Chapter 389: You were a beauty, why become a thief?

Above the ten thousand miles of yellow sand.

A figure walked alone.

Carrying an iron sword on his back, his face was aged.

If someone familiar saw him, they would definitely think he was Zuo Song, the Sect Master of the Iron Sword Hall of Tianlan Immortal City.

Only the Nether Duo and the Four Elders of Liancang might know that Zuo Song had long since died inside the Soul Transformation ruins.

Luo Chen did not yet know that after he left, the Luoyun Sect had already planned to seal the Soul Transformation ruins.

At this moment, he was recalling the flash-like battle just now, gaining a clearer understanding of his own strength.

Movement speed far exceeding that of early-stage Core Formation cultivators, a physical body strong enough to resist ordinary attacks from magic treasures, and abundant blood energy.

With the blessing of these three, he possessed terrifying high-burst damage for close-quarters combat!

The so-called strongest False Core cultivator of the Foundation Establishment stage could be easily killed by him!

As for facing Core Formation cultivators, he still didn't have much confidence.

But thinking about it, perhaps he could manage a fight?

"Such a powerful physique must be utilized well. And I don't know many killing moves for body-refining, only the very low-level Mountain-Opening and Monument-Breaking Palm and the Heaven-Peng Divine Claws recorded in the 'Heaven-Peng Transformation'."

"After going back, I must discuss it thoroughly with Wang Yuan; he will definitely be able to provide me with enough suggestions."

In the battle just now, he had tried using the Heaven-Peng Divine Claws.

Under high burst, it was indeed very strong.

It could even tear apart defensive magic treasures.

But ultimately, the distance was too close.

Unless Luo Chen changed his body size, transforming into a demon-like state, making his body huge and expanding his attack range.

But if that happened, it would inevitably increase the enemy's attack range as well.

There were pros and cons, and he couldn't make a choice yet.

"Han Zheng shouldn't be dead; their Han family has Substitute Puppets, I saw one at Dahe Square back then."

At the Dahe Square debate platform, two gangs fought a bloody battle.

Gao Tingyuan of the Dajiang Gang once had a Substitute Puppet, but unfortunately, it was wasted on the debate platform.

That thing was truly a good item.

But in the entire Yuding Domain, only the Han family of the Luoyun Sect could refine them.

Thinking of Dahe Square, Luo Chen thought of Xu Jie and the humanoid puppet in his storage bag.

At this moment, a trace of satisfaction appeared on Luo Chen's face!

If Tian Xingzi hadn't inadvertently mentioned the past, he would have almost been deceived by Xu Jie.

Tian Xingzi had indeed not broken his promise back then!

He had truly collected three Foundation Establishment Pills for him!

However, Xu Jie, who went to the appointment, only gave him two, secretly keeping one for himself!

If he hadn't refined three portions of Emperor Flowing Plasma, he would likely have failed his Foundation Establishment and fallen short.

This was the hatred of blocking one's path.

Since there was an opportunity before, he would definitely repay the other side well.

As for whether the faking-death Han Zheng would discover it or report it, he didn't care at all.

When he attacked, he had hidden his face, and his means were not the fire techniques he was most proficient in.

It could be said that he left no traces at all.

The only thing that might expose him was the Blazing Cloud Wings.

But this item was an illusory object derived from a magic tool, and he had activated it with blood energy at the time.

Han Zheng, faking death with his eyes closed, would not be able to detect it.

The Blood Demon did know his identity, but unfortunately, he was already dead.

However, Luo Chen was truly surprised by the Blood Demon's true identity.

After he killed the opponent, his spiritual eyes saw through the disguise, and it was actually Xuan Yu of Taoshan, which was truly unexpected.

Although the opponent's status wasn't noble, he at least had the Peach Blossom Ancestor as a backer, was himself a False Core cultivator, and had a Taoshan money-laundering den to collect wealth for him; why would he do these demonic things?

And he couldn't see any signs of Xuan Yu's mind being abnormal either?

"These things have nothing to do with me."

