Chapter 487

Above the sky.

A light breeze blew, and the smell of blood was thick.

Luo Chen flicked his sleeve casually to brush away the filth, looking at the three of them with a smile.

"Fellow Daoists, what excellent methods you have!"

Diwu Qi shook his head, "Your methods are the truly mysterious ones."

Yu Jiaolong was somewhat skeptical at this moment, and finally, she asked hesitantly: "Fellow Daoist, what you just cast, could it be the Tier 3 water-type illusion, Mirror Flower, Water Moon?"

Her Mengquan Cave is most skilled in water techniques!

Naturally, she had some understanding of Mirror Flower, Water Moon, one of the top Tier 3 water-type spells.

After some recollection and thought, she was seven or eight parts certain that what Luo Chen had cast while calm in the face of danger was indeed Mirror Flower, Water Moon.

Sure enough!

As Luo Chen nodded slightly, her doubts were answered.

Jiang Yu, who heard these words, also showed a look of shock.

He also primarily cultivated water-type techniques.

He had long heard of the great reputation of Mirror Flower, Water Moon.

This technique is not hard to find; many Core Formation cultivators have it in their collections. After all, it is a rare illusion among spells that touches upon the soul.

But this technique is extremely difficult to cultivate.

First of all, the threshold is extremely high!

One must have a powerful soul foundation.

Secondly, one must have high attainments in the water-type spell Water Mirror Technique and the wood-type spell Flower Fairy.

Finally, after the three are fused, it is also very difficult to cultivate, and the casting speed is very slow.

It is often used by high-level sect members, who prepare it carefully to temper the Dao hearts of low-level disciples.

Never expected!

Luo Chen had actually learned this technique and could even apply it in combat situations.

One can imagine how profound his attainments must be!

While they were shocked, Luo Chen took the initiative to change the subject.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, where did you come from? This mid-stage Tier 3 demon wolf king..."

While speaking, Luo Chen casually put away the Tier 3 wolf king demon core, and the three who were the main force in the battle had no objections.

A noble alchemist had taken action and even delivered the blow that settled the situation; giving some reward was only right.

Yes, the cultivation world is just that favorable to alchemists!

Yu Jiaolong glanced at the wolf king demon core and then said: "We came from Mount Qiwang, which is a Tier 3 spiritual vein that my Mengquan Cave is mainly attacking. On this mountain, seven Tier 3 demon kings have been entrenched for years, and in this great war, the number has soared to nine! And this mid-stage Tier 3 demon wolf king also escaped from there."

Mount Qiwang?

On the previous troop distribution map, that was a territory with a large Tier 3 spiritual vein.

Luo Chen pursed his lips, "Was it taken?"

Yu Jiaolong hesitated for a moment and replied: "I suppose it was taken!"

Taken means taken.

There is no such thing as "suppose."

Luo Chen showed a look of suspicion.

Diwu Qi, who had moved closer, quietly transmitted his voice: "It's not just Mengquan Cave that has its eyes on that territory. Now that they have been fighting for over half a year, even if it is taken, there will still be squabbling over it later."

Once he said this, Luo Chen understood.

The territory was taken, but it did not yet belong to Mengquan Cave.

Therefore, one could only say "suppose it was taken."

Luo Chen smiled slightly and did not continue to delve into this topic.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, since you have come from afar, why not come to my sect as a guest?"

Yu Jiaolong looked up, past the three of them, and her gaze turned toward the sect's blessed land, which was already taking shape.

A strange look flashed in her eyes.

But after a brief thought, she still shook her head.

"For this battle, my Mengquan Cave has suffered heavy losses and still needs me to contribute to the sect. So, I will thank you for your kindness for now."

After speaking, she did not wait for Luo Chen and the others to urge her to stay.

She called out to the Mengquan Cave cultivators who had followed her in the pursuit and flew back in the direction they had come from.

Watching their departing backs.

Diwu Qi sighed: "Even a powerful Core Formation sect like Mengquan Cave says they have suffered heavy losses; one can see how intense the war on the front lines is."

Jiang Yu also echoed: "Yes, it's fortunate that we listened to Dan Chenzi's mountain-moving plan; otherwise, with our strength, I'm afraid we wouldn't even be able to make a splash on the front lines."

