Chapter 121: A Little Bit of a Hangover
Chapter 117 – A Little Bit of Hanging On
“All of you stand in order according to your cultivation level.”
The yellow-robed YuanYing stage Immortal Cultivator spoke in a low voice, his gaze sweeping over everyone in the arena with inexplicable pressure.
The hearts of the crowd were aghast.
The Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Realm Immortal Cultivators came to the front one after another.
Then came the late Foundation Establishment, middle stage, and early stage.
The Qi Practicing Stage Immortal Cultivators in the back were the same.
“You come with me.”
“You come to me.”
Subsequently, a group of Jindan Stage Immortal Cultivators, also according to the level of cultivation, picked up in the crowd in turn.
“After the selection is complete, I will take you to the Chaotic Sea.”
Red Flame Realist nodded and signaled that Chen Fan and the others could join the other Foundation Establishment Stage Immortal Cultivators and go to select the remaining Qi Practicing Stage Immortal Cultivators.
His self name was the Yellow Sand True Lord.
Then there is the ninth level of the Qi Practicing Stage and the eighth level of the Qi Practicing Stage ……
At the top row was the Qi Practicing Great Perfection Realm.
“Yes, Red Flame True Lord!”
Chen Fan had some regrets.
Chen Fan and the others agreed and then began to pick out their respective men amongst these Qi Practicing Stage Immortal Cultivators.
In no time, a total of over two hundred Foundation Establishment Stage Immortal Cultivators were divided up.
The remaining ninety-nine people were only at the early Qi Practicing stage.
“Roar!”
“Begin.”
The selection process was not complicated.
A Jindan Stage Immortal Cultivator spoke.
But these three YuanYing, it felt like none of them had such means.
“My name is Red Flame Realist.”
But this person and the other two YuanYing cultivators didn’t look very strong.
“Next, each of you can pick two hundred Qi Practicing Stage Immortal Cultivators as your subordinates.”
“Depart!”
The crowd were all Immortal Cultivators and picked quickly.
As the crowd finished selecting their men, with a wave of his hand, the yellow-robed YuanYing joined the other two YuanYings and led the group into the distance.
It was also those Immortal Cultivators of the Foundation Establishment Stage Great Perfection Realm who picked one in turn first, followed by the late Foundation Establishment Cultivators like Chen Fan who picked ……
Sixty-one people in the middle stage of Qi cultivation.
The other Foundation Establishment stage Immortal Cultivators picked their men pretty much in the same way.
After one person had finished picking, then it was the next person’s turn.
It didn’t take long for everyone to pick their respective henchmen.
Twenty-five people at the late stage of Qi Practicing.
Compared to such strong men, he actually preferred his superiors to be weaker.
When the selection round was over, it would start over again.
Chen Fan’s gaze flickered.
After leaving this desolate pile of rocks, a forest appeared ahead.
The Red Flame True Lord in charge of him was the henchman chosen by this Yellow Sand True Lord.
Eight of them were at the Qi Practicing Perfection Realm.
The crowd traveled all the way.
At this time, these Qi Practicing Stage Immortal Cultivators had also stood in line.
At this time, he already knew the name of this yellow-robed YuanYing.
The Immortal Cultivator who had selected him was a Jindan Stage Immortal Cultivator of the Great Perfection Realm.
Chen Fan and the others answered their promises.
Chen Fan picked a total of one hundred and ninety-three people.
After the selection was over, a Jindan Stage Immortal Cultivator wearing a red-colored dharma robe, his gaze fell on the ten Foundation Establishment Stage Immortal Cultivators, including Chen Fan, and he spoke indifferently, “From now on, you guys are my men.”
Like Shao Dongning, back when he was still at the YuanYing stage, he had a flying boat that was able to travel through space, and with just that one flying boat, he was able to bring tens of thousands of people with him.
There was the roar of a Realm Beast, coming out from the forest.
The sound was not loud, but it made many people’s hearts tremble.
Chen Fan flew high in the air and peered in the direction from which the sound came, only to see that the one making the roar was an unknown Realm Beast with scaly armor.
The aura emanating from this Realm Beast was not strong.
It seemed to have been startled by the commotion of the crowd rushing along and was lifting its head to look over here.
“Snort!”
With a lift of his hand, a Jindan Stage Immortal Cultivator released a flying sword, killing the boundary beast, and when the flying sword returned, there was a fist-sized round boundary stone in his hand.
“Snort!”
Seeing this scene, the other Jindan Stage Immortal Cultivators, also released their divine sense and searched for the boundary beast in the forest.
There were quite a few boundary beasts in this forest.
However, none of them were of a high rank.
It didn’t take long for the twenty or so Jindan stage cultivators to all kill more than one boundary beast.
“Is this the boundary stone?”
