Chapter 267

Canglan Beads, each one is the size of an apricot.

Lin Chen picked one up at random and threw it into his mouth.

It melted upon contact.

In an instant, his tongue was filled with fragrance.

One, two...

It wasn't until he finished eating over a thousand of them that Lin Chen stopped.

His stomach didn't bloat, but he had a feeling of fullness, a feeling of fullness from his spiritual sense.

Looking inward at his dantian, the golden figure in Lin Chen's dantian was actually a small section taller than before.

Seeing this change, Lin Chen's eyes lit up, and the next moment he called up the panel.

【Host: Lin Chen】

【Realm: Organ Perfection Stage】

【Nine Turns Organ Cultivation: 7/9】

【Spirit Tier: Second Tier】

The Spirit Tier had actually grown directly from the original First Tier to the Second Tier.

"The Martial Way will of other martial practitioners is a Spirit Weapon, divided into nine tiers, while my Martial Way will is the golden figure in the dantian. This is the figure growing."

With the Spirit Tier evolving to the Second Tier, Lin Chen's biggest feeling was that his current perception was much stronger than before.

Any movement within ten zhang could be clearly perceived.

As for strength...

Lin Chen couldn't estimate it well, but he believed it had definitely increased as well.

This is the power of the Canglan Beads, acting directly on the Martial Way will.

At this moment, the Canglan Beads piled as high as a small mountain in the stone room had only decreased by a small portion. Lin Chen conservatively estimated that there were probably tens of thousands of Canglan Beads here.

"It's a pity, if I had a treasure similar to a storage bag, I could have packed all these Canglan Beads and taken them away."

Lin Chen took off his outer garment, wrapped up dozens of Canglan Beads, tied a knot, and carried them on his back.

Looking at the many Canglan Beads remaining, a look of determination appeared in Lin Chen's eyes. The next moment, he struck out with a palm, the palm wind whistling and landing on the Canglan Beads piled as high as a small mountain, and many Canglan Beads instantly shattered.

The entire stone room was instantly filled with fragrance.

Destroying these Canglan Beads was Lin Chen's helpless move.

This is the territory of the Canglan Sea Demons. He couldn't take these Canglan Beads away, and the energy of the Canglan Beads could be absorbed not only by human martial practitioners but also by the demon clan.

As for leaving these Canglan Beads and waiting for a chance to come back and get them later, that was also impossible. He had eaten over a thousand Canglan Beads; as long as the sea demons entered the stone room, they would discover something was wrong and would inevitably strengthen their defenses.

After several palm strikes in a row to turn all the Canglan Beads into dust, Lin Chen decisively left the stone room and continued to shuttle along the passage.

The journey was smooth, and he didn't encounter any sea demons, but he did enter several stone rooms.

There were treasures in these stone rooms, but unfortunately, Lin Chen didn't recognize many of them. However, Lin Chen followed one principle: if he could take them away, he would take them away; if he couldn't, he would destroy them.

After destroying all twelve stone rooms, Lin Chen also arrived at the exit of the passage.

Whoosh!

Two golden arrows shot out, and the two crabs guarding the cave entrance, which were about three chi wide, were directly pierced through their shells by the arrows.

Facing the Canglan Sea Clan, Lin Chen showed no mercy at all.

Between different races, there is no such thing as mercy.

After coming out of the passage entrance, Lin Chen hadn't taken any action yet, but the sound of breaking air came from not far away.

"Who dares to trespass on the land of my Canglan Sea Clan!"

Discovered?

Lin Chen's pupils contracted. He didn't know how the Canglan Sea Clan had discovered him. Looking at the several figures not far away, he didn't hesitate at all, bent his bow and nocked an arrow...

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Streaks of golden arrows shot out. Among the five figures coming toward this side, three were directly pierced by the golden arrows, while the other two figures saw this scene, looks of horror on their faces, and turned around to run without any hesitation.

Unfortunately, their speed was not faster than Lin Chen's arrows.

After shooting down five sea demons with five consecutive arrows, Lin Chen also realized the growth of his own strength.

Back at the Lingxiao Wu Yuan, he had shot three arrows at the three Yu Beichen brothers in a row. It looked easy, but after shooting the three arrows, he had felt a sense of fatigue. But this time, after shooting five arrows in a row, he was not affected at all.

"These few sea demons turned around and ran, which means those powerful sea demons have indeed all gone to the Wu Yuan."

Lin Chen had a judgment in his heart. If the Canglan Sea Clan still had experts left, these few sea demons wouldn't have run away upon seeing him; they could have completely stalled him and waited for experts from the clan to come and support.

"Since that's the case, let's collect some interest from the Canglan Sea Clan first."

After entering the Canglan Wu Yuan, Lin Chen had also learned from the local gazetteers in the Canglan Wu Yuan's library that before the Canglan Wu Yuan was established, the Canglan Sea Demons had often come ashore to abduct commoners.

Looking at the five sea demon corpses on the ground, Lin Chen struck out with a palm on each corpse until the corpses shattered and the arrow-bloody holes could no longer be seen, then he stopped.

