[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster":3,"chapter-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-145":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Immortality Starts with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1899549,2534,"Chapter 145: Soul-Refining Rogue Cultivator, Soul-Dao Foundation Establishment, a path never imagined before","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-145",145,"\u003Cp>Tonight was the longest night in the history of Dajiang Workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As many as several thousand loose cultivators, either actively or passively, were all caught up in a chaotic battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know how many people lost decades of hard cultivation in one night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nor do I know how many lucky ones received a \"cultivation gift package\" and took a solid step forward on their long path of immortal cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen only knew that when the smoke cleared and the sky revealed a fish-belly white.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beneath his feet were densely packed corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some corpses were still intact, and their features could be vaguely identified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some, however, were unrecognizable; if it weren't for the iron plates of the Poshan Gang they wore, no one would have been able to identify their identities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was already considered good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most miserable ones couldn't even be pieced together, having already been blasted into nothingness by spells and magic tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The pale-faced Gu Caiyi, the coughing Granny Yuan, Murong Qinglian held in the arms of Qin Liangchen, who had an empty sleeve, and twenty-some Qi Refining cultivators—all their gazes fell on Luo Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching him, he squatted down and lifted the white cloth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Familiar faces came into view one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The one at the front had features so familiar, and it seemed as if his voice was still echoing in his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the look of horror and unwillingness, even after a night, was still regrettable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elder Sikong, go in peace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen reached out and smoothed the eyes that had died with such unwillingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up, and Zhou Yuanli immediately walked up to report the situation to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the battle last night, the Pill Hall lost thirty-one people, and the Medicine Hall lost forty-three people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator was lost, Elder Sikong Shoujia, who was killed by Fu Zhang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five eighth-layer Qi Refining cultivators died in battle; only Liu Qiang and I survived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seventh-layer Qi Refining cultivators...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Excluding the few who fled, currently, the Medicine Hall and Pill Hall combined only have thirty-six people left.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This casualty figure shocked everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So many vibrant lives had turned into cold numbers, which was truly hard to accept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen’s face was calm as ancient water, and he asked about the Dajiang Gang’s battle losses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A total of forty-seven corpses were found, mainly mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators, plus more than ten late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, mostly dying at the hands of you and Duan Feng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators died: Gao Tingyuan, Lan Tianyun, and Shan Xiu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fierce battle, with the death of over a hundred cultivators and the fall of four ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators, was declared over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen pursed his lips and subconsciously rubbed his temples.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is the situation in the other halls?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuanli gave a bitter smile. \"I’m not clear about that. That sound-transmission jade slip could only be used for me to contact Gang Leader Mi, and he...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't finish the rest of the sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But everyone knew what Mi Shuhua’s fate was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This point could already be imagined from the few words of the three Foundation Establishment cultivators: Wang, Zhou, and Miao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They came to Xieyue Valley just for Luo Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Mi Shuhua hadn't died, they definitely wouldn't have come.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And coming meant that Mi Shuhua had mostly likely fallen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since the restrictive methods on Zhou and Liu had been inexplicably undone, which could further corroborate some things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hall Master, what should we do now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuanli couldn't help but ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen raised his head, only to find that it wasn't just Zhou Yuanli; everyone else was looking at him too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pair after pair of eyes, filled with hope and trust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the battle last night, whether before the battle or during the process, Luo Chen had shown things that made people convinced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was decision-making or strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially, finally, Deacon Miao Wen of the Jade Tripod Sword Sect had talked with him in the Pill Hall for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vaguely, they had already regarded Luo Chen as their backbone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of thinking wasn't limited to low-level cultivators; even Gu Caiyi, Murong Qinglian, and others were the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen recalled the things Miao Wen had talked to him about last night, and a look of emotion couldn't help but appear on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a deep breath, Luo Chen faced the pairs of eyes and said decisively:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't mind, you can follow me for the time being.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will also have the spoils of last night’s battle distributed fairly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the subsequent situation, we still have to wait a few days to see the changes in Dajiang Workshop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't make any promises to you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just as that True Person Miao said, life and death are determined by fate, and the Great Dao is in oneself! Everything in the future must rely on yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for how to decide, you can consider it for a few days.