Chapter 3813: Various Plans

From time to time, Chaos Beasts attack cities inhabited by immortals. This is common knowledge, but the size and duration of each Chaos Beast horde vary.

"Our Ancestor's mighty display of power means no one will dare to underestimate our family now," Wang Yingjie said with a proud smile.

"Fellow Daoist Wang has rendered a great service this time; I wonder if he'll be granted a 'Yellow' city," said Gongsun Yang.

"Before you arrived, several 'Yellow' cities controlled by the Nine Immortal Sect were breached by Chaos Beasts. Many True Immortal cultivators perished, and numerous low-grade Immortal Extermination Cannons were destroyed. The Nine Immortal Sect's defensive strength has been significantly weakened, so they will likely grant one, or who would risk their lives fighting Chaos Beasts in the future?" Chen Yueying analyzed.

Wang Changsheng's performance this time was particularly striking; collaborating with Lu Chuan and Fang Xiao, he jointly eliminated three True Immortal-stage Five-colored Chaos Beasts, earning substantial merit.

Furthermore, given the Nine Immortal Sect's considerable losses, appropriately transferring a few 'Yellow' cities to their affiliated forces could also boost morale.

"This isn't for us to consider; whether they grant it or not is up to the Nine Immortal Sect. All right, you've all worked hard, so go back and rest now!" Wang Changsheng said. Chen Yueying and the others then bid farewell and departed.

Wang Changsheng, Wang Ruyan, Wang Qiulin, Wang Qingshan, Wang Mengbin, Wang Yingjie, Dong Xueli, Liu Hongxue, Ye Haitang, and Wang Qingfeng—the ten of them—sat in a blue stone pavilion, sipping tea and chatting leisurely.

"Uncle Nine, could you give us a True Immortal-stage Four-colored Chaos Beast's crystal core? The Stone Golem is very interested in them," Wang Qingshan asked.

Wang Changsheng nodded, took out three massive four-colored crystal stones, and handed them to Wang Qingshan.

"One is enough, Uncle Nine, this is too many," Wang Qingshan demurred.

"Take them! Perhaps if the Stone Golem consumes these four-colored Chaos Beast crystal cores, it might master special divine abilities." Wang Changsheng pushed the three crystal cores into Wang Qingshan's hands.

"Seventh Brother, just take them! If the Stone Golem masters a special divine ability because of this, it will be good for us," Wang Qingfeng persuaded.

"It's not easy for the Stone Golem to master a special divine ability; it might just be purely interested in Chaos Beast crystal cores," Wang Qingshan said.

"It's best if it can master one, but if not, it's no big deal. Just take them," Wang Ruyan said.

Hearing this, Wang Qingshan no longer declined and accepted them. "Oh, right, Uncle Nine, with the hide of a high-grade Chaos Beast, and if you can acquire Primordial Stones, you might be able to forge Chaos Armor," Wang Qingshan said excitedly, having just remembered something.

To refine Chaos Beast hides into Chaos Armor, they must be infused with Primordial Stones, which are very precious artifact-refining materials.

"I heard that the difficulty of refining Chaos Armor is very high. Using hides from three-colored or higher Chaos Beasts results in a slightly higher success rate, but this is only for low-grade Chaos Armor. For mid-grade Chaos Armor, six-colored Chaos Beast hides from the Golden Immortal stage must be the primary material to achieve a slightly higher success rate. And of course, Primordial Stones are indispensable," Wang Qingfeng stated.

Wang Changsheng nodded. "Let's acquire the Primordial Stones first," he said. "Oh, right, Uncle Nine, this is the low-grade Immortal Extermination Cannon that Fairy Ye Xuanji gave us."

Wang Qingshan took out the low-grade Immortal Extermination Cannon and handed it to Wang Changsheng.

"Fairy Ye gave it to you? What exactly happened?" Wang Changsheng asked, slightly startled and puzzled.

Wang Qingshan recounted the entire incident. Upon learning the full story, Wang Changsheng suddenly understood and put away the Immortal Extermination Cannon.

"Yingjie, we've obtained a cultivation technique that is very suitable for you," Wang Ruyan said, taking out a golden jade slip and handing it to Wang Yingjie. Wang Yingjie took the golden jade slip, scanned it with his divine sense, and exclaimed in surprise, "The Great Five Elements Immortal Suppressing Scripture!"

