Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1262: More Monks Than Porridge

Chapter 1262: Chapter 1262: More Monks Than Porridge

Chapter 1262: More Monks Than Porridge

Martial artists seek life experiences for multiple reasons: first, to broaden their horizons and enrich their knowledge; second, to accumulate actual combat experience and tap into their potential, thereby enhancing their strength; and third, to search for various opportunities, including various cultivation resources.

Fang Bai’s trip to Shenwu Continent this time is mainly to reunite with friends and family from the Secular World who are part of Huaxia Sect.

Of course, with an abundance of Heaven and Earth Origin Energy and innumerable cultivation resources, and with martial artists whose strength is unmatched in this era, another purpose of Fang Bai’s visit is to seek opportunities.

Since his rebirth, Fang Bai has been consistently diligent in his cultivation efforts, in the Secular World or in one of the three thousand Minor Worlds of the True Martial Realm, striving continually to return to the Immortal Realm. Despite the dangerous and arduous path ahead, he has never shied away and has always faced difficulties head-on, never taking a single step back.

In his previous life, Fang Bai went through ten thousand years of cultivation, achieving the supreme status of Immortal Venerable. He glanced into many mysteries of the Heaven and Earth Dao and knew that the Secular World, the three thousand Minor Worlds, the three thousand Major Worlds, and even the Immortal and Divine Realms that he had not visited in his previous life, were not isolated from each other; rather, they were interconnected by Teleportation Arrays.

However, the Teleportation Arrays between worlds are typically set up in dangerous and hidden places, beyond the perception of ordinary martial artists. Only martial artists who have reached a certain realm and are proficient in Formation secret techniques have the hope of finding and activating a Teleportation Array, thus entering a whole new world through it.

When Fang Bai initially led hundreds of martial artists from the Secular World into the True Martial Realm through a Teleportation Array, it was just so.

The deployment of Teleportation Arrays between parallel planes is relatively easy; Fang Bai of the previous life, who possessed the combat strength of an Immortal Venerable and was well-versed in Formation secret techniques, had this capability.

But Teleportation Arrays that connect different planes can only be established by those supreme beings that possess the power to open the heavens and reshape the cosmos. Once a Teleportation Array is established, it becomes incredibly durable, remaining undamaged even after thousands or tens of thousands of years.

Fang Bai is confident that once his strength reaches the realm of Innate perfection, and he finds the Teleportation Formation in this world, he will be able to enter the three thousand Major Worlds and continue his cultivation on the Martial Dao, thus possibly returning to the Immortal Realm and regaining his peak strength.

However, Fang Bai’s current Cultivation Level is only equivalent to the Cosmic Level perfection realm in this world. To reach the realm of Innate perfection and cross over the Universe Level realm is no easy feat.

Therefore, for Fang Bai, the journey back to the Immortal Realm is long and arduous. What he must do now is to search for various opportunities to enhance his own strength.

The cluster of Spiritual Fire located near the Eternal Death Zone, not far from Divine Fire Town, has piqued Fang Bai’s strong interest.

In Fang Bai’s view, if he can find and consume that cluster of Spiritual Fire, his Cultivation Level will surely breakthrough significantly with the help of the Heaven and Earth Origin Energy contained within the Spiritual Fire. His strength will advance rapidly, and the power of his Fire-type Martial Arts when executed will become even more formidable.

"...After learning that the Eternal Death Zone harbors a Flame Elemental Stone Vein, within just half a month’s time, tens of thousands of martial artists have gathered in Divine Fire Town. Using this as a foothold, they explore the Flame Elemental Stone Vein, all hoping to get a share of the bounty... Among these martial artists are Sect Disciples as well as Individual Cultivation Martial Artists from various sects..."

While Fang Bai was silently attuning to the Fire Primordial Qi from the Eternal Death Zone, Wu Ling, a Core Disciple of the Golden Crow Manor, incessantly conveyed the recent happenings to Sun Guangyi with a tone brimming with indignation, her eyes looking at the martial artists in the town filled with malice.

