Chapter 446: With the Strength of a Whole Sect, Helping One Person Form a Core

In the sky, a flying boat pushed aside the clouds and mist, flying slowly.

In the flying boat, Luo Chen was simply taking stock of Miao Wen's legacy.

The other party had managed Dahe Workshop for many years, and his family wealth was quite abundant.

Even though it was much worse compared to Luo Chen, who currently carried nearly ten million in wealth, it was far wealthier than an ordinary Foundation Establishment True Cultivator.

Just in terms of spirit stones, there were as many as 200, 00!

It didn't sound like much, but Miao Wen's status was only that of a sect deacon at the early Foundation Establishment stage.

Besides spirit stones, there were the most of various rare materials.

Second-tier, third-tier, and even several types of fourth-tier mineral materials.

Like the Tongxuan Heavenly Crystals that Luo Chen had already accumulated a lot of, Miao Wen had three pieces in his storage bag!

If the value of these materials were calculated comprehensively, it would be roughly several hundred thousand.

However, apart from spirit stones and materials, resources in other areas were relatively scarce.

There were only a few talismans, mostly common ones for daily life like sound transmission talismans, cleaning talismans, and invisibility talismans.

The elixirs were of good quality, looking to be at the second-tier mid-grade level.

There were not many cultivation techniques or formation methods either.

The reason for this severe imbalance was easy to guess.

Sword cultivator, after all!

Besides the things needed for cultivation, other resources were often not too many.

But even so, Miao Wen's family wealth could be considered extremely abundant.

Some true disciples of large sects were far inferior to him.

"It's no wonder Miao Wen spared no expense to clear the way with the upper levels of the Sword Sect, just to stay in Dahe Workshop; this place is indeed a good place to collect various rare resources and seize wealth, without being subject to too much supervision by the sect."

The sky is high and the emperor is far away, nothing more than this.

Luo Chen held a box in his hand, opened it to take a look, and then carefully put it away.

Seven-Star Heavenly Lamp Fruit!

A third-tier spirit herb, its value even greater than most fourth-tier materials.

The reason lies in the fact that this spirit fruit can prolong life.

Seven stars, six stars already lit, enough to increase life by eighteen years!

This thing was also a treasure that he himself was very much in need of.

Back then, in order to refine the Withering-Flourishing Fire, he had indeed been drained of a hundred years of life.

Although Luo Chen's cultivation progress was rapid, and he didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, that sense of urgency would occasionally surface, like a sharp sword hanging over his head.

This Seven-Star Heavenly Lamp Fruit came just at the right time, giving Luo Chen a few more points of confidence.

After putting away the life-prolonging treasure, Luo Chen took another item out of Miao Wen's storage bag.

A magic treasure.

A strange magic treasure!

A palm-sized round disk, engraved with purple and golden crescent moons.

Injecting a little spiritual power.

Swish!

At the edge of the disk, sharp and ferocious blades extended instantly.

With a flick of a finger, the disk began to spin in front of him, and faintly, more spinning moon flying disks seemed to be emerging.

Luo Chen's heart stirred, and he withdrew his spiritual power.

"Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel, I didn't expect that after going around in circles, it would finally return to my hands."

That's right, this magic treasure was the first magic treasure Luo Chen had ever seen since he started cultivation.

It was released at the Dahe Workshop Sword Pavilion auction back then and was bought by Uncle Mi for the high price of 80, 00 spirit stones!

Later, this treasure was seized by the rogue cultivator Core Formation guest elder secretly hired by the Lianyun Business Alliance, and in the Lancang River battle, it was captured by Pang Renxiong.

That powerful sword cultivator didn't care for such external objects and bestowed it upon Miao Wen, while bestowing the other Rotten Chess pieces upon Luo Tianhong.

But I didn't expect that things would remain but people would change.

Forty years later, whether it was the incomplete Rotten Black Chess or the Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel, they had all fallen into Luo Chen's hands.

"Miao Wen didn't spend much time refining this item, so the mark on it was very easy to clear."

"However, to completely refine this treasure and operate it as one wishes, I fear it will take a lot of my energy."

Luo Chen looked at the round flying wheel in his hand with hesitation.

Finally, his gaze turned toward the direction of the Jueyun Mountain Meta-Magnetic Valley.

"A moment of difference, burying you and your clan together, but it also allowed me to harvest the magic treasure you spent great effort to bid for while you were alive; does this count as a gift?"

"After going back, I'll make plans!"

Luo Chen was not lacking in magic treasures.

The number of magic treasures he possessed was unimaginable in the cultivation world.

Just in terms of flying sword-type magic treasures, he had once possessed more than thirty.

