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Chapter 235, page 250: The Hot Spring Ceremony a Great Success! Time to Exterminate the Demon!
The Lishan Palace, the Nine Dragons Hall, the changing room.

"Today is your victory celebration party, and you're dressed like this?"

Wanwan's question left Shi Feixuan somewhat bewildered.

She looked down at herself, thinking that her outfit today was already quite revealing—

The top was a strapless bra that hugged her chest, exposing her collarbone and belly. She wore short shorts that revealed most of her thighs, and the waistband was very low, showing her navel and half of her lower abdomen.

She used to wear diamond-patterned strapless tops and knee-length trousers, showing not only her navel and lower abdomen, but also only half of her calves...

Of course, compared to Wanwan, she is indeed very conservative.

Wanwan's top was also a strapless design.

But her bodice was only about a hand's width wide, not even the width of Lu Chen's large hand, but rather the width of Shi Feixuan's small hand, so naturally both her breasts were exposed. And this was also Wanwan's only top.

She wore a light and sheer gauze skirt, the hem of which reached the ground. When she was not moving, even her snow-white and delicate little feet could not be seen. However, the waist of the skirt was extremely low, revealing Wanwan's slender waist, full hips, delicate navel, and the intricate and exquisite sword spirit mark below her navel.

However, that's not the main point.

The key point is that there seems to be nothing under Wanwan's skirt. In any case, with Shi Feixuan's eyesight, she can easily see through the sheer gauze skirt and see everything hidden.

Seeing Shi Feixuan blushing as she looked her over, Wanwan smiled smugly, gracefully twirled around, her skirt fluttering as she revealed her long, slender, snow-white legs:

"how?"

"Uh, it's beautiful."

"Since you know I'm beautiful, why are you dressed so conservatively? Aren't you afraid I'll steal your thunder? You're the star tonight!"

"..."

Shi Feixuan ultimately didn't dare to be as bold as Wanwan.

Wearing an outfit that Wanwan had criticized, he went to the hot spring pool side by side with Wanwan.

The hot spring pool was filled with laughter and cheerful conversation.

Rong'er, Mochou, Dugu Feng, Li Xiuning, and Lianrou are leisurely playing in the water.

Everyone was dressed very casually.

Rong'er and Mochou both wore only one-piece gauze dresses, while Dugu Feng and Li Xiuning wore only half-skirts, their upper bodies completely naked.

Lian Rou was even more arrogant, as she was completely naked, without even a single piece of cloth on her body.

After swimming around twice, Rong'er came to Lu Chen's side again, touching her round, white, silky belly, and asked him with a worried look, "It's been almost twelve months, when will the baby be born?"

Lu Chen comforted her for a while, then beckoned to Li Xiuning and Lian Rou, asking them to come over and help Rong'er relax.

Li Xiuning and Lian Rou came over with smiles. One hugged Rong'er's legs and massaged her feet, while the other swam behind her and massaged her shoulders.

Seeing this, Dugu Feng and Mochou also swam over to help Lu Chen massage his feet and shoulders.

Lu Chen and Rong'er enjoyed themselves comfortably, like an emperor and queen.

When Wanwan and Shi Feixuan arrived, Lu Chen announced the start of the celebration party, first inviting Shi Feixuan to share her breakthrough experience.

Shi Feixuan felt the occasion was too informal.

Who talks about spiritual practice while soaking in a hot spring?
And none of them had much clothing on them...

Although that's what I thought in my heart.

But she still spoke earnestly.

And to appear more solemn, she manipulated the water flow, creating a crystal-clear lotus platform on the water's surface.

The lotus platform was made entirely of hot spring water, and it trembled gently with Shi Feixuan's breathing, as if it were alive.

Shi Feixuan wore a pure white gauze dress, her long, straight black hair hanging down naturally, and she sat barefoot on the lotus platform.

She was surrounded by the misty, ethereal steam of the hot spring, with a delicate vermilion mark between her brows. Her beauty was breathtaking, like a fairy in the morning light. Coupled with her dignified and holy expression, she gave people a strange feeling of being a white-robed bodhisattva.

But her pure white gauze dress was semi-transparent.

The hot spring water, clinging tightly to her body, perfectly outlined her graceful and alluring curves, revealing her snow-white and delicate abdomen beneath her skirt, giving her an extremely seductive charm that stirred a subtle emotion within one, a desire to wantonly defile that sacred beauty.

Wanwan had to admit that even though Shi Feixuan's clothes were a bit conservative, her posture at this moment was extremely beautiful and alluring.

Originally, Lu Chen thought he could steal all the limelight from Shi Feixuan, but now, not only Lu Chen, but even Rong'er and the others were staring at Shi Feixuan intently, listening to her talk about her cultivation experience while admiring her beauty and purity.

Wanwan was filled with resentment. She plunged into the hot spring and swam to Lu Chen, turning her grief and anger into appetite.

