Chapter 195

The Luo Tian Society is going to leave.

But it is not a hasty departure.

The three-month period was decided after Luo Chen's careful consideration.

These three months, whether it was dealing with industries or preparing resources, were relatively sufficient.

He could also take advantage of these three months to refine a large batch of pills.

After listening to Sima Huiniang's report, he had the clearest understanding of the Luo Tian Society's current financial situation.

On the books, there were less than fifty thousand spirit stones.

This was really too little!

You must know that back then, in order to buy a magic treasure, Mi Shuhua had raised eighty thousand low-grade spirit stones from the Poshan Gang in one go.

As the self-proclaimed richest alchemist, Luo Chen's subordinate force only had this many spirit stones.

It was really embarrassing!

Of course, he didn't blame Sima Huiniang for poor management.

In fact, she had already done her best.

Whether it was opening up sources or reducing expenditure.

Risking offending people, she had done as much as possible.

The main problem was that the previous Luo Tian Society relied too much on Luo Chen.

From preparing to break through to Foundation Establishment, to seclusion after Foundation Establishment.

Luo Chen spent a full six years!

During these six years, the number of times he personally refined pills was very few.

In this situation, the Luo Tian Society being able to have a surplus of fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones should be credited to Sima Huiniang!

Of course, merit is merit.

Being short of money is also true.

Therefore, before leaving, Luo Chen wanted to take advantage of the earth fire of Mount Xiaohuan to refine a large batch of pills.

And for this batch of pills, he would no longer hide his skills.

High-grade Jade Marrow Pills!

Every furnace of pills was aimed at high-grade.

Luo Chen calculated that in three months, according to a fifty percent success rate, refining twenty portions of raw materials every day.

He could refine a full eighteen thousand high-grade Jade Marrow Pills.

If sold externally, according to the chaotic situation in the current Jade Cauldron Domain, the price of high-grade Jade Marrow Pills is not cheap.

At least it could catch up with the low-grade Qi-Nourishing Pills produced by the Medicine King Sect.

In other words, three months later, he would be holding a huge sum of eighteen thousand low-grade spirit stones.

With this huge sum of money, no matter where he goes, he can gain a foothold!

If it were before, Luo Chen would naturally not dare to refine pills so recklessly.

There would always be people who were jealous and couldn't help but covet them.

But now, he has been promoted to Foundation Establishment, and various means have become increasingly proficient.

As long as he doesn't encounter late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, he has more or less the ability to protect himself.

Therefore, Luo Chen dared to refine high-grade Jade Marrow Pills on a large scale.

Wealth is never the more the better.

It must be directly proportional to strength and achievement.

Thanks to the promotion to the Foundation Establishment stage, his soul foundation, spiritual power capacity, and even his control over spiritual power had been greatly improved.

Luo Chen refining twenty portions of Jade Marrow Pills every day was not tiring.

After all, there was a group of people assisting him.

If it were in modern times, it could be called a small assembly line, which would not be an exaggeration.

But any more, it wouldn't work.

It's not that Luo Chen couldn't take it, but that among his subordinates, the only one who could truly be called an alchemist was Qu Lingjun.

Luo Chen being able to take care of four alchemy rooms at the same time was already considered high enough in his alchemy attainments and strong enough in his spiritual sense.

After refining pills every day, the finishing work was basically handed over to Qu Lingjun, Mi Li, Tang Quan, and others to handle.

Luo Chen could still have some free time to deal with other things.

Another day of alchemy ended.

Luo Chen pointed out Qu Lingjun's cultivation.

The technique he practiced was called the Fierce Fire Technique, a first-tier fire-type technique.

This was a technique that Qu Hancheng had specially prepared for Qu Lingjun in his early years.

Before practicing, Qu Lingjun had already memorized it by heart.

Although it was different from the wood-type technique Luo Chen mainly practiced.

But pointing out the other's cultivation, Luo Chen was still relaxed.

It was not just as simple as standing on high ground.

