Chapter 367

Half a month later.

Outside the Golden Sand Floating Island.

Luo Chen looked at the ten thousand miles of yellow sand outside the floating island, which was so vast that even with his sharp spiritual eyes he couldn't see the end, and a trace of melancholy couldn't help but flow in his eyes.

This seemingly calm yellow sand wasteland consumed the lives of countless cultivators every day.

Tomorrow, he would also have to step onto the battlefield!

While he was sighing, footsteps came from behind.

"President, Yuan Xiaoyue and the others are already prepared."

Luo Chen turned around and watched as one cultivator after another, led by Yuan Xiaoyue and Qin Liangchen, stepped onto the Langqi Flying Boat.

Li Yingzhang stood by his side; three days ago, Luo Chen had completely purged all the Earth Fire Sha energy from his body.

Now, although the other party's foundation was slightly damaged, there were no problems with normal cultivation.

"Be careful on the way, and make good use of that Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator's head."

"Yes, I understand."

"After you go back, follow the prescription of that physician from Qingdan Valley and take ten more doses of medicine. You seem fine now, but some injuries caused by Sha energy erosion cannot be solved by my techniques and must rely on the prescription."

"Thank you for your concern, President; Yingzhang will keep it in mind."

"As for the Luo Tian Society... you all listen to the President; I trust her to handle things!"

Li Yingzhang nodded heavily.

He had already firmly memorized every word Luo Chen said.

At the end!

Luo Chen smiled: "If there is a chance, I will definitely find your Li family's Chi Dragon Treasure Sword back for you."

Li Yingzhang shook his head hurriedly: "The President bestowing the Nine Channels Spirit King upon me is already a great favor; how could I dare to ask for more. President, you really don't need to take risks for this."

Luo Chen smiled and said nothing more.

The Chi Dragon Sword was ultimately different from other magic treasures.

It was not only the Li family's heirloom magic treasure but also the sword his old friend Li Jinhuang carried during his lifetime.

If there was no chance, so be it.

If he encountered it, no matter what, he would try to retrieve it.

"Alright, get on the boat; they are all waiting for you."

Li Yingzhang looked up; the Langqi Flying Boat had already started slowly, and a layer of spiritual energy light shield was gradually covering the boat's body.

Compared to when they arrived, loaded with a large amount of materials, the flying boat was incredibly huge and flew extremely slowly.

On the way back, it was more than half empty.

There were only some precious materials Yuan Xiaoyue had collected from the Ice Fortress, ready to be taken back to Tianlan Immortal City for sale.

They couldn't run an empty boat on the way back!

Therefore, on the way back, the flying boat shrank to ten zhang in length, barely the length of a high-grade flying boat.

With this length and width, the flight speed was also optimal!

When encountering irresistible enemies, they could also escape faster.

Li Yingzhang leaped onto the flying boat.

Together with Qin Liangchen and Yuan Xiaoyue, he turned around to look at Luo Chen.

"President, see you next year!" Qin Liangchen shouted.

"President, you must be safe!" Yuan Xiaoyue waved her hand, saying goodbye.

Luo Chen said nothing.

He just nodded at them.

Under his gaze, the Langqi Flying Boat slowly took off.

Subsequently, it flew away from the ten thousand miles of yellow sand region.

In his line of sight, the large flying boat gradually turned into a small black dot, until Luo Chen couldn't see it anymore.

A feeling of desolation welled up in his heart.

Luo Chen turned his body and walked slowly back along the street.

When he reached the very center of the floating island, his footsteps stopped.

In that circular square, a huge white stone tablet stood, with rows of golden characters appearing on it.

Merit List!

The cultivators of the four sects were not on it; they had their own way of calculating merit internally.

This stone tablet mainly recorded the merit obtained on the battlefield by the vassal forces under each sect, as well as some rogue cultivators.

Therefore, the main body on it was either the name of a force or the name of an individual rogue cultivator.

This merit was not just for a good reputation, but had a real effect!

One could use merit to exchange for corresponding resources and treasures at the Luoyun Sect, the leader of the four-sect alliance!

For example, the first-tier Spirit Elixir urgently needed by late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, or the precious Foundation Establishment Pill.

Other precious pills could also be exchanged for.

At least Luo Chen saw a type of mid-grade Han Guang Pill on it that was suitable for his cultivation.

It was said that this was a specialty cultivation pill of the Luoyun Sect, with medicinal power not inferior to the second-tier pills of the Medicine King Sect and Qingdan Valley, and was personally refined by Fairy Mu Yunyan, the chief alchemist of the Luoyun Sect.

A mid-grade second-tier cultivation pill had an incredibly huge temptation for ordinary Foundation Establishment True Cultivators!

However, Luo Chen currently didn't look down on it.

The high-grade Rising Dragon Pill given to him by Tao Wan of Qingdan Valley was still being supplied steadily.

Before developing drug resistance, Luo Chen did not intend to change his main pill.

Besides pills, there were many other resources provided by the four-sect alliance.

Magic tools, magic treasures, talismans, spiritual herbs, cultivation techniques, secret arts, and the Luoyun Sect puppets that cultivators coveted the most!

