If there is an opportunity to safely and without a trace eliminate Zhang Xiaohua, Zhang Chen would certainly not mind making a calculated move.
"This matter still requires careful planning. At a critical moment, deliver a fatal blow to Zhang Xiaohua. If it succeeds, Zhang Xiaohua will vanish like smoke, becoming a thing of the past. If it fails, I’m afraid I won’t be able to stay at Yellow Heaven Dao. Of course, the most crucial part is to find a way to erase all traces of myself, leaving no chance for Yellow Heaven Dao to detect. To me, the most important thing is to hide and absorb Incense Faith within Yellow Heaven Dao," Zhang Chen kept reminding himself.
Targeting Zhang Xiaohua or rescuing Xie Lingyun is just incidental; the main goal is to lie low in the Daoist Temple, then steal Yellow Heaven Dao’s results, devour Yellow Heaven Dao’s Power of Faith, and use it to enhance my own skills.
When Zhang Chen returned to the Daoist Temple, Xiaodouding was cultivating. Zhang Chen stepped forward to wake Xiaodouding up, only to see Xiaodouding, with a face full of reluctance, glaring at Zhang Chen: "Zhang Chen, don’t you know how annoying it is to disturb someone while they’re cultivating?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I’m annoying, but I acquired an item that can assist in cultivating the Visualization Technique. I was originally planning to give it to someone as a cultivation resource, but since I’m so annoying, let’s just forget about it." Zhang Chen said casually.
"What? You have a treasure that assists in cultivation?" Upon hearing this, Xiaodouding’s eyes widened, immediately jumping off the bed and clinging to Zhang Chen like a koala: "Zhang Chen, are you telling the truth or not?"
"Of course it’s not true." Zhang Chen teased the child with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Xiaodouding didn’t believe it, clinging to Zhang Chen’s neck and shaking it while whining, making Zhang Chen feel as if he were holding his daughter. His heart melted, and he quickly said, "Alright, alright, get down first; I’ll give you the treasure."
Upon hearing this, Xiaodouding obediently jumped down, and Zhang Chen pulled out a prepared bottle of Yellow Spring Water from his sleeve, and said to Xiaodouding, "This is called Yellow Spring Water, extremely precious. Use it well, but do not disclose it, lest it brings mortal danger."
Xiaodouding, being sensible, carefully accepted the Purification Bottle, then looked at Zhang Chen expectantly: "How do I use this?"
"One drop at a time." Zhang Chen replied.
Upon hearing this, Xiaodouding immediately carried the Purification Bottle back upstairs to his room: "I won’t eat dinner, and don’t disturb me at lunch either."
Watching Xiaodouding run off with excitement, Zhang Chen shook his head and entered his bed to take out the Golden Seal.
With his head lowered, examining the Golden Seal in hand, he saw that it was a golden yellow, woven with fine gold threads, and both ends were crafted into exquisite scrolls with pure gold.
Zhang Chen was quite satisfied with the Golden Seal. The next step would be to use magical power for sacrificial refining. In the past, Zhang Chen would have needed at least ten years to refine this item into a Magical Treasure, but now with the assistance of the Power of Incense, which can restore magical power at any time, refining this item would take just three to five days.
However, refining the Six-Word True Mantra Seal would again delay the upgrade time of the Water Stabilizing Rune. Zhang Chen hesitated slightly before deciding to delay the refining of the Six-Word True Mantra Seal.
Xiaodouding can afford to wait an extra ten or fifteen days, but the timing for the Daoist Temple Great Contest is uncertain, and the time for conferring the Water God is also uncertain; it could start at any moment. Therefore, the most important thing for me is to first cultivate the Water Stabilizing Rune.
Soon Zhang Chen came up with an idea: "That secret chamber in the underground space was refined with Divine Power. What if I devour the Divine Power of the underground secret chamber?"
Zhang Chen’s heart was stirred. If he absorbed the Divine Power of the underground secret chamber during the day and the Divine Power of the statue at night, wouldn’t that mean he could gain two million points a day?
Not to mention refining the Water Stabilizing Rune, even refining the Six-Word True Mantra Seal would not be delayed.
The only concern is whether the Divine Power of the underground secret chamber is enough for me to devour.
But as they say, one should always have dreams. What if it succeeds?
"To absorb Divine Power underground, I need to manifest my true form underground. However, it’s all rock and sand down there, so I first need to create some space to accommodate myself." Zhang Chen calculated in his heart, and with the next moment, the Penetration Technique was activated again, diving into the ground, and according to the memory from last time, he soon found the secret chamber wrapped in incense Divine Power.
But the surroundings of the secret chamber were all rocky, and creating space wouldn’t be easy.
Even though Zhang Chen mastered the Water Control Technique, the underground rock was too hard for him to squeeze out space with the Water Control Technique alone.
Fortunately, Zhang Chen lived up to his reputation. He set his sights on his own Beast Taming Technique; while the Water Control Technique couldn’t compress the rock, he could use the Beast Taming Technique to excavate, couldn’t he?
The world is not lacking in pangolins.
"I need at least ten pangolins and have them work day and night to excavate underground as quickly as possible." Zhang Chen has an idea, so he used the Penetration Technique again, descending the mountain to search for pangolins.
For Zhang Chen, finding pangolins wasn’t difficult. When the Beast Control Technique was activated, all wild animals within two kilometers were within Zhang Chen’s sensing range. After searching the mountain for half a day, he had already found ten pangolins.
Then Zhang Chen calculated the position and began arranging for the Chuanshan Armor to start digging.