Chapter 226: Forcing Back Five Foundation Establishment Cultivators

Under the gaze of all.

Thump!

Cao Wanchun was blasted against the mountain wall, making a violent explosion sound.

His expression was terrified, but his eyes were blood-red.

"Bastard!"

"I'm going to kill you!"

With a roar, he controlled his flying sword, shooting toward Luo Chen like a galloping arrow.

Luo Chen looked at this scene coldly, his hands behind his back, motionless.

The next moment, a thick and heavy hand appeared beside him, grabbing the flying sword tightly.

The sword body was still trembling violently, as if unwilling to be controlled.

The owner of the hand, dressed in a black hemp robe, nodded to Luo Chen, then turned into a blood-colored tornado and rushed toward Cao Wanchun.

"Loser, still dare to break your promise!"

"You! You have brought this upon yourself!"

Amidst Cao Wanchun's terror, the

A giant palm, as if cutting through gold and jade, pierced through layers of defense and gripped his neck.

Crack!

Without any wasted words.

Wang Yuan snapped Cao Wanchun's neck, lifted his body, and turned back around.

"President, this petty villain has already been executed."

Under the gaze of the masses.

A Foundation Establishment cultivator, dead!

Like a dead dog, his neck snapped by someone, held in their hand.

At this moment, all was silent, not a sound to be heard.

Everyone watched this scene, trembling like cicadas in winter.

That black-robed cultivator is so strong.

Catching a flying sword with bare hands, the momentum was like a tornado.

Killing a Foundation Establishment cultivator as if slaughtering a chicken or a dog.

However, following the black-robed cultivator's gaze, everyone fearfully looked at that figure high in the sky.

The master of the Luo Tian Society—Luo Chen!

This one is the strongest.

The power of a single move, heavily injuring three of the same rank.

What kind of existence is this?

Perhaps only those sect geniuses on the Dao Discussion Platform's Heaven's Pride Ranking, who look down on their peers and have never known defeat, could compare to him!

Only at this moment did the crowd come to their senses.

No wonder Luo Chen was so arrogant, viewing three peers as if they were people waiting to be slaughtered.

He had the confidence to be contemptuous and the strength to be disdainful.

Suddenly.

Heavy coughing sounds rang out.

The crowd followed the sound and saw Bian Zhong, supporting his Dao companion, flying tremblingly toward Luo Chen.

Not fleeing?

Instead, approaching—what is the logic behind this?

Could it be they didn't see the scene of Luo Chen's subordinate suddenly killing someone?

Under the crowd's attention, Bian Zhong revealed a bitter smile.

"Many thanks to you, fellow Daoist, for showing mercy!"

The crowd was stunned.

Beaten into such a state, and still calling it showing mercy?

Only Bian Zhong was speaking from the heart.

Although the spell the other party used just now was extremely powerful and fierce, he could actually feel that the other party had still held back a fraction of their strength.

Especially after heavily injuring the three of them, the other party did not press the attack.

In that situation, if the other party had struck, the three of them would have had no power to fight back at all.

At least one or two would have died.

Luo Chen said indifferently: "I said one move, so it is one move."

Bian Zhong was stunned, looking at Luo Chen, and suddenly discovered that in the other party's eyes, the initial disdain and contempt were gone.

He bowed deeply.

"Since we have already been defeated, then my wife and I naturally have no reason to linger."

"Farewell!"

Luo Chen calmly looked at the two of them, "We shall meet again!"

Bian Zhong shook his head with a bitter smile and, carrying the heavily injured Lu Xiaoyan, flew off in one direction.

At this moment, the two of them were injured; if they were to be conspicuous outside, they feared attracting the covetousness of others.

Right now, it would be better to find a friend and ask for their care.

Watching the two leave, Luo Chen withdrew his gaze.

"The time of one incense stick has passed!"

As the words fell, rays of light instantly flew out from the Langqi flying boat, pouncing toward Danxia Peak.

Subsequently, screams rang out.

Those were all people who lingered and held onto luck.

