Chapter 712: That touch of cyan green

In the belly of a nameless great mountain.

Fu Qinglan sat there with her eyes closed.

Although her eyes were closed, her spiritual sense was fully expanded, covering the vicinity.

Any living creature that approached was instantly killed by her.

In front of her, a circular array disk was quietly embedded in the rock layer.

Suddenly!

The array disk trembled slightly, and one top-grade spirit stone after another quickly turned into dust; even the supreme-grade spirit stone began to dim.

A large amount of spiritual energy was extracted and surged into the array disk.

Fu Qinglan opened her eyes abruptly.

Hum...

A light sound, and the light distorted.

The next moment, a figure walked out from within.

"Luo..."

"Pfft!"

Before Luo Chen could stand steady, he spat out a mouthful of blood, and his entire body cracked inch by inch, blood spraying from the exposed areas.

"How could this be?" Fu Qinglan was shocked, hurriedly stepping forward to support Luo Chen.

After standing steady, Luo Chen wiped the corner of his mouth.

He pushed away Fu Qinglan's hand, pointed a finger at his chest, and the cracked skin on his body instantly recovered as before, the surging blood returning to his physique.

He then mobilized his remaining magic power, casting a Cleaning Spell, and all traces of the blood dripping around were erased.

In this way, it was as if nothing had happened at all.

Fu Qinglan swallowed, asking worriedly: "Brother Luo, are you alright?"

Luo Chen pulled the corner of his mouth, "Except for some lack of magic power, there is no major problem."

"But just now you..."

Luo Chen waved his hand, not wanting to explain.

It was just that when he put away the cracked array disk, he looked at it several times.

He never imagined that those Nascent Soul cultivators would pose no threat to him, but rather, the retreat he had prepared with his own hands would be the one to trap him.

Yes, during the teleportation process, many restrictions collapsed, and the terrifying space-pressing force caused Luo Chen to suffer not-so-light injuries.

This was somewhat unexpected.

Luo Chen had taken quite a few teleportation arrays before, and his experience could be considered rich.

Other cultivators with weak bodies might fear the pressure during teleportation, but he was fine.

But this time...

"It was ultimately because I wasn't skilled in this array, and the array disk was refined too hastily."

Luo Chen quickly found the reason for his backlash; it was the array disk.

The only thing to be glad about was that the teleportation distance he had set was around five thousand miles, which was not far. Therefore, this injury only looked heavy.

With his powerful recovery ability, mobilizing the source power, he could recover as before in an instant.

If it were that kind of ultra-long distance of tens of thousands or even millions of miles, the consequences would be immeasurable.

"The phantom cores are in hand, let's go!" Luo Chen said.

Although Fu Qinglan was somewhat curious in her heart, she still nodded on the surface.

In front of Luo Chen, she took out a talisman.

Injecting magic power into it, hazy earth-yellow light instantly appeared, wrapping around her and Luo Chen, and they disappeared into the mountain rock in the blink of an eye.

Not long after they left.

A roar resounded outside the mountain.

"Get out here!"

A verdant bamboo staff, turning a hundred feet long, struck the mountainside head-on.

Boom!

Smoke and dust rose, and the Wang family old man didn't care, charging straight in.

And another figure unfolded a folding fan, and with the howling wind, blew away all the smoke and dust.

Shi Ju looked at the broken mountain with a gloomy face.

"Ran away!"

"Using such a great means, his magic power was almost non-existent, and he could still run away?"

Behind him, Gu Yuan brought Gu Chen and flew over gracefully.

While flying, he laughed.

"Since the other party dared to provoke us with a single person and a single sword, he must have left a way out. From beginning to end, the Fu Qinglan he protected never appeared; she must have been used as a backup. Shi Ju, don't think of these grass-roots practitioners too simply."

Shi Ju turned his head and glared at him fiercely.

Then his expression changed again, and he mocked: "Right, you think comprehensively. Didn't you also suffer a loss under that person's sword?"

Gu Yuan's expression was somewhat unnatural, but he soon shrugged indifferently.

"How can you call it a loss? We also harvested two phantom cores on this trip, not a wasted trip. Unlike some people, who lost their wife and broke their soldiers; it's truly pitiful!"

"You!"

Shi Ju closed his folding fan, pointing it brightly at Gu Yuan, his face flushed red.