He himself had a very deep understanding of fire techniques.

For many years, his combat method was the Fireball Technique, his work was alchemy, and after killing people, he was used to using the Fireball Technique to reduce them to ashes.

After Foundation Establishment, for some reason, he was also closer to fire-type spiritual power.

When it comes to fire techniques, he really has a lot of say.

After some guidance, Qu Lingjun gained a lot.

Luo Chen also satisfactorily experienced the experience of being a master once.

This was completely different from pointing out alchemy.

"Practice well, Master has two second-tier fire-type techniques, waiting for you kid to reach Foundation Establishment."

"Mm, mm. Thank you, Master!"

Luo Chen smiled and left with his hands behind his back.

Along the mountain path, he strolled step by step.

As he moved forward, the white mist covering the mountain peak also seemed to have spirituality, slowly retreating.

After he passed, the white mist gradually closed again.

Such a spiritual scene was not triggered by the array itself.

Soon.

Luo Chen arrived at the mountain peak, outside the green thatched cottage.

Without rushing into the house, Luo Chen stopped.

A smile appeared on his face.

"Don't hide, I've already seen you."

All around, there was no one.

His words were like speaking to the air.

However.

The next moment, a crisp laugh like a bell rang behind him.

"Hee hee..."

Luo Chen turned around helplessly, looking at the petite figure behind him.

"Xiao Ling, from now on, don't be so elusive, you can't scare me."

"Hee hee..."

The figure didn't speak, as if she only knew how to laugh.

Subconsciously, she pounced on Luo Chen, trying to hold Luo Chen's shoulder.

But the illusory body just passed through.

After passing through, the figure was stunned.

"Yi yi..."

Looking at the familiar face, Luo Chen's heart softened.

After all, she had more spirituality than when she was in the Ghost City.

She was no longer a lonely ghost.

If Feng Xia or Gu Caiyi were here, they would definitely cover their mouths in shock.

Because the face of this ghost was none other than their neighbor who had lived in the same courtyard with them for many years.

Bai Meiling!

She was clearly dead, why would she appear on Mount Xiaohuan?

All this has to start from when Luo Chen subdued the Ghost General back then.

Down from the second floor of the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.

Luo Chen was about to leave the city and return to Mount Xiaohuan.

However, his footsteps stopped at the stairs.

In front of the decaying wooden window.

A figure was lying on it, looking at him timidly.

Luo Chen's sleeves billowed, and he was about to flick them.

"A mere ghost, an insignificant person, dares to spy on me."

This kind of ghost that couldn't even be called a ghost soldier was too weak.

When she died, it was too hasty.

There was no obsession, no regret, no resentment, no anger.

Even if she died, even if she had cultivation in her lifetime, relying on the ghost domain, she could only become a weak ghost.

Luo Chen's Great Perfection Cleansing Technique might not be sharp enough to deal with those powerful ghost soldiers or ghost generals comparable to Foundation Establishment.

But to deal with this kind of weak ghost, it could sweep away a large area.

Entering the Spirit Medicine Pavilion before, he had also quickly cleared the scene like this.

However, just as Luo Chen's sleeves billowed and he was about to flick, his hand stopped.

He looked at those timid eyes, and his heart jumped for no reason.

Subconsciously, he shouted.

"Xiao Ling?"

The other party trembled all over, and then, as if frightened, fled in a hurry.

Luo Chen was stunned, and immediately realized something.

Without any hesitation, he chased out of the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.

Finally, his footsteps stopped outside the familiar Hundred Herbs Hall.

"Is it because I cleared the ghosts nearby that she dared to come out?"

With this thought in his heart, Luo Chen stepped into the Hundred Herbs Hall.

After entering, the pavilion was empty, and the medicine cabinets were scattered.

Everything had been swept away before the Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Hundred Herbs Hall left back then.

Luo Chen walked step by step in the Hundred Herbs Hall.

The first floor, the second floor, and even the third floor, the ghost he just saw was nowhere to be found.

