At the beginning, there was a fake eunuch, holding a dragon whip and torturing the empress until she

He felt as if he had become a sponge, frantically absorbing the free spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him, and converting them into martial arts inner strength, which significantly improved his strength.

He had experienced this feeling once before when he was on the Tianxuan Continent.

That’s the reason for taking the “Health Pill”!

"How did you do this?" Empress Jiuxuan was a little confused.

When Empress Jiuxuan heard Lin Chen's words, she was in a trance. The scene when she and Lin Chen faced off at the Dongliu Demon Lord's residence appeared in her mind.

She still remembered that although Lin Chen at that time was much stronger than her, she was still able to fight with her full force of the Ten Thousand Flowers Divine Palm. She lost in the end, but she was willing to lose.

However, now, Lin Chen was able to suppress her and even injure her just by relying on his cultivation in the early stage of Tongtian Realm!

This speed of improvement in strength is really terrifying.

"Lin Chen, have you broken through to the Tongtian realm?"

Empress Jiuxuan asked, she felt the powerful fluctuations emanating from Lin Chen's body.

Lin Chen shook his head: "No."

Empress Jiuxuan frowned slightly. She thought that Lin Chen relied on secret techniques to break through to the Heavenly Realm. Now it seems that his speed of improvement in strength is too terrifying.

Who is this man? Why is there such an incredible growth rate?

While Empress Jiuxuan was thinking, Lin Chen took the lead and took action. With a sway, he was in front of the man in black in the blink of an eye.

He stepped forward and punched the man in black in the face.

puff!

The man in black's pupils shrank suddenly, his eyes filled with disbelief. His face and eye sockets exploded, blood spurted out, and his body flew out upside down, landing in the corner, completely dead.

"Hey, although this person's strength is much weaker than that of the average late-stage Tongtian Realm, he can actually resist the 'Eight Burning Silences' that I unleashed with all my strength. I'm afraid his identity is not simple!"

Lin Chen's brows knitted into knots and he looked at Empress Jiuxuan.

When Empress Jiuxuan saw this scene, her pretty face turned pale and she waved her hands quickly: "Lin Chen, I really have nothing to do with him! I don't know him either!"

"It doesn't matter?" Lin Chen narrowed his eyes, "Since you said you didn't know him, why did you stay in this room with him?"

After Jiuxuan Empress hesitated for a moment, she gritted her teeth and said, "I just went to deliver medicine to my father, and I met him on the way!"

"Oh, that's it." Lin Chen nodded.

Empress Jiuxuan breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself that it seemed that she was right. Although Lin Chen was a little bad, he was indeed very kind to her. Otherwise, he would not have risked his life to save her!

She glanced at the body lying on the ground and frowned: "Who is he?"

"An assassin who came to attack me!" Lin Chen replied casually.

Empress Jiuxuan nodded and asked no more questions.

Lin Chen looked at the corpse on the ground with some doubts in his heart. Although he did not use all his strength in the punch he just punched, it was definitely impossible for this person to bear it. His strength should be at the late stage of Tongtian Realm. How could it be like this? Easily killed by myself?

"This...how is this possible?"

On the other side, on the roof of an attic, there were two figures standing.

One of them was wearing a gray linen robe and had an ordinary face, with a look of shock on his face at this moment.

"Senior Brother, that boy is in the early stage of Tongtian Realm! Are you sure? He is really only about twenty years old?"

Next to the middle-aged man in gray linen robe is a graceful and extremely beautiful woman in gorgeous palace attire.

The woman stared at Lin Chen for a few times, her face full of disbelief.

"Junior sister, why did I lie to you?" the middle-aged man in gray robe frowned.

The woman in palace clothes nodded, sighed and said: "It seems that we all made a mistake. I thought he was a strong man in the early stage of Tongtian Realm, but it turned out that he was just pretending."

"I didn't expect that he could actually leapfrog the challenge, and his strength has reached the late stage of Tongtian Realm. In this way, his talent is even higher than that of Master. The rise of our Thousand Feather Sword Sect is just around the corner!"

The middle-aged man in gray linen robe was overjoyed, and suddenly frowned, "However, junior brother's revenge must still be avenged."

…

"Huchi~huchi..."

Lin Chen sat on the ground panting, with a look of exhaustion on his face. It was obvious that the previous move also consumed a lot of his strength.

With a thought in his mind, he took out three pills and swallowed them.

"This is this?" Empress Jiuxuan asked confusedly when she saw this.

"Qi Gathering Pill!"

