Chapter 62: Life and Death Stage

  Wang Chen stabilized and comforted Lao Qian's heart before returning to his own cave dwelling.

  Before leaving, Qian Lao instructed that under no circumstances should this be made public, otherwise it would cause Master Shi Shu to lose face in front of everyone, and the situation would become irreconcilable.

  Actually, Wang Chen lied to Qian Lao, most cultivators who want to build their foundation need to take pills that increase the success rate of building their foundation, such as Foundation Building Pills.

  But for Wang Chen, these are not necessary at all, because Wang Chen's realm is too high.

  Even if it's a thousand-year-old genius, generally one level higher than oneself, for example, in the Qi Refining stage, you can sense the realm of the Foundation Building stage, which can increase the probability of building the foundation to some extent.

  However, this also reflects the difficulty of advancing in cultivation, otherwise it wouldn't be so hard to break through.

  When the boundary is two levels higher than one's own cultivation, it is natural to want to break through. For example, Wang Chen, who was in the Qi Refining stage, had a sword intent that was equivalent to the Golden Dan stage, making it easier for him to break through to the Foundation Building stage.

  Similarly, if Wang Chen wants to easily break through to the Golden Core stage during the foundation-building period, his cultivation boundary must reach the Yuan Ying stage.

  Relatively speaking, the realm of sword cultivators is easy to break through. Fighting can best hone a sword cultivator's sword intent, and then their realm will naturally break through. Many sword cultivators achieve a breakthrough in their cultivation after a big battle, and some even originally couldn't withstand their opponent, but during the fight, they achieved a breakthrough in their cultivation and turned around to kill their opponent.

  Wang Chen's sword intent has now been generated, whether it is the power of the sword intent or Wang Chen's inner state of mind. This time on the life and death stage, Wang Chen will definitely win, not arrogance, but confidence!

  Originally, this was settled privately on the life and death stage and was not known to ordinary disciples. However, a Zhang surname disciple who had previously been expelled for contributing value harbored resentment and exposed the matter after learning about it.

  The news of the life-and-death duel between the two Qi Refining Ninth Layer disciples ten days later spread quickly.

  The whole story was about fighting for contribution value, and even rumors of each having a backstage were spread all over the sky.

  Luo Yunzong almost every year to recruit some disciples, why? Because many disciples go out to find the opportunity to build the foundation, in other words, to fight for the medicine or Dan of building the foundation, so every year there are not a few casualties.

  Those who can obtain the foundation-building pill without fighting are either from powerful families or have high-ranking masters to back them up. Ordinary cultivators can only get the chance to build their foundation through a life-and-death struggle.

  The blood rain and violent winds in between were too many, so many Qi-refining cultivators gave up on the idea of building their foundation, either because they feared the difficulties or because they were already old and no longer suited for building their foundation.

  Therefore, there are many idle monks in the sect. What do these monks do every day? Chatting east and west, looking for some secular wonders and so on is their main pursuit.

  News of Wang Chen's life and death stage spread, instantly attracting the attention of many people. The life and death stage has not been opened for more than a decade. Generally, when ordinary cultivators have disputes, they are mostly settled in private, and those who use the life and death stage to fight must have a background, possibly even foundation building!

  This naturally caused a great deal of attention! Even some bored monks opened up betting pools, and the number of monks placing bets was not small either!

  Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, and Wang Chen almost forgot about the life-and-death battle. Fortunately, Qian Lao came to find Wang Chen, who then put Xiao Qing into the Ling Beast Bag and followed Qian Lao to the Life-and-Death Platform.

  On the way, Qian Lao didn't say a word, but handed over a dozen or so Shen Sha Shen Lei to Wang Chen. These Shen Sha Shen Lei were quite valuable and had a much greater power than the Shen Lei Zi that Wang Chen had bought in Fuyue City before.

  It can be seen that Lao Qian has spent a lot of thought on this matter.

  Sheng Si Tai, located in the central part of Luo Yun Sect, has a mountain peak to its north, most of which are owned by Golden Dan period elders within the sect. On top of these peaks are spiritual veins, making it the best place for cultivation in Luo Yun Sect.

  The south side is the residence of the practitioners in the Qi-gong period, including various palaces and temples inside the gate!

  Every time a master goes to the Life and Death Stage, there is always an elder of the Golden Elixir period who acts as the judge, so there is no need to worry that someone else will intervene on the spot, which is also why Qian Lao felt at ease letting Wang Chen go up.

  "Here comes! Here comes!"