There were even puppets of the same tier and third-tier puppets available for exchange!

If one could exchange for such good things, it would be no exaggeration to say one could walk sideways within the Foundation Establishment stage.

It was precisely because there were so many good things on it.

That the ranking on the Merit List could not be used to judge who had made the most contributions.

It was simple; every vassal force was worried that the resources on it were limited.

Therefore, they often exchanged for them as soon as they earned a little merit, to avoid having merit but no desired resources when the time came.

The Luo Tian Society was the same!

Over the past two years, the little merit earned had all been used to exchange for Foundation Establishment Pills!

A total of three were exchanged!

Currently, only one hundred merit points remained on it.

As a result, the ranking of the Luo Tian Society was only in the middle to lower level, just a little better than some rogue Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"After going back, I must find Xu Zhen and ask carefully how this merit is calculated."

Luo Chen's gaze fell on the stone tablet, familiarizing himself with the various vassals of the four-sect alliance as much as possible.

On it, there were also several forces he was familiar with.

Such as the Lianyun Business Alliance, ranked nineteenth.

The Luo family of the Luosha Market, the Chen family of the Tianyi Market, Bailian Mountain, the Chang family of Changliu Gorge, and the Wei family of Xuchen Mountain.

These were all second-rate forces in Tianlan Immortal City or near Tianlan.

Over the past half month, several Foundation Establishment True Cultivators from these families had taken the initiative to visit him.

Either to exchange cultivation insights or to worry about the future development of the war, etc.

Some hadn't been seen yet, either in closed-door cultivation to heal injuries or having gone up to the Nine Thunder Mountains and not yet come down.

But having so many familiar people and forces gathered here still made Luo Chen feel dazed.

It was as if he were still in Tianlan Immortal City!

But the cruel reality told him that this was the Golden Sand Floating Island!

It was the base camp of the four-sect alliance on the ten thousand miles of yellow sand!

After the war ended, how many of these familiar forces would be able to return alive and intact was an unknown.

It was not impossible that all the few Foundation Establishment True Cultivators of a certain force would die on the battlefield.

Their home territory would instead be stolen by others.

"Perhaps if more die, the various great sects will be even happier, as they can collect rent again!"

Luo Chen never hesitated to speculate on these Jin Dan great sects with the greatest malice.

In their eyes.

Vassal forces didn't count for anything at all.

As long as their own sect didn't fall, the vassals under them were like wild grass; if they were gone today, others would take the initiative to attach themselves after a while.

Just like the Luo Tian Society back then, when Luo Chen took the initiative to attach himself to the Ice Fortress!

Because Luo Chen stood under the Merit List for a long time.

Slowly, someone noticed him.

His appearance and deeds had been no stranger on the Golden Sand Floating Island these days.

The vast majority of people knew this face or had heard of his great name, Dan Chenzi!

Luo Chen's spiritual sense was powerful, even if he didn't deliberately eavesdrop.

But the sound transmissions between some lower-realm cultivators nearby could not escape Luo Chen's ears.

"That senior is Dan Chenzi, right?"

"Indeed, just standing there, he is as steady as a mountain, quite like a master, worthy of being a leader among rogue cultivators!"

"We are also rogue cultivators, and I don't know if we can reach his height in this lifetime. Not to mention being famous in the Yuding Domain, but also being able to create a force like the Luo Tian Society, to be at one's own disposal."

"Haha, you are probably thinking too much. Although the Luo Tian Society is only an ordinary second-rate force, the experts within it are not weaker than the direct disciples of great sects. Like that Lei Zhenzi, with the power of the early Foundation Establishment stage, he blasted five people of the same tier to death. Do you think you can subdue such a genius? I'm afraid you can't even do it yourself!"

"Uh... life is already hard enough, brother, don't be so harsh."

"Haha!"

The rustling sound transmissions came to his ears, and Luo Chen couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

It was only in this half month that he learned that Min Longyu had actually made a Daoist name for himself.

Or rather, Min Longyu himself might not even know that he had a Daoist name, "Lei Zhenzi"!

This honorable title only gradually spread long after he left.

Setting up the Five Thunders Bombardment Array, with the power of one person, he blasted five cultivators of the same tier to death.

With such a glorious battle record, plus the fact that he was also an array master, naturally someone boasted for him.

Actually!

Luo Chen finally understood why, after arriving here, he found that the Luo Tian Society cultivators, who had clearly lost the battle, had no signs of decline.

In fact, their mental state was far better than other forces.

The whole reason stemmed from the night raid initiated by the Flame Alliance on the Seventh Mountain before.

In that night raid, the four-sect alliance side suffered heavy losses.

Many vassal forces reached a staggering seventy percent damage.

In comparison, the Luo Tian Society lost less than half its people, and although the three major Foundation Establishment cultivators in the society were seriously injured or missing, in the end, there were no casualties.

Instead, they achieved the result of killing dozens of Qi Refining cultivators and blasting five Foundation Establishment cultivators to death on the spot.

In subsequent rumors, among the few people who chased Wang Yuan, two mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators also fell.

With such glorious battle results, how could the Luo Tian Society cultivators not be proud, and how could their momentum not be high?

