76: Chapter 35 The Battle for the Great Dao: Strange Flames

"Want to leave?" An insidious voice came from behind.

The four of them, led by Chen Xuan, turned around, having already noticed this person with their Divine Sense.

Cultivators from the Southern Border always wore strange and exotic clothing.

The Cultivators of the Southern Border thought the same of them.

"It seems you have a connection with the people in that village, don't you?" With his experience spanning years and lifetimes, Chen Xuan immediately saw the crux of the issue.

As a direct descendant of the Liu Family, Liu Lili's estimation of this Junior Brother rose by another three points in her heart.

Coupled with her penchant for younger men, seeing Chen Xuan now made her heart race, and her ears turned bright red.

"Junior Brother! You are truly amazing! So smart!"

The Junior Sister beloved by everyone in the Liuyang Sword Sect, and later the Senior Sister worshipped by the Disciples.

Right here in this godforsaken place in the Southern Border, she had fallen for Chen Xuan.

Xiao Ye and Xiao Muting stood guard mechanically, preventing any possibility of being surrounded and unable to break out.

'The local Cultivators of the Southern Border are truly unscrupulous.' This thought flashed through everyone's minds.

"Blood food from the Sword Sect, fresh ones." The newcomer licked his lips, looking exceptionally disgusting beneath his half-mask.

Liu Lili felt an almost uncontrollable urge to retch.

Looking at the ethereal, goddess-like Liu Lili, the newcomer became even more arrogant: "Little girl from the Sword Sect, crawl over here and suck on this Daoist's rod, and I'll spare your life!"

He was deliberately trying to provoke them.

Sure enough, Liu Lili was immediately enraged!

"Go to hell!"

Without a moment's hesitation, a bright moon floated into the sky, and streams of Sword Qi erupted.

Bright Moon Sword Qi!

The Sword Qi derived from the fundamental cultivation technique Liu Lili practiced, "Bright Moon Illumination."

Chen Xuan and the other two certainly did not remain idle, and at this moment, they vaguely surrounded this Qi Refining Perfection stage Cultivator.

After all, Qi Refining Perfection was still just Qi Refining.

Holding the Liangyi Rule, Chen Xuan was already capable of easily unleashing combat power at the Foundation Establishment level.

If he unleashed the small Divine Ability [Laughing at the Vast Sea], he could even handle Foundation Establishment Middle Stage or even Late Stage Cultivators.

The reason they were so cautious right now was, of course, because there were no shortage of geniuses who had capsized in the gutter.

And the Southern Border was simply a hotbed for Demonic Path Cultivators.

The harsh environment polluted the Dao body, and all kinds of changes were detrimental to both body and mind; only Demonic Path Cultivators could thrive in the Southern Border like fish in water, and even cultivate using the fire miasma.

"You little brats, what will you do against me, who has cultivated for decades!"

"Transform!" The newcomer let out a loud roar, red light flickering all over his body, and his aura suddenly climbed to the Half-Step Foundation Establishment, almost reaching Foundation Establishment.

"Hmm?" Chen Xuan, Liu Lili, and the others were all puzzled.

Is that it?

They had expected to face a Foundation Establishment enemy, so everyone had been exceptionally careful.

They hadn't expected it to be just a Half-Step Foundation Establishment.

For ordinary Cultivators, a Half-Step Foundation Establishment could naturally slaughter Qi Refining Cultivators at will.

However, Chen Xuan and the other were Core Disciples of the Liuyang Sword Sect, a Nascent Soul Sect and the leader of the Righteous Path.

They were not even Outer Sect Disciples.

And Xiao Muting was also a Cultivator with top-tier Aptitude and talent.

As for Xiao Ye, let's not talk about him.

"Scared, aren't you?" The masked Southern Border Cultivator sneered.

"A bunch of Qi Refining Middle Stage Cultivators, how dare you speak to me, a Half-Step Foundation Establishment, like that?"

He hooked his finger: "I said, keep this woman, the others, die!"

Chen Xuan's face was gloomy: Is there really no one else?

He activated his Dharma Eye [Heaven-Stealing Foundation], and there were no ambushes at all.

"Are you done talking?" He asked coldly.

When dealing with evil demons and heretics, there is only one word.

Kill!

"Hmm?" The masked Southern Border Cultivator was very unhappy.

"Have you lived in the Sword Sect for so long that you don't know..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a Sword Light Differentiation, like a lightning snake, instantly took his head.

The Southern Border Cultivator fell.

Those eyes looked in disbelief at his own body still floating in mid-air; how familiar! Whose body was it?

"To think there really was only you!" He gritted his teeth.

"So much nonsense, let's go."

