As the days passed, Cheng Ling meditated on the general outline of Sword Heaven and Earth over and over again. First he meditated word by word, and then connected each word together. He meditated sentence by sentence, and then he understood word by word. So over and over again.
Cheng Ling himself didn't know how many times he had meditated like this, or how much time had passed.
Unknowingly, Cheng Ling, who was still in the process of enlightenment for the past few months, suddenly felt a trance, unable to concentrate, and fell out of a state of high concentration and enlightenment.
His body swayed and he almost fell from the air. His consciousness was released, he "looked" at himself, and he was immediately startled.
The skin is dry, the complexion is pale, the cheeks are sunken, and the eyes are dull and bloodshot. No matter how you look at it, you look extremely tired. Is this you?
I immediately realized that it was probably because I had been studying the Sword Canon day and night without any rest during this period. I didn’t expect that studying the Sword Canon would be so exhausting. Even I didn’t know it. Fortunately, I finally did it instinctively. If you don't respond, if you continue, you may end up exhausted and dry, and the consequences will be very serious.
After understanding this, Cheng Ling did not dare to continue to comprehend. Although he wanted to comprehend again and had the urge to die for it, his reason restrained the impulse.
Close your eyes, eliminate all distracting thoughts, and practice with concentration.
He must regain his lost sanity.
This recovery lasted another three days, but it was not completely recovered because the consumption was too great, and it would take some time for it to recover naturally.
He stood up, swept his consciousness, and vaguely remembered that this place seemed to be very close to the southern border. A thought occurred in his heart, he had been away from Luochen Pharmaceutical Industry for a long time, and he just happened to go back and take a look. With this thought, he could hardly suppress it any longer. He stretched out his finger towards Long Ling Sword, and then flew towards Luochen Sword Sect.
Returning to the long-lost sea, he saw the Luochen Continent in the distance. He rushed in without hesitation.
On the Luochen Continent, monks of all kinds are joining each other in an endless stream, forming a prosperous scene. The number of monks has increased hundreds of times compared to when they left. Looking at the main city on the mainland, there are all kinds of shops, there are all kinds of alchemy and talisman arrays, and there are also many kinds of caravans coming and going.
In the center of the main city, there is a huge and splendid building, which is the City Lord's Palace. Compared to when he left before, he looked taller, and it was obvious that he had grown in size since then.
He quietly entered the building, and with a sweep of his consciousness, he found Dongfang Bai and Master Fang Zhong sitting in the hall, seeming to be discussing something.
It wasn't until Cheng Ling appeared outside the gate that the two of them woke up and looked at Cheng Ling in shock. After a while, their faces showed ecstasy and they said, "Master, you are finally back."
Cheng Ling chuckled and did it from the main seat. After gesturing for the two of them to sit down, he said: "Thank you for your hard work during this period. Yes, in the past ten years, your cultivation has reached the Immortal Lord stage. There is no Living up to my expectations.”
"Where are Zhang Hu and Song Yingjie? Are fellow Daoist Xie Feng here?"
Master Fang Zhong replied: "Zhang Hu and Song Yingjie are nearby. I will send someone to call them immediately. As for Senior Xie Feng, he left Luochen Continent a few years ago and went out to travel."
Cheng Ling nodded. Xie Feng guarded the Luochen Continent for him and had not gone out for many years. He must have encountered a bottleneck in his mentality. If he wanted to go further, he had to go out to experience and find opportunities for breakthroughs in the opportunities of life and death.
He asked again: "How is Luochen Pharmaceutical developing now?"
Fang Zhongshi replied: "Currently, there are not many disciples of Luochen Pharmaceutical Industry. Although there are many caravans coming and going in the main city, most of them only take a fancy to the finished products of the Alchemy Tool Array we sell. They will truly become disciples of Luochen Pharmaceutical Industry." , less than 20,000."
"Through the flow of trade, the Luochen Continent has become increasingly prosperous, and the profits gained are also very high. But we believe that this is not a long-term solution after all. Just relying on transactions without its own resource transportation channels, one day, it will be pinched Stay at the pulse gate."
Cheng Ling raised his eyebrows and asked, "Oh, what are your plans?"
Dongfang Bai swallowed his saliva and said: "That's it, there are four alchemy weapon formations. You don't have to worry too much about herbal medicine. There are many in Luochen Continent alone, but they are relatively young and the types are not rich enough, but they can still be managed." Keep it going." No Advertising Network am~w~w.
"The most troublesome thing is the mine. After more than ten years of development, the number of caravans traveling to and from the Luochen Continent has gradually increased, and the situation on the mainland has spread to some extent, and these have made the islands on the edge of the Luochen Continent wary. .”
"In the past, our Luochen Continent used the high-level officials on those islands to leave. Without strong combat power, we discovered several mines. But later, for some reason, someone interfered with our mines from time to time, making it difficult to prevent them."
"We have made many inquiries, but there are no results. On the contrary, more and more people are disturbing us. During this time, caravans who go out to buy are often robbed, and the situation is getting more and more serious. The second shopkeeper and I were discussing here before. , should we concentrate our efforts to attack those plunderers?"
Cheng Ling frowned and asked, "Tell me the details and how you responded?"
Dongfang Bai said: "The metal ores needed for refining weapons are generally naturally raised in the earth. There are many islands in the Eastern Sea. After many years, there are also many mineral veins that have grown naturally. However, some of the mineral veins are hidden very deep. It must be Only those who study mineral veins can find clues from various extremes."