However, most of them were bestowed by him to Min Longyu, letting him bury them in Danxia Peak as the eyes of the mountain-guarding formation.

It could be said that after Foundation Establishment, Luo Chen had never worried about ordinary magic treasures.

Naturally, such treasures would not cause too much fluctuation in his heart.

The reason he looked at the Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel differently was, first, because of the connection with Uncle Mi, and second, because this treasure was worth a lot, and perhaps it had other miraculous effects.

After a stock-taking, Luo Chen had basically digested Miao Wen's legacy.

Finally, it was the jade slip handwritten by the other party before his death.

A simplified version of the Sword Sect's "Wisdom Sword Technique"—"Settling the Wind and Waves."

As a reward for letting the other party die with dignity, Miao Wen had actively unlocked the imprint of the storage bag before his death, and handwritten a secret technique that would help with cultivation.

The Sword Sect only cultivated the sword, did not rely on external objects, and did not linger on other methods.

But in this way, it was easy to produce various drawbacks in cultivation, after all, one couldn't borrow stones from other mountains to attack jade.

In view of this, the Sword Sect sages created a series of secret techniques to help with cultivation.

One of them, the "Wisdom Sword Technique," could entrust essence, Qi, and spirit to a single sword, thereby allowing the state of mind to reach the state of Sword Heart Clear.

Once this state was reached, not only was cultivation rapid, but one could also use the Wisdom Sword to cut off external demons.

Especially when breaking through major realms, it had miraculous effects!

In the eyes of outsiders, this technique was not a breakthrough secret technique, but it was even better than a breakthrough secret technique!

It's a pity that Miao Wen had long since stopped specializing in the sword path, so he naturally couldn't cultivate the "Wisdom Sword Technique."

But he was reluctant to part with the unique effects of this Sword Sect secret technique.

Therefore, combining his own situation, he improved a "Settling the Wind and Waves."

Cultivating this technique to Great Perfection, the effect was less than half of the "Wisdom Sword Technique," but it was simpler to cultivate, and it was not limited to the object of the "sword"; other physical objects could also be used to replace it.

The reason Miao Wen could fight with the Ghost King's remnant consciousness in the Meta-Magnetic Valley for forty years.

Was also because he cultivated this "Settling the Wind and Waves."

It could even be said that after forty years of struggle, his understanding of this technique had become increasingly profound.

After handwriting the full version for Luo Chen before his death, he said frankly that his improved "Settling the Wind and Waves," once cultivated to Great Perfection, could reach about 70% of the effect of the "Wisdom Sword Technique."

"I see you have the ambition of Core Formation; this technique might be able to help you, and it can be considered as settling the grudges between us in the past."

"Luo Chen, I will use this technique to exchange for a dignified way to die."

Miao Wen's words before his death still echoed in his ears.

Luo Chen carefully put the jade slip into the Thunder-Accumulating Treasure Ring.

Whether this technique was true or false, or whether it hid any tricks, he had not yet confirmed.

After all, his relationship with Miao Wen was not that good yet.

The saying that the words of a dying man are good does not apply to everyone.

After going back, the research on this technique would also have to be considered in the long run.

Suddenly.

The flying boat paused slightly.

Luo Chen stood at the bow of the boat, his sharp eyes looking a thousand miles away.

That ghost-filled ghost domain was instantly reflected in his eyes.

The range was several times larger than it had been back then.

From the inner city to the outer city shantytown, all the way west, until the side of the Lancang River.

The once-familiar Xieyue Valley, Xiaohuan Mountain, and Qingjiang Long Street had all disappeared, swallowed within it.

But!

"Did it end just by reaching this place?"

With the status of a third-tier Ghost King, the territory range shouldn't be limited to this extent.

Just when Luo Chen was wondering, he suddenly let out a surprised sound.

"Eh?"

"That is..."

In his sight, a line of escape light flew out from another direction of the Guyuan Mountain Range.

They were carrying a huge demonic beast, not knowing whether it was dead or alive, and then flew directly into the ghost domain.

After a long time, they slowly flew out.

With Luo Chen's eyesight, he could vaguely see the relieved expressions on the faces of those few people, as well as the emblems they were wearing.

"Sword Sect disciples!"

Luo Chen was shocked.

He didn't know what the Sword Sect disciples were doing.

Logically speaking, the appearance of Sword Sect disciples in Dahe Workshop was a matter of course, and it could even be said that they had come too late, and should have come decades earlier.

They hadn't come before, and everyone just thought they had been dragged down by the Luoyun Sect.

Now it seemed that it wasn't right either.