Chen Xuan collected his Storage Pouch, and a fire snake swept from his hand.

Destroying the corpse and erasing all traces.

It turned out it really was just a Qi Refining Perfection stage Cultivator who came to intercept the four of them.

Everyone's expression: ...

For a moment, everyone was speechless.

Liu Lili heaved a sigh of relief, her eyes smiling as she said: "Junior Brother is truly amazing! You protected Senior Sister again."

Chen Xuan smiled bitterly; Liu Lili's intentions were obvious to everyone.

But the Tiannan Liu Family was a top-tier noble Family.

Controlling almost most of the discourse in the Liuyang Sword Sect, they were watched by many.

Chen Xuan did not want to enter everyone's eyes so early.

Without reaching Foundation Establishment, one is ultimately just an ant.

...

While flying, Xiao Muting checked the specific coordinates while saying: "Brother, it's only been half a year, and you're already catching up to me?"

Xiao Muting's starting point was much faster than Chen Xuan's, and almost ninety percent of the resources within the Family were concentrated on him.

This was also the common practice for Foundation Establishment families and Qi Refining families.

First, concentrate resources to cultivate a son of revival, and then let him lead everyone to prosperity.

"Just luck, just luck." Chen Xuan smiled.

In this life, with the blessing of the Innate Sword Bone, if he could still lose to Xiao Muting in a Dao discussion, unless he used his trump cards, he really wasn't his match in a spar.

"Are you returning to the Sect afterwards?"

"Yes, I need to reach Foundation Establishment as soon as possible."

"Then good luck, I should be reaching Foundation Establishment very soon."

Xiao Muting looked at Chen Xuan with anticipation in his eyes.

It was as if he was looking forward to a close friend who could walk the Dao together.

"foundation establishment pill?"

"No! Strange Fire."

Only now did Chen Xuan understand why Xiao Muting had been buying Strange Fire treasure maps on the black market.

Ordinary Breakthroughs, relying on the foundation establishment pill, often meant that promoting to Golden Core was the limit.

Of course, achieving Foundation Establishment was already a one-in-ten-thousand Genius.

However, the Southern Border was vast, and there were probably hundreds of millions of one-in-ten-thousand geniuses...

And besides Human Dao Foundation Establishment, Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment and Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment required the assistance of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, as well as Heaven And Earth Treasure like Vermilion Fruits.

But there were also people who used Heaven and Earth Strange Treasures to establish their Foundation, which were not inferior to Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment or even Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

Such as Strange Fire, Divine Water, Heavenly Thunder, and so on.

Heaven and Earth Strange Treasures were extremely rare, a hundred times rarer than the Five Elements Spiritual Qi.

That was why he was so excited when Strange Fire appeared.

"I see." Chen Xuan nodded.

Liu Lili couldn't help but take a few more looks at Xiao Muting.

This guy, he has courage.

As a Golden Core Sect, Liu Lili would at least be an Earthly Dao Foundation Establishment in the future.

Her Aptitude and Family gave her this confidence.

She could even use the Sect's treasury to coordinate and exchange materials to achieve Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

Naturally, they would not understand the pain of Qi Refining families and Foundation Establishment families.

Everything had to be done by oneself.

Thousands of Nanming Volcanoes stretched endlessly.

After half a day of flight, Chen Xuan and the others finally arrived.

To maintain their state, they had consumed two bottles of Medicinal Pill.

Although they were a bit exhausted now, their combat power was not affected at all.

Chen Xuan's mind stirred, and he cast a divination to show good or bad luck.

Invading the secrets of Heaven and Earth to calculate the fate of the world.

[Today's Fortune: Medium Bad.]

[Today's Heavenly Secret: Greedy Wolf.]

[Today's Destiny: Sword Cultivator.]

[Medium Bad: Strange Fire manifests, Southern Border old monsters are dispatched; heading there to compete will highly likely result in being trapped in Foundation Establishment battles.]

[Neutral: Leaving now, one might be able to find precious mineral materials in the Nanming Volcano, which can be forged into High Grade Talisman Treasures.]

[Great Bad: Venturing deep into the Nanming Volcano might anger the True Spirit sleeping within; if the True Spirit is enraged, the entire Southern Region will be destroyed.]

Hiss!

Chen Xuan's flying light stopped.

The others also stopped one after another.

Liu Lili and Xiao Muting looked over: "What's wrong?"

"Wait a moment."

Chen Xuan analyzed the Jade Slip.

The first path was naturally to seize the treasure; it seemed that something like Strange Fire could not be obtained easily.

He could explain the good and bad luck to the three of them.

The second path was naturally the safest method.

And the third path, True Spirit?

What level of existence is this?

Chen Xuan looked at everyone with deep eyes.