"I'm older than you."
"Well."
"My realm is also higher than yours."
Looking at Luo Chen who was stunned for a while, Duan Feng chuckled and said, "So don't call me Xiao Duan."
"All right!"
Luo Chen was helpless, waved his hand and said:
"Now that the Dao Forum is closed, what is Xiao Duan's plan?"
Duan Feng's face froze, and when Feng Xia saw him next to him, he couldn't help but laugh out loud despite his originally worried mood.
In desperation, Duan Feng didn't bother to correct Luo Chen's title.
He sighed and said: "What plans can I have? Whether I have a forum or not, it all depends on life and practice. I can only find another way out."
Looking for another way out?
Duan Feng actually has good skills in repairing magic weapons, and Luo Chen knows this.
Duan Feng helped him repair his damaged jade blade for free.
Later, on his birthday, Duan Feng also gave Luo Chen a piece of tips on maintaining magical instruments as a birthday gift.
If Duan Feng opened a magic weapon repair shop in Dahefang, his survival would definitely be no problem.
But opening a store also requires start-up capital, connections, and time to build a reputation and cultivate a customer base.
But Duan Feng didn't have any of these things.
It is conceivable that his future plans may be related to combat.
Maybe he will become a robbery cultivator and live by killing people and grabbing treasures.
After all, they were neighbors, and Luo Chen didn't want to see the other person take that precarious path.
"How about joining the Poshan Gang? Come to my alchemy hall and have a delicious drink with me."
Duan Feng was quite surprised when he heard this invitation.
He hesitated: "Isn't this not good?"
"What's wrong? I'm the top alchemist of the Poshan Gang. As long as I'm here to protect you, no one can tell you what to do."
"I need to think about it."
"Okay, think about it and tell me. When the time comes, Brother Qin, Sister-in-law Murong and I will vouch for you."
Luo Chen didn't force it either.
Inviting Duan Feng to the alchemy hall was something he casually mentioned out of curiosity.
But in fact, when you really think about it, it is a very cost-effective thing.
Thanks to his hard work in the past three months, Dantang's income has soared, and Luo Chen's dividends have also increased.
But in the final analysis, most of the profits from the elixir were taken away by Mi Shuhua and the Poshan Gang.
Compared with such a huge interest organization, Luo Chen's personal power is insignificant.
But if he can continue to improve his voice in the gang, he may not be able to reset the dividend ratio in the future.
Similar things are actually common in the daily trivial matters of the Poshan Gang.
When Murong Qinglian and Qin Liangchen tried their best to protect him, why not add allies to the couple?
Luo Wudi wanted to open up the path to Snow Lotus Square, but why didn't he want to support his friend who was on the ninth level of Qi Refining?
What Luo Chen is doing now is the same as inviting Gu Caiyi into the alchemy hall.
Moreover, Duan Feng and Gu Caiyi are different.
This person's mind is very simple, and he only wants to improve his strength, whether it is realm or fighting methods.
He is also very strong. With so many Qi-refining practitioners in Dahefang, he can easily rank among the top ten.
Such people are relatively easy to control.
Moreover, Luo Chen didn't want to control the other person, he just wanted to have a good relationship!
Even if Duan Feng has a better place to go in the future, he will still remember Luo Chen's kindness, and maybe he will help him at some point.
Finally, even if Duan Feng enters the Dan Hall, his salary will not be paid by him!
It was the Poshan Gang who sent it for him!
Perhaps there is also profit from the elixir created by Luo Chen.
But Luo Chen couldn't get his hands on that thing, so he might as well treat it as a favor and use it to befriend Duan Feng.
…
The sudden closure of the Taoist Forum caused an uproar in Dahefang.
The chain impact it brings is huge!
First of all, as Luo Chen thought, a large number of small businesses suffered an almost devastating blow.
Without the huge flow of people gathered at the Taoist Forum, no one was paying attention to those small commodities that cost a lot more.
Luo Chen had already responded and quickly asked Feng Xia and Yuan Xiaoyue to reduce the price.
In the past, one cup of milk tea for one spiritual stone was now two cups for one spiritual stone.
Not only that, they also launched a summer drink, iced Yunling Fruit Tea, which is delicious and cheap.
The same is true for Yuan Xiaoyue. Increasing the quantity of various snacks does not increase the price, which increases competitiveness.
But those who are not prepared in advance will be in trouble.
Luo Chen had no time to care about their life and death. He only knew that another huge influence had begun to affect his daily travels.
"Which batch is this?"
Luo Chen looked at the monk at his feet, who had been beaten beyond recognition and whose bones were in pieces, with a gloomy expression.
Hearing his angry words, Zhou Yuanli said cautiously: "The third group is also the one with the highest cultivation level. It has reached the eighth level of Qi refining."
"How dare such a miscellaneous cultivator come to rob me?" Luo Chen felt incredible.
