Chapter 874: Carrying the Coffin and Walking, Suppressing Ghosts and Gods

"Why are you back so early?"

In the quiet cave dwelling, the old woman asked.

Canglong stood there prettily, respectfully answering: "A journey of travel, the goal is set, continuing to drift outside is just a waste of time."

"Oh?"

The former Sect Master of the Ice Fortress raised her eyebrows and asked about the process of the journey.

Canglong told it in detail, from leaving Yuding, traveling the six domains, to footprints all over the Eastern Wasteland, saying it quite in detail.

"That ownerless great domain, half a year after I left, has been renamed the Heavenly Extreme Zen Domain. The high monk Huiping from the Western Desert cleared the filth, built the Heavenly Extreme Zen Sect, and set up the Demon-Suppressing Pagoda, suppressing countless demons and monsters in all directions."

"As I saw, the killing intent was cautious, and the North Sea Ning Yuzhuo, who had a great background, was also suppressed within the Heavenly Extreme Zen Sect."

"At this time, I finally understood that the so-called Jin Dan stage is just the starting point of the Great Dao."

The old Sect Master nodded, feeling deeply the same, and said: "I was just afraid that you would be arrogant in your heart because you achieved the Core Formation realm at a young age. Now, after this tempering, you have indeed gained something. Yes, the Core Formation stage might be able to reign supreme in one's own territory, but wanting to stir up wind and rain in the world of immortal cultivation is simply impossible. With just a little pressure from a Nascent Soul powerhouse, one would be as fragile as sand."

After the sigh, she asked again: "What do you think of Han Zhan?"

Canglong spoke frankly, "Han Daoist is indeed a rare cultivation genius in the world. Not only that, he is persistent in pursuing the Great Dao. During the journey, I have never seen him slack off in his daily cultivation, even in places with scarce spiritual energy, he often manipulates puppets to practice combat skills."

"Just this?" The old Sect Master was very satisfied with her evaluation, but could hear that there was something left unsaid.

Canglong hesitated, but still spoke her truest opinion.

"This person can be a Daoist friend, but only a Daoist friend, difficult to become a Daoist companion."

"His mind is too heavy, and his calculations are quite deep. Even if we travel together, we must be careful."

"Disciple agrees to form an alliance with the Luotian Sect, but does not want to marry!"

After the old Sect Master heard these words, she fell into silence.

She stared at this last introductory disciple of hers, constantly sizing her up.

Finally, she breathed a sigh of relief as if relieved of a heavy burden.

"Just follow your wish!"

In fact, she also couldn't bear to see such an excellent disciple marry into another sect.

Canglong was happy, "Thank you, Master!"

"However!" The old Sect Master suddenly changed the subject and, catching Canglong off guard, made a request, "You must immediately take over my position and become the Master of the Ice Fortress!"

Canglong had thought that such a day would come, but didn't expect it to come so quickly.

She hesitated: "Master, you are in the prime of your life and are just about to show your talents, and I have focused on cultivation all these years and am not familiar with the affairs of the sect; isn't it too urgent?"

The old Sect Master sighed and waved her hand.

"Not urgent, not urgent, not urgent at all."

"Old me has been severely injured since the Lingkong Secret Realm trip and is just barely holding on. Look at this head of white hair, does it look like I'm in the prime of my life?"

"Moreover, the secular affairs of the sect will be handled by other Martial Sisters for you, so don't worry."

"Finally!"

She paused and smiled, "I also need a reason to deal with the Luotian Sect!"

Yes, how can the Sect Master of a Jin Dan great sect marry out?

This was the best reason.

Even if they were allies, it would not be easy to blame too much.

After Canglong heard this, she no longer refused and knelt on the ground immediately.

"Disciple obeys!"

One year later, Canglong, under the witness of thousands of disciples of the Ice Fortress, took over the position of Sect Master from the old Sect Master.

To this, the members of the Ice Fortress might have had doubts, but not many questioned it.

Whether it was the old Sect Master's prestige, or Canglong's outstanding performance in the beast tide, as well as her excellent cultivation talent, all proved that she was the most suitable ruler of the Ice Fortress, which was now in a precarious situation.

After succeeding, although Canglong still insisted on cultivation, because the Ice Fortress had few people, she inevitably became busy.