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying these words, he stopped, waiting for everyone’s reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without getting a promise, not even a word about protecting their safety.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those surviving cultivators, for a moment, didn't know how to react.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Luo Chen in the future, would life be better than before?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His alchemy skills were strong, but his realm was only at the eighth layer of Qi Refining, far less able to give people a sense of security than Mi Shuhua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But leaving Luo Chen and returning to the state of a loose cultivator fighting alone, what would that be like?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, the atmosphere became silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen didn't force it and returned to the Pill Hall, preparing to divide the spoils he had collected earlier one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Feng squatted on the ground, excitedly picking and choosing among the pile of magic tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luo Chen, there are twenty-five top-grade magic tools in perfect condition!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are also dozens of low-grade and mid-grade magic tools.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The rest of the damaged magic tools are not useless either; some can be repaired, and some can be melted down to extract important materials.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re rich, we’re rich!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was rare to see Duan Feng show such a fanatical expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when he was roaming the battlefield last night, he hadn't been this excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen sat down beside him, his expression showing fatigue for the first time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle last night seemed easy, and he alone had achieved huge results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, his consumption was also very large.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he had used the Fire-Tip Spear, the Four-Image Tripod, the Soul-Breaking Nail, the Jade Blade, and detonated the waste Jade Marrow beads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>None of these were methods that didn't consume a lot of spiritual power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only because he had a good foundation, his spiritual power was several times more vigorous than his peers, and he had already completed half of his spiritual power purification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, he kept taking pills during the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to hold on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what exhausted his mind the most was the final battle with Gao Tingyuan, forcibly using the \"Bright Spirit Breaking Evil.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That kind of pain was fine if one was prepared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But during the battle, it was too hasty, and he still felt his soul aching faintly even now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luo Chen, are you okay?\" Duan Feng noticed his fatigue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen pulled himself together, looking at the pile of magic tools and the storage bags beside them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a huge sum of money!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A huge sum of money sufficient for any Qi Refining cultivator to cultivate safely until Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even after Foundation Establishment, it could support cultivation for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If someone were bold enough, they could take the money and run, change their name, and cultivate to Foundation Establishment somewhere else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a pity that Luo Chen couldn't do that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't that he wasn't bold enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But where would he run to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him were the wild mountains, with countless demonic beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In front was the Jade Tripod Domain, stretching for tens of thousands of *li*, and in name, this entire region belonged to the Jade Tripod Sword Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Miao Wen was a person from the Jade Tripod Sword Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Plus, the things Miao Wen said to him last night, and his promises to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen had no intention of taking the money and running.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staying here was much better than running to other places and being a lone loose cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, he was familiar with the rules, knew many friends, and now vaguely had a real backer and ally behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he handled things properly next, he could be like a fish in water.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially knowing how uncomfortable the days of running away were, just look at Shan Xiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything was restricted, and he had to guard against being wanted or hunted down from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luo Chen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Feng’s voice came to his ears again, and Luo Chen shook his head hard in a trance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pack up all the top-grade magic tools and storage bags first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The rest of the things will be distributed by Murong Qinglian and Zhou Yuanli later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In addition, set aside a batch of supplies; I have a great use for them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, he stood up slowly and stumbled back to the stone house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The formation was activated, and he fell onto the bed and went to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Feng stood outside, looking at him with worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, Murong Qinglian and the others also came in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the blue formation, each of them had their own thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen’s sleep was very long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't have any nightmares or good dreams, just slept soundly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't have to worry about being attacked because there was a group of his friends guarding outside, and the formation would warn him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, a day and half a night passed in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Luo Chen woke up, he felt full of energy, vibrant, and almost wanted to roar at the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the vitality in his body, Luo Chen subconsciously looked inside himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't noticed his physical state yet, but Luo Chen found that his thoughts were moving faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did my soul foundation increase? Or is my will stronger?