Purple Mist Dao Master-Chapter 827 - 534: Limit: Returning Ruins, 15th Level!

"So entering the Returning Ruins is for the treasures of the Ten Thousand Worlds!" Yan Chuan understood.

People die for wealth like birds for food!

The 'Returning Ruins' gathers the essence of the Ten Thousand Worlds, numerous treasures, and even martial arts inheritances. Strength is one aspect, but luck is also very important. Even though the Returning Ruins is dangerous, in comparison to those benefits and opportunities, it seems insignificant.

"Simply speaking about these may not be intuitive, but let me tell you one thing, then you'll definitely understand." Tian Jing continued, "The extinction of the Ten Thousand Worlds, returning to chaos, Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi colliding, compressing, and condensing, in the 'Returning Ruins' forms into Primordial Qi crystals, called 'Primordial Crystals.' These are crystallized energies that are even purer than Essence Stones and Primordial Pills, usually the size of soybeans but worth a million jin of Essence Stones!"

"A grain of Primordial Crystal is worth a million Essence Stones?!" Yan Chuan now fully understood the value of the Returning Ruins, he looked into the 'Hundred acres of Chaos,' his eyes blazing: "If I can just pick up a grain of Primordial Crystal inside, it could equal at least two months' income of a King City Realm!?"

Yan Chuan's Tan Valley Realm, after the Heavenly Calamity was integrated, fully developed various resources within the realm, with a total monthly income of about 1 million jin of Essence Stones.

But according to Jiang Bianliu and others' estimates, to achieve this income, to 'fully develop' and 'fully utilize' the Tan Valley Realm, it would take until next year.

That is to say, it would be until next year before the monthly income of Tan Valley Realm could reach 1 million jin of Essence Stones.

And after excluding various costs and labor expenses, as the City Lord, Yan Chuan could get at most half, which would be 500,000.

But in the 'Returning Ruins,' a grain of 'Primordial Crystal' is worth a million—

"No wonder!"

Yan Chuan completely understood, this is why despite the dangers of the 'Returning Ruins,' there are still people willing to enter.

So, what is Tian Jing, representing Emperor Yan and the court, coming over this time to introduce Yan Chuan to the 'Returning Ruins' for?

"Dear brother, don't overthink. His Majesty only asked me to come and explain some situations to you, introduce some information, nothing else." Tian Jing laughed: "Besides, only a 'Sixth Rank Divine General' can enter the 'Returning Ruins.' Throughout the Great Yan, there aren't several experts at this level."

His Majesty is really kind!

Tian Jing's visit indeed resolved Yan Chuan's confusion—

Returning Ruins!

Now I see!

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The Great Yan masters Yuanzhou King City.

The 'Heavenly Calamity' swept through leaving no survivors, Yuanzhou Territory was also devastated by the Heavenly Calamity, everywhere was desolate, and later the 'Beast Tide' struck, devouring humans, destroying cities, the vast realm suffered tremendously, over thirty percent of the population of 98 million civilians were killed or injured, nearly 30 million people were exterminated.

Heavenly Calamity.

Beast Tide.

One after another, despite the court having managed Yuanzhou Territory for many years, when the 'Heavenly Calamity' arrives unexpectedly and the 'Beast Tide' strikes ferociously, the establishment is so grand that it cannot fully take care of it, at most can just hold their ground and protect themselves. However, while cities can block the 'Heavenly Calamity,' they cannot withstand the 'Beast Tide.' Almost sixty percent of the 30 million deaths were caused by the Beast Tide, among them, ninety percent happened in the wilds.

Everywhere is desolate.

Blood flows like rivers.

Yuanzhou Territory urgently responds, making emergency deployments against the 'Beast Tide,' hurriedly busy.

But at the core of King City, the 'Hundred acres of Chaos' is the 'Returning Ruins Entrance,' Emperor Yan stood and watched for a long time, then casually punched—

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

With one punch, it was obvious that this punch opened up 'Three Layers of Chaos.'

"Three Layers of Fist Technique."

Emperor Yan entered the 'Returning Ruins,' transforming the punch into a palm, with palm screens arranged like emeralds, seemingly unremarkable, but actually representing Emperor Yan's mastery at the peak, with one palm pushing away another layer of chaos.

"Four Layers of Palm Technique."

