Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 204 The third level demon king, River Swallowing Toad

The Jade Cauldron Territory is very vast. Even if it is not as wide as the Yaowang Territory, which spans tens of thousands of miles, it still has the magnanimity of a large territory.

 With such a huge area, it is naturally impossible for the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect to occupy all of it.

　　He is only the nominal overlord of the domain.

 In the territory, the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect is headed, and there are six other Jindan sects, collectively known as the Seven Jade Cauldron Sects.

 Under it, there are many large and small sects.

 In addition, there are gathering points for casual cultivators, mainly Fairy City and Fangshi.

 The large fairy city is home to a high-level spiritual land, and its strength is not even inferior to that of the average Jindan sect.

As for Fangshi, it’s a bit weird.

 There are over a thousand large-scale markets in the entire Jade Cauldron region.

 Small-scale markets are like crucian carp crossing a river, there are countless of them.

 Wherever there is a spiritual place or a major transportation road, there will always be monks who come forward to organize large and small markets.

Some well-developed markets will gradually attract the attention of sects, and sect industries will gradually settle in them.

 Dahefang is a very rare exception among the countless cities.

 It does not prosper because of people, but because of the place.

 Facing the unexplored millions of mountains in the Eastern Wasteland, it has a strategic position.

 Coupled with abundant resources, it has gradually accumulated popularity.

  Comparatively, with the exception of Xuelianfang, which has the same strategic position, several other nearby cities and towns are conventional.

 In terms of distance, it is far away from Dahefang.

Even the second closest place, Taishanfang, is eight thousand miles away from the wasteland.

 Eight thousand miles sounds very far away.

 But for the foundation-building monks, it only takes a day or two to fly at full speed.

 The reason why no one usually travels across two places like this.

 Mainly because there is a large wasteland in the middle.

Tall mountains such as Nanwa Snow Mountain and Jiudie Mountain stand among them.

There are a lot of monsters inside, and there are even third-level monsters wandering freely in it. Even the foundation-building monks have to be on guard.

 For casual cultivators in the Qi refining period, and even for ordinary people.

 This eight thousand miles is quite a long time.

 Most of the casual cultivators who came to Dahefang in the first place either came with the caravan or came with the boats of the Dajiang Gang.

Those who are lucky enough to come here on foot are very few.

Now that the four forces are dragging their families and their mouths with them, the speed will naturally not increase.

 In the first three days, we only walked one-third of the distance.

 The middle section of the journey will become slower and slower because it is not connected to either side and is not suitable for traveling at night.

 But no matter how long the distance is, it is always shortening.

It's like no matter how far away the sea is, the river is rushing and you will reach it one day.

 The fifth day.

Luo Chen stood on the deck, facing the gentle breeze.

 While the waves are rolling, the water vapor hits your face with the breeze, which is refreshing.

“How long is the distance to Taishanfang?”

Qin Liangchen beside him smiled and said: "Come on, as long as you cross the gentle river section in the middle, you can just go down the river. It will only take a day or two!"

So fast?

Luo Chen thought it would take a long time.

But I thought that when Lundaotai opened, so many casual cultivators from nearby markets gathered here.

 The visible distance is actually not that far for a cultivator.

 The reason why they are walking so slowly now is because there are too many people traveling.

 So many people went out together.

 It is bound to cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

“It seemed like it took you a long time to send Xiaohu to Luoyun Sect?”

 When mentioning his son, Qin Liangchen's face showed a soft look.

He sighed with emotion: "It did take a long time, almost half a year!"

“Then you must have passed a lot of places along the way, right?”

"That's true. The first stop was Taishanfang, followed by Yuelangfang. We tried not to go to the territory occupied by the Xiuxian family along the way. There were many detours... In the end, we stayed in Qianye City for half a month before waiting for Luoyun Sect. Establish a mountain and recruit disciples.”

Luo Chen asked curiously: "Qianye City? I remember it was also a fairy city, right?"

"That's right! It ranks seventh among the top ten immortal cities in the Jade Cauldron Region. It can be said that refining energy is like clouds, building foundations like rain, and a few Golden Pill Masters will appear from time to time."

In Qin Liangchen's words, it seems that Qianye Immortal City is the real world of immortality.

 A small and remote place like Dahefang is simply like an ordinary town.

 In a place like that, as long as you have enough wealth, you don’t have to worry about cultivation resources at all.

