Chapter 226: Fire Feather Letter, Rift Valley
On the hill, Chen An held an ancient Bagua plate in his hand, his eyes as sharp as an eagle, and measured every inch of land accurately.

As he flicked his fingers, dozens of sword-loving grass seeds, containing a hint of sword intent, slowly fell into the carefully calculated acupuncture points according to the directions of the Eight Trigrams.

"start!"

Chen An let out a low shout, and a powerful sword intent surged out of his body, like a river bursting its banks, pouring into these seeds.

In an instant, the sword veins roared, and the land in the eight trigrams directions trembled slightly, as if the ancient dragon veins were awakened, and the sword veins quietly took shape under the catalysis of sword intent. Invisible sword intent veins intertwined and connected underground, forming a complex network, quietly waiting for the flow of sword intent.

In the core area, the outline of a sword pond appeared.

The clone Chen Sheng was busy, using the black iron rock as the wall and carefully carving it to ensure that each side could perfectly reflect the sword evil energy, allowing it to circulate inside and condense.

Passing the clone, Chen An walked to the bottom of the sword pool and carefully spread a handful of Tiangang star sand. Each grain of star sand sparkled with faint starlight, as if integrating the entire galaxy into this small world.

Tiangang Star Sand is a rare treasure originating from the place where meteorites fell from outer space. It is the result of the fusion of the purest star power and the essence of the earth that it carries over thousands of years.

This sand not only has extraordinary spirituality, but can also play a miraculous effect in the layout of the formation, especially in sword pools, refining furnaces and other places that require extreme environments to promote the condensation of spiritual power. It can significantly speed up the process of gathering spiritual power and make the generation of sword evil energy more rapid.

After the Tiangang Star Sand was placed, the sword pool was only missing one more thing: the Dragon Roar Jade Amber.

When the Dragon Roar Jade Amber was carefully placed in the center of the sword pool, the entire sword pool seemed to come to life. Faint dragon roars could be heard from the jade amber, echoing the sword intent deep in the earth and accelerating the gathering of sword evil energy.

The Dragon Roar Jade Amber was formed from the tears of the dragon clan in ancient times. It fell into the ground and settled for thousands of years, absorbing the essence of wind, rain, thunder and lightning between heaven and earth, and finally condensed into amber as warm and smooth as jade.

This amber is translucent all over, with swirling textures inside, as if there is a dragon shadow hidden. It feels cool to the touch, but one can feel the earth-shaking power of thunder contained within.

Placing it in the core of an array or an important magic weapon can enhance and stabilize the sword intent of the array or magic weapon through the power of dragon breath contained in it. At the same time, it can emit faint sounds of dragon roars, which can not only deter those with evil minds, but also refine the sword intent, making the sword evil spirit more pure and condensed.

When Chen An finished his work, the sword pool of his clone Chen Sheng was almost finished. With the cooperation of the two, the sword pool was completed quickly!

Looking at the sword pool in front of him, Chen An smiled lightly, concentrated his sword intent, and gently stroked the sword-eating grass seeds buried around him. These seeds were like seedlings that had just been rained upon after a long drought, emitting a hungry light and devouring the sword intent in the blink of an eye.

Chen An slightly side-glanced, his eyes as sharp as torches, looking towards the bottom of the sword pool, and saw a ray of extremely sharp sword energy quietly condensing, as if it had intelligence, it gradually changed from invisible to visible, turning into a slender sword energy, shuttling through the sword pool like a silver snake, rushing straight into the sky, trying to break free from the constraints of the sword pool and go straight up to the sky.

However, just as the sword energy was about to break through the sky, a deafening dragon roar suddenly sounded.

Then, a huge dragon-shaped shadow slowly appeared in the sky, with eyes like torches and a majestic aura.

It opened its mouth slightly, and an even more powerful breath gushed out of its mouth, directly suppressing the sword energy at the bottom of the sword pool.

He immediately immersed himself in the sword pool, hiding his merit and fame!
"Tsk tsk, the power is really extraordinary, the spirit stones were not wasted!"

Chen An nodded slightly and said that in order to set up the Nine Nether Sword Formation, most of the clan’s spirit stones were spent.

Judging from the current results, although that ray of sword intent is relatively weak, only equivalent to a blow from a Divine Transformation cultivator, its advantage is that it can be gathered and condensed for a long time.

As long as you persevere, I believe that within a few years, you will be able to match the strength of a cultivator in the late stage of refining emptiness. With more time, even having the ability to defeat a cultivator in the fusion stage will not be a big problem!
After setting up the formation, Chen An returned to Beishan.

After the spiritual field in the middle was promoted to the seventh level, it expanded outward in a circle, and the number of fifth-level spiritual fields also increased significantly.

Based on the principle of not wasting, Chen An planted spiritual plants that were rarely planted before, such as the Red Flame Spirit Fruit and the Mysterious Ice Grass, as early as when he had just been promoted to the Refining Void Realm.

