I Can Travel between Two Worlds

If encountering a cultivator in the late Golden Core stage, both Long Ba and the eight hundred thousand spirit stones in his storage bag would be forfeited, making it not worth the risk.

Therefore, Lin Chen issued an order to Long Ba.

He instructed him to stay safely within Guangyuan Town from then on.

At the same time, Lin Chen dispatched several martial arts puppets of various shapes and sizes to Guangyuan Town.

Early the next day, Long Ba strolled around Guangyuan Town Marketplace with his storage bag.

In passing, the storage bag ended up in the hands of another puppet.

After exchanging hands a few times, ensuring no one noticed, the puppet with the storage bag entered an inn.

Yet Lin Chen dared not let this puppet directly bring the storage bag to him.

The means within the cultivation realm are unpredictable and enigmatic.

If by chance, this storage bag were marked, allowing its location to be tracked back to him?

Moreover, martial arts puppets do not possess divine sense and cannot open storage bags.

"It seems, finding a puppet that can use storage bags needs to be considered..."

Lin Chen stroked his chin.

For a long period following, he planned to remain in low profile.

Though martial arts puppets are advantageous, there are some drawbacks, as they indeed cannot use divine sense.

Having intermediaries handle these matters would be best...

But without exposing his identity, Lin Chen currently trusted only puppets.

Thinking of this, Lin Chen suddenly thought of—Jade Ghost!

By placing Jade Ghost’s divine soul into a martial arts puppet, the situation may change somewhat...

"However, can the enlightenment puppets of the Great Xia Country allow a divine soul to be placed inside?"

"It might require further research. Perhaps a method could be found in the puppet secret techniques left by the Golden Yuan Sect..."

Lin Chen pondered silently.

He need not personally handle these matters; just by suggesting an idea, the Great Xia Country has plenty of talents to assist him.

Thus, Lin Chen could devote more effort to cultivation and ensuring his own safety.

In the days that followed.

Every night, Lin Chen collaborated with several array masters to set up arrays in Fog Mountain, while continuing his cultivation during the day.

Simultaneously, Lin Chen released thirty to forty puppets in batches.

They were spread throughout the towns and marketplaces within Yanlai Realm and Fog Country.

Lin Chen did not instruct these puppets to trade, but instead had them act as informants, providing him with intelligence.

...

Soon, a month passed.

During the past month, two incidents occurred.

The first incident:

At the Guangyuan Commerce Association, Chairman Liu acted swiftly, investigating potential traitors within the association in secret.

Within just one month of covert investigation, he indeed exposed several managers at the auction house.

These managers were indeed secretly searching for the whereabouts of "Master Five Thunders," tempted by the reward of three hundred and eighty thousand spirit stones.

Chairman Liu, true to his word, discreetly invited Long Ba over and took care of those managers.

Upon learning of this, Lin Chen recognized Chairman Liu’s resolve.

Though complete trust could not yet be established, Lin Chen still instructed Long Ba to give Chairman Liu six Golden Yuan Pills and nearly a thousand magical treasures.

This ensured the Guangyuan Auction continued for the next half year.

Of course, the primary reason was that Lin Chen did not want to lose the financial opportunity provided by the auction house.

The second incident: the puppets Lin Chen needed were fabricated.

On this day, Lin Chen retrieved an unremarkable puppet and summoned Jade Ghost, who was concealed within the jade.

"Try entering this puppet."

"Yes, Master!"

Jade Ghost said sweetly, then slipped into the puppet’s body.

As an aura surged forth, Jade Ghost opened her eyes.

"Master, this body... feels somewhat weak..."

Jade Ghost, accustomed to being a spirit, now having a body, felt a sense of restriction, as though confined.

Lin Chen nodded:

"Bear with it for now; the previous owner of this corpse only had cultivation at the Foundation Establishment Perfection stage... naturally while you’re in it, your power will be somewhat restrained."

Since absorbing the residual soul of Ghost Eye, Jade Ghost’s cultivation had advanced rapidly, reaching the late stage of Ghost Pill.

And although trapped within this Foundation Establishment stage flesh body, she could exert power close to the mid Core Formation stage.

Lin Chen withdrew a storage bag and said:

"Try and see if you can retrieve what’s inside."

Jade Ghost nodded; as the storage bag lacked any restrictions, she easily retrieved the contents.

