Especially now that Beast Moon Bay is becoming more and more prosperous.
Unable to solve the tortoise shell constructed by Zhang Shen, many people were waiting for Zhang Shen to reveal a flaw. As long as he was defeated, the Ancient Alliance would collapse.
When he came out of the deserted island and left traces of his activities in the exploration area of the Abyss Sea, someone targeted him.
Zhang Shen is now famous. Before, he was able to fight against those at the third level of the Dharmakaya when he was at the first level. Now that his cultivation has reached a higher level, he will naturally be more difficult to deal with. Those who are targeting him are not stupid either, and several of them have joined forces.
Defeat Zhang Shen, divide up his flesh and storage bag, and then slaughter the Ancient Alliance. The resources gained will be more than enough for them to share.
"The plan is simple, direct and effective, but unfortunately not cautious enough."
Zhang Shen took advantage of the situation and lured the group of people to a remote place, where he captured them all in one fell swoop.
In just half a day, the four Dharma images that came to besiege Zhang Shen, three of whom were at the third level and one at the fourth level, were all killed or maimed by Zhang Shen.
There was still some blood and flesh on his fist, and the strongest one was only breathing his last breath.
“How…how could this be?” The strong man was struggling to survive, unable to believe that the four of them joined forces were easily defeated by Zhang Shen.
Zhang Shen had no interest in answering, and he punched the alien Dharma image with horns on its head to pieces, and even blew up its soul with the punch.
"What an idiot! Why would I come here if I didn't have enough confidence?"
"It's not convenient in Beast Moon Bay. Here I can use all my strength without any scruples."
In addition to martial arts, this body is comparable to that of a martial arts body-refining expert at the ninth level of the Dharmakaya.
It is easy to control these four people.
After collecting the four bodies and storage bags, Zhang Shen did not linger any longer and returned to Beast Moon Bay at full speed.
Following Shanshuiju, Zhang Shen built a safe training room in Beast Moon Bay.
Only after returning here did Zhang Shen feel a little safer.
"Unfortunately, this training room is in the open, so many methods cannot be used here. We can only arrange one or two hidden methods."
For example, the underground space of Shanshuiju had long been built by Zhang Shen himself to be as solid as a rock. Various formations were set up everywhere, and there were countless traps. However, it was difficult to discover the existence of the underground space without entering it. In order to hide it, Zhang Shen put a lot of thought into it.
Beast Moon Bay did this as a compromise to avoid people noticing that he was harboring a big secret.
Although the strong foundation and cultivation speed he displayed at this time were already surprising, and people guessed that he had an opportunity, it was still within the normal range.
It can even be said that the two hidden methods that Zhang Shen left in this training room are used to prove this point.
Having an opportunity is not scary. He has already demonstrated enough strength and value to seize the opportunity. But if the opportunity is so great that it is beyond imagination, then it will be troublesome.
"Let them think that I got an opportunity, but it's just a small opportunity."
“It’s good for everyone.”
Zhang Shen was thinking about it while throwing some rare treasures and the flesh and blood of sea monsters into the alchemy furnace.
He is making elixir.
It is not impossible to swallow these directly, but it is more appropriate to refine the pills, expel the impurities inside, and make pills that are easier to absorb.
"Not everyone is like me, who can convert all the resources swallowed into experience points and doesn't have to worry about the problem of magazine accumulation."
Zhang Shen shook his head. Although he was the second soul, his connection with the original body was closer than Lin Fanyun's.
But because the physical body is in a separated state, unlike the flesh and blood clone which is always connected to the original body, it is impossible to swallow the treasures of heaven and earth as much as the original body and Lin Fanyun.
After all, the system is the strongest
The physical system has no physical connection, and the system does not help, so he can do nothing.
At most, every bit of progress he made in martial arts would be fed back to the original body simultaneously, and then he would gain some experience points because of his improvement in martial arts.
Clearing away all distracting thoughts, Zhang Shen controlled the water-attributed spiritual flame to refine the elixir.
Zhang Shen will keep most of these pills for his own use, distribute some to his disciples and relatives, and the last part will be placed on the Ancient Alliance’s internal exchange list for disciples within the alliance to exchange for points.
The Ancient Alliance has trained many alchemists over the years, but there is still no one who can refine elixirs of higher quality than the real elixir.
Only Zhang Shen, the leader of the alliance, with his vast amount of resources to practice, coupled with his own cultivation and the vast amount of cultivation knowledge in his mind, could make true elixirs or even dharma-level elixirs.
As for the more advanced semi-god-level elixirs, Zhang Shen was also powerless.
By practicing with massive amounts of resources, Zhang Shen confirmed one thing: he did not have much talent in alchemy, but the fact that he was able to refine true elixirs and Dharma-level elixirs was entirely due to the accumulation of resources.
However, he was reluctant to use the demigod-level treasures to hone his alchemy skills, thinking it was such a waste.
I still need those rare treasures to improve the level of my physical body, and I don’t have any extra resources to waste on other things.
Fortunately, with his alchemy skills, it was enough for himself and the Ancient Alliance.
A few months later, Li Zhao came over.
"Junior brother Xue, has the master come out of retreat?" Li Zhao asked. Zhang Shen had never accepted Zhang Xue as his disciple, but all that Zhang Xue had learned was taught by Zhang Shen. Therefore, although there was no title of senior sister and junior brother, Li Zhao also called Zhang Xue his junior brother.
"Senior Sister, the master is still in seclusion." Zhang Xue said as she did curls with two special dumbbells.