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the soul or the will, they were both ethereal things, at least at the Qi Refining stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen couldn't detect the details for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He carefully checked his body and found that his spiritual power had not only recovered as before but had even become purer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nodding with satisfaction, Luo Chen opened his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out two storage bags, one belonging to Gao Tingyuan and the other to Shan Xiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter’s storage bag was personally delivered by Zhou Yuanli later; this one belonged to Luo Chen personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the seven late-stage Qi Refining cultivators he had blown up, they didn't leave any legacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that kind of violent explosion, the primary storage bags couldn't maintain stability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the formation on them cracked, the things inside would be swept into another space, and only a few might remain in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened Shan Xiu’s storage bag first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There weren't many things, some bottles and jars, a change of clothes, five mid-grade spirit stones, and a large pair of black scissors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Poor is really poor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess during the days he was being hunted, they were mostly consumed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen identified some of the bottles and jars; most were healing pills, like the Moon Laurel Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also two bottles of cultivation pills called Snow Soul Pills, which were very beneficial for cultivators with water and ice spiritual roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The specific selling price was about the same as the Dust-Transforming Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't produced by the Medicine King Sect but refined by a local family in Snow Lotus Workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not expecting much from Shan Xiu’s legacy, Luo Chen opened Gao Tingyuan’s storage bag directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For this thing, I was almost tricked; don't let me down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as his spiritual power entered it, Luo Chen exclaimed in admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two cubic *fang* of capacity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Tingyuan was worthy of being the number one expert under Wang Haichao in the Dajiang Gang before; he was quite wealthy!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large pile of things was carefully poured out by Luo Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first thing that caught his eye was a pile of standard-specification spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twenty-five mid-grade spirit stones, three thousand low-grade spirit stones!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wealth of over five thousand was very worthy of the status of a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, it was just a bit mismatched with Gao Tingyuan’s status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen muttered and counted the other things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three bottles of Dust-Transforming Pills, ten bottles of Nourishing Qi Pills, and Jade Marrow pills!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh, isn't this the Pulse-Moistening Liquid? Where did Gao Tingyuan buy this? This thing isn't cheap.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual medicines commonly used by Foundation Establishment cultivators started at hundreds of spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Gao Tingyuan’s storage bag, there were two full bottles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, there were three or four other types of pills involving meridians, dantian, and acupuncture points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at these pills, Luo Chen was thoughtful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back on the Dao-Discussion Platform, Gao Tingyuan’s dantian was injured; this happened under everyone’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A broken dantian meant no hope for Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed Gao Tingyuan was still unwilling, so he secretly bought many healing pills, trying to repair his dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now it comes in handy; Brother Qin, Caiyi, and the others consumed too much spiritual power yesterday, and their meridians were damaged a lot; sharing a little bit can save them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the other pills used for cultivation, Luo Chen also divided them into what he needed and what he didn't.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he looked at another pile of things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A wine gourd, a Wave-Swallowing Sea-Holding Pot, a few formation flags, a handful of talismans, and a few books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The miscellaneous things made Luo Chen’s eyes dazzle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked up one of the books and looked down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Ancient Moon Biography*\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"An autobiography? Who is Ancient Moon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of curiosity, Luo Chen opened the book and read it ten lines at a glance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I, Ancient Moon, was born in the 3179th year of the Mountain and Sea Era, living a wealthy life since childhood, with a strict father and a kind mother, and seven older brothers and sisters who loved me dearly.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[However, the world is unpredictable; thieves coveted my family’s property, destroyed my home and killed my family with horse bandits, leaving me alone to survive.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The autobiography was very long, and even very wordy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of the words were even incoherent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen found it quite boring until the author Ancient Moon entered the immortal cultivation world, and then he became interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was the immortal cultivation world like two hundred years ago?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, was it more prosperous and peaceful, or more difficult and arduous?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[In the Battle of Tianlan Immortal City, they clearly outnumbered me, but in the end, they labeled me with demonic behavior, and the three major families issued a warrant for me.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[I was unconvinced, fled all the way, fought all the way, killed many pursuing enemies, and finally came to this Flowing Light Workshop.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Compared to the Immortal City, although the workshop was a bit poorer, there were not so many powerhouses, and I could finally calm down and cultivate.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[However, the world is so cold, and immortal cultivation is so difficult.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[In my early years, to avenge my family, I practiced martial arts that progressed quickly, causing my physical origin to be depleted. The immortal cultivation techniques I practiced were also deleted of key content by major sects. My life, in the end, could not break through to Foundation Establishment, could not step onto the beginning of the Great Dao.