Chapter 358: Battle Hall Master Luo Chen, setting off for the Nine Leiji Mountains

"I overestimated my attainments in arrays!"

"The geographical environment of the Nine Leiji Mountains has a very strong repulsive nature; it's simply impossible to set up a complete defensive array. Even the Tier 3 defensive array set up by the Luoyun Sect Jin Dan Venerable is vulnerable before a Jin Dan of the same rank."

"Therefore, I spent half a year building a killing array according to local conditions—Five Thunders Bombardment."

"With the help of the omnipresent thunder power of Leiji Mountain, this killing array is enough to threaten any late Foundation Establishment great cultivator."

"But I didn't expect that battle to come too hastily; no one expected the Jin Dan Venerable to take action so fiercely. After all, previous battles were limited to the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment categories."

"When the battle broke out, I triggered the thunder killing array and killed five Foundation Establishment cultivators in one fell swoop. I thought such a result would deter the other party, but I didn't expect the remaining Foundation Establishment cultivators to still be relentless."

"Wang Yuan ordered me to lead people to retreat, and the three of them stayed behind to cover. The final result was Li Yingzhang was seriously injured, the magic treasure Chi Dragon Sword fell into the hands of others, and Xu Huanzhen abandoned the Tier 2 Bai He spirit beast to save him. Wang Yuan unleashed killing moves, using the Blood God Tribulation Finger repeatedly, and after covering the two of them to leave, he was finally chased and killed, disappearing into the night."

"After retreating to the Eighth Mountain, Duan Feng came to protect us. It was only then that I was allowed to return to Tianlan to bring back everyone's remains."

Speaking to the end, Elder Min Longyu's voice choked, and his eye sockets turned red.

That battle was truly too tragic.

He didn't know the casualties of other stations, but just for the Luo Tian Society, they lost almost half.

Four Foundation Establishment true cultivators, one seriously injured, one missing, and the highest-level Hall Master Xu Huanzhen also lost his Bai He spirit beast.

Only he, Elder Min Longyu, returned alive and intact.

"President, I have failed your expectations, I deserve to die!"

Luo Chen pursed his lips and tightened his face.

Looking at the man who was extremely annoyed and guilty, for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Before setting off, Elder Min Longyu did say he wanted to set up a great array there to protect the lives of the Luo Tian Society cultivators.

But the current result had truly given him a hard slap in the face.

On the battlefield, you, a Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivator, how could you have such a big mouth.

However, some things always had to be said.

"The fault is not yours."

"You have already done very well; if you hadn't set up the array, half of the people wouldn't have been able to survive."

"Go down and rest, write down the detailed situation in two days and hand it to Murong Qinglian."

Elder Min Longyu still wanted to say something.

But Luo Chen had already turned around and slowly pushed open the main gate of the Huixin Hall.

Inside the hall, there was deathly emptiness.

Elder Min Longyu opened his mouth and finally left in shame.

……

In front of the black wooden coffin.

Luo Chen placed his hands gently on the unrecognizable corpse.

Wisps of pure Wood spiritual power, following the spitting of his palms, landed on it.

Rotten flesh rolled, bones returned to their positions, and hideous wounds healed.

A brand new, rosy face returned to the face.

Rough, vicissitudes, weathered.

It was exactly the face of Sima Xian in his memory.

Sima Hui Niang, who had already recovered her emotions on the side, saw this face and couldn't help but sob again.

At this time, she no longer had the style of a strong woman in the past.

She was as weak as a blade of grass that could fall in the wind.

"The three of us siblings came from a large secular city. Our family background was considered wealthy, but it was only after the family fell into decline that we became destitute."

"Eldest brother pulled me and Wenjie up all the way."

"Later, by chance, we three siblings were lucky enough to have spiritual roots, and from then on we embarked on the path of cultivation."

"In the eyes of outsiders, the Sima three cultivators are dominated by me, and I am the one who makes plans and decisions when traveling north and south."

"But whenever we encounter danger, it is always eldest brother who stands at the very front, and it is always he who chooses to stay behind to cover."

……

"I wish so much that Big Brother could find a Dao companion and live a quiet, ordinary life. But he said, 'Little Sister, you see the glory on stage, but you don't know how many people are coveting my position.' He wants to cultivate diligently to become my most solid support."

"Eldest brother's words have always been few. This sentence was only said to Wenjie when he was drunk in private."

"Failure in Foundation Establishment was his most painful thing. Since then, he has been even more silent and put all his thoughts into the Battle Hall."

"But I didn't expect that he would die in Leiji Mountain."

"No, actually I should have thought of it long ago. How can people not die? Even Foundation Establishment true cultivators can die."

"But..."

Luo Chen took the woman into his arms.

He, who had always been eloquent and could speak eloquently even in the face of high-rank cultivators, couldn't think of any suitable words of comfort in front of this fragile woman at this moment.

All he could do was hold her tightly.

Time passed slowly, the candle fire in the hall flickered constantly, emitting wisps of green smoke.

I don't know how long it had passed.

A clanging sound was made.

The woman closed the coffin lid.