The golden-robed man stepped forward, blocking in front of Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan laughed lightly, no longer stimulating the other party, greeted Gu Chen, and left gracefully.

Shi Ju gritted his teeth, looking at the departing back of the other party, his hand gripping the fan handle as if he wanted to crush it.

Just at this time, a irritable and angry roar came from the mountain.

He looked down and saw the Wang family old man acting like a headless fly, flipping over large stones one by one inside, yet still unable to find Luo Chen's shadow.

"Wang Yifu, he ran away long ago; why are you still searching here?"

The Wang family old man looked up, his face full of grief and indignation.

"He caused my clan's Young Master to be eliminated; even if I have to go to the ends of the earth, I must find him!"

Shi Ju sneered and turned to leave.

But after flying a few steps, he turned back again and threw out a jade slip.

"If you find him, notify me."

The Wang family old man was startled, but soon nodded.

"I will definitely notify you! I also hope that if you encounter the Wild Loose Practitioner, you will tell me!"

Shi Ju gave a "hmm" and hurried back to the Three Rainbow Falls.

Qi Xiongcheng stood there, holding a large gourd with a broken belly, looking exhausted.

Seeing Shi Ju, he gritted his teeth and said: "Young Master, I only caught back five phantom cores, and this gourd..."

"Useless thing!"

A fan strike came, and Qi Xiongcheng's eyes struggled, but he dared not dodge in the slightest.

Slap!

His body at the third stage of body refining actually burst open with a gruesome blood wound.

Shi Ju didn't bother to look at him again; he was just a house slave, and a useless one at that.

If he had known, he wouldn't have brought him in; he had become a burden instead.

His gloomy gaze swept across the surroundings, and he remained silent for a long time.

After a while, he spoke coldly.

"Leave the gourd! You and Wang Yifu go separate ways and search for Luo Chen and the other. Once found, don't alert the enemy; notify me first."

"Also, if you meet other sect members on the way, send me a message."

Qi Xiongcheng asked: "Are you going to unite with other successors to deal with the Wild Loose Practitioner?"

"Unite?"

Shi Ju pulled the corner of his mouth, "The Wild Loose Practitioner just caught us off guard; killing him doesn't require uniting everyone. I need phantom cores now; I think my fellow sect members have quite a bit of savings, especially the escaped Gu Daosu!"

Speaking of Gu Daosu, a trace of cruelty flashed in his eyes.

The opponent had no guardian, and unlike himself, could not let go and act; he was the weakest lamb, to be taken as one pleased!

On Heavenly Peak.

In a great hall.

Since the Pill Saint ascended and the Cave Heaven opened, more than two months had passed.

The various parties who came to observe the ceremony had all left one after another.

The internal meeting of the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect had long since ended.

At this moment, those who remained were basically representatives of various families concerned about the results of the competition.

They gathered together, talking about things from all over the world, chatting about cultivation insights, and making various guesses about the results of the competition.

In between, there was no lack of people taking out good things as gambling stakes to bet on the results, just to pass the time.

Originally, in everyone's hearts, besides their own juniors, the most favored were the three sons of the Great Houses, as well as that junior from the Xiang family.

But two months ago, the elimination of the Angry Jin Gang changed everything.

The name Luo Chen, the Wild Loose Practitioner, appeared in their ears once again.

Speaking of which, this person was not unfamiliar to the representatives of the various families.

The first time was because he entered Heavenly Peak as a loose practitioner and became an external guest minister.

The second time was when the Pill Saint ascended, and the Pill Saint gave him one of the five Heavenly Machine Pills!

You must know that the whereabouts of those five Heavenly Machine Pills were either to the three hidden strongmen on Lanke Mountain or to people from the Pill Saint's hometown.

Both of these were understandable.

But what did Luo Chen have?

A gift for the Heavenly Peak Star Gate?

What a joke, the four Nascent Soul late-stage elders didn't get this gift!

If it weren't for the opening of the Cave Heaven and Luo Chen being a guardian who needed to enter immediately, these people would have obtained that Heavenly Machine Pill from Luo Chen at that time.

Not to mention the low-class means of open fighting and secret snatching, as long as enough reward was given, with that wild loose practitioner's knowledge, he would always be tempted.

It was a pity that Luo Chen just entered the Cave Heaven.

Everyone just hoped he wouldn't use that Heavenly Machine Pill so quickly, but they didn't expect the first news they got was that he defeated two great strongmen, the Angry Jin Gang and True Person Tianshan, one against two.