"Return to Tianlan Immortal City first, recover spiritual power, and then make plans!"

Luo Chen quickly made a decision.

However, when he passed within a thousand miles of the Golden Sand Floating Island, his heart suddenly stirred.

He took out several jade slips, and his brows couldn't help but twitch.

They were all sound transmissions!

There were from Duan Feng, Xu Huanzhen, and Chu Kui.

Strangely, there were even sound transmissions from Wang Yuan and Min Longyu.

The first three weren't strange; when he entered the Soul Transformation ruins, they were still on the battlefield.

It was normal for them to worry about him and send transmissions.

But the latter two should have been over at Tianlan Immortal City, right?

He opened the jade slips, and one sound transmission after another entered his ears.

After listening, a warm current couldn't help but surge in his heart, and a few faint touches flowed through his heart.

"They actually traveled thousands of miles to come and rescue me."

"Forget it, let's make an appointment to meet first!"

Immediately, he sent sound transmissions to Wang, Chu, and Min.

Outside the ten thousand miles of yellow sand, in a lush green forest.

Three figures cut through the sky, rushing over like lightning.

As soon as they landed, the three of them spread their spiritual sense.

But before they could find their target, a white figure stepped out leisurely from a large tree.

"Gentlemen, long time no see!"

Luo Chen smiled slightly, a bit more softness appearing on his cold, thin cheeks.

"President, you really are still alive!"

Min Longyu rushed over excitedly.

Seeing him so excited, looking like he wanted to hug, Luo Chen quickly reached out.

"Stop, if Caiyi were here, I wouldn't mind a hug."

Min Longyu stopped his steps and couldn't help but smile sheepishly.

Luo Chen patted his shoulder. "That formation of yours is great!"

Min Longyu's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "I have a better formation now, President, do you want it?"

Luo Chen smiled and shook his head. "Set up a concealment formation first, so as not to be discovered by passersby."

"Right away!"

Min Longyu immediately took out an extremely complete formation disk and busied himself around.

That magic treasure formation disk, if nothing went wrong, was the treasure of Yang Wei, who had set up the Thunder Prison Formation to try and suppress Wang Yuan!

He had let Wang Yuan take it back, and in over a year, it seemed Min Longyu had mastered a portion of it.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have dared to boast just now.

"I knew you wouldn't die, kid!"

Chu Kui laughed.

Luo Chen bowed to him. "Back then, Brother Chu covered my retreat, resisting a Core Formation cultivator with a Foundation Establishment body; I will keep this favor in my heart!"

Chu Kui waved his large hand!

"Why say these things!"

"I am a person who definitely gets things done after taking money, but if I give a promise, even without money, I will do it without fail!"

Luo Chen smiled and didn't say anything more.

These things, just keep them in mind.

Finally, Wang Yuan walked up to Luo Chen and punched him hard in the chest.

"This battle, you fought it for me!"

A simple sentence, and everything that followed was understood without words.

Indeed, if it weren't to rescue Wang Yuan, Luo Chen wouldn't have killed Yan Leizi and offended Di Wanyun.

One drink and one peck, it is all determined by heaven.

Although Luo Chen suffered a big loss, he also gained a little in the ruins, so he didn't lose anything.

"Eh?"

Suddenly, Wang Yuan looked at Luo Chen in surprise.

He subconsciously stretched out his finger, actually wanting to touch Luo Chen's body.

"Don't!"

Luo Chen pushed his hand away. "Brother, don't, that look of yours, that gesture, it's a bit cheesy!"

Wang Yuan shook his head, staring at Luo Chen in amazement.

"Your body..."

"Let's talk about it when we get back!"

Luo Chen interrupted his words, and then, while the concealment formation was deployed, shook out the ownerless magic tools and magic treasures from his storage bag.

Only Chu Kui understood his meaning in this strange action.

"Actually, there's no need to take these to register for merit anymore; the Four Sects Alliance knows about you killing Di Wanyun, and there are already ten thousand merit points on the merit list."

"Enough for us to exchange for the superior Core Formation secret technique."

