Chapter 195: Meet the Fox Girl Again
For two months after Madam Bai Gu left, Gu Mo Mountain was peaceful.
The strong man who had been repelled by them before did not come back, and most likely gave up this place. For Chen Luo, this place was picked up. If he could defend it, he would defend it. If he couldn't defend it, he would leave. People are alive, and resources are for themselves. Fighting for resources is putting the cart before the horse.
But Chen Luo didn't expect that the peace would be broken so quickly.
In the third month, a small family came to seek refuge.
This family is not big. The strongest person in the family is only in the late stage of Qi Refining. There are only three qualified members left. The rest are ordinary guards who have learned martial arts and do not even have spiritual roots. In the world of cultivating immortals, such small families are numerous. Chen Luo originally planned to drive them away directly, but he did not expect that the head of the family actually took out a good thing, a strange insect egg.
In consideration of this gift, Chen Luo took in this small family and allowed them to live on the edge of Gumo Mountain.
With the first family joining in, there will soon be a second and a third.
Most of these families were driven away by Chen Luo, and only a few were left by him.
In this way, more and more families gathered together, and half a year later, the number of families that had fled to Gumo Mountain reached as many as thirteen.
The gathering of immortal cultivation families brought in more mortals, who built homes around these families in the mountain village further down Gumo Mountain.
The small mountain village that Chen Luo had seen before gradually developed into a large town with the arrival of these people.
The thirteen immortal cultivation families also formed a new alliance. They took refuge under Chen Luo's name and opened the Gumo Mountain Market to exchange some Qi Refining Realm resources. Chen Luo was like a passerby, watching all this silently on the mountain.
He had never thought that a single thought of his would create such a force. Only then did he understand the influence of a foundation-building cultivator. The influence of a foundation-building cultivator who occupied a spiritual vein was beyond imagination.
And so, another half a year passed.
This is Chen Luo’s sixteenth year of practice.
Chen Luo's aura became even deeper as he sat on the top of the mountain. After Madam Bai Gu left, the entire Gu Mo Mountain belonged to him alone. He enjoyed the second-level spiritual vein all by himself, which was a treatment that even the leader of the Shenhu Immortal Sect could not match.
Although the spiritual vein problem has been solved, the resource problem arises.
Chen Luo is not like the leader of Shenhu Xianmen, who has a powerful sect under his command to provide him with resources. The immortal cultivation families he is protecting are all in the Qi Refining Realm. There are not many strong people in the late Qi Refining Realm, let alone masters who have perfected Qi Refining. The resources that can be handed over to Chen Luo by the affiliated forces of this level are very limited, and most of them are spiritual materials for the Qi Refining Realm. For Chen Luo now, it is not of much help.
That is to say, it is used to refine some pills and exchange for some spirit stones.
As time went by, the spiritual materials that Chen Luo had accumulated were rapidly consumed, and some elixirs that he used to assist in his daily practice were slowly used up. In the past half month, he had rarely taken elixirs.
Without elixirs, the speed of cultivation naturally dropped a lot.
The weather was getting colder and heavy snow was falling from the sky.
Chen Luo was like a stone statue, letting the snowflakes fall and cover his body. He was repeating the "Black Stone Secret Art" over and over in his mind. After adding the Heart Demon Art, the Black Stone Secret Art was no longer just a simple "Spiritual Secret Art". After the two were superimposed, Chen Luo saw something that ordinary people could not see.
Some special energy floating between heaven and earth.
Increasing spiritual awareness has become the most inconspicuous means.
Chen Luo opened his eyes, his gaze piercing through the sea of clouds, looking towards the small town at the foot of the mountain. This small mountain village from a year ago has changed a lot now. With more people living here, there is also a sense of life.
Where there are people, there is desire, and where there is desire, there is that special energy.
Chen Luo saw a kind-hearted man who had just moved to the town. He was distributing porridge at the door, and everyone was praising him for his kindness. But in Chen Luo's eyes, a large number of special energy particles gathered around this kind-hearted man, and there seemed to be a kind of emotion flowing in his heart.
'Heart Devil Technique'
Chen Luo withdrew his gaze and recalled the scene where his master Wuwei Zhenren was practicing in the Shenhu Immortal Gate.
The paintings hanging in the training room were not painted by famous artists, but were the means of catharsis that Wuwei Zhenren found to balance this power. Unlike him, Wuwei Zhenren did not practice the "Black Stone Secret Technique". His practice method for the late stage of foundation building was created by himself. The means of digesting and utilizing this special energy were naturally different from Chen Luo's.
"If you want to quickly master the Black Stone Secret Art, besides using time to cultivate, the most direct way is to use the Soul-Enriching Pill to speed up your practice."
Elder An helped Chen Luo a lot. Whether it was the spirit stones and medicinal materials he had accumulated during his lifetime, or the three kinds of elixirs in his obsession, they all helped Chen Luo save a lot of time. It can be said that among the "noble people" Chen Luo met, Elder An could be ranked in the top five!
"The resource problem must be solved as soon as possible. We cannot let this matter delay our practice."
