Master of Strange Dao

Yu Ziqing looked back and saw that the pursuers had disappeared.

He let out a sigh of relief. Fighting was definitely not an option. With reinforcements on their side, the moment a fight broke out and didn't conclude quickly, the enemy would surely multiply.

That guy had numerous techniques, and it was not certain he could kill him and the Big Ghost in a short time, but a stalemate was no problem for him.

It was best to escape as quickly as possible.

Entering a local Earth Deity Divine Country and not seeing any pursuers, Yu Ziqing felt somewhat assured.

Those who were not Earth Deities, not confined to their territories, could not easily breach the Earth Deity Divine Country to come and go freely.

They should need to use the regular entrances and exits to shuttle between the Earth Deity Divine Country and the normal world.

Normally, the only one who could freely shuttle back and forth would be the owner of that Earth Deity Divine Country.

Considering that local ancestral halls and similar places couldn't be temporarily incorporated into the Earth Deity Divine Country, this was probably the only non-violent means outsiders could use to stealthily enter and exit.

Bing Bajiu and his companions probably had a similar method to sneak into the Earth Deity Divine Country.

Yu Ziqing looked at the ancestral hall in his hand, which was completely unrecognizable. The core was well-preserved, but it looked a bit odd on the surface due to the preservation efforts.

Unfortunately, Yu Ziqing couldn't refine Magical Treasures and didn't know how to shrink it without damaging the ancestral hall to make it a core of a Magical Treasure.

If it could shrink to the size of a ring, it might still maintain the concealment within a ten-foot radius.

Carrying a fragile house on his back was not ideal.

If it were destroyed in the Earth Deity Divine Country, he would easily become a sitting duck.

Yu Ziqing squatted on the border of the Earth Deity Divine Country and waited for three whole days, contacting Yang in the meantime.

"That's basically the situation.

You can keep an eye on whether anyone comes out of the archway.

Although I feel those people are bluffing, theoretically, there still seems to be some possibility.

After all, this place can actually be considered a seal.

Also, is there any way to make that ancestral hall smaller and turn it into a small Magical Treasure that is easy to carry?"

"Yes." Yang immediately confirmed and then paused for a while before the next sentence appeared.

"But you do not have Qi Refinement, so you cannot use it."

"That's like saying nothing. Can't Body Refinement and Refining God be used for Artifact Refining? When I'm Cultivating God, I still have flames on me."

"Forget it; your flames are absolutely not for Artifact Refining, give it up."

Yu Ziqing left the Seventh Floor ring, not continuing his argument with Yang.

He then went off to find a way to get some Spiritual Fire and a method to refine artifacts that did not require Qi Refinement.

There should be many Refining God cultivators, but his kind of Refining God essentially followed the Hungry Ghost Dao, and ordinary methods were probably unusable.

Therefore, Qi Refining cultivators were really destined to be targeted.

Once Qi Refining cultivators were targeted, not only were most Dharma Methods unusable, but all aspects of cultivation were directly targeted as well.

The adaptability and expandability of Qi Refining cultivators in all aspects were the strongest, without a doubt.

However, Yu Ziqing didn't plan to practice Qi Refinement in the short term.

The combination of Body Refinement and Refining God already occupied too much of his attention.

Besides, Qi Refining cultivators were not good at hiding.

He planned to talk about Qi Refinement after reaching the Ninth Tier in Body Refinement, making it difficult to be killed.

After three days, Yu Ziqing carried the ancestral hall along the edge of the Earth Deity Divine Country, sneaking around to the other side.

After crossing the boundary of the Earth Deity Divine Country, he cautiously peeked out, confirmed there was no issue, slipped out quietly, and packed up the ancestral hall, moving forward on the ground.

The benefit of Body Cultivation showed at this moment.

Yu Ziqing exuded no True Yuan fluctuations, and as long as he restrained his Qi-Blood, he was hard to detect in a cultivator's broad sensing range.

Even some Detection Secret Techniques wouldn't resonate with his presence.

If he had some hidden Secret Technique Divine Skills, hiding would be even easier.

This innate advantage was beyond Qi Refining cultivators, though Qi Refining cultivators often engaged in nesting doll schemes.

You break my concealment methods, I break your breaking method, you break mine again—this activity seemed endless.

As for Body Cultivation, Yu Ziqing always thought it was probably because the orthodox Qi Refinement cultivators looked down on these hard-up practitioners and were too lazy to spend their already limited attention targeting them.

The current estimation was enough, and perhaps in the future, when Jinlan Mountain's Body Cultivators went through the village chief's tests and went out.

Those guys might then spare some effort to think of strengthening countermeasures to deal with these hard-up practitioners.

Just like now, methods against Earth Deities, except those by the Divine Dynasty court, were almost non-existent.

To kill an Earth Deity, one could only use brute force; there were basically no specific targeting methods.

So, if Yu Ziqing wanted to kill an Earth Deity now, aside from poisoning, there were no other means.

And poisoning was only effective the first time; subsequently, it probably wouldn't work well.

At most, he'd be like a rat turd, spoiling a whole pot of porridge.

Walking through the wilderness, seeing no trace of anyone, occasionally spotting tunneling light in the sky, Yu Ziqing had to hide.

He hurried to Dingmao City. If he was to be a rat turd, it had to be put to maximum effect.

Was there any place more suitable than Dingmao City?