360: Great Demon Siege

The Yin-Yang Harmony Life-Generating Formation—don't be fooled by those plain-looking white Formation Flags; they were actually refined by Liu Xuan using the bones of a Mid Golden Core Stage Bat Monster Bird, making them genuine Third-tier Formation Flags.

With the convergence of Yin and Yang, Formation Flags refined from Golden Core Yao Beast bones, and the Fourth-Tier Great Sun True Fire as the core, the Formation exceeded the limits of the local leyline's grade, reaching the Third-tier Medium Grade level.

"From now on, when Alchemists and Artifact Refiners perform their crafts, they will not only be borrowing the power of the Great Sun True Fire but also helping to nourish the fire's Origin. As long as the Great Sun True Fire can be nurtured to its peak state, even a Nascent Soul True Lord would have to fear it!"

The warm sunlight was mainly concentrated on the Pill Refining Tower and the Artifact Refining Workshop, and everyone soon discovered that the Spirit Fire gathered by the Fire Gathering Formation was several grades higher than before.

Not only was the speed of Alchemy and Artifact Refining faster, but the quality of the Medicinal Pills and Magical Artifacts was also much higher.

The Liu Family Alchemists studied Beast Pills. Among them, Advanced goods refined from Yao Beast Essence Blood were generally stored by Liu Xuan for his own family's consumption, while low-grade goods refined from miscellaneous Materials like fur, bones, meat, Spirit Grain husks, and spirit plant bark were sold to the Beast Taming Sect to feed their Spirit Beasts.

The price of the Beast Pills was low, but the cost was also low! Furthermore, there was very little competition, so they had already been making a lot of profit before.

Now, with the Great Sun True Fire improving efficiency and quality, the profit had increased several times over.

Liu Xuan did a rough calculation: with over a hundred Alchemists and hundreds of Alchemy apprentices in the entire Pill Refining Tower, they could refine Medicinal Pills worth an average of fifty to sixty thousand Spirit Stones a day.

The cost of Materials was very low, less than ten thousand Spirit Stones, and the commission given to the Alchemists was a bit more, reaching just over ten thousand Spirit Stones.

Overall, the daily gross profit of the Pill Refining Tower reached thirty to forty thousand Spirit Stones!

The Artifact Refining Workshop also began to exert its strength. Mo Li and Jiang Xiaoyou were already proficient in refining First-tier black crow flying boats, while An Yunxi could also refine Second-tier Yuan Magnetic Flying Boats. Although a lot of the profit was distributed because of the large-scale outsourcing of components, the daily gross profit was still around ten thousand.

"Earning forty to fifty thousand a day, over ten million a year—Alchemy and Artifact Refining are indeed profitable!"

This was still the case without Liu Xuan himself taking action; if he were slightly more diligent, this profit would at least double, reaching a staggering thirty million a year!

With a Third-Rank Alchemist, a Third-Tier Top-Grade Artifact Refiner, and a divine object like the Fourth-Tier Great Sun True Fire, making money was just that simple.

Of course! Being able to earn so much was mainly due to the war dividends. If it weren't for the continuous stream of the Beast Taming Sect's army coming through, it wouldn't be so easy to sell so many Beast Pills, and the price wouldn't be so high.

Furthermore, if the battlefield weren't so intense, there wouldn't be so many cheap spiritual Materials sent over, and the costs wouldn't be so low.

Under normal circumstances, the sales costs for Medicinal Pills and Magical Artifacts are very high. Although there are no transportation costs, one needs to pay rent for shops in the Market City and a large amount of transaction tax; the profits would be shaved off layer by layer by the local Sects.

In any case, the Liu Family had completely established a firm foothold in Bone Fiend City, and their development was extremely smooth, making it more prosperous than any nearby Third-tier city... Time flowed quietly in tranquility.

One month later.

While Bone Fiend City was thriving, three mysterious figures suddenly appeared outside the city, with not a single trace of aura on their bodies.

All three were men: one was short, wearing a voluminous black robe that completely enveloped his body, making it impossible to see his face. Another was a gaunt middle-aged man with a greenish-black complexion, also wearing a voluminous black robe. The last one was a handsome young man with an aura as steady as a pine tree, clearly a Sword Cultivator.

