Chapter 2108: Chapter 774
On the Cloud Chariot, Luo Chen’s divine consciousness scanned the jade slip, and the geographical location of Shen Yuan City instantly became clear.
After reading it, a thoughtful expression appeared on Luo Chen’s face.
Many things can be seen from the surface alone.
The Tianyuan Merchant Alliance’s Shen Yuan City in the Eastern Wasteland is not as independent as the North Sea, but rather heavily restrained.
Surrounded tightly by the Nine Great Immortal Cities in a formation of three at the front, three at the back, and three on the right.
The remaining gap is where the mountain gate of the Dongyang Sect is located.
Just on this point alone, one can see how cautious the Dark Abyss Sect is of the Tianyuan Daoist Sect!
To prevent the Daoist Sect from using the merchant alliance to infiltrate the Eastern Wasteland, not only was the headquarters placed within the trusted territory of the Dongyang Sect, but encirclement and restraint were executed in detail.
It’s uncertain if it was like this from the beginning, or if it changed because of the matter with the Alchemy Saint?
Luo Chen was lazy to ponder deeply.
The so-called merchant alliance is nothing more than a tool for the Tianyuan Daoist Sect to gather wealth and collect intelligence, unrelated to him as a Guest Elder of Star Gate.
On the contrary, he was quite pleased.
Because it’s very close!
With a flicker of divine consciousness, a voice transmitted to his ear.
"You all rest, I’ll control the Cloud Chariot!"
As he spoke, he had already remotely taken over the control of the Liuyu Feiyun Chariot.
Torrential qi power surged into it; the Cloud Chariot first paused, then shone brightly, suddenly speeding off, drawing a brilliant arc across the sky.
Under his control, the Cloud Chariot’s speed was more than three times the previous, not less than the full-speed flight of a Late Stage Golden Core Cultivator.
Even though the East Sun Domain is much larger than some small cultivation domains, it wouldn’t take a day to cross half of it at this speed.
Of course, if Luo Chen were flying at full speed himself, it would be even faster!
But with Zhang Jingqing, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and Sang Jinghe, who had just formed his core, Luo Chen couldn’t do that.
After enduring for two hundred years, he wasn’t in a hurry for another day or two.
As Luo Chen controlled the Cloud Chariot, he continued refining the Chi Xiao Qi.
This naturally formed Spirit Essence is tough to tame even after being subdued.
If not aided by the Primordial Chaos Tripod in the refining, the consumption would surely be severe.
Luo Chen followed the doctrine from the Sword Scripture, first using the Primordial Chaos Tripod to refine the violent part of Chi Xiao Qi, and after refining to a certain degree, fusing it into the Yuan Tu Sword.
Chi Xiao Qi merged with Yuan Tu Sword, slowly nurturing into sword qi.
During this process, Luo Chen himself would also be slightly affected.
His sharpness was evident, his aura overwhelming.
The reactions of Black King, Chi Zhong, and others already indirectly reflected Luo Chen’s slight changes.
...
Indistinguishable between day and night, restless in the night.
Amidst the vastness of the starry night, the Liuyu Feiyun Chariot wobbled to a stop outside an Immortal City.
"After all, it’s just the sect master’s vehicle of a Golden Core Great Sect, more fancy than solid, under my full exertion, almost fell apart."
Luo Chen muttered a couple of sentences and stored the Cloud Chariot inside his storage ring.
Tian Xuan and others approached.
"Master, it’s already late, should we enter the city?"
"Of course!"
Luo Chen did not hesitate and strode toward the city gate.
Majestic black walls, under the starlight, resemble a prostrate giant beast.
Luo Chen walked step by step to the city gate, where a cultivator was already waiting.
"Halt..."
Luo Chen casually tossed out the identity token of the Star Gate Guest Elder.
His unique qi power injected into it, instantly making it shine.
This indicated it was not forged, but authentically possessed!
The cultivator was stunned but quickly reacted.
"True Master, please wait a moment, I will open the city gates for you immediately."
"Hmm."
The heavy black gate slowly opened before Luo Chen.
Meanwhile, inside a cave mansion in Shen Yuan City, a cultivator received a sound transmission talisman with surprise.
"Strange, at this time, why is someone coming from Zhongzhou. Shouldn’t the focus be on North Sea and West Desert?"
The sound transmission talisman burned slowly, and the cultivator’s eyebrows slightly furrowed.
"Star Gate Guest Elder, Luo Chen?"
But the next moment, his eyes couldn’t help but brighten.
"Could it be that Huang Independent Cultivator?"
With this thought, his eyes rolled, and he stood up directly.
...
By the time Luo Chen reached the City Lord Mansion, someone was already waiting for him under the starlit night.
In wide robes and sleeves, hair bound in a high crown.
Smiling warmly, as if bathed in the spring breeze.
Luo Chen tidied his clothes and bowed: "Disturbing you at such a late hour, it’s truly my fault, friend."
"No problem, Gu truly doesn’t have any urgent matters. Come, please enter!"
Upon hearing the surname Gu, Luo Chen’s eyebrows couldn’t help but raise.
On the way inside, the two introduced themselves to each other.
Indeed, this cultivator named Gu Zuokai was truly from the Gu Family of the Twelve Great Houses!
The Tianyuan Merchant Alliance is split over four continents, each having four Nascent Soul Stage Elders.
However, those elders are mostly from noble families and great clans, seldom involving the people from the Great Houses.
Now, the Grand Elder of the merchant alliance in the Eastern Wasteland was actually sent from the Gu family.
This clearly shows the importance the Tianyuan Daoist Sect places on the Eastern Wasteland.
Initially, Luo Chen was careful in talking with him but gradually found him easy to get along with!
This so-called "easy" was different from the amiability of Fu Chaosheng back then, rather it felt like the other was deliberately befriending him?
Is it because of his outstanding performance in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven?
Luo Chen’s guess was quite accurate.
Gu Zuokai looked at the young man before him, like a treasured sword unsheathed, his heart secretly praised.
"The family says this person is extraordinary, worth befriending. Now seen in person, even more than the rumors, if he can truly be won over to our Gu family, he will surely be a strong support!"