Chapter 57: Ice Flame Fruit, First Battle of Foundation Establishment!

  Come visit, probably come to seek revenge!

  Wang Chen was disdainful in his heart, but the top-grade magic weapon Ice Spirit Sword had indeed been taken out. As soon as the top-grade magic weapon appeared, the temperature of the air in the store suddenly dropped a lot, and many low-level cultivators even shivered.

  "Get out!"

  Wang Chen let out a low growl, his killing intent overflowing. The white-clad youth's face turned pale as he hastily retreated. Seeing that the matter had been resolved, Wang Chen didn't linger either, leading several people to leave.

  In a guest house in Flowing Clouds City.

  Wang Chen listened to Zhou Yan and several others' experiences of obtaining the strange fruit, seemingly deep in thought.

  This rare fruit grows on a cold pond, and the cold air inside the pond is also inhabited by firebirds building their nests. In this way, this rare fruit should have absorbed the spiritual energy of water and fire, which should be very beneficial for tempering the body, but I don't know how effective it will be.

  "This rare fruit should be of some use to me, name your price!"

  Wang Chen took a sip of the spiritual tea and slowly said, "A few people hesitated for a moment, and the leader cupped his hands and said: 'Since senior has a use for it, this rare fruit will be given to senior as a gift! As for the reward, just give whatever you want!'"

  Wang Chen nodded in agreement, these few people were indeed knowledgeable about the weight of things. In the cultivation world, one couldn't possess something that didn't belong to them. This exotic fruit was likely very valuable, but instead of making exorbitant demands, they let Wang Chen name his own price. This way, they wouldn't offend their senior. Otherwise, if they encountered a senior with a bad temper who took a liking to your belongings and asked for too many spirit stones, they would simply kill you on the spot.

  A few people knew the score, and Wang Chen was not a petty person. He took out the magical instruments he didn't need and let them choose, while also giving them a generous amount of talismans and spirit stones. The few people thanked him profusely before leaving.

  After sending them away, Wang Chen took Zhou Yan back to his own cave mansion.

  In the next few days, Wang Chen told Zhou Yan about some problems in his cultivation, and under Wang Chen's protection, Zhou Yan successfully broke through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining.

  In half a year, Zhou Yan broke through from the second layer of Qi Refining to the fourth layer. This speed is considered extremely surprising among scattered cultivators. On one hand, Zhou Yan's foundation was very good beforehand. On the other hand, Zhou Yan used the spirit stones given by Wang Chen to buy a lot of elixirs and took them.

  However, Wang Chen also told Zhou Yan that he should try his best not to take elixirs, otherwise the difficulty of advancing in the future would increase.

  The first few stages of cultivation play a very important role in eliminating the deep-seated impurities within the body. Taking elixirs can indeed rapidly increase one's cultivation, but at the same time, it also brings to the body impurities that are difficult to eliminate, making future progress more challenging.

  After hearing this, Zhou Yan felt a surge of bitterness. To be honest, Zhou Yan's water and fire dual spiritual roots were not bad, but the collision between water and fire made his actual cultivation speed similar to that of four spiritual roots. Without the help of elixirs, he had no hope of advancing at all.

  Wang Chen listened to Zhou Yan's explanation and fell silent for a moment. If he didn't have the misfortune of lacking innate blood, his cultivation speed would definitely be inferior to Zhou Yan's. Moreover, without the symbol technique, the path of cultivating immortality would be even more difficult!

  Since that's the case, Wang Chen didn't force Zhou Yan anymore, but still asked him to ascend to a higher level and try his best to take less elixir.

  More than half a month later, Zhou Yan stood at the entrance of Wang Chen's cave, waited for a long time and heard a "come in" before walking in respectfully.

  "Master, is this the Spirit Fruit you wanted?"

  Wang Chen took the Lingguo, pulled out one, and a small snake suddenly emerged from his chest-front shirt. The small snake, less than half a meter long, bit into the water-blue Lingguo, and its head suddenly enlarged at the same time. Then, in an instant, it swallowed the Lingguo and shrank back.

  Although the whole process was quick, Zhou Yan still noticed something unusual about the snake's head - two small protrusions. "This might be a young dragon," Zhou Yan thought to himself, and although he didn't know just how valuable dragons were, he knew they were definitely something that everyone would fight over.

  Wang Chen lightly stroked the snake's head, and Qing seemed to be enjoying itself as it wrapped around Wang Chen's arm before instantly flying back into its cozy nest on his chest.

  "Go ahead!"

  "Master, this time when I went out, I was followed by someone else!"

  "Tracking" Wang Chen furrowed his brow and asked: "What's going on?"

  "The people who have been tracking the disciple have investigated clearly, they are from Luofeng Valley. This Luofeng Valley has two foundation-building cultivators, and the white-clothed young man we met the other day is actually the son of the master of Luofeng Valley!"

  Zhou Yan briefly introduced the situation in a few words, and Wang Chen's expression remained calm. He then let Zhou Yan go to cultivate well, and not to worry about the Luofeng Valley matter.

  "Fallen Leaf Valley! Zhuge's period repairman, hehe, interesting!"

  Wang Chen smiled to himself, and a plan formed in his mind. The cultivators of Luofeng Valley's foundation-building period shouldn't be too strong, it was said that they were at the beginning stage of their cultivation, making them just right for testing his own strength.

  If it were in the past, Wang Chen would not have collided head-on with the foundation-building monks. He had the idea of using the foundation-building monks to test his own cultivation, but after reaching the peak of the sword intent realm, Wang Chen's mind became even more broad-minded.

