"It's simple! Isn't the Shen family going to take possession of the Spirit Stone Mine? The mine is outside Flame Dragon City. That will be their burial ground!
"Besides, Black Dragon, the chief of the Black Dragon Stronghold, once owed the Chen family a favor. If we get his men to join us, are you still afraid we won't be able to wipe out the Shen family and kill Ning Chuan?"
Chen Lin spoke sinisterly, a trace of icy killing intent gleaming in his eyes.
"The Spirit Stone Mine? The Black Dragon Stronghold?"
Li Yan and Li Zhenfei both shuddered, a vicious gleam appearing in their eyes.
Chen Lin's plan could work!
Since they couldn't strike inside Flame Dragon City, the Spirit Stone Mine was indeed the best place for an ambush. They could catch all the Shen family's experts in one net.
"You needn't worry about Zhao Songzhai or the Treasure Pavilion. Once Ning Chuan is dead, would they really dare offend the Chen family over a dead man?"
Chen Lin smiled arrogantly.
"Thank you, Senior Brother Chen! The Li Family will follow your lead without question. I've heard there are plenty of spirit stones in that mine. When the time comes, half of them will be yours!"
Li Zhenfei spoke with immense excitement.
"Of course, of course! I've also taken a fancy to Shen Qianxun!"
Chen Lin smiled faintly.
"Rest assured, Young Master Chen. We'll capture Shen Qianxun alive and deliver her to your bed!"
Li Yan hastily assured him.
"Good! This is a token of the Chen family. Send someone to the Black Dragon Stronghold with it, and Black Dragon will cooperate with you!"
Chen Lin smiled in satisfaction, then took out a token and handed it to Li Zhenfei.
He sneered inwardly. This time, he would make certain Ning Chuan died!
Once Ning Chuan was dead, he was sure that person in Jade Capital City would bestow an extraordinarily generous reward.
Not to mention the half share of the spirit stones and the delicate beauty, Shen Qianxun.
The mere thought of Shen Qianxun's peerless face set Chen Lin's heart ablaze.
In Ning Chuan's small courtyard.
After returning, he went straight into secluded cultivation.
His fierce battle with Li Zhenfei had already allowed him to sense an opportunity to break through.
He took out all three thousand spirit stones he had, arranged a small Spirit-Gathering Array, and sat cross-legged inside it.
Boom!
The Spirit-Gathering Array activated. Vast spiritual energy surged like billowing mist, engulfing Ning Chuan and pouring steadily into his body.
Ning Chuan circulated the Chaos Gods and Devils Art, beginning to absorb the vast spiritual energy to raise his cultivation.
Within his dantian spirit sea, his ten-thousand-zhang spirit sea stretched immensely wide, veiled in a thin layer of mist formed from pure spiritual energy.
In fact, having opened a ten-thousand-zhang spirit sea, Ning Chuan's spiritual energy was ten times denser than that of others. Naturally, the resources he needed to break through were also ten times greater!
As Ning Chuan refined the vast spiritual energy, his aura steadily climbed toward the third level of the Spirit Sea Realm.
The Chaos Gods and Devils Art had nine stages in total.
The first stage was called Vajra Spirit Bone!
It required Ning Chuan to continually absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, temper his flesh, hone his sinews and bones, and refine his bones into vajra spirit bones.
If every bone in his body became a vajra spirit bone, unleashing his supreme physical strength would instantly increase his combat power tenfold, allowing him to obliterate everything!
However, Ning Chuan had barely scratched the surface of the Chaos Gods and Devils Art. Spiritual energy had only tempered his bones a little, and he still had a long way to go before achieving vajra spirit bones.
At my current cultivation speed, I'll be doing well if I can form vajra spirit bones by the Dao Foundation Realm!
Ning Chuan thought to himself, brimming with anticipation.
Once he formed vajra spirit bones and mastered the first stage of the Chaos Gods and Devils Art, he would be able to unleash ten times his combat power. What a terrifying force that would be!
Vast spiritual energy continually poured into Ning Chuan's body. Most of it was absorbed by his flesh, tempering his body and bones and grinding away impurities, making his blood and vitality increasingly vigorous.
Only a small portion entered his dantian spirit sea to raise his cultivation.
Still, three thousand spirit stones were enough for an ordinary martial artist to cultivate all the way to the Dao Foundation Realm. The vast spiritual energy they contained was incomparably pure, and an ordinary Spirit Sea Realm martial artist would need several months to refine it completely.
But with the Spirit-Gathering Array's enhancement, the three thousand spirit stones turned into an immense torrent of spiritual energy that continually converged on Ning Chuan's body, sending his cultivation soaring.
Third level of the Spirit Sea Realm!
Fourth level of the Spirit Sea Realm!
After three days and three nights of cultivation, all the vast spiritual energy within the three thousand spirit stones had been refined and absorbed by Ning Chuan's body. The spiritual energy in his dantian spirit sea was no longer thin, but exceedingly dense.
And Ning Chuan's cultivation had broken straight through to the sixth level of the Spirit Sea Realm!
"Three thousand spirit stones for four minor breakthroughs? Not bad!"
Ning Chuan slowly opened his eyes. Brilliant light flashed within them, and a hint of satisfaction appeared as he felt the powerful strength coursing through him.
The bones throughout his body had also been suffused and tempered by spiritual energy, growing harder and more extraordinary.
Boom!
Ning Chuan threw a punch, and a sharp, explosive crack rang out through the air.
"Four hundred thousand jin of strength? That's already comparable to the power I had when using the Star-Shattering Secret Art. Even a ninth-level Spirit Sea Realm martial artist could be killed with a single punch!"
Ning Chuan spoke slowly, his gaze razor-sharp.
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