Not until the screams ceased did the Langqi flying boat slowly start, flying toward the mountainside of Danxia Peak.

Everywhere it passed, the cultivators all yielded the path, not daring to offer the slightest obstruction.

Inside Biyou Valley, even larger groups of cultivators walked out, trembling.

Two Qi Refining cultivators stood outside the valley, looking up at the tall mountain peak.

"This person is too strong!"

"His subordinate is not weak either; I fear it won't be enough for our two families to send just one Foundation Establishment cultivator each."

"Let's report the situation first!"

"Mm, I will notify the clan immediately."

The two no longer hesitated and went personally to notify the forces behind them.

……

Thud!

A dull sound rang out.

The giant flying boat slowly stopped on a huge platform on the mountainside.

Elder Min Longyu stepped out, looking at this scene that seemed both familiar and strange, his eyes red.

The unworthy descendant of the Min family, Elder Min Longyu, has returned.

And it was in this way!

A figure appeared before him, and Elder Min Longyu hurriedly lowered his head and bent his waist.

"President!"

"No need for formalities."

Luo Chen waved his hand, holding the white jade folding fan that Qin Liangchen had gifted him, and said leisurely:

"How does it feel to be home?"

Elder Min Longyu opened his mouth, choking so much he could barely speak.

After a long while, he said with difficulty: "Longyu never imagined I would return in this way. Thank you, President, for your great kindness; I will not forget it even after a hundred deaths!"

"Let's not talk about death." Luo Chen looked at the cloud-shrouded mountain peak, "Although you didn't return in the name of a Min family descendant, the Luo Tian Society can be considered your new home. Since that is the case, treat this Danxia Peak well from now on!"

"Now, I have a task for you."

Elder Min Longyu cupped his hands heavily, "Please give your orders, President!"

"Take people to scout every part of Danxia Peak; within one month, I want to see a brand new mountain-protecting array! If you lack spirit stones or materials, go find Sima Hui Niang. If you lack people, find Murong Qinglian; they will assist you with all their might."

"It won't take a month!"

Elder Min Longyu said confidently: "I have known the terrain of Danxia Peak by heart since I was young, and I have studied that great array of the Min family a thousand times over. As long as there are enough materials, give me half a month, and I can roughly set it up."

The Min family's great array?

Luo Chen glanced at him and nodded with satisfaction.

"Then go!"

Elder Min Longyu received the task and left excitedly.

Looking at his lightning-fast speed, it seemed he didn't want to delay at all.

Luo Chen was also looking forward to the array he would set up.

From Shi Lan, he knew just how remarkable that Min family array had been!

Under the siege of enemies several times their number, it held out for a full year.

If it hadn't been for the Min family running out of food and supplies, and their foundation unable to support it, it could have held out even longer.

Elder Min Longyu's current attainments in array formations were also related to his study of that second-tier great array since childhood.

"Although it is second-tier, it is comparable to a third-tier one."

"If this array guards us, as long as no Core Formation cultivator appears, the Luo Tian Society will be impregnable!"

Luo Chen muttered a sentence, then stepped up the mountain.

……

In the mountains.

Li Yixian and Nangong Jin walked along.

Stepping on the small mountain stone path, their eyes were filled with tall pines and cypresses, quiet and lush.

Individual green oak trees and golden phoenix trees were interspersed among them, adorning the beautiful mountain scenery as if it were a paradise on earth.

And at the foot of the mountain, there were even larger patches of fire maples, spreading out like clouds.

"Sigh..."

"Fellow Daoist Li, why do you sigh?"

Li Yixian stopped her steps, looking at the spirit-filled mountain cave.

"I sigh because Luo Chen and I both came from Dahe Workshop. Arriving in a strange place, we should have been treading on thin ice. But he acted boldly and easily earned a piece of cultivation land for the Luo Tian Society."

"Luo Chen is indeed extraordinary," Nangong Jin said.

Li Yixian shook her head, "It's not just extraordinary. Do you know how much the annual rent for this Danxia Peak is?"

Nangong Jin looked at the other party curiously.

