Purple Mist Dao Master-Chapter 817 - 524: Only the Rich Can Buy Their Lives; The Poor Deserve to Die!

Yan Chuan blasted Gu De apart and swiftly fled.

At this moment, Five Blessings City was in chaos, and outside was no different. Having changed his appearance, it was impossible to trace Yan Chuan's slaying of a Divine General from Five Blessings City.

And that Gu De—

"Attempted extortion!"

"You even wanted to mark my aura?"

Yan Chuan held a small item obtained from the body of Gudu after killing Gu De, a fourth-rank Miracle Item resembling a Wolf Brush, capable of marking and then tracking an aura, similar to the fifth-rank Miracle Item 'Jinxiu Compass' Yan Chuan got from Fu Manduo. However, the 'Jinxiu Compass' didn't need to mark to trace an aura and was far more convenient than Gu De's Wolf Brush.

"Bringing about your own demise!"

Yan Chuan put away the Wolf Brush and also collected the three fourth-rank surprise weapons that Gu De hadn't surrendered yet, the 'Fourth-Rank Five Elements Ring' that Yan Chuan just handed over, and 20 Primordial Pills in cash.

He indeed gained quite a bit.

If Gu De hadn't foolishly marked Yan Chuan with the Wolf Brush, Yan Chuan might not have risked killing him in Five Blessings City.

But since there was malice, and Yan Chuan happened to meet him again outside the city, he killed him easily, as he wasn't a good person anyway.

Leaving Five Blessings City, Yan Chuan sprinted all the way, never daring to take off the 'Purple Gold Armor.' Moreover, with the Third-Rank Physique and the 'Fire Protection' attribute granted by the 'three Hao hairs' from the Moth Vine, Yan Chuan didn't need to fear Heavenly Fire and Earth Fire too much.

Moreover, with his reaction speed and movement speed, upon seeing the Heavenly Fire fall or sensing the Earth Fire surging, he could swiftly dodge.

Even if slightly grazed, with his capabilities he could withstand it.

However, 'Lu Yuru from the North Mansion' and the 'Monkey King Avatar' might not be able to withstand it.

Therefore—

[Miracle Item·North Mansion (Level 50): The Treasure has been damaged, tier fallen, containing six stone rooms, each can accommodate 1 person.]

(Upgradeable.)

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[Miracle Item·North Mansion (Level 51): The Treasure has been damaged, tier fallen, containing 12 stone rooms, each can accommodate 1 person. Can absorb and store Primordial Qi.]

(Upgradeable.)

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For the safety of Lu Yuru and the Monkey King Avatar in the stone rooms, Yan Chuan finally enhanced the 'North Mansion' again.

"Sixth-Rank North Mansion."

"12 stone rooms."

"Moreover, it can absorb and store Primordial Qi?"

Yan Chuan was slightly pleased. Previously, the stone rooms in the 'Fifth Rank·Northern Mansion' had the same sparse Primordial Qi as the outside and possessed no special qualities, but now at the sixth rank, it could absorb and store Primordial Qi, benefiting not only Yan Chuan who could utilize it but also Lu Yuru and the Monkey King Avatar who resided in the stone room!

This was excellent news!

The only challenge was—

"Fifth-Rank exotic treasure, from Level 41 to 50, requires 5.5 million Spirituality."

"Sixth-Rank exotic treasure, from Level 51 to 60, requires 55 million Spirituality."

According to the 'Treasure Rock' rules for enhancing Miracle Items, a Sixth-Rank exotic treasure needs 55 million Spirituality to go from initial entry to peak, and from Level 60 to 61, transitioning from the sixth to seventh rank, it needs another 10 million.

That is to say—

"To ascend to the seventh rank, requires another 65 million Spirituality."

Yan Chuan felt a toothache.

If he worked himself to death, he still couldn't gather that much Spirituality; truly, even the Level Four 'Treasure Rock' providing him eight basic quotas and crafting 'Immortal Stones' after gaining two more quotas puzzled him:"Can I support 10 Miracle Items?"

