As for the Jiede family and the Shi family's surveillance, Jianchen did not take it to heart. He had already expected things to develop to this point.
The next day, Jianchen checked out of his room and began to wander around the streets of Mercenary City. He walked left and right without a goal in mind. Behind him, there were a dozen or so people in different attire following him from a distance. Now that they were not afraid of being discovered by Jianchen, they no longer bothered to hide their tracks.
Jianchen led them around for an entire day and only found a random inn to stay at at night. The next morning, Jianchen checked out of his room and left the inn early. As soon as he left, the people behind him immediately followed and stayed about thirty meters behind Jianchen.
Jianchen did not even look at the people behind him and began to wander around the streets of Mercenary City. He looked left and right as he walked, as if he was admiring the scenery.
Just as Jian Chen passed by a gambling den, his lips suddenly curled into a mocking smile. He then quickly entered the gambling den, and the people behind him hurriedly followed behind him.
There were many people in the gambling den and it was very lively. There was a lot of noise everywhere. There were excited shouts from those who won money, and disappointed sighs from those who lost money. It was very noisy.
Jianchen quickly moved through the crowd, looking for places with a lot of people. Then, using the crowd as a cover, he quickly arrived at another entrance of the gambling den. His figure flashed and left the gambling den, leaving behind a dozen or so people who were anxiously looking for traces of him.
After leaving the gambling den, Jianchen immediately changed to another street and quickly moved through it. After passing through a few streets, he casually found an inn and stayed there, using the inn to hide his tracks.
However, that night, Jianchen suddenly discovered that the people who were following him had reappeared in the surroundings.
"What a bunch of annoying flies." Jianchen cursed under his breath, but there was nothing he could do about it. With these people following him, he wouldn't dare leave Mercenary City. If the Jiede family and Shi family found out that he had left Mercenary City, they would definitely try to kill him.
The next morning, Jianchen checked out of his room and headed straight for the palace-like buildings near the plaza of Mercenary City. This was a department of Mercenary City's headquarters in the city. It was convenient for them to communicate with the outside world.
Since Jianchen was the King of Mercenaries, his special identity allowed him to enter unimpeded. However, the person who received him was a middle-aged man.
"Senior, I have an important matter to discuss with the elder. I wonder if you can make an exception for me?" Jianchen asked the middle-aged man politely.
The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "No, it's not that easy to see the elder. Now that your ceremony is over, unless the elder takes the initiative to summon you, you won't be able to see the elder."
Hearing this, Jianchen was disappointed and continued to ask, "Then can I leave this place through the Space Gate?"
"The Space Gates of Mercenary City are all connected to the interior of the city. Only the insiders can use them when necessary. As for the Space Gate that leads to the outside, it requires the permission of the elder. Otherwise, even the insiders are forbidden from using it." The middle-aged man said indifferently.
Jianchen left with a face full of disappointment. He should have told the eighth elder when he was in the Holy Land and asked for his permission to leave through the Space Gate of Mercenary City.
After leaving Mercenary City, Jianchen began to wander through the streets again. However, he was thinking of a way to escape. Perhaps it was because Jianchen had used the environment of the casino to shake off the people following him, so in order to avoid a repeat of last time, these people had closed the distance between them and Jianchen. They had gone from twenty meters the day before to five meters now, brazenly following him. Jianchen clenched his teeth at the sight of their arrogance. If it were not for the fact that fighting was forbidden in Mercenary City, he would have given these people a vicious beating long ago. How could he allow them to be so arrogant?
Jianchen knew that it would be very difficult for him to shake them off at such a close distance. Even if he used the Illusory Flash, he would not be able to solve the problem because the people following him all possessed wind-attributed Saint Force. Every single one of them was an Earth Saint Master, and two of them even possessed Saint Force more powerful than Jianchen.
That night, Jianchen casually checked into an inn. After eating dinner, he returned to his room to rest. The people following Jianchen immediately dispersed. A few of them checked into the inn next to Jianchen's room, while a few others closely monitored the entire inn to prevent Jianchen from escaping through other means in the middle of the night.
