Chapter 446: Gathering the Strength of a Sect to Help One Person Form a Core

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

In the flying boat, Luo Chen was simply counting Miao Wen's legacy.

The other party had managed the Great River Market for many years and had a very wealthy family background.

Even compared to Luo Chen, who now carried nearly ten million in wealth, it was much worse, but it was far wealthier than ordinary Foundation Establishment True Cultivators.

Just in terms of spirit stones, there were twenty thousand!

It didn't sound like much, but Miao Wen's status was merely a sect deacon in the early Foundation Establishment stage.

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

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

Like the Tongxuan Heavenly Crystals that Luo Chen had already hoarded 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 aspects were relatively few.

There were only a few talismans, mostly commonly used ones in life such as sound transmission talismans, cleaning talismans, and invisibility talismans.

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

There were not many in terms of cultivation methods and formation methods.

The reason for this severe partiality was easy to guess.

Sword cultivator!

Apart from the things needed for cultivation, other resources on their bodies were usually not too many.

But even so, Miao Wen's family background could be considered extremely wealthy.

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

"It's no wonder Miao Wen didn't hesitate to spend a great price to clear the upper levels of the Sword Sect to stay in the Great River Market; this is indeed a good place to collect various rare resources and seize wealth, and it won't be subject to too much supervision by the sect."

The emperor is far away, nothing more than this.

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

Seven-Star Heavenly Lamp Fruit!

Third-rank spirit herb, its value is even greater than most fourth-rank materials.

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

Six stars of the seven stars are lit, enough to increase life by eighteen years!

This thing is also a treasure that Luo Chen himself is very much in need of.

Back then, in order to refine the Withering-Flourishing Fire, he was extracted a hundred years of life.

Although Luo Chen's cultivation progress was fast, it didn't seem like he was in a hurry, but occasionally thinking about it, that sense of urgency was still 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 from 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 instantly extended.

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

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 seen since he started cultivation.

It was released at the Sword Pavilion auction in the Great River Market back then and was bought by Mi Shuhua for the high price of eighty thousand spirit stones!

Later, this treasure was seized by the rogue cultivator Core Formation guest hired secretly by the Lianyun Alliance, and in the battle of the Lancangjiang, it was captured by Elder Pang Renxiong.

That powerful sword cultivator didn't care for such external objects and bestowed it upon Miao Wen, while the Lankeshan chess pieces were bestowed upon Luo Tianhong.

Yet I didn't expect that things are different and people are different.

Forty years have passed, and whether it was the incomplete Lankeshan black chess or the Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel, they all fell into Luo Chen's hands.

"Miao Wen didn't spend much time refining this object, and the marks on it were easy to clear."

"However, if I want to thoroughly refine this treasure and operate it as I wish, I fear it will take a lot of my energy."

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

Finally, his gaze was cast toward the direction of the Magnetism Valley in Jueyun Mountain.

"With a single thought, you and your clan were buried together, but it also allowed me to harvest the magic treasure you spent great effort to buy during your lifetime; does this count as a gift?"

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

Luo Chen is not short of magic treasures like this.

The number of magic treasures he possesses is unimaginable in the cultivation world.

Just flying sword-type magic treasures, he once possessed more than thirty.

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

It can be said that after Foundation Establishment, Luo Chen has 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 because of the origin of Mi Shuhua, and also because this treasure was valuable and might have other miraculous effects.

After counting, Luo Chen 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 Art"—"Calming the Waves."

As a reward for letting the other party die decently, Miao Wen voluntarily unlocked the imprint of the storage bag before death and handwritten a secret art that helped with cultivation.

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

But in this way, it is very easy to produce various drawbacks in cultivation, after all, one cannot borrow the stones of other mountains to attack jade.

In view of this, the sages of the Sword Sect created sets of secret arts that help with cultivation.