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel deeply moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difficulty of loose cultivators wasn't as simple as just saying it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cultivation emphasizes wealth, companions, methods, and land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without wealth, one cannot nourish the Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without companions, one learns without friends and will inevitably be ignorant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without methods, it is difficult to glimpse the secrets of heaven and step onto the Great Dao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without land, one is like duckweed, with nothing to rely on, whether it is daily cultivation or breaking through realms, it feels like walking in a pavilion in the air, not walking firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this *Ancient Moon Biography*, the author’s own difficulties far exceeded ninety-nine percent of loose cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he entered the cultivation world, he naturally couldn't talk about wealth, companions, methods, and land, only a heart of hot blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in this world, hot blood was of no use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he still stepped onto the path that loose cultivators most easily step onto.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ancient Moon fled from the so-called Tianlan Immortal City to Flowing Light Workshop, he finally gloriously became a rogue cultivator!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this way, wealth was guaranteed, and windfall was also wealth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After years of wandering and fleeing everywhere, he also discovered several places suitable for cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the depletion of his physique and the incompleteness of his techniques still hindered him from breaking through to Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Ancient Moon learned about the three barriers of Foundation Establishment and became even more desperate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He directly failed to meet both the physical and spiritual energy requirements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But heaven never closes all doors; he snatched a remnant technique from an evil cultivator and finally, relying on side-door development, forcibly developed his other advantage to the point of being unique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Soul-Refining?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was thoughtful and turned to the last page.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[It’s done, this Rogue Cultivator has finally succeeded!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Refining nine hundred and ninety-nine souls into one, I finally broke through to the Foundation Establishment realm, hahaha...]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The biography ended with the joy visible between the lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen didn't know whether the loose cultivator Ancient Moon, who had made a name for himself as the Soul-Refining Rogue Cultivator, was dead or alive in the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only knew that Ancient Moon had really walked a path different from ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without the unique physical advantage, without the spiritual power refined to the extreme, and without even a Foundation Establishment pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he still achieved the Foundation Establishment realm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Soul-Dao Foundation Establishment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen licked his dry lips, and an uncontrollable impulse rose in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the biography didn't mention the specific method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it described the general idea: Ancient Moon adopted a method called Soul-Dao Foundation Establishment from an evil cultivator, killed nine hundred and ninety-nine late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, and fused their souls with his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he took a different path and stepped into Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is such a method in the world?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Luo Chen thought of Gao Tingyuan’s final temporary strike.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those green, ghostly eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gao Tingyuan’s dantian was broken; according to the conventional path, even with a Foundation Establishment pill, it would be impossible to break through to Foundation Establishment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This can be seen from the fact that he bought so many spiritual medicines to nourish meridians and repair his dantian, but still left most of them behind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be that in despair, he also embarked on this path?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In other words, he had this method of Soul-Dao Foundation Establishment!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was startled and quickly searched through the pile of books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right, Gao Tingyuan mentioned that he had explored a secret realm with others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them were Li Zixiong, Chen Xiao, and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the Soul-Breaking Nail was obtained from inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the records in the *Ancient Moon Biography*, the Soul-Refining Rogue Cultivator Ancient Moon discovered several good places for cultivation during his career as a rogue cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he finally died and sat down, he must have been in those few places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Tingyuan finding his way there and obtaining the corresponding legacy was a matter of course.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Sea-Covering Dragon Demon Technique*, not this one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Jade Tripod Seven Sects Record*, just a travelogue similar to the *Six Domains Customs Record*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Initial Understanding of Spiritual Sense*, eh, seems a bit like it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen flipped through a few pages, but found that the content was obscure and arrogant, and he didn't know how to understand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not a book at the Qi Refining level; it should be a book that could only be learned and used after Foundation Establishment, when spiritual sense could be projected outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen continued to search.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had to be said that Gao Tingyuan, the former number two figure of the Dajiang Gang, was quite wealthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't reflected in his spirit stone savings, but in his many collections of books.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen found several first-tier spells suitable for Qi Refining learning, and most of them were related to the water element.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading through it completely, Luo Chen frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it not here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be that it was destroyed in the battle, or he didn't carry it out at all?