Chapter 410

The Wave-Swallowing Sea-Holding Pot, a type of magic treasure specifically designed to contain fluid materials.

Common monster beast blood, tree sap, and exotic waters can all be stored in this magic treasure.

Not only does it have a massive capacity, but it also has functions like preservation and quality maintenance.

The first time Luo Chen encountered this magic treasure, it was used to store the blood of an Explosive Ape.

Later, he also saw Wang Yuan use it to store the essence blood of many Qi Refining stage cultivators.

That time, at Xieyue Valley, he was truly frightened by Wang Yuan.

But compared to the Wave-Swallowing Sea-Holding Pot in the mysterious jade storage bag now, that time with Wang Yuan was truly a case of a minor wizard meeting a great one.

Blood!

Countless amounts of fresh blood!

Every drop contained boundless vitality.

Every drop was far superior to the entire essence of a Qi Refining cultivator.

Luo Chen only took a simple glance and was horrified to discover that the essence blood inside was all from Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

This could not be fake.

Essence blood is an existence that fuses a cultivator's blood energy and spiritual power, and it also contains some innate primordial energy generated from breaking through realms, shedding the acquired, and returning to the innate.

It usually does not manifest its presence.

Only after actively condensing and stimulating it can one squeeze out a single drop.

According to common knowledge in the cultivation world, a cultivator can only refine about ten drops of essence blood without harming themselves.

In a desperate situation, this number can reach about twenty or thirty drops.

Even with Luo Chen's powerful physique, comparable to a third-tier ancient monster beast, he would only have about a hundred drops.

It can be said that every drop is nearly equivalent to one percent of his cultivation base.

Even with a higher realm, the limit is roughly this amount.

And at this moment!

In this Wave-Swallowing Sea-Holding Pot, the essence blood contained is far more than ten or a hundred drops!

At first glance, it was densely fused into a mass, looking like a small pool.

They did not mix with each other, yet they coexisted.

As the blood waves rippled, they emitted infinite, vigorous vitality.

"At least the essence blood of over a hundred people!"

"Hiss!"

After calculating the capacity of the essence blood inside, Luo Chen could not help but gasp.

Did that Xuan Yu kill so many Foundation Establishment true cultivators alone?

After the shock, he quickly calmed down.

Perhaps there were not that many.

The legend of the Blood Demon is not only reflected in slaughter and blood-sucking, but also in the fact that some corpses on the battlefield would mysteriously disappear when various sects failed to collect them in time.

It seems Xuan Yu took advantage of the chaotic battle to quietly steal some corpses.

Then, using his own methods, he extracted the residual essence blood from the corpses.

Sometimes, when he couldn't finish extracting and was pursued, he had no choice but to flee.

Through this back and forth, his actions were discovered.

This led to the so-called legend of the Blood Demon of Leishan.

"However, why is he collecting so much essence blood?"

Luo Chen was puzzled.

He muttered to himself: "Could it be for cultivating blood-path techniques? Or, like Wang Yuan, does he need to use cultivator essence blood to refine pills like Blood Fiend Pills?"

Luo Chen could not find an answer, so he carefully put away the Wave-Swallowing Sea-Holding Pot.

He even slapped a second-tier concealment talisman on it.

This thing cannot see the light of day!

Once exposed, not to mention himself, even if the Ice Fortress stepped in, they could not protect him.

Don't look at how Wang Yuan is currently being misidentified and labeled as the Blood Demon, and the major sects are not bothering him.

In reality, it is just that the major sects are too lazy to care.

They might have already figured out that the real Blood Demon is someone else, not Wang Yuan.

"Actually, it's not entirely a misidentification; when Wang Yuan was weak, he really did do such things."

"This can be considered a lucky strike."

Luo Chen chuckled and began to count Xuan Yu's inheritance.

Unlike Zheng Xian, who struggled alone.

As a male favorite of the Peach Blossom Ancestor of the Hundred Flowers Palace, Xuan Yu managed the Taoshan industry for her and could be considered the master of a force.

Therefore, his storage bag contained abundant resources.

All kinds of elixirs, magic treasures of various grades, talismans, and miscellaneous materials.