Don’t you think you are smart? His bodyguards include two eighth-level Qi Refining monks!
Zhou Yuanli smiled bitterly, this was not some miscellaneous cultivator.
He has extremely rich combat experience, and also has a top-grade flying sword weapon at the bottom of the box.
If it weren't for the two brothers who were investigating earlier, the ambush would have been discovered in advance.
In a hurry, Luo Chen would be shocked.
Luo Chen took a deep breath and looked towards the Luofeng Mountain in the inner city.
"These groups of daring people should all be regulars on the forum, right?"
"It's like this. The person today is named Feng Yijian. He was once ranked ninety-seven on the Dahe Prodigy list. In one-on-one combat, his combat power is quite impressive."
One on one?
Unfortunately, he was one to six today.
Luo Chen and Dongfang Liang, who were only at the seventh level of Qi Refining on the surface, didn't even take action.
Zhou Yuanli and three other bodyguards alone destroyed him into rubbish in an instant. Even the top-grade flying sword that Feng Yijian had just sacrificed did not fly in front of Luo Chen.
Luo Chen rubbed his brows, there have been more and more such robberies recently.
The Dao Forum was closed, and the many qi-refining masters who had gathered there suddenly had nowhere to go.
These people, the monks from the family, are okay and can return to the family to work.
But those casual cultivators from other places or local cultivators suddenly lost their livelihood.
It just so happened that they were used to fighting.
Without a place to vent, and without a stable source of cultivation resources, and armed with sharp weapons, murderous intentions are naturally everywhere.
The outer city area has almost reached the point of endless chaos.
Some junior and middle-level casual cultivators were even more miserable and turned to Poshan Gang, Dajiang Gang, and Xuanyihui one after another, just to seek a little protection.
As the top alchemist of the Poshan Gang, Luo Chen, a wealthy and powerful Dan Chenzi, naturally fell into the sight of the group of casual cultivators who made a living by fighting.
Those at the ninth level of Qi Refining may still have concerns.
But those monks at the seventh or eighth level of Qi Refining who have little knowledge but are brave in their skills have no scruples.
While Luo Chen was commuting to get off work, he took action several times.
Either in groups of three or five, or intercepted and killed by one person.
If this continues, there is no guarantee that someone from the ninth level of Qi Refining will not take action personally.
"You really treat me like a fat sheep!"
After cursing, Luo Chen sent people to clean up the battlefield.
The mid-grade robe was damaged, and the storage bag was also shattered in the bombardment. Only a mid-grade magic weapon in his hand and the high-grade flying sword magic weapon that flew into the air were preserved.
"Liu Qiang!"
Liu Qiang raised his head.
Luo Chen waved his hand, and the flying sword hovered in front of Liu Qiang.
"Last time, you were successful in protecting me and were seriously injured. I will reward you with this top-grade flying sword."
Did you reward me?
Liu Qiang was stunned for a moment, then happily took it.
A top-grade flying sword was worth more than two thousand spirit stones in the past.
The situation has been chaotic recently, and the price of magic weapons has increased again. If you go to Wanbao Tower to buy it, it will cost you 3,000 yuan!
"The hall master is very generous, Liu Qiang thanks you for your reward."
Luo Chen didn't care and rewarded another medium-grade magical weapon to Dongfang Liang, who was at the lowest level.
Another meal of thanks.
The other three bodyguards were not dissatisfied. In the first two interceptions, Luo Chen not only took away the spirit stones and elixirs, but also gave most of the other spoils to them.
But this time, it's Liu Qiang and Dongfang Liang's turn.
Luo Chen's move was quite generous.
But he did it as a last resort.
With more and more robbery cultivators killing people and seizing treasures, his security becomes more and more important.
The five bodyguards under his command, except Zhou Yuanli and Liu Qiang, the other three were not taken seriously in the gang before.
I don’t have a very good magic weapon on hand.
In order to enhance their strength, Luo Chen simply borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha, which was very grand.
"But when will days like this end!"
Luo Chen sighed, feeling more or less complaining about the Golden Elixir Master.
The source of everything depends on that guy.
It's a pity that Luo Chen couldn't stop worrying about when to stop.
Because greater chaos has come.
"An ancient relic was discovered in the Guyuan Mountains, and it is definitely the relic of Master Jindan."
As soon as he arrived at Xieyue Valley, he learned the news from Murong Qinglian and others.
…
…
"Sure?"
"How are you sure?"
Among the crowd, Luo Chen asked curiously.
This time, it was Sikong Shoujia's turn to answer his questions.
"The formation surrounding that ruins is the famous Heavenly Craftsman Soul Seizing Formation."
"This formation can only be set up by the golden elixir master from Ghost Valley back then, and ordinary golden elixir monks cannot set it up."