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the battle of Xieyue Valley the night before, both sides could be said to have used all their trump cards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Luo Chen hadn't used his top-grade magic tools and the Great Perfection-level Fireball Technique, the ten thousand waste Jade Marrow beads he detonated had power no less than the two, and even from some angles, it was even better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was a trump card he had specially devised a while ago to run away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The power of the waste Jade Marrow beads was really too low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the quantity was there.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything, as long as the quantity came up, could form a certain degree of qualitative change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why Luo Chen had been processing waste Jade Marrow beads whenever he had nothing to do a while ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He prepared a total of ten thousand waste Jade Marrow beads, and the final result was extremely brilliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He killed seven late-stage Qi Refining cultivators in one fell swoop, and even Gao Tingyuan was seriously injured among them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under that kind of explosive power, Gao Tingyuan was able to survive, so he must have used all his methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could be seen from the fact that he couldn't find a few magic tools in Gao Tingyuan’s storage bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Was it those two short halberds?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or the magic robe on him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Or that defensive magic bead that finally cracked?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking hard, Luo Chen felt extremely regretful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had missed a Foundation Establishment method that took a different path!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking his head, Luo Chen prepared to put these things into his own three-cubic storage bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as his hand touched a dark wooden tablet, his heart suddenly moved, and his eyes, flashing with spiritual light, fell on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luo Chen, these are all the spoils of war captured; you... take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen heard a very clear sound of swallowing saliva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at Murong Qinglian and found that her eyes were red, and her hands were trembling when she handed over the account book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was puzzled and took the account book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the first number that entered his eyes made him subconsciously swallow his saliva.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twenty-seven thousand low-grade spirit stones, ninety-eight mid-grade spirit stones!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Raising his head, Luo Chen couldn't help but ask: \"Is the statistics wrong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Qinglian shook her head slowly. \"There is absolutely no mistake; we counted it three times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Luo Chen’s shock, she continued: \"It is very normal to have such a huge sum of spirit stones. After all, more than one hundred and thirty people died on both sides last night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Among them, just the late-stage Qi Refining ones were thirty people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In addition, among these spirit stones, three thousand spirit stones came from Lan Tianyun’s storage bag, which Duan Feng took the initiative to hand over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How to distribute it specifically depends on you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was dazed; such a huge sum of spirit stones, he had never seen in his life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, he had only experienced three transactions involving over ten thousand spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was at an auction organized by the Jade Tripod Sword Pavilion, and the other two were related to the Jade Marrow pills he refined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that time, the Jade Marrow pills were just pills, and he didn't see the real profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he finally got was mostly just a dividend of one or two thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, he had become the person dividing the meat?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides spirit stones, there are many magic tools, talismans, pills, medicinal materials, techniques, and various strange little things.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luo Chen, take a good look; we will listen to you on how to divide it later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Murong Qinglian finished speaking, the surroundings quieted down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, this was a very strange thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally speaking, the spoils of war in battle should belong to the cultivators themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, it was rare to see such a grand occasion where a large pile of spoils was squeezed together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in that battle the night before, a large number of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The early-stage cultivators were also less than one in ten, and only a small number of experienced mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators survived by relying on the terrain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the main force of the final battle was Luo Chen and his group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, Sikong Shoujia died, and Granny Yuan didn't have much contact with the battle except for Min Longyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, the entire battlefield was conducted under the leadership of Luo Chen and Duan Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the battle ended, too many spoils belonged to the two of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, how to distribute became a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It also happened that Luo Chen and Miao Wen had a secret talk in the Pill Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, after Duan Feng, Murong Qinglian, and Zhou Yuanli discussed it, they collected the many spoils and finally handed them over to Luo Chen to decide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in name, the people in charge here were the two Hall Masters, Luo Chen and Murong Qinglian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen scanned it ten lines at a glance; even with the shock of the previous huge sum of thirty-five thousand spirit stones, the other resources still made his mouth dry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was such a huge amount of spoils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If all of them were converted into spirit stones, plus the previous ones, it was almost over one hundred thousand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Killing people and seizing treasures was truly the fastest-earning business in the immortal cultivation world!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What alchemist, what weapon refiner, how could they create such huge wealth overnight?