"Luochen Pharmaceutical has a total of three veins, two of which are small veins, producing tungstenite and copperite, and one is a medium-sized vein, which produces red cloud steel stone. Among them, the red cloud steel stone vein was only discovered a few years ago and is in the process of Preliminary mining phase.”
"The people responsible for mining ores are naturally registered disciples. Official disciples can also apply for mining to obtain contribution points. There are a small number of elite disciples and core disciples who take turns sitting at the mine veins to deal with various incidents, such as immortals. Beast attacks, etc.”
"In addition to attacks by fairy beasts, sometimes cultivators may steal minerals and other incidents. But such frequent attacks and harassment like now are obviously unreasonable. After discussing with the second shopkeeper, I feel that this is still a newcomer to the island group. The rising forces are the most suspicious."
Cheng Ling was about to ask, but a disciple rushed in and shouted: "The two shopkeepers are not good. Someone was found harassing the No. 3 mine again. There are many people on the other side. The disciple guarding him quickly insisted." Can’t stand anymore.”
The expressions of the two people changed drastically, and they all looked at Cheng Ling.
Cheng Ling snorted coldly and said, "Just in time, let's go see who is causing trouble."
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Mine No. 3, located on the original Island No. 40, produces red cloud fine steel stone. It is the largest red cloud fine steel stone mine in the East China Sea Islands. Therefore, after Luochen Medicine took over, it took it very seriously and sent dozens of disciples to take care of it. The first disciple was named Ma Tao, who was in the early stage of Immortal Lord cultivation.
He pointed his sword at the group of men in black in front of him and shouted sternly: "If you have the guts to come, why bother to hide your head and show your tail?"
Behind Ma Tao, there is a group of elite disciples, more than fifty people in total, including thirty-six in the Nine Heavens Mysterious Immortal Stage, and the rest in the Daluo Jinxian and Luo Tianshang Immortal stages. Each one draws his sword and points straight ahead, the swords are tense and sharp. Surrounded by breath.
There were more masked people in black clothes, at least two hundred, most of whom were at the Nine Heavens Mysterious Immortal Stage, and there were five at the Immortal Lord stage, and one of them, the leader, had reached the late Immortal Lord stage.
There was a huge disparity in the number of people, but Ma Tao had already asked the formal disciples to quickly return to the city for help, so what he had to do was to delay as much time as possible until reinforcements arrived. As for the registered disciples, they were all sent away to avoid unnecessary casualties. , but unfortunately, the other party did not give him a chance to delay.
"Kill!" The leader of the masked man in black waved his hand and said only one word.
Nearly a hundred masked men in black immediately split up. Some drew their swords and came to kill, while others waved their hands to condense seals and cast spells.
"Formation!" Ma Tao's expression changed and he quickly ordered. Immediately, thirty-six Nine Heavens Mysterious Immortal stage sword cultivators moved quickly to form a sword formation. It was a powerful sword formation left by Cheng Ling: Thirty-six Tiangang Sword Formation.
At Luochen Medicine, almost 90% of the disciples practiced swordsmanship. Therefore, before Cheng Ling left, he deliberately left several sword formations that were suitable for coordination, hoping to increase the overall combat power of the disciples.
The Thirty-Six Tiangang Sword Formation integrates offense and defense. It condenses the power of the Thirty-Six Sword Cultivators into one unified body. It is very powerful and cannot be opposed by ordinary cultivators of the Immortal Lord Stage.
Ma Tao's talent is extremely high. Although his cultivation is only in the early stage of Immortal Lord, his swordsmanship is profound and his strength is very strong. He can often defeat the enemy across a small realm. Therefore, he was not afraid of the group of masked men in black.
He held the three of them down by himself, while thirty-six sword cultivators set up the Tiangang Sword Formation to fight against nearly two other Immortal Lord Stage cultivators and more than a hundred men in black.
A fierce battle began.
With one against three, Ma Tao tried his best, but was at a disadvantage. Thirty-six sword cultivators of the Nine Heavens Xuanxian stage set up the Tiangang Sword Formation to resist the siege of more than a hundred masked men in black. For a while, they were unable to counterattack and could only defend. .
Although the Thirty-Six Tiangang Sword Formation is powerful, these thirty-six sword cultivators obviously have not mastered the essence and can only exert part of its power.
"Liusha Gang, I knew it was you. You dare to covet the mineral veins of our Luochen Pharmaceutical. Aren't you afraid of being wiped out?" Ma Tao resisted the difficulties, but also recognized the identity of the other party and threatened.
"Hey, Luochen Pharmaceutical? Damn, it's just a pharmacy that sells pills. Does it have the strength?"
The man in black sneered, his words undoubtedly acknowledging their identity in disguise: "Stop resisting in vain and surrender as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will die after they finish off the people in the other two mines."
Ma Tao's expression suddenly changed.
At the same time, two other small mines of Luochen Pharmaceutical were also attacked by two groups of masked men in black.
The battle took place in three places.
The battles at the other two small mines ended quickly because the people guarding the small mines were weak, but the masked men in black were not weak at all.
After the battle, two groups of masked men in black quickly set off towards this mineral vein. The expressions of Ma Tao and others changed greatly. They were surrounded by three parties. They were in danger, and even the chance of escape was slim.
