Chapter 111: Decision Made

  The sky gradually darkened. It was unknown when a low beast howl came from afar, and Qin Hao finally came back to his senses.

  Those three people had long since gone. At this time, the night sky was low and the stars were full of sky. The fire fox flowers all showed a faint red glow, which was even more beautiful under the moonlight.

  However, Qin Haos thoughts were still a bit hard to turn around. That fatty, was really caught by the Hunting Alliance?

  As far as he knew, there were still some disciples of Ling Xuan's first and second generation in the Hunter Alliance. Moreover, that Wooden Elder who was rumored among the crowd was said to be a True Mystic realm warrior.

  Last time he saw Fatso, he was only at the tenth level of Xuanxian cultivation. It's been just a few months since then, and even if Fatso advanced extremely quickly, it's absolutely impossible for him to grow strong enough to rival those people.

  It seems that five days later, the fat man really didn't have a chance to escape. Although the fat man left a good impression on many warriors in Blackstone City with his name Dragon Overlord, however, anyone who is sane would not save him and go against the Hunter's Guild just because of some good impressions.

  So it seems that this time Fatty really got himself into a mess. He didn't even have the chance to turn over!

  Qin Hao's eyes sparkled, and his thoughts churned in his mind at this moment...

  After a while, he let out a long sigh and a helpless smile appeared on his face. There were things to do again!

  He really has a hard life, without even half a moment of time to stop and cultivate in peace.

  *****

  Qin Hao stood up, brushed off the dust on his body, and walked towards the location of Huo Hua. Since he had made a decision, he still needed to make preparations first.

  He walked to the front of the foxfire flower sea, stretched out his hand and grasped a stem of foxfire flowers. As soon as he did, a warm and fiery sensation entered his body, the fire element energy was actually filled to such an extent.

  Qin Hao took a deep breath and suddenly exerted his strength, concentrating all of his Xuan Qi into his hand.

  The harvesting of the Fire Fox Flower is different from ordinary spiritual grass. It must be a fire-type warrior who uses their own vital energy to stimulate it, otherwise even if it is picked out, it will wither immediately.

  Moreover, the effort spent on harvesting is considerable. The Fire Fox Flower itself is extremely sensitive to fire-based elemental forces and generally grows in places where fire-based elemental forces are abundant, with its roots deeply embedded in the ground, making it seem like a living being with spirituality. Unless the warrior provides fire-based energy that surpasses what it can absorb from the air, it will not be "willingly" uprooted.

  Qin Hao's hand slightly lifted up, but the root of the fire fox flower didn't budge. As the mysterious energy overflowing from his hand grew stronger, the flower finally showed a tendency to leave the ground.

  Qin Hao exerted a bit of force, and the mysterious energy surged like a tide, pouring into the Fire Fox Flower in an instant. The pale red color of the Fire Fox Flower deepened by several shades in that moment. As Qin Hao's infused strength increased, the entire Fire Fox Flower was uprooted and placed inside the spatial ring.

  After repeating this for dozens of times, until dozens of the largest flowers were released from the storage ring, Qin Hao finally stopped.

  At this time, Qin Hao's face had already sweated a thin layer, and his strength was greatly consumed. With his fourth-grade cultivation, collecting this fire fox flower was so troublesome, it can be imagined that the price of this spiritual herb was so outrageous, and it was not entirely unreasonable.

  Qin Hao cleared away all the traces he had left behind. Then, his eyes scanned around and fixed on the direction of Hei Shi City...

  He headed in this direction, moving towards the outer reaches of Wan Shou Valley. It wasn't until he reached a denser thicket that he stopped and set up camp.

  The Hunting Alliance had already lifted its restrictions on the Ten Thousand Beasts Valley, and in recent days, many warriors had entered the valley. Some were purely hunting beasts or collecting medicinal herbs, while others came specifically for him.

  But this also helped him invisibly. Originally, he could only rest randomly in mountain caves or on tree branches, and it was also a lot of trouble to cultivate or refine the Xuanxuan Array. Now that he knows there is not only one person in the valley, it has provided convenience for him instead.

  Qin Hao entered the tent, adjusted his breath to be smooth, and then took out a Fire Fox Flower and five second-grade intermediate Xuan crystals.

  "Jù yán" array, he had already refined it once when he was in the Yuán Xuán Gate, and at that time there were also finished products in the Yuán Xuán Gate as a reference, which helped him accumulate experience.

  Nowadays, refining once again is naturally a familiar road and extremely skilled.

  Condense the mysterious energy into a pattern, then extract the essence of the fire fox flower and combine it with the pattern, infusing it into the mystical crystal.

  Finally, a pattern of lines is engraved on top with fallen iron, forming an array diagram.

  These steps have long been deeply etched in Qin Hao's heart, and now that he is doing them again, there is not a hint of unfamiliarity, and from the standpoint of speed and agility, they are far superior to his first attempt.

  ……

  When the five Xuan crystals in front of him were all consumed, the Huo Huadian flower had just withered completely, and in his palm, there were three finished "Juexuan" arrays.

  A sixty percent success rate is pretty good...

  Qin Hao's face showed an unmistakable fatigue, yet he still smiled happily, these two Sealing Mystical Arrays were enough to provide him with ten days of accelerated cultivation.

  He carefully picked it up and sat cross-legged, recovering his strength according to the "Yin Flame Technique". Although his technique was quite skilled, every time he refined the Xuan Crystal, it was a considerable challenge for him.

  The reason is that the Xuanxuan Formation consumes too much of a warrior's Xuanqi, spiritual power, and so on. Every step must be taken with great care, consuming a lot of mental energy to ensure that the formation diagram will not go wrong and will not cause the Xuanjing energy to explode and harm oneself due to a small step.