One of them, "Wisdom Sword Art," can entrust essence, Qi, and spirit to a sword, thereby allowing the state of mind to reach the state of Sword Heart Clarity.

Once this state is reached, not only is cultivation fast, but one can also use the Wisdom Sword to cut off external demons.

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

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

It's a pity that Miao Wen had long since stopped specializing in the Sword Dao, so he naturally couldn't practice the "Wisdom Sword Art."

But he was reluctant to give up the unique effects of this Sword Sect secret art.

Therefore, combining his own situation, he improved a "Calming the Waves."

Cultivating this art to Great Perfection, the effect is not even half of the "Wisdom Sword Art," but it is simpler to practice, and it is not limited to the object of the "sword," as other physical objects can also be used as substitutes.

The reason Miao Wen was able to fight with the Ghost King's remnant consciousness in the Magnetism Valley for forty years.

Was also because he practiced this "Calming the Waves."

Even saying that, in the forty years of resistance, his understanding of this art also became increasingly profound.

After handwriting the full version for Luo Chen, he said bluntly that his improved "Calming the Waves," once cultivated to Great Perfection, could catch up to about 70% of the "Wisdom Sword Art."

"I see you have the ambition to form a core, this art may be able to help you, and it can be considered as settling the grudges between you and me in the past."

"Luo Chen, I will use this art to exchange for a decent way to die."

Miao Wen's words before he died still lingered in his ears.

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

Whether this technique was authentic or not, or if there were hidden tricks, he was not yet certain.

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

The saying that a person's words are good when they are dying does not apply to everyone.

After returning, the research into this technique would also have to be considered in the long term.

Suddenly.

The flying boat paused slightly.

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

That ghost-filled ghost realm instantly came into view.

The range had already expanded several times compared to that year.

From the inner city to the shantytowns of the outer city, all the way west, until the banks of the Lancangjiang.

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

But!

"Is it over just by reaching this place?"

With the status of a third-tier Ghost King, the territory range should not be limited to this extent.

Just when Luo Chen was puzzled, he suddenly exclaimed in surprise.

"Eh?"

"That is..."

Within his line of 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 if it was dead or alive, and then flew straight into the ghost realm.

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 badges they were wearing.

"Sword Sect disciples!"

Luo Chen was shocked.

He did not know what the Sword Sect disciples were doing.

Logically speaking, it was natural for Sword Sect disciples to appear at Dahe Market; in fact, it was even too late, as they should have come decades ago.

They hadn't come before, and everyone just assumed they were dragged down by the Luoyun Sect.

Now it seemed that this was not the case.

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

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

The abrupt thought made Luo Chen's heart tremble.

Immediately, he did not delay any longer, hid his spiritual light, and drove the flying boat to hurriedly leave the Dahe Market area.

Following the path of that year, Luo Chen traveled all the way.

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

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

However, Luo Chen did not disturb the old friends there, only spread his spiritual sense and took a slight glance.

During this process, he did not encounter any trouble.

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

In the main hall of Luotian.

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

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

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

Therefore, the intelligence gathered by Xing Zonghan was extremely complex.

"The target of the opening war has been completely decided, it is the Xiaoyue Mountain Range!"

"The initiator is the Luoyun Sect. In addition, besides the original five major Nascent Soul upper sects and thirteen major sects, four other Nascent Soul upper sects and five major Core Formation sects have decided to join the opening war. The following is the list of sects newly joining the opening war: Spirit Talisman Sect, Five Elements Spirit Sect, Fenghua Palace, Motian Cliff, Mengquan Cave, Huanzhu Tower..."

"A total of nine major Nascent Soul upper sects and eighteen major Core Formation 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 more than four hundred years ago.

Above, Luo Chen silently recited the names of the newly joined sects.

The joining of the Spirit Talisman Sect and the Five Elements Spirit Sect was expected.

Back then, when the Yuding Sword Sect opened up the Lianxia Mountain Range, they had the help of these two sects.

