Chapter 2196 - 2196: You Might Not Make It Out Alive

In the end, Qin Chen didn't spare any of them.

They were all adults.

Having made a wrong decision, naturally, they had to pay for their mistake.

Qin Chen collected all their Qiankun Bags and casually checked through them. Some of the bags contained Daoist Crystals, but the number was small, totaling only a few dozen.

There were also Zen Heart Seals.

Roughly estimating, the Zen Heart Seals in these bags combined could be exchanged for over a hundred thousand merit points.

Additionally, there were Yiu Haosen's and Chen Gui's Qiankun Bags.

These two were Dragon Pattern Deacons of the Zen Heart Dragon Palace, so their Qiankun Bags contained quite a few good items: first-grade and second-grade Daoist medicines, totaling over forty pieces.

There were also six fourth-grade Daoist medicines, similar to the Spiritual Sun Marrow Liquid Fruit.

There were more than three hundred Daoist Crystals.

"Oh?"

In the last Qiankun Bag, Qin Chen found something that piqued his curiosity.

He took it out.

It was a strand of green silk.

Its aura was extremely mysterious.

"What is this?"

Lin Songyun also glanced over.

Qin Chen toyed with it for a moment, seeing that inside the God Devouring Crystal, the Little Fairy was still in seclusion, so he didn't want to disturb her, but his intuition told him that this green silk was definitely not an ordinary item.

He stored it inside the God Devouring Crystal and then proceeded to dissect the Spiritual Sun Sky Python.

The most valuable parts of the Spiritual Sun Sky Python were its scale armor and the Daoist core inside its body.

The Daoist core was about the size of half a fist.

It was earth yellow in color.

Qin Chen could feel a strong Earth Dao Intent emanating from the core.

"This Daoist core is for you."

Qin Chen handed it to Lin Songyun.

Lin Songyun was cultivating the Five Elements Martial Intent, so refining this Daoist core would benefit her more than it would Qin Chen.

Lin Songyun accepted it without hesitation.

Subsequently, Qin Chen took out the map Yiu Haosen had given him earlier.

The map was drawn very simply.

It looked as if Yiu Haosen had drawn it himself.

The area covered on the map was only a small part of the Han Ni Hills.

Based on the terrain, Qin Chen quickly found his approximate location.

The Nine Palaces were further ahead.

It saved him the trouble of asking for directions.

Moreover, listening to Yiu Haosen's words, Qin Chen couldn't help but feel a bit curious about the Nine Palaces.

The Nine Daoist Medicine Palaces inside must be extremely rich in Daoist medicines.

If he could obtain a portion of them,

Qin Chen's cultivation could be enhanced in the near future.

And to be steady, he could also cultivate the Ten Thousand Stars Kingdom.

The energy from Daoist medicines and Daoist Crystals was quite considerable.

"Let's go."

Qin Chen and Lin Songyun headed towards the Nine Palaces.

"These three Spiritual Sun Marrow Liquid Fruits are all for you, and also these Daoist Crystals."

Qin Chen handed over three Spiritual Sun Marrow Liquid Fruits and a hundred Daoist Crystals to Lin Songyun.

"Then I must make a breakthrough."

Lin Songyun smiled.

She knew Qin Chen had just obtained six pieces of fourth-grade Daoist medicine of the same level as Spiritual Sun Marrow Liquid Fruits, so she didn't hesitate.

Qin Chen calculated the journey.

In about three days, they could reach the Nine Palaces.

Of course, that was assuming they wouldn't encounter battles like the one before.

Otherwise, it would take longer.

Of course, with the strength of Qin Chen and Lin Songyun, though they couldn't dominate the Han Ni Hills, unless they had particularly bad luck and ran into a large group of Zen Heart Dragon Palace disciples, they could escape.

Qin Chen activated the Wind Technique and they traveled using wind control.

