After Chen Lin left Tongtian Pavilion, he had one less foundation-building pill but enough materials for a hundred furnaces.
This made him excited and he also saw a golden avenue.
With his output of two pills in ten furnaces, he could have endless spirit stones just by selling the foundation-building pills!
However, Chen Lin has not lost his mind. He knows how risky it is to sell Foundation Establishment Pills. Once he is targeted, he will die without knowing how he died.
So he didn't plan to sell it now, but to wait until he broke through the foundation-building stage, and he also had to find a safe sales channel.
In order to conceal his identity, Chen Lin changed his appearance three times in a row. Finally, he dived to the bottom of the sea, transformed himself into the honest young man Chen Zhili, and swam a long way before resurfacing.
After making sure everything was safe, he returned to Xiaoqiu Island and began his retreat.
One month later.
While all the major sects were preparing for war in full swing, the Qishen Sect took the lead in launching the war.
What the sect alliance did not expect was that the Qishen Sect displayed extremely strong combat effectiveness and defeated all major forces around the Duanmeng Mountains with ease.
Regardless of the size of the sect, they must either join the Qishen Sect or be purged.
It was soon reported that Huang Yu Zhenren of Lieyang Sect surrendered to Qishen Sect with some of his confidants. Most of the rest of the sect members who were unwilling to join died in the battle, and a small number escaped from Yan State.
The Lieyang Sect was destroyed!
Another large sect in Yan State, the Qingyang Sect, also suffered heavy losses, but under the leadership of Sect Master Luo Qinglan, they managed to save most of their core disciples, break out of the siege of the Qishen Sect, and retreat into the territory of Chu State.
Ten days later, news came that a Jindan sect in Izumo Kingdom surrendered to the Qishen Sect, which greatly increased the power of the Qishen Sect.
As various forces were constantly conquered or surrendered, several large sects saw that the situation was not good and immediately convened a Jindan Conference to discuss countermeasures.
Finally, they reached an agreement to form the Righteous Alliance, centralized all the monks, and divided the troops into three groups to encircle and suppress the Qishen Sect.
This decision finally stabilized the situation, causing the expansion of the Qishen Sect to begin to stagnate, and the righteous monks got a chance to catch their breath.
But no countermeasure was formed, and the two sides reached a stalemate, with each side winning and losing.
This situation lasted for half a year.
On this day, two young men came to Xiaoqiu Island, both wearing the uniforms of disciples from Neptune Island.
A man and a woman, showing intimacy.
"Brother, after checking this Xiaoqiu Island, let's find a place to rest. Don't be too anxious. Otherwise, if you go back and your name is called, you will have to go to the front line to perform tasks. Frontline tasks are not as easy, free, and safe as this patrol mission."
The female disciple was in her twenties, petite and cute, with two dimples when she smiled.
The man called senior brother was wearing a blue robe, looked to be about thirty years old, and had a slightly dark complexion.
Hearing this, he looked at his junior sister lovingly and said, "You just don't strive for progress. This kind of patrol mission is easy, but the merits are few! The missions at the frontline are dangerous, but after going out a few times, you can almost collect enough merits to exchange for foundation-building pills. The second and third senior brothers have already exchanged for foundation-building pills when they came back this time and are ready to build their foundations."
The junior sister sighed upon hearing this and said depressedly, "Last time the sect refined so many foundation-building pills, I thought they would be distributed for free. After all, I have dual spiritual roots, so I will definitely get one. I didn't expect that after the Grand Elder came out of retreat, he said something and it became a merit exchange. It's really infuriating."
"Shut up!"
The blue-robed young man glared at his junior sister, checked the surroundings, and after seeing that no one was passing by, he warned her: "How dare you complain about the decision of the Grand Elder? You don't want to live anymore. If the news gets out, Master won't be able to protect you!"
Junior sister stuck out her tongue and said, "There is no one else here, and you won't go and tell on me, Senior Brother. And what I said is not wrong, now everything requires merit, and the cultivation resources are controlled by the alliance, so I can't even buy elixirs with spirit stones, it's too inconvenient."
"Okay, I think you are really not suitable to go to the front line. It is better for you to do some security tasks in the rear. Anyway, your Qiao family has a deep foundation. It is impossible for them to watch you without foundation-building pills when the time comes. They will always find a way."
After saying that, the young man in blue robe released a stream of magic power, which hit the outer formation of Xiaoqiu Island, causing the formation to shake.
Then he said in a loud voice: "I am a disciple of the Sea King Sect who is on patrol. Fellow Daoist has been in arrears with rent for several months. Can you stay on the island now?"
Seeing no movement for a long time, he spoke again: "Daoist Chen Zhili, are you on the island? If you don't answer, we will break into the formation!"
Still no movement.
Seeing this, the junior sister snorted coldly: "The rent has been owed for so long, and he is not on the island. He must have fled because he was afraid of being drafted."
"Run?" The blue-robed youth sneered, "Where can you run to? Now you can either join the Righteous Alliance or sell yourself to the Prayer Cult. Is there any other place to stay?"
