Chapter 357: Reporting the funeral

"Good morning, Fellow Daoist Wang!"

"Fellow Daoist Luo, are you going out again?"

"Yes."

At the entrance of Tianlan Peak, Wang Pingzhi, who was guarding the gate, looked at Luo Chen's departing back and couldn't help but feel a bit puzzled.

This person usually stayed behind closed doors.

Why has he been going out every day recently?

After greeting Wang Pingzhi, Luo Chen appeared on the streets of the Xiancheng.

He naturally saw the confusion on the other party's face clearly.

He had indeed been going in and out too frequently during this period.

It wasn't because he was entangled in trivial matters.

Rather, it was to go outside to practice the Tier 3 flight spell "Ninety Thousand Miles."

Although Tianlan Peak was large, it was crowded with people, and practicing this spell there would be too ostentatious.

Going outside, the sky was high and the earth was wide, providing enough space for him to practice this spell.

However, halfway there, Luo Chen turned and entered another street.

Looking up at the "Ice Langong" sign in front of him, Luo Chen stepped inside.

After a long time, he walked out from inside.

This trip was to deliver the high-grade Jade Dew Pills and Blood-Burning Pills he had refined over the past year.

Weighing the storage bag, Luo Chen showed a look of satisfaction.

Another hundred thousand spirit stones were in his hands.

This sum of funds was enough to compensate for his consumption on Tao Wan's side.

"If I deduct this middle link, I can barely count this as refining pills for my own use!"

Luo Chen shook his head and smiled, but soon he became puzzled.

He hadn't seen Venerable Jueqing for a long time!

He thought the other party was in seclusion, but just now at the Ice Langong, it wasn't her receiving the pills, but the elderly Shi Boying.

"Could it be that Jueqing is no longer in Tianlan Xiancheng?"

Suddenly, this thought popped into Luo Chen's mind.

Once the thought was born, it lingered and wouldn't go away.

The handover of high-grade Jade Dew Pills was no small business.

Each time, it was worth over one hundred thousand.

In the past, Tantai Jin handled the handover with him, which was nothing.

After all, Tantai Jin was the eldest disciple of Jueqing's lineage with the highest cultivation.

But ever since Tantai Jin went to the Leiji Mountain battlefield, Fairy Jueqing had specified that she would handle the handover with her personally.

Judging from these signs, it seemed the other party had really left Tianlan?

"Forget it, where a Jin Dan Venerable goes, what does it have to do with me!"

Luo Chen curled his lips, too lazy to think about that woman whose face changed faster than a book.

Leaving the Xiancheng.

Luo Chen flew with his sword toward the region of the Qinhua River.

That was a place with thin spiritual energy near Tianlan.

Usually, even rogue cultivators rarely set foot there.

Actually, there were many such places beyond a thousand miles of Tianlan!

This situation was a bit strange.

Tianlan Peak was clearly a Tier 3 spiritual land, and the surrounding mountains and canyons were mostly Tier 1 spiritual lands.

But as long as one went beyond a thousand miles, it was as if spiritual energy had vanished, as if one had reached the mundane world.

According to Luo Chen's estimation, it was related to the seven sects building the Xiancheng and forcibly upgrading Tianlan Peak to a Tier 3 spiritual land.

A Tier 3 spiritual land could never be created out of thin air!

Either it was naturally nurtured, or it was formed by drawing spiritual energy from other places and blending them together.

Only this explanation fit the situation near the Xiancheng.

It was said that other large Immortal Cities had similar situations, which fit Luo Chen's guess perfectly.

These guesses were just daydreams Luo Chen had to pass the time while traveling.

Arriving where the green hills rolled.

Luo Chen naturally put away his ordinary flying sword.

Lacking the power to rely on, and without cloud-riding, his whole body seemed about to fall.

But a pair of illusory deep red wings extended from behind him.

Without using much force, his whole body naturally floated in mid-air.

"Sure enough, as time goes on, this item fits me better and better, just like my arms and legs, as if it were originally a part of my body."

"In this way, the improvement to my combat is simply too great."

Low-rank cultivators fighting often stood still and outputted, which was very foolish.

Those with rich combat experience, like Luo Chen and Wang Yuan, would supplement it with light-body techniques to avoid becoming living targets.