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

An unopened wild mountain range indeed had huge benefits.

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

Moreover, those eighteen major Core Formation sects were definitely not soft persimmons.

As far as he knew, the Mengquan Cave of Jiuhua Mountain was a very famous major Core Formation sect in the Fenghua Region, 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 is rumored...

"With so many forces, I fear the Xiaoyue Mountain Range is not enough to be divided at all!"

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

More people are naturally a great thing for war.

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

The cake is 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 take 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 and be willing to divide more after the war.

One is just a short-term loss, while the latter is a long-term benefit!

Suddenly!

Luo Chen remembered the scene where the White Bone Dao Palace of the Great Snow Mountain was located.

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

If Venerable Fairy Canglong succeeds in advancing to Nascent Soul, and borrows this momentum to hold the opening war of the Bingbao at the same time, wouldn't these extra forces be able to be fully utilized?

If this guess is true.

Then it makes sense that True Person Han Zhan is willing to take action personally to protect Venerable Fairy Canglong.

Of course, whether the two have an old relationship is not a secret that Luo Chen knows.

But if Venerable Fairy Canglong fails to advance to Nascent Soul...

Luo Chen pursed his lips and asked: "Gu Caiyi is responsible for the business in the Bingbao, right?"

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

"You send some of the Luowang personnel to the caravan, collect intelligence on the Bingbao regularly, and then report to me."

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

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

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

In his view, if Venerable Fairy Canglong really succeeds in breaking through the realm, then the news will naturally be released, and there is no need to collect it deliberately.

If he fails...

"In addition, the business route to Taishan Market can also be opened up. I will explain this to Sima Hui Niang. You first send people to collect intelligence on the three markets of Liuguang, Taishan, and Dahe, and make preparations."

"Yes!"

Xing Zonghan took the order and left.

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

He still remembered the scene at Dahe Market as if it were yesterday.

Thinking back on it these days, he vaguely grasped the truth about why the Yuding Sword Sect had ignored Elder Pang Renxiong all these years.

The other party was not ignoring him, but rather letting him go, deliberately providing him with time to switch to the ghost path!

Ghost cultivation is also a kind of true cultivation of the Great Dao.

As long as you don't do evil and kill wantonly, you won't be labeled as a demonic cultivator.

But what Elder Pang Renxiong has done over the years can't be called a orthodox ghost cultivation method at all.

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

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

If they cared, the other party wouldn't be able to use such a reckless shortcut method. After all, the Yuding Sword Sect still has the concept of eliminating demons and defending the Dao.

If they don't care, when the time comes, they can directly see the results.

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

It seems they also have the idea of completely ending this matter before the opening war starts in forty years.

After all, when the time comes, there will be many people and many mouths, and cultivators from other sects will not care about the Sword Sect's ideas, but will only shout and kill.

When Luo Chen sorted out these things.

Others gradually appeared in the main hall.

Sima Hui Niang and Duan Feng walked in.

"President, you are back? Was there any trouble on this trip?" Sima Hui Niang asked with concern.

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

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

After some small talk, he brought up the matter of opening up the business route from the Luotian Society to Taishan Market.

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

"The benefits involved are also immeasurable!"

"Our Luotian Society is a small sect, so we certainly can't take the lion's share of the benefits, but it's always good to take the first step and occupy some opportunities. Even if we only drink some soup, everyone will benefit endlessly!"

"So, this matter that was brought up long ago should also be done."

After hearing him finish, Sima Hui Niang nodded heavily.

"I have 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: "You don't need to worry about those rules; they only restrict major forces above the Core Formation stage. Moreover, this time we are taking action, and it's not in the name of opening up a business route."

Sima Hui Niang was stunned.

"Then in what name?"

Luo Chen looked at Duan Feng on the side.

"In the name of revenge!"

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

Sima Hui Niang suddenly realized, and showed a bright smile.

"In that case, I will arrange it!"

