4: Armored Road Soldiers

At noon, in the Hall of Skill Transmission.

Elder Lü Hongguang unhurriedly took out a communication jade slip and began writing with spiritual energy.

【Today in the Hall of Skill Transmission, there is a new Disciple Lu Chen, who broke through in twenty-two days and reached the peak of the Qi Condensation Early Stage in another eight days. His Aptitude is excellent, his comprehension is outstanding, and his conduct is not bad】

【If this child continues with this momentum and makes rapid progress, Second Elder may consider taking him as a Disciple】

Before long, feedback came from the communication jade slip: 【Keep a close eye on him and see how his potential develops. Also, consider this a merit for you】

When he saw the words 'consider this a merit for you', a flush appeared on Lü Hongguang's round, plump face, and he was overjoyed.

Indeed, Lu Chen was his good fortune.

"Good lad, you must not fade into obscurity halfway in the future!"

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In the small courtyard.

After Lu Chen carefully closed the door, he could no longer restrain himself and began to study the usage of the qiankun bag. He quickly figured out the knack.

As long as he activated his true energy, he could take out items from the qiankun bag.

"Fifteen demon beasts, not a single one missing. Hmm, they perfectly fit the criteria. They are ideal to be used as seeds for Dao Soldiers."

His consciousness could see the demon beast corpses inside the qiankun bag, each one extremely large, the smallest being over five meters long.

This was a type of ox-like demon beast, covered in black scales, with a row of stark white bone spurs on its back and exposed fangs in its mouth, named Iron Armor Demon Ox.

So, let's begin!

Taking out one Iron Armor Demon Ox corpse, Lu Chen quickly connected with the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin deep within his mind.

Instantly, the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin sensed it and, without any visible movement, took the Iron Armor Demon Ox corpse into the Immortal Coffin.

Afterward, Lu Chen successively took out four more demon ox corpses and put them all into the Immortal Coffin, concluding this step.

With Lu Chen's current Qi Condensation Early Stage cultivation, he could nurture a maximum of five Dao Soldiers.

Upon entering the Qi Condensation Middle Stage, he could nurture five more Dao Soldiers, and upon entering the Nerve-Gathering Later Stage, another five. Throughout the entire Qi Condensation Realm, he could nurture exactly fifteen Dao Soldiers. This is why Lu Chen bought fifteen demon beast corpses.

"Let's see what it's like inside the Immortal Coffin."

Lu Chen's thoughts stirred slightly, and his consciousness had already sunk into the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin.

He saw that within this Immortal Coffin, there was a self-contained space, unimaginably vast, but all four directions were void. Below, there were no lands or rivers, and above, no stars or sun and moon.

The five Iron Armor Demon Ox corpses that had just been taken in floated beneath Lu Chen's feet.

"Has it already begun?!"

Lu Chen could clearly sense that within the five demon ox corpses, another seed seemed to be forming, gradually growing by using the demon oxen's flesh and blood as nourishment.

Visibly, the five demon oxen corpses were shrinking inch by inch, evidently being absorbed by the Dao Soldier seeds.

"It will probably take no less than an hour to completely nurture the Dao Soldiers."

Lu Chen roughly estimated the time. He didn't wait any longer and withdrew his consciousness from the Immortal Coffin.

While the Dao Soldiers were not yet fully nurtured, he put the remaining ten demon ox corpses into the Immortal Coffin. The qiankun bag immediately became empty, and he would have to return it to Zhou Song later.

Afterward, Lu Chen refined the Low Grade Spirit Treasure Flying Sword and shield separately.

Unconsciously, an hour had passed.

Just then, Lu Chen suddenly felt the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin deep within his mind tremble. Following this, five inexplicable forces flowed out from the Immortal Coffin, surged into his body, entering his limbs, bones, internal organs, causing his Physical Body to rapidly grow stronger, stronger, and even stronger.

A small portion of the power entered his Qi Sea, causing his true energy, which had already reached the peak of the Qi Condensation Early Stage, to instantly break through its restraints and step into the Qi Condensation Middle Stage without warning!

"My five Dao Soldiers are nurtured!"

This sudden inexplicable force flowing out from the Immortal Coffin was the feedback received after the Dao Soldiers were nurtured!

