Chapter 740: Untitled

Originally, the Purple Firmament Sect already had quite a few Purple Mansion cultivators; several major factions merged together, and there were already about thirty Purple Mansion cultivators.

And after the Purple Firmament Sect was established, more than ten Purple Mansion cultivators emerged, and added to the thirty years, another eight Purple Mansion cultivators had newly advanced.

As a result, the Purple Firmament Sect alone had no less than fifty Purple Mansion cultivators, and this did not include the several who were far away in Dongying City.

And even after cultivating to the Purple Mansion stage, the cultivation speed of these Purple Mansion cultivators in the Purple Firmament Sect was not slow.

There were Golden Core cultivators who often gave lectures, and there were the cultivation insights left behind by Su Fan.

Just this point alone was no worse than the top-tier sects of the Southern Wilderness Continent.

Secondly, in terms of resources, they were also endless; spirit pills and spirit stones were all available, plus all kinds of secret techniques.

So for the core disciples, their cultivation speed was very fast.

These decades were enough to improve by one or two layers, and even for those who cultivated faster, breaking through three layers was no problem.

The original early-stage Purple Mansion cultivators had all reached the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion, and the mid-stage Purple Mansion cultivators had also advanced to the late-stage of the Purple Mansion.

This time, a full twenty Purple Mansion cultivators were dispatched; it looked like the number was not comparable to the two sides of Chen State.

But these twenty Purple Mansion cultivators were all above the mid-stage of the Purple Mansion, and even half were in the late-stage of the Purple Mansion.

If it weren't for the fact that two were preparing to start attempting to break through to the Golden Core stage, worried about any damage, they would also have come out.

Both were Golden Core seeds; one was a disciple of Lin Tianhe, and one was from the hunting team. Of course, the original Yunyang Sect also had several Golden Core seeds.

For example, Tie Zhongtang, Yun Tianlai, and so on.

These people had all reached the late-stage of the Purple Mansion; perhaps in ten or twenty years, they could all reach the ninth layer of the Purple Mansion.

By then, they could all attempt to break through to the Golden Core stage.

By then, the strength of the Purple Firmament Sect would explode again.

Every few decades, the strength of the Purple Firmament Sect would explode and increase by a bit.

This was the foundation.

The foundation of the Purple Firmament Sect was already comparable to the top-tier sects of the Southern Wilderness Continent.

These were the confidence of the high-level officials of the Purple Firmament Sect, and also the confidence of Lu Qingshan; of course, it was not just the Purple Firmament Sect disciples behind him.

There was also his own strength.

In thirty years, he finally broke through the barrier and reached the ninth layer of the Golden Core stage; he hadn't broken through for over a hundred years.

This breakthrough made his attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul stage even greater.

With his lifespan, he still had seventy or eighty years; if he added life extension, he could live for at least another two sixty-year cycles, enough for him to have two or three chances to attempt it.

As a ninth-layer Golden Core cultivator holding three fourth-grade high-tier artifacts, in terms of strength, he had already surpassed the number one person of the Shangling Sect back then.

It could be said that his strength, placed in Chen State, was also number one; at least whether it was the remnants of the Shangling Sect, the Huangfu family, or the Danhe Sect, no one was his opponent.

This time, the four Golden Core cultivators sent by the two major forces of Chen State included one late-stage Golden Core, two mid-stage Golden Core, and one early-stage Golden Core cultivator.

And on the Purple Firmament Sect side, there was only him as a late-stage Golden Core, two early-stage Golden Core, and one mid-stage Golden Core, Zhang Laozu, who had barely reached it.

Especially the two early-stage Golden Core cultivators, whether it was Lin Taihe or Jinguang, neither had been at the Golden Core stage for a hundred years, and their cultivation had barely broken through to the second layer of the Golden Core stage.

Compared to the third-layer Golden Core of the Huangfu family, they were still a bit worse.

