Chapter 176: Blazing Cloud Roc, I want them all

A piece of news, or rather a settled fact, quickly spread among the nearly one hundred cultivators of the Luo Tian Society.

That is, the Luo Tian Society has an additional "President"!

This is a new position different from titles such as Hall Master, Elder, Deacon, and even small managers.

However, everyone accepted it very quickly.

President, as the name implies, "summarizes and decides on matters."

It's not strange to have such a position appear.

In a cultivation family, it is the family head second only to the patriarch.

In a sect, it is the sect master or sect leader second only to the Supreme Elder.

What they need to do is to summarize and decide on many trivial matters for the actual leader of the force.

It's just that the Luo Tian Society used a more common and easy-to-understand title.

What makes the cultivators strange is that the position of President is not the familiar Murong Murong Qinglian, nor is it Qin Qin Liangchen, who holds a nominal title, has nothing to do, but has a good relationship with the Society Master.

Instead, it is a female cultivator from the Golden Hall.

President Sima Hui Niang!

Everyone is quite familiar with this woman.

The main manager of the famous loose cultivator small group in the Great River Market—the President Sima Three Cultivators.

She has had a decent reputation outside for a long time, is generous in her conduct, acts with propriety, and has methods that can be both soft and firm.

Since coming to the Luo Tian Society, as one of the four female cultivators at the ninth layer of Qi Refining, she has received quite a bit of attention.

Among the four female cultivators at the ninth layer of Qi Refining in the Luo Tian Society, Yuan Po is old, and Murong Murong Qinglian has a master.

And the Golden Hall Master Gu Gu Caiyi has a close relationship with the Society Master, so no one dares to have any small thoughts.

Just this one, with a good personality and strong strength, but no position, often attracts the attention of male cultivators.

Before, everyone was puzzled why the other two brothers among the President Sima Three Cultivators were respectively an Elder and a Deacon.

But the most capable President Sima Hui Niang was left idle in the Golden Hall.

They didn't expect the Society Master to be so bold.

Directly pushing her to the position of President in one go.

In this way, her status in the Luo Tian Society is instantly one person above, and a hundred people below.

Even the four Hall Masters (Yuan Po is the Deputy Hall Master of the Pill Hall) have to obey her orders.

Many large and small trivial matters that require Luo Chen's decision must now be reported to her, and the decisions are made by President Sima Hui Niang.

Such deeds of rising to the top often lead to discussion.

Soon, it spread throughout the Luo Tian Society.

However, unlike the heated discussions among the lower-level cultivators,

several high-level members of the Luo Tian Society did not express any opinions.

In fact, various work that should have been reported to Luo Chen was all gathered toward President Sima Hui Niang.

Luo Chen, who was watching from the shadows, had been paying attention to the various reactions of the people below.

Seeing that no chaos had broken out, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The decision to support President Sima Hui Niang to be similar to a sect master, while he himself sits high as the Supreme Elder, can be said to be a bit risky.

After all, the Luo Tian Society has been established for too short a time.

But for the sake of cultivation, this is something that must be done.

Otherwise, being entangled in many trivial matters, even with Heaven Spiritual Root talent, wouldn't be enough to consume.

The reason for choosing President Sima Hui Niang was also something Luo Chen had thought about repeatedly.

First of all, her ability is worthy of recognition.

In this day and age, being able to lead two brothers to travel north and south and stand on their own, her ability is absolutely beyond doubt!

Secondly, it is her character.

If she were an ingrate or a profit-seeking person, Luo Chen definitely couldn't be at ease.

But Luo Chen could grasp President Sima Hui Niang's character.

She treats low-level cultivators with kindness.

She is indifferent to powerful cultivators.

Before summoning President Sima Hui Niang, he had asked Gu Gu Caiyi and Zeng Wen to understand her.

President Sima Hui Niang is very good at conducting herself, and after entering the Golden Hall, she has built good relationships with the colleagues around her.

And for some tricky guests, she won't make concessions without a bottom line.

Such a personality, who can handle internal relationships well and is not afraid of offending outsiders, is very suitable for being an executor of a force.

Finally, it is President Sima Hui Niang's identity.

Yes, this is also a point Luo Chen values very much.

President Sima Hui Niang is not an old member of the Poshan Gang.

She is not Luo Chen's closest friend either.

She is just an outsider loose cultivator, and in the Luo Tian Society, besides her two brothers, she has no backing.

Placing such an existence suddenly in a position similar to a sect master.

The benefits are many.

Not afraid of her growing too big, and at the same time, there are not too many internal relationships to hold her back.

Moreover, it can provide an example for the lower-level cultivators.

That is, the Society Master promotes talent, not just based on closeness.

If the ability is sufficient, he can even let an outsider hold an absolute high position!

Based on all the above, Luo Chen finally made this decision.

And after the appointment was issued, the Luo Tian Society, which was previously slightly chaotic and like a headless fly, truly changed.

The three Hall Masters no longer ran to the Pill Hall for no reason.

When encountering some key matters, they didn't need to wait outside without daring to disturb Luo Chen while he was refining pills.