She wiped away her tears and left Luo Chen's embrace; in a trance, the familiar Sima Hui Niang had returned.

"Are you okay..."

"I'm okay!"

Sima Hui Niang sniffed, and her expression became firm.

"People always have to die. Zeng Wen can die, Granny Yuan can die, so many cultivators in the Luo Tian Society can die, so how can my eldest brother stay out of it."

"From the moment he stepped onto the Leiji Mountain battlefield, he was already prepared."

"Life always has to go on."

Luo Chen opened his mouth, and he didn't react for a moment.

The Sima Hui Niang he was familiar with had indeed returned.

"President, the Battle Hall cannot be without a master for a day!"

"Hmm."

"I decided to transfer Bian Zhen to serve as the Battle Hall Master, and the Spirit Medicine Hall will be topped by Xiu Gu; she was originally..."

"I'll do it!"

Sima Hui Niang looked up suddenly and looked at the man in front of her.

In the dim main hall, the man stood tall and said unhurriedly:

"The Battle Hall is the sword of the Luo Tian Society, how can it not be sharp?"

"Wang Yuan is strong enough, but he is more addicted to martial arts cultivation. It was only because of helplessness that I let your eldest brother take the lead."

"He did a very good job, but I underestimated the current situation; it's not something a Qi Refining cultivator can deal with."

"Looking at the current Luo Tian Society, only I can hold this blunt sword!"

Sima Hui Niang couldn't help but speak: "But..."

"There are no 'buts'!"

Luo Chen said decisively: "After attending the funeral of this batch of cultivators, I will personally go to the Leiji Nine Mountains battlefield to command the Luo Tian Society cultivators!"

"It's very dangerous there." The woman said in a low voice, as if pleading.

Luo Chen shook his head.

"On the path of cultivation, there is no such thing as peace and smoothness."

"Over the years, countless battles, large and small, of the Luo Tian Society have been conducted under my command."

"Although you can all stand on your own, the situation there now is completely different."

"Wang Yuan is missing, Li Yingzhang is seriously injured, and the main combat power of Xu Huanzhen's spirit beast was killed. If I don't go, I'm afraid the remaining cultivators of the Luo Tian Society will be treated as cannon fodder."

"Hui Niang, in the vast Danxia, can you find a second person more suitable than me?"

Sima Hui Niang was speechless.

Luo Chen knew what she was worried about.

But in the face of danger, there is only responsibility!

As the one who personally founded the Luo Tian Society, he absolutely could not live alone in Tianlan and stand idly by in this situation.

He reached out and stroked the woman's slightly cold cheek.

"Rest assured, as long as I don't run into a Jin Dan True Person, others cannot do anything to me."

These words were comfort, and also incomparably strong self-confidence.

The woman's heart was slightly settled.

Looking back, she looked at the black wooden coffin.

"Where is it appropriate to bury my eldest brother and the others?"

"The back mountain, backed by Mo Sang, facing the Qinhua River, bury them thickly. For those who died in battle but have no remains, set up cenotaphs and treat their families well." Luo Chen said in a low voice.

……

Three days later.

Paper money flew like flowers all over the sky, and the sobbing and wailing never stopped.

In the distance.

Luo Chen looked at Sima Wenjie, who was still kneeling in front of Sima Xian's grave and unwilling to leave for a long time, and remained silent.

Footsteps came from behind.

It was Elder Min Longyu.

He didn't look back and said: "Something?"

Thump!

Elder Min Longyu knelt on one knee and gritted his teeth: "President, take me with you!"

The news about Luo Chen personally conquering the Leiji Mountain battlefield had spread throughout Danxia within these three days.

All halls were operating, preparing the corresponding manpower and resources.

However, Elder Min Longyu was not on the expedition list.

His posture, to be honest, was a bit beyond Luo Chen's expectations.

The other party was not a member of the Luo Tian Society at first, and could even be considered an enemy.

But this time after returning from the war, the emotions he expressed were deeper than many old people.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have knelt twice in a short time.

Luo Chen was very strange, but he didn't ask.

Whether it was sincere or fake, Elder Min Longyu's attitude was impeccable.

He just refused lightly.

"Don't go this time."

"Why!"

Elder Min Longyu looked up, his eyes full of confusion.

"There is no 'why', if both you and I leave, who will guard Danxia Peak?"

"But at present, no one should come to provoke my Luo Tian Society, and there are still the three Foundation Establishment true cultivators of the President left behind."

"Better safe than sorry. With you presiding over the Danxia Array, even great cultivators wouldn't dare to provoke us. Only in this way can I have no worries."

After hearing these words, Elder Min Longyu drooped.

But in his eyes, there was still some unwillingness.

His feelings for the Luo Tian Society cultivators were very complicated.

When he first joined, he only treated them as strangers, each taking what they needed.

But when the Luo Tian Society settled Danxia Peak and returned to his family's ancestral land, some perceptions gradually changed.

Especially looking at the once dilapidated family ancestral land, under the cultivation of the Luo Tian Society cultivators, it gradually recovered its vitality, and that inexplicable emotion went deep into his heart.

