Hide in The Immortal Cultivation World, Strike Hard in the Martial World
Chapter 389 - 190: Three-colored Mask_2

"We just picked up some disturbances of combat magic from here. What happened? Tell us about it."

Ma Xiaoqiu and Chen Yi exchanged a glance,

Considering the fact that True Person Purple Flame, who came this time, was vouched for by True Person Clear Bamboo, his identity was definitely genuine.

Both of them precisely described the whole circumstance.

When the fighting began, Chen Yi hid in the back, maneuvering his puppets while Ma Xiaoqiu took the brunt of the attack, fighting three on one.

True Person Clear Bamboo gave Chen Yi a cold stare, her dissatisfaction evident. However, when she turned her gaze to Ma Xiaoqiu, her eyes were filled with praise.

Finally,

Purple Flame True Person grunted angrily:

"Bandit cultivators, you really are audacious to the extreme! Daring to impersonate an executor from our Qinglong Island to deceive others, you deserve to die a thousand deaths!

My young friends, you have demonstrated extraordinary wit and recognized their disguise in time,

As an Elder of the Qinglong Island Outer Sect, I express my apologies to both of you!"

"These bandit cultivators had just plundered the Lin Family Island not long ago, and during our pursuit, they killed an executor of the Foundation Establishment period from our Outer Sect of Qinglong Island, hence obtaining the Qinglong Island Jade Token to deceive you.

Of course, they suffered significant injuries during this skirmish, so presumably, they sought out Chen Yi for healing purposes.

I did not expect that not only Chen Yi possesses healing abilities, but he also excels in combat magic, discovering their weaknesses and eliminating two bandit cultivators. How formidable the young are indeed!"

At this moment, Chen Yi's mana suddenly weakened, and he instantly became much weaker.

Chen Yi explained:

"I took a Blood Bursting Pill earlier while chasing the seriously injured bandit of the Foundation Establishment period, which temporarily boosted my cultivation level."

Seeing this, both True Person began to understand more clearly.

According to Ma Xiaoqiu, this battle was initiated by Chen Yi, who used two of her defensive puppets.

Meanwhile, Ma Xiaoqiu's second-tier peak puppet was the attacker, cooperating with Chen Yi's Spirit Beast to successively kill the dog-beast and the bandit cultivator of the Foundation Establishment period,

Furthermore, Chen Yi foresaw the veteran cultivator of the Foundation Establishment period's injuries and took a Blood Bursting Pill to catch up, killing him after depleting his Vitality and Blood with his Spirit Beast.

In this battle, Chen Yi's spectacular performance was consistent with that of a typical cultivator at the Foundation Establishment period, with the exception of his uncanny ability to preempt the enemy's intention twice. This was a testament to his brilliant wisdom, and nothing too unusual.

"Young Friend Chen, do you still have the storage bag from the cultivator of the Foundation Establishment period that you killed?"

Chen Yi was startled. The spoils from the men I killed should belong to me, right?

"Well, spoils taken from bandit cultivators you killed are not my place to inquire,

However, that bandit cultivator had previously killed an Executor from our Qinglong Island Outer Sect, and he made off with the Sect Jade Token and some other personal belongings,

So I need to retrieve the belongings that rightfully belong to our Executor of Qinglong Island to account to his family. I believe Young Friend Chen can understand this?"

Chen Yi twitched his lips and muttered under his breath, 'Account to his family, you just want to strip off another layer of profit.'

Luckily, Chen Yi had kept the mask himself,

After a moment's thought, Chen Yi handed over the storage bag, saying:

"What are you talking about, True Person Purple Flame? This is the least I can do. Please see which items belonged to the Executor of your island and kindly take them back."

True Person Purple Flame accepted the storage bag with satisfaction, then removed some personal belongings belonging to a disciple of Qinglong Island, as well as items equivalent to about 5,000 to 6,000 spirit stones, approximately half of the old man's reserves,

Only then did he return the storage bag to Chen Yi.

Chen Yi accepted it back with a smile, showing no signs of dissatisfaction or anger.

"Great, we can consider this matter as settled. I will report the accomplishments of Young Friend Ma and Young Friend Chen to the alliance as is.

I won't stay here any longer, there is still the number one among them hiding nearby to recover. I need to continue the pursuit."

Ma Xiaoqiu and Chen Yi respectfully saw the two True Persons off.

"Daoist Chen, a large chunk of your spoils was taken away. Your loss is heavy.

