Picking up the jade slip that came with the 'Aegis Shield', Gao Yuan probed into his spiritual thoughts for a while, and soon understood the secret to controlling this 'spiritual weapon'.
He was seen concentrating for a moment, and then he used his right hand to make a volley towards the 'Aegis Shield', and a layer of water suddenly rippled on the surface of the shield.
At the same time, with a 'click' sound, the 'Aegis Shield' suddenly opened from the side like a river clam.
In the exposed internal space, an alloy base inlaid with an intermediate spiritual stone caught his eye overnight.
"Things worth tens of thousands of intermediate spiritual stones are not even delivered with a single high-level spiritual stone!"
Gao Yuan curled his lips in displeasure, then took out an advanced spiritual stone and replaced the original intermediate spiritual stone on the alloy slot.
The right hand pinched the formula again, and there was a crisp "click" sound, and the 'Aegis Shield' closed again.
At the same time, water light appeared on its surface and started to move spontaneously.
Accompanied by a somewhat illusory buzzing sound, Gao Yuan vaguely felt as if a breeze was blowing across his cheeks.
With a very comfortable cool touch, it lingered in his heart.
His heart moved, and he subconsciously activated the second-level Qi Watching Technique.
In his special field of vision, a gray stream of energy was clearly visible, flowing out from the 'Aegis Shield' and connecting with his body through the air.
He immediately used the power of his spiritual mind to look inside, and soon discovered that after entering his body, this gray energy spontaneously gathered around his divine palace, forming a barrier to protect his divine palace.
In the middle.
"I think this energy barrier is the so-called soul shield, right?"
"Even if it is just a passive defense now, the effect seems to be very good!"
He whispered to himself, and then quickly cast a spell.
I saw the whole body of the 'Guardian Shield' trembling slightly, and the looming water suddenly became brighter.
Accompanied by a burst of powerful energy fluctuations, the previously thin stream began to surge and surge.
At the same time, as the influx of gray energy increased significantly, the barrier surrounding his divine palace quickly solidified.
"Although it has not been specifically verified, looking at this posture, it seems that it is really possible to withstand the bombardment of mid-to-low-grade divine soul attack talismans!"
After feeling it for a while, Gao Yuan nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to activate the subsequent spells.
As he continued to move the kneading technique with his right hand, auras of light surged on the surface of the 'Aegis Shield', quickly responding to his every command.
The output power of that gray energy also kept changing with his thoughts, and at the same time, its size was also changing rapidly.
After a while, Gao Yuan stopped what he was doing, and the 'Aegis Shield' returned to its original size of about a foot.
“The functions are really good in all aspects, but it’s a bit big!”
"It's just a magic weapon to activate when fighting. It's a bit inconvenient to carry it with you at ordinary times."
Holding the 'Guardian Shield' in his hand and looking at it carefully for a while, Gao Yuan said with some regret.
Different from magic weapons, whether it is a puppet or a so-called "spiritual weapon", any weapon that uses spiritual stones as energy source has an unavoidable drawback, and that is its minimum size.
Take this 'Aegis Shield' as an example. The 'size changing' talisman array is also engraved inside it, and its level is not low.
If it is driven with full force, the volume can even be enlarged to a scale of more than ten feet in diameter.
However, due to the limitation of the 'spiritual stone' in the internal energy core, even if it is shrunk to the minimum, it can only be equivalent to an ordinary breast shield, and the thickness is even more.
This makes it a little inconvenient to carry it on a daily basis, and even the hidden pocket of the robe cannot fit in it.
But if you want to put it into the storage bag, the passive soul shield will not take effect.
"Is it really necessary to use it as a breast shield and hang it on the chest like a rope?"
Gao Yuan muttered to himself a little painfully.
"Well, if it really doesn't work, this is the only way."
"After all, the main reason for buying this thing is to fear that someone who is proficient in divine soul attacks will take advantage of it. If it is received in the storage bag, its value will be greatly reduced."
"At least you should hang the 'Aegis Shield' on your body every time you go out!"
After thinking for a long time, Gao Yuan could not come up with a better solution.
I thought that there were still a lot of things to do before the next mission started, so I had to put it aside for the time being.
…
early morning.
In the physical training room, Gao Yuan was naked and sweating profusely while practicing the 'Blood Jade Technique'.
