As soon as Fang Chen entered the Spirit Pagoda, he realized that the entire place was filled with a wild spiritual aura. These spiritual auras were constantly tempering a martialist's soul.
"Cultivating here is much better than cultivating in the outside world," Fang Chen sighed.
However, one had to pay spiritual stones. 10,000 spiritual stones for two hours was nothing to Fang Chen, but it was a huge sum for some people.
This was the first level of the Spirit Pagoda. Fang Chen could feel the spiritual aura here, but it wasn't as dense as he had imagined.
Then, Fang Chen ascended to the second level.
Just like that, Fang Chen ascended to the thirteenth level in one go. When he reached the thirteenth level, Fang Chen stopped. He could feel that the spiritual aura here was very dense, and he felt a little pressure.
"I'll cultivate here."
Immediately, Fang Chen made a decision. He sat cross-legged on the ground and started cultivating.
Hiss!
The Great Luo Soul Killer Flame was instantly released above Fang Chen's head. The early-orange level soul condensed into a spiritual flame and hovered above Fang Chen's head.
At the same time, Old Ancestor Bronze was also wildly absorbing the spiritual aura.
Time passed by slowly. In the blink of an eye, twenty hours had passed. The sky outside had already darkened.
At this time, Fang Chen finally stopped cultivating. He felt that his soul strength had reached a bottleneck, and he couldn't break through.
"It's a pity," Fang Chen said softly.
Originally, he thought that with the help of the Spirit Pagoda, his soul strength could reach the mid-orange level. He didn't expect that his soul strength would be stuck at a bottleneck.
However, Fang Chen still had some gains. Although his soul strength hadn't increased, the Great Luo Soul Killer Flame had.
Previously, Fang Chen had cultivated the Great Luo Soul Killer Flame to the third level. However, after twenty hours of cultivation, Fang Chen had cultivated the Great Luo Soul Killer Flame to the fifth level.
The Great Luo Soul Slaughter Flame had a total of five levels. After such a long period of cultivation, he had finally cultivated it to the peak.
After the Great Luo Soul Killer Flame reached its peak, Fang Chen felt that his soul attacks had become even stronger. If he were to face Ruan Xiaofang now, he would be able to defeat her even without using the Water-Fire Sword Art.
"As expected of the Spirit Pagoda." Fang Chen sighed.
Then, Fang Chen collected his thoughts and walked out of the Spirit Pagoda.
At this time, the outside world was pitch-black. When Fang Chen walked out, the old guard said, "You've been inside for twenty hours. You still need to pay ninety thousand high-grade spirit stones."
Fang Chen paid 90,000 Upper Grade Spirit Stones and left.
A single session of cultivation required so many spirit stones. The official disciples of the Soul Stream basically came here every day to cultivate, so the consumption of spirit stones was extremely high.
Of course, as official disciples of the Barren Sect, their strength was extremely powerful. Most of the disciples would go out to earn spiritual stones.
This was because if there were no spiritual stones in the Barren Sect, their cultivation progress would be extremely slow and they would be surpassed by the other disciples.
Therefore, they had to ensure that they had enough spirit stones to cultivate. Therefore, when they felt that they were lacking spirit stones, they would go out.
Luoshui City was a very prosperous and large city. Within the city, there were countless buildings.
Under normal circumstances, the fastest way to earn spirit stones was to become a mercenary and enter the Demonic Beast Mountain Range to kill Demonic Beasts and earn spirit stones.
Of course, there were other kinds of missions, too many to count.
For now, Fang Chen did not need to worry about the problem of spirit stones. This was because he still had more than eighty million high-grade spirit stones in his spatial ring. This was enough to support his cultivation.
As a cultivator, the most important thing was to increase his cultivation as soon as possible.
Right now, his cultivation was only at the peak of the eighth level of the Qi Hai Realm. There was still a long way to go before he reached the Condensing Reality Realm. There were many powerful warriors in the Southern Mountain Land, so he had to work hard to cultivate.
After leaving the Spirit Pagoda, Fang Chen walked on top of the Spirit Mountain Range. In the pitch-black night sky, there was a crescent moon. This crescent moon illuminated the entire Luoshui City.
Because the Barren Sect was located on a very high mountain, one could see the entire Luoshui City from within the Barren Sect.
Fang Chen walked under the dark night sky, his mind constantly thinking about the day's harvest.
Just as Fang Chen walked to the edge of the Spirit Mountain Range, his ears suddenly twitched. He heard a small voice.
Fang Chen stopped and hid in the darkness, listening carefully.
"Did you find out?"
"Yes, I did. A hidden treasure appeared not far from Luoshui City. Many of the younger generation of the Southern Mountain Land are fighting over it. It is said that the battle there is very fierce."
"Boss told us to wait here. When his order arrives, we will move out."
"That's right. Let's wait here."
The two figures whispered to each other. The place where they were hiding was halfway up the Spirit Mountain Range. Normally, no one would be able to discover this place.
Fang Chen happened to hear the conversation between the two figures.
"Who are they hiding in the Barren Sect?" Fang Chen's heart was filled with doubts. Soon after, he carefully approached the two figures in the darkness.