And the spirit stones that Luo Chen was most concerned about!

Just a simple count revealed over a million spirit stones, which was truly a huge sum of money.

Two thousand medium-grade spirit stones!

There were also over a dozen high-grade spirit stones!

Logically speaking, having reached the False Core stage, his wealth should have been exhausted.

Yet, he still had so many resources on him.

After a moment of thought, Luo Chen roughly guessed the origin of these resources.

They all came from the inheritances of the cultivators he had killed.

The False Core realm provided Xuan Yu with a powerful divine sense, and combined with some methods of the Hundred Flowers Palace, the imprints on the storage bags of Foundation Establishment cultivators were almost defenseless to him.

That is why he could gather so many resources.

"It's my gain, then!"

"This sudden wealth even exceeds my original net worth."

"Tsk tsk, indeed, a horse cannot grow fat without night grass, and a man cannot get rich without windfall!"

The so-called sudden wealth is not just talk.

Over a million spirit stones is just the most intuitive manifestation.

The miscellaneous resources inside, when added up, could also be worth two or three million.

Not to mention the dozens of magic treasures with different styles.

Calculated at a compromise price of fifty thousand each, that is another few million!

Intermittently.

It took Luo Chen three days to thoroughly count Xuan Yu's storage bag.

The final estimated value added up to nearly ten million!

After obtaining this figure, even Luo Chen, who always prided himself on his abundant wealth, couldn't help but curse with red eyes.

"Rich ghost!"

It really is fucking sudden wealth!

Sitting on a chair, Luo Chen had over a dozen classics, jade slips, bamboo slips, and paper books laid out in front of him.

In his hands, he was still holding three jade slips.

Over a dozen second-tier cultivation techniques!

Three third-tier cultivation techniques!

All originated from Xuan Yu's inheritance.

It can be said that with these inheritances of Xuan Yu, it is already enough to support a medium-sized sect.

Various cultivation resources, miscellaneous materials, magic treasures of different styles, second and third-tier cultivation techniques covering all aspects, and over a million in liquid funds.

Even the Luo Tian Society now probably isn't as wealthy as Xuan Yu alone.

This inheritance would make even a Jin Dan True Person jealous.

"Robber cultivators are truly terrifying."

"Ordinary small-time robber cultivators are just bottom-feeders; robber cultivators who roam the battlefield like this are the only way to get rich."

"Calling it Xuan Yu's personal inheritance, isn't it the wealth of over a hundred Foundation Establishment true cultivators accumulated over a lifetime?"

"Even the entire cultivation base of a Foundation Establishment true cultivator was gathered in that Wave-Swallowing Sea-Holding Pot. Xuan Yu really didn't leave even a bit of fur behind, scraping it clean!"

This blind box opening was a bit too big.

So big that even Luo Chen felt a bit terrified.

He had already vaguely guessed the purpose of the other party collecting so much cultivator essence blood from Xuan Yu's inheritance.

It wasn't collected for himself.

It was collected for that Peach Blossom Ancestor of the Hundred Flowers Palace!

These spoils of war were just incidental after he killed people and took their blood.

This also explains why Xuan Yu previously had a red silk defensive magic treasure similar to a woman's, and the level of refinement was very shallow.

Because that thing didn't belong to him at all.

It was a treasure bestowed by the Peach Blossom Ancestor.

"Indeed, it was a wise move for me to keep that red silk."

"Otherwise, if the Peach Blossom Ancestor knew I had intercepted her things, there would definitely be endless trouble."

"I guess the six sects of Yuding no longer pursuing the Blood Demon matter also has to do with Xuan Yu's identity; he was working for the Peach Blossom Ancestor."

After some thought.

Luo Chen carefully picked out all the resources related to Taoshan, Xuan Yu, and the Hundred Flowers Palace, and collected them into his storage ring.

These things cannot be handled by the Luo Tian Society.

It will cause big trouble.

For the remaining resources, he also tried his best to pick those with other people's aura imprints.

For some ownerless items, he adhered to the principle of caution first and also carefully used a separate storage bag to contain them.

Who knows if they might be related to the Peach Blossom Ancestor.