His skin was as red as blood, and as he changed his movements, wisps of clear smoke could be seen rising from the top of his head.
As the time spent refining his body increased, his physical strength also continued to increase.
With the blessing of the master-level skills, even when he is not exercising, his body will actively consume the blood yuan stored in the body and perform "hang-up" passive training.
Coupled with the unshakable active training once in the morning and evening, this made his body training progress very fast, with considerable improvement almost every day.
This feeling became especially obvious after the "Blood Jade Skill" reached the seventh level and began to temper the internal organs.
The continuous improvement of the functions of his organs has greatly improved his ability to absorb energy and convert and synthesize blood elements, which in turn can speed up his body refining progress again.
Coupled with the powerful efficacy of the top-grade body refining pill, his body refining progress can almost be described as a thousand miles a day.
After repeatedly tempering his physical body, whenever he looked inside with his spiritual mind, he could clearly feel the surface of the muscles and bones of his body, his head was covered with a layer of increasingly rich crystal texture, and the dense texture hidden deep in the muscles and bones.
Pattern!
Although influenced by his own fighting habits, he has never liked to fight in close combat with others.
However, judging from the experience of several head-to-head confrontations with second-level monsters, at this time, even if he was not able to tear apart the magic weapon with his hands, if he activated the blood-glow body protection, the ordinary second-level magic weapon would be able to
It is not easy to hurt him!
After the last movement was completed, Gao Yuan slowly finished the exercise.
He walked to the side and sat down on a stone chair, picked up the three body refining pills prepared nearby and swallowed them in one gulp.
After the potion was released, the "Blood Jade Skill" was stimulated and immediately started running at high speed, continuously converting wisps of blood essence to make up for the consumption of his previous practice.
"It has been more than half a year since I entered the seventh level of "Blood Jade Kung Fu". Although there was a slight delay due to various reasons during this period, overall the progress of my practice is pretty good."
"According to this progress estimate, I should be able to break through to the eighth level in a few months!"
"By then, the strength of my physical body should have leapt forward, and I will be one step closer to the state of perfection where the physical body is harmonious and unified!"
“I’m really looking forward to it!”
After muttering a few words in a low voice, Gao Yuan stood up and walked towards the bathroom.
…
Three days flew by.
He has been busy these days.
In addition to practicing regular exercises every day, he also successfully refined two 'Qinglan Rulers' and one 'Qianyuan Order'.
In addition, there are also many things like making alchemy and making talismans.
He kept busy in bits and pieces until this evening, when he finally felt at ease.
By the time he came to the lounge after dinner, it was already past two o'clock, which was half past five in the afternoon.
And today was the penultimate day before the deadline for the second trial mission. At this time, he was quite prepared in all aspects.
Therefore, he did not delay any more and planned to submit the second trial task today and take a look at the situation of the last task.
·
Everything is going smooth!
After he went to the Whipbearer service area to apply and submit a task, not long after returning to the exclusive secret room, he received a transmission note from the ‘Whipbearer’ organization:
"Dear trainee whip bearer, task: (Trial) No. 2, submitted successfully, the reward for this task has been credited to your name."
He did not leave in a hurry, but stood there and waited for a while.
Not long after, he saw a red spiritual light appearing in front of him again.
With a touch of his hand, a soft female voice appeared in his mind:
"Dear trainee whip bearers, mission: (Trial) No. 3 has been issued. Please pay attention to open the cross-border channel to accept the mission Jade Slip!"
After receiving the message, Gao Yuan left the Exile space without any further delay.
He took out the 'cross-border disk' and fiddled with it briefly, and a brand new jade slip appeared in his hand.
He penetrated his mind and scanned inward, and the specific information of this mission was quickly reflected in his mind:
[Task Number]: (Trial) No. 3
[Task Type]: (Whip Holder) Bounty Hunting Mission
[Mission location]: Cordy Rock City, Sunset Canyon eight hundred miles southwest
[Mission content]: Go to the ‘Sunset Canyon eight hundred miles southwest of Cordy Rock City’ and find the target of this mission (image data attached). No restrictions on any means, just kill the target.
(Note 1: The target is the deacon of Feilong City. The specific cultivation level is unknown. He is suspected to be a ninth-level monk in Kaiyuan Realm.)