Lin Chen took out a green pill and handed it to Empress Jiuxuan, "Take it first, and then help me heal my wounds."

"good."

Empress Jiuxuan nodded, took the pill, and drank it directly. She didn't know where the Qi Gathering Pill Lin Chen gave her came from.

Soon, majestic spiritual power poured into her dantian, and her dantian was also rapidly healing and recovering.

Half an hour later, Lin Chen opened his eyes. His injuries had completely recovered.

Lin Chen turned to look at the Jiuxuan Empress, and found that she was sitting cross-legged with her eyes closed, and her whole body was glowing with a faint light. Her whole body seemed to have turned into a pagoda, filled with an unfathomable aura.

"What's going on?" Lin Chen asked in surprise.

"Master once taught me how to practice the Glazed Colorful Lotus Technique. However, this set of techniques is extremely difficult and I have never been able to master it. I have been working hard to understand it during this period. Now I finally understand the essence."

Empress Jiuxuan opened her eyes. Her face was a little pale. It was obvious that this technique was extremely difficult for her.

"Could the cultivation of the Colored Glaze Lotus Technique be about absorbing the spiritual energy around you?" Lin Chen was a little surprised.

"Yes, but this method of absorbing spiritual energy requires the consumption of a huge amount of spiritual stones. Moreover, every time the exercise is run, it must undergo the pain of rebirth. Once it stops, it will cause damage to the foundation. This is why, except for those with special physiques Other than that, no one wants to practice this technique.”

Empress Jiuxuan said slowly: "Because this technique is too difficult to practice, even in the entire era of Demon Lord Dongliu, there were only a handful of people who succeeded in practicing it."

He looked at Empress Jiuxuan and asked: "Do you think my current strength can be regarded as a strong person in the late Tongtian realm?"

"Well, that's almost it." Empress Jiuxuan nodded.

"Then after I kill this guy, I can become a being in the late Tongtian realm?" Lin Chen was a little excited. He now urgently hopes to improve his strength quickly so that he can quickly find Ye Yiren and others.

Empress Jiuxuan shook her head and said: "No, you are not in the late stage of Tongtian realm."

"Isn't it the late stage of Tongtian realm?"

Lin Chen was stunned. Although he felt that the world was suppressing him, he could still tell that he was at the early stage of Tongtian Realm. After all, he was a super strong man who had killed the late Tongtian Realm.

"Your current realm is only at the early stage of the Tongtian Realm. Your current martial arts level is the Fire and Thunder Sacred Scripture, but the weapon you use is a flying sword, so your current actual combat power is comparable to that of the late Tongtian Realm! However, This level is far from enough," Empress Jiuxuan said seriously.

When Lin Chen heard this, he felt a little disappointed, but he also understood that the words of Empress Jiuxuan were true. His current strength could not even reach the threshold of the late stage of the Heavenly Realm, and he was still many times behind that super strong person. To be able to reach this level is already considered a miracle.

Immediately, another thing came to his mind.

He took out the jade tablet from his arms and said to Empress Jiuxuan: "I bought this jade tablet at the auction house. The formation patterns on it are a bit weird. Take a look, is there anything on this jade tablet?" Word."

"Yes." Empress Jiuxuan nodded and took the jade token.

Her consciousness poured into it through the jade tablet.

After a moment, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

Lin Chen hurriedly asked: "What did you find?"

Empress Jiuxuan said with a solemn face: "I have seen similar formation patterns in the Wanxiang Star Art before, but it is not so complicated. It is probably a high-level illusion formation!"

Lin Chen was stunned for a moment, then his face became ecstatic.

Since this jade tablet is an illusory formation, there is naturally a way to break it!

He was worrying about how to break the illusory formation, but he fell asleep and met the pillow. It was as if this jade token was specially prepared for him.

Empress Jiuxuan glanced at the jade token in her hand and said: "If you want to break this formation, you must first find the eye of the phantom formation, otherwise it will be useless!"

After saying that, Empress Jiuxuan stood up and said: "Let's go, I will take you to find the Magic Formation Eye."

Lin Chen followed her towards the depths of the forest.

"Lin Chen, do you feel that there is anything different about you?"

Lin Chen hadn't noticed just now, but now he looked carefully and found that he had become more handsome.

"Huh? I find that I seem to have grown taller?" Lin Chen blinked and said in surprise.

"Growing taller? That's not bad." Empress Jiuxuan looked at Lin Chen's figure, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and she showed a happy smile.

