"Granny Nanshan, what are you talking about? Why would I … disguise myself? " Xiao Chen did not admit it. "As for my injuries, I vomited blood earlier. You should have seen it. I only recovered faster because I had some healing pills with me!"
"After we were reflected by the formation, I observed everyone's expression and performance. From the beginning to the end, you didn't take any healing medicine!" Granny Nanshan's Chinese turned cold as she said, "Most importantly, when you're treating your injuries, your face becomes very blurry. It's as if another face is faintly discernible. You must have used the techniques of a Demonic Cultivator to disguise yourself! Logically speaking, the illusions of demonic cultivators are ineffective against high-level experts. I don't know why you are so powerful! However, you don't have to deny it! "
"This …" Xiao Chen was shocked. He had been careless. He had not expected Granny Nanshan to be paying attention to everyone's performance. Granny Nanshan naturally knew whether he had taken any medicine or not!
Most importantly, why did the illusion of his face become blurry and faintly discernible? When he thought of this, Xiao Chen roughly understood what had happened. He had expended a large amount of physical strength and vital energy to break the array formation. After that, he had been injured and had to use vital energy to heal himself. Therefore, the vital energy needed to maintain the illusion was naturally less.
Everyone else was busy recuperating, so no one paid any attention to Xiao Chen. Therefore, no one else saw it. Chen Xinniang's strength was lower than Xiao Chen's, and it was impossible for her to keep observing Xiao Chen. She did not have Granny Nanshan's ability to control the situation without batting an eyelid.
He had not expected Granny Nanshan to see through him.
"Who are you? What do you want?" Ling'er drew her sword and pointed it at Xiao Chen. She shouted angrily, "Tell me, or I'll kill you!"
"You used to call me senior and said that you owed me a favor. Now, you want to kill me with your sword. You are really heartless!" Since Xiao Chen had been seen through, he did not need to use the illusion and waste his vital energy. Both Song Huawu and Xia Xibin knew his appearance, so he did not need to hide it from them.
Hence, under Ling'er's astonished gaze, Xiao Chen reverted to his original appearance and white fox voice!
"You are …" Ling 'er felt that Xiao Chen's voice was a little familiar, but she didn't recognize his face. She immediately felt a little strange. "When did I call you senior …"
"Little Hong's Medicine Store. Have you forgotten that you brought Granny Nanshan here for treatment? Xiao Chen harrumphed and said, "You want to give me spirit jades? I didn't expect you to come here to get spirit jades!"
"Ahhhhhh!" Ling 'er was shocked and threw the sword in her hand to the ground. She widened her eyes and looked at Xiao Chen in disbelief. "You are that White Fox Medicine Master!"
"Yeah, it seems like you don't pay attention to the situation outside at all. I'm wanted by the Supernatural Investigation Bureau. Almost everyone knows that the White Fox is me." Xiao Chen said with a bitter smile.
Granny Nanshan was also a little surprised. She had been unconscious at the time, so she did not know about Xiao Chen. However, she had heard about these things from Ling 'er. Otherwise, she would not have come here with Ling' er to find ancient jade for Xiao Chen.
At that moment, Granny Nanshan more or less understood that the person in front of her was her savior. The murderous aura on her body immediately disappeared.
"Ah, the two people next to you are from the Supernatural Investigation Bureau. Does that mean they recognize you? I'll help you kill them! "Ling 'er's strength immediately increased, and she was about to attack Song Huawu and Xia Xibin.
Although she would not kill indiscriminately, she could only attack when her savior, Xiao Chen, was involved!
"Don't … They are my people …" Xiao Chen hurriedly stopped her.
"Huh? The people from the Supernatural Investigation Bureau are on your side? "Ling 'er was slightly stunned.
A faint blush flashed across Song Huawu's face. Xiao Chen's words were somewhat ambiguous, which made her feel a little embarrassed. However, when she saw that the others did not seem to think too much about it, she nodded and said, "I'm deskmate with Xiao Chen. This is his classmate. We can be considered to be on the same side as Xiao Chen."
"Oh … Everyone from the Supernatural Investigation Bureau goes to school? That's strange! "Ling 'er withdrew her murderous aura after hearing that.
"So it was Young Hero Xiao who saved me. I thank you here!" Granny Nanshan's attitude toward Xiao Chen also changed. "To be honest, Young Hero Xiao, back then, Ling 'er promised to get some spirit jade for you. Our sect did not do anything wrong, but … the sect's Great Elder did not believe that you could cure my injury. He felt that Ling' er and I were lying to him on purpose. We deliberately made it sound so serious so that we could get spirit jade for an outsider …"
"What? Didn't Ling 'er say that spirit jade was not valued on your side?" Xiao Chen was a little puzzled. Why was this Great Elder so stingy? Why would he not give something that was not that great to others?
