Chapter 4004: Battle Damage (None Today)

The Qinglian Immortals used Jiuxian City's teleportation array to travel to Yunlang City, and Jiuxian Sect was aware of it. It was understandable that the Qinglian Immortals couldn't return immediately.

"Didn't they say Jin'e City was under attack by Golden Immortal-stage chaotic beasts? They couldn't possibly abandon Jin'e City to come support us, could they?" Gao Shuyao said.

"Who knows if what they said is true or false? Now look what happened: we've lost two more Golden Immortal cultivators. Senior Sister Qin and Senior Brother Yang have both fallen. The losses are severe. If we want to defend Jiuyang City, we need to transfer two more Golden Immortals, but there aren't many Golden Immortal cultivators left at the main altar." Lu Chuan said with a frown. He wouldn't believe what Qi Shuting and Zhang Yilei said; Jiuxian Sect's decline would actually be beneficial for the Qi family.

"First, let's wait until the chaotic beast tide recedes. Consolidate our forces and strengthen Jiuxian City's defenses. Also, send people to inquire about the losses of other forces. This chaotic beast tide is massive in scale; the last time one of this magnitude appeared was millions of years ago." Jin Yulan instructed.

Multiple Yellow Cities belonging to Jiuxian Sect were breached by chaotic beasts, and True Immortal cultivators suffered heavy casualties. This time, the sect was truly severely weakened.

Gao Shuyao and Lu Chuan nodded, agreed, and left to carry out the orders.

In Haoyang City, Cheng Zhenyu stood on the city wall, his expression solemn.

The ground outside the city was pitted and uneven, with large amounts of brown bloodstains visible.

Five-colored chaotic beasts at the Grand Completion True Immortal stage led the attack on Haoyang City. Fortunately, they had mid-grade Immortal-Slaying Cannons; otherwise, they truly wouldn't have been able to defend it.

A streak of blue light appeared on the distant horizon. After a flicker, the blue light stopped, revealing a flying boat shimmering with blue light. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan stood on it, their expressions solemn.

On their way back, they encountered many chaotic beasts, even multiple Golden Immortal-stage ones. They could only avoid them and had to take a long detour to return.

They passed by many Yellow Cities and found that all of them had been breached by chaotic beasts, with no survivors. All cultivation resources had also been plundered. This chaotic beast tide was simply too immense.

"Senior Wang, Senior Wang, you've finally returned." Cheng Zhenyu let out a long sigh of relief upon seeing Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan. Not long ago, chaotic beasts attacked Haoyang City, terrifying everyone when a five-colored chaotic beast at the Grand Completion True Immortal stage actually appeared.

Wang Changsheng nodded, formed a hand seal, and the Azure Jade Boat flew into Haoyang City, landing at the entrance of Haoyang Hall.

He put away the Azure Jade Boat and walked into Haoyang Hall with Wang Ruyan.

Wang Changsheng took out a blue light-flashing Immortal Transmission Mirror, injected a magic formula into it, and Cao Yuanxing's face appeared on the mirror's surface.

"Fellow Daoist Cao, are you both alright?" Cao Yuanxing asked.

"If it weren't for the Tier-2 immortal talismans that specifically harm divine souls, we would have lost our lives," Wang Changsheng said, with a lingering look of fear on his face.

Ordinary early-stage Golden Immortal cultivators simply couldn't defeat mutated six-colored chaotic beasts, so they naturally wouldn't tell the truth and expose their true strength.

Cao Yuanxing was not surprised; it was already quite impressive that Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan managed to escape after being pursued by mutated six-colored chaotic beasts.

"It's good that you're alright. Multiple 'Profound' Cities have been breached by chaotic beasts, with heavy losses. According to the reported figures, over seventy Golden Immortal cultivators have fallen, and the losses among True Immortal cultivators are even greater." Cao Yuanxing's voice was heavy.

"Fellow Daoist Cao, how could such a massive chaotic beast tide erupt? Was Yunlang City also attacked?" Wang Changsheng asked, puzzled.

