Mid-Purple Mansion Realm

To set up the grand formation, Chen Nianzhi and the Old Clan Leader spent two months working together to refine seven sets of Tier 2 formation flags.

These seven sets of array flags total forty-nine flags, and the cost of these flags alone is as high as fifty thousand Spirit Stone.

After the two mastered the technique, they placed the seven sets of array flags in seven Spirit Vein and connected them together with the power of the array plate, forming a defensive array that stretched for eight hundred miles.

From the sky, the Seven-Star Demon-Refining Array looked like a transparent light curtain inverted on the earth, covering the plains within eight hundred miles around Peaceful Sun City.

Looking at the transparent light curtain that covered the Great Wilderness for eight hundred miles, the Old Clan Leader smiled and said, "With this formation protecting us, Peaceful Sun City will have no worries from now on."

"Yes."

Chen Nianzhi nodded in agreement. The Seven-Star Demon-Refining Array was already extremely powerful, and with the addition of the power of six Tier 2 high-grade Spirit Vein and one third-tier low-grade Spirit Vein, the power it could unleash was truly astonishing.

The Spiritual Qi provided by these Spirit Vein is almost equivalent to that of six Early Purple Mansion realm and one Great Perfection of Purple Mansion combined. Moreover, the Spiritual Qi of the Spirit Vein will continuously replenish itself, allowing the formation to exert its power continuously.

In this situation, as long as one Purple Mansion cultivator activates the formation, even an ordinary False Core realm cultivator might not be able to gain any advantage.

Once the Spirit Vein of Peaceful Sun City are upgraded to the Tier 3 High-grade level, even early Golden Core stage will likely find it difficult to break through them in a short period of time.

Thinking of this, both Chen Nianzhi and the Old Clan Leader breathed a sigh of relief.

Peaceful Sun City is the lifeblood of the Lineage; only when it is safe enough can the Lineage produce more mortals.

The probability of a mortal developing Spirit Root in this world is about one in a thousand. The more mortals there are, the more cultivators there will be.

Low-level cultivators are extremely important. Chen Nianzhi and the Old Clan Leader need more and more Five Elements Essence, and almost all of the Five Elements Essence produced by the Lineage each year is supplied to the two of them.

That's still not enough. Every year, the Lineage spends tens of thousands of Spirit Stone to purchase the Five Elements Essence.

In addition, the Lineage needs a large number of people to guard the Spirit Vein, manage industries, refine pills and weapons, and resist Demon Beast.

Chen Nianzhi needs hundreds of auxiliary ingredients to refine a batch of third-grade pills. If he were Rogue Cultivator, he would have to collect them all by himself, and he wouldn't be able to cultivate at all.

He was a cultivator from Lineage Lineage two thousand low-level cultivators and Spirit Field. If he needed any spirit medicine, he could simply ask and someone would gather them for him.

"If there are tens of millions of mortals, then the Lineage will have tens of thousands of cultivators."

"By then, we'll be able to be self-sufficient in the Five Elements Essence. Linglong and we have been buying up the Five Elements Essence from all over the years, which has already caused the price of the Five Elements Essence in Qing, Yang, Bian, and the Three Provinces to rise by more than 40%, which is really not worth it."

Chen Nianzhi thought this to herself, but all she could do was ask her Lineage to increase their acquisition of the Five Elements Essence.

In order to refine the Tai Bai Star Orb, the Life-bound Magical Treasure for the Old Clan Leader, the Lineage's accumulated Five-Elements Qi over the years was once again largely depleted.

Once he breaks through to the Mid-Purple Mansion realm, he still needs to upgrade four Life-bound Magical Treasure. Each Life-bound Magical Treasure requires about 50,000 Five Elements Essence Spirit Stone of Five Elements essence to be upgraded to the Tier 3 High-grade.

With such high costs, adding a 40% premium would cost an extra 20,000 Spirit Stone, and all four items would cost an extra 80,000 Spirit Stone. Even with his wealth, it was still painful for him.

Speaking of Spirit Stone, one cannot help but mention the Ling geese raised by Chen Nianzhi. The number of Ling geese in Spirit Isle Lake has now reached one thousand.

Referring to the roast duck method from her previous life, Chen Nianzhi ordered her Lineage's cultivators to develop a secret recipe that not only made the spirit goose incredibly delicious but also enhanced its cultivation.