One seventh-rank is 65 million Spirituality.

Ten seventh-ranks require 650 million Spirituality.

"Creating one Self Martial True Skill only gives 500,000 Spirituality."

"Currently, I can't even create a complete True Skill."

"650 million Spirituality?"

"It needs at least 1300 True Skills or 2600 Geng Five Absolute Skills."

Yan Chuan's liver trembled!

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Yan Chuan didn't think much, racing at full speed toward Hunxi Territory.

Along the way.

Rumble!

The sky was full of flowing fire.

The ground spewed Earth Fire.

Volcanic fumes filled the air.

The dust from cooling magma spread across the sky.

Once again, the evaporation of rivers and lakes from the falling Heavenly and Earth Fire sent water vapor soaring.

The mortal world was shrouded in mist.

Beacon fires were everywhere.

In the face of such an epic disaster, Yan Chuan's power was too insignificant to save the world.

Ultimately, his strength was too weak.

But his companions and loved ones, he must protect well.

"Master!"

"Wait for me!"

Yan Chuan sped straight to Lishan Sect.

Along the way, besides mountains and rivers, there were various tribes, towns, and cities. When faced with a calamity, tribes and towns couldn't resist, suffering heavy casualties. Only some cities depicted arrays, activating them at critical moments. Although they couldn't withstand as firmly as Five Blessings City, they could keep most of the Earth Fire and Heavenly Fire at bay, and any scattered flames causing fires in the city were quickly extinguished.

Cities!

Suddenly became the best 'Refuges.'

But cities had owners, and people lived within. Like in Five Blessings City, where everyone was barred outside unless they paid to enter, such 'profiteering in a crisis' was common practice.

Alas!

Only with money can one buy their life.

Penniless people deserve to die.

In this world, without power, status, or wealth, one truly didn't even have the right to live.

A city is like this.

All cities are like this.

Very few will open the city gates to accept refugees from all directions, but such cities are too few.

But those cities that allow refugees in—

City residents discriminate against refugees.

Refugees enter the city and harm the residents, crimes and chaos are countless.

Great chaos!

Too chaotic!

Human nature is complex.

It's not that one group shares the same character or personality; among refugees there are pitiable and timid ones, but also arrogant, dark, and evil individuals. When the numbers reach ten thousand, with all kinds present, faced with natural disaster, when their livelihoods are completely destroyed, some survive, some collapse, while others become completely insane and degenerate.

From this perspective, it seems somewhat understandable why many cities won't let refugees in.

"What about me?"

"If it were the well-fortified Tan Valley Royal City, faced with many refugees exceeding the city's capacity, would I order the city gates open, allowing them to come in and out freely?"

If a city becomes overcrowded and paralyzed, causing its normally safe residents to suffer and lose their lives, isn't that also a crime?

Yan Chuan's journey has been from shock to compassion, from anger to confusion.

Mortal world inferno!

Powerless!

For the first time, he felt such a strong sense of helplessness—

"Innate!"

"Divine General!"

He thought his strength was continuously improving, gaining importance in Great Yan, even able to teach ten million people in Xingyi Boxing. Yan Chuan believed he had become someone of importance.

But today, one heavenly calamity jolts Yan Chuan back to reality—

"I'm still far from it!"

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Traveling is refining the heart.

Yan Chuan's 'traveling thousands of miles' plan was forced to stop before it even truly began, but traveling and refining the heart had already started. Martial artists inquire their own heart and see their true self clearly, this is a form of cultivation.

Yan Chuan at this moment is in the midst of it, without any subjective intent to 'refine the heart', but the passive effect is more effective.

Walk all the way.

Observe all the way.

Mind stirring, thoughts flying.

Five Blessings City is over ten thousand miles from Lishan, Yan Chuan steps into 'Purple Gold War Boots', activates "Wave Riding Micro Steps", speeds at 500 meters per second, equivalent to one mile per second, a speed of 1800 km/h.

An hour, 3600 miles.