They had worked together, fought side by side, and often exchanged cultivation insights.

Not family, but in his heart, they were close to family.

More than a hundred years ago, the Min family was destroyed, and he was powerless.

But a hundred years later, how could he sit back and watch the decline of the Luo Tian Society, especially when he had strong abilities!

This war was one of the most tragic losses in the history of the Luo Tian Society.

In terms of numbers, it couldn't compare to the Battle of Gaoling Plain, but the cultivators who were injured and killed were all elites.

In this, he committed the sin of arrogance.

Therefore, he wanted to make up for it!

But Luo Chen didn't give him this chance.

"Get up!"

Luo Chen cast a spiritual power, helping him up without allowing the other party to refuse.

Looking at the cemetery hidden in the Mo Sang in the distance, he said lightly: "There is always life and death in the world, you have done very well, don't blame yourself too much. Compared to going to the battlefield to kill enemies and take revenge, staying in Danxia and guarding the Luo Tian Society is of greater significance."

Although Elder Min Longyu was still unwilling, he finally nodded and accepted Luo Chen's arrangement.

However, he still wanted to do his part.

In front of Luo Chen, he took out the Zhouyou Eighteen Array Disk solemnly.

"President, this item is for you."

"Hmm?"

Luo Chen looked at this magic treasure that was sent out from his own hands.

It was incomplete at first, but under the joint repair of Elder Min Longyu and Duan Feng over the years, it looked brand new, and one couldn't see any incompleteness at all.

"This is the core of the Seven-Colored Danxia Array, right? If you give it to me, what will happen to the Luo Tian Society?"

Elder Min Longyu shook his head slowly, "No, the core of the Seven-Colored Danxia Array is Danxia Peak and me, not this magic treasure. If the mountain is there, the array is there; if the mountain is destroyed, the people die!"

Luo Chen frowned and stared at the other party seriously.

Elder Min Longyu took a deep breath and continued:

"The situation there is becoming more and more bizarre, and even Jin Dan cultivators are taking action without shame. President, you are very strong, but if you encounter a Jin Dan enemy... you are the soul of the Luo Tian Society, and you must never be lost!"

Luo Chen's gaze fell on the Zhouyou Eighteen Array Disk.

"Can this item rival Jin Dan?"

"If the environment is suitable, perhaps we can fight!"

Under Elder Min Longyu's expectation, Luo Chen finally accepted his kindness.

Just as Elder Min Longyu said, Luo Chen's significance to the Luo Tian Society was irreplaceable by anyone.

Just like right now.

Danxia Peak, which was originally full of wind and rain, was only able to suppress the situation because Luo Chen came forward.

Sima Hui Niang was very capable, but she was still missing something.

That thing needed a long time to catch up with Luo Chen little by little.

Stroking the Zhouyou Eighteen Array Disk, Luo Chen listened to Elder Min Longyu carefully introducing the array killing move he had painstakingly studied.

At the end, he suddenly asked:

"Describe the battle scene of that night to me again, I want to know who it was that still wanted to pursue and kill you relentlessly after the team's strength was severely damaged."

Mentioning this, Elder Min Longyu's face instantly became ferocious.

……

"The corresponding resources are all prepared."

"The small ones are in the storage bag, kept by Qin Liangchen and Yuan Xiaoyue. The large ones are loaded on the Langqi Flying Boat."

"When we get there, hand them over to the Ice Fortress cultivators; the price has already been negotiated through Tantai Jin."

Above Danxia.

The Langqi Flying Boat had been completely unfolded, and the boat body, more than fifty zhang long, showed its thickness as a top-grade large flying boat.

It was already piled with dense various large-volume materials.

Mineral materials, wood, etc.

These things, when they get there, can be used for huge purposes in the war.

Just this trip, the Luo Tian Society could earn more than one hundred thousand spirit stones!

On the flying boat, in addition to these things, there were many battle hall and outer sect cultivators, and the Golden Hall sent Vice Hall Master Yuan Xiaoyue to be responsible for the specific cargo transaction.

Sima Hui Niang looked at Luo Chen worriedly.

"These things are actually not important, the most important thing is you!"

Luo Chen smiled, "Being so long-winded is not like you."

Sima Hui Niang didn't say anything more; the words that should be said had already been made clear in the past few days.

It was just that at the time of parting, she was touched by the scene.

She got off the flying boat and stood with Gu Caiyi and Murong Qinglian.

"Don't worry, after the war, I will bring them all back!"

Luo Chen waved to them and turned to board the Langqi Flying Boat.

"Set sail!"

Following his order.

The huge Langqi Flying Boat made a rumbling sound and then slowly flew into the distance.

Sima Hui Niang and the three watched their departing backs from afar.

In Danxia Peak, many cultivators watched this scene.

I don't know who shouted.

The next moment, it was a collective shout.

"President, you must come back!"

There was no response on the flying boat, only a white figure with hands behind his back, standing against the wind, watching the distance.

Leiji Nine Mountains, I, Luo Chen, am coming!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 359 =====