Luo Chen became even more curious: "Ghost Valley? There is no such sect in the Jade Cauldron Territory!"
Sikong Shoujia stroked his beard and said leisurely: "You, the younger generation, don't know this name is normal."
Luo Chen and others' expressions froze, why are you pretending to be an old-timer?
We are all from the same generation. If you are several decades older, you are still in the period of refining your Qi.
Yes, we in the world of immortality do not care about ethics and divide seniority according to realm!
"At the beginning, the sixteen factions jointly launched the opening war, led by the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect and supplemented by the other five sects. You should all know their names."
"And among the sixteen sects, the remaining ten major sects are all famous. For example, Luoyun Sect and Ailaoshan are among them, and Guishen Valley is the major formation sect."
"During the opening war, Guishen Valley contributed a lot, setting up formations on every mountain and slaying monsters in the water."
"Unfortunately, when facing a wave of monsters led by the fourth-level monster king, the Guishen Valley camp was greatly impacted, and Master Yuding was unable to rescue them, resulting in the near-annihilation of the entire army in Guishen Valley."
"Later, an old Jindan from Guishen Valley hurriedly came to gather the remaining soldiers and sadly withdrew from the opening war."
"Four hundred years later, the old Jindan has long since passed away. The Guishen Valley has no successors and has gradually declined. Now there is only one branch, in the form of an immortal family, attached to the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect."
Listening to Sikong Shoujia's eloquent talk, everyone couldn't help but be fascinated.
Start a war!
What a grand scene it was.
Sixteen sects jointly attacked the Lianxia Mountains, killed millions of monsters, and finally established the Ding Yu Ding Territory to open up a new training ground for the human race.
In this vast war, there are people like Master Yunhe who have suddenly risen to prominence, but there are also tragedies like Guishen Valley where entire clans have fallen.
"There are more than one big sect that suffered heavy losses like Guishen Valley, including Minghuangzong and Haoran."
"Stop, stop, stop, it's getting further and further!"
Luo Chen interrupted Sikong Shoujia's long speech and pointed to the crux of the problem.
"Shouldn't everyone be dead when the Ghost Valley camp was destroyed? Why are there still people running to the Guyuan Mountains thousands of miles away to set up formations?"
Sikong Shoujia spread his hands, "How do I know? Anyway, the body of the Supreme Elder of Guishen Valley was not found at first. Everyone thought that he was not dead. It was not until the fall of Guishen Valley that the Supreme Elder did not return, so everyone thought that he might be alive." It has already been devoured by monsters.”
"But now it seems that the Supreme Elder is quite capable and actually escaped into the Guyuan Mountains."
Only in his explanation did everyone know.
It turns out that the Tiangong Spirit Seizing Formation is a top-level third-level formation and cannot be deployed except by masters of the Golden Core Formation.
If given enough time, its power would even be comparable to that of a fourth-level formation, and it would be easy to resist the fourth-level Beast King.
And this formation has a special feature!
It does not forcefully require spiritual stones to form an array. It can form an array with the help of mountains and earth veins to absorb the free spiritual energy of the world from the outside world.
Even after many years, the formation can still be kept intact.
Therefore, some people inferred that the ruins discovered in the Guyuan Mountains were the residence of Master Jindan and the Supreme Elder of Ghost Valley.
"It is said that someone in our gang got into the outer perimeter of the formation by luck and found several spiritual herbs that are more than five hundred years old. If it is inside, there may be thousand-year-old spiritual herbs!"
Sikong Shoujia was amazed and wanted to explore.
Someone next to me was suspicious, "Isn't it four hundred years ago? How come there are still five hundred and thousand years of natural treasures?"
As soon as the words came out, everyone else looked at him as if he were a fool.
He was stunned for a moment, then reacted and his face turned red instantly.
The Supreme Elder of Ghost Valley was incarnated four hundred years ago, but the things in the Guyuan Mountains did not only exist for four hundred years.
Under the protection of the formation, the resources inside can safely grow to a higher age.
Let alone a thousand years, even if it is a ten-thousand-year-old spiritual creature, it is impossible to say for sure.
"Wait a minute, you mean that the ruins were discovered by our Poshan Gang?" Luo Chen heard this meaning from the old man's words.
Sikong Shoujia nodded, "Of course! The Guyuan Mountains have always been the main area of our activities. It is normal for such large-scale ruins to be the first to be discovered by the monks of my gang."
When he said this, the monks in the Alchemy Hall and the Medicine Hall became excited.
The ruins discovered by the Poshan Gang, shouldn’t the harvest belong to the Poshan Gang?
How can they, the gangsters, share some of the profit!
Even if you can't share the profits, you should still enjoy the convenience of the location if you take the initiative to apply for exploration.
For a moment, the two monks were very moved.
Seeing this, Luo Chen, who was a little excited at first, gradually calmed down.