"No, we must be more cautious." Luo Chen shook his head and mentioned his observations on the way back. "There are many smart people who have this idea. As far as I can see, there are already many Foundation Establishment cultivators in Liuguang Market, which is clearly the vanguard of other forces. So, if we don't do it, we don't do it, but 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 opened his eyes wide.

"This is..."

"This is your family heirloom treasure, and it should be returned to its rightful owner now."

Luo Chen smiled and generously gave the defensive magic treasure, the Ze Guo Gui Tu, to Duan Feng.

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

For a moment, the other party was so excited that he couldn't control himself.

After all, this is a defensive magic treasure!

It was forged by his Duan family with the efforts of several generations, plus some of the foundation from when the family was first created.

In the world of immortal cultivation, it can also be sold for a very high price!

"Go back and refine this treasure well, and be sure to be able to use it simply within ten years."

"For the matter of attacking the Bai family of Liuguang Market, you will be the person in charge, Hui Niang and Xing Zonghan will assist, and the cultivators of the Battle Hall will be under your command. In addition, if you have any needs, you can also bring them up after thinking about them over these years."

"I only have one requirement: take down Liuguang Market, occupy the land of the Bai family, and make it a branch of the Danxia Hall of our Luotian Society!"

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

After he left, Sima Hui Niang 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-based defensive magic treasure?"

Sima Hui Niang turned back 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 a treasure. I was thinking, why do you value Liuguang Market so much?"

Thinking and thinking, she slowly realized.

"Are you looking at the poor spiritual environment of Liuguang Market?"

Luo Chen nodded in appreciation.

Once the opening war starts, the front line is certainly full of benefits, but if you want to convert some resources into spirit stones, you have to rely on the thirty-six major domains in the rear!

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

But whether it is Taishan Market or Dahe Market, they are all places with excellent geographical environments.

Such good places are not something the Luotian Society can touch at all.

It is estimated that the original landlords will be driven away by others.

Instead, Liuguang Market is quite special.

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

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

If the Luotian Society can occupy this place in advance, relying on Luo Chen's good relationship with the Luoyun Sect and the Bingbao, as well as its own strength, it might be able to stand firm.

If the Kang family is pulled in, it will naturally have the signboard of the Yuding Sword Sect.

At that time, relying on this second-line market, the Luotian Society can occupy some opportunities that will not make others jealous.

Of course!

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

His focus next will definitely not be on these "petty profits."

"Hui Niang, I am going to prepare for Core Formation!"

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

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

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

Core Formation is a major event.

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

But when it comes down to it, Luo Chen is still the five-element root aptitude that cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation discard like worn-out shoes.

Therefore, to achieve Core Formation, one must do everything to the extreme!

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

Just right, Sima Hui Niang, who is in charge of the Luotian Society, can help a lot while Luo Chen is in seclusion.

In front of her, Luo Chen brought up the various resources he needed.

Decoctions needed for healing, medicinal herbs needed for refining cultivation pills, auxiliary spirit herbs related to breaking through the realm, blueprints for refining life-bound magic treasures, and even life-saving spirit pills needed after failing to break through the realm, etc.

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

With more people, resources will circulate.

The things Luo Chen wants can be collected relatively easily by the Luotian Society.

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

After hearing the last requirement, Sima Hui Niang couldn't help but nod.

"This is no problem. We also do spirit beast business, and have a legitimate reason to purchase 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 needs.

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

"It is what I wish, I dare not ask for more. Helping you achieve Core Formation is my duty." The woman looked at Luo Chen with tender eyes, and suddenly hesitated. "President, you will succeed, right?"

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

Once it fails, it will be difficult to recover for decades at best, and death will occur on the spot at worst.

It is no wonder that Sima Hui Niang, who has always been calm and composed, would show worry.

Regarding this!

Luo Chen smiled confidently.

"Definitely!"

(End of chapter)