Now, the Chen Clan's roasted goose shops have gradually expanded to major Marketplace in the Three Provinces, becoming a famous delicacy in the Chu Kingdom, and many cultivators can't resist coming to try it.

This roasted goose is both delicious and beneficial for Qi Refining Cultivator, and a true delicacy for Foundation Establishment cultivators and above, so the business is booming.

It is said to be on par with the Chen Clan's charcoal-grilled Azure Spirit Fish, and is hailed as one of the two great delicacies of the Chu Kingdom, bringing in a considerable annual income in recent years.

"..."

After setting up the formation, he returned to Spirit Isle Lake.

The days that followed were as usual. In addition to his daily practice, he spent his time nurturing his magical Law Treasure and honing his Law Power to improve his cultivation.

Five years later, Chen Qinghao retrieved the Geng-Metal Crystal from him and made his first attempt to break through to the Purple Mansion Realm.

Having consumed treasures such as the Dark Jade Pill, Chen Qinghao's foundation was much deeper than that of an ordinary Foundation Establishment Grand Completion, allowing him to penetrate 50% of his meridians in one fell swoop.

With the Third Elder's current solid foundation, if he obtains another Five-Elements Treasure Crystal next time, his success rate in breaking through to the Purple Mansion is estimated to be 60%.

Three years later, Chen Nianzhi finally cultivated his Law Power to perfection and reached the bottleneck of the Mid-Purple Mansion realm.

Seeing that he was about to break through to the Mid-Purple Mansion realm, he did not delay and directly took the Cloud-Pattern Creation Pill.

With his several Life-bound Magical Treasure used to hone his Law Power, even without the help of the Cloud-Pattern Creation Pill, he would only need twenty years to break through to the Mid-Purple Mansion realm.

Now, with the help of the Cloud-Pattern Creation Pill, it was naturally easy for him to break through to the Mid-Purple Mansion realm.

After the breakthrough, he honed his Law Power and upgraded his Life-bound Magical Treasure. By the time all four of his Life-bound Magical Treasure had been upgraded to the Tier 3 High-grade, a year had passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, Chen Nianzhi completed the final upgrade of her Life-bound Magical Treasure and emerged from seclusion, only to find that Chen Changxuan had been waiting in front of the Seclusion Chamber for many days.

Upon seeing him, the Old Clan Leader said, "The Heavenly Ruins Mountain Alliance is about to begin. If you don't come out of seclusion soon, I'm preparing to go."

Chen Nianzhi did some quick calculations and realized that in the blink of an eye, only a year remained until the date Jiang Linglong had agreed to attack the Azure Sun Sect.

Before the war began, Heavenly Ruins Mountain summoned the major immortal clans of the Three Provinces to jointly attack Azure Sun Sect, and the Chen Clan naturally had to send their Purple Mansion there as well.

This alliance meeting at Heavenly Ruins Mountain is of utmost importance, and the Old Clan Leader plans to go with Chen Nianzhi.

Fortunately, Chen Qinghao's Law Power has greatly increased, and he can now temporarily take over the responsibility of guarding Peaceful Sun City in place of the Old Clan Leader.

"..."

The two traveled on the Purple-Blood Boat and flew to Heavenly Ruins Mountain in just over a day, becoming the last two to arrive at the Purple Mansion.

Upon their arrival, they discovered that there were already seventeen or eighteen Purple Mansion cultivators and over two hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered on Heavenly Ruins Mountain.

As soon as Chen Nianzhi landed on Heavenly Ruins Mountain, he met several Meng Clan cultivators, led by the female cultivator Meng Xingwan.

I remember when Chen Nianzhi had just Foundation Establishment, Meng Xinghe had acted as a matchmaker for the two of them. In the blink of an eye, more than seventy years have passed, and Chen Nianzhi is now Mid-Purple Mansion realm Ancestor, while Meng Xingwan is only at the Seventh Layer of Foundation Establishment.

Meng Xingwan glanced at Chen Nianzhi and the Old Clan Leader, then quickly lowered her head and said respectfully, "Greetings, two patriarchs."

"It's Xingwan."

The Old Clan Leader smiled warmly. His mother was a female cultivator from the Meng Clan, and Meng Clan had maintained a very close relationship over the years.

Over the years, the two families have had many marriage alliances. Several Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Chen Clan, including Chen Nianzhen, have become dao companion with cultivators from the Meng Clan.

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