There is no airtight wall in the world, and the Poshan Gang is not an extremely cohesive sect force.
Now that even these people know about it, how long will it take before everyone in Dahefang knows?
Perhaps those who are a little better informed already know it!
As for the golden elixir ruins, it is also the place where the supreme elder of the sect is seated. How many treasures may be contained in it.
It’s unimaginable!
This feast is probably not for ordinary cultivators like them.
Luo Chen is so calm, but that doesn't mean others can be calm too.
Especially in the next two days, the news coming out of the Guyuan Mountains became more and more outrageous, making everyone agitated.
Lishan seeds, the seeds of the second-level spiritual fruit, can assist foundation-building monks in their practice, and are extremely effective for earth-based monks.
The 800-year-old root of heaven and earth is one of the main ingredients of the foundation-building pill. It is extremely old and its potency is almost no less than that of ordinary low-grade foundation-building pills.
If you take the monk's student service, you can increase the chance of foundation building by 20% out of thin air.
If you ask an alchemy master to refine a foundation-building pill, you can finally achieve a mid-grade foundation-building pill, which can almost increase the chance of foundation-building from 30% of a low-grade pill to 40%!
In addition to these two kinds of spiritual herbs, there are also various precious medicinal materials such as purple monkey flower and yin scale grass.
These things alone are enough to arouse everyone's mood.
But this is just a wild treasure of heaven and earth. It is said that the Supreme Elder took most of the assets of Ghost Valley to participate in the opening war.
There is no shortage of foundation-building pills and even pill-forming resources in it.
Under such huge profits, the entire Dahefang was boiling.
Every day, hundreds of monks flock to the Guyuan Mountains.
Even the threat of monsters has been forgotten by them.
Luo Chen has been watching the development of the matter, but he did not expect that the influence of the golden elixir ruins would also affect him in Xianyue Valley.
Standing on the cliff platform, Luo Chen's eyes fell into the valley.
Luo Wudi is negotiating with Murong Qinglian.
There was nothing hidden in the conversation between the two, it was open and open, and any monk who paid a little attention could hear the conversation.
"Fifty people came out of the medicine hall and followed me into the mountains. They were responsible for identifying and digging out the miraculous medicines and herbs."
"Too many. Taking away so many people at once will make the medicine hall unable to maintain normal operations."
"It's not much, and the monks can keep 30% of the profits from the spiritual herbs they find."
"But there are enough people going to that ruins, and it's very dangerous."
"Danger?"
Luo Wudi's eyes fell on the monks who were watching here, and he chuckled.
"Then ask them if they are willing to go?"
Murong Qinglian couldn't help but smile bitterly as she looked at the medicine hall monks who were eager to try.
"Forget it, it's up to you!"
Luo Wudi clapped his hands, "If you want to go, come to me to sign up. Those with higher realms will be given priority!"
In an instant, 80% of the monks in the Medicine Hall flocked to him, all hoping that they would be chosen.
Luo Chen ignored all this.
When he turned around, he discovered that a group of monks in the Alchemy Hall were all staring down with fiery eyes.
"What are you looking at!"
Suddenly, a loud roar sounded.
Luo Chen stared at them coldly, "A group of old, weak, women and children, do you also want to die?"
Most people were silent.
But there are still some people whispering in a low voice, saying things that are blocking people's path, such as killing their parents.
It's Roldo!
Luo Wudi's nephew.
"If you want to go, hurry up and get out, this hall master will never stop you!"
"However, if you leave this door today, don't come back again!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Wudi couldn't wait to fly towards the valley below.
Several other monks also left the alchemy hall hesitantly.
"You. Alas!"
It was Qu Hancheng who sighed, because those who left were almost all pyrotechnics, and they were the ones with a higher level.
Seeing that Luo Chen's anger was still lingering, Qu Hancheng could only smile bitterly.
The team is disheartened and it’s hard to lead them!
"Lord."
"Why, you want to go too?" Luo Chen turned his head angrily.
Qu Hancheng said in panic: "The little old man is quite old, and he still has a few children to take care of, so he can go as soon as he wants. But, some people are gone, will the alchemy work in the afternoon still be carried out?"
Luo Chen breathed a sigh of relief and patted his shoulder comfortingly.
"Proceed! Why not proceed!"
"Not only do you need to refine elixirs, but you also need to do a lot of refining! Special refining! Do more refining!"
"When the time comes, they will fight to the death, and we can make elixirs with peace of mind. Rice grains, Tangquan, don't study Zhongmiao Pills recently. I give you a task to refine more Bigu Pills."
"At that time, Elder Sikong will send people to set up stalls at the entrances and exits of the Guyuan Mountains. They eat meat, but it's not like we can't get soup!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Dan Hall was stunned.
The eyes of the smarter ones, such as Gu Caiyi, Sikong Shoujia and others, all lit up.
(End of chapter)