During this time, he had been healing in the cave dwelling and hadn't really paid attention.

"In order to settle my Li clan members, I inquired in many places within the Ice Langong. Therefore, I understand the situation of many spirit lands in the vicinity of Tianlan City."

"Those spirit lands cost thousands of spirit stones a year at every turn, terrifyingly expensive."

Li Yixian paused, looking at the bluestone slabs under her feet.

"This Danxia Peak is the best among them. The rent alone is 15,000 low-grade spirit stones a year."

"So expensive?"

"Right, and it's a ten-year lease!"

Nangong Jin gasped.

He shook his head repeatedly, "Incredible, incredible, Luo Chen is truly a big spender!"

"Indeed a big spender; haven't you seen that he also bought a new large flying boat? That grade..."

The voice stopped.

Li Yixian smiled bitterly: "I don't know where my Li clan should go from here."

Nangong Jin consoled her: "Don't worry too much, everything will get better."

Will it get better?

Li Yixian didn't know the answer.

She only knew that since leaving Dahe Workshop, she always felt powerless.

It seemed everything was beyond her control.

Just as the two were talking.

A sound transmission fell into their ears.

At the same time.

A rough, sharp shout rang out from outside the mountain.

"Fei Changqiu of the Divine Work Gate, here to pay a visit to the mountain!"

Li Yixian and Nangong Jin looked at each other, their expressions changing slightly.

They knew why Luo Chen hadn't let the two of them act earlier.

Now, it was time for them to contribute.

……

"Geng Lie and Geng Shuzhen of the Geng clan, here to pay a visit to the mountain!"

Outside Danxia Peak.

A large group of cultivators had gathered again.

Unlike before, this time the Luo Tian Society had become the defending side.

Luo Chen stepped out from the crowd, his gaze cold as he stared at the other party.

Three Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Divine Work Gate.

Two Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Geng clan.

All were early-stage Foundation Establishment; united, they were truly a force not to be underestimated.

However, he only sneered.

"What do you intend?"

Fei Changqiu frowned, looking at the other party.

Facing five Foundation Establishment cultivators alone, and still this composed?

Thinking that the other party also had a subordinate comparable to a Foundation Establishment combatant... they shouldn't have this kind of confidence!

He steadied himself, wanting to speak.

An angry voice suddenly came from behind him.

"What do we intend?"

"Kid, this Danxia Peak is not a place you can touch. If you're sensible, take your old, weak, sick, and disabled and get out."

Fei Changqiu looked at Lu Rong, puzzled.

He didn't understand why the other party was so angry.

Luo Chen glanced at Lu Rong and sneered: "Did you sweep the floor clean? Your words are so dirty."

"You!"

"Don't argue!"

Fei Changqiu interrupted Lu Rong, calmly saying: "Fellow Daoist Luo Chen, right! This Danxia Peak is indeed not a place you can easily touch. It contains the industries of my Divine Work Gate and the Geng clan; for you to forcibly occupy it like this is a bit unrighteous."

"Righteousness?"

Luo Chen sneered, "Why didn't you say that to the Ice Langong cultivators? I spent real money to rent this."

"Moreover, you've been freeloading here for years; I fear you haven't paid the spirit stones to Tianlan Xiancheng!"

"If I were to report this matter..."

Fei Changqiu's expression changed slightly, and he immediately scolded:

"You dare!"

"What do I not dare!"

Fei Changqiu narrowed his eyes, emitting a dangerous light, staring fixedly at Luo Chen.

Behind him, Lu Rong and another Foundation Establishment cultivator were already poised for action.

"Do you know that after renting spirit lands outside, you are responsible for your own safety? Even the law enforcement team of Tianlan Xiancheng won't care anymore?"

"Threatening me?"

Luo Chen grinned, revealing a row of white teeth.

He raised his hand slightly.

The next moment.

On Danxia Peak, two massive Foundation Establishment-stage spiritual power fluctuations rose up.

A black figure even stepped forward, fearlessly arriving behind Luo Chen.

