Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 40: A Firm Stance and Changed Conditions (Please Read and Recommend!)

The once bustling Black Pine Mountain Market is now desolate, and the first-grade superior spirit array, the Myriad Wood Earth Element Array, has been activated.

Under the cover of the formation, the cultivators from the Lu, Liu, and Song families gathered together, their faces solemn as they looked at the group of cultivators outside the formation.

These cultivators are the bandits of Green Flame Valley, and there are a total of five cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

The strongest of the five is the leader, Chen Lin, who possesses two first-grade high-quality magic weapons.

These two top-grade first-tier magic weapons, one for offense and one for defense, greatly compensated for his weaknesses.

In addition, he had also mastered the two first-tier techniques, Divine Sword Finger and Spiritual Energy, to the point that the three Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivators from the Liu and Song families were no match for him.

The reason why Song Yuanshan and his two companions wanted to fight the bandits of Green Flame Valley was because they placed their hopes on Lu Wenxing.

Because Lu Wenxing had previously killed a Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator, his strength was greater than theirs.

"Boss Chen, we are willing to give up a portion of the profits from Black Pine Mountain Market, but the conditions you have offered are too harsh and we simply cannot agree to them!"

Under the cover of the formation, Song Yuanshan looked solemnly at the short figure in front of him.

This short figure is Chen Lin, the leader of Green Flame Valley. He is very short, far below the average height of an adult man, and his appearance is also quite ugly.

This physical condition and appearance also fostered Chen Lin's twisted personality. Upon hearing Song Yuanshan's words, a chilling smile immediately appeared on his ugly face.

"You probably don't know what I'm capable of, yet you still want to negotiate with me!"

Chen Lin let out a strange laugh: "Since you want to change the terms, then let's change them a little. You all get out of here now. From today onwards, this market town is ours!"

The bandits of Green Flame Valley had originally promised to give the Lu, Liu, and Song families 10% of the profits, but now they wouldn't even give up 10% and wanted to drive the Lu, Liu, and Song families out of Black Pine Mountain Market.

In the market, Song Yuanshan and the others had dark faces. They had not expected the Green Flame Valley bandits to be so tough.

Lu Cheng'an stood behind Lu Wensheng, his gaze sweeping over the late-stage Qi Refining bandits of Black Pine Mountain, finally settling on Chen Lin and the other five ninth-stage Qi Refining bandits.

"Chen Lin exudes a very strong aura, quite different from the rogue cultivators. He is even stronger than Song Yuanshan and the other two cultivators from the Qi Refining Immortal Clan. I wonder what kind of fortuitous encounter he had to acquire such strength!"

Chen Lin was very perceptive; Lu Cheng'an's gaze lingered on him for only a moment before he immediately looked away.

The other four Qi Refining Level 9 bandits were much weaker. Lu Cheng'an felt that if he went all out, he should be able to kill them in a one-on-one situation.

Lu Cheng'an currently possesses two first-tier high-grade magic artifacts, both of which are defensive magic artifacts.

One was a close-fitting soft armor, and the other was a defensive spirit seal. With these two first-grade high-quality magic artifacts combined, even a Qi Refining level nine cultivator would find it difficult to break through Lu Cheng'an's defense.

Of course, while these two first-tier high-grade defensive magic artifacts bring powerful defensive capabilities, they also consume a great deal of a cultivator's mana.

Lu Cheng'an's cultivation had only recently broken through to the seventh level of Qi Refining, and the amount of magical power accumulated in his dantian was still somewhat inferior to that of a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator.

In addition, Lu Cheng'an also carried two first-grade high-level attack talismans and four first-grade high-level pills.

Of the four first-grade high-quality pills, two were for restoring mana, one for healing, and the remaining one was a pill with a special function. This pill was called the Bursting Yuan Pill, which could greatly enhance a cultivator's strength for a short period of time. However, after the pill's effects dissipated, the cultivator who took the Bursting Yuan Pill would fall into a period of weakness.

During the weakened period, cultivators are almost indistinguishable from ordinary people; this is the side effect of the Bursting Yuan Pill.

Fortunately, this kind of pill does not cause any damage to the cultivator's body, so this side effect is still acceptable.

The first-grade superior-quality Bursting Yuan Pill is extremely precious. This kind of pill is the foundation of the Lu family, and they only have two in total.

When the Lu family cultivators came to Black Pine Mountain Market this time, they brought both of the Bursting Yuan Pills with them.

Lu Cheng'an has one pill, while the other pill is in Lu Wensheng's possession.

Lu Cheng'an was able to obtain this Exploding Yuan Pill after demonstrating his strength.

His combat power has surpassed that of Lu Wenhua and Lu Wenmei, both at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and even Lu Wensheng, who has been at the eighth level of Qi Refining for many years, is no match for him.

Lu Cheng'an felt that if he could use the power of the Exploding Yuan Pill, even Chen Lin, the leader of the Green Flame Valley bandits, would not be his match.

Of course, this is just Lu Cheng'an's conjecture. As for whether he can defeat Chen Lin with the help of the Exploding Yuan Pill, we will have to wait until they actually fight to see.

"Chen Lin, don't push your luck!" Song Yuanshan's face was dark. He originally wanted to negotiate with Chen Lin, but he didn't expect Chen Lin's attitude to be so tough, and he even reduced his previous conditions.

"Boss, why waste words with these guys? Let's just attack, kill them, and take their wealth. We'll definitely make a fortune!"

Behind Chen Lin, a thin, middle-aged man spoke in a sinister voice. This was Wei Xin, the second-in-command of Green Flame Valley.

After Wei Xin finished speaking, the bandits from Green Flame Valley around him immediately chimed in. They were used to killing and plundering and couldn't stand such fussing and nagging.

"Since you brothers are so eager, let's get started!" Chen Lin smiled sinisterly and instantly pulled out a dusty gray talisman from his storage bag.

The moment Lu Wensheng saw the talisman, his expression changed drastically.

"Fellow Daoists, prepare for battle! Chen Lin is holding a first-grade, high-ranking formation-breaking talisman!"

Although the formation-breaking talisman that Chen Lin took out was only of the first-grade high quality, this kind of talisman was extremely difficult to refine. Basically, only second-grade spirit talisman masters at the Foundation Establishment stage could refine it.

Chen Lin was originally a bandit cultivator, and Lu Wensheng found it hard to understand where Chen Lin obtained the first-grade high-level array-breaking talisman.

The defensive power of the first-tier superior spirit array, the Myriad Wood Earth Element Array, in Black Pine Mountain Market is very strong. If this array is not broken, even if the Green Flame Valley bandits are stronger than the cultivators from the Lu, Liu, and Song families, they will not be able to cause much damage to them.

However, the situation is different now. Once the Myriad Wood Earth Element Formation is broken, the cultivators from the three families and the bandits from Green Flame Valley will face off directly, and there will inevitably be casualties.

"You have a good eye; you actually recognized this as a formation-breaking talisman!"

Chen Lin sneered, but in the blink of an eye, he unleashed the array-breaking talisman.

(End of this chapter)