Chapter 479: War begins!

"So it was the Starry Pill!"

Inside the cave dwelling.

The two sat side by side and soon entered the topic directly.

Luo Chen nodded and said: "Yes, I recently obtained this pill formula. Although I occasionally succeed, the process is too cumbersome when refining, and I can often only refine one furnace in two days."

"One furnace in two days?" Meng Changshou looked at Luo Chen in surprise. "Do you know that this is already very fast? In our Medicine King Sect, experienced Tier 3 alchemists also need three days of effort to barely refine one furnace. Even so, they still have to be fully focused, which damages their cultivation state."

Luo Chen also showed a look of surprise.

But in his heart, it was calm.

He deliberately revealed his alchemy attainments to attract the other party's attention.

Now it seemed that the effect was not bad.

"You should state the problem carefully; I have a lot of say regarding the refining of the Starry Pill."

Luo Chen had no objections and immediately stated some details.

In the end, he added: "I want to simplify the refining process, but I don't know where to start; do you have any suggestions, Fellow Daoist Meng?"

After listening to Luo Chen's question.

Meng Changshou had no surprises; the Starry Pill was an outdated pill formula that had already been eliminated in the Medicine King Sect.

The problems they would encounter were all things they had experienced.

Now that Luo Chen said it, he quickly found a solution.

"Actually, it's not difficult; it's just that your thinking is still limited to the alchemy habits of low realms."

"Alchemy habits?"

Luo Chen was stunned.

Meng Changshou stroked his beard and smiled: "In low realms, spiritual sense is shallow, so alchemists often process materials one by one, individually, when refining pills. Over time, this habit was formed."

"But we Golden Core cultivators have powerful spiritual sense, which is tough and long-lasting. We can already handle several materials at the same time."

"You only need to pick out the medicinal herbs with similar habits and categorize them, and then use similar alchemy techniques to process them at the same time."

"In this way, can't you simplify the refining process and improve efficiency?"

Luo Chen listened to these words in a daze.

At this moment, there was a feeling of the sky opening and being enlightened.

So, it only needed to be that simple?

Thinking carefully, the types of materials needed for the Starry Pill were extremely cumbersome, but if they were picked out and categorized, they were actually just five major categories.

These five categories could basically be processed individually with one or two alchemy techniques.

After suddenly waking up, Luo Chen stood up sincerely and bowed: "Thank you for the guidance, Fellow Daoist!"

Meng Changshou waved his hand, not caring, "It's just some common sense things; you don't have to be so polite."

Luo Chen sighed: "For alchemists with formal sect inheritance like you, it is common sense, but for me, I don't know how much exploration I would have to go through to summarize such a shallow truth."

Most things in the world are like this.

Looking at it, it seems very difficult, but in reality, it might only be separated by a thin film.

Those who have sect elders to point them out can poke through it with a casual poke.

But those who explore alone might have to experience thousands of failures before they can get a taste of it.

After Luo Chen sat down again, Meng Changshou asked about the matter he was most concerned about.

"On the day Qing Danzi of the Green Pill Valley presided over the refining of the Core-Forming Pill, with the great array as the core, thirty experienced Tier 2 alchemists as the foundation, and then assisted by the life-bound true fire of you five Tier 3 alchemists. With such a lineup, it was already foolproof, but why, after thirteen refining attempts, did it still fail in the end? Can you describe the specific details and the reasons for failure to me in detail, Fellow Daoist?"

"In my opinion, it was probably because the raw liquid of the basic medicinal herbs came from different people's hands, leading to the final fusion failure."

Luo Chen gave his judgment.

He had always thought so.

However, this judgment was denied by Meng Changshou on the spot.

He shook his head: "The Green Pill Array is a long-standing combined refining array of the Green Pill Valley. Even if it comes from the hands of different alchemists, the raw liquid of the medicinal herbs can also achieve the same goal by different routes. It won't be the reason for the failure!"

Luo Chen was stunned.

He had also entered the Green Pill Array, but he didn't have this feeling!

Moreover, how did Meng Changshou know the Green Pill Array so well?

And!

After thinking back slightly, just now he casually said the number of alchemists who built the Green Pill Array, and even the number of failures, he knew like the back of his hand.

That feeling was as if he were in the Green Pill Valley watching it personally at the time!

Suddenly.

Luo Chen thought of someone.

"Could Xuanyunzi be a spy planted by the Medicine King Sect in the Green Pill Valley!"

After this thought emerged, he noticed that Meng Changshou was still looking at himself with eager eyes.

He restrained his thoughts and began to recall the details of refining the Core-Forming Pill at the beginning carefully.

Finally, his thoughts stayed on the last failure, the moment the furnace exploded.

He said hesitantly: "The reason for the alchemy fire?"

Meng Changshou's eyebrows wrinkled, "Is it Qing Danzi's life-bound alchemy fire, or the life-bound true fire refined by the five of you?"