Fei Changqiu's expression changed drastically.

The two Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Geng clan also had their expressions change.

Wasn't it agreed there was only one Foundation Establishment cultivator?

How did it suddenly become three!

And that black-robed cultivator, with his man-eating gaze, actually brought them immense threat.

Lu Rong's expression shifted, and he sent a sound transmission.

"Gate Master, those two Foundation Establishment cultivators must have come to Tianlan Xiancheng with Luo Chen."

Fei Changqiu frowned; did this mean they were advancing and retreating together?

He took a deep breath, looking at Luo Chen.

"Must it really be like this?"

"You can try; my Luo Tian Society doesn't look for trouble, but we are absolutely not afraid of it!"

Fei Changqiu hesitated.

According to intelligence, Luo Chen had previously fought three Foundation Establishment True Persons alone.

Although his realm was slightly higher than the other party's, he asked himself if he could achieve that level.

If they really fought...

Not worth it!

"Forget it, take care of yourself!"

Fei Changqiu shook his head and turned to leave.

Lu Rong was extremely unwilling, but the Divine Work Gate respected Fei Changqiu, so he really didn't dare to overstep his authority.

Glaring hatefully at Luo Chen, he followed him away.

At this time, only the two Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Geng clan remained.

Luo Chen turned his gaze to the two of them.

"Two fellow Daoists, are you here to visit the mountain?"

Geng Lie looked deeply at Luo Chen, said nothing, and turned to leave.

A potential conflict was extinguished in a few words.

This scene left the watching loose cultivators feeling quite unsatisfied.

What happened to the Foundation Establishment battle!

They were still waiting to pick up scraps.

Watching the backs of the few people fleeing, Wang Yuan let out a long sigh of relief.

Turning his head, he saw Luo Chen looking calm, as if everything had been within his expectations from start to finish.

"Since coming to Tianlan Xiancheng, Foundation Establishment True Persons are like they're worthless; there's a bunch of them everywhere."

Wang Yuan sighed.

Luo Chen's sharp gaze swept across a hundred miles; everywhere it passed, many loose cultivators felt like they had thorns on their backs and hurriedly fled.

He said indifferently: "After all, it's not a small place like Dahe Workshop; it's understandable for there to be more Foundation Establishment cultivators."

"But are you really not afraid of offending these people?" Wang Yuan was curious.

"Are you afraid?" Luo Chen asked back.

Wang Yuan shook his head, "I'm not afraid, but pointless fighting has no meaning."

He paused, and a sense of urgency arose in his heart.

"Luo Chen, that Huo Hu..."

Swish!

Luo Chen turned around abruptly, staring at Wang Yuan.

"We can't move yet!"

He knew what Wang Yuan was thinking.

The other party had been stuck at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining for many years.

Wanting to promote to Foundation Establishment using conventional methods was not feasible.

Only by using the Blood Fiend Spirit-Seizing Array to devour those who had just reached Foundation Establishment would there be a chance to break through.

Huo Hu perfectly satisfied this condition.

But, no!

Huo Quan's threat was still like a thorn in his back.

Huo Hu was the only means they had to restrain the other party.

Wang Yuan frowned; he knew what Luo Chen meant, but such a piece of fat meat was hanging in front of him every day.

Even though his will was firm, in the face of the temptation of breaking through and increasing his lifespan, it was still hard to endure.

"Haven't you been improving the Blood Fiend Spirit-Seizing Array?"

"Now that we have Elder Min Longyu, an expert in array formations, in the society, why not ask him for advice?"

Wang Yuan was stunned, then his eyes lit up, a flash of brilliance hidden within.

That's right!

His attainments in array formations were truly too low; if he could learn something from Elder Min Longyu.

Perhaps it would be easier when he reached Foundation Establishment.

Luo Chen said leisurely: "You can hand the original array of the Blood Fiend Spirit-Seizing Array, the Heaven-Work Spirit-Seizing Array, to Elder Min Longyu. If he can master it, the strength of the Luo Tian Society might be greatly enhanced!"

End of this chapter