"He sure ran fast."
Li Chuan stepped forward to pick up the three magic treasures, sensed the surroundings, and found no trace of the demonic cultivator's aura. He knew that the opponent must have used some kind of spell he didn't know to escape.
Although the twenty-one lightning spears were powerful, they weren't enough to completely obliterate a cultivator's body, and he hadn't sensed the opponent's soul after their death.
"Forget it, I'll kill him next time I encounter him. Let's leave this place first."
After searching around and not finding any trace of the demonic cultivator, Li Chuan decided to leave this place first based on Li Qingfeng's memories and find a nearby town to stay in.
Ultimately, he wasn't Li Qingfeng; he didn't possess the True Essence magic power of this World, nor could he use the methods of cultivators in this World to track the demonic cultivator who had escaped with an unknown spell.
Therefore, instead of wasting time, it was better to give up for now, find a stable place, and start cultivating early.
Li Qingfeng had applied for two years from his master to descend the mountain and resolve his worldly ties, so he had two years to cultivate the Xiao Zhu Mountain cultivation method to entry-level based on Li Qingfeng's memories and become a proper cultivator.
During the Foundation Establishment Stage, everyone uses True Essence. Those who cultivate for a longer time simply have more True Essence in their dantian.
As long as he reached the entry-level, which was the Foundation Establishment Stage, at most, the True Essence he cultivated in two years wouldn't be as much as Li Qingfeng's twelve years, but as long as he didn't show it, generally, no one would notice anything amiss.
Moreover, he was not a person who liked to be idle, so he would naturally find ways to take shortcuts to quickly improve his cultivation.
"Expecto Patronum!"
Taking out his wand and summoning his Patronus, then using a Weather Charm to conjure a cloud of mist for cover, Li Chuan rode the silver giant dragon towards the nearest town.
Meanwhile, twenty kilometers away, the handsome demonic cultivator emerged from underground in a disheveled state, wiping the cold sweat from his forehead and sighing in relief:
"Good thing I know Five Elements Earth Release, otherwise I would have been dead for sure!"
However, his face then turned to anger and helplessness:
"It's a pity about my Blood Fiend Banner, which I refined for twenty years, and my Bloody Nail, which I refined for fifteen years. You say your spells are so powerful, why didn't you use them before? If you had used them earlier, I wouldn't have fought you; I would have run away."
As soon as he saw the twenty-one lightning-attribute spells flying towards him, he knew he couldn't block them. He could only completely abandon the three magic treasures and escape by using Earth Release, one of the Five Elements 遁術.
Fortunately, that righteous cultivator didn't seem to know Five Elements Earth Release and didn't pursue him in time.
"No, I can't just let it go. That was twenty years of my hard work. I can only ask my master for help!"
After much thought, he still couldn't swallow his anger. Without those two painstakingly refined magic treasures, his strength would decrease by at least seventy percent. So, after some hesitation, he still went back to seek help from his ruthless master.
At most, he would pay some cultivation and physical body as a price, which was still more cost-effective than losing both magic treasures.
Having made up his mind, he once again cast Earth Release and disappeared underground.
In this World, cultivators mostly fight with magic treasures, because in terms of both speed and destructive power, magic treasures are much stronger than simply casting spells.
The most obvious example is the Emei Sect, the strongest sect of the righteous path; Emei Sword Cultivators are famously powerful.
When a flying sword is unleashed, taking a person's head from a thousand miles away is no joke.
"Is this an ancient city? It looks quite prosperous."
Arriving above the city, Li Chuan dismissed his Patronus and directly used Apparition to appear in a corner of an alley.
Walking out of the alley and looking at the bustling street outside, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of admiration.
Modern metropolises have the prosperity of modern metropolises, with skyscrapers, cars, and roads, while ancient cities also have the prosperity of ancient cities, with majestic city walls and red walls and green tiles full of art.
There were also ancient people dressed in ancient clothing, various hawkers, taverns, tea houses, inns, pleasure boats, brothels, and so on.
That unique atmosphere and characteristics of the era were not present in some modern streets specifically made to look ancient for commercial purposes, nor could they be experienced by watching ancient costume television dramas.
"I should go to the money changer first to exchange some money from this World."
Spitting out the box hidden in his stomach, Li Chuan took out the gold bars he had prepared in advance from the box. Since he knew he was coming to an Immortal Cultivation World, how could he not prepare some gold in advance to exchange for money?
On the way to the money changer, there were people in sedan chairs, people in carriages, all sorts of people walking, and various vendors shouting in different rhythms, which was quite interesting.
After finding the money changer and exchanging a large amount of silver notes, silver, and copper coins, Li Chuan did not go to an inn to stay. Instead, after several inquiries, he found a real estate agent, also known as a tooth man.
Since he needed to meditate and cultivate, he naturally needed a sufficiently quiet and safe place, and an inn clearly did not meet his requirements.
He wasn't short on money, so why not just buy a house directly?
"Imperius Curse!"
After finding the tooth man, he directly controlled the other party with the Imperius Curse.
"Find me a sufficiently quiet and spacious residence."
After telling the tooth man his requirements, under the tooth man's guidance, he quickly bought a residence that met his requirements and completed all the procedures before nightfall.
The reason he directly used the Imperius Curse was to save time.
Moreover, tooth men are mostly not good people, and if he really let them help him find a place, they might find houses with flaws.
His current house was very good, located in the safest and best environment of the wealthy district in the city. It was a detached house, not particularly large, but covering over six hundred square meters.
In the courtyard, there was an old elm tree, which was lush with branches and leaves in this season. Under the tree, there was a stone table and two stone stools, and not far away was a lotus pond that had already bloomed.
It used to be the residence of a wealthy merchant in the city, but now the merchant's business had some issues and he urgently needed money, so he reluctantly put it up for sale.
"Seal Iron Wall!"
Waving his hand to dismiss the tooth man, Li Chuan immediately used the two stone lions at the entrance as a medium to cast the Fire Temple's strongest barrier, Seal Iron Wall.
Once this barrier was activated, only those with Sage Art Chakra in their bodies could enter the residence normally; everyone else would be blocked outside. Unless they forcefully destroyed the barrier, they would be unable to enter.
He was about to begin his first cultivation session, which would last from one to two weeks at the shortest, or one to two months at the longest. According to Li Qingfeng's memories, it was best not to be disturbed.
"Muggle-Repelling Charm!"
After setting up the barrier, Li Chuan cast the Muggle-Repelling Charm over the entire residence.
The Seal Iron Wall was to block cultivators with ulterior motives, while the Muggle-Repelling Charm was to prevent ordinary people from accidentally entering his residence.
After doing all this, he sat in meditation in the bedroom and began his first cultivation session.
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