Li Zhao's eyes trembled when he saw this. Li Zhao knew the inside story of these two dumbbells.
This is a dumbbell that Zhang Shen made specially for Zhang Xue. There is a small space inside filled with heavy boulders.
Just those small dumbbells, each weighs at least 10,000 tons, as heavy as a small hill.
Zhang Xue was so strong that even Li Zhao, whose cultivation was several levels higher than his, was unwilling to confront him head-on.
Of course, if they actually fought, due to the huge gap in cultivation between the two, Li Zhao could kill Zhang Xue with one hand. It’s just that in terms of strength, Li Zhao was indeed inferior to Zhang Xue.
"Ba Ti" is not inferior to "Li Huang Zhen Ti", and is even stronger. Ba Ti is very comprehensive, basically has no shortcomings, and has strong combat power, looking down on the world, but "Li Huang Zhen Ti" is all about strength. In this aspect alone, no martial arts body training method can surpass it, and at most it can be on par with it.
Li Zhao felt helpless towards Zhang Xue. He didn't know whether this big fool was really stupid or had great wisdom. Zhang Shen mentioned several times that he wanted to assign him some practical tasks and let him take power, but he refused every time and said bluntly that he only wanted to guard the door for the alliance leader.
Many people in the Ancient Alliance thought that Zhang Xue was a little stupid. It was such a pleasant thing to be in power, but she refused again and again.
But Li Zhao knew very well that Zhang Xue spent all his time on cultivation, unlike other people who had to spare some time to deal with the affairs of the alliance.
As the only person who has been following Zhang Shen for a long time, Zhang Xue has no shortage of cultivation resources. The little bit of food that leaks out from between Zhang Shen's fingernails is enough for Zhang Xue to eat her fill. She doesn't have to spend time completing tasks and exchanging points for cultivation resources like other disciples of the Ancient Alliance.
Li Zhao, who knew all this, had always suspected that Zhang Xue was not stupid, but simply did not want to leave this comfortable position.
There are few things to do and plenty of resources, so just focus on practicing. Who would want to leave
As for being looked down upon? A seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister!
Not to mention that Zhang Xue is now a True Dan warrior, who dares to look down on him
Especially in this world of personal power, what determines one's status is ultimately one's cultivation and combat power.
If you have achieved the right level of cultivation, everything will be within your reach.
These are Li Zhao's own guesses and have not been confirmed, but she feels that Zhang Xue is almost certainly thinking this way.
She didn't have any objection.
Whenever there was an important matter that required Zhang Xue's contribution, he never refused. So, if he wants to concentrate on practicing, then just concentrate on practicing.
Li Zhao chatted with Zhang Xue for a while, and a scent of elixir wafted over.
The fragrance is intoxicating.
Li Zhao's heart moved, she knew that her master had come out of seclusion.
With the magic arrays arranged by Zhang Shen in the training room, no smell or vibration would be emitted. The fragrance of the elixir could be smelled now, which must be because Zhang Shen came out of retreat and opened the door of the training room.
Zhang Shen walked over slowly, his long hair casually scattered and fluttering in the wind, he was wearing a loose white shirt with the top slightly open, holding a gourd in his hand, looking unruly.
He smiled and said, "Zhao'er, I sensed your presence from afar. Why did you suddenly come to see me? What's the matter?"
As he spoke, Zhang Shen sat down on a stone bench.
This place is just outside Zhang Shen's training room. During his retreat, Zhang Xue stayed outside the training room, training and guarding him.
Li Zhao said, "It's about alchemy."
Li Zhao told the story slowly and leisurely. It turned out that the Ancient Alliance had never lacked true elixir-grade elixirs, and had not purchased them from the outside world. This had attracted the attention of some people. After some investigation, they determined that there was an alchemy master in the Ancient Alliance.
Although the cultivation arts are not as popular as martial arts, they are also an indispensable part of the cultivation path and are of great benefit to cultivation.
However, human energy is limited, and few people can supplement their cultivation with practicing pills, refining equipment, etc.
Therefore, alchemists, weapon refiners, and formation masters have always been very popular, especially the powerful ones, who have always been the objects of pursuit.
For this reason, a large number of warriors who needed to make pills came to the ancient alliance, hoping that the alchemist behind the ancient alliance would make pills for them.
The benefits are naturally huge.
Alchemists always charge a high price, and they will not be stingy in this regard.
There were too many people, including many strong ones, and Li Zhao could not handle it, so he had to run to ask Zhang Shen for his opinion.
“Everyone is very perceptive.” Zhang Shen joked. He knew this day would come ever since he showed his ability to refine pills and put the pills on the exchange list of the Ancient Alliance.
He also doesn't mind using this method to expand his own value.
He didn't show it before because he wanted to let others play and discover it for a day, so that he could focus on his own practice for a day longer.
A very ordinary idea.
Zhang Shen actually likes having such an idea. It will not affect the overall situation and will make him feel that he is still a real person.
"Forget about the foreigners, just reject them directly. If they want to cause trouble, let them come to me directly."
"As for the human race, if they want to refine elixirs below the Dharmadhatu, please reject them for me."
"By the way, let me know that I can only refine three batches of elixirs for others in a year at most."
Expanding influence is one thing, but Zhang Shen is not stupid enough to spend all his time on refining pills.
These restrictions will not make him too busy, will allow him to gain a lot of favors, and will not make those who are rejected angry.
This is how alchemists work, especially when it comes to making high-grade elixirs, which can take months to perfect. There's nothing you can do even if you're unhappy; that's the reality.
As for the feelings of the foreigners, why should Zhang Shen care about them