Purple Mist Dao Master
Chapter 287 - 227 I am Yan Chuan! Cult Invasion!_2

Chapter 287: Chapter 227 I am Yan Chuan! Cult Invasion!_2

Six hundred and fifty?

Just a drop in the bucket!

Not even worth mentioning!

Yan Chuan isn’t a gambler. A little gamble is fun. He’s not greedy, not obsessed. He only tries in the morning and evening, two or three times a day, never exceeding 2000 Spiritual.

In nearly a month, Yan Chuan tried fifty-eight times. Unfortunately, the traits obtained from strengthening items were mostly negligible, like leftovers. A few were somewhat useful, but not top-grade, far from Yan Chuan’s expectations. He wasn’t lacking ’Spiritual’, so he kept trying.

This night the moon is full and the flowers are beautiful.

Yan Chuan attempted for the fifty-ninth time. This time, he chose a copper mirror—

[Miracle Item·Octagonal Bronze Mirror (Level 10): Three inches in size, with its shady side facing up, intricately carved with dragons, serpents, ghosts, beasts, bugs, and fish. In the center, there’s a knob, having a very ancient elegance. The mirror light can penetrate the ground deeply; the higher you raise it, the larger the area illuminated. The light can penetrate mountains, rocks, sand, and soil without any obstacle. Insects buried in the soil move like fish in clear water. When cast upon trees, the roots appear as if suspended, every strand clearly visible. (Traits: Ancient Elegance, Imaging, Communication, Penetrate.)]

(Currently cannot be upgraded.)

(Searching for compatible materials.)

(Search complete. The following materials are ranked by fitting degree—)

(① Heavy Mountain Shield)

(② Wind-cutting Saber)

(③ Sky Shattering Bow)

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"Penetrate?"

Yan Chuan held the strengthened ’Octagonal Bronze Mirror’ and blinked, feeling a headache.

In his previous fifty-eight enhancements, he often encountered such situations. The Miracle Item’s four-layer trait, only one or two were useful, and even those were not particularly useful.

Just like the ’Penetrate’ trait of this ’Octagonal Bronze Mirror’—

Is it useful?

Of course, it is!

With this item, you can illuminate the earth and find treasures hidden underground. Whether gold, silver, jewels, or rare treasures, under this ’Octagonal Bronze Mirror’, nothing can hide.

It’s an excellent treasure for travel and treasure hunting!

But it indeed has no use!

The world is vast.

Boundless and endless.

Most treasures are on the surface, in deep mountains and swamps, or in waters, rivers, lakes, and seas.

As for underground?

There are, of course.

But where exactly?

Not to mention the entire Jian Province, the underground of Nine Counties, let alone the expansive Yingze County, just the massive city of Yingze City, it’s no easy task for Yan Chuan to fully explore by raising the ’Octagonal Bronze Mirror’.

Treasure hunting is not easy!

Yan Chuan might find a heavy treasure with a casual glance of the ’Octagonal Bronze Mirror’. But he might also scour everywhere and find not even an ounce of gold.

It’s purely luck!

"If this ’Octagonal Bronze Mirror’ didn’t take up a slot in the ’Treasure Rock’, it would definitely be a good treasure!"

But unfortunately, it does take one!

There are currently only four slots in the ’Treasure Rock’, and the ’Penetrate’ trait of the ’Octagonal Bronze Mirror’ clearly doesn’t qualify for a long-term place.

"I’ll play with it for now and change it in the morning or evening."

With a thought, Yan Chuan raised the ’Octagonal Bronze Mirror’ to scan the ground. He was curious if there was any hidden treasure underground in Yingze City, beneath the Taikang Academy’s territory.

Driven by the thought of treasure hunting, Yan Chuan used the ’Octagonal Bronze Mirror’.

However, under the mirror’s illumination, it was a different scene!

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"Go, go, go!"

"Stay close, stay close!"

"The underground of Yingze City is complex. A slight misstep could lead to a dead-end. I had people scout out eight routes to the Eight Academic Institutions’ territories on the first day of the Jian Province Competition. This one leads directly to the Taikang Academy territory."

"From here up, it’s just outside the wall of Yan Chuan’s courtyard."

Xiong Ji led Ding Xiong, Ye Liuxi, and ten trusted subordinates, thirteen people in total, through the underground channel, directly to the outside of Yan Chuan’s courtyard at Taikang Academy territory.