After reaching Foundation Establishment, cultivators' spiritual power was much more profound than during Qi Refining, so they could perform cloud-riding and be relatively flexible.

But that was all!

After all, paying attention to the enemy and controlling magic tools was already very taxing on the mind; adding flight spells was already the limit.

Even Luo Chen before mostly stood still and bombarded enemies with large-scale spell power.

Being distracted and using other methods was truly mentally exhausting.

After Luo Chen's "Ming Shen Po Sha" reached Great Perfection, he could use one mind for three purposes, and the situation improved a little.

But it was only a little.

When it came down to it, he still had to be distracted to perform the Wind-Riding Art.

However, it was different now!

The Fiery Cloud Wings were integrated with him, and under his command, apart from ensuring the supply of spiritual power, it didn't require any mental effort at all.

In this way, during combat, he could be much more flexible and changeable than others.

"And that's not all."

Luo Chen gave a low shout, and the wings behind him trembled.

The next moment!

His whole body was like an arrow leaving the bow, rushing a hundred zhang away in an instant.

Its speed was rare in the world!

And this was just a short-distance sprint.

What if it was within close range?

Luo Chen, high in the sky, moved up and down, shifting and moving, extremely agile.

Like a butterfly, like a swallow, almost as flexible as he was on flat ground.

Suddenly.

Luo Chen paused!

Then, under the addition of spiritual energy, his whole body soared into the distance.

After a long time, he flew back.

Hooo...

Exhaling a turbid breath, Luo Chen showed an excited look.

"As expected of a Tier 3 spell; even at the perfect level of proficiency, the speed has already exceeded Tao Wan's 'Nine Variations of Swift Wind,' which is truly surprising!"

"Even if I can't fly ninety thousand miles in one breath yet, at the Foundation Establishment level, I'm afraid few can rival me."

Flying ninety thousand miles in one breath was the description of the Great Perfection of the "Heavenly Roc Transformation."

After this technique reached Great Perfection, its escape speed would not be inferior to any Five Elements escape technique, and could even be mentioned in the same breath as the rainbow-transforming flight of a Jin Dan sword cultivator.

Luo Chen didn't aspire to that realm for the time being, and he hadn't reached the third stage of body refining.

But for now, it was enough for him to use.

Of course!

If outsiders knew that he had practiced this technique to the perfect level in just a few months, they would be shocked to the point of dropping their jaws.

Luo Chen didn't find it strange.

Having such results, although a bit unexpected, was within reason.

With the Great Perfection mundane light-body technique "Xiaoyao Travel" as a foundation.

Plus the addition of the Great Perfection "Wind-Riding Art."

He himself possessed the foundation of the same source as the Fiery Cloud Roc, plus his outstanding talent for spells.

Having this progress was reasonable!

After resting slightly, Luo Chen flew to a height of ten thousand zhang again, a height that ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators rarely set foot in.

At such a height, cultivators on the ground would almost never notice.

Once high in the sky, Luo Chen not only practiced "Ninety Thousand Miles" but also took out the magic treasure Mysterious Xuan Xuan Huo Jian to familiarize himself with the means of using tools to control spells.

Although Luo Chen often reminded the Foundation Establishment cultivators under his command not to rely too much on magic treasures.

But he himself didn't have this taboo.

Firstly, his spiritual power was far more profound than those of the same rank!

As a Foundation Establishment Level 6 cultivator, Xu Huanzhen was far inferior to him.

Last year, after training with Facing Chu Kui many times, he vaguely touched the spiritual power intensity of the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Facing Chu Kui, at Foundation Establishment Level 9, had more spiritual power than him, but not by much.

In terms of the profoundness of spiritual power, the current Luo Chen was comparable to a great cultivator at Foundation Establishment Level 8!

Secondly!

One had to mention this extremely ordinary low-grade magic treasure, the Mysterious Xuan Xuan Huo Jian.

It was truly too ordinary.

It didn't even have an attached killing move.

Whether it was Dan Yangzi's Purple Evil Treasure Sword, Tao Wan's Flowing Cloud Flying Sleeves, or even the Blue Jiao Bracelet Luo Chen gave to Gu Caiyi, all had attached killing moves.

The Mysterious Xuan Xuan Huo Jian, none!

It was precisely because of this that this flying sword appeared so ordinary and so cheap.