After doing all this, Lin Chen tore off a piece of cloth to cover his face, and then followed the direction from which these five sea demons had come, his figure shooting away.

Canglan Wu Yuan!

Blood was everywhere!

Especially in the Canglan Mountain Range, Hua Qianwu and several Vice Principals were fighting against their opponents above, while in the mountain range, the instructors of the Canglan Wu Yuan, including those Ranked disciples, were also fighting and killing the sea demons.

This was a battle where neither side had a way out.

Boom!

Hua Qianwu held a long sword, repelling the sea demon expert, his gaze looking at the bottom of the mountain range, anger in his eyes.

The number of Canglan Sea Demons far exceeded that of the Wu Yuan's disciples and instructors. If this continued, the Wu Yuan would not be able to stop the sea demons at all.

"Calculating the time, support should have arrived by now. Could it be that an accident happened?"

Besides the Canglan Wu Yuan, there was also the Canglan Mansion, which had over a dozen Ranked martial practitioners. Logically speaking, it was impossible for them not to have noticed the commotion here; they should have come to support long ago.

It wasn't just the Canglan Mansion; this fierce battle had lasted for four hours. The Donghai Dao should also have known the news and sent people to support, and the martial practitioners from the nearest few prefectures should also have arrived.

So, did the Canglan Sea Clan have helpers who blocked the martial practitioners coming to support?

"Zhao Lin Shidi, take the Wu Yuan disciples and withdraw from the Wu Yuan."

Hua Qianwu transmitted his voice to a Vice Principal. If the Canglan Sea Demons really had helpers this time, the Wu Yuan was afraid it wouldn't be able to wait for support.

"Senior Brother Hua?"

"I and the other few Junior Brothers will hold back the Canglan Sea Demons. The Canglan Wu Yuan can exist without us, but it absolutely cannot exist without disciples."

Hua Qianwu transmitted his voice again. The foundation for a Wu Yuan to stand is the resources and experts of the Wu Yuan.

But as the Principal of the Wu Yuan, he had to protect the Wu Yuan's disciples. If something happened to the Wu Yuan's disciples, then the Canglan Wu Yuan would have no reason to exist.

Even if they, the Wu Yuan's leadership, died in battle, the imperial court would still send martial practitioners. But if the Wu Yuan's disciples died in battle, that would be the shame of the Wu Yuan. From then on, there would be no more disciples joining the Canglan Wu Yuan, and the Canglan Wu Yuan would be truly removed from the list. "Good!"

Vice Principal Zhao agreed, his figure flashed, and he went toward the martial arts arena.

Whoosh!

The long sword in Hua Qianwu's hand traversed the sky, blocking the sea demon opponent of Vice Principal Zhao.

At the same time, the other few Vice Principals no longer held anything back, and the entire Canglan Mountain Range erupted with thunderous roars.

"Today, none of you disciples of the Canglan Wu Yuan will be able to escape!"

Above the firmament, an expert holding a trident among the Canglan Sea Demons had a look of coldness on his face. Since the establishment of the Canglan Wu Yuan, their Sea Clan could only stay in the Canglan Sea territory. This time, human experts joined forces with them, and he wanted the Canglan Wu Yuan to be destroyed in one fell swoop.

Old guys like Hua Qianwu could live, but the disciples of the Canglan Wu Yuan must die. As long as the disciples of the Canglan Wu Yuan were all wiped out this time, the Canglan Wu Yuan would be considered finished.

"Slaughter all the disciples of the Canglan Wu Yuan!"

A cold voice rang out, and several sea demons also gave up their battle with the instructors of the Canglan Wu Yuan and headed straight for the martial arts arena.

"Beasts, wanting to lay hands on the disciples of my Canglan Wu Yuan, pass me first."

Liu Ru looked at the sea demon that was originally fighting him, suddenly abandoning him and heading straight for the martial arts arena. Liu Ru also roared, and a brilliant light suddenly shot out from his body, condensing into a giant axe in mid-air, hacking toward the sea demon with a whistling sound.

Pfft!

The sea demon was split in two, and Liu Ru's body also trembled, staggering in place a few times. But Liu Ru didn't hesitate at all, again raising the giant axe in his hand and swinging it toward another sea demon.

As an instructor, he had the responsibility to protect the disciples.

This was the oath they had taken the moment they became instructors.

Just when both sides started to fight for their lives, a sharp conch horn sound suddenly came from behind the Canglan Mountain Range. Hearing this sound, all the Canglan Sea Demons fighting at this moment were stunned.

The information conveyed by this sound could not be understood by humans, because it was a language only their Canglan Sea Clan had.

Someone was attacking their lair and killing the young in their clan.

In an instant, all the sea demons' expressions became anxious. They hated the Canglan Wu Yuan, that was true, but they couldn't bear to see the descendants of their own clan slaughtered to the last one.

Above the firmament, the demon clan expert holding the trident who was fighting Hua Qianwu also had his expression turn cold instantly, especially when this conch sound rang out again.

Three times in a row!

This meant that something extremely critical had happened at home, even reaching the point of a clan-extermination disaster.

"Clan Leader, we've been tricked."