Seeing this, Lin Chen nodded:

"Good! Next, I entrust a task to you: establish a shop in the marketplace of Changchun Mountain."

"Afterwards, periodically, someone will seek you out and deliver a storage bag to you... thoroughly check the inside of the storage bag for restrictions. If none exist, you then handle the contents of the storage bag..."

Jade Ghost nodded after listening, promptly leaving Qinghe City in the night without any fuss.

Using Jade Ghost as an intermediary, checking the storage bag for restrictions was quite fitting.

Firstly, Jade Ghost’s divine soul is strong enough; traces left behind and minor tricks cannot escape her detection.

Secondly, Jade Ghost’s original soul resides with Lin Chen, translating to having her life held by Lin Chen; thus, the risk of betrayal is minimized.

The choice of Changchun Mountain’s marketplace as the intermediary site was due to its safety.

"Hmm, with this line established... the spirit stones from transactions can be smoothly retrieved."

"Even if somewhat troublesome, with an annual profit of two to three million spirit stones... abandoning it would be impossible!"

Lin Chen thought silently.

As his cultivation progressed, the spirit stones consumed during his training increased exponentially.

Coupled with the insatiable demands of the Devouring Spirit Root, forsaking the auction house’s revenue could lead to deficits...

Facing no other option, Lin Chen could only resort to risky measures.

If caught, it would be Jade Ghost who suffers.

Lin Chen could certainly erase her existence before she divulged any information.

...

Several months passed, with peace prevailing at the front line.

The Demon Sect seemed to have abandoned large-scale invasions into Fog Country, only occasionally dispatching squads of demon cultivators to harass Lingxuan City, avoiding massive casualties.

With the natural defense provided by the Fog Mountain range, demon cultivators find it challenging to conquer Lingxuan and Qinghe cities unless Blood Pupil Demon personally intervenes.

As for the Righteous Alliance’s attempt to rally and retake Purple Smoke Realm, it remains improbable.

To this day, the bodies of Wan Xun and others who perished in battle over half a year ago are yet to be retrieved...

Under the arrangement of the Array Peak Master, the setup of the Mist Array reached its final stages.

Lin Chen no longer needed to venture out at night for array setup, freeing more time to execute his own plans.

Until one day, Lin Chen once again returned to Blue Star.

After instructing Wang Lishan and others, Lin Chen proceeded to the cultivation room for seclusion.

Lin Chen was on the cusp of attaining the Fifth Turn Golden Core.

Inside the cultivation room, Lin Chen’s thoughts stirred, as three thousand middle-grade spirit stones scattered around him.

Following that, the Devouring Spirit Root activated, and Lin Chen began to charge toward the Fifth Turn Golden Core.

In a flash, five days passed.

As the True Essence filled his dantian, successfully completing a cycle of True Essence compression.

Within the dantian, surrounding the Golden Core, a new strand of transparent mist satin appeared.

Thus, the Fifth Turn Golden Core was achieved!

Lin Chen slowly rose, sensing the changes in the True Essence within his body, nodding in satisfaction.

"Not bad, the Fifth Turn Golden Core... True Essence has increased by at least twenty percent!"

Lin Chen silently calculated.

Since he began his cultivation, a decade had passed.

In ten years, transitioning from a mere mortal to a Fifth Turn Golden Core, even with twice the cultivation time, the pace has been astounding.

Of course, the cost and resources spent have been substantial.

After stepping into the mid Golden Core stage, Lin Chen needed over a thousand spirit stones daily for cultivation.

Throughout a year, maintaining basic cultivation required nearly fifty thousand spirit stones, over ten times that of cultivators in the same stage...

"At this rate, within three years, I should break through to the late Golden Core stage..."

"In terms of martial path cultivation, it also approaches the middle level of Martial Venerable..."

Lin Chen nodded in satisfaction.

Confidence stems from strength, and every advancement in cultivation heightens Lin Chen’s sense of security.

"Over at Jade Ghost, nearly two million spirit stones have been accumulated... it’s time to retrieve them."

"However, before retrieval, caution must be exercised..."

"It’s not that I distrust Guangyuan Auction, but the allure of the four million spirit stones bounty is deeply tempting!"

Lin Chen muttered, squinting his eyes.

In half a year, his bounty increased by another twenty thousand spirit stones...