Under the cultivation of the Soul-Giving Method, it grew very fast. In just a few years, it had reached a medicinal age of two or three hundred years, and was only a few years away from maturity.

Of course, these are not the key points. The fifth-level spiritual plants to be cultivated are still the five-colored lotus, blue wave spiritual silk, dragon blood tree and wild elephant fruit.

As for the sixth-level spiritual plants in the field, they are still in the growth stage and it will take at least ten to eight years for them to mature.

It would take a thousand years for such spiritual plants to even reach initial maturity. To be able to cultivate them to a thousand years old in just a dozen years is probably a unique method in Feiyun City alone, not to mention other places.

When you walk into the spiritual field, the first thing that catches your eye is the Ice Heart Lotus in the Deep Water. Its branches and leaves sway as if on the blue waves, and the lotus core is as pure as snow. The heart of the flower contains a faint light, and cold air lingers, flowing between the petals like a dream.

The spiritual plant next to it had golden and silver light flickering between its leaf veins, like the morning light dancing with moonlight and dewdrops, growing entwined among the vines.

At the edge of the seventh-level spiritual field is the Xuan Gen Ling Orchid, whose roots are buried deep in the soil, hiding a faint fragrance. Its bean sprout-like stems are exposed above the ground, just like a small insect breaking out of the soil.

The Canglan Golden Spirit Silk and the Haipo Divine Tree were swimming leisurely in the water. The former's threads were like golden flowing light, weaving a brilliant illusion web. The water was dancing with the dance of spirits, and the threads were becoming more and more abundant than before.

The roots of the Sea Soul Sacred Tree are deeply rooted in the pond. It is neither a vine nor a dead tree on land, but an aquatic spiritual plant.

Its roots meander deep into the heart of Kuxiu Mountain, absorbing strength from the depths of the earth. Unfortunately, this place is the Qiankun Pot, and the power of the earth is very weak.

Among the many sixth-level spiritual plants, this one grows the slowest.

But there is no way around it. Although the Qiankun Pot is a world of its own, the power of the earth veins is weak, far less thick and inexhaustible than the outside world.

Perhaps, its roots can be guided along the Qiankun Pot and planted in the back mountain, so that it can absorb the power of the earth veins without attracting attention.

Chen An was just waiting to try when Chen Sheng came in and said that Wang Daning had just come to visit.

"Wang Daning went to the Soul Sea last time, and during that time he received a message from a female cultivator, asking him to deliver a storage bag to the clan. I guess this female cultivator is Luo Ling'er."

Chen Sheng presented a storage bag and then stood quietly aside.

After opening it, Chen An found that there was only a letter inside and nothing else.

After taking a look, I found that it was indeed Luo Ling'er.

The letter said that Huoyu had returned to the Phoenix clan after many twists and turns, and over the years, she had found information about two Void Refining-level feathers, one with fire attribute and one with earth attribute.

However, the embarrassing thing is that the person who owns the spiritual rain only wants a sixth-level spiritual plant in exchange, and she is short of money now and cannot buy it all at once.

There are only two ways at the moment. One is to wait for a few years until she earns enough spirit stones and gets the sixth-level spirit plant and then exchange it back.

Second, if Chen An sent her two plants, she could buy them immediately and send them back without stopping.

After reading the general content of the letter, Chen An fell into deep thought. It was not because he was afraid that Huoyu would cheat him of the spiritual plant, but because he did not have a sixth-level spiritual plant now.

The few plants he had harvested from the Spirit Breath Abyss had all been drained dry and returned to the spiritual seed state. He currently did not have any complete high-level spiritual plants on hand. If he were to buy them in Feiyun City, not to mention whether there were any sixth-level spiritual plants, even if there were, after purchasing a wave of spiritual materials, the Chen family had emptied most of their assets and did not have the financial resources to purchase them.

Currently, his five-colored divine light is still lacking the gold and earth attributes, but the fire-attributed feather has another magical use. It can strengthen the red divine light, and he also wants to get it as well.

Seeing Chen An frowning, Chen Sheng stepped forward and asked, "Do you want to write back?"

"No need, just wait and see."

Chen An waved his hand and let his clone go about his business.

Being in Feiyun City, there was no urgent need to advance to the Five-Colored Divine Light. Immediately, Chen An put the matter behind him for the time being and continued to practice hard.

At the junction of Qingcangzhou in Tianyuan Continent and the barbarian territory, there is a dangerous place called "Rift Valley".

It is both a bridge connecting the two worlds and the fuse of endless struggle.

The Rift Valley spans thousands of miles and the terrain is extremely steep.

To the west are the towering mountains of the Tianyuan Continent, with peaks like swords piercing the sky; to the east is the endless wasteland of the barbarian land, vast and desolate.

The valley is bottomless and rocky, with boiling lava rivers winding through it from time to time, emitting a pungent sulphur smell.

