The message revealed that the enemy who had been harassing the formation had retreated, and even opening the Metal Moat and Boiling Rampart Formation had failed to hold them back.
All the cultivators in the arena were shocked.
It should be known that when this Metal Moat and Boiling Rampart Formation is activated, even if the Beast King attacks, he will be defeated and sent away.
Perfected Lord Pinglu's array formation skills seemed ordinary, but at this moment, an unknown cultivator managed to escape.
Was the True Lord undisturbed during his seclusion?
Instead of trying to dissuade Xu Long, the stationed cultivators were busy sending messages to the main lineage cultivators.
After a moment of realization, they discovered that the cultivators who had just entered had vanished.
After Xu Long entered the temple, he discovered that the jade tablet in his hand was covered with a layer of fine cracks, and it looked as if it was about to shatter at any moment.
He speculated that this jade tablet might only allow free entry and exit from the dojo a few times; if it entered and exited the dojo too many times, the jade tablet would automatically break.
Unexpectedly, this temporary green card also has environmental protection features; its automatic breakage after multiple uses effectively safeguards the interests of the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary.
Behind the light screen, Xu Long felt that the spiritual energy between heaven and earth had become much richer, which he guessed was because there was a large-scale Spirit-Gathering Array inside the dojo.
It constantly gathers the energy of the twelve spiritual veins, thus making the spiritual energy in this dojo exceptionally abundant.
The outer perimeter is protected by a defensive array resembling Metal Moat and Boiling Rampart, while the inner perimeter contains a large Spirit-Gathering Array. The twelve spirit veins are interconnected, guarding the Pinglu Main Vein in the Boundless Wilderness.
With this training ground in the Boundless Wilderness, it has a great advantage in both defense and offense against the ferocious beast tribes.
The cultivators within always maintained a stronghold, and over time, this place became the birthplace of civilization.
This place offers both offensive and defensive advantages, with Metal Moat and Boiling Rampart, Spirit-Gathering Array, and a gathering of cultivators.
Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary already possessed the potential to become a blessed land.
This sacred place is truly the foundation of a king's and hegemon's empire!
Xu Long secretly surveyed the interior of the dojo, pondering the advantages of the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary as he looked around.
He discovered that this place had stood in the Boundless Wilderness for many years, enduring several waves of ferocious beasts, truly possessing an extremely tenacious vitality.
This is extremely rare for a cultivation center, and the Perfected Lord Pinglu is presiding over it must also be an extraordinary person.
After entering the light barrier, the cultivators only reached the twelve guardian spiritual veins surrounding the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary, and did not actually enter the main Pinglu Main Vein.
With this jade token, a cultivator can stay in one of the twelve guarded dojos for a month.
The spiritual energy within these twelve dojos is quite abundant. If one wishes to rent a cave for cultivation, one must pay additional Spirit Stone resources.
Within the Pinglu Main Vein, there is a True Lord presiding over the area, who occasionally holds sermons. If a cultivator encounters such a grand event, it can be considered a stroke of great luck.
The main vein is also exceptionally rich in spiritual energy, making it very suitable for cultivators to cultivate in seclusion, but it requires even more Spirit Stone resources.
Xu Long came to the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary only to purchase defensive formations.
He does possess a large-scale Spirit-Gathering Array, which he obtained from Hong Gu, a fellow master of array formations, in the Legend of Mount Shu World.
Both were cultivators specializing in formations, but their levels of cultivation differed considerably. Xu Long should also be aware of the difference in their ability to create formations.
However, the Rotten Peach Mountain Dao Field is far from being a place brimming with spiritual energy, so the large Spirit-Gathering Array that we collected earlier can still be put to good use.
Therefore, purchasing only one defensive formation will suffice.
The purpose of visiting the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary was not merely to purchase some formations.
Xu Long has just arrived in this Earth Realm and has only come into contact with Feng Sihu, an Erhu cultivator. If he wants to expand his influence in the Daning Commandery Kingdom, he must understand the powerful forces within this kingdom.
Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary is a gathering point for cultivators standing in the Boundless Wilderness, where a large number of cultivators gather.
The clues and information all converge here, making it worthwhile for Xu Long to make a trip to the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary.
Xu Long had no intention of going to the main branch; he was already considered prosperous within the twelve guardian dojos.
Amidst the towering mountains, several large areas were deliberately divided by the resident cultivators.
The place with the richest spiritual energy has naturally been developed into a cave dwelling for rent, and these rented cave dwellings are connected to the rugged and dangerous rivers and mountains.
The area is nestled between mountains and valleys, and while it is indeed rich in spiritual energy, the scenery appears rather rugged from a distance.
It was likely a cave dwelling in the Boundless Wilderness, and had not been carefully maintained or repaired.
However, this scenery alone did not deter the cultivators from their desire to cultivate.
Many cultivators are at the point of breakthrough, or have gained some insights that they need to cultivate quickly, or have tribulations they need to avoid.