Luo Chen pursed his lips and said with more confirmation: "Both! The firepower formed by the five of us was too fierce, and the alchemy fire refined by Qing Danzi was not of a high enough grade. This led to the distinction between primary and secondary, and even the guest taking over the host, which resulted in the failure of alchemy and the backlash of the furnace explosion."

"Is that so?"

Meng Changshou murmured, falling into deep thought.

While thinking, from time to time, wisps of flames would emerge from his hands, as if he were experimenting with something.

Luo Chen glanced at it, not knowing what kind of strange fire that golden flame was.

He only felt that it was quite pure.

Even if the grade was not as high as his Withered Glory Fire, the level of flexible control was far above his.

"It seems that I still have a lot to learn about the control of life-bound true fire; I only mastered the fur." Luo Chen thought secretly.

The atmosphere in the cave dwelling fell into silence.

Only the crackling sound of flames, occasionally accompanied by one or two murmurs.

A long while later.

Meng Changshou woke up from his deep thought.

In his eyes, there was a bit of thoughtful color.

He raised his eyes to look at Luo Chen, who was thinking while holding a jade slip, and coughed slightly.

Luo Chen put down the jade slip and smiled: "Have you figured it out, Fellow Daoist?"

"I have some ideas, but..." Meng Changshou smiled, "Without mastering the alchemy combined refining array of the Green Pill Array, I don't know if those ideas of mine are correct or not. Of course, regardless, what you said just now was still very enlightening to me."

"It's good that it's useful." Luo Chen nodded and tapped his finger on the jade slip.

Meng Changshou looked at the jade slip and asked casually: "Worried about the upcoming opening war?"

"Hmm, a headless fly, no direction." Luo Chen nodded and said helplessly: "No way, the strength on my side is too weak, almost no choice. I don't know if you can give me some suggestions?"

"Suggestions?"

Meng Changshou laughed dumbly, "What suggestions could there be? Do you still want to compete with those orthodox Golden Core major sects?"

Luo Chen was also very helpless.

He knew that what the other party said was the truth.

But, could it really only be like this?

When he was confused, Meng Changshou suddenly said: "Actually, why do you have to give up the small for the big? These Tier 3 spiritual veins that everyone looks down upon, although small, are indeed genuine Tier 3; wouldn't it be enough to take down a few more?"

Luo Chen was puzzled: "The opening alliance contract stipulates that one sect only takes one place; what is the significance of doing that, making wedding clothes for others?"

Meng Changshou laughed heartily.

"Have you never heard of the saying of immortals moving mountains and filling the seas?"

One month later!

Broken Moon Xiancheng.

Countless escape lights rushed straight into the sky, flying towards the depths of the Xiaoyue Mountain Range.

Large top-grade flying boats crisscrossed in between, with sharp cultivators standing on them, ready for battle.

There were even ten behemoths exceeding a hundred zhang, spanning the sky, flying in different directions amidst rumbling sounds.

The opening war had begun!

With the momentum of thunder, conquer Xiaoyue!

On the Red Flame Dragon Boat.

The five Golden Cores gathered in one hall.

Luo Chen was the leader, and the other four stood in pairs.

In the middle of them was a huge map rubbed out, displayed by Luo Chen's Water Mirror Art.

On the map, there were shining red dots.

Each red dot meant an attack target of a sect.

Some targets even had more than one red dot, but multiple red dots stacked together.

This meant that that spiritual land was favored by several major sects together.

When the time came, they would also attack together.

As for who it would belong to after it was taken down, that was not within the scope of Luo Chen's concern.

What he was concerned about now was the three great mountains.

Returning Qin Qin Mengling, Iron Qingshan, Snow Wolf Terrace!

"Alchemist Danchenzi, do you really want to do this?" Di Wuqi couldn't help but ask.

Luo Chen raised his eyelids, "Everything was already decided before; now that it's at the critical moment, how can there be any reason to hesitate?"

Di Wuqi worried: "But there are people who have taken a fancy to the other two spiritual mountains!"

"As long as we take them down one step ahead, they are ours." Luo Chen said calmly.

Jiang Yu, on the side, asked coldly: "What about the Luo Yun Sect's accountability? Occupying three places alone is a violation of the alliance contract."

Luo Chen pointed his finger at Snow Wolf Terrace, "When the time comes, just move the other two great mountains over; wouldn't it be only one spiritual land?"

Moving mountains!

This was Luo Chen's strategy in this battle.

With Meng Changshou's guidance, all the confusion was solved.

In the cultivation world, since ancient times, there have been sayings of man-made spiritual land or transforming spiritual land.

Many immortal cities are Tier 3 spiritual land that has been artificially created and elevated.

And transforming spiritual land?

Years ago, the Green Pill Valley was only a place of one mountain!

But now, everyone knows that the Green Pill Valley has five Tier 3 spiritual mountains.

The change lies in the fact that the predecessors of the Green Pill Valley, during the opening war, used great means to forcibly move the spiritual mountains distributed in other places over.

This kind of spiritual land created is not man-made spiritual land, but retains the feng shui pattern and spiritual vein energy.

