Chapter Thirty-Five: Back in Fang City, Unwilling to Part!

  Half a month later, Wang Chen found that there were more monsters in the Black Bird Mountain Range, especially the black bird, this kind of group-dwelling monster had returned to its previous area!

  After some thought, Wang Chen was certain that the beast tide had ended and decided to pack up his formation and head back.

  Three hours later, Wang Chen returned to Hei Wu Fang City. The scene before him made Wang Chen's jaw drop in shock. Large tracts of ruins had replaced the various houses that once stood there!

  There are even residual dark red bloodstains on the roadside! It is unknown whether it was a monster's or a human's, witnessing the fierce battle half a month ago! Although most of the houses have collapsed, many places have already built simple houses and started doing business!

  Just after experiencing a beast tide, everything needs to be done again. The streets and markets are even busier than usual, full of vitality!

  The place where the monks were selling goods earlier had now become a venue for them to gather and exchange information.

  There were several people who took advantage of the situation and set up a few tables and chairs to sell information about this beast tide, while the conversations between monks were also an important source of their information!

  After paying two pieces of spiritual stone, Wang Chen sat on the chair drinking a slightly bitter spiritual tea. This slightly known cool tea was just a little better than the tea in the mortal world and had no promoting effect on his cultivation!

  The voice of the monk beside him also entered Wang Chen's ears!

  "This beast tide is truly a rare occurrence in a thousand years! The demonic beasts that block out the sky and sun, heh heh, are really frightening!"

  "Even a Golden Elixir period cultivator died, it's really too perilous!"

  "Even a foundation-building period cultivator is considered an expert, yet they died 40 or 50 times! However, the ones who suffered the most were still the Qi-refining period fellow daoists. They died over 10,000 times!"

  "It's said that due to the heavy casualties of this beast tide, the three major sects will be recruiting disciples again!"

  ……

  Wang Chen quietly sipped his tea and listened to the news about the Beast Tide. The death of the cultivator had nothing to do with him, but what he cared about was how the Beast Tide would affect him afterwards!

  This isn't Wang Chen's nature being indifferent. The path of cultivating immortality is originally fraught with difficulties, nine deaths and one life, once chosen don't regret it, only then can you seize a thread of hope in the midst of struggle, and your cultivation will be able to advance further!

  As he drank his tea, Wang Chen pondered and suddenly, as if unintentionally, he glanced far away, a tearful figure appeared several feet away.

  "Brother Chen!" Shi Tong rushed over quickly, ignoring the eyes of others, and suddenly threw herself into Wang Chen's arms, sobbing loudly!

  "Alright, stop crying, it's all over!"

  Wang Chen patted Shi Tong's back, and the gentle little white rabbit on his chest made Wang Chen slightly hot. Fortunately, the others also walked over, and Shi Tong got up with a red face and stood beside Shi Tian. Shi Tian and Mr. and Mrs. Li bowed to Wang Chen.

  Wang Chen hastily dodged and chuckled, "You guys are killing me!"

  Among them, the Li couple is the oldest, probably in their sixties or seventies. Shi Tian is next, around 23 or 24 years old. Wang Chen and Shi Tong are only about 20 years old. Wang Chen calls himself "little brother" which doesn't seem out of place at all, instead it shows that the relationships between them are very close!

  After exchanging greetings, several people found their seats and sat down.

  "A few Taoist friends," the Li couple hesitated for a moment before saying, "This time, although we narrowly escaped the beast tide, we were also seriously injured!"

  Mrs. Li couldn't help but sob as she spoke, and Li Daoyou could only comfort her with a sympathetic expression.

  Shi Tian could only speak in a low voice about the situation that day. On that day, Wang Chen held off the dragon for a short while, and several people quickly escaped. Who would have thought that on the road, they saw a beast group from afar? Fortunately, they were relatively far away from the beast group, with only a dozen or so demon beasts chasing them. However, even so, they encountered danger several times, being chased to the point of forgetting their direction. It was then that Li Daoyou's left arm was lost while saving Mrs. Li.

  However, thanks to those few demon beasts, several people were chased and couldn't tell the direction, and didn't return to Hei Wu Fang City. Avoided a battle of nine deaths and one life.

  As they spoke, several people also sighed endlessly, it's really unpredictable in life!

  Comforting Mrs. Li, Mr. and Mrs. Li and the crowd also started chatting! At first, they chatted about their usual cultivation experiences and various stories, but later on, Wang Chen hesitated and asked: "In the past, everyone didn't join the sect because it wasn't necessary, now we're facing the requirement of building the foundation, what are you all going to do?"

  Wang Chen's words left several people stunned!

  In the past, when I was at a low level of cultivation, I didn't join any sect because sects don't provide much benefits to low-level cultivators and have more restrictions. It's actually faster and freer to cultivate in the streets!

  Therefore, low-ranking cultivators rarely join the immortal sects! However, it's different when they reach the foundation-building period. It's extremely difficult for a cultivator to break through to the foundation-building period. If it's a single-spirit-root cultivator, it's fine, and after trying several times to break through, within thirty years, as long as their luck isn't too bad, they should all be able to build their foundation!

  However, the cultivators who relied on their innate talent alone were pitiful. Without relying on elixirs, it was very difficult to break through! The elixirs that could help one break through the Foundation Establishment stage were numerous in ancient times, but now such elixirs had become extremely rare. The most that a cultivator could possibly obtain was the Foundation Establishment Elixir!