Killing a Core Formation cultivator is only worth ten thousand?

Truly cheap!

Luo Chen said, "Ten thousand is not enough; I need to exchange for the inferior Core Formation secret techniques of Mount Ailao and Qingdan Valley as well."

"But this still exceeds it, right!" Chu Kui was puzzled. "I joined hands with you to kill for eight or nine thousand merit points, and exchanging for those two Core Formation secret techniques only required four thousand merit points."

Luo Chen nodded and changed the subject. "Inferior secret techniques mostly require external objects. For example, the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation requires the Dragon-Transformation Pill and Ice-Phoenix Pill as supplements. The other two sects are likely not much different. Use the extra merit points to exchange for corresponding auxiliary external objects. If there are none, then exchange them all for Foundation Establishment Pills and cultivation resources needed for the late stage of Foundation Establishment."

Speaking of this, he laughed heartily.

"No need to waste it, right!"

"This war, because of the opening of the Soul Transformation ruins, is likely coming to an end."

"Let's make one last haul; this trip wasn't in vain."

Chu Kui suddenly realized!

He had really forgotten about this.

Moreover, exchanging for Foundation Establishment Pills was completely unnecessary in his view.

But Luo Chen, standing at the height of the master of the Luotian Society, would definitely not let it go.

The merit points on Chu Kui's side had already been registered, and now, counting Luo Chen's side, a rough calculation showed that the total merit points from both sides had reached nine thousand.

For this number, Chu Kui sighed endlessly.

"If Di Wanyun hadn't intervened, we could have gathered the required merit points back then."

"Stop sighing, go quickly and return quickly, we'll wait for you here!"

"Then I'll go first!"

"Remember to be low-key, don't be flashy." Luo Chen was not very reassured and specifically warned him.

"I know, after all, three Core Formation secret techniques are always easy to covet!"

Chu Kui smiled slightly, put away the pile of vouchers needed for merit statistics, and leaped away.

After he left.

Luo Chen asked simply about the situation of the Luotian Society.

Learning that Luo Tian was safe and sound allowed him to set his heart at ease.

However, the fact that the Fairy of Despair had personally entered the Soul Transformation ruins to look for him was truly a bit beyond Luo Chen's expectations.

That woman, despite her unpredictable moods, really valued him quite a bit.

He vaguely remembered that when he triggered the Violent Thunder Storm Formation, she had rushed thousands of miles to the scene.

"After going back, I'm afraid I'll have to meet her."

Dealing with Core Formation cultivators, Luo Chen no longer felt any panic.

Previously, he relied on the status and position brought by alchemy, so his words were a bit hollow.

But now, with his strength surging, he had a bit more confidence, and naturally, he could be more composed.

Finally, Luo Chen brought up the Blood Demon matter.

"Taoshan Xuan Yu?" Wang Yuan was somewhat stunned.

Luo Chen nodded. "It is indeed him; I don't know why he would do these things."

Wang Yuan frowned. "Maybe he wants to practice some evil technique, so he collected so much essence blood from Foundation Establishment cultivators!"

Luo Chen said "Hmm."

He had the same guess; it was the same logic as when Wang Yuan secretly collected a large amount of essence blood from Qi Refining cultivators in the Guyuan Mountain Range at the Core Formation ruins.

It was definitely not a personal preference.

There must be a purpose, and practicing evil techniques is the best explanation.

"It's a pity, I got a defensive magic treasure from him, but now it's not easy to show it to the world."

Xuan Yu—the favorite of the Peach Blossom Ancestor!

Precious things like defensive magic treasures, unless crafted by a weapon refiner themselves, generally cannot be possessed by Foundation Establishment True Persons.

Even Chu Kui previously only used a damaged defensive magic treasure.

It was even destroyed under Di Wanyun.

The origin of this red silk defensive magic treasure was very likely bestowed by the Peach Blossom Ancestor herself.

Xuan Yu couldn't have had it for long.

Otherwise, during the battle, it wouldn't have been easily pulled open to reveal a gap by Luo Chen's great strength.