As long as it is well-nourished later, its spiritual energy concentration will not be worse than that of a naturally grown spiritual vein land.

Luo Chen's current strategy is to take down a small Tier 3 spiritual mountain as much as possible.

Then, with the momentum of thunder, invade others' targets and occupy the spiritual land.

Finally, move them over and gather them together!

Even, if there is an opportunity, he can get a few more spiritual mountains.

As for how to move mountains when the time comes?

Meng Changshou had already told him the means in exchange for the pill formulas of the Tier 1 Tongyou Pill and Tier 1 Burning Blood Pill.

So!

The only thing to do next is one thing.

"Be fast!"

"Be faster than others, take down Snow Wolf Terrace. Use this as a foundation to snatch other spiritual mountains!"

Luo Chen slapped the map and made the final decision.

The other four looked at each other, and even though they had psychological preparations, they were still shocked by Luo Chen's spirit.

Under this shock, no one opposed in the end.

Whether it was for the spiritual mountain or the Starry Pill that Luo Chen provided normally.

This battle had to be fought!

The Red Flame Dragon Boat's flight speed was not fast, and where it passed, the war was already spreading below.

I don't know how that Proud Howling Wolf Emperor did it, actually integrating the wolves of the Xiaoyue Mountain Range into a force.

Even, in recent intelligence, they found that the number of Tier 3 demon wolves inside the wolf clan was increasing, as if other wolf clans in the million wild mountains were also gathering here.

It was precisely because of this.

Only after leaving the Broken Moon Xiancheng for a short time did the human cultivators begin to encounter small groups of demon wolf troops.

Regarding this, Luo Chen and the others didn't stop.

Even if they encountered demon wolf attacks on the Red Flame Dragon Boat, the five Golden Cores didn't make a move, but handed it all over to Wang Yuan, Cen Guangyi, and the others.

Now, the number of Luo Tian Alliance cultivators entrenched on the Red Flame Dragon Boat reached three thousand!

There were as many as thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators.

As long as they didn't encounter a large group of enemies, where they passed, there was no obstruction.

Luo Chen's spiritual sense was released, paying attention to another direction not far away.

That was the He family force going to Returning Qin Qin Mengling, which was a cultivation family in the Motian Domain, with only one Golden Core True Person in the clan.

The Motian Cliff, a Nascent Soul upper sect in the Motian Domain, participated in the war, and quite a few forces in the domain also participated.

Apart from forces at the level of Golden Core major sects, there were quite a few first-class cultivation families like the He family.

"They are all here to pick up leaks!"

Luo Chen murmured.

Soon, news also came from Di Wuqi's side.

"The one going to Iron Qingshan is the Wanxiang Sect; they have two Golden Core True Persons in total, and there is a very high probability of taking down Iron Qingshan."

Luo Chen nodded.

In this way, the two spiritual mountains closest to Snow Wolf Terrace, as well as the forces that had ideas about them, were clarified.

These two families were not strong, so they wanted to pick soft persimmons to pinch.

But the number of demon wolves entrenched on Returning Qin Qin Mengling and Iron Qingshan was only relatively weaker than those on the large Tier 3 spiritual veins.

To take them down, these two families would definitely have to spend some effort.

"Our speed is still slow."

"Full speed ahead!"

Luo Chen gave an order.

Fu Jiusheng, who was in charge of the Red Flame Dragon Boat, responded, mobilized the dragon boat array, and the speed suddenly increased by three points.

Early morning the next day.

The huge dragon boat stopped outside a piece of green mountain.

The green mountains were continuous, mostly low, except for one that stood out abruptly.

On it was a wide terrace, as if cut by a sword.

"Is this Snow Wolf Terrace?"

Luo Chen stepped out of the crowd, stood at the bow of the boat, and stood in the wind.

In the sky, wisps of snowflakes were falling.

Looking into the distance, one could even see snow-capped mountains looming a thousand miles away.

Here, it was almost bordering the Great Snow Mountain.

Retracting his gaze, Luo Chen looked at Snow Wolf Terrace.

At this moment, sturdy demon wolves were walking out slowly from the mountains.

At a glance, among the undulating mountains, there were countless demon wolves, and the demon energy was rushing into the sky!

The leader was the three giant wolves on Snow Wolf Terrace, with fierce light in their eyes.

The fur was snow-white, and the eyes were cyan-green.

The body size was as high as seven or eight zhang! 【479-18

Especially the one in the very center, whose size already exceeded ten zhang, resembling a small mountain.

Looking at that behemoth-like demon wolf, the thousands of cultivators on the Red Flame Dragon Boat could not help but subconsciously swallow their saliva, the sound so clear that it could be heard even when they did it together.

A third-tier mid-stage demon wolf!

The whistling wind could not drown out the low, rumbling growls of the demon wolves among the mountains.

Everyone knew that this would be a bitter battle!

At a certain moment, every pair of eyes turned in unison to stare at Luo Chen.

A young man in a bright red Daoist robe slowly raised his right hand.

He spat out two words heavily.

"Begin the battle!"

(End of chapter)