Lu Chen had a clear understanding, suppressed his excitement, and silently circulated the Mixed Origin Undying Scripture, refining the Dao Soldier power fed back from the Immortal Coffin.

A long time passed!

Lu Chen suddenly opened his eyes. In an instant, an extremely bright divine light seemed to flash and disappear within his pupils.

"My Physical Body has become stronger!"

Not only had it become stronger, but it might even be stronger than his true energy cultivation.

His current Realm was Qi Condensation Middle Stage, but his physical strength might have already entered the peak of the Middle Stage.

With every movement, his bones and muscles seemed to contain boundless power.

"It seems that the power fed back after nurturing Dao Soldiers mainly strengthens the Physical Body, while the improvement to true energy is extremely limited."

Having figured out the pattern, Lu Chen was already a little impatient: "Let's see my Dao Soldiers!"

Dao Soldiers were the most important thing.

With a thought, he connected with the Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin deep within his mind. Instantly, his vision blurred, and five tall figures appeared before him.

They were humanoid, nearly two meters tall, their entire bodies dark green like iron, but also emanating a majestic and righteous aura, giving an indescribable sense of oppression.

Their facial features were blurred, making it impossible to see their appearance, but vaguely, they seemed somewhat similar to Lu Chen.

"These are the Iron Armor Dao Soldiers!"

Iron Armor Dao Soldiers have indestructible physical bodies, boundless strength, and are born with the ability to control Earth Element, capable of burrowing into the ground and moving mountains.

Moreover, Iron Armor Dao Soldiers are the lowest level of Dao Soldiers, mainly because the Ironclad Demon Oxen are too weak. Using them as Dao Soldier seeds definitely won't nurture higher-level Dao Soldiers.

Above the Iron Armor Dao Soldiers, there are also Copper Armor Dao Soldiers, Silver Armor Dao Soldiers, Golden Armor Dao Soldiers, Five Elements Dao Soldiers, Divine Travel Dao Soldier, Wind and Thunder Dao Soldiers, and so on!

The higher the level of the Dao Soldier, the more powerful and unfathomable they are, with infinite wonders. In the end, one can even nurture Divine Weapon Heavenly Generals, comparable to Immortals, or even surpassing Immortals!

"Good!"

Lu Chen looked at the five Iron Armor Dao Soldiers before him, becoming more and more satisfied the more he looked.

After thinking for a moment, he took out the newly refined Low Grade Spirit Treasure Flying Sword and slashed at one of the Iron Armor Dao Soldiers.

"Clang!"

A sound like striking metal rang out, sparks flew everywhere, but the Iron Armor Dao Soldier was completely unharmed, not even leaving a white mark.

"As expected, their physical bodies are indestructible. This defense is probably something only Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators can break with a Flying Sword!"

Lu Chen was amazed. In the future, when fighting against cultivators of the same Realm, he could probably just send out one Iron Armor Dao Soldier to completely dominate the opponent.

"Let's try burrowing."

Lu Chen wanted to test the Earth Element of the Iron Armor Dao Soldiers.

The next moment, the five Iron Armor Dao Soldiers all disappeared before him, merging into the ground.

Before long, five dark green iron heads emerged from the ground.

"Hmm, I can see the situation underground through these Dao Soldiers."

He continuously experimented with the wondrous uses of the Iron Armor Dao Soldiers.

For example, the Iron Armor Dao Soldiers could also control Earth Element to condense Earth Element battle armor on their bodies, making them look like stone people. Their strength and defense would both skyrocket, but their movement would be completely unaffected.

When five Iron Armor Dao Soldiers combined their strength, they could cause a small-scale ground fissure, creating a crack about ten meters long and very deep, easily enough to bury several people.

"Good heavens, as expected of my companion Spirit Treasure!"

This Nurturing Soldier Immortal Coffin was unbelievably easy to use.

In the future, when Lu Chen traveled outside, he wouldn't even need to lift a finger himself. He could just release the Dao Soldiers to flatten everything.

Currently, he had only nurtured five Dao Soldiers, but he could nurture another five later because he had broken through to the Qi Condensation Middle Stage.

Upon reaching the Nerve-Gathering Later Stage, he could nurture fifteen Dao Soldiers!

Fifteen Dao Soldiers with this level of strength could probably directly surround and kill even a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator.

Lu Chen could completely stand aside and watch the show.

Alright, alright, this is how I'll play from now on!