In his words, there was a bit of schadenfreude.

Luo Chen didn't say anything.

It's just that the smile on his face faded away unconsciously.

The war on the front lines is intense, and the large Core Formation sects have suffered heavy losses.

This is not good news!

When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the moat suffer; he couldn't just stand by and laugh.

If things continue to develop this way, the words spoken by the Jueqing Fairy when she left are very likely to come true.

Those large sects that have suffered heavy losses are very unlikely to watch the Luotian Alliance pick up the scraps and sit comfortably in the rear.

As his thoughts turned.

Luo Chen's gaze fell to the ground.

Stained by the flesh and blood of the demon wolf king, the ground was foul-smelling, and the demon aura was soaring.

This kind of geographical environment, if cultivated properly, would be very suitable for planting some medicinal herbs in the future.

With a thought, he suddenly said: "Among our families, there are many idle disciples; why not send them out to build defensive works thousands of miles away from the sect's blessed land!"

Jiang Yu was stunned, "Is that necessary? Even if we build defensive works, there's no need to stretch the front line so far!"

Diwu Qi had also wanted to object, but looking at Luo Chen's determined face, he took back his words of opposition.

After thinking carefully, he suddenly showed a look of sudden realization.

"Dan Chenzi, could it be that you want to delineate the area so that after we settle the Xiaoyue Mountain Range, we can use the current defensive works as boundary markers to define the territory of our alliance?"

Luo Chen nodded.

"Exactly!"

"A radius of a thousand miles, although not comparable to the five-thousand-mile radius of the Qingdan Valley in the Yuding Domain, is already not small for our three families."

It is indeed not small!

Within this range, moving small spiritual veins and digging channels to divert water is enough to make it a case of "the sparrow may be small, but it has all the vital organs."

Luo Chen's vision is very meticulous and also very long-term.

Diwu Qi and Jiang Yu had no objections this time and immediately agreed to this proposal.

Having returned to Xuelangping, Luo Chen's life seemed to have no changes.

Cultivators in the alliance were already accustomed to such demon beast invasions.

Over the past half year, demon beasts running from the front lines have occasionally drifted here.

Those with lower cultivation bases could be handled by patrolling cultivators.

For stronger ones, Diwu Qi would naturally take action to suppress them.

It was only this time, with a mid-stage Tier 3 one, that Luo Chen had to take action himself to prevent it from sneaking into the alliance's blessed land and causing massive destruction.

And after returning.

Not long after, good news came one after another.

First was Ceng Yilong, who returned from the Po Yue Immortal City and brought back the cooperation intentions of Song Mi and Chen Xiuli.

Both of them enthusiastically agreed to the elixir business with Luo Chen.

They were willing to spend 60,000 spirit stones each per year to purchase twelve bottles of low-grade Star Elixir from Luo Chen.

They even took the initiative to propose that part of the payment could be settled with medium-grade spirit stones.

Presumably, they also knew that the Luotian Alliance needed a large number of medium-grade spirit stones to set up the Trapped Dragon Array, and now they were catering to his preferences.

Then!

It was Min Longyu's turn.

"This array is called the Hidden Array; it is an entry-level Tier 3 array and cannot be considered a top-tier grand array."

"But the Hidden Array is 80% composed of obscure prohibitions, which can greatly conceal spiritual energy fluctuations."

"When you cast spells, it can have a very good masking effect."

In the cave dwelling.

Min Longyu was holding a small array that had been constructed while explaining it in detail to Luo Chen.

Luo Chen listened very carefully.

At the same time, he kept asking questions.

"This array can mask spiritual energy fluctuations, but magic power levels are far higher than spiritual energy; is the masking effect sufficient?"

"Is this array hard to learn? Is it easy to cast?"

"If I want to cast a spell, do I have to set up the array in advance? Or does it mean I carry an array compass and activate the compass first? If so, will it affect my spell-casting speed?"

Facing these questions, Min Longyu had foresight and gave explanations one by one.

In the end.

He showed a look of excitement.

"Actually, it doesn't have to be that troublesome; do you still remember the Blood Fiend Spirit-Seizing Array that Hall Master Wang used back then?"

Wang Yuan?

Blood Fiend Spirit-Seizing Array?

Suddenly!