"This is a cultivation technique of the Li family. Try not to display its unique divine abilities in front of outsiders, as the Li family has already been annihilated," Wang Ruyan cautioned.

"Yes, Ancestor," Wang Yingjie replied, overjoyed and readily agreeing.

After chatting for a while, they dispersed and returned to their rooms to rest.

In the Nine Immortal Hall, Jin Yulan was seated in the main chair, with Du Tianhe and five other Golden Immortal cultivators on either side. Sun Yu was reporting the losses to them.

"In this battle, three Golden Immortal cultivators perished: one each from the Nine Immortal Sect, the Snow Crystal Race, and Hundred Refining Island. Senior Bai's physical body was destroyed. Thirteen Immortal Armored soldiers died, three low-grade Chaos Armors were destroyed, and seven Chaos Armors were severely damaged. One hundred sixty-five True Immortal cultivators perished, twenty-three True Immortals were severely wounded, sixty-five low-grade Immortal Extermination Cannons were destroyed, and two mid-grade Immortal Extermination Cannons were severely damaged," Sun Yu reported. Sun Yu added that while the Snow Crystal Race and Hundred Refining Island had some immortals in Nine Yang City and their losses there were much smaller than the Nine Immortal Sect's, they also controlled many other cities, so their overall losses were not insignificant.

Only the losses of the twenty-three cities controlled by the Nine Immortal Sect were counted here, and since most of the one hundred sixty-five perished True Immortals were from affiliated forces, Jin Yulan did not feel much sorrow over this.

However, the immense loss of Immortal Extermination Cannons made Jin Yulan's heart bleed, as these were resources accumulated by the Nine Immortal Sect over many years.

"In this battle, Fellow Daoist Qi, Fellow Daoist Zhang, the Ice Origin Race, and the Wang family performed very well. Fellow Daoist Qi, in particular, killed five True Immortal-stage Five-colored Chaos Beasts," Sun Yu reported.

The Qi family, with its three formidable Golden Immortal cultivators, had three Grand Perfection True Immortals who, with the aid of multiple low-grade Immortal Extermination Cannons, successively eliminated five True Immortal-stage Five-colored Chaos Beasts.

The Qi family also suffered considerable losses, with one Grand Perfection True Immortal severely wounded and two Immortal Armored soldiers perishing.

The Qi family naturally also has Immortal Armored soldiers, though their numbers cannot compare to those of the Nine Immortal Sect.

"Understood. You may withdraw and send people to handle the aftermath," Jin Yulan ordered.

Sun Yu assented, bowed, and withdrew.

"The retreat of the Chaos Beast horde was somewhat strange; if they had persisted for a bit longer, our losses would have been even greater," Qi Shuting asked doubtfully.

"Indeed! Could the Chaos Beasts have had internal strife?" Bai Rongrong asked, her face full of confusion.

There are also conflicts among Chaos Beasts; to contend for cultivation resources, they not only fight against immortals but also compete with their own kind.

"It's unclear. I have already reported to the Cao family, and Fellow Daoist Cao has sent people to investigate. There's no news yet, but I will be notified if anything comes up," Jin Yulan said.

Qi Shuting and the others breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that with the Cao family involved, things would be easier to handle.

After chatting for a while, they went to rest.

In Bright Moon City, a 'Profound' city controlled by the Bright Moon Alliance, blood flowed like a river outside the walls. Large numbers of Chaos Beasts lay dead on the ground, alongside the corpses of some cultivators.

The East and South city gates had collapsed, and a team of cultivators was repairing the city walls and redeploying defensive formations.

Inside the Bright Moon Palace, a corpulent old man in a purple robe sat in the main chair. The purple-robed elder had a round face, small eyes, and a somber gaze.

This was Yue Feng, the Deputy Leader of the Bright Moon Alliance and a mid-stage Golden Immortal.

Three men and one woman sat on either side of him, all with solemn expressions.

"The Cao family actually sent Golden Immortal cultivators to the Chaos Beasts' territory. Are they also after that item? We've been planning for years, and just as we were about to succeed, the Cao family suddenly intervened!" a nine-foot-tall golden-robed man said with a frown.

This was Yue Shan, an early-stage Golden Immortal and the Bright Moon Alliance's Law Enforcement Elder.

"Fortunately, Junior Brother Liu managed to mislead them, but they were attacked by a Chaos Beast horde. It's unclear if they will return safely," a beautiful young woman in a pink skirt said with a frown.