Chen Fan and the others saw this scene and their gazes were a little fiery.
It was just a pity that they could only take a look at it with the Jindan real person making a move.
Chen Fan could have fought some Jindan instead.
But that would be too much of a show.
“Take your time!”
Chen Fan’s eyes flashed with a brilliant light.
In the Realm Sea, there were countless dangers, so he had to raise his strength as soon as possible.
But it was different from before.
This time, he didn’t have a backer, so he had to keep a low profile.
The crowd traveled all the way.
Most of the realm beasts encountered along the way were killed by a group of Jindan strikes.
The three YuanYing did not make a move.
The strength of these killed realm beasts was not high.
There were only a few that had reached the Foundation Establishment stage.
The rest were only at the Qi Practicing Stage cultivation.
“It’s here!”
Then, not long after the crowd had passed through this forest, a huge bay that could not be seen at first glance appeared in the crowd’s line of sight.
“This is …….”
Suddenly, a Jindan Stage Immortal Cultivator, landed on a piece of sand several hundred meters away in front of him, and with a wave of his hand, a large piece of sand and gravel flew out, revealing the ruins of a building that had collapsed for an unknown number of years.
“This kind of building …… here should have been inhabited by the indigenous cultivators of the Boundary Sea before, it is just that I don t know whether they encountered a calamity or migrated away for whatever reason.”
Huang Sha True Lord and a few other Yuan Ying Stage Immortal Cultivators saw this scene and their gazes flickered.
“It’s not a big problem, looking at the traces of the building, it should have been several hundred years ago.”
“That’s right, and there aren’t many traces of Realm Beasts’ activities on this sandy land, let’s station ourselves here next.”
Several YuanYing stage Immortal Cultivators talked for a few moments and quickly came to a decision.
“Everyone listen to the order, station yourself on the spot and build your own dwellings.”
True Lord Huang Sha ordered.
Finding the boundary stones was not urgent.
As he gave the order, the crowd, which had already been a bit tired, immediately got busy.
There were earth cultivators, who cast earth techniques, and soon on the beach, an earthen house was constructed.
There were also wood cultivators, who threw down a few seeds, and after ripening them, a simple tree house was built.
These things were just too simple for Immortal Cultivators.
“My lord, I am an Immortal Cultivator of the Wansen Dao Domain, and I have Wansen Treehouse Seeds cultivated by our Dao Domain in my hands, so if your lordship needs it, I can help you build out a treehouse.”
A young girl at the late stage of qi cultivation who was dressed in green and looked like a small family, came over to Chen Fan and spoke.
It was one of the two dozen late Qi Practicing Stage cultivators that Chen Fan had selected.
“Wansen Treehouse?”
Chen Fan said with interest, “Build it out for me.”
“I’ll get it.”
The young girl sniffed and a hint of joy appeared on her face, then with a throw of her hand, a green seed, crashed to the ground.
As she struck out a hand trick, the seed instantly took root and sprouted, growing rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In just a few breaths of time, it grew into a seven or eight meter tall green tree house.
The tree house’s trunk, branches and leaves were flickering with a faint fluorescent light, looking quite magical.
“My lord, the treehouse has been built, you can go in and take a look.”
The young girl looked at Chen Fan with an expectant face and said.
Chen Fan nodded and immediately walked towards the tree house.
The tree house was on two levels.
It looked somewhat similar to the tree house he had stayed in when he was in the Cangwu Mountain Demon Wood Forest.
But it was more refined.
He pushed open the door of the tree house and walked in.
There was quite a lot of space inside the tree house.
However, the furnishings were simple, with only a wooden bed, and a few cupboards.
In addition, the windows of the tree house were transparent, allowing him to see outside.
“Not bad, this treehouse is cozy.”
Chen Fan nodded his head in satisfaction after a few glances.
“Thank you for your compliments, my lord.”
The young girl smiled with joy.
She was only at the late stage of Qi Practicing cultivation.
And wasn’t very good at fighting.
When she first came to the Boundary Sea, she was at a loss and could only hope that Chen Fan would take care of her more when she entered the Chaos Sea next to look for Boundary Stones.
“What is your name?”
Chen Fan looked at the young girl and asked.
“Back to my lord, my name is Green Pearl.”
The young girl hurriedly replied. “Green Pearl?”
Chen Fan paused.
This name sounded like a maid’s life.
It was not known whether it was a real name or a fake name.
“Alright, you go and build your own place as well.”
Chen Fan opened his mouth.
“Yes, my lord.”
Green Pearl respectfully retreated.
The nearly two hundred men that Chen Fan had recruited saw this scene, some envied and some disdained.
“For those who have finished building their dwellings, go and cut down trees to make wooden boats and rafts.”