Meanwhile, he was refining Daoist Crystals and Daoist medicines, both to solidify his cultivation and to prepare for the Tribulation Transformation Realm Third Layer, as well as to cultivate the Ten Thousand Stars Kingdom.

Reaching the Tribulation Transformation Realm Third Layer would be his last physical body heavenly tribulation, representing the extent of the Divine-Level Dao Body, which was extremely important.

Like in the battle with Chen Gui, if Qin Chen didn't have a Divine-Level Dao Body, it wouldn't have been so easy.

Three days later.

Qin Chen and Lin Songyun arrived near the Nine Palaces.

The place marked as the Nine Palaces on the map was here.

But Qin Chen and Lin Songyun hadn't seen any sign of people yet, probably just nearby, as the map was only roughly drawn, so it was normal for it not to be very accurate.

But the general area should not be wrong.

Over the past three days, Qin Chen picked nine third-grade Daoist medicines, three fourth-grade Daoist medicines, and over twenty first-grade and second-grade Daoist medicines.

This Han Ni Hills is indeed a blessed land of spiritual energy.

Of the six fourth-grade Daoist medicines obtained from Yiu Haosen and Chen Gui, Qin Chen had already refined them all.

His cultivation had reached the peak of the Tribulation Transformation Realm Second Layer.

The Daoist Crystals had also been fully refined by Qin Chen.

Inside his body, in the Star Life Palace, thirteen more stars were condensed, making the total number of stars one hundred and eighty-five.

The most important thing is.

Just yesterday.

Lin Songyun refined three Spiritual Sun Marrow Liquid Fruits and successfully broke through to the Tribulation Transformation Realm Fifth Layer.

The Daoist core from the Spiritual Sun Sky Python also allowed Lin Songyun's Earth Martial Intent to break through to Level 7.

"There are people ahead."

Qin Chen's Wind Sound Divine Ear twitched slightly, and he stopped.

These ears were not only like Ears of the Wind but also like a Thousand-Mile Eye; no movement around could escape them.

The people in front didn't seem to be trying to hide.

They boldly walked out.

A total of six people.

Their faces were gloomy, emitting a surge of toxic gas, naturally engendering a sense of disgust.

They headed directly towards Qin Chen and Lin Songyun.

"Are you heading to the Nine Palaces?"

One of the one-armed men spoke to Qin Chen and Lin Songyun.

"Who might your excellencies be?"

Qin Chen asked but didn't know if this group belonged to the Zen Heart Dragon Palace.

The one-armed man's tone was cold: "You don't need to know who we are; if you want to enter the Nine Palaces, you can, we can even guide you, but to enter the Nine Palaces, you must pay a toll fee."

"Toll fee?"

Qin Chen squinted and smiled: "Then how much toll fee do you want to charge?"

The one-armed man said: "Thirty Daoist Crystals per person, or one third-grade Daoist medicine will suffice."

"Since you are going to the Nine Palaces, you probably know that the Nine Palaces contain nine Daoist Medicine Palaces, and even if you can only obtain a small portion, it will far exceed the toll fee you pay."

"So, this trade is very worthwhile."

He even calculated for Qin Chen and Lin Songyun. It was as if by paying them the toll fee, Qin Chen and Lin Songyun would end up profiting.

Qin Chen said: "Can I ask you a question?"

The one-armed man frowned but still said: "Ask."

Qin Chen said: "Is the Nine Palaces owned by your family?"

The one-armed man's expression turned slightly sinister: "The Nine Palaces are indeed not owned by my family, but if you want to enter, you must pay the toll fee. I tell you, it's best not to hit your head against a brick wall."

"Just now, there was a Daoist couple of the same age as you, from Dao Village, who didn't heed advice and ended up dead at our hands."

The one-armed man seemed to have lost his patience and his tone turned extremely forceful.

Qin Chen looked at the one-armed man and said flatly: "Entering the Nine Palaces is indeed my intention, but the toll fee, I truly do not wish to pay. If you insist on collecting the toll fee…"

"I'm sorry... but you might lose your lives!"