Although the demoness was incompetent in actual combat and always collapsed at the first stage of the ritual, she did indeed receive the true teachings of the Yin Gui School. Through long-term desensitization training, she gradually transformed many of the true teachings that were originally just empty talk into practical skills.

At this moment, she was submerged in the water, using her hands and feet to breathe freely, which quickly aroused Lu Chen's interest.

Afterwards, when Shi Feixuan finished her lecture, Wanwan gently grabbed and pulled at the bottom of the water, and an undercurrent, like a dragon, coiled around the lotus platform under Shi Feixuan's seat, pulling Shi Feixuan and the lotus platform over.

Then it crashed into her lotus platform from the bottom of the water.

Shi Feixuan cried out in alarm and tried to flee.

Wanwan reached down from the bottom of the water and grabbed at her slender ankle. The water condensed into a crystal claw.

Several gentle palm strikes came from behind, and together with Wanwan, they pushed her into Lu Chen's arms.

Lu Chen embraced Shi Feixuan's slender waist with one hand and her plump, firm, and white thighs with the other. He gently kissed her soft belly with its beautiful V-line, and Shi Feixuan's body stiffened. Then, as if all her strength had been drained, she leaned weakly into his arms. The blush on her pretty face quickly spread, staining her earlobes and jade neck.

Lu Chen smiled slightly, the refreshing natural fragrance emanating from Shi Xianzi lingering in his nostrils, and leaned down to kiss her pink and fragrant lips.

The Dharma assembly that night was a great success.

As Lu Chen's sword body cultivation level increased and his physique became stronger, Rong'er finally summoned Xiao Feng'er, Li Xiuning, and Lian Rou as reinforcements, following Mo Chou.

Although Wanwan and Shi Feixuan did not participate in the final battle, they took the lead one by taking initiative and the other by taking the initiative, contributing significantly in the early stages of the ceremony.

Afterwards, Shi Feixuan and Wanwan, who were so dizzy from eating, didn't even have the strength to leave the battlefield, and were forced to observe and learn on-site for half the night...

Lu Chen was very satisfied with the success of today's Dharma assembly and decided to hold it more often in the future.

In the future, whenever Rong'er and the others make a breakthrough in their cultivation or master a new cultivation technique, a Dharma assembly like this will be held.

After a pleasant leisure time.

The next day, Dugu Feng, Li Xiuning, and others went home to let their families in Chang'an know they were safe and sound, and announced that they would be going into seclusion to cultivate. Then they returned to the Journey to the West world to continue their secluded cultivation in the Lingxu Cave.

In addition to their spiritual practice, they each studied a skill.

Rong'er originally wanted to learn alchemy.

However, alchemy requires a higher level of cultivation. Without sufficient cultivation, she was even powerless to process spiritual plants and medicinal herbs. Therefore, she ultimately decided to learn talisman making, which has relatively lower cultivation requirements, first.

With Rong'er's skillful hands, the art of talisman making is quite suitable for her.

Mo Chou also learned to make talismans to assist Rong'er.

Shi Feixuan was meticulous and patient, and also had the highest cultivation level, so she learned alchemy. Wanwan learned to make magic robes and puppets, with Li Xiuning and Lian Rou assisting her.

Dugu Feng had little interest in these miscellaneous studies and no particular talent in any area, so in the end she followed Lu Chen to learn weapon crafting.

Of course, she can't control real fire yet, so she can only learn some weapon crafting knowledge first, help Lu Chen out, and do some simple processing of materials.

As for the formation...

This doesn't require learning.

The four sword spirits naturally formed an array, and through long-term practice of the sword array, they gradually gained a deeper understanding of it, and they all subtly showed some of the posture of "forming an array with a single sword".

While practicing sword formations with them, Lu Chen gradually mastered the art of forming a formation on his own.

Otherwise, why would he forge five swords?

Of course, while the power of one person forming a formation is comparable to two Lu Chens working together, it is still not as good as forming a formation with the four sword spirits.

According to Lu Chen's estimation, even if he set up his own formation, he could defeat a strong opponent with the same setup as himself, but he would find it difficult to leave the opponent alive.

And if he joined forces with Dugu Feng and the other four sword spirits, killing such a powerful figure would be effortless, if not effortless.

unconsciously.

As the killing energy is continuously refined.

Lu Chen's "Sword Body" cultivation level increased further, and he also successfully tempered his lungs.

Once the lungs are fully tempered, the power of Lu Chen's sword energy increases dramatically.

Even sword energy generated from all the acupoints and pores of the body can easily cut through black iron.

Furthermore, their strength, endurance, and physical toughness have also reached a new level.

The Killing Calamity Qi is a comprehensive enhancement of physical strength, true qi, and mind.

Now that his sword body cultivation has reached a new level, Lu Chen's sword dao true qi and heart sword cultivation have naturally improved simultaneously, becoming even stronger.

