Chapter 817: Drilling the Five Elements Soldiers

However, Chen Mobai quickly cast aside these concerns, tapping Guibao to transport himself to the Tianhe Realm, prepared for combat.

Beiyuan City.

After Chen Mobai emerged from seclusion, the first to arrive was Zhou Shengqing.

"Junior Brother, it's good that you've come out of seclusion. I plan to take a few of our martial nephews to Dongyi tomorrow."

Zhou Shengqing arrived accompanied by Zhou Wangshen, whose aura indicated he had already reached Foundation Establishment Perfection. It was clear Zhou Shengqing intended to nurture him extensively.

"Then I'll trouble you, Senior Brother. The main purpose of this trip is to gather information. Remember not to expose yourselves, lest you attract attention from Dongyi."

While Chen Mobai and Zhou Shengqing conversed, Zhou Wangshen, standing by, was also very excited.

He already knew that these two in front of him were both Nascent Soul Patriarchs.

One was his own ancestor, and the other was the sect master who appreciated him. He felt that no one in the entire Five Elements Sect had a stronger backing than him.

At this moment, Zhou Wangshen knew that as long as he didn't make any mistakes, his future in the sect would certainly be the brightest.

Previously, his goal was to form a Core!

Now, Zhou Wangshen felt he could hope for more.

For example, to become the Five Elements Sect's third Nascent Soul cultivator in the future!

"Martial Nephew Zhou..."

At that moment, Zhou Wangshen suddenly heard Chen Mobai call out to him and immediately responded, walking over.

"Disciple is here, greetings, Sect Master!"

Chen Mobai smiled as he looked at Zhou Wangshen, then took out a jade slip he had prepared earlier.

"This contains my insights and experiences regarding the Longevity Dao Body. Take it and study it carefully; I hope you can achieve something great in the future."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Wangshen suppressed his inner joy, but his hands trembled slightly as he took the jade slip from Chen Mobai.

"Thank you, Sect Master! This disciple will surely not disappoint your expectations!"

For years, Zhou Wangshen had been leading the former true disciples of the Five Elements' Five Veins at the Soaring Dragon Pool, refining the essence of the Five Elements. Every year, Gu Yan would send him Longevity Dew, and he had now achieved peak second-tier body refinement.

However, he had attempted to break through the bottleneck from the second to third tier but had failed.

Although he was also summarizing his experiences, he still felt he gained very little, and crucially, he didn't know why he had failed.

However, after receiving Chen Mobai's insights, Zhou Wangshen quickly scanned the jade slip with his divine sense. He discovered tens of thousands of words meticulously analyzing the three stages of the Longevity Dao Body in a clear, profound, yet easily understandable way.

Even without anyone explaining, Zhou Wangshen easily understood all the content, and by cross-referencing, he readily identified the areas where his cultivation was lacking, leading to his failure.

He also gained an accurate grasp of his future cultivation direction.

Truly worthy of being the Great Sagely Teacher renowned in the Eastern Desolate!

Zhou Wangshen couldn't help but feel even greater admiration for Chen Mobai, sighing that he was of the same generation and thus couldn't become his disciple.

In the Tianhe Realm, cultivation methods and personal insights emphasized "profound meaning in few words," using just a few words to encapsulate a paragraph's meaning.

Even with a cultivator's high comprehension, without a master's guidance, misunderstandings could arise, or they might even go astray.

However, Chen Mobai's upbringing instilled in him an intolerance for this. When teaching through writing or lecturing, he ensured the content was thorough and detailed, providing disciples with a complete analysis. While he didn't aim for students to listen with avid interest, he at least ensured they understood everything clearly.

It was precisely because of this that the Eastern Desolate region prided itself on receiving his guidance.

Unfortunately, as Chen Mobai's cultivation grew higher, he had not publicly preached or lectured for a long time.

Zhou Shengqing also expressed his thanks, then took Zhou Wangshen away. Afterward, Chen Mobai called over Song Huangda and others who were also going to Dongyi with them.

Treating everyone equally, he spent half a day answering their cultivation-related questions.

This trip to Dongyi carried some risks. Although the sect offered substantial contributions, these were individuals chosen by Chen Mobai himself. He hoped that Song Huangda and the others could use this opportunity to temper themselves, broaden their horizons, improve their cultivation, and lay a solid foundation for future breakthroughs.

In response, Song Huangda and the others were profoundly grateful.

After all, not everyone had the opportunity to join the ranks of a Nascent Soul cultivator's direct subordinates.

This represented the sect's recognition.

They were direct lineage disciples!

The next day, after bidding farewell to Mo Douguang and the others, Zhou Shengqing quietly departed with Zhou Wangshen and their group.

Chen Mobai saw them off for a while, then returned to Beiyuan City and announced his emergence from seclusion.

Upon hearing this news, all the Core Formation cultivators of the Five Elements Sect came to pay their respects.

"Sect Master Junior Brother, the cultivators of the Five Elements' Five Veins are all already in the Desolate Ruins."

Nu Jiang, of the Water Vein, spoke first. Among the Five Elements Sect, he had the most experience in leading armies, as the area around Yunmeng Marsh's Wind and Rain Dock was constantly battling demonic beasts, honing his skills long ago.

For this Five Elements Dao Soldier drill, he had been appointed as the overall commander of the cultivator army.

"Thank you for your hard work, Senior Brother Nu Jiang."

Chen Mobai nodded, then led everyone out of Beiyuan City and towards the Desolate Ruins.

Spring gave way to summer!