These people were sending a living second-tier demonic beast into the ghost domain...

"Could it be that they are helping Pang Renxiong cultivate?"

The sudden thought made Luo Chen's heart shake.

Immediately, he didn't delay any longer, concealed his spiritual light, and drove the flying boat to leave the Dahe Workshop area in a hurry.

Following the path from back then, Luo Chen ran all the way.

It had taken several months back then, but this time it only took him three days to reach Tianlan Immortal City.

Along the way, he passed through old places like Taishan Workshop, Liuguang Workshop, and the Yuanzhao Kingdom.

However, Luo Chen did not go to disturb the old friends in these places, only spreading his spiritual sense to take a slight glance.

During this process, he did not encounter any storms.

Just like that, quietly and silently, he stepped into Danxia Peak.

In the Luo Tian Main Hall.

Xing Zonghan received the edict and specifically rushed back to report the intelligence.

This trip did not take a long time, only half a year.

But if the time spent preparing for the trip before was added, it was nearly ten years long.

Therefore, the intelligence gathered by Xing Zonghan was exceptionally complicated.

"The goal of the opening war has been completely set, and it is the Xiaoyue Mountain Range!"

"The initiator is the Luoyun Sect; in addition, among the original five great Nascent Soul sects and thirteen great sects, four more Nascent Soul sects and five Core Formation great sects have decided to join the opening war. The following is the list of sects that have newly joined the opening war: Divine Talisman Sect, Five Elements Divine Sect, Fenghua Palace, Motian Cliff, Mengquan Cave, Huanzhu Tower..."

"A total of nine great Nascent Soul sects and eighteen Core Formation great sects; this battle is also called the Twenty-Seven Sects' Joint Attack on Xiaoyue."

Twenty-Seven Sects' Joint Attack on Xiaoyue?

This was no different from the sixteen sects' joint attack on Lianxia four hundred years ago.

Above, Luo Chen muttered the names of the newly joined sects.

The joining of the Divine Talisman Sect and the Five Elements Divine Sect was within expectations.

Back then, when the Yuding Sword Sect opened the Lianxia Mountain Range, it had received help from the two sects.

This time, besides the six great sects of the Far East, there were two more Nascent Soul sects, Fenghua Palace and Motian Cliff.

A wild mountain range that had not been opened was indeed of great benefit.

But there was no need to provoke nine great Nascent Soul sects to take action together, right?

Moreover, those eighteen Core Formation great sects were by no means soft persimmons.

As far as he knew, the Mengquan Cave of Jiuhua Mountain was a famous Core Formation great sect in the Fenghua Domain, producing various spirit springs; relying on the spirit spring business, the cultivators of Mengquan Cave were quite wealthy.

Huanzhu Tower was also no weakling; it was a famous assassin organization, and it was said that there was a Nascent Soul True Person behind it as a backer.

That Liu Senzhai, it was rumored...

"With so many forces, the Xiaoyue Mountain Range is probably not enough to divide!"

Luo Chen frowned, not understanding why an opening war would attract so many people to join.

More people were naturally a great thing for the war.

But for dividing the benefits after the war, that was a great bad thing.

The cake was only so big; as the leader, the Luoyun Sect, would they be willing to divide it by twenty-seven?

The Yuding Sword Sect had endured for so many years and couldn't endure it anymore.

He didn't believe that True Person Han Zhan of the Luoyun Sect was such a short-sighted person.

If it were him, he would rather suffer a greater loss in the war than divide as much as possible after the war.

The former was only a short-term loss, while the latter was a long-term benefit!

Suddenly!

Luo Chen thought of the scene where the White Bone Dao Palace was located in the Great Snow Mountains.

One Xiaoyue Mountain Range was not enough to divide, but if there was one more Great Snow Mountain, it seemed it would be more than enough.

If Canglong Shangren succeeded in advancing to Nascent Soul, and used this trend to simultaneously hold the Ice Castle's opening war, wouldn't these extra forces be able to be used to their fullest?

If this guess was true.

Then True Person Han Zhan's willingness to take action personally to protect the path for Canglong Shangren would make sense.

Of course, whether the two had a past, that was not a secret Luo Chen knew.

But if Canglong Shangren failed to advance to Nascent Soul...

Luo Chen pursed his lips and asked: "Gu Caiyi is responsible for the business on the Ice Castle side, right?"

Xing Zonghan nodded: "Yes, Hall Master Gu has always been in charge of this aspect."

"You send a portion of the Luo Net's manpower to the caravan side, regularly collect intelligence on the Ice Castle, and then report to me."

Xing Zonghan was puzzled: "What kind of intelligence?"

