Dragon Devouring Cultivation

Chapter 67 The End
The battle above the market town came to an end. The head of the Zhao family was fighting against the head of the Lin family and another half-step foundation-building cultivator. Originally, the strength of the head of the Lin family was comparable to that of the head of the Zhao family. With the addition of a master of the same level, the head of the Zhao family was in a passive situation.

The head of the Lin family was particularly active in the battle. Unlike the two leaders of the Golden Sword Gang, his family was based in the market town. If he was defeated, not to mention how many members of the Lin family would escape, the loss of the industry alone would be immeasurable.

He used a second-order talisman. Although he was at half a step into the foundation-building stage, it was still very rare to come into contact with a second-order spiritual object.

After the second-level talisman was activated, a second-level flame rushed towards the head of the Zhao family.

When the Zhao family head saw the second-level flame, his face changed drastically, and his first-grade superior shield took the initiative to face the second-level flame.

The first-grade superior shield collided with the second-grade flame. The light on the first-grade superior shield quickly dimmed, and in a moment the first-grade superior shield fell from the air.

The remaining power of the second-order flame continued to attack the head of the Zhao family, and the defensive spell cast on the head of the Zhao family was broken in an instant.

He let out a scream, and his left arm was set on fire by the second-level flame.

"Withdraw from the market!" he shouted.

This was to inform the Zhao clan members that he had lost the desire to continue fighting.

He swung his right hand, and the flying sword cut off his burning left arm. Then he took out a special talisman, and after activating it, his body turned into a ray of light and fled into the distance.

Patriarch Lin did not expect Patriarch Zhao to be so decisive. He did not pursue him in time. By the time he wanted to pursue him, Patriarch Zhao had already left the market.

"Let him escape!" said the Lin family head unwillingly.

If it was just defeating the head of the Zhao family and letting him escape, it would not be a big deal, but his attack just now caused the head of the Zhao family to lose an arm, which was tantamount to destroying the head of the Zhao family's hope of further progress.

Although the hatred for family interests is great, the hatred that blocks his path is even greater. The two hatreds added together are enough to make the head of the Lin family always be wary of revenge from the head of the Zhao family in the future.

But now was not the time to think about this, he and another half-step foundation-building cultivator rushed towards the leader of the Iron Sword Gang.

The battle in the air was no longer suspenseful, and the battle in the market town started again.

But this time it was no longer a battle of equal strength, but a one-sided pursuit.

After seeing the Zhao family head being defeated, both the Zhao family members and the Iron Sword Gang members gave up resistance and chose to flee.

Once the three half-step foundation-building cultivators in the air dealt with the last leader of the Iron Sword Gang, as long as one of the three half-step foundation-building cultivators was free, they could crush the Zhao clan and the Iron Sword Gang.

When the Iron Sword Gang leader saw that the Zhao family leader was defeated and fled, he knew that nothing could be done, so he swung out five thundering sword lights in succession and forced the Golden Knife Gang leader to retreat.

Before the two men from the Lin family surrounded him, he flew out of the market on his sword.

"Don't try to run away!" The head of the Lin family activated a talisman, and the leader of the Iron Sword Gang also took out a talisman without looking back. The two talismans collided in the air.

When the aftermath of the collision between the two talismans dissipated, the figure of the Iron Sword Gang leader had already disappeared into the distance.

The head of the Lin family gritted his teeth and glanced at the leader of the Golden Sword Gang. If the leader of the Golden Sword Gang had used his full strength just now, he might not be able to kill the leader of the Iron Sword Gang, but he could at least injure him.

But the leader of the Golden Sword Gang did not take action, and the same was true for the other half-step foundation-building cultivator.

"Let them escape, the market town will be ours from now on!" said the leader of the Golden Sword Gang with a smile.

The reason why he didn't use all his strength to keep the Iron Sword Gang leader was because he didn't want to get hurt, especially in front of the head of the Lin family.

The Iron Sword Gang Leader's swordsmanship is extremely powerful, and it would be impossible for the Golden Knife Gang Leader to leave his words behind without paying a price.

If he really gets hurt, the leader of the Golden Sword Gang will not be at ease with the head of the Lin family.

Besides, letting the leader of the Iron Sword Gang leave would make the head of the Lin family rely on him honestly.

The one that Iron Sword Gang Leader and Zhao Family Head hate the most is definitely not the Golden Knife Gang Leader, but the betrayed Lin Family Head. As long as Iron Sword Gang Leader and Zhao Family Head are still alive, Lin Family Head must try his best to make friends with the Golden Knife Gang Leader.

The leader of the Golden Sword Gang, the head of the Lin family, and another cultivator who was half a step away from foundation building ended the battle in the sky. They drove their magic weapons to attack the cultivators who were still resisting stubbornly below.

After a few minutes, there was no more chaos in the market town. Even those independent cultivators who took advantage of the situation to rob people stopped their actions.

