Chapter Eighty-One: The Difficult Problem

  Today's second update~~~

  This contest instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the ancient city, and it was completely spontaneous. Everyone came to the scene of the contest to see how Zhang Chong and the other two would challenge Luo Mudan.

  Among these people, most are worried.

  The rules of the trial are simple, whoever is pointed to will fight, and no one can refuse. And on the side of the trial field, there are also Bai Li and Lan Ningxue waiting in ambush.

  Zhang Chong, Lin Ye and Liu Sheng stood in a triangular formation, while Luo Mudan stood calmly with a gentle smile, saying in a soft voice.

  "It's an invitation to battle, so why don't you make the first move?"

  "Great!!!"

  Liu Sheng was also straightforward, stepping on the Eight Immortals' steps, after striding several steps to the left and right, he made a fish leap, raised his spear and stabbed. However, when he used this move, Luo Mudan found it somewhat strange. He saw Liu Sheng's spear, although its momentum was very strong, but its power was not as great as before in Luoying Valley.

  No way, they took the initiative to fight, and it's only natural that they would be confident. It's been over ten days, so their strength should have improved significantly, how could they be weaker than before? Although Luo Mudan couldn't understand this point, she still held her breath, concentrated, and thrust her staff forward, instantly blooming a hundred peach blossoms.

  Zhang Chong and Lin Ye followed closely behind Liu Sheng, their feet moving in a specific rhythm. The magic guards in their hands stretched forward, but instead of releasing any moves, they suddenly accelerated Liu Sheng's figure.

  In an instant, the black long spear emitted a light hum, continuously piercing through more than ten petals before heading straight for Luo Mudan's face. This sudden change caught Luo Mudan off guard. Fortunately, she had previously suspected that Liu Sheng still had a trick up his sleeve, so under this sudden change, the flower stick in her hand danced lightly, and two peach blossoms flew swiftly to collide with Liu Sheng's spear.

  “Bang bang~~” After two crisp collisions, Sheng's figure flew sideways, and after a leisurely turn from the side, he turned to Lin Ye and Zhang Chong's back like a spinning top. Zhang Chong's Heart-Devouring Stick, with one black and one white misty aura, did not stop for a moment, and struck towards Luo Mudan again. These two misty auras lightly coiled around in the midst of the fluttering flower rain, like a spirit snake spitting out its letter, advancing gently.

  Lin Ye and Liu Sheng, also followed closely behind Zhang Chong, their moves swift and sudden, causing the air to thicken with an eerie fog that seemed to be closing in on Luo Mudan's hand holding the flower staff.

  Luo Mudan was also shocked, and the flower stick in his hand danced continuously, just resolving this attack.

  It was just these two attacks that she discovered the strangeness of the three people working together and their wonderful coordination.

  What's going on here? However, she had no time to think carefully. Zhang Chong and the other two followed closely behind her, constantly displaying fierce killing moves, leaving her completely unable to counterattack, and from the start, she was at a disadvantage.

  And seeing the three of them working together, it's not just that their coordination is extremely smooth, but this unbroken and harmonious movement makes her attacks unable to find a way in.

  In short, it was impossible to find any weaknesses in these three people.

  The onlookers were also initially nervous, but soon became completely absorbed in the scene. They had not expected that apart from individual battles, there could be such wonderful teamwork among cultivators.

  Huashan and Yunwu originated from Tianmu Sect, and also participated in the previous fairy demon war. They knew that if there were thousands of immortal cultivators fighting, there would be a battle formation, with a special general commanding, and equipped with different array methods to assist.

  However, these are just to prevent chaos on the battlefield, and the number of people required for the movement of the formation is at least over a hundred. Because if it's scattered soldiers, a team of 100 cultivators can only exert about 30% of their strength. But if they are commanded through formations, it's estimated that the attacking power will be increased to 60%.

  It's like what's in front of us, just a three-person formation, they've never seen it before, and this formation can greatly enhance each person's combat power, not just superimposing, but also multiplying the effect, making it hard to imagine.

  This scene is now unfolding before their eyes, and it's making them open their eyes wide, not wanting to miss any detail.

  "I've lost~~" Luodan said softly, retreating several steps after blocking another blow. At the same time, Zhang Chong and the others' attacks also came to an abrupt halt.

  Luo Mudan had not been able to turn the tide of battle from start to finish, and she hadn't even had a chance to counterattack. As time went on, her strength began to wane, and mistakes started to creep in. She knew that unless she used her desperate last resort, there was no way she could turn defeat into victory. But this match was just a friendly spar, so she happily conceded, laughing as she said

  "This formation of combined attack is indeed very good."

  After this, except for Luo Mudan, everyone else came to ask Zhang Chong about the profound meaning of the formation technique. Zhang Chong did not hide anything and not only explained the formation technique in detail but also told them all the gains they had obtained during their previous cultivation process.

  From then on, they all started practicing this formation with great enthusiasm and diligence.

  Zhang Chong also discovered that in the process of cultivating this formation, the power of heaven and earth within his body was also slowly increasing. Due to this change, his control over fire in alchemy had become more refined.

  At present, his control over fire has reached the point where he can sustain it for ten weeks, and half of that time is spent generating flames. Although the duration of these flames is not long, he continues to make progress, which in turn fuels his passion for cultivating the Tao.

  In the blink of an eye, three months had passed and they hadn't found a new area or a way out. And at this time, new trouble appeared.

  "Our spiritual grain is almost gone." Mo Shan Gongzi Li Rui said, all the spiritual grain of Lin Hai Ba Xian was under his management, so he was the clearest. As for others, they were all rushed to this place without preparation, and the spiritual grain in their hands was also very little, except for Bai Li and Lan Ningxue who had a bit more, basically the remaining spiritual grain was not enough for a month's worth.

  People regard food as heaven, this issue is extremely severe for everyone, and judging from the current situation, it should be impossible to escape within a month. If there is a break in supplies, the following days can be imagined.

  They discussed for a long time, but still didn't come up with a feasible plan.

  Duan Chenzi, who had been standing by silently, suddenly spoke up at this moment.

  "I have another method, but it can only temporarily alleviate the crisis. I think you all have a lot of materials in your hands, why not take them out and use the tripod furnace to refine the useful materials into pills, which can support us for a while longer."

  "Can Dan medicine also fill the belly?" Zhang Chong heard his words and curiously asked, in his understanding, he only knew that Dan medicine could improve his power, but eating to fill the belly was something he had never thought of.

  "It's possible, but the elixir is expensive. If you use it to fill your hunger, it would be too extravagant." Ren Chuanyu didn't show any sign of disdain towards Zhang Chong, and in his heart, he thought that Zhang Chong was completely ignorant about alchemy, so he explained to him.

  "That's it, Bai Yangdan can also fill his hunger."

  Zhang Chong asked again.

  "This is natural, but the refining of Baiyang Dan requires seven materials and needs to be refined in a crucible for more than ten days before it can be successfully refined. I think among our dozen or so people, it's probably not easy to gather these seven materials, let's just take out the materials first and refine the elixir according to them." Ren Chuanyu said leisurely.

  "Refining White Yang Dan doesn't require materials or a crucible~~~" Zhang Chong's words instantly stunned everyone.