As long as they found President Sima Hui Niang, they could make a decision very quickly after discussion.

The operation of the Luo Tian Society became faster and faster.

The utilization of manpower and material resources also reached a reasonable level.

Most importantly, Luo Chen was finally able to free himself from trivial matters.

Besides alchemy and cultivation, as long as it wasn't too big a matter, almost no one came to disturb him.

Moreover, he didn't have to worry about being sidelined by President Sima Hui Niang at all.

After all, the entire Luo Tian Society, from establishment to development, was promoted by him single-handedly.

All the key positions were also held by friends who had a good relationship with him.

As time passed, Luo Chen also gradually discovered a benefit of promoting President Sima Hui Niang to be President.

That is, offending people!

All along, Luo Chen had held goodwill toward the cultivators in the society.

He rarely punished or scolded others.

This was related to the composition of the Luo Tian Society.

After all, many people in the society were either his old subordinates or his friends.

Asking him to blame friends for some trivial matters was indeed not very good.

But these things, while okay in the short term, would truly affect the healthy development of a force in the long term.

Luo Chen knew this principle, but he couldn't change it.

Just like an emperor founding a dynasty, killing meritorious officials would always be criticized.

Now that President Sima Hui Niang was in this role, it was different.

She was an outsider with an unstable foundation, and when encountering some things, she would always lean toward the strict side.

Although it didn't reach the point of killing a chicken to scare a monkey, it truly changed the atmosphere of people being idle.

Just like his old friend Zeng Wen.

Because he didn't pay attention to the Golden Hall's affairs several times, he was punished by President Sima Hui Niang and even had his salary deducted.

Zeng Wen also found out through Tang Quan when Luo Chen was free and ran over to complain to him.

Luo Chen, of course, cursed President Sima Hui Niang together with him.

But he also indicated that he had delegated power and that in many cases, he still had to respect that woman.

Finally, to appease Zeng Wen's dissatisfaction,

he gifted one or two extra bottles of pills without changing President Sima Hui Niang'

After seeing off Ceng Ceng Yilong once again, a smile hung on the corner of Luo Chen's mouth.

"This is management science, isn't it!"

"In any organization, there should be someone to play the good cop and someone to play the bad cop."

"And if I, the head of this faction, were to play the villain, I would offend people sooner or later, and it would cause the Zhu Luotian Society to fall apart."

"Now that President Sima Hui Niang is taking on this role, she's doing quite well!"

After his reflection, Luo Chen walked into the alchemy room.

It was time to refine the Tongyou Pill.

For the past few days, because he had to coordinate various matters with President Sima Hui Niang, he often had to back her up now that she had just taken her position.

As a result, his alchemy these past few days had been intermittent.

The few times he did attempt it, most ended in failure.

Today, he could finally calm his mind and focus on alchemy properly.

Start the fire, heat the cauldron.

Add the medicinal herbs, supplemented by various alchemy techniques.

About two hours later, Luo Chen looked at the three steaming pills with extreme satisfaction.

Three Tongyou Pills were successfully refined, enough to support his cultivation for at least another month.

Not only did they increase his spiritual sense foundation, but after taking a Tongyou Pill each time, he could also practice the Soul-Shattering Technique simultaneously.

It served both to digest the pill and to increase his proficiency in the spell.

In the past, whenever he encountered such situations, he felt there wasn't enough time.

But now, he felt everything was in perfect order.

"It's not just the Zhu Luotian Society getting on the right track; my own cultivation has also become well-organized."

The abundance of time gave Luo Chen a sense of ease he had never felt since he began his cultivation.

There was no one above him to suppress or monitor him, and those below him obeyed his every command.

He could do whatever he wanted and refine whatever pills he pleased.

His in-depth research into the Fireball Technique had reached a critical stage.

He was no longer satisfied with the Fu family's insights on talisman making and began to incorporate some of his own understanding.

Back when he made many adjustments to the Jade Marrow Pill, he now applied those methods to the Fireball Technique, achieving unexpected results.

"The Fireball Technique, at its core, is about the ability to gather and disperse at will."

"Condensing spiritual power to form a fireball is 'gathering.' Making it burst and bombarding the enemy is 'dispersing.'"

"If I could control the interval between gathering and dispersing in advance, just like with the Jade Marrow Pill, then wouldn't I be able to..."

Luo Chen's heart stirred, and he waved his hand, firing off ten small fireballs.

The fireballs flew out but did not burst immediately.

Instead, following Luo Chen's superior pulling technique, they began to orbit around him.

"Merge!"

The ten fireballs merged in an instant, becoming incomparably huge.

If he pushed it further, it would be the prototype of the Blazing Sun Technique.

But Luo Chen's heart stirred slightly, and the huge fireball suddenly transformed into a large, round shield, thin on the outside and thick on the inside.

Fire Shield Technique!

Liu Liu Qiang, who was sparring with him in the distance, couldn't help but be stunned at the sight.

The magic tool he launched was blocked layer by layer by the round shield.

Although it was still struggling forward, the scorching high temperature was actually melting the spiritual power imprint he had left on it, layer by layer.

