In the midst of Danxia, Luo Chen walked alone.
Around him bustled nurous Luo Tian Creed Cultivators, coming and going incessantly.
On each of them displayed two starkly different emotions.
There were those who cheered loudly, having triumphed in a great battle and slain formidable enemies, boasting to their friends. So even calculated the rits they were likely to receive, wondering if they could exchange enough to access resources for Foundation Establishnt after achieving Qi Refinent Finalization. They appeared vibrant, harboring boundless hopes for a bright future.
Others were somber and crestfallen. As they walked, so appeared absent-minded or occasionally burst into sobs.
These were the ones who had lost close friends or loved ones and could not accept the reality.
The Luo Tian Creed had been established for thirty years, having rooted itself in Tianlan for over a decade.
Such a span of ti ant little to True Cultivators or Ascendant Masters.
But for Qi Refinent Cultivators with fleeting lifespans, it constituted a significant portion of their lives.
Making friends, building family ties, passing down skills, bearing children...
A war that erupted in their holand had disrupted their orderly lives, with countless relatives and friends falling in the conflict.
Sorrow and confusion lingered incessantly.
Such sharply contrasting atmospheres made it quite difficult to adjust.
Thus, faced with respectful greetings from passing cultivators, Luo Chen could only maintain a silent facade, nodding in acknowledgnt.
Beneath his calm expression, it was hard to guess what he was thinking at that mont.
Only upon seeing his figure did those cultivators find so tranquility amidst their restless, uneasy, or sorrowful hearts.
Soon after.
Luo Chen arrived at the exterior of the Spirit dicine Hall; from afar, he saw Gu Caiyi directing female cultivators from the Golden Hall to help treat the injured.
"We still lack a large amount of First Order Healing Pills. Yuan Xiaoyue, go to the Immortal City Spirit dicine Pavilion yourself and buy back a hundred bottles," Gu Caiyi commanded.
"Are you short on Spirit Stones?"
"I still have so here, take these to use for now," she continued.
"Have we run out of the hemostatic gauze? He Xiang, make a trip to the Hui Xin Hall. Elder Chen Xiuli from the Tianyi District will be there, her clan definitely has such supplies, see if you can get an advance batch," she instructed another.
"Evil Qi Cleansing Pills, Evil Qi Cleansing Pills, where am I to find such a thing? Wait a mont, Yuan Xiaoyue, and rember to inquire about it in the Spirit dicine Hall," she added.
As Gu Caiyi called out to Yuan Xiaoyue, she noticed Luo Chen stopping in his tracks not far away.
She bit her lip and approached Luo Chen.
"You’re back."
"Hmm," Luo Chen murmured softly, reaching out to touch Gu Caiyi’s limp right arm.
She did not resist.
A veil of gentle azure light appeared, and wisps of soothing Spirit Power entered her body, causing a slight swelling in the area of her right arm.
"You’re injured, why haven’t you rested?" Luo Chen asked.
Gu Caiyi quietly accepted his treatnt and replied softly, "It’s just a minor injury, it’s nothing serious."
Under Luo Chen’s treatnt, the tissue damage on her arm soon healed.
What remained were so injuries to the bones.
"Later, ask Sun Shengshou for so strengthening dicine recipes, you should recover completely in three to five days," he suggested.
Luo Chen withdrew his hand.
Watching Gu Caiyi tentatively move her right arm, a gentle affection appeared in his eyes.
"I heard Little Black is gone?" Luo Chen inquired.
Gu Caiyi nodded, "The situation was dire then. Two held back Hall Master Xu while three other Middle Stage Foundation Establishnt enemies cornered us three. It was extrely dangerous. Luckily, Bai iling was concealed on . She waved the Soul-Refining Flag, altering the battlefield’s dynamics. She even summoned Little Black to exchange his life for the life of an enemy, killing one," she recollected.
Her account wasn’t complex.
But the outco of that battle was exceedingly brutal.
Xu Huanzhen was injured, Duan Feng fell unconscious, Bai iling retreated into the Soul Nurturing Banner to recuperate and didn’t erge, Murong Qinglian was hurt by backlash from a magic item, resulting in one of her palms turning to dust.
Even a flock of hawks that the Luo Tian Creed had trained for ten years was decimated.
The Second Order Golden Crown Plunder Feathered Hawk, painstakingly nurtured, was utterly destroyed.
Had the initial strategy not been sound, and the trio not collaborated to take down one, with Wang Yuan opportunistically using the Blood God Tribulation Pointer to kill two more,
the eight Middle Stage Foundation Establishnt Cultivators would have easily crushed the four of them.
Xu Huanzhen’s Seventh Level Foundation Establishnt was just like Luo Chen; he had broken through just before the battle.
As far as fighting capacity was concerned, his enhancent wasn’t significant.
It’s just that not everyone can fight above their levels like Luo Chen, Wang Yuan, or Min Longyu.
The suppression of Middle Stage cultivators on Early Stage ones was indeed significant.
Fortunately, at this particular battlefield, the participating True Cultivators all survived.
As for the other battlefields...
"Luo Chen, do you want to et them?"
"Hmm, lead the way please!"
Guided by Gu Caiyi, Luo Chen entered a side hall of the Spirit dicine Hall under the gaze of many.
This place held the bodies of important individuals who had perished in this battle for the Luo Tian Creed.
Upon reaching the side hall, Gu Caiyi stopped outside.
Luo Chen brushed off the dust from his robe, took a deep breath, and stepped into the chilly, somber side hall.
...
Blocks of solid ice were arranged around the periter, maintaining low temperatures within.
As soon as he entered, he saw the most conspicuous three coffins.
They were not yet sealed, so the bodies inside were clearly visible.
Su Xiaolin was among those fallen, a promising Rogue Cultivator from The Great River District who had joined the Luo Tian Creed, and whom Luo Chen had once deed highly promising.
After the battle at Xiao Huan Mountain, wanting to improve his proficiency with Healing Techniques and to win hearts, Luo Chen lavishly treated the injuries of his subordinates himself.
The first was Su Xiaolin!
At that ti, Su Xiaolin was only at the Eighth Level of Qi Refinent.
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