  "Although I can't beat a foundation-building cultivator, it's still no problem if I want to run away!"

  However, Wang Chen did not take it lightly and after some thought, he took out a jade box. Inside the jade box was an unusual fruit that Zhou Yan had obtained by chance earlier. Holding the fruit in his hand, he felt a slight warmth, like a gentle heat, but after a moment, he suddenly felt a chill. Wang Chen couldn't help but marvel at the strangeness of this fruit.

  Although he didn't know how to refine the elixir to maximize the effect of the alien fruit, Wang Chen chose the simplest method. He opened his mouth and swallowed the alien fruit in one gulp.

  The dry and refreshing fruit slid down his throat and into his stomach, and Wang Chen didn't even feel any sweet or bitter taste.

  A cup of tea later, Wang Chen was still puzzled and had no effect.

  But just as he thought of this, a warm flame emerged from Wang Chen's dantian. The unnamed flame was not scorching hot, but it had a warming power that spread throughout his body.

  "Ah," Wang Chen let out a comfortable hum, as if he had encountered a flame on a winter's day.

  After a moment, the warm heat dissipated, and a cool breath instantly flowed from the dantian into his entire body. It was as if he had taken a sip of cool water on a scorching summer day. Wang Chen suddenly felt as if he were floating on cloud nine.

  After the coolness passed, another wave of scorching air surged out, only this time the fire was much bigger than before. The raging flames seemed to be roasting Wang Chen above them.

  It's terrible!

  Fortunately, Wang Chen had endured even greater pain when he was practicing the Refining Hell Divine Technique before, so this amount of pain was still bearable. After a while, it passed relatively smoothly.

  After the scorching heat, a cold air suddenly surged out of the dantian. Before I could even feel this cooling breath, the cold air had suddenly turned extremely cold, as if it had suddenly come from the flames to the icy surface, and was even colder than ice.

  The baptism of ice and fire, Wang Chen's muscles, skin and meridians became even more tenacious, and even the meridians became wider. The taste of ice and fire was not good to suffer, and Wang Chen had only experienced it three times before and after.

  After three times, Wang Chen's whole body had become somewhat numb and soft, but feeling the changes in his body, Wang Chen still showed a joyful expression. The weakness of the foundation period's corpse poison was completely eliminated, and some places that were equivalent to the strength of an extreme treasure tool also transformed into the level of a low-grade treasure tool.

  Even

  At the same time, Wang Chen also had an idea in his heart that although the Refining Hell was extremely painful, it was also a very good exercise. After this experience, he would continue to cultivate the Refining Hell.

  Three days later, Wang Chen went out and swaggered in the Flowing Clouds City, buying a lot of things as if he didn't notice that someone was following him.

  A month later, a green figure disappeared in Liuyunfang City.

  At the same time, in a cave mansion in Liuyunfang City, a transmission token suddenly appeared. An old man took over the transmission token and his face showed a stern expression: "He's gone, huh? Can this Ice Flame Fruit even be used by a small Qi Refining stage cultivator?"

  The old man finished speaking and took out a sword-shaped treasure, flying high into the air, leaving without a trace. Looking back at the cave mansion, it was actually located on top of the spiritual vein in Liuyun Town, a treatment that only foundation-building cultivators could enjoy!

  In a town several tens of miles away from Liuyunfang, two furtive figures came to a stop.

  "Big brother, how did that person disappear here?!"

  "Maybe it sensed our pursuit and hid!"

  "How is it possible? The hidden tracks left by the sect leader are rare treasures, and even a foundation-building cultivator would find it difficult to discover our trail!"

  The thin monk retorted, another monk's eyes turned cold upon hearing this, the thin monk glared at his companion and then fell silent.

  Wang Chen stood not far away, lightly smiling as he watched the two cultivators. After a moment, he sensed that something was approaching and his expression turned slightly serious. He raised the Ice Spirit Sword. The white Ice Spirit Sword emitted an astonishing chill, and charged forward.

  The first sword, a top-grade defensive artifact was shattered, leaving behind only fragments with ice crystals.

  The second sword, the two men's hastily raised shields were shattered, and two heads fell to the ground.

  Wang Chen picked up a thin silk fabric and looked at it with some interest, "Hidden Silk, not bad!" Just as he was thinking about it, a loud shout came from afar.

  "You little brat, how dare you kill our Luofeng Valley cultivators! Are you looking for death?!"

  As soon as the words fell, an old man with a ruddy complexion appeared in the sky, stepping on a flying sword. If you don't look at his ferocious face, it's really like a celestial being.

  "This little brat is dead for sure! He killed two Luofeng Valley monks right in front of me, how can I, the Second Master, show my face!"

  The old man thought, and his whole body emitted a powerful aura of the Foundation Establishment stage!

  Wang Chen slightly waved his hand, put away the Ice Spirit Sword in his hand, and seemed to be completely unimpressed by the pressure of the Foundation Establishment cultivators. He said indifferently: "What did Senior say? These two have ulterior motives, killing them is just killing them, it's a matter of course!"

  The old man's face turned even redder upon hearing this, as a cultivator in the Qi Refining stage would always be met with utmost respect, who would dare to be so rude, yet today he encountered an ignorant young man.

  "Hand over the Ice Flame Fruit, and I'll spare your life!"

  "Bingyan fruit is indeed delicious! You old man aren't a good thing, but this fruit has already been eaten by me, what can you do to me?"

  Wang Chen smiled and looked at the old man of the foundation period, his mouth seemingly still savoring the taste of the strange fruit.

  "Kid, you're asking for trouble!"