As the Heavenly Calamity Sword continuously refines various heavenly calamity energies, its power increases day by day.

Even the most difficult skill, "Sword Six: Void," has yielded some small achievements through repeated traversals of various worlds fifty or sixty times a day, sensing the fluctuations of spacetime.

As Lu Chen's cultivation improved, Dugu Feng, Wanwan, and Li Xiuning also broke through their respective realms one after another.

To further balance the power of the sword formation, Lu Chen also gave Li Xiuning two Nourishing Yuan Pills to help her increase her cultivation.

The He Shi Bi, having finally been nurtured, divided its extraordinary power into four parts, and used them to reshape the acupoints and meridians of all four sword spirits.

The power of the Four Spirits Sword Formation surged once again.

Of course, hot spring ceremonies were also held one after another...

When Lu Chen re-entered the Four Spirits Sword Formation and personally experienced its power, he was badly beaten and only managed to escape by relying on his Sword Master status. He knew it was time to deal with the dragon-crocodile demon who proclaimed himself "Heavenly River God".

It's not just about eliminating potential hazards.

His original mountain of murderous tribulation energy has now dwindled to almost nothing. His "internal organ refinement" has only completed the heart, liver, lungs, and most of the kidneys. He urgently needs to harvest a large amount of murderous tribulation energy to aid his cultivation.

He was unwilling to indiscriminately kill innocent people and become a "robber demon," so he had no choice but to seek sponsorship from the "Tongtian River God," who fed on humans.

In addition, he also needed to obtain some biological materials from demons so that Rong'er and the others could practice making talismans, refining pills, and crafting weapons.

The rest were all sacrificed to the Heavenly Court in exchange for cultivation resources.

Intelligence precedes military action.

After deciding to take action against the "River God of Tongtian".

Lu Chen then went out to gather information about the dragon-type crocodile demon.

……

Jingyuan Kingdom, Tianshui Prefecture, Linjiang County.

It was market day, but the county town, which was only a few miles away from Tongtian River, was desolate. There were hardly any people on the main street, and even the dogs were listless, lying on the side of the road with their tongues lolling out.

This county town was originally quite prosperous due to its convenient river transport, as evidenced by the neat bluestone paving on the main streets and alleys, the absence of any muddy lanes, and the rows of impressive shops, taverns, and brothels lining the streets.

Lu Chen sat in a private booth on the third floor of a restaurant, drinking and listening to the innkeeper's long sighs:

"That river god, seeing the prosperity of this county, actually demanded that the county pay tribute of one hundred young men and women every year... The county magistrate sent several trusted servants to invite the sorcerer to subdue him, but the river god had actually laid an ambush at various crossroads beforehand, and captured all the servants sent by the county magistrate..."

That night, the Tongtian River surged with huge waves that reached all the way to the city wall. The waves, more than ten feet high, hung like mountains outside the city wall. If they crashed down, they could submerge the entire county.

"The waves were teeming with demons, fish, shrimp, crabs, and countless giant crocodiles... The county magistrate, for the sake of all the people in the city, jumped off the city wall with his entire family, sacrificing himself to feed the demons..."

At this point, the shopkeeper couldn't help but wipe away his tears, choking back sobs as he said:

"The county magistrate was a great man, a truly upright official! It's a pity that good people don't live long..."

Lu Chen took a sip of wine and said calmly:

"Did the demons retreat after the county magistrate and his family offered themselves to the demon queen?"

"No. The river god then used a whirlwind to abduct dozens of able-bodied men and women before withdrawing his troops. He even threatened that within six months, a hundred able-bodied men must be prepared, or he would flood the county town and leave no one alive..."

"What does that so-called River God look like?"

"He was a dark-skinned man with a single, jet-black horn on his forehead, a mouth full of serrated fangs, covered in black scale armor, and wielding a long spear. He was about the same height as the young master, but his arms were so thick they could run a horse across them..."

"How powerful is it?"

"This... all we know is that it can stir up storms and waves, easily creating waves over ten feet high, and its demonic winds can easily capture strong young men even from tens or hundreds of feet away..."

How many humanoid demons does it command?

"There seemed to be dozens of demons with human bodies and crocodile heads? There were also several hundred crabs, fish, and shrimp that barely resembled humans. The rest were all enormous, grotesque aquatic creatures."

"What about the quantity?"

"Tens of thousands!"

"One last question: Where can we find the River God?"

"The River God forced us to build a River God Temple for him on the riverbank. There are demons guarding the River God Temple. As long as we go to the temple to light incense, we can let the River God know."

"Thank you, shopkeeper."

The restaurant owner glanced at Lu Chen and said in a trembling voice:
"Is young master going to subdue [the enemy]?"

Lu Chen smiled:
"Don't worry, I have a long-standing feud with the River God, and I won't involve you."

With that, he put down a silver ingot, got up, and left the restaurant.

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