 Unlike Dahefang, there are spiritual stones, but you can’t buy what you need.

At the same time, there are high-level spiritual veins in it, which will naturally attract a large number of casual cultivators to settle down.

 Over time, various power organizations will be born.

 Around a super fairy city, there are tens or even hundreds of immortal cultivating families, big and small.

“To be honest, this kind of environment is actually more suitable for the development of our Luo Tianhui.”

Qin Liangchen sighed with emotion, and then shook his head.

“Unfortunately, Qianye Immortal City is too far away from us. It is also very close to Luoyun Sect, which is in a war-torn area.”

 Luo Chen was thoughtful.

 He asked meaningfully: "Where is Tianlan Fairy City?"

 Qin Liangchen was startled and answered subconsciously.

“It’s closer. If you don’t consider taking a detour, it only takes a month or two to get there from the direction of Liuguangfang.”

 “How is the situation?”

Looking at Luo Chen, Qin Liangchen had an idea in his mind.

He wouldn’t want to move Luo Tianhui all the way to Tianlan Fairy City, would he?

 Verbally, he still answered Luo Chen's curiosity according to his own opinions.

"Tianlan Immortal City is different from Qianye Immortal City. The latter was mainly built by Luoyun Sect and three other sects. However, Tianlan Immortal City was jointly funded by the seven Jade Cauldron Sects, and its geographical location is not in the hinterland where sects intersect. Now …”

  Qin Liangchen is one of the few people in Luo Tianhui who has traveled far in recent years.

 His vision is much further than that of other local monks.

 From his mouth, Luo Chen got a general idea of ​​the situation in the Jade Cauldron Territory.

 The seven major sects each control a super fairy city that is nominally their own.

In addition, we also jointly funded the construction of three super fairy cities in relatively important locations.

 In this way, the pattern of the ten immortal cities in the Jade Cauldron Region was formed.

Like Lianyun Merchant Alliance, which Luo Chen was very familiar with, its headquarters was actually over Tianlan Fairy City.

As for the nearby sects, there are three major sects: Ailao Mountain, Ice Castle, and Baihua Palace.

  Nominally, the Jade Cauldron Domain belongs to the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect.

 In fact, it is an actual ruling pattern of one large and six small.

For example, Xuelianfang belongs to Ice Castle, and Taishanfang belongs to Yan League.

Dahefang is different. It is more like an enclave, controlled remotely by the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect.

 Zongmen use the means of fairy cities and square cities to master and digest the resources in their respective territories as much as possible.

Not only that, they will also open up large areas of territory in places without spiritual energy, allowing a large number of mortals to thrive in them.

 Mortal kingdom, city, cultivating family, fairy city, Jindan Sect, Yuanying Shangzong.

Layer upon layer, the current prosperous Jade Cauldron Domain was finally constructed.

 While the two were chatting.

Luo Chen’s expression suddenly changed.

Qin Liangchen beside him was puzzled, and then there was a huge noise in front of him.

 “It’s sinking! It’s sinking!”

 “Going down!”

 “Oh my god, what a monster this is!”

 Hurrah whirr…

The roar of the huge waves resounded.

 “Go and join them!”

Luo Chen dropped these words to Qin Liangchen and jumped up.

 A white cloud fell at his feet, dragging him upward.

 Soon, he saw what was happening ahead.

 A huge whirlpool with a diameter of a hundred feet in diameter was "slowly" rotating in the wide Lancang River.

 It is said to be slow, but in fact it only takes an instant from forming to spreading.

When Luo Chen looked around, he saw that the large vessel with magical weapons in front of him had already sunk more than half of it.

 The activated defensive formation was annihilated into nothingness without even being able to hold on for a single breath.

Thousands of monks flew out of the ship in terror.

 But for some reason, no matter how hard I flew, I couldn't get away from the huge whirlpool.

 Some monks who were lucky enough to fly to the river were pierced by terrifying water arrows.

 It seems that it is forbidden to leave at this time.

 “Third-level monster!”

Luo Chen's face changed drastically, and his eyes suddenly looked at Wang Haichao, who had already left the cabin.

 “Gang Leader Wang, what’s going on?”

Not only him, but also Li Yixian and Nangong Jin all flew out, their faces extremely pale.

Facing the nervous three people, Wang Haichao looked solemn, but he didn’t seem too worried.

He sent a message: "It doesn't matter. This monster has a gentle temperament. As long as it is full, it will not become a monster."