Emperor Yan advanced another layer, this time transforming the palm into a finger, spreading rain and opening clouds—

Hiss hiss hiss!

Dominant Finger Power pierced open the chaos, progressing three more layers.

"Finger Skill Seventh Layer."

Emperor Yan directly entered the seventh layer of chaos, then wielded the Seven-rank Divine Sword with a wave, the sword light resembling pouring sand, easily tearing through five more layers of chaos—

"Sword Skill Twelfth Layer."

Emperor Yan held the sword, moved swiftly and quickly, leaping directly into the twelfth layer, then without losing momentum, boomed into the thirteenth layer—

"Movement Technique, Thirteenth Layer!"

Emperor Yan smiled.

He replaced the Seven-rank Divine Weapon with another treasure sword in his hand, this sword is called 'Open Heaven.'

Rip!

One Sword Opens Heaven!

Emperor Yan's sword intent surged, with the support of the treasure sword, unexpectedly breaking through two more layers of chaos—

"Limit, Fifteenth Layer."

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Tan Valley Realm.

Tian Jing brought information about the 'Returning Ruins,' but it was of no use to Yan Chuan; only a Sixth Rank Divine General can enter the Returning Ruins, Yan Chuan is still far from that, even lacking in the Sixth Rank Physique, temporarily unable to enter the 'Returning Ruins,' not even in the short term.

Yan Chuan remained pragmatic, focusing on the present.

On July 12, the 'Heavenly Calamity' ended in Tan Valley Realm, the same day, Yan Chuan created the 'Washing Marrow Scripture' Innate Chapter.

July 13th, Tian Jing arrived and introduced the 'Returning Ruins'.

On the same day.

Evening.

The sun sets in the west, casting a touch of desolation.

"Slash: Left and right pigua cuts with flips, step forward with tiger pounce and head drill."

"Interception: Grapple, elbow cut in arm blocks shoulder, one Yin one Yang left and right exchange."

Yan Chuan lectures martial arts again in Guangming City, with the sound of the White Horn Trumpet echoing to thousands, bringing peace to nearly two million residents in the city.

"Kill!"

Outside the city, countless alien beasts continue to assault. Guangming City Lord Tan Yunqing holds the fort at the city gate. Deputy City Lord Duke Zhuyu covers the formation in front, while another Deputy City Lord Huang Wuniang leads twelve divine generals, five hundred Tan Valley Army, and three thousand Guangming Army out of the city to slaughter the alien beasts.

"Wrap: Wrap elbow scrape the ground with elbow hammer, elbow strike aimed at the waist."

"Hip: Shoulder and elbow strike closely linked, left pick right elbow can't be ignored."

Yan Chuan's martial arts lecture sound reaches Huang Wuniang's ears. Her Golden Snake Sword becomes increasingly fierce, and alien beasts are killed under her sword from time to time. However, Huang Wuniang is more attentive to the Tan Valley Army and Guangming Army, and once she discovers an Innate Beast King breaking into the formation, she must immediately rush to aid.

The Tan Valley Army is still alright.

All five hundred Tan Valley Army are elite, having cultivated 'Dragon Elephant Wisdom' to the third layer, they are tremendously powerful, comparable to Limit-breaking First and Second Grade. Everyone practices the 'Five Fists', and this entire camp is the 'Xingyi Camp', each good at using 'Xingyi Boxing', they punch and push forward fiercely, almost like electric flash and thunderclap.

Then, they group in sets of nine, forming a 'Little Arhat Formation'. When fighting, the nine work together, encircling and trapping the alien beasts, moving like clouds and flowing water, stopping heavily like a mountain, making it extremely difficult for the alien beasts to break through.

This array is like a snake coiled into a serpent formation, head and tail responsive to each other, without any flaw.

With nine people forming an array, combat power spikes, nine Limit-breaking First and Second Grade members forming an array can contend against Limit-breaking Third and Fourth Grade alien beasts.

This is the Array!

And there's more.

Not only the 'Little Arhat Formation', but also the 'Eighteen Copper Men Formation'.

The 'Eighteen Copper Men Formation' is composed of two 'Little Arhat Formations', but it includes more changes, with the biggest change being that the eighteen people's energy organs connect, nearly becoming one, with their sinew, bone, skin, and membrane rapidly strengthening, attaining copper bones and copper skin, to a certain extent bulletproof, greatly enhancing defense.