But if the eight Golden Core cultivators fought, their Purple Firmament Sect would absolutely occupy the upper hand.

Because he, Lu Qingshan, alone was not something the seventh-layer Golden Core cultivator of the Danhe Sect could compare to; at least there would need to be a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator to barely hold him off.

Even two might not be his opponents; his combat power, under the blessing of top-tier third-grade artifacts, was even more formidable.

The artifact of the late-stage Golden Core cultivator of the Danhe Sect could not compare to Lu Qingshan's.

Fourth-grade high-tier artifacts were not something anyone could buy; hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, even for a Golden Core cultivator, were not easy to take out all at once.

Unless it was that kind of alchemy master.

Moreover, these fourth-grade high-tier artifacts could only be bought in the State of Wu on the Southern Wilderness Continent side.

In Chen State, there were simply no fourth-grade high-tier artifact refiners.

The late-stage Golden Core cultivator of the Danhe Sect was still using a fourth-grade mid-tier artifact.

Compared to the luxurious fourth-grade high-tier one, it was quite a bit worse.

Not only him, but the artifacts on the other three Golden Core cultivators of the Purple Firmament Sect were also extremely luxurious; even Lin Taihe and Jinguang, who were early-stage Golden Core, had the best of the third-grade mid-tier artifacts in their hands.

It was not that there were no fourth-grade high-tier artifacts; now, in the last layer of the sect's treasury of the Purple Firmament Sect, there were over twenty fourth-grade high-tier artifacts.

As long as their merit was sufficient, any disciple could exchange for these artifacts, and even those who were not disciples of the Purple Firmament Sect could exchange for them as long as they had enough merit in the Purple Firmament Sect.

Except for a few that only core disciples of the Purple Firmament Sect could exchange for, the Purple Firmament Sect generously took out the others.

Especially artifacts and spirit pills, from the first grade up to the fourth grade, as long as you had enough merit, you could exchange for them.

It was also this policy that attracted many loose cultivators to come to Zheng State; after all, sects as generous as the Purple Firmament Sect were too few and far between.

Many loose cultivators were not without money, but having money did not mean they could buy what they wanted.

For example, some loose cultivators luckily obtained the caves of predecessors and collected quite a few good things, but many of them could not establish their foundation.

Because they had no channels to buy Foundation Establishment Pills.

Not all sects could take out many Foundation Establishment Pills like the Purple Firmament Sect of Zheng State; most sects always sold Foundation Establishment Pills internally.

At most, they would take out ten percent for those small families and loose cultivators to compete for.

The Purple Firmament Sect was different; forty percent of the Foundation Establishment Pills alone were obtained by outside cultivators, whether they were loose cultivators or small families, and they could all compete fairly.

It was also because of this that in the Zheng State cultivation world, over these years, the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators had also been increasing.

Foundation Establishment Pills were just one example.

Other artifacts, spirit pills, and treasures could be exchanged as long as there was merit.

And Lin Taihe and Jinguang, as Golden Core elders of the Purple Firmament Sect, also had absolutely no lack of merit.

It was just that with their current cultivation, using fourth-grade high-tier artifacts consumed too much, and they might not even be able to exert the full power of the fourth-grade high-tier artifacts, leading to waste.

It was better to use fourth-grade mid-tier artifacts; those artifacts were all refined by that person, and each one was the best of the best.

Some had attack power no less than fourth-grade high-tier ones.

Possessing these artifacts, even if their cultivation was a bit lower, they could still use the power of the artifacts to fight against cultivators one or two layers higher than them.

So if they really fought, the Purple Firmament Sect would absolutely occupy the advantage.

In fact, it was indeed so; when Lu Qingshan took the lead and blocked the seventh-layer Golden Core cultivator of the Danhe Sect and the sixth-layer Golden Core cultivator of the Huangfu family.

The remaining three of the Purple Firmament Sect always occupied the advantage against the other two Golden Core cultivators of Chen State. ===== CHAPTER 741 =====