  Zhū Jī Dān, as the name suggests, is a Dan medicine that breaks through from the Qi-gathering period to the foundation-building period!

  The medicinal materials for building the foundation are relatively rare, and these high-end key resources are all in the hands of the sects. Therefore, joining a sect is almost the only way to obtain the foundation-building pill! Moreover, the cultivation resources such as Fa jue and Dan medicine after building the foundation can only be found in the sect!

  "This time, the three major sects have lost more Qi-refining disciples. It's also easier to join the three major sects!" Wang Chen continued, his tone devoid of any excitement! Although this was good news for other cultivators!

  "This is an opportunity, according to the rules of the three major sects in the past, as long as you get into the top 20 in the Sect Competition, you will get a Foundation Establishment Pill!" Shi Tian continued to say to Wang Chen. Shi Tian was very much looking forward to the Foundation Establishment stage, especially since his cultivation had already reached the peak of the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining, and all that was left was to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage!

  Shi Tian's tone was filled with excitement, but Shi Tong hesitated. The sect had too many restrictions, and competing for the foundation elixir was not only dangerous, but also uncertain of success!

  Mr. Li smiled calmly and said, "Good intentions from all of you! I wish you all the best in reaching the foundation period soon!" After finishing his words, he gazed lovingly at his wife in his arms, "However, my wife and I have decided not to participate in cultivation matters anymore. We just hope to return to secular life, travel around, and spend the rest of our days quietly."

  The Li couple exchanged a sweet smile, and Shi Tong looked at them with eyes full of blessings and envy!

  The next goal was much simpler. The Li couple decided to return to the secular world and bid farewell to Wang Chen and others before leaving quietly.

  Wang Chen turned around to see Shi Tong gazing in the direction of the two people who had left, with a face full of envy. His heart suddenly skipped a beat, but he suppressed that feeling in an instant.

  "What's next? Which sect are you two going to join?" Wang Chen asked Shi Tian and his sister.

  "The Beast Tamer Sect is pretty good!" Shi Tian replied after a moment of thought, Wang Chen nodded in agreement. The Beast Tamer Sect had the Beast Riding Secret Technique, which was equivalent to having an extra helper, and their cultivators were generally stronger. The Beast Tamer Sect was a very good choice. Afterwards, Wang Chen looked at Shi Tong.

  Shi Tong's face suddenly turned red as she was stared at by Wang Chen, and she said in a low voice: "Which sect is Brother Chen going to?"

  Wang Chen was slightly stunned, looked away, and paused for a moment before saying:

  "Go to the Luo Yun Sect! I have some knowledge of talismanic techniques, the Wan Shou Sect is mainly good at beast taming, the Qing Yun Gate is skilled in swordsmanship. In comparison, there should be many talismanic classics in the Luo Yun Sect!"

  Shi Tong was taken aback by Wang Chen's words and became somewhat flustered, his expression also a bit distracted. After chatting for a while longer, Shi Tian suggested that everyone go take a look around the stalls, there should be plenty of good stuff after the beast tide!

  Arrived at the market and indeed found many rare items that are hard to come by, especially countless beast materials, and the prices were much lower than usual!

  However, these did not arouse Wang Chen's slightest interest, and he just took a casual look along the way.

  However, when he arrived at this stall, Wang Chen stopped. More than a dozen red spiritual grasses were placed on the stall, looking like fire-attribute spiritual grasses, but Wang Chen didn't feel any fire-attribute spiritual energy on them.

  "What's going on with these few stalks of spiritual grass?!"

  Wang Chen pointed at the red spiritual grass with a puzzled expression. The stall owner, feeling that Wang Chen and his companions had profound magical powers, hastily explained: "These are rare Blood Spiritual Grasses, probably around fifty years old, which can be used to make pills that replenish one's vital energy!"

  "Oh," Wang Chen showed a slightly interested expression, "How much are these Blood Spirit Grasses sold for?"

  "Forty pieces of spiritual stone for one plant, or you can exchange it with water attribute spiritual grass!" The young stall owner replied excitedly. Wang Chen took out a few stalks of water spiritual grass he had obtained earlier, and the young man hastily said: "One stalk of water spiritual grass can be exchanged for two stalks of blood spiritual grass!" Wang Chen handed over seven stalks of spiritual grass, and the young man gave him fourteen stalks of blood spiritual grass in return.

  However, looking at the remaining few stalks of spiritual grass in Wang Chen's hand, the young man blushed and said: "Fellow Taoists, if there is anything else you need, just take a look, it's all negotiable!" But as he spoke, his eyes kept darting towards the water spiritual grass in Wang Chen's hand!

  With a faint smile, Wang Chen stopped reading and looked up. The young man's cultivation wasn't high, but he had quite a few things! Unknown demon beast materials and jade slips filled an area of about one square meter.

  Wang Chen looked at an object, and the young man explained its origin and function. What surprised Wang Chen and others was that these objects were actually picked up by the young man! After the beast tide passed, the storage bags of the monks were all abandoned near the market.

  The young monk also came to pick up the leftovers, but the valuable storage bags were all snatched away by other monks, and the young man only got these not very valuable ones.

  Wang Chen chose a Ling Beast Bag and two Jade Slips after looking for a while, and left the remaining Water Spirit Grass to the young man in surprise.

  For a whole half day, Shi Tong kept his head down and didn't make a sound. After Wang Chen and Shi Tian strolled around, they felt disappointed and unentertained, so they found a simple place to stay.