The next day, he left his room early in the morning. After eating breakfast on the first floor of the inn, he did not leave like he had done two days ago. Instead, he returned to his room and locked himself in to cultivate.
This continued for a few days. Other than when he left his room during mealtimes, Jianchen spent the rest of his time comprehending the Illusory Flash. In the beginning, the people following him remained vigilant, but after seeing that Jianchen did not plan on leaving the inn after so long, they believed that Jianchen planned on staying here for a long time. All of them relaxed quite a bit, or at least they were not as tense as before. Even though this was the case, their surveillance of Jianchen did not weaken at all. Regardless of day or night, there were people watching him. The entire inn seemed to be enveloped by a large, invisible net.
In the blink of an eye, ten days passed. During these ten days, Jianchen had been comprehending the Illusory Flash. Perhaps it was because his mind contained a few fragments of the world's mysteries, but his comprehension of the Illusory Flash was much faster than before. He had already crossed the threshold, and his speed was two times faster than when he used it during the competition. Now, Jianchen believed that even Sixth Cycle Earth Saint Masters with the wind attribute would not be able to match his speed. Perhaps, his speed was comparable to a Heaven Saint Master's.
Of course, this was only Jianchen's conservative estimate. He had already crossed the threshold of the Illusory Flash, but even he did not know how fast his speed was. After all, he had never had the chance to try it out before.
In the morning, Jianchen, who was sitting cross-legged on his bed, slowly opened his eyes. He looked at the ceiling above his head and murmured, "Now, it's time to leave." After saying that, Jianchen got off his bed. A layer of faint Sword Qi appeared between his fingers. With a light leap, he arrived at the ceiling above his head. He then quickly drew a circle on the ceiling with his Sword Qi. The thick wooden ceiling was immediately cut open like tofu. Afterward, Jianchen gently pushed with his hands and a half meter wide round wooden board fell from above, revealing a large hole.
Looking at the large hole in his head, Jianchen smiled. He then closed the round wooden board in his hand and turned around to leave the room.
Afterwards, Jianchen returned to his room after eating breakfast on the first floor as usual. He closed the door and windows, then immediately took out a few random things from his Space Ring and smeared them on his face.
After a while, Jianchen raised his head. His appearance had completely changed. He had now become a middle-aged man with an ordinary appearance. He had a fierce scar on his face and stubble on his chin. He had a valiant appearance.
Looking at himself in the mirror, he nodded in satisfaction. Afterward, a series of "pi pi pa pa" sounds came from his body. His body had actually grown a bit taller. His body was no longer as delicate as before and had become much thicker. Not long after, Jianchen's body had become stocky, which perfectly matched his valiant appearance.
Afterwards, Jianchen took out a set of black clothes from his Space Ring and put them on. He then cut off his shoulder-length hair, leaving only an inch long.
After doing all this, Jianchen seemed to have become a completely different person. He had no connection to his previous appearance at all. At that moment, even Ming Dong and Qin Xiao, who were most familiar with Jianchen, were unable to recognise that the stocky man was Jianchen.
Jianchen checked himself again. After confirming that he had not missed anything, he gently removed the wooden board from the ceiling and leapt up. He covered the hole by his feet again before opening the door and swaggering out.
Just like that, Jianchen successfully avoided everyone's attention and swaggered out of the inn. Not a single person among the dozen or so people who had followed him suspected him. They did not even spare him a glance.
In the past few days, they had already been numbed by the habits that Jianchen had purposely exposed. As a result, they all believed that Jianchen would continue cultivating in his room after breakfast. They never thought that Jianchen would change his appearance and leave safely under everyone's watchful eyes.
Jianchen strolled through the streets at a steady pace. He passed through several streets before finally entering a bustling inn and booking a room. He then disguised himself as a frail middle-aged man and left safely.
Jianchen, who had disguised himself as a middle-aged man, bought a map and some necessities for wilderness survival from a general store. Afterwards, he walked to a remote alley and changed his appearance.
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