After finishing all this work.

The sky had already darkened.

It was time for daily cultivation again.

Even though there were still many things worth exploring in those inheritances, Luo Chen still suppressed the restlessness in his heart.

Cultivation must never stop.

This kind of grinding work must be persisted in every day.

He had plenty of time to explore those things.

Returning to the cultivation room, the vast spiritual energy, following the operation of his technique, breathing and exhaling, was constantly transported and refined, finally turning into extremely pure spiritual power, flowing into Luo Chen's dantian.

The vortex formed by the "Qingyuan Miaodan Method" was still rotating slowly, as if filtering, making the already pure spiritual power become even cleaner and clearer.

And Luo Chen's cultivation base was also constantly improving, becoming deeper and more terrifying.

"A complete top-grade defensive magic treasure, good stuff, keep it to reward the Foundation Establishment seeds of the Luo Tian Society in the future!"

"This treasure is not bad, the Soul-Controlling Bell, a low-grade magic treasure. Xiao Ling has already awakened, and she finds the Soul-Nurturing Banner difficult to use; this thing can be given to her."

"This magic treasure is useless, let the Luo Tian Society find a black market to sell it!"

"Earth-type defensive magic treasure, slightly damaged, but still eighty percent new, with not much loss in power. Previously, to help me, Chu Kui had one destroyed by Di Wanyun; this item can compensate for it a little."

"What kind of puppet is this? It can actually spit out silk nets; could it be made from spider-type monster beasts?"

"A small pavilion that can expand and shrink, could it be a treasure of the true disciples of Mount Ailao? A must-have for home and travel!"

"It's the Profound Sky Crystal again; it seems that the great cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage are consciously collecting this item, trying to use it to make their life-bound magic treasure. Collected, it will be just right for me to make my own life-bound magic treasure in the future."

"Soft Thunder Sand, not bad, not bad, also collected!"

"Good heavens, third-tier Earth Fire Fiend Qi! The person Xuan Yu killed was probably a great true disciple second only to the Daoist child within the Flame Alliance! Just right, the fiend qi fused into my Blazing Fire Miasma is only second-tier; by fusing this third-tier one, the power will increase by at least four or five times!"

"Bellyband, scented handkerchief, rouge... why are there so many women's things?"

"Also, Taoshan was originally an entertainment venue, and as the master of a mountain, Xuan Yu naturally would have many such items."

"Pity, pity, some of them were quite suitable for female cultivators, but it's not easy to expose them."

"'Peach Blossom True Scripture', could it be the cultivation technique of the Peach Blossom Ancestor? Third-tier level, water and wood dual-system technique, it could be used as my life-bound technique after forming the Core... what a pity, it is actually a dual-cultivation technique, and it is the most vicious kind of dual-cultivation technique for harvesting and furnace cauldrons."

"'Innate One Qi Great Handprint', third-tier spell, once this technique is released, it contains boundless suppressing power. It is best to cast it with earth and wood-type spiritual energy! A good spell, keep it to study, it might become one of my trump cards."

But first, she was close to the breakthrough opportunity, and second, the many years of operation in Tianlan were missed by the sect master lineage, and finally, Luo Chen's life and death were unknown, and his trace was completely gone.

A rough count took Luo Chen three or four days.

And a detailed inventory took a full half a month to barely finish.

Even then, Luo Chen felt unsatisfied, as many things still had great potential to explore their mysteries.

To figure out these things, it really took up a lot of Luo Chen's time.

Except for the daily cultivation that could not be interrupted.

Even the daily calligraphy and painting skills and reading of classics were put aside.

Alchemy also only maintained the progress of the Tongyou Pill.

However, everything was worth it.

Luo Chen harvested many, many good things from it.

Not to mention the things prepared for the Luo Tian Society to handle, just the ones prepared for his own use, once fully digested, his strength would definitely soar by a large margin.

Amidst his sighs, Luo Chen opened the formation.

It was the day for the Luo Tian Society cultivators to come and deliver materials and take resources again.

This time, it was Gu Caiyi who came.

Upon meeting, before saying two words, she burrowed into Luo Chen's arms.