In this situation, only insufficient refinement can explain it.

Wang Yuan comforted him: "It's just a magic treasure. In this battle, the magic treasures you and Chu Kui collected number in the dozens! Among them, there is no lack of excellent and refined ones, why worry about this single one."

That is very true!

In this war of the Nine Mountains of Accumulated Thunder, Luo Chen only suffered a big loss with Di Wanyun.

But looking at the overall situation, he still made a killing!

The legacies of so many Foundation Establishment True Persons, among which there was no lack of the savings of late-stage Foundation Establishment great cultivators.

Now that they were all gathered on him, whether he used them himself or distributed them to the Luotian Society cultivators, it was more than enough.

One could even say that many first-class forces likely couldn't gather so many magic treasures!

"Wait until Chu Kui returns with the Core Formation secret techniques and a large number of Foundation Establishment Pills, plus these massive resources. The prosperity of the Luotian Society is just around the corner!"

Rarely, Wang Yuan looked forward to the future of the Luotian Society.

The rise and fall of a force involves many aspects.

Overall, it is internal talent and the external environment.

Internally, the foundation of the Luotian Society is still okay.

And the current external environment, under the baptism of war, has seen a huge vacuum of middle-level forces in the Yuding Domain.

It is precisely the opportunity for the Luotian Society to rise!

Just as they were talking about this, Min Longyu, who was presiding over the formation, suddenly spoke.

"Elder Chu is back!"

Is it that fast?

Or was it that the Four Sects Alliance had long been prepared for the Luotian Society cultivators to go and exchange for resources?

Luo Chen raised his head, and from hundreds of miles away, he saw Chu Kui's figure.

Suddenly, his brows twitched.

High in the sky, Chu Kui was making a special gesture, grabbing and releasing, clenching into a fist, repeating this three times.

Luo Chen was no stranger to this gesture.

When he joined hands with Chu Kui before, there were some agreed-upon gestures.

This set of actions now meant that someone was chasing behind him, and he was preparing to counterattack.

"It seems someone is indeed targeting him!"

Luo Chen smiled slightly and transmitted his voice while Wang Yuan was curious.

Before long, Chu Kui crossed the distance of hundreds of miles and flew over the forest.

Arriving above the concealment formation, he did not stop at all and continued to fly forward.

Ten miles behind him, faint spiritual energy fluctuations flickered.

That spiritual energy fluctuation, when it was about to cross the forest, suddenly paused, as if it had been hit by some invisible attack.

Three figures were forced to reveal themselves.

"Careful!"

A sharp female voice rang out.

Contrasting with this was a faint, murderous sound.

"Too late!"

The next moment, four huge earth-yellow walls rose from the ground with a rumble, completely surrounding all four directions.

Two figures soared into the sky, one with white light flickering like lightning, the other with blood energy as vigorous as an angry dragon.

The three followers' faces changed drastically, and they all flew toward the sky.

However, who knew when, Chu Kui had already returned.

A huge stick shadow that covered the sky smashed down with a boom.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Just one exchange, and the offense and defense swapped.

A middle-aged man fell to the earth with his eyes wide open, dead, his heart gripped in the center of Luo Chen's white claws.

And the other old man had two holes in his body, almost piercing his heart.

The last beautiful woman was the most disheveled, hair disheveled, vomiting blood, having taken a blow from Chu Kui head-on.

Not dead, it could already be considered that she had quite some means.

However, in the blink of an eye, one dead and two seriously injured, it still made those two like frightened birds, extremely panicked.

They were three late-stage Foundation Establishment experts joining hands!

Even on the battlefield back then, they had never suffered such a big loss.

That white light, with one flicker, killed the strongest big man among them; this was something no one had expected.

For a time, everyone's gaze fell on Luo Chen.

Chirp!

A burst of fire appeared, burning the heart held in his hand to ashes.

Luo Chen smiled and looked at the two people.

"Fellow Daoist Ling, long time no see, how did you fall to the point of doing such lowly things as being a bandit?"

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