Cao Yuanxing nodded and said, "A Grand Unity Golden Immortal-stage chaotic beast personally led the attack on Yunlang City, but didn't gain any significant advantage. Speaking of which, this matter is also related to the Primordial Stone vein you reported."

"It's related to the mineral vein too?" Wang Changsheng was slightly stunned.

"A Grand Unity Golden Immortal-stage seven-colored chaotic beast, and a mutated one at that, has appeared in the Hulu Mountains. I reported it to the Old Ancestor, and the Old Ancestor and a few friends went to the Hulu Mountains to investigate. They killed some Golden Immortal-stage chaotic beasts and also encountered that Grand Unity Golden Immortal-stage seven-colored chaotic beast. Fortunately, they managed to escape." Cao Yuanxing said.

"A Grand Unity Golden Immortal-stage seven-colored chaotic beast appeared? That Primordial Stone vein can't be mined anymore?" Wang Changsheng asked, puzzled.

"It's very difficult. However, the reserves of that Primordial Stone vein are not large; it's just a miniature vein, probably enough to refine a batch of mid-grade chaotic armors. The risk is too great. You'd better not go to the Hulu Mountains to hunt chaotic beasts in the future; it would be troublesome if you encounter a mutated chaotic beast." Cao Yuanxing admonished.

"How come so many mutated chaotic beasts have appeared in the Hulu Mountains? Is there something good in their nests?" Wang Changsheng asked curiously.

"Perhaps! Our Old Ancestor, however, believes it's related to the chaotic beasts' Dao artifact, the Ten Directions Mother-Child Pagoda. As for the truth, it's unclear. Just be safe and stay within the city. It's unknown how long the beast tide will continue. Oh right, many Golden Immortal cultivators have fallen this time, and many 'Profound' Cities have become vacant. You have a chance to acquire a 'Profound' City, but that depends on your strength." Cao Yuanxing said slowly.

"How can we acquire a Profound City?" Wang Changsheng pressed, as acquiring a Profound City would greatly aid the Wang family's future development.

"I don't know either; it depends on our Old Ancestor's intentions. However, one thing is certain: the stronger you are, the greater your chance of acquiring a Profound City." Cao Yuanxing reminded.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Cao." Wang Changsheng expressed his gratitude.

After chatting for a while, Wang Changsheng put away the Immortal Transmission Mirror, a pensive expression on his face.

"It's not easy to acquire a 'Profound' City. The Cao family wouldn't casually hand one over to another force," Wang Ruyan analyzed.

"In any case, this is an opportunity we must seize. If worse comes to worst, I can spread the news that I'm capable of refining mid-grade chaotic armors," Wang Changsheng said.

They had inquired with Cao Yuanxing and Ye Xuanji; some major forces could refine Immortal-Slaying Arrows, but the cost was simply too high.

Some forces added a type of immortal water to harmonize chaotic beast essence blood, while others added different materials. The Wang family's method was the lowest cost, but it involved the Azure Lotus Creation Cauldron and could not be leaked for now.

Wang Changsheng planned to improve the method. If a new method was found, they could openly refine and sell them.

In comparison, the news of being able to refine chaotic armors could be spread. It was merely a matter of success rate; many forces knew the refining method, but the difficulty was too high. It required the hides of Golden Immortal-stage chaotic beasts as primary materials, which were difficult to collect, resulting in a very low success rate.

Ye Xuanji could already refine low-grade chaotic armors with a relatively high success rate, but she was still far behind Wang Changsheng.

Wang Ruyan nodded and said, "First, let's wait until the chaotic beast tide recedes!"

After chatting for a while, they each entered a secret room to attend to their respective tasks.

More than half a year later, a sound transmission talisman flew into Wang Changsheng's secret room.

He crushed the sound transmission talisman, and Wang Ruyan's voice rang out, "Husband, Fellow Daoist Cao has asked you to go to Yunlang City. Fellow Daoist Qi, Immortal Jin, and others have also gone; they say it's to discuss the allocation of Profound Cities."

Wang Changsheng stood up, walked out to the main hall, and met Wang Ruyan.

After a brief chat with Wang Ruyan, he left Haoyang City and hurried towards Yunlang City.