Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 193 - 193 120 Bai Keke Su Yi Chen Gang_1

193: 120 Bai Keke, Su Yi, Chen Gang_1 193: 120 Bai Keke, Su Yi, Chen Gang_1 As the seasons changed from spring to fall, half a year passed by.

A grand palace stood with a plaque bearing the words “Tiandan Palace” in bold characters.

Inside a secret chamber, the stone walls were covered with intricate array patterns.

Shen Long was seated on a red cushion, his gaze fixed intently on the Scarlet Crow Cauldron before him.

Ice Silkworm True Person had helped Shen Long upgrade the Scarlet Crow Cauldron to a top-grade magic artifact, significantly improving the efficiency of alchemy.

A mass of crimson flames enveloped the Scarlet Crow Cauldron, filling the room with a rich fragrance of herbs.

After a while, Shen Long made a hand gesture, and the crimson flames dissipated.

He opened the lid of the cauldron to reveal ten pale gold pills inside—all were of medium quality.

Jinning Pills, a second-grade elixir, were effective for healing injuries.

In the half year since Shen Long arrived at Refuse Barbarian City, he hadn’t crossed hands with any Barbarian Cultivator, focusing mainly on alchemy.

The Barbarian Tribe’s Totem Techniques were quite formidable.

Besides that, the Barbarians were very strong, with many among them being body cultivators.

Since the battle began, the Human Cultivators had suffered heavy casualties, sharply increasing the demand for healing pills.

The Skywolf Tribe joined forces with the Thunder Hawk Tribe, and fourteen sects from three nations teamed up.

Once the battle started, the Core Formation Cultivators from both sides took action.

After several were killed or injured, the fight entered into a stalemate phase, with smaller clashes every seven days and major battles once a month.

Every seven days, both sides would send a group of Foundation Establishment Cultivators to engage in direct conflict, and every month, Core Formation Cultivators would join the fray.

So far, more than twenty Core Formation Cultivators had fallen, while the Foundation Establishment casualties exceeded two thousand.

Many Foundation Establishment Cultivators were either seriously injured or disabled.

Qi Refining Cultivators were mainly responsible for menial tasks such as patrolling and building camps, while Foundation Establishment Cultivators became the main expendables.

Thankfully, with fourteen sects joining forces and recruiting affiliated powers, a large number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators were conscripted, with three of the Donghua Ten Evils also arriving.

Many Loose Cultivators participated in the war as well.

They couldn’t resist the abundant cultivation resources offered by the three nations, even materials for Nascent Soul formation were brought out.

With enough accumulation of Kind Attributes, materials for Nascent Soul formation could be exchanged, not to mention Core Formation spiritual objects, Dharma Treasures, formations, spirit beasts, elixirs, and other cultivation resources.

Killing Barbarian Cultivators was the fastest way to earn Kind Attributes—the higher the cultivation of the Barbarian Cultivator slain, the more Kind Attributes earned.

With such substantial rewards offered, many powerful Core Formation Cultivators emerged among the Human Clan, such as the Soul Severing Hermit, one of them.

Soul Severing Hermit hailed from the Southern Border Cultivation World.

He was a Poison Cultivator proficient in poison techniques and possessed a mid-stage Core Formation cultivation.

One-on-one, he had killed a mid-stage Core Formation Cultivator.

Ice Silkworm True Person’s strength was not weak either.

By fusing with his life-bound spirit insect, the Green-Eyed Ice Silkworm, he had killed a mid-stage Core Formation Cultivator and severely injured another.

Ice Silkworm True Person was one of the Nine Outstanding of the Spirit Control Sect, a key cultivation figure with extraordinary strength.

Wang Yongqi of the Xuanyang Sect also took action.

He possessed a fire attribute Heavenly Spirit Root and was detected with it during the Ascension Conference.

He was then accepted into the Xuanyang Sect and became a disciple of the Xuanyang True Monarch.

Within less than a hundred years, he advanced to the Core Formation Stage.

Wang Yongqi killed an early-stage Core Formation Cultivator, earning fame in a single battle.

Baigui Reverend of the Hundred Ghosts Sect possessed a Core Formation stage ghost creature.

By combining with it, his strength surged, enabling him to slay a mid-stage Barbarian Cultivator of the Core Formation Stage.

Ice Flame True Person of the Cold Flame Sect had with him the Ice Jade True Flame, ranked at two hundred thirty-five on the Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire List, born from a ten-thousand-year-old glacier, and capable of freezing all things.

Ice Flame True Person had nurtured it to the third stage.

Using a clump of third-stage Spirit Flame, he annihilated a late-stage Core Formation Barbarian Cultivator, creating an impressive reputation.

Of course, several powerful Core Formation masters had emerged on the Barbarian side, too, with Su Keha and Hai Yunzhu being the most outstanding.

They came from the Skywolf Tribe and the Thunder Hawk Tribe, respectively, each having eliminated two Core Formation Cultivators.

Su Keha was a body cultivator with immense strength and a robust physique that was difficult to damage with magic artifacts.

Hai Yunzhu raised a late third-stage Lion-tiger Beast and had the assistance of Totem Techniques.

Both the Human Clan and the Barbarian Tribe wanted to control the Qingxu Crystal Mine and neither was willing to back down.

Fortunately, up to now, Nascent Soul Cultivators hadn’t taken action, and it was primarily Foundation Establishment and Core Formation Cultivators who engaged in the struggle.

Currently, Foundation Establishment Cultivators were the most expended, and various resources were being continuously transported from the rear to the treasury, to be distributed as needed.

Shen Long received materials from one Executor, crafted elixirs, and then submitted them to another Executor.

Shen Long took out a blue porcelain bottle and stored away the Jinning Pills from the cauldron.

He put away the Scarlet Crow Cauldron, opened the door, and walked out, emerging onto a red stone corridor.

Here, numerous independent secret chambers were reserved exclusively for second-grade alchemists.

He hadn’t gone far when the door of a secret chamber opened, and a slim girl in a blue dress stepped out.

The girl with the blue dress had a round face and big eyes, with a hint of baby fat on her cheeks, bright eyes and white teeth, hair that reached her waist, and a waist emphasised by a white silk belt.

“Fairy Bai!”

Shen Long greeted her.

The blue-dressed girl, named Bai Keke, was a descendant of Ice Flame True Person.

She had a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation and was a second-grade alchemist.

“Taoist Friend Shen, what a coincidence!”

Bai Keke’s voice was sweet as she greeted Shen Long.

“Fairy Bai, I have arranged a banquet at Drunken Immortal Inn and have invited some friends.

I wonder if you have time to join us?

The time is tomorrow evening at 7PM.”

Shen Long asked politely.

He had made the acquaintance of many Foundation Establishment Cultivators and wanted to host a gathering to expand his social network and exchange cultivation resources.

“Sure, I’ll definitely be there on time.”

Bai Keke agreed.

They conversed and laughed as they walked outside.

As they passed by another secret chamber, the door opened, and a burly young man in black stepped out.

The young man in black had a square face and small eyes and, given his attire, belonged to the Hundred Ghosts Sect.