“Friend Chen, this is today’s share of spiritual stones,” Wang Yuanwu said as he handed over a small cloth bag. Chen Mobai took it with some confusion and felt that there were more than just five pieces inside.

“Senior Brother Zheng’s latest order is to kill a peak first-order demonic beast and receive an additional four spiritual stones as a reward,” Wang Yuanwu explained.

Upon hearing this, Chen Mobai couldn’t help but show a pleasant surprise. He opened the small cloth bag and found eleven spiritual stones inside.

In addition to the five rewards for responding to the summon today, he had also solo-killed a Black Plague Bird yesterday and teamed up with Qi Rui to kill another one, earning him an extra six spiritual stones.

“These Black Plague Bird feathers are excellent materials for refining. After you accept these spiritual stones, our sect will take care of the corpses of these demonic beasts,” Wang Yuanwu further explained.

Chen Mobai suddenly realized that these spiritual stones were actually the price for purchasing the materials of the demonic beasts. However, he had no intention of dealing with these things himself. Even if he kept them, he would at most roast the wings to eat. It was better to hand them over to the sect and receive a few more spiritual stones, which would be a win-win situation.

Compared to that, the fact that the sect was willing to provide spiritual stones had made Chen Mobai admire Zheng Deming, the one in charge, even more.

At least, when Chen Mobai saw the group of cultivators guarding the Spirit Tree Formation Flag today, their frowning faces due to the death and injuries of their teammates yesterday had relaxed again after receiving more spiritual stones.

The scattered cultivators who had been hesitating whether to withdraw for their own safety were now hesitant to speak up.

At least at this moment, when they received the spiritual stones, all the scattered cultivators were full of enthusiasm and united.

“Someone is coming!”

After distributing the spiritual stones, Wang Yuanwu was about to discuss the next tactical cooperation with everyone when a bright sword light fell on the cliff.

“I am Ning Leshan from the Golden Light Cliff. Who is the leader here?”

As the sword light dissipated, a middle-aged man with a square face and three strands of long beard appeared.

“I am Wang Yuanwu from the Spirit Wood Sect. I have seen Senior Uncle Ning,” Chen Mobai recognized the sword light. It was one of the three that had rushed out of the teleportation array yesterday and killed the second-order demonic beast. He was a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

“Mm, Senior Brother Zheng assigned me to guard the defense line on the west bank and come here to meet you all,” Ning Leshan said, nodding his head. He then flew away on his sword towards the location of the next Spirit Tree Formation Flag.

Although this Foundation Establishment cultivator had come and gone, it had greatly boosted the confidence of their team.

This meant that the “Heavenly Wood Divine Light” had been used up and that there was at least one Foundation Establishment cultivator sitting behind them, making them feel much safer.

“The Golden Light Cliff cultivators are all sword cultivators, and among cultivators of the same level, their combat power is generally at the forefront,” Qi Rui explained to Chen Mobai, who had come from a small place to the Dream Swamp and was not very familiar with the common knowledge of the Eastern Wasteland sects.

Among the Five Elements Sects, the Golden Vein had always been the most dominant.

After the passing of the Primordial Ancestor, if it weren’t for the Golden Light Cliff joining forces with the Spirit Wood Sect’s Golden Elixir Ancestor, they wouldn’t have had the confidence to split from the sect.

“What realm is Senior Uncle Ning in?”

“I have heard that he just broke through to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage five years ago. I’m not sure if he has cultivated the Dual-Phase Technique. If he has made such progress in both metal and water cultivation, he might have a chance to attempt Core Formation before the end of his lifespan.”

Every once in a while, the Spirit Wood Sect would organize a group of disciples who practiced sword techniques to go to the Golden Light Cliff for exchange and learning. Qi Rui, who practiced the Crimson Flame Sword Technique, had the opportunity to stay at the Golden Light Cliff for a period of time and remembered the name Ning Leshan very clearly.

“Since the Dual-Phase Technique has a chance to increase the probability of Core Formation, how could he not cultivate it?” Chen Mobai felt puzzled. As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Ning Leshan must have wanted to achieve Core Formation.

With such a significant increase in the probability of Core Formation, he would definitely cultivate it if it were him.

“Among our Spirit Wood Sect disciples who meet the conditions, almost all of them will cultivate the Dual-Phase Technique. But it’s different for the sword cultivators of the Golden Light Cliff.”

“Most of them believe that the way of the sword requires pure sword intent. Cultivating the Dual-Phase Technique would impure their hearts and hinder their progress. They prefer to focus on a sword technique that suits their spiritual roots and temperament, so that they can advance fearlessly and make rapid progress.”

“In fact, among the Five Elements Sects, it is only our Spirit Wood Sect that values the Dual-Phase Technique so much. This is because the ‘Eternal Life Scripture’ can increase lifespan. After Foundation Establishment, it can provide an additional century to break through bottlenecks. For the other four veins, if they cultivate the Dual-Phase Technique, ninety percent of them will die of old age.”

After listening to Qi Rui’s explanation, Chen Mobai couldn’t help but sigh at the unique advantages of the Spirit Wood Sect.

No wonder they dared to split from the sect after the passing of the Primordial Ancestor.

At this moment, Wang Yuanwu gathered everyone again and began to rearrange the defense line according to the teams assigned yesterday.

Chen Mobai and Shi Pengyi went to the place where they had fought yesterday, while Qi Rui stood at the outermost position and formed the first line of defense with the other disciples of the Spirit Wood Sect.

Boom!

Sure enough, not long after, the two second-order Bird Kings led over a thousand Black Plague Birds and flew over, seemingly trying to avoid being wiped out by the Heavenly Wood Divine Light. They scattered and landed on the water and in the sky over here.

Without any further probing, they directly entered the most dangerous stage of battle.

The Spirit Tree Formation Flag where Chen Mobai and the others were located was still the main target of the Black Plague Birds’ attacks.

It seemed that they had tested the limits of their team’s strength yesterday, so today the two Bird Kings sent thirty peak first-order birds to attack fiercely.

If it were only Chen Mobai and the others, facing such a large number of demonic beasts, they would definitely be defeated.

If they fought to the death, they might not even survive.

However, today everyone was full of confidence.

Wang Yuanwu nodded at Liu Shidi beside him, and without any hesitation, Liu Shidi unleashed the Heavenly Wood Divine Light that had been recharged overnight.

Amidst the thunderous roar,The thirty leading Black Plague Birds at the peak of the first rank, although they had tried to disperse, were still mostly evaporated into a sky full of blood mist by the sudden eruption of the Divine Wood Light.

“Attack, leave none of these beasts behind!”

At Wang Yuanwu’s command, Qi Rui and the other disciples of the Divine Wood Sect followed him and charged out of the cliff.

Fierce!

At this moment, the Bird King, who was standing far away above the clouds, let out a stern shout.

Seeing that they had actually used the Divine Wood Light on their side, the uninjured Bird King at the peak of the second rank immediately flapped its wings, revealing its true form, and charged towards them.

“Evil beast, how dare you!”

Ning Le Mountain, who had been hiding on the side, flew over with his sword, directly blocking this Bird King in mid-air.

Boom!

At the same time, on the other shores of Qingguang Island, more Divine Wood Lights erupted, sweeping across the surface of the lake.

Then, more sword lights lit up, beginning to engage in close combat with the beast army that was attacking the island again.

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