  “Are you full?”     What the **** is this explanation?

Luo Chen looked extremely gloomy as he looked at the big ship that was gradually being swallowed up.

The Lianqi Sanxiu, who was still struggling in the whirlpool, kept shouting for help.

"help me!"

 “Help me quickly!”

 “There is a demon king who wants to eat people.”

“Gang Leader Wang, I paid my ticket, please come and save me!”

“Wang Haichao, if you don’t save me, you will go to hell.”

On the Dragon Whale ship, Wang Haichao watched this scene indifferently.

　Faced with those overwhelming curses, I turned a deaf ear, as if I couldn't hear them at all.

 “I need an explanation!”

Luo Chen said in a deep voice, his tone seemed to come from Jiuyou.

If their ship is at the front of the fleet, then those who are going to feed the monsters now are the cultivators of the Luotian Congregation.

In that majestic evil spirit, even he would have a hard time getting out!

 Not only him, Li Yixian and Nangong Jin also stared at Wang Haichao with ice-like eyes.

Wang Haichao turned around and forced a smile:

"Since we have formed an alliance, how can I harm you?"

“I only made some guesses about the appearance of the River-Swallowing Toad, and I’m not very sure about it, so I didn’t explain it to you in advance.”

 guess?

What kind of speculation would make Wang Haichao arrange for escaping casual repairmen to be on the first three ships of the fleet?

Luo Chen suppressed the anger in his heart.

 Getting angry again at this time will no longer help.

“River-swallowing toad?” Nangong Jin suddenly asked.

Wang Haichao nodded, "It is indeed a third-level demon beast, the River Swallowing Toad. This demon practices itself by swallowing rivers, lakes and seas, and absorbing the essence of the sun and moon. It has a very gentle temperament."

 “Why is it here?”

“This has to start from the second time Pang Renxiong came to Dahefang.”

"Um?"

Wang Haichao said: "Remember? That time he came, he was unscrupulous wherever he went. He even collapsed the Nanwa Snow Mountain, and this river-swallowing toad has been hibernating in the Nanwa Snow Mountain. Now the Nanwa Snow Mountain is no longer the same. , this river-swallowing toad has lost its habitat and wanders in the Lancang River all day long.”

“This time, if I wait for so many people to travel, there is a high chance that it will attract its attention.”

Li Yixian was still dissatisfied, "You can explain in advance that it's okay for us to take a detour. Why should we be so unscrupulous and let so many casual cultivators feed the river toads?"

 “Detour?” Wang Haichao sneered.

Li Yixian's face was a little confused when he laughed at him.

It was Nangong Jin who came to warm things up.

“The detour is even more dangerous. The Jiuzhang Deer on the other side of Jiudie Mountain leads a herd of deer and is truly a third-level beast king.”

Jiuzhanglu is not a gentle-tempered demon deer like Fuzhulu.

They live in groups, and other carnivorous monsters do not dare to approach them easily.

 The sound transmission between the three people seemed to take a long time.

 It’s actually just a few breaths.

 After swallowing a boatload of casual cultivators, the huge whirlpool gradually shrank.

The angry curses that filled the sky gradually became silent.

 Only the fleet behind was left behind, terrified.

Luo Chen looked at this scene with a heavy heart.

With keen eyesight, it was as if through the turbid river water, I saw the huge river-swallowing toad living at the bottom of the river.

Vortex…

 “No, he hasn’t eaten enough yet!”

Almost at the moment Luo Chen’s words came out of his mouth.

The whirlpool that had originally shrunk began to expand rapidly again, sweeping towards the nearest large ship.

Huge demonic energy spread out, suppressing the casual cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage above and unable to move.

 Seeing the big ship being dragged step by step into the whirlpool.

Luo Chen did not hesitate, and the huge spiritual power spread out, using the pulling technique to pull the big ship.

This scene shocked everyone.

Li Yixian hesitated for a moment, and then used the pulling technique to barely hold the stern of the boat.

 However, with the power of two foundations, how could it be possible to block the power of the Demon King?

"Wang Haichao and Nangong Jin, if you haven't taken action yet, how long will it take?" Luo Chen yelled loudly, and his voice suddenly spread to everyone's ears.

Nangong Jin subconsciously helped.

 With his help, the ship was slowed down from being engulfed.

Wang Haichao frowned and looked at Luo Chen, "I didn't expect you, Dan Chenzi, to be a kind person!"