This Xiong Ji seemed careless but had many careful thoughts. He was highly strategic, planning early.

At this moment, by using the underground channel, they avoided the officers and soldiers all over the city.

"Good!"

"We’ll act right at three quarters past the second watch!"

Ding Xiong was delighted as they approached Yan Chuan’s residence smoothly.

Just as the words fell.

Ye Liuxi turned to glance at him.

Xiong Ji also grinned: "My Brother Ding! The Third Envoy told us to hunt Wang Zhengyi, and we came to Yan Chuan. If that’s the case, since the Third Envoy has us act at three-quarters past the second watch, should we really foolishly wait for it?"

"..."

Ding Xiong was genuinely stunned!

Yes!

The target had changed. Why not move the time earlier by an hour or so, what’s the big deal?

"Yes, indeed!"

"Let’s act now!"

Ding Xiong gripped his saber, nodding at Xiong Ji and Ye Liuxi.

Boom!

The three of them lifted the stone slab on top and went out one after another in the starry night, flipping over the wall into the courtyard.

But just as they flipped over the wall, a black shadow suddenly descended from the sky with a bang—

BOOM BOOM BOOM!

In mid-air, Thousand Pounds Fall!

When the two feet landed, it was like a mountain crumbling and ground cracking. The courtyard center collapsed with a rumble, creating two intersecting gullies, which were the underground channel. Bricks and stones fell, actually blocking and filling the channel.

Faint screams and wails came from inside, but they were very faint. Besides Yan Chuan and the just-entered Xiong Ji and others, no one else heard.

"..."

"..."

"..."

Xiong Ji, Ding Xiong, Ye Liuxi looked dumbfounded. They had just flipped in, and Yan Chuan had already collapsed the underground channel in the courtyard.

What happened?

The trio hadn’t reacted yet when they heard a voice suddenly rise—

"I am Yan Chuan!"

"Cult invasion!"

"Everyone be cautious of the underground channel!"

The voice carried for miles, heard clearly at several Martial Arts Academy territories, audible even a few streets away from Yan Chuan.

Xiong Ji widened his eyes, momentarily shocked and regretful: "Miscalculation!"

Damn bear!

Only worried that Wang Zhengyi has the ’Mirage Pearl’, able to create thick fog, hard to handle.

But forgot Yan Chuan still had a ’White Horn Trumpet’. At the Jian Province Competition, it was this trumpet that allowed tens of thousands on the field to hear every word Yan Chuan said clearly.

Missed the obvious right under the nose!

Compared to Wang Zhengyi who hid and cherished the ’Mirage Pearl’ as a secret weapon, Yan Chuan openly held the ’White Horn Trumpet’, always at hand, hanging in front of his chest.

This caused Xiong Ji and others not to consider it at all.

At such a time, Yan Chuan faced attack, ’White Horn Trumpet’ in hand, a shout exposing the cult’s trail directly.

"Plan ruined!"

"Escape quickly!"

Xiong Ji regained his senses, turned around, and ran without a second thought.

He couldn’t understand how Yan Chuan knew they came through the underground channel.

Forewarned?

That didn’t seem right either!

If he knew beforehand, he should’ve blocked their exit, not collapsing his own courtyard with a Thousand Pounds Fall.

Suddenly, Xiong Ji recalled when Yan Chuan collapsed the ground, he seemed to hear faint screams inside.

He turned to look, none of his people were missing.

Which means—

"Damn bear!"

"Must be people from the other Three Sects also sneaking in through the channel, made too much noise, and got discovered by Yan Chuan!"

"We got dragged into it!"

Xiong Ji was furious!

Wasn’t it agreed that the Four Sects would coordinate, wasn’t Yan Chuan assigned to the ’Mianran Divine Sect’?

Why sneak into Yan Chuan’s courtyard!

So unruly?

And wasn’t the agreed three-quarters past the second watch not yet reached, why act now?

So untimely?

"Damn it!"

"Damn Divine Sect!"

"Damn Four Sects coordination!"

"A rabble! A scattered sand!"

Xiong Ji was furious!

Ran for their lives!

Yingze City was no longer safe!

Ding Xiong and Ye Liuxi, unlike Xiong Ji who cursed nonstop, made no sound. But they ran no slower than him.

Four Sects coordination?

Dragon Slayer plan?

Damn!

What a joke!

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