"In the past, they didn't receive much attention. However, things are different now. Some time ago, a teleportation array formation was discovered in an ancient ruin. That array formation uses spirit jades as a source of energy. Therefore, every sect is collecting spirit jades in order to qualify for the teleportation array formation!" Granny Nanshan didn't hide anything. "Our sect is doing the same! Therefore, if I ask for spirit jade now, the Great Elder will obviously not give it to me easily. "
"So that's how it is!" Xiao Chen was somewhat astonished. He had not expected that the Teleportation Formation would also require Spirit Jades. It looked like he was a step too late. If he had done so earlier, before the news spread, he would have been able to obtain Spirit Jades easily.
"Yes, but since Little Ling has agreed, we've been looking for information about spirit jades. Unfortunately, all the places with spirit jades know about the transportation matrix. Spirit jades have become invaluable, and they can't be obtained easily. That's why we came here when we heard that there are ancient ruins here that might contain spirit jades," Granny Nanshan said. "That's right, but since Little Ling has agreed, we've been looking for spirit jades all this time.
"I also heard that there is spirit jade here, so I came here," Xiao Chen said. "However, I am not sure if there really is one."
"We can only take it one step at a time." Granny Nanshan said, "However, don't worry. We will do our best to fulfill our promise. When the time comes, if there is no spirit jade here, we will help you look for it elsewhere!"
"Thank you very much." Xiao Chen cupped his fists. He had also figured out that Ling 'er had not sent spirit jade over previously not because she had not kept her promise, but because they had not been able to obtain spirit jade.
"There is no need to thank me. I am very grateful that you have helped me heal my injuries!" Granny Nanshan said. "By the way, Young Hero Xiao, your strength is so weak. How were you able to heal my injuries?"
"Weak …" Xiao Chen was a little embarrassed. The strength that he was so proud of had become weak in Granny Nanshan's words. "I am an apothecary, so I am more proficient in these things! As for Ling 'er, I remember that you were at the peak of the tenth level last time. How did you become a third-level martial master now? "
"I was also injured last time, so my strength was suppressed," Ling 'er said.
"You are so powerful. Who could hurt you?" Xiao Chen was stunned.
"My master went berserk during cultivation, and I was guarding her, so I was affected …" Ling 'er blushed. She could not blame anyone but herself, so she felt a little embarrassed.
"Is that so …" Xiao Chen broke out in a sweat.
"Since we are all on the same side, let's discuss how we should act. Don't advance rashly!" Granny Nanshan reminded him. "Many ancient ruins are full of danger. It is not a place that can be entered easily!"
"Alright!" Xiao Chen nodded and said, "Granny Nanshan, how much do you know about the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams?"
"I know a little, but not much," Granny Nanshan said. "However, although Chen Xinniang knows about it, I feel that there is something wrong with her. She is up to no good!"
"Oh?" Xiao Chen could not help but nod approvingly. "Not bad. Granny Nanshan, you can also see that there is something wrong with her?"
"There is something wrong. Logically speaking, when we separated at the fork in the road, she should have asked everyone to take the same path. That way, with so many people, if we encountered danger, we could work together to resolve it. However, she did not. Instead, she asked us to choose. This is a little strange," Granny Nanshan said. "This does not conform to normal logic! Moreover, when she saw our people separated, she was secretly delighted … "
"There is one more thing that I suspect." Xiao Chen said, "Back then, she said that we still had to break the array when we left, so she did not deliberately let everyone get hurt. However, she did not say it before and only said it later! In that case, she should not have asked us to separate. If everyone got separated, it would be very difficult for them to break the array with only a few people. "
"Yes, what Young Hero Xiao said makes sense!" Granny Nanshan said. "What does this mean? I am guessing that there must be another way out of the ancient ruins. She separated us so that there would be fewer people to split the good treasures! "
"That should be the case!" Xiao Chen nodded.
"So, there is nothing good on this path?" Xia Xibin asked in a daze.
"Not necessarily." Xiao Chen shook his head. "Although Chen Xinniang knows a little, it is obvious that she has not been here before! Her choice might not be the right one. "
"That is true." Xia Xibin nodded. "Boss, shall we continue forward now?"
"En, let's walk and see!" Xiao Chen said.
"By the way, Xiao Chen, Deputy Bureau Chief Xia said that he sent you a message. Take a look." Song Huawu did not want to remind him before, but now that everyone had made it public, she said it directly.
"Oh?" Xiao Chen took out his mobile phone. They might not have reached the depths of the ruins yet, but there was still a phone signal. Perhaps this mobile phone was specially customized by the Supernatural Investigation Bureau, and it was quite awesome! Yang Tan's mobile phone had disappeared a long time ago. This was a new one that Xiao Chen had applied for, and it still used Yang Tan's number and information.
The message read: "Help me find a small booklet called the Five Poison Secrets in the ancient ruins. If it is found by others, try to snatch it back. I will find a way to coordinate this year's cultivation resources and give you 50% more than usual!"
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