In the blink of an eye, Chen Mobai had been fighting against the demonic beasts on this Qingguang Island for a full ten days.
From the elegant and handsome young man who cared about his appearance at the beginning, he now had his hair disheveled and was wearing short sleeves.
If it weren't for the Cleanse Technique, his current image would probably be comparable to that of a savage.
And the number of people in their team was also decreasing. Now, there were only twelve left.
However, the remaining ones were all elites.
Fortunately, everyone Chen Mobai knew had survived.
Luo Lin had already left the team. After all, she was only at the Qi Refining Stage. After continuous fighting for five days, even with the replenishment of pills and talismans, she fell into a coma due to the exhaustion of her spiritual power and physical strength.
But she had ultimately survived, which was more important than anything else.
On the third day after Shi Pengyi left with Luo Lin, he returned to the team.
Besides wanting to earn spirit stones, he had also broken through to the Foundation Establishment Stage.
His spiritual root talent was not bad, but if he wanted to advance further and even pursue Foundation Establishment, this island defense battle was his best opportunity. Not only could he obtain spirit stones, but he could also further hone his cultivation techniques.
If he could break through to the Qi Refining Stage in the next few years, then at least before the age of 60, Shi Pengyi could try to establish a foundation.
Chen Mobai had never participated in the opening war of the Immortal Gate, but he felt that even if it was an opening war, it should be as fierce as this.
Now, there were still twelve of them alive and intact, seven at the later stage of Qi Refining and five at the Foundation Establishment Stage.
One disciple from the Shenmu Sect had died. After Qi Rui cremated him and took the urn of ashes, he left the team for a day. But when he returned the next day, he once again threw himself wholeheartedly into the battle against the demonic beasts.
One Qi Refining Stage disciple from the scattered cultivators had also died.
Among the remaining scattered cultivators, only three were able to leave alive like Luo Lin.
The separation of life and death and the cruelty of battle had caused Chen Mobai to grow a lot in just ten days.
"Come, Chen Daoist."
Qi Rui threw the wine jug in his hand to Chen Mobai, who caught it and naturally took a sip.
He originally didn't like drinking alcohol, after all, milk tea tasted much better than wine.
But there was no milk tea in this world, so he had no choice but to make do.
However, after drinking this wine for a while, he gradually tasted a bit of flavor.
According to Qi Rui, this jug of wine was brewed with the Jade Sprout Spiritual Rice grown in the Jumu Ridge. It had a mellow taste, smooth on the palate, and long-term consumption could also promote cultivation.
This jug of wine cost one spirit stone.
After asking Shi Pengyi and the others, Chen Mobai learned that not every cultivator in the Tianhe Realm could eat spiritual rice and drink spiritual wine every day.
Regarding this, Chen Mobai could only say that the agriculture in the Tianhe Realm was not developed enough.
Although the Immortal Gate was lacking in resources, there was one thing they were not lacking, and that was spiritual rice.
On the surface of the Diyuan Star, whether it was plains or mountains, as long as there was suitable land for cultivating spiritual fields, the Immortal Gate's Lingzhi farmers had developed them all.
After all, the body was the foundation. If one couldn't even eat enough spiritual rice, how could the next generation have outstanding talent?
The cultivation technique for growing spiritual rice had reached its peak in the Immortal Gate.
And it was precisely because of this that after thousands of years, each generation grew up eating spiritual rice, so there were very few infants with insufficient innate spiritual roots in the Immortal Gate.
As the Shenmu Sect, one of the major sects in the Eastern Wilderness, when they recruited disciples every year, they even had Foundation Establishment cultivators bring a group of people to measure the spiritual roots in various cities and villages in the mortal world.
Not only was the efficiency low, but there was also a high probability of missing people with spiritual roots.
Eight years ago, when the Shenmu Sect recruited disciples in the Eastern Wilderness, their Spirit Crossing Messenger unexpectedly found a genius with an extraordinary spiritual root in the Rain Country that had been screened by the Shenmu Sect. After Elder Fu learned about this, he was furious.
If it weren't for the Spirit Crossing Messenger of the previous generation of the Shenmu Sect snatching a Heaven Spiritual Root, they would probably have been severely punished because of this.
"It's a waste not to cultivate the land with such abundant spiritual energy in the Tianhe Realm."
While drinking his wine, Chen Mobai couldn't help but think that if he entered the Shenmu Sect in the future, he would definitely not waste such good spiritual land resources.
It would be a bit troublesome to turn the Jumu Ridge, a fourth-grade spiritual vein, into farmland.
But Chen Mobai didn't need such good spiritual land.
Qi Rui said that there were many abandoned first and second-grade spiritual fields around the Jumu Ridge. Because the Shenmu Sect had only split from the main sect less than a hundred years ago, the number of disciples was still not enough, and the area within the sect's influence was vast but sparsely populated.
Basically, every Qi Refining disciple could be allocated a second-grade spiritual vein.
He could buy some seeds from the Diyuan Star that grew quickly but had high requirements for spiritual energy, which would perfectly make use of the abundant spiritual energy in the Tianhe Realm.
Chen Mobai's mother, Tang Pancui, was from a village located in a mountain hollow between Danxia City and Yumu City. The people in this village had made a living by farming for generations, and the rice they grew was clear, white, translucent, and had a unique fragrance of green leaves.
The Foundation Establishment cultivators from Danxia City and Yumu City basically recognized the second-grade Qingmi rice grown here.Chen Mobai had been taken to the fields when he was a child, so he considered himself somewhat knowledgeable about farming.
"Manager Wang, I would like to request a couple of days off to rest."
After finishing his drink, Chen Mobai approached Wang Yuanwu. The latter was taken aback, thinking that Chen Mobai was tired of fighting and wanted to withdraw.
"Brother Chen, if you are not satisfied with the amount of spirit stones, we can negotiate further."
"Manager Wang, you misunderstand. It's just that the non-stop fighting for the past ten days has left me mentally exhausted. If I don't take a break, I'm afraid I might be killed by those beasts on the battlefield."
Chen Mobai explained with a bitter smile. However, apart from this reason, another factor was that Danxia City was going to announce the list of opponents and detailed rules for the entrance exam to the Daoist Academy tomorrow.
He wanted to go back and check out his opponents to see if there was anything he needed to be aware of.
"I see, I misunderstood you, Brother Chen."
Upon hearing this, Wang Yuanwu immediately apologized. The pressure on him had been immense recently.
Their battle line had been breached yesterday. If it weren't for Ning Le Mountain repelling the Bird King and providing timely support, they might not have been able to retake this place.
Even so, the spirit tree formation flag they were guarding had been destroyed. Although Junior Brother Liu was trying his best to repair it, he was not a spirit value master, and the progress was slow.
"By the way, Manager Wang, I heard that you have a Red Flame Triple Sword talisman. You know my admiration for the Shenmu Sect, and I've decided to practice the Immortal Longevity Sutra and the Red Flame Sword Technique. I wonder if you could part with it and sell it to me?"