This was the third time Luo Chen's name appeared in front of everyone.

And this time, it also meant that the Xiang family genius Xiang Qi, who had quite a bit of hope, was in danger on the path of grasping the laws.

After all, without a guardian, whether hunting phantom beasts or cultivating alone, it would become difficult.

They no longer favored Xiang Qi.

Instead, they added Fu Qinglan to the discussion.

Although her foundation was thin and her aptitude slightly worse, she had the advantage of having been in the Nascent Soul stage for a short time, being closer to heaven and earth, and having a powerful guardian like Luo Chen, allowing her to possess more phantom cores for cultivation.

Just as they were discussing.

On this day, the vortex in the hall appeared again.

The Wang family successor appeared from the vortex with a dazed face.

Seeing it was him, everyone was puzzled.

His guardian didn't come out; why did he come out first?

The vortex behind him began to close slowly.

Suddenly!

A trace of blood-colored sword light escaped from the last vortex eye.

"How bold!"

A large hand suddenly grabbed down, gripping the sword light in its hand with no time to spare.

The Wang family successor turned pale upon seeing this scene, and his Wang family ancestor was both shocked and fortunate.

"Thank you, Senior Brother, for protecting my child!"

Above, the Gu family ancestor shook his head, then looked down at his hand.

"What sharp sword qi, what pure killing intent!"

His palm tightened, and the sword qi was forcibly shattered.

Only then did he look at the Wang family successor.

"Were you eliminated by the owner of this sword?"

The Wang family successor reacted, nodding hurriedly, his face full of lingering fear.

The Gu family ancestor asked again, "Who is he?"

Before the Wang family successor could answer, another vortex appeared in the hall.

In everyone's astonishment, a weak and beautiful lady fell into the hall with a thud.

Her face was as pale as gold paper, and her aura was extremely weak.

Her cultivation was retreating at a speed visible to the naked eye in everyone's perception.

"It's Xiu'er!"

"She actually used that secret technique!"

The Gu family ancestor's expression changed, and he immediately cast a pill, assisted by his own magic power, to cover Lady Xu.

Finally, under his action, Lady Xu's retreating cultivation stopped, stopping at the first level of the Nascent Soul.

"How could this be?"

Lady Xu opened her eyes slowly, saying bitterly: "It was the Wild Loose Practitioner."

Wild Loose Practitioner?

Everyone was startled.

The Wang family successor, who had been interrupted earlier, also opened his mouth angrily.

"It was Luo Chen!"

Lady Xu and the Wang family successor were sent out for medical treatment.

But the competition going on in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven in the hall did not stop, but instead became even more intense.

And among the crowd, Fu Chaosheng hid in a corner, fearing to attract attention.

Especially when one gaze after another swept over, he was even more terrified, not daring to make a sound.

In his heart, he complained about Luo Chen, wondering how he had provoked three great families in such a short time.

On the other hand, he was grateful that the other party had contributed so much and kept his promise.

"I think he must have discovered the situation of different time flow rates, but he was still so diligent; it was me who let him down."

"After he comes out, I must prepare a generous gift to express my apology."

Just as he was thinking this, time passed slowly.

A few days later.

The vortex in the hall appeared again!

The one eliminated was precisely that genius from the Xiang family.

This time, Fu Chaosheng was terrified, fearing to hear Luo Chen's name again.

Someone went to inquire about the situation and learned that it was Shi Ju who had eliminated Xiang Qi.

Fu Chaosheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But seeing the Xiang family ancestor cast an angry gaze at him, he couldn't help but show a bitter smile.

Clearly, the Xiang family ancestor didn't dare to resent the Shi family, one of the Twelve Great Houses, but counted this pot on the Fu family and Luo Chen.

After all, if Luo Chen hadn't eliminated the Angry Jin Gang, Xiang Qi wouldn't have been attacked by Shi Ju while cultivating.

"Fortunately, he joined the Star Gate in advance and can be considered part of the Dao Sect; as long as he doesn't leave Heavenly Peak, he won't be liquidated by the families."

"But it's difficult for my Fu family!"

"Forget it, as long as Qinglan has achievements, offending more people is worth it. At worst, I will join Heavenly Peak and contribute a little more to the sect with this remnant body; the sect will always protect my Fu family."