"Do you miss me that much?"

"Don't you?"

Luo Chen was about to quibble, but found Gu Caiyi pointing at the spring palace painting on the table, looking at him with a half-smile.

"Cough, cough, this is..."

Well, Luo Chen couldn't say this was one of Xuan Yu's inheritances.

The fewer people who know about these things, the safer it is.

"Alright, you hypocritical guy." Gu Caiyi generously slapped the spring palace painting into Luo Chen's arms and then cleaned the table, "Xiao Ling got up early this morning and made you a very sumptuous spiritual meal. I contacted Taibai Workshop and purchased a bottle of third-tier spiritual wine."

Plates of exquisite and colorful delicacies were placed on the table.

The pot stopper was opened, and the rich wine aroma drifted out; just smelling it made one's soul leap and feel happy.

"Cultivation should also have relaxation; it's not like you're in closed-door meditation, what's the point of locking yourself in a cave every day?"

"You are so young and have plenty of lifespan."

"Others at your age are still struggling for Foundation Establishment, but you are already at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, a famous great cultivator, a guest of honor of major sects..."

Luo Chen drank the wine and ate the delicious food happily.

Listening to the chatter of the beauty beside him, he felt completely comfortable.

Perhaps it was because they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Today, Gu Caiyi had extra words.

Regarding her advice that cultivation needs a balance of tension and relaxation, Luo Chen didn't refute much.

Reading books and unpacking storage bags daily was his time to relax.

How could he not know such a principle?

Before long, Luo Chen ate the meal worth hundreds of spirit stones clean, and there was still a lot of wine left, which he kept to drink in his spare time.

After a wine hiccup, Luo Chen couldn't help but praise that Xiao Ling's skills were getting better and better.

Even if she opened a restaurant in the Immortal City, I think there would be many returning customers.

This is all culinary skill fed by his own various ingredients!

While watching Gu Caiyi clean up the table, Luo Chen asked about the current situation of the Luo Tian Society.

Almost two years had passed, and according to Sima Huiniang's original plan, it should have recovered quite a bit, right!

Unexpectedly.

Under Gu Caiyi's description, the current situation of the Luo Tian Society was even better than he had imagined!

The external business she was most familiar with had regained various channels.

The elixir business had dominated the low-tier loose cultivator market.

It was the third largest elixir supplier in Tianlan Immortal City, second only to the Medicine King Sect and the Green Elixir Valley.

At the same time, the Luo Tian Society helped the Luo family of the Luo Sha Workshop build a new shop in the Immortal City, mainly dealing in various mineral materials.

This item clearly occupied the market once held by the Iron Sword Hall and the Xiahou family.

In other aspects, there were also different developments.

And internally, in these two years, three Qi Refining cultivators had advanced to the Foundation Establishment stage.

They were Sima Wenjie, Feng Xia, and a rising star named Lou Ying, who came from the Fighting Hall.

The current Luo Tian Society was temporarily not lacking in Foundation Establishment Pills.

Not to mention that the Foundation Establishment Pills exchanged from the Leishan battlefield had not been exhausted.

Just Luo Chen constantly opening blind boxes had harvested over a dozen Foundation Establishment Pills one after another.

Plus the ones the Luo Tian Society occasionally purchased from the black market and auctions, it was generally enough.

Under these circumstances.

Sima Huiniang also carried out drastic personnel changes.

Chu Kui was appointed as the Hall Master of the Fighting Hall, Xing Zonghan took over Su Xiaolin's work and became the new intelligence chief of the Luo Net.

Feng Xia succeeded Bian Zhen and was promoted to the Hall Master of the Spiritual Medicine Hall.

Sima Wenjie acted as the Hall Master of the Merit Hall.

Lou Ying was transferred from the Fighting Hall to the Outer Sect and served as an Outer Sect Elder.

The Sun Family Medical Hall, under the leadership of the divine hand Sun Sifang, joined the Luo Tian Society, and Sun Sifang himself became the third preaching elder of the Preaching Hall after Wang Yuan and Min Longyu.

These were the major personnel changes.

Among them, some small ones were countless.