Suddenly, Luo Chen reached out and grabbed.

In Liu Liu Qiang's horrified gaze, Liu Liu Qiang's flying knife magic tool fell into Luo Chen's hand.

He swallowed hard and said in disbelief, "President, did you just melt the spiritual power imprint I left on my magic tool?"

Luo Chen smiled slightly and casually tossed the flying knife back to him.

He even threw over a bottle of pills.

"Sorry about that, you'll need to spend some time re-refining it."

Liu Liu Qiang hurriedly shook his head; for a Qi Refining cultivator, re-refining a magic tool was the simplest thing.

He only needed to leave enough spiritual power imprints on it, which wouldn't take him much time.

What horrified him was that Luo Chen actually possessed such a method.

Not caring about his shock, Luo Chen returned with his hands behind his back.

"The Fire Shield Technique derived from the Fireball Technique is not known for its defense."

"Its advantage lies in the fact that during the defensive process, it relies on high-temperature scorching to melt the enemy's spiritual power imprint left on their magic tool."

"Supplemented by my Great Perfection-level pulling technique, I can achieve the effect of snatching a weapon with bare hands."

As far as combat goes, to be honest, the effect is average.

Because combat is often ever-changing, and an enemy's attack might not just be a magic tool.

However, with this method, he could catch the enemy off guard.

After all, in the heat of battle, having one's main weapon snatched away would leave anyone in a state of great shock.

Anyone would be deeply shaken.

What made Luo Chen happiest was that he had mastered the trick of gathering and dispersing the Fireball Technique at will.

If he extended this further and integrated the Blazing Sun Technique, it would be within his grasp.

"The Blazing Sun Technique, fused from the Great Perfection Fireball Technique, is undoubtedly a second-tier method."

"In three to five days at most, I will completely possess attack methods comparable to a Foundation Establishment cultivator!"

A small breakthrough in strength made Luo Chen very happy.

But life is not just about cultivation.

That night, he quietly left the valley again.

In the Zhenlong Black Market, Luo Chen met with Tian Tian Xingzi.

Amidst the other's anticipation, Luo Chen took out a large bottle.

He shook it, and the sound of pills colliding came from within.

"Be careful!" Tian Tian Xingzi hurriedly took the bottle with a pained expression. "Fifty pills, are they all inside?"

"Hmm."

Luo Chen said indifferently, his gaze wandering through the black market hall.

Now, it was the stage for spontaneous auctions by cultivators.

It was very strange today; very few Foundation Establishment True Persons came, only the Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator who had sold him and Wang Yuan the "Heavenly Roc Transformation" previously.

Tian Tian Xingzi counted the quantity and put away the jade bottle with satisfaction.

"That friend of yours is truly an alchemy master! He only got his hands on the 'Falling Clouds and Drifting Smoke Method' a month ago, and he's already made a breakthrough in alchemy."

Luo Chen chuckled lightly.

"This is also thanks to this set of water techniques being exquisite; it's far stronger than those common alchemy techniques."

"Even within a sect, it could be considered a sect-defining..."

Luo Chen's heart trembled.

His gaze focused, landing on one spot.

He suddenly reached out and pointed at that Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator.

"I want this item!"

Tian Tian Xingzi was stunned and turned his head to look.

He saw that Foundation Establishment True Person was taking out a massive demon beast corpse to auction.

The demon beast's corpse was extremely large, occupying almost the entire area in the center of the hall.

Especially that pair of wings, which were three to four zhang long, were quite eye-catching.

If the demon beast were alive, stretching its wings would have the effect of blocking out the sun!

"So it's a Blazing Cloud Roc!"

Tian Tian Xingzi stroked his beard and smiled, "This is a powerful existence among second-tier demon beasts. Although not known for extreme speed, it is famous for its powerful attack. Once its demon fire is unleashed, it covers the sky and earth, melting gold and breaking jade; ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators cannot get close."

"It is truly admirable that Fellow Daoist Xiong Kun could hunt such a demon beast."

So this person's name was Xiong Kun.

Luo Chen was thoughtful; his spiritual sense foundation had surged, and his thinking speed was becoming faster and faster.

Things he didn't remember very well before were gradually coming back to him.

After all, he hadn't been cultivating for very long.

All in all, it had only been three years.

This person had actually had dealings with him long ago.

When the Dao Discussion Platform first opened, he was scalping tickets in the White Stone Plaza.

That last ticket was bought by this person for two hundred spirit stones.

He hadn't made the connection before, and he had even done a business deal with him involving animal skins.

But after returning and pondering a little, he recalled where the sense of familiarity came from.

"If Little Friend has taken a fancy to a material on the Blazing Cloud Roc, you might as well say it."

Tian Tian Xingzi smiled, "My relationship with Fellow Daoist Xiong is decent; for my sake, he can give you a discount."

In his mind, Luo Chen most likely had his eye on the Blazing Cloud Roc's demon core or that pair of wings.

These were the most valuable materials on the Blazing Cloud Roc.

He didn't expect Luo Chen's words to shock him.

"I want it all!"

(End of chapter)