Finally, he came to the backyard of the Hundred Herbs Hall.

In an instant, his gaze fell on the stone mill in the center.

Luo Chen was no stranger to this stone mill.

There are many methods and processes for processing medicinal materials.

One of them is grinding powder.

Medicinal materials that are easy to process are often done with a mortar and pestle.

He had a whole set in his own storage bag.

And some large medicinal materials required a stone mill.

Luo Chen's spiritual sense spread out, and he looked at the small hole in the center of the stone mill with a gentle gaze.

The aura of the ghost was hidden in it.

"Is it Xiao Ling?"

"If it's you, come out?"

"I am Luo Chen, your neighbor across the street."

"The one who came to buy medicine from you every day?"

No response.

There was only the shivering Yin energy.

Luo Chen thought for a moment and said softly: "Do you want to know how to refine Grain-Grain Bigu Pills with Fire Dog Whip?"

Whoosh!

A small illusory head condensed from Yin energy poked out from the mill eye, looking at Luo Chen curiously.

Looking at the familiar face, Luo Chen finally confirmed.

This was the ghost that Bai Meiling turned into after her death.

Unexpectedly, in this Ghost City where evil ghosts were everywhere and resentful spirits were rampant.

She, a mere ghost, actually survived and was not swallowed by powerful peers.

When he got closer, Luo Chen finally knew why the other party could survive.

"This medicine mill actually became a low-grade magic tool under the infiltration of Yin energy."

"No, it should be called a ghost tool!"

The grade of utensils that can be used to process precious medicinal materials is often not low.

At least it is at the low-grade level.

The Foundation Establishment True Person of the Hundred Herbs Hall naturally didn't look at this thing.

But it just happened to provide a habitat for Bai Meiling's ghost.

Even, Luo Chen could feel that if Bai Meiling pushed the stone mill, she could crush some ghosts and ghost objects that attacked her.

It was originally for grinding medicine.

Now, it has become a ghost grinder.

Years have passed, and Bai Meiling has lived here for a long time, and has had a deep symbiotic relationship with this ghost mill.

"The Ghost City is about to change, and it will no longer be your paradise."

"I'll take you away!"

Luo Chen put his hand on the stone mill. Unexpectedly, Bai Meiling did not launch an attack.

Instead, she lay quietly in the mill eye.

Luo Chen nodded and carefully put away the stone mill.

In this way, as long as this ghost mill magic tool is brought out of the Dahe Ghost City, Bai Meiling can also leave with him.

When she reaches the outside world, even if there is not enough Yin energy to support her, Bai Meiling can live comfortably by relying on the magic tool.

On Mount Xiaohuan.

Luo Chen sat on a lounge chair, holding a storage bag.

His gaze fell on Bai Meiling, who was drilling in and out of the clouds like a child.

He smiled slightly.

"Stop playing."

"Hee hee..."

"How is the Soul Refining True Technique I asked you to learn?"

Bai Meiling stood in front of him, her fingers unconsciously tangled, looking quite aggrieved.

"Yi yi..."

She seemed to be saying that the technique was too difficult and she didn't want to learn it.

Luo Chen's expression was solemn, "You must learn it, and you must learn it seriously. Otherwise, you won't be able to find your memories, and you won't be able to embark on the path of ghost cultivation!"

"Yi yi."

Bai Meiling curled her lips and flew into the green thatched cottage.

Then, she flew out dragging a pitch-black wooden block.

She squatted beside Luo Chen, staring at the wooden block with a sorrowful look.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen was also relieved.

The wooden block was naturally the piece of wood that recorded the Soul Refining True Technique among Gao Tingyuan's relics.

Luo Chen's Soul-Sucking Technique and Soul-Fixing Oath were all learned from it.

As for the "Soul Refining True Technique", he did not practice it.

After all, it was only an incomplete technique. If he turned to practice this technique, he would inevitably become neither human nor ghost.

Even if he used this to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, he would be troubled by the sequelae brought by the fusion of thousands of souls.