Luo Chen thought of the blood-colored array patterns that had once been engraved on Wang Yuan's back.

He asked tentatively: "Engrave this array on my body?"

Slap!

Min Longyu clapped his hands and sighed: "Exactly!"

"The Hidden Array is composed of a large number of obscure prohibitions and is inherently extremely hidden; if it is directly arranged on a cultivator's flesh, with normal magic power fluctuations masking it on the outside, it would be very difficult to detect whether this array is activated or not."

"One could even say that with this array, a Core Formation cultivator only needs to distribute a tiny bit of magic power within their body to be in a semi-activated state at any time. It can also incidentally conceal the true strength of a Core Formation cultivator!"

Hearing this, Luo Chen also showed a look of being moved.

The Breath-Restraining Spirit Technique and Turtle Spirit Armor he had learned before both had the effect of concealing one's realm.

At that time, he could even deceive Xiao Sanren, who had outstanding insight.

But that was only limited to before Core Formation!

After Core Formation, even though Luo Chen had practiced these two techniques to the Great Perfection level, he could only deceive some ordinary Core Formation cultivators.

If someone with truly powerful cultivation took the initiative to investigate with their spiritual sense, they could still see through Luo Chen's reality.

It was not that Luo Chen was not capable, but the natural limitations of the low grade of those two spells.

If this Hidden Array also had such effects.

Even if it couldn't mask spell fluctuations, it would be enough for him to engrave it.

Action is better than thought!

"Since that's the case, then you help me record this array!"

Luo Chen already had the determination to take off his clothes.

However, Min Longyu showed an embarrassed look.

"Are there still problems?" Luo Chen asked.

Min Longyu said helplessly: "I do know this array, but if I use my spiritual power to engrave it, I'm afraid the effect will be less than one in ten."

The same array has different power in different people's hands.

Luo Chen understood instantly.

"Then what if we let Fu Jiusheng preside over the engraving?"

Min Longyu shook his head, "Since this array is to assist you in casting spells and masking magic power fluctuations, it is naturally best for you to engrave it yourself. In this way, the magic power is of the same source, and others will naturally not notice."

That makes a lot of sense.

"So, I have to learn this Tier 3 array myself, and then operate it myself!"

"Exactly!" Min Longyu nodded and continued: "Furthermore, the more proficient you are with this array, the better the effect will be when it is running. You might not understand what this means; you can refer to the case of Hall Master Wang using the Blood Fiend Spirit-Seizing Array back then. He was not proficient in it, which is why he failed regretfully the first time he seized a Foundation Establishment root."

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow.

His thoughts returned to the underground of Xiaohuan Mountain.

Wang Yuan did indeed fail regretfully when he seized the elderly Duan Qiankun.

Instead, he succeeded in one go when he later seized Huo Hu, who was in his prime.

The change in between was precisely because he had come to understand and master the Blood Fiend Spirit-Seizing Array more and more with the help of Min Longyu and Duan Feng.

Through this case, Luo Chen also accepted Min Longyu's philosophy.

However, another problem popped up.

"But right now, I can only set up some simple Tier 1 arrays; jumping straight to a Tier 3 array, wouldn't the span be too large?"

Regarding this.

Min Longyu waved his hand confidently.

"Don't think of arrays as too difficult."

Luo Chen rolled his eyes, "For a genius, it's indeed not difficult."

"Alright!"

Min Longyu scratched his head, but still expressed his own views.

"This array is just a small Tier 3 array and is a relatively simple concealment array. Plus, you are also proficient in concealment spells and have a foundation in obscure prohibitions; I think it shouldn't be very difficult for you to master this array."

"In addition, the corresponding materials for setting up this array, although precious, are actually very easy to collect."

"It can be said that learning the Hidden Array does not pose a very large threshold for you."

After such an explanation, it completely dispelled Luo Chen's doubts.

He nodded, "Since that's the case, then I'll give it a try! Who knows, maybe I also possess outstanding talent in the Dao of arrays."

At this, Min Longyu almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

If he really had talent, it would have shown when he was learning the basics before!

"Forget it, he is the Supreme Elder; I still have to maintain respect."

Although he said this, the smile on his lips was still not hidden.

Luo Chen didn't care much.