Luo Chen wanted to say related to the Nascent Soul True Person.

But when the words reached his lips, he changed it to "All intelligence!"

In his view, if Canglong Shangren really succeeded in breaking through, then the news would naturally be released, and there was no need to collect it deliberately.

If she failed...

"In addition, the business route on the Taishan Workshop side can also be opened up. I will explain this to Sima Huiniang; you first send people to collect intelligence on the Liuguang, Taishan, and Dahe workshops, and make preparations."

"Yes!"

Xing Zonghan took the order and left.

Luo Chen's thoughtful gaze, however, did not stop.

The scene in Dahe Workshop was still fresh in his memory.

Over the past few days, he had occasionally ruminated on it, and vaguely figured out the truth about why the Yuding Sword Sect had ignored Pang Renxiong all these years.

The other party hadn't ignored him; instead, they had let him go, deliberately giving him time to turn to the ghost path!

Ghost cultivation was also a kind of Great Dao cultivation.

As long as one didn't do evil and kill wantonly, one wouldn't be labeled as a demonic cultivator.

But the things Pang Renxiong had done over the years could not be called orthodox ghost cultivation methods at all.

It was precisely because of this that the other party's progress was extremely fast, and in a short time, he had cultivated to the level of a third-tier Ghost King, comparable to his previous Core Formation cultivation.

The Yuding Sword Sect hadn't cared before because it was hard to care.

If they cared, the other party wouldn't be able to use such a reckless fast-track method; after all, the Yuding Sword Sect had a philosophy of eliminating demons and defending the Dao.

If they didn't care, when the time came, they could directly see the results.

Now the Sword Sect had sent Foundation Establishment cultivators to assist Pang Renxiong in his cultivation.

It seemed they also had the idea of completely ending this matter before the opening war started in forty years.

After all, when the time came, there would be many people and many mouths, and cultivators from other sects wouldn't care about the Sword Sect's thoughts, but would only shout and kill.

While Luo Chen was sorting out these matters.

Others gradually entered the main hall.

Sima Huiniang and Duan Feng walked in.

"Hall Master, you're back? Was there any trouble on this trip?" Sima Huiniang asked with concern.

With their perception, they couldn't detect Luo Chen's current state.

Luo Chen naturally reported the good news and not the bad.

After some small talk, he mentioned the matter of opening up the business route from the Luo Tian Association to Taishan Workshop.

"Once the opening war starts, the four workshops adjacent to the Xiaoyue Mountain Range—Liuguang, Taishan, Dahe, and Xuelian—will inevitably become the most important bridgeheads."

"The benefits involved are also immeasurable!"

"Our Luo Tian Association is a small sect, and we certainly can't occupy the bulk of the benefits, but taking the lead and occupying a part of the opportunity is always good. Even if we only drink some soup, everyone will benefit endlessly!"

"Therefore, this matter that was mentioned long ago should also be done."

After he finished speaking, Sima Huiniang nodded heavily.

"I had the same idea, but because of the law enforcement teams of the Luoyun and Yuding sects, I have been suppressing this impulse."

Luo Chen smiled, "Don't worry about those rules; they only restrict large forces above the Core Formation stage. Moreover, this time when we take action, it's not in the name of opening up a business route."

Sima Huiniang was stunned.

"Then in whose name?"

Luo Chen looked at Duan Feng on the side.

"In the name of revenge!"

Duan Feng seemed to have realized this, nodding slightly, "I have a grudge against the Bai family of Liuguang Workshop, and now that my cultivation has succeeded, it is time to avenge my father. No matter who comes, they can't say anything bad."

Sima Huiniang suddenly realized, revealing a brilliant smile.

"In that case, I will arrange it!"

"No, we must be more cautious." Luo Chen shook his head, mentioning his observations on the way back. "There are quite a few smart people who have this idea. As far as I can see, there are already many Foundation Establishment True Cultivators in Liuguang Workshop, which are clearly the vanguard troops of other forces. Therefore, if we don't do it, we don't do it; if we do it, we must settle it in one blow."

In front of the two, Luo Chen took out a scroll from his storage bag.

At the first sight of the scroll, Duan Feng's eyes widened.

"This is..."

"Your family's heirloom treasure, it's time for it to return to its original owner."

Luo Chen smiled, generously gifting the defense magic treasure, the Ze Country Gui Map, to Duan Feng.

A wisp of spiritual power carried the scroll to Duan Feng's front.

For a moment, he was so excited he couldn't control himself.

After all, this was a defensive magic treasure!

It was forged by his Duan family with the strength of several generations, plus some foundations from the beginning of the family's creation.