  No matter how skilled one becomes, it is impossible to avoid this kind of physical and mental fatigue. Otherwise, being a warrior wouldn't be the most special and difficult profession to cultivate.

  Half a time later, the energy in his body had recovered by more than half. Qin Hao took out another Xuan crystal from the ring. This Xuan crystal was yellowish-brown in color. The energy contained within it was several times that of a second-grade intermediate Xuan crystal.

  This one is the most precious among all his savings, belonging to the second-grade high-level mystic crystal.

  The strength of the demon beasts and human warriors has a general standard of measurement. The first, second, third, and fourth stages of demon beasts correspond to the Condensed Spirit, Spiritual Spirit, True Spirit, and Heavenly Spirit in human warriors.

  Among the same rank, the gap between low-level, mid-level and high-level demon beasts is roughly three times that of humans.

  In other words, this second-order high-grade Xuanjing is at least equivalent to the total cultivation of a Martial Artist's Seventh, Eighth, or even Ninth Layer of Lingxuan.

  The value of such a crystal can be imagined. Although it's a bit heart-wrenching, Qin Hao had to take it out at this time.

  Because his strength is still lacking.

  No mistake, his control over the mysterious energy is extremely powerful. Coupled with the cultivation of the two body techniques, Thousand Miles Wind Control and Floating Light Flash Shadow, which are quite particular about controlling power, he now only needs to deliberately control the mysterious energy to restrain it. Even if a strong Spirit Profound Seventh or Eighth Order cultivator were to come, they would absolutely not be able to detect him before he starts using his techniques.

  However, if his opponent is a True Mystic Realm cultivator, he absolutely has no chance of hiding his aura, and will be seen through in an instant.

  In the Hunting Alliance branch, there was a wooden elder. Although he hadn't seen him before, it should be possible to guess that it was the old man he had encountered when he first entered the second floor of the Hunting Alliance's library on that day. That is to say, his breath had been observed by him long ago.

  Now he is likely to be discovered by Mu Zhang Lao as soon as he enters Hei Shi Cheng. The only way is to find a way to hide his breath.

  The only thing he could rely on was the Sealing Mystical Array. The small black stone he absorbed had a special Sealing Mystical Array called "Hidden Breath". This array was a second-grade high-level Sealing Mystical Array, and its effect was to allow warriors to temporarily hide their breath.

  Cang Xi, utilizes the earth-based Xuan Crystal to assimilate oneself with the terrestrial aura. It sounds somewhat mysterious, but simply put, it's about enhancing the demonic energy within the earth-based Xuan Crystal and utilizing this energy to form an invisible and intangible enclosure around oneself, synchronizing one's own Xuan Qi fluctuations.

  In someone else's spiritual sense, the people in the enclosure only need to be slightly less intense in their operation of Gongfa, and their breath is almost like a rock, looking like an ordinary person with no cultivation at all.

  According to the information contained in Heishi, there was once a martial artist of Lingxuan's tenth level who used this Fengxuan formation to conceal his cultivation and suddenly rose up, unexpectedly assassinating a strong Zhenxuan.

  A few words are enough to illustrate the problem. A warrior in the Lingxuan realm, even if he risks his life to make a move, may not be able to withstand a single move from a true Xuanwu warrior. Not to mention assassination?

  However, with the help of this mysterious formation, such a thing really happened.

  Qin Hao recalled his mind. His eyes focused, and all his attention was concentrated on the Xuanjing. In a pair of deep black pupils, there was only this delicate and transparent Xuanjing.

  He took out the meteorite spear, activated his technique, and swiftly drew the meteorite spear in the air. The crimson aura gradually condensed into a symbol in the void...

  When the talisman took shape, Qin Hao didn't stop, but instead, he drew even faster. Unlike ordinary Sealing Talismans, "Hidden Breath" required simultaneously drawing in three talismans. The three talismans had different effects: one transformed demonic energy, one controlled demonic energy, and the last one triggered a homologous effect of demonic energy.

  The second and third ones quickly gathered together. Three scarlet symbols floated in the air, arranged in a tripod shape.

  The meteorite needle moved swiftly, pressing down to the very center point, causing the three talismans to rotate. As the meteorite needle touched the mysterious crystal, the three talismans instantly pierced through the crystal's outer shell and seeped into the demonic energy within.

  As soon as it entered, the Xuanjing suddenly burst into a dazzling light, and through the transparent outer shell of the Xuanjing, one could also see the fierce surge of its internal energy. It seemed like it was about to explode at any moment!

  Qin Hao's face changed, one hand tightly grasped the meteorite spear, and the other hand fiercely gripped the Xuan crystal. However, the demonic energy inside the Xuan crystal showed no signs of stopping.

  Bang!

  Xuan Jing Meng suddenly lunged forward, and Qin Hao's body was directly pulled out.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!...

  Again and again, the vibrations came, the demonic energy inside the crystal churned faster and faster. Qin Hao's hand tightly grasped the crystal, his body was tossed about wildly, what he held in his hand didn't seem like a small crystal, but rather a raging wild bull...

  The force was getting stronger and stronger, while Qin Hao's body was smashed to pieces, and a few strands of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth.

  He gritted his teeth, and his stubbornness also came up. He strongly controlled the meteorite spear to draw line after line on the outer shell of the Xuan crystal. Every time he slammed it down, the pattern added one more stroke, gradually forming a complex yet regular circular array diagram.

  As the array map gradually took shape, the pulling force slowly subsided.

  "The final stroke."

  Qin Hao let out a loud shout in his heart, and the Iron Thorn stabbed upwards one last time, the final stroke of the thousand-pound weight...

  Buzz buzz buzz buzz!

  With a stroke of the brush, the demonic energy within the Xuan Crystal trembled slightly before returning to complete calmness...