This formation is stronger, entering into Absolute Skill.

The eighteen advance and retreat together, greatly reducing casualties.

Outside Guangming City.

In truth, there are actually 504 Tan Valley Army members, grouped in sets of nine to form the most basic 'Little Arhat Formation', which is mainstream.

Only when faced with a powerful alien beast attack do two nearby 'Little Arhat Formations' combine tacitly to form the 'Eighteen Copper Men Formation' to resist stronger alien beasts.

If the alien beast is even stronger, and even the 'Eighteen Copper Men Formation' cannot block it, then add more, two 'Eighteen Copper Men Formations' combined form the 'Thirty-six Ironwall Formation', thirty-six people forming a solid wall, able to withstand Seventh and Eighth Grade alien beasts momentarily, fully capable of holding until reinforcements arrive.

Nine people 'Little Arhat Formation'!

Eighteen people 'Eighteen Copper Men Formation'!

Thirty-six people 'Thirty-six Ironwall Formation'!

Three sets of formations practiced proficiently, enough to let the Tan Valley Army unleash maximum combat power and possess the maximum ability to protect themselves under any circumstances.

Thus, the 'Arhat Series' has achieved small success.

Only Yan Chuan can accomplish such achievements—

He has continuously lectured martial arts among the Tan Valley Army since last July, lecturing on arrays for nearly a year, empowered by 'Mutual Teaching and Learning', Yan Chuan keeps lecturing, even a blockhead can understand, at least among the thirty thousand Tan Valley Army, up to now everyone has mastered three formations and can skillfully combine them.

Even a very small portion of the clever ones have mastered the higher-level more complex 'Seventy-two Absolute Formation'.

But it's too few, only 79 have mastered it, barely forming one set of 'Seventy-two Absolute Formation'.

Duke Zhuyu stands on the city wall looking down, seeing the five hundred Tan Valley Army's formations fully prepared, smoothly changing formations, sometimes breaking down into 'Xingyi Boxing', sometimes nine combining into 'Little Arhat Formation', sometimes encountering powerful enemies and forming 'Eighteen Copper Men Formation' and 'Thirty-six Ironwall Formation'.

There's even a set of seventy-two people forming a formation most prominently, dozens as one, forming a battle formation, both attacking and defending, like a meat grinder below the Beast Tide, strangling hundreds to thousands of alien beasts.

"Is this the 'Seventy-two Absolute Formation'?!"

Duke Zhuyu is shocked.

Actually, next to him, also on the city wall, Tan Yunqing is even more shocked than Duke Zhuyu. Duke Zhuyu doesn't know, but Tan Yunqing knows too well, all thirty thousand Tan Valley Army were arranged by the court, each was a misfit a year ago, leftover from various military groups in the court, their fighting power was feared to be even weaker than bandits.

Yet Yan Chuan within a short year has not only turned these people into elites, but their individual strength is remarkable, never mind that, the battle formation requires the most effort, in Great Yan, wishing to train a five hundred-member army to the level of the five hundred Tan Valley Army below at least takes ten years, and whether it's accomplished is another matter.

But Yan Chuan?

Only one year!

Even more crucially, this level of Tan Valley Army is not limited to five hundred. There are eight thousand in Guangming City alone, almost all of this level.

Truly astounding!

Tan Yunqing simply cannot imagine how Yan Chuan managed to train such elites in a short year, utterly incredible.

After integrating the Tan Valley Realm, beyond the Tan Valley Army, Guangming Army, Yong Mountain Army, Mengsha Army, Yan Chuan is also preparing a new army, planning to recruit 600,000, still under the oversight of Ni Mengtong, assisted by Hundred Flower Palace and Tan Valley Army, while Yan Chuan mainly handles martial arts lecturing and array teaching, the first batch of the new army has gathered and begun training.

Tan Yunqing has paid attention, apart from Yan Chuan's martial arts lecture, there's nothing special.

Thus—

"Is it truly because Yan Chuan's martial arts lectures are too thorough, uniquely excellent, hence the Tan Valley Army rapidly developed?" Tan Yunqing prepares to observe more, focusing on the training progress of the new army, hoping to find the reason for the elite transformation of thirty thousand Tan Valley Army within a year.

Not due to any ulterior motives.

Tan Yunqing is purely curious.

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