It should be known that when a cultivator breaks through a barrier, it will often cause various strange phenomena in the heavens and earth, which will attract the attention of ferocious beast clans.
If one is targeted by a ferocious beast during a breakthrough, the outcome is likely to be disastrous.
Since no suitable shelter could be found in the Boundless Wilderness, large training grounds were the only option.
Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary, standing firm in the Boundless Wilderness, is guarded by a True Lord, protected by array formations, and rich in spiritual energy.
Furthermore, the True Lord's reputation is so great that it has become a hallmark of the Boundless Wilderness.
Besides the cave dwellings for cultivation, there are also markets for trading cultivation resources, which are also open specifically to cultivators.
The market is also divided into several levels, with the higher-level ones being shops opened by the powerful sects and clans.
They primarily trade high-quality, guaranteed items, but these are also relatively expensive.
Every day, numerous cultivators search for resources in the Boundless Wilderness, and later come to the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary in order to convert some of these resources into cash to aid their own cultivation.
Most of these resources were sold by cultivators to large merchants, because only they had the resources to absorb all the precious resources in this Boundless Wilderness.
The lower-level markets were trading venues formed by cultivators among themselves.
These trading venues were entirely controlled by cultivators, and the items traded were based entirely on their own needs, mostly through barter.
Some cultivators were dissatisfied with the monopoly of large shops and secretly opposed the sect's price-cutting measures.
They would then organize smaller gatherings led by acquaintances, where they would freely trade.
A simpler trading venue was the market.
This is a trading place within a market where solitary monks sell goods of varying quality.
If you want to buy something, you only need to discuss it with the market owner, and you can rely on your own eyesight to judge the market owner's items.
Once the money and goods are exchanged, there is no going back; it's a transaction where both parties are willing to pay and willing to receive.
This is the most discreet way for cultivators to conduct transactions, since they don't know each other and there's no further contact after the money and goods are exchanged, making it incredibly convenient.
Whether it's a sect's shop or a transaction between cultivators, if a market owner sets up a stall within the dojo, they must pay a certain percentage of Spirit Stone resources to the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary.
Xu Long couldn't help but sigh that although establishing a Daoist temple was quite difficult, the benefits it brought were considerable.
Imagine how many unexplored spiritual veins exist in this Boundless Wilderness, and how all the cultivation resources that cultivators painstakingly obtain ultimately converge within the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary.
Despite the fact that other sects and forces share the resources, the resources obtained by Perfected Lord Pinglu far exceed those of other forces simply because of the reputation of his Daoist temple standing in the Boundless Wilderness.
Thinking of this, Xu Long thought to himself: This training ground is truly a place to establish a foundation!
Old Yin was thinking about the benefits he had gained from the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary, his thieving eyes fixed on the twelve guarding dojos.
With a quick return in mind, Xu Long had no interest in renting cave dwellings among the mountains; what he most wanted to explore was the cultivation resources within the Pinglu Daoist Sanctuary.
The Spirit Stone resources needed by cultivators on their path to immortality must be of the High-Grade Spirit Stone grade.
The Earth Realm is rich in spiritual energy, and its spiritual veins produce a relatively large number of Spirit Stone.
After undergoing the evolution of the Spirit-Gathering Array, the quality of the produced Spirit Stone is naturally higher.
Besides Spirit Stone, another resource that is extremely popular among cultivators is pills, which possess immense energy.
It should be known that there were spirits in the beginning of heaven and earth, and the practice of collecting spirits for medicine has been passed down from generation to generation by our ancestors.
The origin and usage of elixirs from ancient times to the present are impossible to verify.
However, through countless years of experimentation by a large number of cultivators, the efficacy of the pills has been proven one by one.
As the Earth Realm was gradually exploited, much of the spiritual essence of heaven and earth was incorporated into pills, which were then traded by some alchemists and cultivators.
Xu Long was naturally familiar with pills, having already clashed with the Yuan Brothers during his Land of Exile.
Yuan Changhe was a Earth Immortal alchemist, and the pills he refined helped the young man cross the Earth Immortal Realm realm in one fell swoop.
As cultivators progress on their path to immortality, the energy they require increases, and a single Spirit Stone is no longer sufficient to meet their energy needs.
Therefore, the exploitation of the essence of heaven and earth and the popularization of elixirs are inevitable trends.
However, most of the spiritual essences of heaven and earth are violent in nature, and cultivators who mainly focus on Qi cultivation cannot easily absorb their energy.
Therefore, it requires an alchemist to refine the turbulent energy within, and then use other ingredients to neutralize the medicinal properties, so that it can be taken only when it matches the aura of the main Qi cultivator.
The ferocious beast tribes in the Boundless Wilderness are quite the opposite; they were born amidst the catastrophe.
Then, having survived in harsh environments, their physical strength surpassed that of divine weapons.
Furthermore, it possesses a gallbladder within its abdomen, capable of holding all things, thus disregarding the volatile nature of the spirits of heaven and earth.
