In just three months, Chen Xia borrowed one hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones.
This could be regarded as setting a record.
So much so that many cultivators thought Chen Xia was planning to make a fortune and then run away.
Although Chen Xia had lent out many flying swords, in the final analysis, these flying swords were all controlled by Chen Xia, and they were only borrowed temporarily.
As long as Chen Xia had a single thought, these flying swords would return instantly.
The question was whether Chen Xia had such an intention.
The cultivators who had borrowed money were obviously a little worried, but not too much. After all, they had borrowed only a few dozen or a hundred spirit stones at most.
Especially after learning that Di Du had borrowed twenty - five thousand spirit stones, and Qiu Li had borrowed thirty thousand spirit stones plus a kidney, they immediately became calm.
If those who had borrowed twenty or thirty thousand spirit stones were not worried, why should they, who had borrowed only a few dozen or a hundred spirit stones, be worried?
It was just that no one knew why Qiu Li had been a bit irritable these days. He was guarding the entrance of Di Du's cave, shouting for Di Du to come out and fight to the death.
When passing disciples took a look, they found that Qiu Li still had medicinal herbs on his waist and was tied with bandages. At that moment, they couldn't help but exclaim.
"As expected of a potential Great Emperor. Even with only one kidney, he is still so bold!"
Naturally, Di Du would not go out. He sat in the cave and practiced silently. With just a few words, he had made Qiu Li lose a kidney. He had already won a great victory.
If it hadn't been for Chen Xia's obstruction at that time, he would have asked Qiu Li to have his other kidney removed as well.
It was just out of respect for Chen Xia.
Di Du lowered his head. He had thought of the reason for Chen Xia's borrowing money some time ago.
It was to gather three hundred thousand spirit stones, which was the price of the white vine grass in the air above Qiong Qi.
There were two ways to deal with it after gathering the money. One was to go and apologize to Qiong Qi, and then this matter would be over, and the enmity between them would be ended.
This would be Chen Xia taking the initiative to bow his head to Qiong Qi, which was harmful to the Dao heart of a potential Great Emperor.
The second way was to exchange three hundred thousand spirit stones for the white vine flower, and then Qiong Qi would need to use other things to repay the half - lives of the big yellow dog and Chi Yu.
Di Du thought that Chen Xia should choose the second method, but he was not sure.
After all, there were too many things involved behind Qiong Qi. The first was the Third Elder, and then the Third Elder was on good terms with the Second Elder, and there was also another large family behind them.
What Chen Xia relied on was the Fishing Elder, who was the guardian elder of the Azure Sky Sword Sea.
On the surface, the two sides seemed not much different, but the benefits that Qiong Qi brought to the Azure Sky Sword Sea were obviously greater. The family behind him would give a large amount of financial support to the Azure Sky Sword Sea every year.
Di Du shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He was ready to watch the show. Anyway, real life - and - death battles were not allowed among potential Great Emperors in the Azure Sky Sword Sea.
It was estimated that in the end, it would be a lose - lose situation.
The rules of the Azure Sky Sword Sea had always been like this.
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The bronze sword was suspended in the air.
"Next time you use more force, how about we directly cut off Qiong Qi's head?"
Chen Xia discussed with the bronze sword.
The bronze sword shook its hilt, which could be regarded as nodding in agreement.
"Then we have an agreement. No matter what, we must cut off Qiong Qi's head!"
The bronze sword buzzed, already eager to try. Obviously, being defeated last time also made it a bit unhappy.
After doing the ideological work for the bronze sword, Chen Xia began to plan other preparations.
In the Azure Sky Sword Sea, life - and - death battles among potential Great Emperors were not allowed.
So if he wanted to kill Qiong Qi, he had to make it so that others could not come to the rescue in time. Therefore, it had to be very fast and concealed.
The method he thought of was to use the Samsara Desperate Situation. At the moment of pulling Qiong Qi into it, he would use the final killing move, so that everyone would not be able to react in time.