She first proposed an application to the Yuding Sword Sect; regarding the Lingkong Secret Realm, the Ice Fortress would no longer participate from now on.

It was considered representing the Ice Fortress, completely giving up this part of the benefits.

Then, she dispersed the low-level disciples of the Ice Fortress to various immortal cities in the Yuding Domain, which was both to handle secular affairs and to train.

In this process, she also gave the members of the Ice Fortress an extra task.

Pay attention to mortals with spiritual roots and recruit them into the Ice Fortress.

If they encountered loose cultivators with clean backgrounds and certain skills, they could also be invited as guest ministers of the Ice Fortress.

On the Luotian Sect side, after negotiations, they also reached a certain cooperative relationship.

Including but not limited to regular disciple exchange competitions, resource exchange, advancing and retreating together, etc.

This was externally, and internally, she distributed a large amount of resources that had been vacated by the Jin Dan cultivators who were damaged in the Lingkong Secret Realm to low-level disciples with qualifications to help them cultivate.

Not only that, under her careful combing, the details of the people in the sect were also explored and cleaned up.

One of the biggest things was the Chief Alchemist of the Ice Fortress!

"Junior Sister Xiaorou, do you need my help with your Daoist partner's matter?"

Under Canglong's diligent governance, in just one or two hundred years, the Ice Fortress had shown signs of revival.

The number of members exceeded ten thousand, and outstanding disciples emerged one after another.

Even Jin Dan cultivators were added one after another as the older generation like the old Sect Master passed away.

Gu Xiaorou was one of them.

At this moment, Gu Xiaorou, who was at the early Jin Dan stage, heard Canglong's words and couldn't help but bite her lip.

After a while, she shook her head with difficulty.

"Since it is a family matter, let me solve it personally!"

Canglong looked at her seriously and finally nodded slightly.

"Then you do it yourself!"

Not long after.

In the area outside the Ice Fortress known as the Death Ice Sea, a chase battle, a battle of husband and wife turning against each other, broke out.

Under the repeated bombardment of a large number of talismans, Shang Hu, who was good at alchemy but poor at fighting, was finally defeated.

He looked at Gu Xiaorou, who came with a sword, in despair, full of confusion.

"Why?"

Gu Xiaorou said coldly, "Humans and demons are on different paths, that's all."

Shang Hu was unwilling, "But I have never done anything harmful to the human race, nor have I harmed any disciples of the Ice Fortress."

Gu Xiaorou pursed her lips and asked back: "Then why are you still secretly contacting the demon beast groups in the Great Snow Mountain? And after you joined the Ice Fortress, beast tides occurred frequently; how do you explain this?"

Shang Hu struggled, "I say those beast tides have nothing to do with me, would you believe it?"

"I believe it!" Gu Xiaorou nodded, but before Shang Hu could breathe a sigh of relief, she raised her sword tip.

"But the sect won't believe it."

Shang Hu opened his mouth, and finally his expression was miserable.

"Xiaorou, must you be so heartless?"

"Sorry!"

Gu Xiaorou stabbed with her sword, blood bloomed on the ice lake, and a giant white fox lay on the ground, dead.

After doing all this, Gu Xiaorou seemed to be exhausted, staggering a few steps.

Finally, she leaned on the ground with her sword tip.

In the wind and snow, Canglong walked slowly.

Glancing at the white fox corpse, she looked at Gu Xiaorou with a smile.

"Xiaorou..."

"From now on, don't call me by that name."

Cang Long's lips moved slightly, and in the end, she could only smile bitterly.

For the sake of the sect, she had to be the good person, and she also had to be the bad person; all the good and evil fruits should naturally be swallowed by her.

It's just that the junior sister who was once as close as siblings has now become so estranged; this feeling is indeed hard to bear!

She personally handled Shang Hu's corpse, took his belongings back, and entrusted someone to hand them to Gu Xiaorou.

Among them, it included a broken alchemy utensil, the Minister Cauldron.

Since then, the entire sect, internally and externally, has completely become an iron plate.

The Ice Fortress has become increasingly prosperous, with powerhouses emerging one after another; in the entire Jade Yu Yu Dingyu, it has become the third largest sect, second only to the Sword Sect and the Falling Cloud Sect. Even the Qingdan Valley, which has many Core Formation cultivators, is far inferior to the Ice Fortress in momentum.

