cold voice, “Boss lady, what do you mean by this?”
Duanmu Ya laughed and said, “Boss Zhang, don’t misunderstand, my slave merely wants to take a look at the spiritual power master who killed Fang Jie and Cao Ying, what does he look like?”
Zhang Ruochen’s gaze, glancing in a direction in the darkness, spotted Mu Lingshi’s aura.
“Could it be that they are already suspecting my identity?”Zhang Ruochen’s heart murmured.
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes rolled for a moment, and he decided to quickly complete the transaction and leave immediately, lest something change.
Thus, he deliberately made an angry face and said in a deep voice, “I’ll pretend that what happened just now never happened. Boss lady, shall we start the transaction now?”
Zhang Ruochen leapt down and took out a two-metre tall copper-skinned iron box from within the Savage Beast Ancient Vehicle.
The box contained a huge crimson spirit crystal as tall as a man, as if it was a magnificent Heavenly Divine Stone, emitting a blazing flame.
As the iron box opened, the temperature of the surrounding air climbed rapidly.
Zhang Ruochen said, ”This top-grade Fire Attribute Spirit Stone weighs one hundred and fifty thousand jin, enough to be split into eight thousand top-grade Spirit Crystals. Boss lady, what do you think of its quality?”
Duanmu Ya carefully observed the spirit crystals in the iron box and nodded in admiration, saying, “On the spirit crystal, it contains a rich auger qi. If I’m not wrong, it should have been dug out from the body of a certain Jiao King.”
That’s right, that piece of top-grade spirit crystal was indeed dug out from the body of the Wool Skeleton Jiao King.
Duanmu Ya clasped her hands in front of her chest and smiled charmingly, “Eight thousand top-grade Spirit Crystals is equivalent to eight million ordinary Spirit Crystals, which is still far from thirty-three million Spirit Crystals.”
Zhang Ruochen just laughed before taking out another box from inside the Savage Beast Ancient Vehicle.
Inside the case, it contained a Jiao tendon.
“The Jiao King’s tendon is worth almost the equivalent of three million ordinary spirit crystals. The Jiao tendon and top-grade spirit crystals are worth almost eleven million spirit crystals, which can already be exchanged for a holy stone.”
“Sir Zhang, if you have any other treasures, it would be best if you take them all out at once.”Duanmu Ya laughed.
“Nope, that’s all.”
Zhang Ruochen added, “If Boss Lady trusts me, tomorrow, I can bring you a complete Jiao King skeleton.”
Originally, Zhang Ruochen had planned to send the skeleton of the Woolly Wreck Jiao King to the Delusionless Inn as well, but the Jiao King skeleton was just too huge, more than a hundred metres long and heavier than a small mountain, so the Unicorn Inferno Tiger couldn’t pull it at all.
Thus, Zhang Ruochen would have to bring the Spirit Crystals and Jiao Bones first.
Duanmu Ya deliberately thought about it before saying, “If you take off your mask and let me take a look at your face, I will believe you. Moreover, I will immediately hand over the three holy stones, into your hands.”
Right at this moment, Mu Lingshi carried the three Sacred Stones and walked out from the darkness, standing beside Duanmu Ya.
However, Mu Lingshi’s pair of watery eyes were fixed on Zhang Ruochen’s body from the beginning to the end, not even blinking her eyelids.
“Hiding, how much longer do you have to hide? Could it be that you can’t even trust me?”
Looking at that one man wearing a metal mask across from her from a close distance, Mu Lingshi was even more certain that he was Zhang Ruochen.
If it wasn’t for Duanmu Ya instructing her in advance that she must be calm, she might have already rushed towards Zhang Ruochen, to remove his mask with her own hands and then question him face to face.