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, thinking about it carefully, it felt reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dead in the Pill Hall and Medicine Hall were easy to talk about; most of them were not rich people, and only those dozen or so late-stage Qi Refining cultivators who died, plus Sikong Shoujia, were relatively wealthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main bulk still came from that batch of cultivators from the Dajiang Gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mainly mid-stage Qi Refining, supplemented by late-stage Qi Refining, led by five ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This undoubtedly counted as an elite force of the Dajiang Gang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half of them were lost in Xieyue Valley, and even though many things were damaged in the battle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what was left behind was all the hard-earned savings of this half of the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the real value wasn't calculated like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most valuable things here were magic tools, but the price of second-hand magic tools had never been high and would be discounted a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like nearly one hundred thousand, but it was perfectly fine to deduct tens of thousands of moisture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were to be sold, they would have to calculate the time cost, and whether there were so many people to take over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, it was still a huge wealth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a trance, Luo Chen raised his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Murong Qinglian’s tired appearance, Luo Chen woke up suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shook his head hard. \"Sister-in-law, are you okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that he still cared about her body despite the huge benefits, Murong Qinglian felt a warm current flow through her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m fine; I didn't suffer any injuries from start to finish in yesterday’s battle. Although Lan Tianyun was strong, you sent Caiyi and Zhou Yuanli to help me, so I was fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about Caiyi?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She is healing at Granny Yuan’s place. Well, Granny Yuan, besides being a senior spirit planter, also has a not-so-bad medical skill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But her battle with Min Longyu yesterday?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Min Longyu is not as strong as imagined; formation masters also need to be prepared to exert their greatest threat. And Xieyue Valley is a place where the Medicine Hall has worked for many years; Granny Yuan occupied the terrain, so she wasn't so afraid of him from the beginning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of Granny Yuan calmly going down the valley yesterday to face Min Longyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen suddenly realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of which, the Heart-Devouring Tiger Han Dang easily lost to Min Longyu, plus the other side forcibly broke the Earth-Defense Formation yesterday, which really gave people the impression that Min Longyu was invincible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in reality, formation masters couldn't be counted as the strongest type among many cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, formation masters were particularly dependent on terrain and first-hand preparation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this item, Granny Yuan, this senior ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator of the Medicine Hall, directly occupied the advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they were in a different place, Granny Yuan couldn't possibly be Min Longyu’s opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The formation disk in the other side’s hand vaguely had the principle of five-element mutual generation and mutual restraint, and the grade was probably extremely high!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Sikong Shoujia who was only thinking of escaping and voluntarily gave up his familiarity with the terrain of Xieyue Valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Running outside, he was hammered to death by Fu Zhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, what he saw was just that face of fear and unwillingness, but under the white cloth, Sikong Shoujia’s body below the chest had been hammered into meat paste.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was truly too miserable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen held the account book and asked about another person with concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about Brother Qin? He rushed over only this morning, covered in blood, which was quite scary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentioning Qin Liangchen, Murong Qinglian’s face didn't look good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen’s mind was sensitive, and seeing this scene, his heart sank.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Murong Qinglian’s account, Luo Chen knew what had happened last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Liangchen received a call for help from Mi Zifan, the third-generation descendant of the Mi family, and rushed to Xieyue Valley at the first opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, before leaving, he was also mindful and left a message for Feng Xia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why there was Duan Feng’s reinforcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Liangchen set off first, but on the fastest path, in the Green Hemp Forest where Luo Chen had been ambushed, he encountered the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nangong Qin!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person, the most famous and strongest of the younger generation of the Nangong family, led people to block Qin Liangchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a person with a temper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't lead people to besiege him at the first opportunity, but instead took the initiative to propose a one-on-one battle with Qin Liangchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main reason was still the word \"name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the Dao-Discussion Platform closed, Nangong Qin was ranked first on the Dajiang Workshop Heaven’s Pride List.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a ranking he had fought for with one battle after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But among some old people in Dajiang Workshop, they still didn't quite recognize him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From time to time, they would bring up the past events of the eighteen blood battles between the two gangs when the Dao-Discussion Platform first opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, Min Longyu who abused Han Dang to death, Qin Liangchen who fought with his life to kill Bai Qi, and Wang Yuan who crushed the blood-path cultivators—these three became objects of comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Nangong Qin constantly showed a higher realm and better battle results, he still couldn't convince the public.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other people’s reasons were very simple!