But these problems were not problems at all for Bai Meiling, who was a ghost.

She was a ghost, so there was no such thing as being neither human nor ghost.

Moreover, in the future, when she reaches the perfection of the Ghost Soldier realm, she can also try to use the methods on the "Soul Refining True Technique" to reach Foundation Establishment.

Sequelae?

Don't be afraid.

Bai Meiling's symbiotic object is a ghost mill that can crush ghost objects.

By crushing and grinding, what she gets will be the essence of the soul, which she can fully absorb directly.

"If you get started earlier, I can go into the Ghost City to capture some ghosts and ghost objects to help you practice."

Bai Meiling, who was pretending to practice, understood this.

She immediately became three parts more serious.

Luo Chen smiled helplessly and refocused his attention on the storage bag in front of him.

"What a Duan Qiankun!"

"Worthy of being a family with a casting inheritance, they are extremely familiar with arrays, and the extended spiritual sense restriction is also so exquisite."

This storage bag was none other than Duan Qiankun's relic.

It was in Wang Yuan's hands back then.

Because Wang Yuan had not broken through to the Foundation Establishment realm and could not break the spiritual sense restriction on it, he handed it to Luo Chen.

After Foundation Establishment, Luo Chen had more than once had designs on this storage bag.

But every time he returned without success!

There was no way, Duan Qiankun's means in spiritual sense were no weaker than his.

If judged only by restrictions, it was even thousands of times stronger.

Speaking of this, one has to mention the relationship between arrays and restrictions.

Restriction: uses spiritual energy as a barrier and spiritual sense as a constraint.

Array: unifies all restrictions, combines them into an array, borrows objects to take shape, and applies them as methods.

It can be said that anyone who studies arrays.

Starts by learning the art of restrictions.

Even when weak, when spiritual sense cannot be released, one can use essence blood and magic tools to cast restrictions.

Only by learning enough restrictions can one form large and small arrays.

It can be said that any large array is composed of individual restrictions.

Finally, by borrowing mountain veins, heaven and earth spiritual energy, magic tools, treasures, and even living creatures, it is arranged into an array.

If one does not understand restrictions and directly starts with arrays, it will be extremely difficult.

For example.

If an array is a large net, then a restriction is the node mesh that makes up the large net.

If the mesh is sparse, then the large net cannot catch fish.

Wang Yuan is a living example.

He did not understand restrictions, directly stole the idea of the Heavenly Work Spirit-Seizing Array, and fused it with blood path secret techniques to form the Blood-Sha Spirit-Seizing Array.

It seemed ingenious and could plunder others' foundations.

But in reality, at the last step, he fell short.

Even, he almost got himself involved.

After failing, he suddenly realized.

These years, hiding in the underwater cave dwelling, besides practicing the Soul-Fixing Oath and eliminating hidden dangers on his body.

He was studying restriction arrays.

In this regard, fortunately with Duan Feng's support, he was able to barely get started.

Duan Feng, seeing him living in simplicity and hardship.

Simply tidied up the cave for him, otherwise it wouldn't be as neat as Luo Chen saw.

After several years of research, Wang Yuan gained something and had already begun to improve the Blood-Sha Spirit-Seizing Array.

That's going too far.

Back to the topic.

As the patriarch of the Duan family, Duan Qiankun had been exposed to casting methods since he was a child.

He must be very familiar with the key arrays that make up magic tools.

Even if he couldn't form an array with his soul because his soul was not strong enough, he could still manage to arrange simple spiritual sense restrictions.

And this simple spiritual sense restriction, in front of Luo Chen, became an extremely difficult hurdle.

"In a short time, I definitely can't learn various restrictions from scratch."

"I can only rely on brute force to wear it down bit by bit."

"Fortunately, after so many years, only a little bit of the spiritual sense restriction remains."

Luo Chen was looking forward to what good things would be in the storage bag of Duan Qiankun, a long-time Foundation Establishment cultivator, after opening it.