But since it was a magic treasure, it naturally had its advantages.

That was the boost!

After injecting spiritual power into this sword, it could boost a cultivator's attack intensity by about 30%.

Simply put, its big move was a normal attack, and a normal attack was its big move.

If an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator got this treasure, they would probably feel it was quite tasteless.

A magic treasure without a killing move was also very wasteful of spiritual power.

But for Luo Chen, spiritual power was nothing to fear, and the boost effect instead solved the shortcoming that his main cultivation spiritual power was of the Wood system.

Plus, Luo Chen was extremely skilled in Fire spells.

Using tools to control spells to cast spells, with the two superimposed, the power was even greater!

Ten thousand zhang high in the sky.

An illusory mountain peak collapsed in front of Luo Chen.

The powerful aftermath rolled over, causing Luo Chen's brocade white long robe to rustle.

Holding the Mysterious Xuan Xuan Huo Jian, Luo Chen exhaled a long breath.

"With this sword of mine, I wonder if a Foundation Establishment Level 9 cultivator can take it?"

After muttering to himself, Luo Chen ended today's practice.

Putting away the Mysterious Xuan Xuan Huo Jian, he flew slowly toward Tianlan Peak.

……

No sun or moon in the mountains, a thousand years have passed in the world.

For Luo Chen at the Foundation Establishment stage, a thousand years was too long.

But in the repetitive days of refining pills, practicing spells, and sitting in meditation, time had already flowed to the second year of Luo Tian's participation in the war.

On this day, Min Longyu returned to the Luo Tian Society.

He didn't come back alone, but he also came back alone.

This statement was a bit contradictory.

But when Sima Hui Niang looked at the coffin in the main hall, her whole body froze.

"A month ago, the Seventh Leiji Mountain encountered a surprise attack by the Yan Alliance army, and Jin Dan cultivators took action. The Seventh Mountain was jointly guarded by the rogue cultivator coalition army, and the Yan Alliance Jin Dan used powerful might to blast open the great array set up by the Luoyun Sect. The Ice Fortress Jin Dan couldn't rescue in time, and the Seventh Mountain was declared lost."

"In this battle, the rogue cultivator forces had no one to command and were defeated."

"My Luo Tian Society only guarded a remote path and could have retreated calmly, but we encountered a small team led by late Foundation Establishment cultivators blocking the way."

"Even though I used the Five Thunders Bombardment Array to deter that great cultivator, the Luo Tian Society cultivators still suffered a huge impact."

"In this battle, the Luo Tian Society lost forty-three Qi Refining cultivators, and Elder Li Yingzhang was seriously injured. With the rescue of Hall Master Xu Huanzhen, he luckily saved his life."

"Among them, there was the Hall Master of the Battle Hall."

Min Longyu lowered his head and sorrowfully recounted the situation at that time.

The Hall Master of the Battle Hall was Sima Xian!

Sima Hui Niang, sitting at the head, gripped the chair armrest tightly with her five fingers, and she said coldly:

"That great cultivator, what is his name?"

Min Longyu's expression stalled, and he couldn't answer.

Sima Hui Niang took a deep breath, forcibly making herself calm down.

"Late Foundation Establishment of the Yan Alliance is definitely not an unknown person. Don't you even know the other party's background? Or are you saying it wasn't a Yan Alliance cultivator, but just a vassal of the Sword Sect?"

Min Longyu gritted his teeth and said: "It was late at night, and I couldn't see his true appearance. I only heard a Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator call him 'Ku Chan'."

Ku Chan!

Sima Hui Niang silently recited this name, as if she wanted to carve it into the depths of her soul.

After a long time, she slowly asked: "What about Wang Yuan?"

Min Longyu breathed a sigh of relief and said again: "At that time, I was worried that other Yan Alliance cultivators would arrive, so I activated the Five Thunders Bombardment Array in advance. I wanted to severely injure the enemy and then take the Luo Tian Society cultivators away."

"But I didn't expect that even after being severely injured, the other party still wouldn't let go and chased us down. Hall Master Sima also died under the pursuit."

"Seeing the situation was urgent, Hall Master Wang, Hall Master Xu, and Elder Li took action one after another."

"Finally, I led the remnants out of the Seventh Mountain, Hall Master Xu brought back Elder Li, and Hall Master Wang's whereabouts are unknown."