  As the crowd's noise grew, Wang Chen was carried by Qian Lao and landed beside the Life and Death Platform. Several cultivators stood opposite them. Qian Lao said in a low voice, "You've also seen that Foundation Establishment cultivator from yesterday, and the ones next to him are disciples of the Cloud Platform Peak's Foundation Establishment stage! However, you don't need to worry, later on, an elder at the Golden Dan stage will naturally come to preside over the Life and Death Platform!"

  Wang Chen nodded silently, took out a meditation mat from his storage bag and placed it on the ground, then sat down with his eyes closed to meditate.

  The Mr. Li across from him was pointed out by several foundation period cultivators for a good while, until the foundation period cultivators all left, before Mr. Li walked over to Wang Chen's side.

  "It's already like this now, what are you cultivating for? I'm saying, junior brother! You're not thinking that if you cultivate a bit more now, you'll be able to defeat me later, right?! Senior brother, I'm so scared!"

  A group of monks next to them heard the young man's words and burst into a fit of laughter.

  "This Wang brother is really too weak! Being scolded to this extent and he doesn't even make a sound!"

  "What is Master Wang doing?! Is he still practicing at a time like this?"

  ……

  At this moment, a yellow light appeared in the distance and quickly moved to appear on the life-and-death platform. After the yellow light disappeared, a thirty-year-old cultivator suddenly appeared on the platform.

  As the elder appeared, several foundation-building cultivators, including Qian Lao, hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Greetings, Elder!" The golden core cultivator waved his hand impatiently: "Don't be so troublesome. I was originally practicing a treasure, but was dragged here to do hard labor. Which two juniors are going on the life-and-death stage? Hurry up!"

  Several foundation-building cultivators nodded in agreement, and Wang Chen and Li surname cultivator simultaneously jumped onto the high platform.

  Seeing the two of them on stage, Elder Jin Dan period suddenly became interested and asked: "Do you know that this life-and-death stage is a place of life and death? Why did you two come up here?"

  Li surname Shushi heard this, his face flushed with excitement and flattery, saying: "Report to the elder, this junior brother disrespects seniors, insults my master, I must behead him to set an example!"

  Jindan period cultivator nodded, turned his head to look at Wang Chen. Wang Chen didn't show any emotional changes due to the Jindan period elder's identity and cultivation, but calmly said: "Those who block my way shall be cut down!"

  "Oh?" The Golden Elixir stage elder looked at Wang Chen with great surprise, and after glancing at him twice, he said, "In that case, you all prepare for a life-and-death battle!" After finishing speaking, the Golden Elixir stage elder waved his hand, and a command token was raised.

  The token flew to the top of the Mortal Platform, emitting a series of runes that flew into the platform, instantly triggering the formation of the law array. A layer of yellow protective cover enveloped the entire Mortal Platform.

  "Alright, you two get started quickly!"

  The elder finished setting up the formation, gave a cold snort and said, "This is too much for a Golden Elixir cultivator's demeanor!" However, this thought only flashed in his mind, no one dared to say it out loud, otherwise they would be suspected of seeking death and wanting to test whether the Golden Elixir elder's treasure was sharp or not!

  As soon as the elder's voice fell, the Li surname cultivator raised a shield-shaped artifact. The shield emitted waves of spiritual energy fluctuations, and with Wang Chen's eyesight, it was clear that this was an excellent top-grade defensive artifact.

  This was not enough, after raising the top-grade defensive magic tool, Mr. Li also slapped two talismans on his body, and instantly two layers of shields appeared around him. One layer was a blue shield, which should be the water shield symbol in the early stage of foundation building; the other layer was a golden shield, which should be the diamond symbol in the early stage of foundation building.

  After these three layers of defense were completed, Mr. Li let out a breath!

  The monks watching from below suddenly blew their top.

  "Is this a mistake? The ultimate defensive artifact is so powerful?"

  "How can we fight like this?! Two foundation-establishment defensive talismans, even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would need to expend some effort!"

  "This Li brother has won for sure! Just talking about this defensive king brother can't break through!"

  ……

  The discussions below are lively and worldly, like a bustling marketplace, and neither Jin Dan period elder nor several Jī Dì period cultivators stop them.

  The Li surname repairman was a bit pleased, this time preparing things for his apprentices was not a small amount, not only for this life and death battle, but also for the subsequent journey.

  Qian Lao saw this situation and was secretly anxious, secretly blaming Wang Chen for not taking the initiative to throw out the Divine Thunderbolt earlier, which would have ended the battle sooner.