With the elimination of two guardians and two great Nascent Soul successors, it seemed to ignite a signal.

In the following time, more and more people were eliminated.

And among them, the reasons for most people's elimination were concentrated on Shi Ju, the culprit.

The other party seemed to have completely lost his scruples, starting to take action wildly, not hunting phantom beasts, but instead aiming at the successors of various families, snatching phantom cores from their hands.

Sometimes, even if these eliminated successors had no phantom cores, he would still fight.

But this person had many magic treasures, and his magic power was tyrannical and thick; even slightly weaker guardians were not his match.

One-on-one, he had the upper hand.

One-on-two, he was not afraid at all.

In this way, this person's edge was fully revealed, and in just over a month, he had snatched Luo Chen's limelight.

Regarding this, Fu Chaosheng was frantically cheering in his heart.

"The more arrogant Shi Ju is, the better, as long as it's not Qinglan and Luo Chen who are eliminated!"

The representatives of other families, although angry and regretful, did not dare to offend the Shi family after being eliminated, and could only swallow that breath.

And in that tightly closed Star Gate on Heavenly Peak.

Mo Shouzhuo, the Heavenly Origin Sect Master who had not left, was playing chess with the Chess Saint Ke Lianshan.

Although the former's cultivation was high, his chess attainments were not as good as the latter's.

Therefore, Ke Lianshan appeared quite leisurely, and after placing a piece, he had the leisure to chat.

"Shi Ju is too flamboyant; being so extreme is not a good thing."

Mo Shouzhuo remained silent, still thinking about the chess piece.

Ke Lianshan asked: "Is it because his Nine Yang physique is very compatible with inheriting a fire-type divine ability in the sect that you are so indulgent of him?"

Mo Shouzhuo looked at him, did not answer, but did not deny it either.

Ke Lianshan had a look of "as expected."

The seven great divine abilities of the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect are strong, but the threshold for cultivation is quite high.

Only Soul Transformation ancestors and Nascent Soul cultivators who have grasped the power of the laws can cultivate them.

But one fire-type divine ability is an exception!

It's not that it's an exception, but that Shi Ju is an exception, because his physique has a great chance of learning that great divine ability without grasping the power of the laws.

Once refined, he will definitely possess terrifying combat power!

At this time of chaos in the world, when the Dao Sect wants to hold the bull's ear of the mountain and sea, there is no lack of long-lived people; what is lacking are these warriors who love to fight.

Early rumors said the Soul Transformation ancestor in the sect favored Shi Ju; now it seems there is indeed a reason.

Ke Lianshan shook his head, "Although you want to grind out a good knife, I'm afraid you'll grind out a double-edged sword. He is eliminating fellow sect members like this; if no one grasps the power of the laws in this competition, it would be too wasteful of the large amount of spiritual energy brought by Fellow Daoist Chu's ascension."

"It won't be wasted."

Mo Shouzhuo finally spoke.

"Among those remaining, there will always be someone who grasps it."

After speaking, he slowly placed a piece.

"It's your turn."

Ke Lianshan looked at the position of the piece and smiled dumbly.

"Sect Master, your intention is too obvious; are you afraid I won't see it?"

Mo Shouzhuo stroked his beard, looking calm.

Even if he saw it, so what? In this world, schemes and tricks are ultimately minor paths; as long as one has powerful strength, one should push forward with a grand and upright momentum.

This game of chess, he might lose, because his chess strength is insufficient.

But the game of the Mountain and Sea Realm, he is sure to win! Because the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect is strong enough!

The extreme north of the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven.

Snow filled the sky, and the plants withered.

Between the silver-clad peaks, birds circled.

Suddenly.

A bird landed on a snowman, pecked twice, and flew into the sky again.

After it left, the accumulated snow fell with a rustle.

The snowman slowly opened its eyes.

Another twenty years had passed.

This time, the time Fu Qinglan spent in seclusion completely exceeded his expectations.

Fortunately, they had escaped far enough at the time, and the quiet cultivation place they chose was also in the extremely remote outer area of the Cave Heaven.

Only then did they have twenty years of quiet time.

"Calculate the time, the spiritual energy in the phantom cores should be exhausted; why hasn't she woken up yet?"

Luo Chen felt suspicious.

Suddenly, he looked down at the ground.

In the accumulated snow, a touch of green was heart-capturing. ===== CHAPTER 713 =====