Lin Chen and Empress Jiuxuan continued walking for about half a stick of incense, then suddenly stopped.

In front of them was a waterfall with surging water.

Rumble——

Below the waterfall, there is actually a river. The river is thousands of feet wide, and the water waves are turbulent and roaring, like angry waves hitting the shore.

Lin Chen and Empress Jiuxuan were standing by the river, overlooking the surging river below. Lin Chen said, "You mean, we are going to look for the eye of the phantom formation here?"

Empress Jiuxuan nodded and said: "Not bad!"

She stretched out her white and slender right index finger, pointed at the bottom of the river and said: "Look, the sand at the bottom of the river has been washed a little soft, and the soil is mixed with lavender crystal powder. That powder is some extremely toxic poison. The remnants of poisonous herbs, and this toxin is the eye of the phantom formation."

Lin Chen followed the direction of Empress Jiuxuan's finger and found that there was something wrong with the color of the powder. It looked like purple-red or purple-black, and he couldn't help but frown.

"What is this?" he asked.

"Redbud thorn poisonous weed, it is a very poisonous poison."

After finishing speaking, Empress Jiuxuan pointed at a plant next to her. This plant had lush branches and leaves, showing a fiery red color, with purple in the middle of the leaves, just like a cluster of burning flames.

"Suzaki grass is also a highly poisonous herb, and the toxicity of this herb is much stronger than that of red wattle. If you take the juice formed by mixing the two herbs, you should soon become poisonous. "

After Empress Jiuxuan finished speaking, Lin Chen's expression changed slightly.

Scarab grass and red thorn poisonous herb are both highly poisonous herbs. Once taken, you will definitely die and there will be no way to survive.

Seeing Lin Chen's ugly face, Empress Jiuxuan comforted her: "Don't worry, these two highly poisonous herbs are not the same. After you take Suzaku Herb, you will be weak and comatose for a few days at most."

Lin Chen felt a little relieved and asked again: "Sister Jiuxuan, do you know where the eye of the phantom formation is?"

"I really don't know this, but..."

Empress Jiuxuan hesitated for a moment and said: "I heard from the master that this phantom formation needs the help of the formation eye to activate the formation. If the formation eye is destroyed, the phantom formation will naturally not be able to operate."

Lin Chen nodded. He also knew this. If there really was any magic formation here, it might really be destroyed.

He said: "Sister Jiuxuan, please help me see if there is a formation eye here. I will destroy the formation eye, and then you can explore the core area of ​​the formation to find the base of the phantom formation."

Empress Jiuxuan nodded.

"Then I'll give it a try."

Lin Chen walked to the bottom of the waterfall, closed his eyes, and the whole picture of the waterfall appeared in his mind. Then, he held the Xuanyuan gun in his hand and stabbed it out. Suddenly, the water curtain turned into broken ice and dissipated.

Immediately, his body shook and he opened his eyes suddenly.

"Illusion!" Lin Chen's pupils shrank and he snorted coldly. He could feel the surrounding scenery changing.

Empress Jiuxuan looked at Lin Chen and said in surprise: "I didn't expect you to be able to recognize this illusion instantly. You are also a martial arts fanatic!"

Lin Chen rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Although this illusion array is only a low-level illusion array, I am only in the early stage of Qi Refining Realm after all. It is already very rare to be able to see through the illusion here."

He smiled bitterly in his heart, not only was this woman powerful, but her IQ was also scary.

"Let's go forward!"

Lin Chen said something, pulled the Jiuxuan Empress and walked towards the front of the waterfall. The environment here had changed, and the phantom formation's eye should be behind the waterfall.

"Um."

Empress Jiuxuan nodded obediently and followed Lin Chen.

Her dress was fluttering, her hair was flying, and she was extremely beautiful. Lin Chen couldn't help but glance at her sideways and thought to himself: "She's so beautiful!"

Empress Jiuxuan noticed his gaze, raised her head, glanced at Lin Chen, and a hint of teasing appeared at the corner of her mouth. Her smile was so charming that Lin Chen's heart beat a few times.

"Ahem..."

Lin Chen quickly turned his head away, not daring to look any further. He was afraid that if he looked at it a few more times, he would commit a crime!

"Brother Lin Chen, are you peeking at me? Hehe, let me tell you, if you dare to peek at me, when you wake up, I will dig out your eyeballs and kill you Use your pants as insoles!”

Lin Chen was just distracted when he heard the sweet voice of Empress Jiuxuan in his ears, and he almost lost his mind.