Luo Chen looked directly at him without fear, "Who knows how many people it will need to eat before it is full? Without these casual cultivators, the next journey will only be more dangerous."

 “With the strength of the four of us, we can’t...”

 “Then feed it!”

Luo Chen said decisively.

Wang Haichao was stunned, how to feed him?

“Didn’t the Li family and the Nangong family bring a large number of domesticated monsters? The flesh of these monsters is no more than two ounces of meat than our human monks?”

"But…"

Li Yixian and Nangong Jin also looked hesitant. These are family properties.

Luo Chen took a deep breath and looked at Wang Haichao.

“You have charged them so much for the ship fare, so you have an obligation to try your best to protect them.”

“Take out a sum of spirit stones and buy two monster beasts.”

 “Don’t try to bargain, Wang Haichao, just look at those people!”

The cruel Wang Haichao subconsciously looked at the Dajiang Gang monks.

 Everyone looked pale, and they all shrank behind the stern of the boat.

Not only that, some people even tried to escape, completely lacking the confidence to unite to fight against the Demon King.

 Furthermore, the way many people look at themselves is as if they are looking at snakes and scorpions.

 His whole body was agitated.

 The life of a casual cultivator is indeed worthless!

But if too many casual cultivators die, it will only lead to death and grief, and even the people of the Dajiang Gang will lose confidence in him.

 The momentum that we have finally gathered as the leader of the alliance will disappear in a blink of an eye.

Even if he is safely elsewhere, he will definitely be alone.

This time, he couldn't refuse.

 Soon, with the consent of Li Yixian and Nangong Jin.

Many monks from two families took out a large amount of dead or alive monster meat from the spirit beast bags in the cabin.

 Use your spiritual power to throw these demon beast meats into the huge whirlpool.

 One, two...ten, a hundred...the number soon exceeded a thousand domesticated monsters.

 This is already the limit of the amount that the two companies can take away.

 At this point, the vortex began to slowly shrink.

Taking this opportunity, Luo Chen used both hands, pouring out his powerful spiritual power, and used the pulling technique of the Great Perfection to forcefully pull back the large ship of casual cultivators on the edge.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　hur...

Luo Chen took two deep breaths one after another and didn't care about the looks of the casual cultivators looking at him.

Stepping into the breeze, we quickly reached the front.

“Dan Chenzi, you have caused me heavy losses this time!” Wang Haichao said quietly.

Luo Chen sneered, "Then you couldn't have given out the spiritual stone at that time."

"Well…"

Li Yixian came closer with a frightened expression. There were thousands of domesticated monsters, the amount of flesh and blood among them was far greater than that of human monks.

This is enough to satisfy the appetite of the River Swallowing Toad.

If you don't listen to Luo Chen, let alone the boat just now, I'm afraid you will have to take two boats of people in.

 According to the order, it is very likely that the next ones will be Wang Haichao’s dragon whale ship and the Li family’s ship.

Given Wang Haichao's character, he must have the means to escape briefly by riding a magical vessel.

In this case, wouldn’t it be her turn to be the Li family?

“Are you full?” Li Yixian swallowed, looking at the whirlpool that had shrunk to the size of a washbasin, with blood-colored bubbles constantly emerging.

Wang Haichao hesitated and said, “I should be full!”

 “If it’s not full, I’ll fill it up!”

 Luo Chen raised his hand, and hundreds of jade bottles suddenly appeared.

 Under the control of his spiritual power, a large amount of chalcedony pills fell into the vortex like rain.

His eyes fell on one of the pink jade bottles. Luo Chen's heart moved slightly, so he broke it into pieces and dropped it into the river.

Nangong Jin couldn’t help but widen his eyes when he saw this scene.

 “High-quality Chalcedony Pill!”

“Luo Chen, are you crazy?”

 The other two major foundations were also stunned.

Just like that, tens of thousands of spiritual stones were scattered out!

 But the effect is also very significant.

Soon, the vortex disappeared in the puff of huge bubbles.

 A huge shadow under the water slowly sank and floated.

At this point, the coercion that shrouded the world has completely dissipated.

"Walk!"

Luo Chen waved his sleeves and returned to Luo Tianhui's big ship like a tired bird returning to its nest.

Wang Haichao no longer hesitated and gave the order immediately.

 The fleet set off instantly, moving wildly away from this place along the rushing river.

 (End of this chapter)