25: Chapter 25: Protective Jade Talisman 25: Chapter 25: Protective Jade Talisman On the neck of the junior Hall Master hung a Jade Talisman.
At the moment, the Jade Talisman was slowly releasing Spiritual Power, forming a barrier that blocked Chu Fengmian’s Sword Edge.
“Is this a Protective Jade Amulet?”
Seeing the Jade Talisman, Chu Fengmian’s brows suddenly furrowed tightly.
This Protective Jade Amulet was an extremely special Spiritual Artifact, with the lowest grade being above the Profound Grade.
It was something that high-ranking Martial Artists, using superior quality Spirit Jade and infusing it with Spiritual Power, created to give to the young talents of large families for their protection.
The barrier formed by this kind of Protective Jade Amulet could last for several hours at the very least, and the barrier in question could only be broken by someone at the Body Refining Stage—anyone else had absolutely no chance.
Chu Fengmian hadn’t expected that this junior Hall Master would have a Protective Jade Amulet on him.
“Boy, you can’t kill me today!”
The junior Hall Master, looking at the barrier that had appeared on his body, sneered coldly.
“Once this Protective Jade Amulet is activated, my father will definitely know I am in danger.
By the time the disciples of my Martial Flame Hall come rushing here, your death will be guaranteed!”
“Don’t worry, I won’t let you die so quickly!
I’ll extract your soul and refine your spirit, letting you die slowly!”
“I can only escape for now.”
Chu Fengmian glanced at the junior Hall Master and knew there was no opportunity this time.
What the junior Hall Master said wasn’t wrong; the Protective Jade Amulet contained the Spiritual Power of a high-ranking Martial Artist, and once activated, the Martial Artist would certainly be aware of the danger.
Staying here was extremely dangerous; he could only withdraw for now.
Without any hesitation, Chu Fengmian’s figure moved, and he bolted toward the depths of the Barbarian Mountain Range.
“It’s a missed opportunity, but the Barbarian Mountain Range is vast.
Even if people from the Martial Victory College were to come, they won’t find me any time soon,” Chu Fengmian thought to himself.
His identity was probably still unknown to the junior Hall Master, which could buy him some more time.
“Just give me some time, and not only the small Martial Flame Hall, even the Martial Victory College won’t be a match for me,” Chu Fengmian said to himself, as he ran deeper into the Barbarian Mountain Range once more.
Now that his realm had broken through, he could look for even more powerful demon beasts to hunt.
Having achieved the eighth layer of the Bone Tempering Stage, and opening up the fourth Spirit Vein, even facing a Body Refining Stage demon beast, Chu Fengmian was confident in his ability to fight.
“I must enhance my strength as quickly as possible!” Chu Fengmian said to himself earnestly.
With the power of Martial Victory College, finding out Chu Fengmian’s identity wouldn’t take long.
He needed to enhance his strength as much as possible before his identity was exposed.
Along the way, all the demon beasts at the eighth and ninth layers of the Bone Tempering Stage that Chu Fengmian encountered were killed by him.
One after another, Demon Cores fell into Chu Fengmian’s storage bag.
“These middle-aged people from the Martial Victory College, although they are mere servants, each one is quite wealthy indeed,” Chu Fengmian said as he sat in a cave and took out everything from the nine storage bags.
He pulled out nearly fifty jade bottles of various sizes.
These jade bottles were filled with all kinds of pills, with the most abundant being a white pill the size of a dragon’s eye.
This kind of pill occupied forty jade bottles, which would add up to four to five hundred pills in total.
“This must be the Qi Gathering Pill refined by the Wusheng Martial Arts Academy,” Chu Fengmian held a Qi Gathering Pill and examined it.
The Qi Gathering Pill he was scrutinizing was a high-grade yellow-tier medicinal pill, extremely rare in Linwu City.
Chu Fengmian had also seen it once within the Lin residence, and only the true geniuses of the Lin family were given the opportunity to cultivate it.
The Spiritual Power contained in this one Qi Gathering Pill was ten times that of a Body Refining Pill and a hundred times that of a Bone Tempering Pill!
In terms of value, it was worth thousands of Bone Tempering Pills.
Back in the Lin residence, where Chu Fengmian served as the chief steward of the outer house, he would receive a Salary each month that was, at most, equivalent to the value of these two Qi Gathering Pills.
Now, to suddenly acquire nearly five hundred pills was an incredible fortune, equivalent to twenty years of his Salary in the Lin residence.
“A servant from the Wusheng Martial Arts Academy has assets that surpass some of the genius Disciples from the inner house of the Lin family.”
Chu Fengmian couldn’t help but shake his head.
The disparity was too great.
These middle-aged individuals weren’t even the true Disciples of the Wusheng Martial Arts Academy; they were just servants, yet their assets made Chu Fengmian somewhat envious.
Compared to the Wusheng Martial Arts Academy, a thousand Lin families, let alone ten thousand, couldn’t compare.
This time, it turned out to be a windfall for Chu Fengmian.
“With this batch of Qi Gathering Pills, there’s no longer a lack of medicinal pills in the Barbaric Mountain Range.”
A smile appeared on Chu Fengmian’s face.
The people from the Wusheng Martial Arts Academy had indeed sent him a generous gift—his previously exhausted reserve of medicinal pills was now completely replenished.
“Let’s go, continue to hunt demon beasts!”
Chu Fengmian made up his mind and set off again.
With these Qi Gathering Pills, there was no need for him to spend time recovering Spiritual Power; whenever it was insufficient, he could simply refine a few pills, which was enough to replenish the Spiritual Power within his body.
The efficiency of his cultivation was more than twice as fast as before.
Just as Chu Fengmian stepped out of the cave, a thunderous roar suddenly came from the dense forest opposite.
“What kind of demon beast is that roaring?”
Upon hearing the roar, Chu Fengmian felt his head swell slightly.
He immediately moved his feet, activating the Phantom movement technique to carefully traverse the dense forest.
Behind this dense forest, at the base of a cliff, stood a huge bear, towering at a height of about five or six meters.
That earlier roar had come from it.
“A Mountain Rock Savage Bear?
And it’s one that has stepped into the Body Refining Realm?”
Seeing the gigantic bear, Chu Fengmian thought to himself.
The Mountain Rock Savage Bear was one of the most challenging demon beasts to deal with in the outskirts of the savage wilderness.
They were enormous and possessed boundless strength, hundreds of times stronger than that of a Martial Artist.
Especially this Mountain Rock Savage Bear had the power enough to step into the Body Refining Realm.
Even if four or five Martial Artists of the Body Refining Realm came together, they might not be able to hunt down this bear.
“Somebody is trying to hunt this Mountain Rock Savage Bear?”
Chu Fengmian’s eyes flickered as he spoke with some surprise.
Because he saw five figures standing around the Mountain Rock Savage Bear—three men and two women—who all seemed young, at most around twenty years old.
Their strength ranged from the ninth level of the Bone Tempering Realm to the peak of the Bone Tempering Realm; none had stepped into the Body Refining Realm.
Now, these five were at a disadvantage under the attack of the Mountain Rock Savage Bear.
Two of them had already sustained minor injuries.