If it is placed inside the gallbladder for further refining, the body will not be harmed by the spiritual essence.
Over time, the energy refined by the gallbladder will nourish itself, and the impurities produced within the body will undergo Reincarnation Temple.
This process of intake and output, discarding the dross and retaining the essence, is how ferocious beasts advance in rank.
Because of their long-term refinement of these turbulent spiritual essences of heaven and earth, few beings in the ferocious beast clan possess wisdom.
Therefore, when he feels even slightly depressed, he often acts out in a state of madness for no reason.
However, among the vast number of ferocious beasts, there are still some who possess great opportunities and great fortune.
After they have absorbed and refined the spiritual essence and resources of heaven and Spirit Stone, and overcome their own tribulations, they can formally awaken their wisdom and become no different from cultivators.
These are what are called high-level ferocious beasts, whose realm is at least around the Onefold Immortal of immortality.
The high-level ferocious beasts devoured and refined countless spiritual essences of heaven and earth, and after gaining enlightenment, they already knew how to cultivate themselves.
Over time, what is known as the Inner Core will condense within its body, which is the source of its energy.
Having Inner Core core greatly distinguishes it from ordinary ferocious beasts. High-level ferocious beasts possess intelligence, and the creation of this Inner Core is an exploration of the scene at the beginning of the world.
Once they figure out the Reincarnation Temple of Heavenly Dao and the rules of the world, they will possess great supernatural powers and great might, becoming the backbone of the ferocious beast race.
The strength of a high-level ferocious beast is equivalent to that of a cultivator at the Onefold Immortal; such a beast is generally referred to as Great Sage!
Beast King are equivalent to cultivators at the Twofold Immortal, and are generally respectfully addressed as: Great King!
Apart from the Beast King, there are no more powerful ferocious beasts in the Earth Realm.
After all, there are only eight true Saint (and one Quasi-Saint ), and no true Saint have been born among the ferocious beast race.
Xu Long estimated that this was also because the ferocious beast race had been deliberately suppressed by the Saint, resulting in the complete blockage of their path to advancement.
Otherwise, having grown in the Boundless Wilderness for countless years, shouldn't their sheer numbers and sheer scale have triggered a qualitative change?
Both cultivators and ferocious beast clans need Spirit Stone stones and the essence of heaven and earth to aid their cultivation, which is why they have been fighting each other endlessly in the Boundless Wilderness for countless years.
The ferocious beast clans want the cultivation resources accumulated within the cultivators' dojos.
Furthermore, the ferocious beast clans are even more essential for the heart and dantian qi of cultivators who focus on Qi cultivation!
The cultivators must cherish the spiritual essence of heaven and earth protected by the ferocious beast clans.
As for the Inner Core condensed within the body of a ferocious beast, cultivators would risk their lives for it!
This is the main conflict between cultivators and ferocious beast clans. After years of fighting, there is an absolute and irreconcilable hatred between them.
The Boundless Wilderness is home to numerous ferocious beast clans, most of which live in groups, gathering between various spiritual veins and migrating as the spiritual essence of heaven and earth grows.
Therefore, in order to obtain the essence of heaven and earth, cultivators often track down groups of ferocious beasts. When they find a high-level ferocious beast among them, they are not far from obtaining the essence of heaven and earth.
After seizing the essence of heaven and earth, they can then turn around and annihilate the high-level ferocious beast, thus obtaining another Inner Core!
But high-level ferocious beasts are obviously intelligent beings, and they can't let cultivators play like this forever!
Therefore, many high-level ferocious beasts take advantage of the cultivators' greed, deliberately leading them to a certain place and then setting up an ambush, causing the cultivators to lose both their lives and their resources.
The two sides frequently clashed, and through numerous conspiracies and schemes, both sides significantly improved their intelligence.
The cultivators and high-level ferocious beasts that remain in the Boundless Wilderness today are all creatures that have undergone brutal elimination, and their combat power is far beyond that of ordinary cultivators.
During his previous Tribulation Transcendence, Xu Long had seen several high-level ferocious beasts in the beast tide.
They are the organizers and liaisons in the beast tide, playing a pivotal role.
As for the Beast King, which comes after the high-level ferocious beasts, it is a being that is Shenron seen.
However, Xu Long had also experienced the power of the Lightning Tribulation; that roar alone caused the beast tide to tremble.
Furthermore, its ability to appear and disappear without a trace makes it a creature that ordinary Twofold Immortal cultivators simply cannot subdue.
As for the previously mentioned honorific title "Great King," it wasn't something cultivators used casually; rather, it reflected the Beast King's formidable combat prowess.
This was enough to make the cultivators, who revered strength above all else, willingly address him as: Great King!
The Beast King's power is unfathomable; it is said that even top-tier cultivators at the Twofold Immortal can fight against it.
As for the Metal Moat and Boiling Rampart Formation he had sensed earlier, Xu Long wondered: Once activated, could this formation truly withstand the attack of the Beast King?