If they encountered a King Beast in the wilderness, even with Duan Xiong's protection, Chu Chen's chances of survival were slim.
Slap!
Lan Xuan slapped his forehead hard and told himself not to let his imagination run wild anymore.
"We've arrived at the market."
With Xuan Ke's reminder, Lan Xuan discovered that unknowingly, the two people had already arrived at the entrance of the market.
There were clearly more cultivators gathered here, and many red-robed cultivators patrolled the area, using all sorts of secret arts to scan the void.
Their main duty was to search for the aura of ancient beast kings. If they sensed one approaching the city, they'd immediately send out the alarm, allowing everyone to evacuate as quickly as possible.
Once they entered the market, there was a bustling crowd everywhere. Looking at the haggling cultivators, Lan Xuan couldn't help but feel restless.
At this moment, a gray-clothed young girl suddenly emerged from the crowd. This picturesque young girl smiled and waved at the two of them.
"You're back too, lass!"
Lan Xuan immediately waved back happily, and the old cultivator, Xuan Ji, nodded.
"I'm done here, so of course I'm back. My luck's not bad, I actually found the person everyone's been looking for."
Zhou Lin walked over quickly with a smile, but couldn't hide her exhaustion. She slowly reached out and took out a greenish-white jade tablet from her storage space.
The jade tablet was smooth and shiny without any trace of carvings, but it gave off a strange aura.
"Did you really find the legendary Oracle in the Lesser Immortal Realm?! Y-you're not joking, are you? "
Lan Xuan's eyes widened, and his mouth fell open.
"You've worked hard, lass."
Xuan Ke's expression was also very shocked. He almost couldn't believe his ears, but he was much calmer than Lan Xuan. He kept his face taut and clenched his right fist tightly.
"I really did find him. Ten days ago, I accidentally saved an injured old cultivator. He helped me find him. This is the prophet's token."
Zhou Lin handed over the jade tablet.
Lan Xuan took the green and white jade token doubtfully. An icy chill seeped into his palm, and his entire soul seemed to have been sucked into it.
Countless mysterious illusions flashed through his mind.
It turned out to be a real keepsake. Zhou Lin had found the most mysterious person in the Lesser Immortal Realm, the Prophet who was said to know all the secrets of the Lesser Immortal Realm.
Zhou Lin was too amazing!
Back then, Chu Chen had decided on the strategy of rapidly increasing his strength by robbing the various large bandit groups.
Xuan Ke, Lan Xuan, Chu Chen, and Shi Yuyan were the main fighting force.
Zhou Lin, on the other hand, was assigned to collect and sort out all kinds of information because his strength was relatively weak.
At first, no one knew whether Zhou Lin was good at intelligence gathering.
After collecting intelligence from several battles, Lan Xuan, the intelligence expert, had to admit that Zhou Lin had done a good job.
On one hand, she had a straightforward personality, and she was kind and helpful, which made it easy for her to gain people's trust. On the other hand, she was very tenacious, and she would never stop until she got the information.
"Speaking of which, it's really …"
Zhou Lin's expression was a bit complicated. "It's really funny. We've been looking for that person for so long, running around everywhere. In the end, that person is actually in the Fantasy Spirit City."
"That Prophet is really in the Fantasy Spirit City now?"
Lan Xuan took a deep breath. The mysterious person that everyone in the Lesser Immortal Realm wanted to find was actually hiding in the Fantasy Spirit City.
Among everyone, Lan Xuan was the most well-informed, so he was more aware of some secrets.
The special jade tablet in his hand couldn't be forged.
It was the keepsake to meet that mysterious person.
"That's right, we got the ranking jade tablet."
After Zhou Lin took the jade tablet back from Lan Xuan's hand, she smiled gently. Spirit light surged in her palm, and along with the injection of pale white spirit power, the green and white jade tablet's surface flowed with ink, quickly outlining a clear "8".
"What does this mean?"
The old cultivator, Xuan Ke, didn't understand the meaning of the number.
"Zhou Lin's luck is pretty good. It's said that every time this person appears, he will meet at most ten people. Each ranking jade tablet isn't that easy to obtain. Zhou Lin got the eighth jade tablet."
After Lan Xuan's explanation, Xuan Ke immediately understood that Zhou Lin had seized the last three opportunities to meet the mysterious person.
"It's okay, I'm just a bit lucky. Besides collecting information, I can't do anything else." The girl waved her hand, and a blush appeared on her face.
"Little Lin is also tired. I'll send her back to her place first. Lan Xuan, you can walk around the market by yourself."
As soon as Xuan Ke said that, Zhou Lin waved his hand again. "We're all back in the city. I'll go back and rest. Oh right, is Senior Brother Chu back?"
"Not yet."
"Then his cultivation this time was a bit long. Senior Brother Chu might have already returned. I'll go back and take a look."
After the girl's figure disappeared from sight, Lan Xuan looked at Xuan Ke and said, "Why do I feel like she's become prettier?"
"Yes, Little Lin has grown up."
At dusk the next day, in the small courtyard Zhou Lin temporarily found for everyone, the figure of a grey-clothed youth finally appeared.
"Sorry to have made you wait for so long."
The travel-worn Chu Chen pushed open the door to the small courtyard. Everyone's eyes lit up.
Chu Chen's aura was clearly stronger than before. Even the light in his eyes was brighter, and his movements were more relaxed.
His appearance was imposing and his spirit was restrained.
Everyone understood that his strength should have improved quite a bit again.
"Senior Brother Chu, I really wonder if you've swallowed all those treasures. Your cultivation speed is too ridiculous."
Lan Xuan couldn't help but shout.
"It's good that you're back."
Xuan Ke, who was chopping firewood, nodded lightly at Chu Chen. With a swoosh, the axe split a piece of black wood into two.
"Big Brother Lan, don't be jealous of Senior Brother Chu. Senior Brother Chu has become stronger. Won't he be able to protect us better?"
When Zhou Lin saw Chu Chen, the worry in his eyes was swept away, leaving only a smile.
"Little Lin, you're biased!"
"I'm not."
"Biased!"
"That … you two talk first. I'm going back to my room to sleep."
Chu Chen didn't say much and left the two bickering people behind.
After fighting side by side for so long, everyone's tacit understanding was very good. There was no need to say anything. Chu Chen returned to his room and fell asleep.
When Chu Chen returned, the stone hanging in everyone's heart was completely put down.
When Zhou Lin saw that everyone was here, he contacted the mysterious person that everyone wanted to meet and arranged the meeting time for the next day.
So when the sun rose the next day, Chu Chen, Lan Xuan, Xuan Ke, and Shi Yuyan followed Zhou Lin on the road.
Because this mysterious person was related to the direction of Chu Chen's next action, Zhou Lin got this opportunity as if he had hit the jackpot. Everyone was very cautious.
The four followed Zhou Lin through half of the city, then through the entire market, and came to a relatively remote alley in the north of the city.
On the road paved with bluestone bricks, an old and dilapidated courtyard came into Chu Chen's sight.
At the entrance of the courtyard, a hunchbacked old man dressed in servant's clothes was resting with his eyes closed.
"Is this the place? Old man, may I ask … "
Lan Xuan was just about to go forward and ask when Zhou Lin next to him pulled him back and shook his head. "This is that person's servant. He's deaf and mute. He can't hear you."
After speaking, Zhou Lin walked to the old man, picked up the jade tablet, and gently knocked it.
With a crisp sound, the old man's closed eyes opened.
Seeing the number 8 outlined in ink on the jade tablet, the old man nodded and waved his hand. The door of the dilapidated courtyard seemed to be slowly pushed open by an invisible hand.
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