Chen Fan swept his eyes at the crowd and said in a deep voice.
On the way here, he had already known the amount of his draw from the Red Flame True Man’s mouth.
These Immortal Cultivators under him, after obtaining the Boundary Stones, all of them had to take out 20% to be surrendered and serve as protection fees.
These surrendered boundary stones were to be divided into 50% to be handed over to the YuanYing stage HuangSha ZhenJun, 30% to the Jindan stage Red Flame ZhenJun, and the remaining 20% to go to him.
It didn’t seem like he was much less than the Red Flame True Lord.
But one must know that in the hands of the Red Flame True Lord, there were ten Foundation Establishment Stage henchmen just like him.
As for the Yellow Sand True Lord, he even had nine Jindan Stage Immortal Cultivators like the Red Flame True Lord as his subordinates.
Big fish eat small fish!
The higher up the Immortal Cultivators were, the more share of resources they occupied.
“Gotta advance to the Jindan stage quickly!”
Seeing the crowd start to get busy, Chen Fan murmured in his heart.
Only then would he be able to get rid of this fate of being exploited from layer to layer.
Or rather, make himself an exploiter.0
Moreover, there were just too many dangers in the Realm Sea.
Among the Immortal Cultivators who came to explore the Realm Sea this time, there were only three at the YuanYing stage, and only twenty or so at the Jindan stage.
The rest were all Foundation Establishment Stage and Qi Practicing Stage Immortal Cultivators.
Once they encountered any powerful Realm Beasts or other dangers, deaths and injuries would definitely be inevitable.
The crowd was busy for a few hours and finally built all the required wooden boats and rows.
On the beach, a wooden boat of all kinds was neatly arranged.
Although these wooden boats were simple, they were all enchanted by Immortal Cultivators with various spells, and their sturdiness far exceeded that of ordinary mortals’ boats.
“I’ll be sitting nearby for a while next, and I’ll step in when you and the others encounter danger.”
When the construction of the vessel was completed, the Red Flame Realist summoned Chen Fan and the other ten Foundation Establishment Stage Immortal Cultivators in front of him and spoke, “However, the specifics of how to collect the boundary stones will need to be arranged by you and the others yourselves.”
“Don’t worry, Makoto, we will do our best to collect the boundary stones.”
A Foundation Establishment Stage Immortal Cultivator at the head of the group immediately assured, saying.
This person was called Zhang Shouquan.
It was the only Immortal Cultivator of the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Realm under the Red Flame Realist.
Other than this person, among the remaining men of the Red Flame Realist, there were a total of two late Foundation Establishment, three mid Foundation Establishment, and four early Foundation Establishment.
Chen Fan was one of the two late Foundation Establishment cultivators.
“That’s right, the boundary stone concerns the cultivation of all of us, so we will do our best.”
After Zhang Shouquan opened his mouth, Chen Fan and the others all nodded along.
“Alright, you guys go.”
The Red Flame Realist nodded in satisfaction.
Afterward, Chen Fan and the other ten Foundation Establishment Stage Immortal Cultivators left.
“Fellow Daoist Chen Xuan, our positions are the closest, so please take care of them when we go down to the sea.”
Chen Fan was just about to leave, when the Immortal Cultivator who was at the same late Foundation Establishment Stage as him, came over with a smile.
This Immortal Cultivator’s name was Zhao Yuan, with whom he had exchanged a few times before.
“This is natural, if I am in danger, I also hope that fellow Daoist Zhao will come to my aid.”
Chen Fan nodded.
“Definitely!”
Zhao Yuan immediately said.
After Zhao Yuan left, Chen Fan saw that everyone else was communicating with each other, and after thinking about it, in order to avoid being too different, he came to the only Immortal Cultivator who was a Foundation Establishment Great Circle under the Red Flame Realist and said:
“Fellow Daoist Zhang, the Chaos Sea is full of dangers, who knows what is there, the two of us are positioned close to each other, when we enter the Chaos Sea, I hope that Fellow Daoist Zhang will take care of us.”
“I have no problem stepping in.”
Zhang Shouquan’s voice was calm, but with a faint arrogance, “But the price is clear, if I deal with a late stage Foundation Establishment Realm Beast like you, I want a hundred second-order Realm Stones.”
“If the target is a Realm Beast equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm, the Realm Stones will be doubled.”
“Good point.”
Chen Fan had a smile on his face.
But he shook his head for a while in his heart.
He had only come to say hello.
Totally not expecting this person, who actually gave so little face.
Want to take the boundary stone from him?
Just wait!
After that, he turned around and left.
Seeing Chen Fan’s appearance, Zhang Shouquan didn’t think anything of it.
Although he was only in the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Realm, in reality, if it wasn’t for the change in the laws of the Tian Yuan Immortal Cultivation Realm, he would have advanced to the Jindan Stage soon.