In the cultivation world, it could also be sold for an extremely high price!

"Go back and refine this treasure well; you must be able to simply drive it within ten years."

"For the matter of attacking the Bai family of Liuguang Workshop, you will be the main person in charge, Huiniang and Xing Zonghan will assist, the cultivators of the Battle Hall will be under your command, and if you have any needs, you can also propose them after thinking about them in these years."

"I only have one requirement: take down Liuguang Workshop, occupy the Bai family's land, and make it a branch of the Luo Tian Association's Danxia Hall!"

Duan Feng nodded excitedly, then took the order and left.

After he left, Sima Huiniang looked at his back, lost in thought.

Behind her, Luo Chen's teasing voice came.

"Why, are you envious that I gave him a water-type defensive magic treasure?"

Sima Huiniang came back to her senses and shook her head: "I don't go out often, and fighting has little to do with me, so why would I be envious of such treasures. I was wondering why you value Liuguang Workshop so much?"

Thinking and thinking, she slowly got the taste of it.

"Are you looking at the barren spiritual energy environment of Liuguang Workshop?"

Luo Chen nodded in appreciation.

Once the opening war starts, the front will certainly be of great benefit, but to convert some resources into white, shiny spirit stones, one still has to rely on the thirty-six great domains in the rear!

Then, the few workshops that are the first to come into contact with those resources naturally become the hubs of commercial operation.

But whether it's Taishan Workshop or Dahe Workshop, they are places with extremely excellent geographical environments.

Such good places are not something the Luo Tian Association can touch.

It is estimated that the original landlords will be kicked out by others.

Instead, Liuguang Workshop is quite special.

As a former mining workshop, because the mineral veins were over-excavated by the Yuding Sword Sect, the spirit veins were damaged, and the environment was not suitable for cultivation, so it was not highly regarded.

Plus, it is not adjacent, so large sects will not value it that much.

If the Luo Tian Association can occupy this place in advance, relying on Luo Chen's good relationship with the Luoyun Sect and the Ice Castle, as well as his own strength, perhaps they can stand firm.

If they pull the Kang family in, they will naturally have the signboard of the Yuding Sword Sect.

At that time, relying on this workshop that is in the second line, the Luo Tian Association can occupy a part of the opportunity that will not be envied by others.

Of course!

These things were just something Luo Chen thought of casually on the way back.

His next focus will certainly not be on these "petty gains."

"Huiniang, I am preparing to form a Core!"

A simple sentence, but it made the woman's breathing instantly quicken.

She asked subconsciously: "Is there anything I can help with?"

Luo Chen smiled slightly, "That's quite a lot!"

The matter of forming a Core is of great importance.

Especially since Luo Chen's aptitude is too dull, although Canglong Shangren gave a different view, and it was well-founded.

But in the end, Luo Chen is still the five-spirit-root aptitude that cultivators in the cultivation world discard like worn-out shoes.

Therefore, to form a Core, one must do everything to the extreme!

And this means that a massive amount of resources is needed!

Just right, Sima Huiniang, who is in charge of the Luo Tian Association, can be of great help while Luo Chen is in seclusion.

In front of the other party, Luo Chen proposed various resources that were needed.

Medicinal soups needed for healing, medicinal herbs needed for refining cultivation elixirs, auxiliary spirit herbs related to breaking through, blueprints for refining life-bound magic treasures, and even life-saving elixirs needed if the breakthrough fails, and so on.

Just right, many cultivators from the Eastern Wasteland's many domains are gathering toward the Yuding Domain under the name of the opening war.

With more people, resources circulate.

The Luo Tian Association can relatively easily collect these things that Luo Chen wants.

"Finally, I also need a large number of demonic beasts, first-tier and second-tier, and they must be alive!"

After hearing the last request, Sima Huiniang nodded.

"This is no problem; we ourselves do spirit beast business, and have a legitimate reason to acquire them. Although live ones are more troublesome, I can also find a few channels to get them for you."

Seeing that she had made a guarantee for every one of his requests.

Luo Chen couldn't help but sigh: "To have a wife like this, what more can a husband ask for; I've troubled you this time."

"It is what I wish for, I dare not ask for it. Helping you form a Core is my duty." The woman looked at Luo Chen with tender eyes, and suddenly hesitated. "Hall Master, will you succeed?"

Forming a Core is a major event, and it is also a challenge full of risks.

Once it fails, it will be difficult to recover one's vitality for decades at best, and one will die and disappear on the spot at worst.

It's no wonder that Sima Huiniang, who is always calm and composed, would show worry.

To this!

Luo Chen smiled confidently.

"Definitely!"