Even if some positions were currently just nominal, Sima Huiniang arranged them anyway.

It could be seen that her ambition was not small; she built the structure first, and after the Luo Tian Society recovered to its peak state, she would go all out to take this force to the next level.

Luo Chen listened with great interest.

He completely delegated personnel power to Sima Huiniang, and the other party really dared to do it drastically.

Regarding this, he had no opinion.

Although he didn't follow the set of "don't doubt the person you use, don't use the person you doubt," after many years, it was enough for him to see a person clearly. Corresponding delegation of power was more in line with the healthy operation of a force.

"Doing quite well!"

Gu Caiyi narrowed her eyes, "Are you praising her, or me?"

"Both are good, both are good!"

Luo Chen chuckled and brushed off the matter.

Changing the subject, he asked about another thing.

"How is the collection of materials for reattaching the severed limbs for sister-in-law going?"

Bringing up this topic.

Gu Caiyi couldn't help but dim her expression.

She sighed and said: "Most of them have been collected, but two key main materials are still missing."

"Which two?"

"Lotus-Born Seven-Orifice Root, Trace Mud."

Hearing these two names, Luo Chen couldn't help but frown.

He had checked these two materials in the classics; one was third-tier, the other was fourth-tier, both were extremely precious and rare items.

Suddenly, his heart moved.

"I remember that back then, in order to apologize, the Nangong family gave Brother Qin a section of Lotus-Born Seven-Orifice Root; didn't you go and ask Nangong Jin?"

Facing this question, Gu Caiyi shook her head.

She gave a piece of news that caught Luo Chen off guard.

Nangong Jin was dead.

He died on the Leishan battlefield, and even his corpse was gone.

Affected by this, the Nangong family, who had finally moved to Tianlan Immortal City, also left Tianlan a few years ago.

"Dead?"

"No wonder when the Battle of Luo Tian happened before, I saw Great Elder Lianyun and Li Yixian, but I didn't see him. Given our origins and his personality, he was the most willing to do things that add flowers to the brocade. I didn't expect that not seeing him was because he was already dead."

For a moment, Luo Chen felt quite emotional.

The Battle of Leishan was indeed a meat grinder.

Too many cultivators died in it.

Now that the Luo Tian Society could show off in Tianlan Immortal City, wasn't it because too many people died on the battlefield, leading to the emptiness of the Immortal City.

"By the way!"

Gu Caiyi raised her head and said casually: "That Jin Dan True Person from Mount Ailao has a rather ambiguous attitude; not only did he help us rebuild Danxia, but he also repaired the ruins of the Casting Hall and the Elixir Hall caused by the earth fire. The current Elixir Room and Casting Workshop have even better effects than before."

"Is he that kind-hearted?" Luo Chen frowned, "Did he ask for more rewards?"

"No!"

Gu Caiyi shook her head, bit her lip and said: "Sima Huiniang also said he was too enthusiastic. But because he is a Jin Dan cultivator, it is not easy to speculate too much, so she asked me to ask you about this matter to see your thoughts."

Luo Chen fell into silence.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and his mind recalled the details of his two interactions with Elder Fei Ming.

After a long time, he nodded thoughtfully.

"I roughly know his intentions."

"You don't need to worry about this matter, just be friendly with the Mount Ailao cultivators in your daily life."

"As for him... I will go and see him."

Thanks to the alliance leader 'Catty's Night' for the reward!

The sudden surprise really caught me off guard.

First of all, thank you!

Then, according to the additional update rules I set when I went on the shelf, the alliance leader reward adds two updates, and the silver alliance reward adds twenty updates.

However, it is a pity that I don't have a single saved chapter on hand right now.

And recently my hands have been hurting badly; I was diagnosed with tenosynovitis and periarthritis of the shoulder. This is not to sell misery; without this reward, I didn't intend to mention this.

Saying all this, the meaning is very simple: additional updates might be a bit difficult.

However, I am not a person who goes back on his word.

Two updates are recorded, I will try my best to write them out. When adding updates, the chapter title will indicate that it is an alliance leader reward.

'Catty's Night', thank you again!

(End of this chapter)