Not long after, Fang Chen silently arrived halfway up the mountain. At this moment, Fang Chen discovered a speck of light halfway up the mountain. Of course, this speck of light was very well hidden. It was impossible to see it from the top of the mountain. In other words, it could only be seen from halfway up the mountain.
When Fang Chen saw this speck of light, he followed it and quickly approached it.
When Fang Chen approached the speck of light, he was shocked to discover two figures behind a hidden bluestone. These two figures actually had traces of the Yellow Springs Sect's aura.
Seeing this scene, Fang Chen was startled.
"The remnants of the Yellow Springs Sect are actually hiding in the Barren Sect." Fang Chen thought to himself.
The most dangerous place was the safest place. Was that what they thought?
At this moment, it was already late at night. All the disciples in the Barren Sect were already asleep. If it wasn't for the fact that Fang Chen had cultivated in the Spirit Pagoda for twenty hours and was a little late, he would have already fallen asleep.
Just as Fang Chen was deep in thought, he was suddenly discovered by two members of the Yellow Springs Sect.
"Who is it?" One of the Yellow Springs Sect members roared in a low voice.
When Fang Chen saw that he had been discovered, he simply pretended to be a member of the Yellow Springs Sect. He walked step by step towards the bluestone and stopped in front of the two.
"Both of you, boss asked me to come here to receive you." Fang Chen said without batting an eyelid.
"Who exactly are you? How dare you pretend to be a member of the Yellow Springs Sect?" One of the Yellow Springs Sect members glanced at Fang Chen and asked coldly.
This was because they couldn't detect the aura of the Yellow Springs Sect on Fang Chen's body.
"I am the Sword Hall Master under Protector You Ming of the Yellow Springs Sect. I heard that there was a treasure trove in the Northern Region and specially came here. I met boss on the way and he asked me to come here first." Fang Chen said.
"Then why don't you have the aura of the Yellow Springs Sect on you?" The remnant of the Yellow Springs Sect asked.
"This is the body of a human cultivator that I possessed." Fang Chen explained.
"Hmph. Even if you possess the body of a human cultivator, you can still release the aura of the Yellow Springs Sect. If you can't release the aura of the Yellow Springs Sect, I will personally kill you." The Yellow Springs Sect member said.
Hearing this, Fang Chen's heart skipped a beat. He didn't say anything.
At this moment, the other Yellow Springs Sect member tugged at his sleeve and said, "Brother Nao, are you tired of living? This is the Barren Sect. If he releases the aura of the Yellow Springs Sect, what will happen if the upper echelons of the Barren Sect are alerted?"
"Uh." The surviving member of the Yellow Springs Sect, who was called Brother Nao, was stunned. He immediately said, "Then how can we prove his identity?"
"Didn't he say that he is the Sword Hall Master under Protector You Ming? Let him talk about the situation under Protector You Ming."
"Okay, tell me." Brother Nao said.
Hearing Brother Nao's words, Fang Chen was stunned. He immediately approached Brother Nao. The latter looked at Fang Chen cautiously and said, "Stay where you are."
When Fang Chen approached Brother Nao, he suddenly pulled out the Hidden Star Sword in his hand. He immediately performed the twelfth level of the Fire and Water Sword Technique. In the next moment, the Hidden Star Sword directly pierced into Brother Nao's body.
"You …"
Before Brother Nao could finish his words, he lost his life.
When the Yellow Springs Sect member beside Brother Nao saw this, his face was filled with horror. He said, "You … who exactly are you?"
"The person who will kill you."
As soon as Fang Chen finished speaking, he raised his sword and slashed down. The surviving member of the Yellow Springs Sect was instantly killed by Fang Chen.
After killing the two surviving members of the Yellow Springs Sect, Fang Chen carefully sized up the location. He discovered that there was a seal here. The two surviving members of the Yellow Springs Sect usually hid within this seal.
Then, Fang Chen recalled what the two surviving members of the Yellow Springs Sect had said before. He checked the space rings of the two surviving members and found two communication jade pendants.
"I wonder what news the boss will send," Fang Chen said softly.
The Yellow Springs Sect's actions were getting bigger and bigger. They actually dared to hide within the Barren Sect. How audacious.
This time, from the tone of the two, it seemed that the Yellow Springs Sect was going to attack the younger generation of the Southern Mountain Land who were fighting for the treasures in the Secret Treasure.
Just as Fang Chen was pondering this, the communication jade pendant suddenly flickered. Then, a gloomy voice rang out.
"There's a younger generation member who has snatched the treasures in the Secret Treasure and is heading towards Leaning Water City. The two of you quickly head to the plains a hundred miles away from Leaning Water City to activate the formation."
After this message was sent, the communication jade pendant dimmed.
"A younger generation member who has snatched the treasures in the Secret Treasure and is heading towards Leaning Water City."
Fang Chen's eyes flickered with a fiery light. After a long time, Fang Chen made a decision. He wanted to leave Leaning Water City and take a look.
"Perhaps I can obtain it amidst the chaos," Fang Chen thought to himself.
Even if he couldn't obtain the treasures in the Secret Treasure, it wouldn't be a bad idea to take a look.