But as the Ice Fortress gradually became stronger, internal conflicts also began to erupt continuously.

There are hundreds or thousands of Foundation Establishment disciples, and the number of Core Formation cultivators is nearly ten, but the territory has not expanded, and resources are gradually becoming insufficient to distribute.

Those disciples and followers who used to love her quite a bit, relying on the major Core Formation elders, split into several factions and began to fight openly and secretly.

Regarding all this, Cang Long gradually became tired.

Especially after the news came that Han Zhan persisted in traveling and finally achieved the Nascent Soul stage, she suddenly realized.

"I clearly understood the principle that one is but an ant without becoming a Nascent Soul earlier than him, so why did I become obsessed with the trivial matters of the sect?"

She knew it was because of her master, but it also had to do with her own confused mind.

If this continues, the once stunning Cang Long Fairy will only be reduced to the most ordinary Core Formation cultivator among the myriad living beings.

At this point, Cang Long completely let go of worldly affairs, letting the people below fight for power and profit, and focused on cultivation.

As long as she can achieve the Nascent Soul realm, she can suppress all injustices in the sect with her own strength!

Tianshan has been closed since then, and no one has seen the scene of snow lotuses blooming again.

And Cang Long's cultivation progress has become faster and faster; from the Core Formation mid-stage to the late-stage, she broke through in one fell swoop.

The fusion of the three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit has become faster and faster.

Especially that vast primordial spirit, unknowingly, has actually exceeded the limit of Core Formation and touched the edge of the Nascent Soul realm.

Also in this process, Cang Long gradually realized certain things.

Those previous things seem to have been experienced many times?

Walking the path taken before again, the state of mind can never be restored.

Sinking into it again and again, struggling hard again and again, when is the end?

How should this dust fate be cut off?

In a trance, she saw a crimson dog walking alone on the white ice surface.

"It's Big Dog!"

The Red Dog, who had disappeared for many years, appeared again, staring coldly at her across the ice lake.

Subsequently, the Red Dog turned and left.

This time, Cang Long did not let it escape, but followed it without hesitation.

"It is time!"

Three years after Luo Chen realized the origin of fire, on this day, Luo Chen rose to his full height.

He turned into a streak of light and rushed towards Tianshan.

Amidst the astonishment of the Tianshan disciples and the Jueqing Fairy, an ice coffin was wrapped in red light and slowly floated into the sky.

"Supreme Elder?" the Jueqing Fairy shouted.

Luo Chen smiled slightly, carried the ice coffin on his back, looked up at the sky, and then looked down at the crowd below.

"Not long from now, you will see your Zhou Shijie return safely."

Subsequently, he carried the ice coffin without hesitation and left the Alchemy Saint Blessed Land.

On the way, a streak of black light broke through the ground and merged onto his shoulder.

Li Yingzhang stood in front of a towering and magnificent palace, looking at Luo Chen's departing back, his expression complex.

With the Supreme Elder's departure, he did not know when he would return.

He could not help with anything, and the only thing he could do was to watch over this Luo Tian Sect for him.

"Rest assured, Yingzhang will definitely not let you down."

"When you return, the Luo Tian Sect will be a qualified Nascent Soul upper sect!"

He bowed respectfully from afar towards that back.

After leaving the Alchemy Saint Blessed Land, Luo Chen instantly noticed something unusual.

An invisible suppressive force was transmitted from above.

Its target was not him, but the ice coffin on his back.

"Indeed!"

"The Alchemy Saint Blessed Land isolates the outside world and has the miraculous effect of avoiding heavenly tribulations and earthly disasters."

"If you want Cang Long to survive the Nascent Soul heavenly tribulation after waking up, you must go to the outside world!"

Luo Chen took a deep breath, forcibly covered the magic power fluctuations continuously emitted by the ice coffin with great magic power, and swam towards the outside world.

The Mysterious Turtle had been waiting for a long time and picked him up.

Halfway through, Bai Meiling, who had been cultivating outside all these years, also followed.

She looked curiously at the ice coffin on Luo Chen's back, "Is she the one undergoing the tribulation?"

Luo Chen nodded, "Have you arranged the place for the tribulation that I asked you to find earlier?"

Bai Meiling said without hesitation: "There is a ready-made one right now, it is the Shangyou Ruined City. The fourth-rank spiritual vein there has been repaired by a group of Core Formation powerhouses working together, and it should be usable for the tribulation."