Not only that, the sky above the Rift Valley is covered by a thin layer of gray fog all year round, making it often difficult to distinguish between day and night.

Occasionally, some exotic flowers and plants would grow on the rock walls in the valley. They could survive in extreme environments. It was even rumored that there had been exotic spiritual plants that could absorb the spiritual energy between heaven and earth and cultivate themselves into spirits!
The most eye-catching is a spiritual spring located on the west side of the valley, named Wushui Spring.

This spring dries up all year round and only gushes out once every hundred years, but its water is extraordinary, it does not exist in the form of ordinary water, but is the condensation of spiritual power between heaven and earth, and has the effect of assisting in breaking through the realm of refining the void. From ancient times to the present, it has been a holy object that the spiritual practitioners have longed for.

In addition, the spring water is also of great benefit to the cultivation of the cultivators of the Void Refining Realm.

Taking one drop can save you at least several years of hard training!

For countless years, the human race and the barbarians have caused countless disputes in order to compete for this spiritual spring.

The two tribes were of similar strength, with both winning and losing, and the spiritual springs often changed hands.

Judging from the human cultivators who occasionally pass by the spiritual spring, it is obvious that the spiritual spring is now controlled by the human race.

At this time, an old man with a gaunt face and a look of otherworldly indifference walked slowly towards the spiritual spring.

"General Yun, the spiritual spring has already gushed out spiritual water!"

A black-armored guard, wearing a dark heavy armor and a long sword on his waist, immediately bowed and saluted when he saw the heavenly guard coming in person.

Upon hearing this, Yun Yichen cast a gentle gaze towards the spring, and saw a few crystal clear drops of water leaping out from the depths, like dewdrops on the tips of leaves in the early morning, without any impurities and extremely clear.

Even though he had experienced countless storms, ripples could not help but appear in his heart.

In his joy, he quickly calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Report this matter to Feiyun City as soon as possible and let the city lord know the good news about Lingquan."

"At the same time, convey our military order. The entire army will immediately enter the highest state of alert. The barbarians are always dishonest at this time. The spiritual spring that we have recaptured with great difficulty must not fall into the hands of others again!"

"Yes, General Yun!" The black-armored guard stood up and turned around to leave with quick movements.

"bang bang bang"

However, at this moment, a series of deafening roars suddenly came from the direction of the Rift Valley, followed by the clash of weapons and the roars of soldiers, and a faint smell of blood gradually filled the air.

The sky in the distance was illuminated red by the raging flames of war, and a huge figure was looming in the firelight. That was the appearance of the barbarians performing magic to control the heavens and the earth. Yun Yichen had been dealing with the barbarians for many years and knew it best!
"It's those damn barbarians again!"

Yun Yichen's brows were tightly knitted together, and a cold light flashed in his eyes. "Attention, all troops, strengthen the defense line. No matter what the cost, we must not let the barbarians cross the Rift Valley!"

Fortunately, Yun Yichen was strict in military discipline and even in the face of a sudden attack, the Black Armored Army quickly adjusted their formation after a brief period of chaos and sacrifice, and began to fight with the barbarians who swarmed in.

The news of the barbarian invasion soon spread to Feiyun City along with the news that water had gushed out of a waterless spring.

Small families and independent cultivators were all in panic, trembling with fear all day long. Some cultivators even moved out of Feiyun City due to excessive worry.

Even with the protection of Feiyun City's Black Armor Guards, there are times when they are unable to resist.

The barbarians were rather barbaric, and every time they seized the waterless spring, they would not just guard the spiritual spring quietly. Often they would tear off their shirts, bare-chested, and pursue the victory until they reached Feiyun City.

Even if they cannot capture Feiyun City, they will do something to make the monks in the city panic.

Compared to other cultivators who were fidgeting, the cultivators of the Chen family were relatively optimistic.

In the past, the Chen family fought alone, but now they have the entire Feiyun City and even Qingcangzhou as their backing. What is there to be afraid of?

Besides, as long as Chen An is still here, their hearts will be as solid as a rock!

Looking at the extremely optimistic and even a few eager tribesmen, Chen An remained silent.

It seems that these people have been living too comfortably since they came to Feiyun City, and Chen Qing and others will have to put some pressure on them later.

The invasion of barbarians is not that simple. Since records began, each war between the two tribes lasted from three to five years at the least, to several decades at the most!
If the time is too long and order cannot be restored in the city, it will be a catastrophic blow to the family!

Moreover, as Void Refining Monks, they are the high-level combat force in the city. If the war goes badly and the City Lord's Mansion conscripts able-bodied men, they will be the first to bear the brunt.

Facing the barbarians, even the Void Refinement cultivators suffered a high casualty rate!

When Chen An was lost in thought, Chen Sheng walked in from outside.

"Someone from the City Lord's Mansion is here to invite all the families to practice Void Refinement and come to the City Lord's Mansion for a chat!"

(End of this chapter)