Moreover, his strength was such that there were few people who could rival him amongst Immortal Cultivators of the same level.
Therefore, amongst the crowd of Foundation Establishment stage Immortal Cultivators, he appeared to be quite lonely and proud.
Many people greeted him and he appeared cold.
Around him, a Foundation Establishment stage Immortal Cultivator saw this scene with different expressions.
Some shook their heads.
Some snickered.
There are a thousand different kinds of people.
Chen Fan did not pay any attention to these gazes.
Right now, his cultivation level was still too low.
When he broke through to the Jindan Stage, it would be much better.
Therefore after separating from the crowd, Chen Fan quickly returned to his area.
The territory of the Red Flame Realist was divided into ten areas along the bay.
For each area, it was led by a Foundation Establishment stage Immortal Cultivator.
His region was adjacent to the two Zhang Shouquan and Zhao Yuan.
“Have they all rested?”
Returning to his area, Chen Fan shouted at the group of Qi Practicing Stage Immortal Cultivators.
“Rested!”
The crowd of Qi Practicing Stage Immortal Cultivators, hurriedly replied back.
“Then go down to the sea!”
Chen Fan spoke in a deep voice.
The Boundary Sea did not have the concept of black day and white day.
The sky was always gray.
He looked at the sky and said, “There’s no need to rush in the beginning, let’s explore inward from the seashore, leave all the boats for now, and when we’re farther away from the shore, then we’ll open the boats and go deeper.”
The crowd heard this and immediately began to move.
Some Immortal cultivators who were good at water attribute spells, their faces showed excitement, waving their hands, there were water waves surrounding them, and they all jumped into the Chaos Sea and dived downwards.
Those Immortal Cultivators who were not water-attributed, on the other hand, each used their magic power to form a protective shield, separating themselves from the outside sea water before entering the Chaotic Sea.
Chen Fan stood on the shore and watched his men enter the Chaotic Sea one by one.
He did not immediately go into the water, but stayed on the shore, quietly observing the situation of the sea water, just in case.
The seawater of the Chaotic Sea was a deep chaotic color.
Looking at it for a long time would give one a sense of terror.
It was as if there was a great danger hidden beneath the deep waters.
At the same time, this kind of seawater also has the effect of isolating the divine sense of Immortal Cultivators.
Even the divine sense of a YuanYing stage Immortal Cultivator could not probe too far into the waters of the Chaotic Sea.
It was for this reason that the three YuanYing stage Immortal Cultivators had taken a group of Qi Practicing stage Immortal Cultivators under their wings to assist them in collecting boundary stones.
Chen Fan stood on the shore, a pair of eyes, one black and one white, flickering with a faint glow.
But even if he exerted his Yin Yang Tong Tian Pupil, it only allowed him to see the shallower parts of the Chaotic Sea, not any deeper.
“Rumble!”
Suddenly, a wave rippled in one of the seawater, and an Immortal Cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Practicing quickly escaped from the water.
Immediately after that, a two to three meter sized sector beast that looked as if it was a large crab poked out its pincers from the chaotic sea and quickly grabbed at the Immortal Cultivator.
“Whoosh!”
But right at this moment, a flash of sword light swept past the crab-like Realm Beast, splitting it into two halves.
Then when the sword light returned, a boundary stone appeared in Chen Fan’s hand.
“Many thanks, my lord!”
Seeing this scene, the mid Qi Practicing Immortal Cultivator, hurriedly thanked and said.
“Continue.”
“And all be careful, those who are not strong enough, all act in groups.”
Chen Fan spoke in a deep voice.
After saying that, he played with the boundary stone in his hand.
The boundary stones in the Boundary Sea were divided into many grades.
Like the one in his hand, it was a first rank boundary stone.
Ten first-order boundary stones could only be exchanged for one second-order boundary stone.
He was a Foundation Stage Immortal Cultivator.
Only second-order boundary stones would be useful to him.
As for Jindan Stage Immortal Cultivators, they had to refine the Third Order Boundary Stones in order to raise their cultivation level.
“The Destiny Child I wished for can increase the chances of events going in a good direction, and now that I’m in charge of two hundred people in my hands, all of these people searching for a boundary stone will also share a portion of it with me.”
“In this case, the speed at which they search for boundary stones should also increase, right?”
Chen Fan played with the boundary stone in his hand, his eyes burning.
“But this wish, I’ve only just wished for a few days, the effect is not expected to be great in the early stages, the further I have to go, the more powerful my Destiny’s Child ability, the greater it will be.”
Chen Fan swept his gaze across the Chaotic Sea.
At this moment, one of his men was at the seashore of the Chaotic Sea, constantly moving in and out.
(End of Chapter)