"Bone Fiend, have you seen clearly? Don't drop the ball at the critical moment!"

The one speaking was the short Black-robed Man; by the looks of it, he was the leader of the three.

Immortal Master Bone Fiend carefully examined the situation inside the city. "The Formation has undergone some changes. From the outside, it looks like the yin fiend has dissipated, but I feel that the underground yin fiend has actually become more intense!"

He said confidently, "As long as the underground yin fiend hasn't been eliminated, I can trigger it and destroy the entire Formation in a short amount of time."

Immortal Master Bone Fiend was precisely the Golden Core Sect Master of the Bone Fiend Sect back then. He had operated this place for hundreds of years and knew the underground yin fiend like the back of his hand. He cultivated the yin fiend Bone Refining Method and possessed extremely strong control over yin fiend.

Although the current Bone Fiend City had re-established its Formation, he wasn't sure about completely destroying the Third-tier Formation, but triggering the yin fiend to make the Formation fail for a short time was not a big problem!

"As long as there's no problem!" The short Black-robed Man also believed that Immortal Master Bone Fiend could achieve this. "Then let's do it! Finish it quickly."

He looked at the young Sword Cultivator and instructed, "I will deal with that Golden Core True Person named Wang Qiao; you go kill the one called Liu Xuan."

The young Sword Cultivator didn't speak, only nodding slightly.

*Weng~*

Once the three had agreed, they immediately stopped concealing their auras. Immortal Master Bone Fiend was the first to act; he raised his hand and pressed down into the void, and surging yin fiend magic power poured into the ground like a flood.

*Boom!!*

A huge gap appeared in the Formation, and a black yin fiend 'fountain' dozens of meters high erupted at the city gate, with endless yin fiend spreading toward the entire city.

"Hmm?"

Although Immortal Master Bone Fiend had triggered the underground yin fiend, he felt something strange. The Formation did not collapse as he had imagined, and the yin fiend did not run rampant as expected.

There was an even stranger point: he vaguely felt that there were many people Cultivating inside the underground Yin Fiend Hall!

Who would Cultivate in the Yin Fiend Hall? Could it be that the Beast Taming Sect incorporated my Sect Disciples? That shouldn't be right!

While he was thinking, the short Black-robed Man had already flown over the center of the city, heading straight for the Third-tier sword shadow flowing light flying boat where Wang Qiao was located.

Above the dark clouds, a massive rat head looked down upon the entire Liu Residence, its pair of emerald-green eyes like two large lanterns.

*Boom!!*

Two rays of ghostly light shot out, and the sword shadow barrier of the Third-tier sword shadow flowing light flying boat's hull instantly shattered. The ship's body vibrated violently, and layers of sword light were continuously generated, barely managing to hold out in the end.

This was a Third-tier large flying boat! Liu Xuan had stored a large number of Spirit Stones as the core energy source, and it was also supported by the leyline. Even a Mid Golden Core Stage Cultivator wouldn't be able to nearly break the sword shadow defense barrier with a casual strike.

"A Late Golden Core Stage Great Yao!!"

In the back courtyard of the Liu Residence.

Liu Xuan immediately sensed the change. "A Late Golden Core Stage Great Yao? What on earth are those people on the front lines doing?!"

The battlefield Formation was linked to the leylines and had the effect of monitoring foreign Demonic Qi. Logically, a Golden Core Realm Yao Beast sneaking into the rear should have been detected very quickly. How could they let the opponent sneak all the way to Bone Fiend City?

Now was not the time to think about such things. With a movement of Liu Xuan's Divine Thought, the 'Great Sun' atop the Pill Refining Tower suddenly shone intensely. As the light swept across, the Yin Qi retreated, and the sky regained its brightness.

A layer of golden light flashed across the ground, and the gap in the Formation caused by Immortal Master Bone Fiend was instantly patched up. The yin fiend power actively returned to the ground one after another, merging into it like a sponge absorbing water.

"This..."

Immortal Master Bone Fiend frantically pushed his magic power, only to find that there seemed to be a golden light barrier on the ground. No matter how he pushed, the underground yin fiend showed no reaction at all.

At the same time, the City Defense Formation was activated, and countless sword lights and arrows containing a blazing aura shot toward them, while layers of restrictive power were continuously applied to them.