There is no distinction between superior and subordinate at this time; the other party is now his array teacher, so what if he laughs.

Luo Chen still respects his teachers and values the Dao!

Beyond Min Longyu's expectations!

Luo Chen's progress in learning the Hidden Array next was almost a thousand miles a day!

Three months later.

Looking at the magic power array patterns Luo Chen left on the ground, Min Longyu was full of disbelief.

"How is this possible!"

"Three months, and he learned a set of Tier 3 arrays!"

"Could it be that he is the genius, and I am just a fake genius in the Dao of arrays?"

Regarding Min Longyu's shock, Luo Chen did not explain too much.

He actually didn't have much talent for arrays.

From his daily learning, he already knew it clearly.

The reason he was able to learn this technique within three months was that the key point was the same as the reasons Min Longyu mentioned before: he had a foundation.

They were the excellent pillars who had survived the human-wolf war!

Inside the cave dwelling.

"Now it seems that arrays are actually more suitable for me to learn than alchemy, provided there is a truly powerful array master to guide me."

"Unlike alchemy, arrays are either you know them or you don't."

"All I have to do is master the basic prohibitions and then copy the ready-made arrays left by array masters, copying them over and over again; as long as I succeed in copying once, then in the system settings, I am considered to have entered the door."

"In this way, I can start my old profession of brushing proficiency and just brush the proficiency up like crazy."

Luo Chen's lips curled up, and his heart was extremely comfortable.

Maybe he thought about it a bit too complexly.

But if you really want to talk about it, arrays are like calligraphy.

People without talent cannot become calligraphy masters.

But ordinary people can also write characters that look exactly the same by copying the handwriting of calligraphy masters.

Arrays are the same!

One could even say that with the help of the proficiency system, Luo Chen could completely achieve the effect of passing the fake off as genuine, or even surpass the level of calligraphy masters.

The Great Perfection level is surpassing!

Luo Chen entered the door in three months by copying the ready-made arrays left by Min Longyu.

The genius is not him, but Min Longyu himself!

Of course, doing this also has flaws.

Limited by talent, even if he can set up the same array more quickly, he cannot do the many flexible things that a talented and powerful array master can do, such as adapting to local conditions, setting up arrays according to time, and changing arrays according to the enemy.

"However, this is enough to satisfy my needs."

"Next, I just need to brush up the proficiency of the Hidden Array and then engrave it on my body, and that will be it."

"In this process, the proficiency of Mirror Flower, Water Moon also needs to be improved. The current perfect level is still not quite enough."

In a short time, Luo Chen had planned his daily schedule again.

Cultivation, alchemy, learning arrays, practicing techniques!

"Oh, I almost forgot, I have to take the Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel and the Profound Fire Sword, these two magic treasures, to Po Yue Immortal City and spend money to ask that Master Huyan Zhuo to help repair them a bit."

The Profound Fire Sword had been used for many years and was already in a state of disrepair.

Especially after Core Formation, his magic power was strong, and every time he activated this treasure, there was always a feeling of being unable to bear the burden.

After all, it was just an ordinary low-grade magic treasure flying sword.

Luo Chen was afraid that this thing would suddenly disintegrate the next time he used it.

The Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel was the same; although its power was strong, its accessories were too easy to damage.

Last time he killed that mid-stage Tier 3 snow wolf king, it had been damaged.

Especially after being stained by the corrosive raindrops summoned by Jiang Yu, even though the other party gave an antidote later, it still couldn't recover as before.

These are all links that constitute Luo Chen's powerful combat strength.

They must not go wrong!

After thinking about these things, Luo Chen's attention was placed on the Tier 2 demon wolf that had been subdued in the cave dwelling.

"Mirror Flower, Water Moon, activate!"

It was very rare, but Luo Chen acted a bit "chuunibyou" for once.

After pinching the magic seal for a long time, he opened his eyes with a great sense of ritual.

The Tier 2 demon wolf in front of him, which already had some intelligence, immediately fell into layers of illusions.

In a trance, it returned to the time when it ran across the mountains at sunset; that was its lost youth!

Staying up late to type updates, watching the LOL World Championship finals in the afternoon; after all, this is also one of my youth.

If WBG wins, I'll add an update tomorrow!

If WBG loses... I still have to update obediently.

Gentlemen, good morning!