I still have a storage bag here; they didn't take much from it. I can share half of the spoils with you."

Ma Xiaoqiu saw that Chen Yi, who painstakingly killed the bandit cultivators, had lost more than half of his spoils. She worried about Chen Yi's loss and offered to share with him.

Chen Yi, however, laughed and shook his head:

"Fairy Ma, you worry too much. Those items belonged to the disciple of Qinglong Island in the first place. It's only right to return them to Qinglong Island. I don't suffer any loss."

Chen Yi's tone was sincere,

Even in front of a friend, he would not reveal his true thoughts,

Nevertheless, he had already written the name of True Person Purple Flame in a small notebook in his heart.

Chen Yi returned to his cave mansion and checked the storage bag. He discovered that most of the pills and spirit stones were missing, but the Flame Hammer used by the old Chen was still there.

It was a quasi-magic weapon, capable of smashing Chen Yi's top-quality Protective Talisman with a single swing, quite impressive in its power,

It seems that Purple Flame True Person did value his reputation, knowing this quasi-magic weapon did not belong to his colleague, he left it for Chen Yi.

...

Upon returning to his cave mansion, Chen Yi first inspected the fiery red hammer,

"Wow! Truly a quasi-magic weapon, it's so heavy!"

When he held it, his first reaction was that it was much heavier than any top-grade magical tool, including those designed for heavy use,

At least a weight of ten thousand jin.

Even for a cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, using this heavy hammer would drain their mana excessively,

No wonder that old man seemed so depleted after a few swings.

The fire attribute runes inside this hammer were highly lethal, at least several times more powerful than ordinary top-grade magical tools,

Of course, the demand for mana was high as well,

In terms of mana cultivation level, Chen Yi was currently unable to use this object.

But, uh~

Chen Yi could totally use this hammer as a crude physical weapon to bash people,

With his body cultivating level, swinging this hammer hundreds of times should not be a problem,

And within the Foundation Establishment stage, which cultivator could posses hundreds of Chen Yi's specialized top-quality talisman scrolls?

Chen Yi was very pleased with this quasi-magic hammer. If it wasn't a fire attribute but a thunder attribute, he would even want to name it Thor's Hammer,

Now, let's just call it Big Hammer.

The other item was the three-colored mask in his hand,

After this object absorbed Chen Yi's divine sense, it could change according to his will,

At present, it was a transparent gel-like material, resting in his hand. Even if scanned with divine sense, it seemed perfectly normal.

Thinking for a bit, Chen Yi placed it over his face, and under the icy touch, numerous arcane auras flickered.

Chen Yi moved his divine sense, inputting mana,

The next moment, he felt his face change,

He turned into an elderly man with age spots on his face and loose teeth.

"The old robbery cultivator with surname Chen?"

Chen Yi took a look in the mirror,

He had completely transformed into the old man Chen he just killed, not the younger version he first saw,

But the real aged man at the moment of death,

What surprised Chen Yi was that not only did his facial features transform into the old man's,

Even his mana and divine sense were mimicked to resemble the old man's,

The mana fluctuations he was emitting now were inevitably at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage!

"My true cultivation level is the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, and I'm still using the Turtle Breathing technique, but the emitted fluctuations are of a fire attribute mana at the peak of Foundation Establishment."

"What a magical mask!"

Chen Yi did not know what material this mask was made from, but it was obviously an ancient object,

After putting it on, Chen Yi learned the rough instructions on how to use the mask:

"If you wish to imitate someone else, the best method is to kill them, allowing the mask to absorb their bloodline talent and soul aura.

If you just want a simple disguise, obtaining a bit of their fresh blood will suffice, but the effect will be much poorer, easily seen through by those a realm superior or familiar with the person."

"This three-colored mask provides an excellent disguise, naturally blocking divine sense, perfect for concealing your identity and getting away with murder!"

Previously, Chen Yi relied on the Vajra Kung Fu to change his bone structure for disguise,

But as his cultivation level improved, Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators recognized others through their mana or divine sense fluctuations,

The bone shape and appearance were no longer important,

Now with this mask, Chen Yi could once again go out in disguise and do many things.

For instance, he could change his appearance and spend 5000 spirit stones to buy the core information about Yang Dan and Tan Feng from the Yang family on Wangyue Island that he was most concerned about.

If he had gone to the Blood Shadow Tower to buy such important information with his true identity before, he would definitely have been recorded by the other party and sold to the Yang family and Tan Feng for the same level of information value.