(Note 2: The target is extremely powerful. This mission has been issued three times in the alliance mission area. The whereabouts of all those who accepted the mission are unknown.)
[Task period]: 30 days
[Completion Criteria]: The target only needs to die.
[Task reward]: 2500 merit points
Looking at the information reflected in the jade slips, Gao Yuan's spirit couldn't help but be shaken.
"After the young man I killed before, I finally met another target belonging to Feilong City." He whispered with some emotion in his heart.
Two years ago, when he was accumulating alliance contribution points in order to advance to the alliance authority, he also encountered a deacon from Feilong City.
Whether it was the opponent's powerful cultivation strength or the endless treasures on his body, they all left a very deep impression on him, and he is still fresh in his memory.
And through the description of this mission information, especially the subsequent remarks, it can be seen that the strength of this mission target cannot be underestimated.
"Tsk! It was issued in the mission area three times, and the whereabouts of all the people who took the mission are unknown."
"The most important thing is that this pursuit mission has been issued three times in a row. The other party should be very aware that they are being hunted by the Exile Alliance."
"According to normal logic, shouldn't we first find a safe place to hide and avoid the limelight?"
"And the other party is from Feilong City. Under normal circumstances, even if you don't return to Feilong City, you should find a safe place. Why are you still staying in the Northern Territory now?"
"Is this person so confident in his own strength?"
Gao Yuan analyzed with some confusion, trying to find out the reason why the other party still stayed in the Northern Territory.
"Either the other party has special reasons such as a mission and cannot leave for the time being, or the other party is really talented and bold!"
As his mind turned, he focused on the end of the jade slip, which contained the target's image data.
Judging from the images, this is a very strong, bald man, and he looks to be between thirty and forty years old.
"No matter what, let's make preparations first. Fortunately, the target location this time is not in a town, which saves me a lot of trouble."
"Well, the mission period is thirty days. To be on the safe side, let's spend about half a month doing solid preparations!"
With this in mind, Gao Yuan took out the Exile mask again and entered the exclusive secret room.
…
Half a month goes by in a blink of an eye.
As soon as it got light, Gao Yuan had already finished his breakfast and set out.
In the past fifteen days, except for the necessary meditation exercises to restore energy, he spent almost all of them busy.
Out of caution for the upcoming war, he once again expanded his preparations based on the original ones.
Not only are the two top-quality talismans the 'Qianyuan Order' and the 'Qinglan Ruler', but they have also been prepared separately.
Various versions of talismans and spherical battle puppets have been prepared and doubled again based on the original ones.
Not only that, considering that the other party is not a casual cultivator but a deacon of Feilong City, there is also the possibility that he has an accomplice.
Therefore, just in case, he refined the 'Jin Yuan Pill', 'Five Spirit Pills' and even the 'Body Refining Pill' a few times each to ensure that his battery life would be worry-free.
During this period, due to the shortage of spiritual stones, he also took out several original spells and talisman cultivation and production methods, and sold them in the alliance trading area.
After some preparation, he felt that he was really armed to the teeth this time.
At this time, let alone hunting down a Feilong City deacon who might be alone, even if the opponent had a few more accomplices on this basis, he would be confident of killing them all!
…
Jinyan City is one of the sixteen main cities in the Northern Territory. It is located at the western end of the Northern Territory. It is separated from Qingliang City by three main cities. The straight-line distance between the two is more than 7,000 miles.
Therefore, even though Gao Yuan had set out early in the morning, by the time he saw the outline of the cordyyan city wall from a distance, the sky had already turned completely dark.
Even with his current level of cultivation, he still felt indescribably exhausted after flying all the way down.
Today happens to be a dark moon night, there are no stars or moon in the sky, and the surrounding areas are completely covered by a vast expanse of night.
Gao Yuan stood in mid-air, about dozens of miles away from Cordy Rock City, turned on his Qi-gazing technique and looked downwards, and soon found his temporary foothold tonight.
This is a small mound less than a hundred meters above the ground, covered with birch trees that have lost their leaves.
I saw him skillfully escaping underground and simply opening it for a while, and a simple settlement was completed.
After simply eating some dried meat he carried with him, Gao Yuan began to fall into trance. While practicing, he also used this to recover his energy which was somewhat overdrawn during the day.