Shangyou Ruined City?

Luo Chen's eyes flickered; that place was indeed a good place.

Although there are many treasure hunters, most of them are not of high realm.

Even if there are a few Core Formation cultivators, it would not hinder Cang Long's tribulation.

When passing by Yanfu Mountain, Luo Chen asked about the current situation of Yanfu Mountain.

Bai Meiling also told him one by one, speaking extremely carefully.

With the help of the Luo Tian Sect's powerhouses, she opened up the White Spirit Dojo in the Nether Abyss as a place for cultivation.

Over these years, many low-level ghosts have successively attached themselves to her.

Relying on these low-level ghosts, even if Bai Meiling does not personally go to explore Yanfu Mountain, she can know the general situation inside.

In the current Yanfu Mountain, there are at least a dozen fourth-rank ghosts lingering and refusing to leave, trying their best to crack the formations inside.

But the results are meager!

Not to mention entering the cultivation palaces of the three great ancestors, even the remaining cave dwellings of some Nascent Soul powerhouses halfway up the mountain have not been opened much.

It is not that their skills are insufficient, but that the formations on Yanfu Mountain are truly too powerful.

Even if the most important part was destroyed by Sovereign Qixia, the rest is not something that these ghosts who have been dormant in the Nether Abyss for thousands of years can quickly crack.

"In my opinion, without a hundred or eighty years of effort, no one can go up to the Yanfu Heavenly Palace!"

The Yanfu Heavenly Palace consists of the Tianming Palace, Tianyuan Palace, and Tianze Palace, corresponding to the last three Soul Transformation ancestors of the Mingyuan Sect.

Inside, the most important inheritance of the Mingyuan Sect must also be preserved!

At the very least, Luo Chen knew that the Ming Water Spring Eye must be in the main hall of the Tianming Palace.

"Very good, continue to monitor that side for me. Once someone goes up to the Heavenly Palace, crush the jade pendant and notify me," Luo Chen ordered.

Bai Meiling said 'mm'; this was all she could do for Luo Chen.

"By the way?" Luo Chen seemed to suddenly remember something, or rather, this question had been weighing on his heart for a long time. "Do you know the whereabouts of those ghost gods?"

The so-called ghost gods are Soul Transformation ghosts!

As far as Luo Chen knows, the number of ghost gods in this Nether Abyss is not small.

Wouldn't they covet the things on Yanfu Mountain?

This is also the most important reason why Luo Chen dared not pay attention to Yanfu Mountain for the time being.

Bai Meiling hesitated: "There are indeed a few ghost gods still alive, but I heard that they dare not appear at all. The Nirvana Sacred Fire remaining above the Nether Abyss is specifically left for them. Once anyone dares to show their head, they will suffer a devastating blow."

Luo Chen frowned, but immediately understood the principle.

When Sovereign Qixia was besieged by many ghost gods and wanted to escape, how could she have done it so easily without setting up a few targeted means?

As he became more and more familiar with the Nirvana Sacred Fire, Luo Chen also discovered the special features of this powerful flame.

Just like the Nine Tribulations and Three Nirvana stages of the cultivation process, after passing each Nirvana, there will be an additional magical effect.

After the magic power Nirvana, the sacred fire can burn the enemy's magic power shield, melting spiritual energy and even vital energy.

After the body Nirvana, once the sacred fire is stained even a little, it can turn the enemy's flesh into smoke and ash.

And after the primordial spirit Nirvana, the sacred fire can even directly attack the enemy's primordial spirit.

The countless Nirvana Sacred Fires left by Sovereign Qixia above the Nether Abyss are specifically aimed at those powerful ghost gods.

Luo Chen has not yet passed the third Nirvana, so he cannot master the tricks, and only relies on the Nirvana Sacred Fire of the same sect and origin to barely travel through.

"That's good news!"

Luo Chen nodded and no longer lingered on the trivial matters here.

Everything that should be arranged was arranged in the three years, and everything that should be explained was explained.

After going out this time, those things that have been worried about for a long time should also be resolved!

Not long after.

As the Mysterious Turtle surfaced, emerging from the water.

Through the vast mist, the Shangyou Ruined City was right before his eyes! (End of chapter)