The defeat of the Luo Tian Society was not a crime of war.

It was the decline of the general trend, which led them to only be able to retreat together.

On the local battlefield, the Luo Tian Society actually won.

Of course, such details were only for these vassal forces to haggle over; the direct disciples of the four sects naturally disdained them.

Luo Chen watched the Merit List for a while, with little interest.

Except for the puppets and Han Guang Pills brought out by the Luoyun Sect, as well as the Foundation Establishment Pills, he had no interest in other resources.

Perhaps other ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators would flock to them.

But in front of his family background, they really couldn't catch his eye.

"Since there is nothing particularly worth my heart, nor anything of great benefit to the Luo Tian Society. Then there is no need to exert great effort on the battlefield to win merit."

"Seeing that the situation is not right, retreating immediately is the way to protect oneself!"

This was the purpose of Luo Chen's study of the Merit List.

Since they didn't bring out things that moved him, the combat strategy had to be changed well.

Unlike other forces, which must exert great effort.

Because of his own reasons, the Ice Fortress side would inevitably treat him leniently, and no one would blame him for slacking off.

The moon rose and the sun set, and time flowed.

Soon, it was the next day.

Waking up early, Luo Chen felt the state of his body and couldn't help but be energized.

Half a month passed, and he had successively opened twenty ordinary acupuncture points.

Adding the thirty-six major points that had been opened long ago during the Qi Refining stage.

In this way, fifty-six acupuncture points were opened.

Although there was no earth-shaking change at the moment, he truly felt something a little different.

That was the spiritual power reserve and conversion efficiency!

The dantian Qi sea can actually be seen as an acupuncture point in the human body, but because of its special position and the cultivation method, its volume is far larger than other acupuncture points.

And it is still constantly being developed and expanded.

Now that he had developed ordinary acupuncture points, they could be seen as small versions of the dantian.

These acupuncture points can store a large amount of ordinary spiritual power that has not been purified.

In this way, the spiritual power reserve is increased!

At the same time, because of these backup spiritual powers, the refining efficiency will also be greatly improved during the operation of the cultivation method.

"If I can open seven hundred and twenty acupuncture points, it is almost equivalent to opening a second Qi sea in the body!"

"My own spiritual power is seven or eight times more vigorous than those of the same tier, and with the body of the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, I am not inferior to the late-stage great cultivators. If seven hundred and twenty acupuncture points are opened together, with the bonus of the double Qi sea, I am afraid that as soon as I enter the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, my spiritual power can catch up with those of the eighth and ninth levels of Foundation Establishment!"

"Even, it is not impossible to compare with the Great Completion of Foundation Establishment cultivators!"

Thinking of the future scene, Luo Chen couldn't help but be excited.

This kind of improvement is no longer limited to the speed of cultivation.

It will also directly affect his combat methods.

Sure enough, his previous decision was correct.

Cultivation is a water-grinding effort that takes time to endure.

But at every step, he can fully draw inferences from one instance, learn from others' strengths to make up for his own weaknesses, and take steps faster and more solidly than others!

And while he was daydreaming about the future.

The cultivators of the Luo Tian Society had already set out one by one, under the command of Duan Feng, checking magic tools, talismans, and other combat preparations.

In fact, not just the Luo Tian Society.

The nearby Ice Fortress camp, and the entire Golden Sand Floating Island, seemed to have come alive.

Noisy sounds came from all directions.

There were even many escape lights, led by powerful Foundation Establishment True Cultivators, flying out of the Golden Sand Floating Island and entering the ten thousand miles of yellow sand range.

Half an hour passed in a flash.

Suddenly!

A hundred-person team flew toward the Luo Tian Society.

Seeing this, Luo Chen greeted them.

"Are you all ready?"

Tantai Jin asked while looking at the hundred cultivators of the Luo Tian Society.

Although they were the Battle Hall cultivators supplemented later, they were all full of energy and had a fierce aura.

It could be seen that this was also a team that had experienced many battles.

"No problem." Luo Chen smiled slightly and bowed his hands: "For this trip, I have to rely on fellow Daoist Tantai to take care of us."

"Well, let's go!"

Tantai Jin nodded and waved her hand.

Immediately, the two teams merged into one, but they were clearly distinct, with obvious gender differences.

Not just on their side.

The Ice Fortress camp soon gathered four more teams.

Compared to the two hundred people on Tantai Jin's side, the other four teams all had three or four hundred people.

All were more than them!

From this, it can be seen that what True Person Yinyue said to Luo Chen was not false, and the Jueqing lineage was indeed weak.

"Set off!"

A grand voice sounded.

Subsequently, thousands of cultivators, either driving magic tools or riding clouds and mist, flew together into the ten thousand miles of yellow sand wasteland, heading toward the nine high mountains in the center that were covered in thunderclouds all year round.

Under the blessing of colorful spiritual energy, this large-scale cultivator team soon merged with the main force of the other three sects.

Thousands of escape lights merged, the wind whistled, and the clouds rolled.

If viewed from a distance.

It was like mayflies emitting faint light, rushing toward the universe and heaven and earth where life and death were unknown and there was great terror!