"Will the treasure demanded by Xu Ji of the Falling Cloud Sect's inner sect be inside?"

Things that can be coveted by Xu Ji, or even Tian Xingzi.

Definitely won't be bad!

This is also the motivation for Luo Chen to spend many years of effort and hard work to wear down the spiritual sense restriction left by Duan Qiankun.

... he movement of the Luo Tian Society leaving.

Can't be hidden!

Even those rogue cultivators discovered clues from the changes day by day.

Not to mention the major Foundation Establishment forces with many people.

Not long after.

Outside Mount Xiaohuan, three Foundation Establishment True Persons arrived one after another on clouds.

And the door of the Huanyu Hall was closed again.

In the hall, Luo Chen, who had just walked out of the alchemy room, drank a cup of hot tea leisurely.

As for the three people opposite him who showed a hint of anxiety, he seemed to turn a blind eye.

Finally, someone couldn't help it.

Nangong Jin.

"Dan Chenzi, is your Luo Tian Society really leaving?"

Putting down the teacup, Luo Chen nodded gently.

Such things cannot be hidden.

They made preparations a month early, and they could sell some industrial territories at normal prices, which was already a profit.

As for how much was acquired by the three major forces, that was none of his business.

Seeing Luo Chen nod, Nangong Jin said anxiously: "Why go so far?"

"You have finally built this foundation with great difficulty, and our four families have rarely formed an alliance, plus there is no intervention from major sects now. The resources here are extremely rich, and after a hundred years, won't everyone be full of money?"

Indeed.

Without the intervention of sect forces, the resources of Dahe Square alone can be called massive.

Supplying four forces and four Foundation Establishment True Persons, it is no exaggeration to say it is more than enough.

Especially, there is also the Great River Gang under Wang Haichao, which can connect the inside and outside.

Resources needed by Foundation Establishment True Persons can also be supplemented from the outside.

"Perhaps, it has something to do with the strange change in the Ghost City?"

Li Yixian said suddenly.

Hearing this, Nangong Jin was stunned.

Immediately, a look of lingering fear appeared on his face.

Even if the Ghost King aura that erupted suddenly back then was far away, he could still notice it.

But he still wouldn't give up, after all, he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes.

So, he needed to be sure.

"Dan Chenzi, is that so?"

"Yes, Fellow Daoist Li guessed right."

Luo Chen looked around at everyone and said word by word: "In the Dahe Ghost City, a Ghost King is about to emerge, in as short as half a year, or at most a year."

"Moreover, this Ghost King is not evolved from ordinary evil ghosts."

"Its predecessor was Pang Renxiong, an elder of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, and his means were extraordinary."

"Even if he turns into a Ghost King, his strength is definitely not something we Foundation Establishment True Persons can compare to."

As soon as these words were spoken.

Even if everyone had psychological preparation in their hearts.

But the three Foundation Establishment cultivators still changed their expressions slightly.

They knew that the Ghost City was changing every day.

From the initial one Ghost General, it became nine Ghost Generals over the years.

But for so many years, the Ghost City had always stayed there quietly, with few evil ghosts leaving the city.

So much so that everyone defaulted to having such a neighbor.

But now, someone told them that a person with high strength had turned into a Ghost King, which made them unable to be at ease.

Nangong Jin asked with a fluke: "Is it possible that he retained his intelligence and turned into a ghost cultivator?"

Ghost cultivators and normal ghosts are completely different existences.

Having "cultivator" in the name means that they are still people who are running on the Great Dao, just like their True Cultivators, Body Cultivators, and Demon Cultivators.

In other words, they can reason.

However, his fluke was directly shattered by Li Yixian.

"How could it be a ghost cultivator who transformed normally!"

Li Yixian said softly: "Back then, Pang Renxiong was besieged by three Ghost Kings and a mysterious Jin Dan, and died miserably under Falling Phoenix Mountain. The unwillingness, resentment, and anger were enough to reach the sky."