He turned to glare at Empress Jiuxuan, gritted his teeth and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? How could I peek at you? I'm just looking at the scenery here!"

He was extremely annoyed. This Empress Jiuxuan was just a veteran. What she said just now made people think a lot. She obviously didn't do anything, right?

"Oh, it turns out to be scenery." Empress Jiuxuan nodded in realization.

"Uh...yes, yes!" Lin Chen sweated on his forehead, thinking that the Jiu Xuan Empress was really a goblin. How could such a pure and kind person like himself have such thoughts towards her.

The two walked forward and soon came to a cave.

"There should be the eye of the phantom formation inside this cave. Look at the stone tablet. Is it engraved with the word phantom formation?"

Lin Chen stared at the stone tablet for a while, confirming that what was written on the stone tablet was the word "phantom formation", and his spiritual sense also scanned the existence of the formation eye.

However, he did not immediately destroy the formation of eyes. Instead, he looked at Empress Jiuxuan and said, "Sister Jiuxuan, shall we enter this cave?"

He asked this because since Empress Jiuxuan was a master of formations, she should know where the eye of the phantom formation was, but he wanted to see if Empress Jiuxuan was willing to accompany him on the adventure.

If Empress Jiuxuan was willing to take risks with him, he wouldn't have to think so much. At worst, he could take Empress Jiuxuan away.

Empress Jiuxuan shook her head and said: "The eye of the illusion formation is the most powerful killing move in the illusion. Now that my soul power has not recovered, I'm afraid it would be inappropriate to enter hastily."

She paused and suddenly smiled slyly: "And, if my guess is correct, the killing move of this illusion array must be designed for me. Brother Lin Chen, if you follow me in, you will probably be in danger! "

Lin Chen's face darkened, and he cursed in his heart, this Empress Jiuxuan was deliberately playing tricks on herself.

However, he didn't dare to bet. If there was really a fatal murderous intention hidden here, both himself and the Jiuxuan Empress would be in danger. No one could be sure what the magic array's killing move was.

Lin Chen took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I'll stay here first."

After that, he sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and began to practice.

Empress Jiuxuan was standing next to the waterfall, observing her surroundings vigilantly.

About half an hour later, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps coming from a distance.

"Brother Lin Chen, someone else is coming!"

Empress Jiuxuan heard the footsteps and immediately reminded Lin Chen.

Lin Chen opened his eyes, stood up, and looked in the direction of the footsteps.

I saw a burly man walking over. He looked ferocious and his muscles were bulging, giving people an explosive pressure.

He carries a huge iron rod behind his back. He looks like a warrior, but he is not a Tianxuan cultivator, but a Buddhist cultivator!

Those who practice Buddhism!

Lin Chen frowned slightly. This man had a strong aura of hostility and was obviously not a kind person.

When he saw this man, he thought of the monks who were killed yesterday.

"Amitabha, donor, please stay. This poor monk is a disciple of Lord Sakyamuni of Leiyin Temple. Have you seen a woman wearing a red robe and a bamboo hat?"

The man walked up to Lin Chen, put his palms together, saluted and asked.

Lin Chen looked at the monk, frowned, and said, "What are you doing with my friend?"

Anger rose in his heart. This man looked fierce, and he probably had no good intentions. Moreover, as soon as the monk came, he asked him if he had seen the red-robed woman. He clearly wanted to capture Empress Jiuxuan and threaten him to hand over the treasure. Where was he? Will agree.

"Amitabha, actually, my master wants to ask you for a favor." The monk explained.

Lin Chen snorted coldly: "Help? Who is your master? What do you want from me?"

The monk looked embarrassed. Although Lin Chen's words were rude, he did not dare to refute.

His master was a strong man in the Mahayana Five Tribulation Realm, but he was instantly killed by Lin Chen. And he was only a transcendent existence in the Three Realms, so what qualifications did he have to bargain with Lin Chen?

"The donor has misunderstood. My master wants to ask you for help. He just wants to borrow the treasure you have."

Lin Chen was surprised when he heard this. He didn't expect that the monk in front of him had actually cultivated a Buddha body. No wonder he was so powerful.

However, he still disdainfully bowed his head and said indifferently: "Who is your master?"

"My master is Venerable Sakyamuni, the Buddha's sect, Master Sakyamuni!" the monk said.

Lin Chen's face became solemn when he heard this.

This monk turned out to be from the Buddha Sect, which was a seventh-level force. He felt a little nervous.

"Why, the donor is unwilling to help?" Seeing Lin Chen's silence, Lord Sakyamuni asked again.