First, the eldest brother died in battle, then Li Yingzhang was seriously injured, and more than forty Qi Refining cultivators died tragically.

Now, even Wang Yuan, the number one person under the Luo Tian Society President, had unknown whereabouts!

Sima Hui Niang closed her eyes, and the oppressive atmosphere continued to spread.

"President, please accept my condolences."

"Get out!"

Min Longyu sighed and had to leave the Huixin Hall.

After she went out, the main hall was silent.

After a long time, Sima Hui Niang walked down from above, walked to the coffin, and pushed open the coffin lid with difficulty.

Looking at the unrecognizable corpse inside, she couldn't help but cover her mouth.

……

Out of the Huixin Hall, Min Longyu felt his whole body relax.

But when he turned around and faced pair after pair of gazes, he trembled subconsciously.

Newly promoted Foundation Establishment Murong Qinglian, Gu Caiyi.

Qin Liangchen, Bian Zhen, the couple Yuan Dongsheng...

Many cultivators stared at him, as if they had thousands of words they wanted to ask.

Below the mountain, there was even more crying and wailing that never stopped.

The Luo Tian Society had been rooted in Tianlan for more than ten years, and many battle hall cultivators had already built families.

Now that a large number of corpses had returned, the sorrow of their loved ones went straight to the clouds.

It actually dyed the dusk of Danxia so miserable.

"Everyone..." Min Longyu's mouth had just opened when he was met with countless questions.

"Elder Min, how is my eldest brother?" The one asking was Li Yingzhang's own younger sister, Li Yingjun.

Min Longyu subconsciously replied: "Injured by a Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator, but his life was saved."

Hearing the first sentence, Li Yingjun's whole body went soft, fortunately her husband Yuan Dongsheng supported her.

However, the second sentence made her breathe a sigh of relief.

"Why didn't he come back after being injured?"

"That's because Venerable Yinyue of the Ice Fortress didn't allow anyone to leave, and even I was only allowed to bring back the remains of the fallen cultivators because Venerable Jueqing spoke up."

"How could there be such an inhumane order?"

Min Longyu smiled bitterly, and for a moment he was speechless.

In war, where is there any talk of human feelings.

"Elder Min, have you seen my husband Duan Feng? How is he now, is he injured? Can you give me some news?"

"The Luoyun Sect disciples also participated in the war, right? Have you seen my child Xiaohu? His full name is Qin Yuanjiang."

"Where is Old Zhang? They all say he's dead, but why haven't I seen his remains?"

……

One question after another was constantly issued from the crowd.

This scene was actually more terrifying than the enemy led by the late Foundation Establishment great cultivator.

Min Longyu took a step back subconsciously, and for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

Someone shouted.

"The President is here!"

The next moment, the crowd automatically dispersed, making way.

On the jade walkway, Luo Chen looked calm and walked over step by step.

Arriving close, he turned his head and looked at the pair after pair of eager gazes.

"Do you have nothing to do?"

"Gathering here, what kind of decorum is this!"

"Those who don't know would think you are going to eat Min Longyu and force President Sima to abdicate."

"Go back!"

"Return to your respective halls; I will notify you of the specific situation later."

Under the calm face, what was spat out were sentences of reprimand.

Over the years, Luo Chen had always been gentle and approachable in the society.

Being so strict and overbearing at this moment didn't cause any resentment.

The crowd lowered their heads and retreated silently.

"You two leave too, Min Longyu stay."

The three Foundation Establishment true cultivators present, Murong Qinglian sighed and walked toward Qin Liangchen who was waiting in the distance.

Gu Caiyi's face also didn't look very good, she pointed to the quiet palace in front, and then left with light steps.

At this moment.

At the entrance of the main hall, only Luo Chen and Min Longyu were left.

Almost without any hesitation.

Thump!

Min Longyu didn't care about the dignity of a Foundation Establishment true cultivator at all and knelt directly in front of Luo Chen.

"President, Longyu is guilty of death, I didn't protect the brothers of the Luo Tian Society."

"Who told you to kneel, stand up and talk!"

The crowd was gone, and for the first time, a gloomy look appeared on Luo Chen's face.

Under his reprimand, Min Longyu stood up with great guilt, but his back wasn't as straight as before.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 358 =====