While thinking about a solution, Chen Luo suddenly felt a familiar breath.
At the foot of Gumo Mountain, an old man in green clothes was walking towards the mountain with a woman.
The old man leading the way was the first patriarch of the immortal cultivation family who came to Chen Luo for refuge. The woman behind him was an acquaintance of Chen Luo.
Fox girl Su Linlin.
Chen Luo recognized this woman at a glance. The main materials for refining the Jade Bone Pill were all given by this woman. He originally wanted to ask someone to contact her to see if he could buy some new blood jade marrow, but he didn't expect her to come to him on her own.
The head of the Sun family came to the outside of the formation with a nervous look on his face. Before he could say anything, he heard a voice coming from inside.
"Bring the person in."
Only after confirming that Su Linlin really knew Chen Luo did the head of the Sun family feel relieved. After sending the person in, he tactfully went down the mountain.
"I didn't expect to meet you here. It seems that what our ancestors said is right. You and I are destined to be together."
Su Linlin was still the same as before, always with a smile on her face. After seeing Chen Luo, she even made a joke.
Chen Luo took a look at Su Linlin, and with a quick sweep of his spiritual sense he immediately detected this woman's cultivation level.
"Foundation established?"
When I first saw Su Linlin, she was still in the Qi Refining Stage. I didn't expect that after not seeing her for several years, she had already reached the Foundation Establishment Stage. Although she had just advanced, this step was already beyond most of the immortal cultivators. This was the benefit of having a big family as your back. When Chen Luo had the backing of the Shenhu Immortal Sect, he also received similar treatment.
"I just got promoted three days ago. I was originally planning to return to my ancestral land, but I ran into some trouble on the way."
"trouble?"
Chen Luo frowned slightly.
"I just encountered some trivial matters and need to rest for two days. I won't take advantage of my seniors in vain during these two days." Su Linlin didn't elaborate. After mentioning it, she changed the subject.
"Since you have occupied Gumo Mountain, you probably haven't inherited Han Jiu's foundation-building channel, right? The spiritual materials needed for the foundation-building stage will only circulate in specific places."
As soon as she said this, Chen Luo knew something was wrong. This woman came here just for him, and the trouble she was talking about was most likely the replacement of Gu Mo Peak.
But what this woman said was not wrong. He indeed did not have the channels to reach the Foundation Establishment stage now.
"Do you have a solution?"
"There is a sect to the west, called the Qionghua Sect. This sect is the overlord of the entire southwest region. Ninety percent of the high-level spiritual materials in Black Stone City come from the Qionghua Sect. In the past, all the spiritual materials that Senior Han Jiu needed were bought from the Qionghua Sect."
At this point Su Linlin changed the subject.
"However, the journey to Qionghua Sect is long. It would take at least three years for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to reach there by flying on a sword. There are also several dangerous places along the way."
"I understand. Please name your price."
Chen Luo understood the meaning behind the other party's words. The channel for the Gu Demon Han Jiu to build his foundation was their fox clan!
"It's still the same as before, what do you think, Senior?"
Su Linlin did not ask for an exorbitant price, they also had their own rules.
While the two were talking, a breath appeared outside Gumo Mountain again. This time the breath was much more urgent than when Su Linlin went up the mountain. Chen Luo sensed it with his consciousness and then set his eyes on Su Linlin.
"Your friend?"
“No.”
Su Linlin immediately expressed her opinion.
"Friend Han, save me."
The man in the air was a little behind in getting the news, and hadn't even heard about Han Jiu's death. He flew here anxiously, apparently intending to seek Han Jiu's help.
Behind this person, Chen Luo saw three black evil spirits, inside which were three flying rats with black hair.
Guwang Peak is located in the north of Black Stone City, close to the northern mountains. Mrs. White Bone had told him about the situation there before. The other side of the mountain is the territory of the demon tribe, and human cultivators rarely set foot there. The demon cultivators there are not friendly to humans, so it is easy to cause conflicts if you go in.
Su Linlin took a step back, showing no intention of intervening.
"Then it's nothing, he's looking for Senior Han."
Chen Luo withdrew his gaze, showing no intention of intervening.
"Why don't you make a move? Old Ghost Han, do you want to eat alone?"
The man who was flying did not expect that there would be no reaction from the mountain. In his expectation, Han Jiu would definitely help him after entering Gumo Mountain. This was agreed upon at the beginning.
The three flying mice behind him became faster, and one of them drew an arc in the air, trying to block the fleeing man's actions.
But this man also became ruthless. A burst of blood appeared on his body, and his speed suddenly increased to the limit. He rushed straight towards Gumo Mountain.
"You want to stand aside and watch? Then I'll drag you into it!"
Chen Luo frowned. He didn't know what the relationship between this man and Han Jiu was, nor did he know what mess was involved behind the scenes. He just simply didn't want to take the blame for Brother Han.
He raised his hand and stirred his index finger in front of him like stirring water.
A circle of translucent ripples slid along his fingertips and slowly spread outwards.
(End of this chapter)
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