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are just discussing the Dao through sparring; they were fighting for their lives back then. If you really fought for your life, could you steadily win against them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nangong Qin had always been unconvinced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, it wasn't just him; Li Ao, Yan Mingxia, and Duan Feng, this batch of people, were all not very convinced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a pity that that batch of people back then were all running for cultivation resources, and no one went on stage to fight again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Like Zeng Wen, who had personally experienced the blood battles, he mainly just entered the venue to watch the show.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last night, there was such an opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nangong Qin, testing Qin Liangchen with his sword!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a pity that Nangong Qin came for fame and fought for profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Qin Liangchen was fighting for the life of his Dao companion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as they fought, Qin Liangchen used the life-and-death fighting style from the Dao-Discussion Platform back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Nangong Qin very uncomfortable, and he made many mistakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, fortunately, his foundation was deep, and he slowly adapted to Qin Liangchen’s fighting style and presented a trend of suppression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current number one Qi Refining person in Dajiang Workshop was indeed not a name in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Liangchen naturally wouldn't sit still and wait for death, seeing that there was still a pile of family cultivators from the Nangong family eyeing him covetously nearby, he directly used his trump card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That hand?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen remembered the empty sleeve where Qin Liangchen’s right hand should have been when he arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\" Murong Qinglian said with a touch of loneliness: \"When the Jade Tripod Sword Pavilion made a deal with Liangchen back then, they were quite generous. In the backstage, they once opened Bai Qi’s storage bag in front of Liangchen, and the things inside were of high value.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, when they took over Liangchen, they additionally compensated him with a life-saving method.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the critical moment, Liangchen used this method, and with one strike, he killed a bloody path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The price was that the hand was completely gone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to these words, Luo Chen opened his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, he didn't know what to say.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Nangong family was a newly emerged Foundation Establishment family that moved from Snow Lotus Workshop last year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ancestor of the clan, Nangong Jin, was only over one hundred and fifty years old, quite young.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The younger generation of the family was also not mediocre, with geniuses emerging one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just that the environment in Snow Lotus Workshop was truly harsh, not as resource-rich as Dajiang Workshop, so for the sake of long-term planning, they made up their minds to move here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be imagined that the batch of Nangong family cultivators who blocked Qin Liangchen last night definitely didn't count as weaklings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Liangchen being able to kill a bloody path, it was impossible not to pay a price.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn't expect the price to be so great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can the severed hand be reattached?\" Luo Chen asked with concern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Qinglian shook her head sorrowfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It couldn't be reattached anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first time the severed limb was reattached, it was already a marvelous method of the Jade Tripod Sword Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, Qin Liangchen spent a long time before gradually adapting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was even the credit of Luo Chen accompanying him to test the method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that it was severed again, it had already hurt the origin, and even if a fake hand was attached, it couldn't be as flexible as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, why would the Jade Tripod Sword Sect reattach a hand for you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could they go find other physicians?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Don't you see that Shan Xiu only lost a hand, and could only attach a mid-grade magic tool claw, barely using it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also led to Shan Xiu’s strength being greatly damaged, and he was easily ambushed and killed by Luo Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman’s sorrowful and depressed expression was so conspicuous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was also speechless for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the pile of spoils of war, and finally gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gather everyone together!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The injured, the uninjured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tired, the energetic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thirty cultivators stood in the open space of Xieyue Valley, raised their heads, and looked at the person on a huge rock with expectant expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the pairs of eyes, Luo Chen hesitated in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But immediately, his eyes became firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at everyone, a clear voice rang out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gang Leader Mi Shuhua is dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The originally somewhat bustling atmosphere suddenly became silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of low-level cultivators listened in shock to this news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What they were looking forward to was Luo Chen distributing the spoils of the battle the night before, even if some of the resources came from their former colleagues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But they didn't expect that Hall Master Luo would utter a bolt from the blue at the first opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The protective umbrella that had been covering the Poshan Gang had fallen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten breaths later, Luo Chen spoke again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That night, the nine halls of the Poshan Gang, plus the main altar and the Mi family compound, were all attacked by several times the number of enemies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As of now, the outside news is unclear, but the Poshan Gang exists in name only.