In the view of Wu Ling and almost all Golden Crow Manor Disciples, the Eternal Death Zone lies adjacent to the edge of Golden Crow Manor’s territory. The Flame Elemental Stone Vein discovered there should rightfully belong to Golden Crow Manor. Now, these external martial artists trying to tap into the Essence Stone Mine is equivalent to infringing upon the interests of the Golden Crow Manor.

As a first-class sect that commands over ten thousand disciples, Golden Crow Manor is seldom provoked, but the Essence Stone Vein spanning a thousand miles under the Eternal Death Zone is enough to drive martial artists into a frenzy, making them disregard all consequences.

Ordinary sect forces indeed find it difficult to confront a behemoth like Golden Crow Manor, but if many sects form an alliance and agree to advance and retreat together, they could give Golden Crow Manor a headache.

As for the individual cultivation martial artists who are weak and alone, they naturally also use the method of forming alliances, small groups of thirty to fifty people, or larger groups of up to hundreds or thousands. Gathering together, they elect a temporary leader to contend with Golden Crow Manor, resolved not to rest until they have divided up some benefits among themselves.

Thus, tens of thousands of martial artists formed dozens of small or large sect alliances and individual cultivation martial artist alliances, with Divine Fire Town as their base. Every day, each alliance sends out some martial artists to the edge of the Eternal Death Zone to investigate the Essence Stone Vein and discuss how to mine the Essence Stones.

Although Golden Crow Manor is strong and has many disciples, the Eternal Death Zone is simply too vast to effectively prevent other martial artists from approaching. The occasional encounters between the two sides, leading to standoffs or conflicts, hardly leave Golden Crow Manor at an advantage.

At the same time, those sect forces that are as powerful as Golden Crow Manor but in a hostile position also began to stir, seizing the opportunity to cause trouble for Golden Crow Manor. Even some major sects reached an agreement in secret, planning to take advantage of the situation to eliminate Golden Crow Manor and divide its stored cultivation resources and the Essence Stone Vein of the Eternal Death Zone.

As a first-class sect, Golden Crow Manor was naturally well-informed. After the high-level members learned about this, they discussed and decided to release a message claiming that they were willing to share the Essence Stone Vein with all the martial artists, but Golden Crow Manor must hold the majority share.

Although Golden Crow Manor showed a sign of softening, it did not lead to the retreat of the martial artists from all sides. After all, although the Essence Stone Vein stored underground in the Eternal Death Zone is colossal, it is not easy to mine, and with the resources divided among tens of thousands of martial artists, there would be very little left. Moreover, martial artists continue to arrive at Divine Fire Town, making the situation even more like a case of too many monks and not enough porridge.

Uneven distribution of benefits naturally led to dissatisfaction, especially since Golden Crow Manor wanted to take the lion’s share, which was condemned by other martial artists. Coupled with some sect forces with ulterior motives fanning the flames in the dark, standoffs and conflicts kept occurring, leaving the disciples of Golden Crow Manor overwhelmed and without peace.

"It’s the disciples of Golden Crow Manor!"

"Golden Crow Manor has severely damaged many of our martial artists from the Justice Alliance; let’s surround them and demand justice!"

"Don’t let them get away!"

"Capture them, let Golden Crow Manor exchange them for cultivation resources!"

...

Suddenly, the crowd not far away stirred up, and along with the shouts, over a hundred martial artists surged out from the alleys of Divine Fire Town, encircling Fang Bai and about a dozen others.

"Disciples of Tianji Sect? Heh, to think that they have also gotten involved in this matter..."

Fang Bai’s gaze swept over the martial artists who had surrounded them. He sensed the same martial artist aura as Ying Guangping and Feng Peilan, his mouth twitching slightly as his eyes emitted a chilling sharpness.