"The Lin family is more familiar with the market town and will be responsible for pacifying the independent cultivators. Brother Liu and I will go to take over the Zhao family's and the Iron Sword Gang's foundation!" The Golden Sword Gang leader made the arrangements.

The head of the Lin family wanted to refute, but he didn't have the courage.

He had already offended the Iron Sword Gang leader and the Zhao family leader, and if he fell out with the Golden Knife Gang leader, the Lin family would have no room to survive in the future. He was already somewhat regretful at this time, because he had suffered great losses in the conflict with the Iron Sword Gang, and later the Zhao family leader came forward to mediate, but did not let the Iron Sword Gang compensate the Lin family, so he was dissatisfied at that time.

It happened that the Golden Sword Gang joined forces with some small forces to plan the market town, and the head of the Lin family approached the Golden Sword Gang, and eventually formed a situation of internal and external cooperation.

Now the head of Lin family has successfully driven away Zhao family and Iron Sword Gang, but he is not happy. The Golden Sword Gang brought people to take over the foundation of Zhao family and Iron Sword Gang, but the Lin family's industry has not increased.

He took the risk of fighting, but did not gain any corresponding benefits. However, he still had to endure it.

The chaos in the market town ended, and many independent cultivators began to return to the market town.

No matter who the owner of the market town is, independent cultivators have to rely on the market town to survive.

The independent cultivators who escaped from the market town this time were all worried about being affected by the battle. They will all come back after the market town returns to normal.

Li Zhen watched the wandering cultivators heading towards the market town, but he did not follow them immediately.

He decided to observe for a while and make sure it was safe.

In fact, the market town is still very tolerant of independent cultivators. Independent cultivators are the foundation of the market town. After the independent cultivators start to return, the market town will accept them and re-register them.

The Lin family was originally the manager of the market town, so the wooden houses of the former cultivators and the spiritual fields they rented had not changed.

Even if some wooden houses or spiritual fields were destroyed, with the death of so many independent cultivators, a large number of wooden houses and spiritual fields were vacant, so there was no need to worry about the shortage of wooden houses and spiritual fields.

Li Zhen watched the wandering cultivators return to the wooden house one by one, and then he followed the crowd back to the market town.

"Bring me your ID card!" He was received by a manager of Lin's company, who said to him expressionlessly.

Li Zhen took out the wooden ID card and handed it to the steward, who took it and took out a new ID card.

"Number 17, Area C is intact, your residence remains unchanged. Do you want to rent more spiritual fields?" The steward handed the new ID card to Li Zhen and asked.

Spiritual plant husband is the most common profession in the market, and it is also the basis for the market to gather a large number of cultivators.

Too many independent cultivators died this time, and there were relatively few spiritual plant husbands, which led to the manager's inquiry.

"I've just started learning how to become a spiritual plant husband, and two acres of spiritual fields is already the limit!" Li Zhen shook his head and replied.

The manager was just asking and didn't force him. He waved goodbye and asked him to leave.

Li Zhen sighed inwardly. If he really relied on the spiritual fields to survive, this power change in the market town would be enough to bankrupt him.

The spiritual rice planted in the spiritual field was destroyed, and the spiritual energy dissipated, so the spiritual field needed to be replanted.

This means that not only all previous efforts were wasted, but also the spiritual seeds were lost, and they would need to be purchased again to replant.

A casual cultivator without sufficient financial resources might not be able to recover for a long time.

The defensive formation of the market town was reopened soon, and the spiritual energy emitted by the first-grade superior spiritual vein was once again bound within the defensive formation.

Li Zhen returned to the wooden house, he set up the 'Small Inverted Five Elements Formation' and began to practice the 'Seventeenth Edition of the Basic Qi Training Method'.

During this time of cultivation, he made other discoveries.

When he practiced the 'Seventeenth Edition of the Basic Qi Training Method' before, he would only introduce wood-type spiritual energy into his body.

But this time when he was practicing, the spiritual energy he introduced included gold spiritual energy. The wood spiritual energy and gold spiritual energy entered his body at the same time, and after the exercises were circulated in his body, they gathered in his dantian.

There was originally only wood-type spiritual power in the Dantian, and the entry of gold-type spiritual power did not cause any changes in the Dantian.

This is the special feature of the 'Seventeenth Edition of the Basic Qigong Method'. Its great inclusiveness allows this method to adapt to any spiritual root talent.

Generally, when practicing the 'Seventeenth Edition of the Basic Qi Training Method', one would only adapt to the strongest spiritual root. In the past, his strongest spiritual root was the wood spiritual root, and the spiritual power he cultivated was naturally the wood spiritual root.

Now that there is an additional mid-grade gold spiritual root, the 'Seventeenth Edition of the Basic Qi Training Method' did not abandon the wood spiritual root, but added gold spiritual roots to participate in the practice.

(End of this chapter)