Among the Sea Clan experts, they also transmitted their voices to each other: "Our attack on the Canglan Wu Yuan this time was a surprise attack, and we also set up arrays around the sea territory. Unless it's a High-Rank martial practitioner, it's impossible to enter."

The High-Rank martial practitioners of the Canglan Wu Yuan were all here. Then who entered their Canglan Sea territory?

There was only one possibility to explain this: they had been tricked. The martial practitioners who found their Sea Clan and cooperated with them were not trying to cooperate with them to destroy the Canglan Wu Yuan at all, but were trying to take advantage of this opportunity to sneak attack their lair.

"Clan Leader, what should we do?"

The Clan Leader of the Canglan Sea Clan, the one holding the trident, also had a look of hesitation in his eyes at this moment. He believed that the other party couldn't possibly cooperate with the Canglan Wu Yuan, but if the other party took advantage of this opportunity to pull the rug out from under them, it wasn't impossible.

A High-Rank martial practitioner, as long as they were given an hour, could slaughter their Sea Clan descendants to the last one. By that time, even if they destroyed the Canglan Wu Yuan, their Sea Clan would need at least a hundred years to recover their vitality.

"Retreat!"

The Clan Leader of the Canglan Sea Clan had a look of unwillingness on his face, but in the end, he still gave the order to retreat.

Compared to destroying the Canglan Wu Yuan, preserving the foundation of the Sea Clan was more important.

More importantly, worried about the descendants of the clan, these Sea Clan experts could not devote themselves wholeheartedly to the battle.

Screech!

In the eyes of Hua Qianwu and the others, they only heard this Clan Leader of the Sea Clan emit a sharp hiss. The next moment, all the sea demons actually abandoned their opponents and turned around to head toward the back mountain.

The sea demons retreated?

Liu Ru, who was preparing to fight for his life with the sea demons, looked at the sea demon whose half-head had been split by his axe, clutching its head and turning around to flee, feeling a bit dazed, even forgetting whether to pursue or not.

He even suspected whether this was a trap set by the sea demons.

Boom!

Above the firmament, Hua Qianwu was fighting with the Clan Leader of the Canglan Sea Clan. His eyes also saw the retreat of the sea demons below. Although he didn't know what had happened, he knew one thing: this was definitely not a trap.

Was it related to the previous horn sound?

Something had happened to the Canglan Sea Clan, which was why these sea demons chose to retreat.

Thinking this through, Hua Qianwu had a sharp light in his eyes and roared, his voice spreading throughout the bottom of the mountain range.

"All instructors and disciples of the Canglan Wu Yuan, obey the order: pursue and kill the sea demons with all your might!"

You can leave if you want, but don't think you can leave so easily!

"Hua Qianwu, are you trying to die together with my Sea Clan!"

The Clan Leader of the Canglan Sea Clan, hearing Hua Qianwu order the pursuit, had an extremely ugly expression: "Don't forget, my Sea Clan still has the upper hand right now."

"Then let's continue to fight!"

Hua Qianwu's expression remained unchanged. The Sea Clan Leader's words just exposed his inner weakness, which made Hua Qianwu certain that something major must have happened within the Sea Clan.

Seeing that his words didn't threaten Hua Qianwu, the Sea Clan Leader had endless anger in his eyes, but in the end, he suppressed it.

"Hua Qianwu, just you wait for this Clan Leader. My Sea Clan will definitely settle this account."

In the end, the Sea Clan experts left behind nearly a hundred corpses and finally retreated from the Canglan Mountain Range.

As for the Sea Clan Leader, Hua Qianwu couldn't keep him, just as if he wanted to leave, this Sea Clan Leader couldn't keep him either.

Although neither of them was First-Rank, they both had strength close to First-Rank.

Once they reached this realm, it was almost impossible to kill someone of the same realm.

"Principal, why do you think the Canglan Sea Clan suddenly retreated?"

Behind the mountain range, several Vice Principals looked at the sea demons that had already entered the sea and asked in a deep voice.

"This seat is not clear for the time being."

Hua Qianwu shook his head. He could only guess that the Canglan Sea Clan must have had an accident; otherwise, they couldn't have retreated at this time.

"Zhao Lin Shidi, take some instructors and leave the Wu Yuan immediately."

"Leave the Wu Yuan?"

Vice Principal Zhao was very puzzled. Although the Canglan Sea Clan had retreated, what if they killed their way back?

"Four hours, yet not a single martial practitioner came to support my Canglan Wu Yuan. What this means, you Junior Brothers should know."

As soon as Hua Qianwu said this, the other few Vice Principals also instantly woke up. The reinforcements had been blocked.

"Good, I'll go right now."

Vice Principal Zhao nodded and left quickly.

"Lin Lin Shidi Jiang, take good care of the injured disciples and instructors. As for those who sacrificed..."

Hearing this, the eyes of the few Vice Principals on the scene were filled with sorrow. Although they had repelled the Canglan Sea Clan, the Wu Yuan had not suffered no losses this time.

Several instructors had died in battle, and those Ranked disciples who had also participated in the battle had also sacrificed.

In this battle, the Canglan Wu Yuan suffered extremely heavy damage.

(End of chapter)