"Such an existence, as long as it comes out, it is aimed at destroying everything."

Nangong Jin was struck by lightning, his face pale.

He kept muttering in his mouth, "How could it be like this, how could it be like this?"

It's no wonder he was so out of character.

It was really because the Nangong family was different from the Great River Gang and the Li family.

They had moved from Snow Lotus Square.

In order to gain a foothold here, they spent a lot of effort.

Dozens of family cultivators had died.

Now that they had finally settled down, their relationship with surrounding forces was close, and the whole family was slowly recovering.

Now, someone told him.

They have to move again?

Who can stand this.

In fact, it wasn't just Nangong Jin.

Wang Haichao, who had been silent since entering the hall, also looked solemn at this moment.

Family relocation is relatively normal.

With blood ties, wherever they go, they prosper together and suffer together.

But his Great River Gang was not so easy.

It absorbs rogue cultivators.

The bond that maintains the relationship is interest.

The way to earn interest is water transport and price differences in resources in many places.

Suddenly moving to a new place, whether anyone will follow him is one thing, and whether he can gain a foothold there is another.

If he can't open up the situation.

The huge Great River Gang will not only not help his cultivation, but might become a burden that drags him down.

It seemed that Wang Haichao was silent, but in fact, he was having a fierce battle in his mind.

For a time, in the main hall, except for Luo Chen's tea-drinking sound and Nangong Jin's muttering, the whole place fell into an unspeakable silence.

The oppressive atmosphere was broken by Li Yixian's pleasant and soft voice.

"Dan Chenzi, you made the decision to leave early, I suppose you have already thought about where to go?"

This time, Luo Chen was interested.

This question, Granny Yuan had already asked him a long time ago.

Now, it was time for him to answer.

He first nodded, "There is a general direction."

Then, he said uncertainly: "But I am a latecomer, and my understanding of the situation in the immortal cultivation world is far less than yours."

"So, where to go, we still have to plan together."

"Everyone?"

Li Yixian said in surprise: "Go together?"

Nangong Jin raised his head abruptly, looking at Luo Chen with hope.

Wang Haichao frowned and looked over curiously.

The implication.

Isn't it that the Luo Tian Society wants to advance and retreat together with the three major forces?

Luo Chen smiled slightly, facing the gazes of the three, and talked eloquently.

"When arriving at a strange place, even if you are a strong dragon crossing the river, you will encounter a strong rebound from local forces."

"This situation is common."

"For example, Fellow Daoist Nangong's family, or the Fu family that was destroyed by me, are all lessons from the past."

"My Luo Tian Society is just a new force, with too few experts and insufficient cohesion..."

This is...

The three people cursed inwardly.

The Luo Tian Society has too few experts!

Then what are they?

And, insufficient cohesion?

When it comes to rogue cultivator forces, the Luo Tian Society is definitely a force with full cohesion.

This Luo Chen is really talking nonsense with his eyes open.

Luo Chen ignored their thoughts and continued: "In this situation, changing to a place to survive, the Luo Tian Society might just be blown away by the wind and rain."

"Since that's the case, why don't our four families advance and retreat together?"

"At that time, we will watch and help each other, benefit each other, and strive to gain a foothold."

"Not to mention anything else, four Foundation Establishment cultivators attacking together, few people in the nearby markets can resist!"

The last sentence went straight to the root.

Causing the three people in the hall to nod secretly.

Nangong Jin was even more overjoyed!

In this way, perhaps the Nangong family will be much better than when they came from Snow Lotus Square to Dahe Square.

Li Yixian was thoughtful, also thinking about the feasibility.

Only Wang Haichao, after acknowledging it, had a strange look on his face.

This strangeness was instantly captured by Luo Chen's excellent eyesight.

"Fellow Daoist Wang, I don't know what your opinion is?"

"Ahem..."

Wang Haichao coughed lightly and said: "I dare not have an opinion, I just want to ask. The four-family alliance, all coming out of Dahe Square, who should be the leader?"

End of this chapter