This plan was feasible, but it still needed to be optimized.
Another problem was what kind of consequences he would face after killing Qiong Qi.
Chen Xia specifically checked it. The lowest punishment for killing another potential Great Emperor was imprisonment for several hundred years, and the highest was the death penalty.
That is to say, he might exchange his life for Qiong Qi's.
Of course, Chen Xia was unwilling to do this. So he came up with other ideas.
The ideas of the external incarnation and the white jade futon.
The white jade futon could transfer consciousness, and the external incarnation was actually evolved from consciousness.
At present, no one knew that his external incarnation was almost the same as his main body, and his consciousness could move back and forth between the two bodies.
It was just that there was a distance limit for this movement, about four or five planets apart.
Chen Xia also had another technique for hiding his aura, which was the "Turtle - Breathing Technique" that he had been cultivating all along.
This technique, which was practiced by sacrificing lifespan, could allow cultivators to hide their auras slightly during cultivation.
The combination of consciousness transfer and the white jade futon had unexpected effects.
He could take a part of his consciousness to descend to the heavens. But because of the distance limit of the external incarnation, he actually could not go to other heavens and would appear within four or five planets outside the Azure Sky Sword Sea.
At this time, if he instantly transferred his consciousness back, no one would know that he had actually sent out his external incarnation.
And this external incarnation was actually similar to his main body.
This idea was more convenient than the divine sense in the small world of supernatural powers. Even if Chen Xia's main body died, he could still preserve 70% of his strength.
In order to complete this idea, Chen Xia had done a lot of experiments. For example, he walked to the outermost periphery of the Azure Sky Sword Sea and tried to get out of the guardian formation of the sect.
The cultivator guarding the formation stopped him and said at the same time, "Without the permission of the sect, whether it is entering or leaving, it will trigger the alert of the large formation."
After Chen Xia understood this, he was ready to take action. This might be the riskiest thing he had done since entering the Azure Sky Sword Sea.
It was possible that it would arouse the vigilance of the Fishing Elder, but in fact, the Fishing Elder could do nothing to him at most but lock him up.
If he could be seized, the Fishing Elder would have seized him long ago.
So it was not that risky.
Chen Xia exhaled, sat on the white jade futon, and his divine sense sank. He added the few points he had recently obtained to his Qi Luck.
[Qi Luck Value: 200, Chosen by Heaven]
He was not superstitious.
This Qi Luck was really useful.
His divine sense instantly immersed itself, as if entering a long and continuous river, drifting with the current, and there were all light spots in it.
He found a small light spot and entered it.
His divine sense drilled out crazily, as if breaking out of a shell, and saw the first ray of light.
The external incarnation stepped on a barren and dry land. What came into view was a pitted ground. He raised his head.
In the center of the stars was a huge planet, with a giant sword hundreds of thousands of miles long lying across it in the middle, as if placed horizontally among the stars.
Above the planet were sword - like clouds, and below was an unfathomably deep sea.
The Azure Sky Sword Sea!
Chen Xia stood on a dead star. He instantly drilled into the center of the dead star and practiced in seclusion by operating the Turtle - Breathing Technique.
Then his divine sense returned to his main body in the cave.
He opened his eyes.
Suddenly, the Fishing Elder appeared in front of him.
"Descending to the heavens?" the Fishing Elder asked with concern.
"Yes." Chen Xia nodded. "I went to a barren small world. There was nothing good, so I came back."
"Indeed. It's difficult for such a small world to support its own living beings, let alone have good things." The Fishing Elder had no doubts.
After all, the time flow rates in small worlds and large heavens were different. Chen Xia naturally went quickly and came back quickly.
"Just calm down and recuperate. If you have something, come to me." The Fishing Elder said again.
"Okay." Chen Xia nodded.
Millions of miles away, in the very center of the dead star.
The other Chen Xia completely closed his eyes and began to absorb and devour this entire...
Dead star!