Yan Chuan rests once every hour, recovers True Qi, rests five times a day, on the sixth trip he already sees the continuous mountains towering.

This is Lishan!

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"Indeed, it is Lishan!"

Seeing Lishan, Yan Chuan completely relaxes.

As he expected, even Five Blessings City is protected by arrays, able to resist heavenly and earth fire, and though Lishan Sect doesn't have an Array Master on the surface, it's a War God level sect after all. In their own mountain gate, with Lishan as foundation, the arrangement of arrays must not be lacking.

At this moment, upon seeing, it was indeed so.

Look at the array within Lishan after array, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, with shifting colors, under the attack of heavenly fire from above and earth fire from below, it remains steadfast.

It even can actively strike, dissipating heavenly fire from above far away, forcefully suppressing earth fire from below, appearing calm as an ancient well.

Outer mountain peaks open up, accommodating refugees from all sides temporarily, avoiding heavenly and earth fire, Yan Chuan stands atop a peak outside Lishan with a thousand-mile telescope gazing afar—

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[Miracle Item·Thousand-Mile Telescope (Level 30): Can view thousands of miles unobstructed, can see through ten miles with obstacles, freely adjusts viewing distance, clear vision in darkness.]

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Yan Chuan stands on a distant mountain peak, looks afar, raises the 'Thousand-Mile Telescope' to view Lishan.

This miracle item takes the place of 'Five Elements Ring'. After Yan Chuan scavenged in Golden Talisman City, all raw stones that could be sensed by the 'Third-Rank Five Elements Ring' for 'Third-Rank Five Elements Balance' were swept away. It's hard to harvest again in the short term, and Yan Chuan had long considered replacing surprise weapons.

Today when a toll was required outside Five Blessings City, Yan Chuan temporarily strengthened the 'Five Elements Ring' from three ranks to four ranks, prepared to use it as payment afterward and break it to free up space. However, when that guard sought trouble, Yan Chuan killed him, and the 'Five Elements Ring' sent out returned, but eventually it was still mercilessly broken by Yan Chuan.

During the 'Beast Tide', the role of 'Third-Rank Thousand-Mile Telescope' is far greater than that of a 'Fourth-Rank Five Elements Ring'.

For instance, at this moment.

Yan Chuan observes Lishan from afar, seeing more of the situation, seeing Lishan saving thousands.

Lishan Sect!

Boundless merits!

"When poor, remain virtuous and honest, when rich, benefit the world."

Lishan Sect is undoubtedly 'rich', even if they can't 'benefit the world', at least they can care for the surroundings of Lishan, not idly by.

Yan Chuan uses '72 Transformations', changes appearance, strides into Lishan.

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Lishan Sect.

Four Saints Peak, Jiujiang Institute.

Divine Hand Valley, Chunjiang Courtyard.

This is the location of Elder Zhou Shun's courtyard, the last among the Ten Elders of Jiujiang Institute. Zhou Shun specializes in cultivating and refining elixir pills, knows some horse breeding and training skills. Therefore, the industries in Chunjiang Courtyard primarily involve cultivating medicine, refining elixirs, and horse breeding, divided into Cultivation Hall, Alchemy Hall, and Black Dragon Hall, specializing in these three businesses.

Among them, the Alchemy Hall has recently had a rising star named 'Cheng Fengxiao', having been a disciple for just over a year, learning alchemy for half a year, yet already able to proficiently refine first and second rank elixirs, with rapid progress and remarkable talent.

This day.

Cheng Fengxiao holds a 'Star Stone' and looks beyond, trying and can't help but sigh: "It still doesn't work."

Since the arrival of the heavenly calamity, Cheng Fengxiao has attempted to use the 'Star Stone' to return to Great Yan, but can't. Lishan Sect's arrays are fully activated, with Primordial Qi fluctuation, making the 'Star Stone' unable to summon the 'Star Gate', Cheng Fengxiao is stuck inside.

He is in Lishan Sect, actually isolated from information, unaware of what's happening outside.

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