The junior sister nodded, "That's right. Without the Demon Purifying Pill, I can't even practice peacefully. Moreover, merits cannot be traded. I have to come out to do the tasks myself. It's really annoying."
"Alright, stop complaining. I came here with you. Take out the control token and open the formation to see what's going on."
The young man in blue robe shook his head, feeling helpless about his junior sister's bad temper.
The junior sister was still angry, but she still obediently took out a token and shot a beam of light at the island. The fog on the island suddenly split in the middle, and the two of them landed on the island.
"The only thing left is the illusion array set up by the sect. There is not even any defensive array left. The person must have left."
The junior sister grumbled, and the two of them began to explore the island.
On the bank of the Jinshui River, a strong man was standing by the river, looking at a huge city not far away.
This person is Chen Lin.
He had successfully established his foundation and left Xiaoqiu Island a month ago.
The process of building the foundation was extremely dangerous, as he had to use twelve foundation-building pills before he succeeded!
By the end, his body could no longer bear it and had suffered great damage. If he had not succeeded, he would probably have broken his tendons and veins and become a disabled person.
Fortunately, it was successful.
Even so, it took a full month of conditioning for the body to fully recover.
"It took twelve foundation-building pills to successfully build the foundation. I think this has broken the record in the world of immortal cultivation!"
Chen Lin laughed at himself.
But it doesn’t matter, since he has the innate ability, he can eat the Foundation Establishment Pills as candy beans!
Even if twelve pills were used, there were still nine pills left in the storage bag. There wasn't much else, just a lot of Foundation Establishment Pills.
After feeling a little proud, Chen Lin once again set his sights on the huge city in front of him.
This is Danding City, which is more lively and prosperous than before, but it no longer belongs to the Danding Sect, but is one of the bases of the Righteous Alliance.
In just less than a few months, the outside world has undergone earth-shaking changes, which Chen Lin never expected.
He had originally planned to return to his hometown to travel after building his foundation, and then find a quiet place to consolidate his cultivation, but now he can't do it.
The entire Yan State has become the territory of the Qishen Sect.
Not only that, even the dangerous area of Black Water Marsh has been occupied by the Qishen Sect. Now the Righteous Alliance is relying on the dangerous area to fight against the Qishen Sect, and monks are dying every day.
It is impossible to return to Yan Country unless you join the Qishen Sect.
As for finding a quiet place to practice, that is also a luxury.
Nowadays, there are only two kinds of cultivators in Tianyuan's world of immortal cultivation. One is the lackey of the Qishen Sect, and the other is from the Righteous Alliance.
All independent cultivators, family cultivators, etc., will be recruited once they are discovered.
During this period, he encountered patrols from the Righteous Alliance several times, which were specifically designed to capture deserters, but he avoided them as far as possible.
But hiding all the time is not a solution, even if you hide in any corner.
At some point in time, a faint red mist appeared between heaven and earth, containing evil spirits that would corrode the spiritual power of cultivators.
If left unchecked, it will eventually lead to demonization and madness over time, and the negative effects can only be removed by using the Demon Purification Pill refined by the Alliance.
Of course, this little bit of demonic energy has no effect on him who possesses the power of Buddha, but he is always disturbed by the demonic energy and cannot concentrate on his cultivation, so he cannot ignore it.
In addition, after entering the foundation-building period, his Xuanmu Jue had no follow-up, and he needed to find a new wood-attributed technique for the foundation-building period.
The practice is of great importance and cannot be taken lightly.
However, all the good skills are now controlled by the Righteous Alliance, including various cultivation resources. They are basically not available outside and can only be exchanged in the Righteous Alliance with merits.
In short, if you don’t join one of the two major forces, you will basically be unable to move forward.
After thinking for a while, Chen Lin shook his head and did not enter Danding City, but left quietly.
He came to the barren mountains and hills, found a remote place, dug a simple cave, set up an isolation formation, and lived in seclusion.
Even if you join the Righteous Alliance, you have to wait and hide for a while to see what happens.
Not practicing for a year or two won't have much impact. You can take this opportunity to absorb your previous accumulation and study some techniques.
Half a year passed in a flash.
Ever since the high-end combat forces of the Righteous Alliance and the Prayer God Sect competed with each other half a year ago, they have both stopped fighting.
After that, there were only small-scale clashes and no large-scale battles occurred.
Both sides seemed to be waiting for something.
Another year has passed.
Two years have passed since the Qishen Sect launched its command to the world.
The monks went from being disgusted and uncomfortable at first, then becoming numb, and now have adapted to life under the management of the Alliance.
Especially for independent cultivators, they actually feel that the system of the Righteous Alliance is more fair. As long as they are willing to work hard, they can gain merits and exchange them for cultivation resources that they never dared to think about before.
Countless independent cultivators have emerged in the past two years, a large number of them have established their foundations, and there is even one independent cultivator who has successfully formed a golden core!
This greatly boosted morale, and more and more people were willing to go to the front lines to wipe out the evil practitioners of the Qishen Sect, which led to the Qishen Sect showing signs of defeat, and the situation became very good.
On this day, Chen Lin, who had been in seclusion for more than a year, finally came out again and headed straight for Danding City.