Soon, half a year had passed.

The Five Elements Sect's Ten Thousand Cultivator Grand Formation was finally fully coordinated.

Chen Mobai stood atop the multicolored clouds, feeling the continuous influx of Five Elements Dao Soldier power into his body, and used his Hunyuan True Qi to integrate it.

For the Five Elements Dao Soldiers to perform at their peak, five ten-thousand-cultivator formations were required.

Although there were only ten thousand cultivators this time, there were five Core Formation experts leading the formations, so the power was still immense.

Hunyuan True Qi could merge and transform the Five Elements Dao Soldier power into any energy within the Five Elements' attributes. Although Chen Mobai's Pure Yang True Qi was of a higher grade, after half a year of his attempts, he could now use the Five Elements Dao Soldier power for transformation and enhancement.

In just a few breaths, his Pure Yang Scroll cultivation had broken through to the second layer of Nascent Soul.

But that wasn't all; only a small portion of the Five Elements Dao Soldiers' power had been consumed.

Chen Mobai felt his power uncontrollably surge, quickly reaching the peak of the third layer of Nascent Soul.

However, this mid-stage bottleneck was also easily shattered by the surging power of the Five Elements Dao Soldiers.

Soon, the fourth layer of Nascent Soul was also perfected.

At this point, Chen Mobai felt the Five Elements Dao Soldier power beginning to wane. He pushed on, breaking through one more bottleneck.

Finally, all the Dao Soldier power was absorbed and integrated by him.

His Pure Yang Scroll cultivation reached the fifth layer of Nascent Soul!

With the power of the Five Elements Sect's ten thousand cultivators, Chen Mobai directly advanced by four minor realms, and the energy he could wield increased by nearly three times.

No wonder the Hunyuan Patriarch, with the power of the Five Elements Dao Soldiers, once dominated the three regions of Dongyi, Eastern Desolate, and Dongwu.

However, Chen Mobai also found it somewhat difficult to control such immense power.

After all, his divine sense realm had only just entered Nascent Soul.

Yet, in the Eastern Desolate territory, after Chen Mobai donned the Crown of Heaven and Earth's Beings, the surrounding spiritual energy and other elements seemed like his subjects, perfectly obeying his commands and docilely allowing him to control them.

At this moment, Chen Mobai felt like the master of the Eastern Desolate!

It was precisely for this reason that he hoped to establish the battlefield here.

At this, Chen Mobai looked down. While his strength had surged to the fifth layer of Nascent Soul, the cultivators of the Five Elements Sect within the Ten Thousand Cultivator Grand Formation below appeared weary, their eyes dull.

Nevertheless, even in their weakened state, the Five Elements' Five Veins had formed a grand formation, creating a colossal five-colored light sphere that enveloped everyone.

"Senior Brother Nu Jiang, you all rest for a while. I'm going to test the power of the Five Elements Dao Soldiers."

Chen Mobai transmitted his voice to Nu Jiang, who was commanding the ten-thousand-cultivator formation below, then transformed into a crimson streak of light, like a fiery meteor, streaking across the sky and plunging deep into the Desolate Ruins.

Soon after, roars echoed, indicating that powerful demonic beasts had encountered Chen Mobai and were being used by him as sparring opponents to test his moves.

After Chen Mobai successively slew two third-tier demonic beasts, he noticed the Five Elements Dao Soldier power within him beginning to degrade, and his own realm started to drop from the fifth layer of Nascent Soul.

His Fangcun Book had been continuously operating throughout this process, monitoring and analyzing, and quickly pinpointed the reason.

It was due to being too far from the Five Elements Sect's Ten Thousand Cultivator Formation, and this area was no longer considered the Eastern Desolate.

The blessing of the Crown of Heaven and Earth's Beings was now only two or three tenths effective.

Knowing this, Chen Mobai immediately halted before a large river. His rapidly falling Pure Yang Scroll realm gradually stabilized as he stopped.

Crossing this river would lead to the location of the mirage mist where Chen Mobai, Ye Qing, and Yuan Zhen had once gone to slay demonic cultivators. Although all the mirage dragon essence had now been absorbed by Yuan Zhen's Azure Mirage Bottle, tens of thousands of years of inherent border instinct still made it a distinct boundary.

Chen Mobai activated his Void-Piercing Spiritual Eyes to their maximum. Without the mirage mist, he quickly spotted faint wisps of dark-green miasma rising from the ground not far away. Any bird or beast that touched the miasma instantly turned into skeletons.

His Void-Piercing Spiritual Eyes suddenly met a pair of colossal, shattered-gold bestial pupils.

Chen Mobai's body, standing before the great river, trembled slightly!

He immediately realized what the exotic beast was.

It was the fourth-tier Golden-Eyed Jade Toad that had once forced even Ye Qing and Yuan Zhen, with her Azure Mirage Bottle, to retreat!

Those shattered-gold pupils seemed to contain a bizarre and terrifying power. The moment Chen Mobai met its gaze, he felt an extremely potent toxin inject itself into his divine sense through his vision. This then caused his Pure Yang True Qi to become chaotic within his body, and his blood and qi also showed signs of withering.

Fortunately, at the crucial moment, the Morning Bell chimed, startling Chen Mobai awake. He immediately activated the 'Vermilion Phoenix Facing the Sun' diagram.

The immunity to all poisons, conferred by 'Food of Substance,' began to take effect.

Soon, faint wisps of dark-green miasma seeped out from his seven orifices and pores, dissipating into the surrounding environment.