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen paused, leaving enough time again for these low-level cultivators to digest the facts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his keen eyes, he could see all kinds of expressions such as panic, agitation, and confusion appearing on everyone’s faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, there was no lack of worry, fear, concern, and other emotions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that many of them were not alone, and also had relatives and friends in other halls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, Tang Quan, who was trembling there, almost wanted to turn and leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must be worried about his uncle Zeng Wen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen thought to himself, and then, as pairs of eyes looked over, he said clearly and firmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Poshan Gang is gone, but our path of cultivation must still continue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Loose cultivators are bitter, loose cultivators are tired, loose cultivators...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>*Damn*, why was he thinking of saying a tongue twister at a time like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen pursed his lips. \"The days of loose cultivators are not easy; I know, and you all know very well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, I, Luo Chen, am not talented, but I want to build a small force for us to huddle together for warmth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve already thought of the name; let’s call it the Luo Tian Society, taking the meaning of the Great Luo Nine Heavens, the highest and widest, wishing that the cultivators of our society can all step onto the nine heavens and ascend to the Great Dao.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, this is just a hope; after all, we are all just the weakest Qi Refining cultivators.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his words, all the cultivators gradually woke up from their confusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hall Master Luo Chen, this is to set up a new mountain and start a new Poshan Gang!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just, he is only at the eighth layer of Qi Refining; can he really protect everyone?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people associated it with the scene where the three Foundation Establishment cultivators met earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, Deacon Miao Wen, a Foundation Establishment True Person from the Jade Tripod Sword Sect, talked with Luo Chen in the Pill Hall for half the night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that the new Poshan Gang... oh no, the Luo Tian Society!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The backer of the Luo Tian Society is that one?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, many clever cultivators were excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I won't say much about the rest; after all, the Luo Tian Society currently only exists in words.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now I will talk about two things, actually, it can also be counted as one thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen looked at everyone affectionately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you want to join the Luo Tian Society?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The battle the day before yesterday was fought by us together to repel the enemy; I have seen how much everyone contributed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, even those who don't join the Luo Tian Society, I will also distribute a share of the spoils to them, and it will even be more than those who stay!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those who stay will also get a share of the spoils that will satisfy everyone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, our eyes should be on the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This huge amount of spoils, I will also use it for the future development of the Luo Tian Society, heaven and earth can testify!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, everyone looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who leave will get more spoils.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, those who stay will get less?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of logic is this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, they had almost no time to think.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because someone expressed their intention to join on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, Zhou Yuanli, am still willing to follow the President!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Liu Qiang also expressed his stance immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, Gu Caiyi, Granny Yuan, and Murong Qinglian, representing Qin Liangchen, also joined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator who hadn't expressed his stance was Duan Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Xia, who had rushed over early this morning, immediately poked him in the waist from behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Duan Feng then woke up and bowed deeply to Luo Chen with heartfelt admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, Duan Feng, also look to President Luo Chen for guidance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That group of low-level loose cultivators were stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Luo Tian Society, which was alone just a moment ago, instantly had the addition of five ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuanli and Liu Qiang were also known for fighting together, not afraid of ordinary ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, they all remembered Luo Chen’s record of killing two ninth-layer Qi Refining experts, Shan Xiu and Gao Tingyuan, alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, Luo Chen himself had the strength to rival ninth-layer Qi Refining experts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calculating this way, the newly formed Luo Tian Society already had seven ninth-layer Qi Refining combat powers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This strength, no matter where it was placed, could already be considered not weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary loose cultivators simply didn't dare to rival it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this, almost no one hesitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a force to protect them, who would want to be a loose cultivator with no one to rely on?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, Tang Quan, am willing to join the Luo Tian Society!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, Yuan Dongsheng, am willing to join the Luo Tian Society!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, Qu Hancheng, am willing to join the Luo Tian Society!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this name, Luo Chen’s eyes lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This old man was actually still alive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, it was so chaotic that he thought the other party had died in the war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure enough, ginger is still old and spicy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching one cultivator after another voluntarily join the Luo Tian Society, the heavy stone in Luo Chen’s heart finally fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The content of his conversation with Miao Wen the night before yesterday was actually not complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core point was just one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cooperation! \u003C\u002Fp>",7164,"2026-06-12T10:35:51.239Z","2026-06-18T03:42:36.771Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","65cbee1b917a500850993f1a0d7f633eee772a160b6870d94955866ce0a26cbc","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-146","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-144",1090,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-cover.jpg"]