Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Broken Sword Ten-year Old Fan, Self-invited
Translator: 549690339
This was Luo Chen’s first time seeing Mi Shuhua.
He was the same 01′ Mi mentioned by Qin Liangchen, the gang leader of the Broken Mountain Gang.
With grey hair and a round face, although wrinkled, he was rosy-cheeked. Together with his large belly, he resembled a jovially smiling Maitreya Buddha.
If placed in the mortal world, he would look like an everyday wealthy man.
However, Luo Chen, along with all the other rogue cultivators from The Great River District, knew there was more to him than his amiable appearance.
Everyone knew that the Foundation Establishment was the first major obstacle on the path of cultivation.
This world was rich in resources and full of Heaven and Earth Qi, so theoretically, it should be easy to break through this obstacle.
Yet, only one in ten thousand was able to successfully establish their foundation.
Among sect cultivators, Foundation Establishment was much simpler.
That’s because the method of refining Foundation Establishment Pills was held in the hands of the great sects.
Even if the pill formula for the Foundation Establishment Pill leaked out occasionally, it would be taken back at all costs by each great sect.
If they couldn’t take back the pill formula, they would take the person, whether dead or alive.
As a result, if ordinary rogue cultivators wanted to establish their foundation unless they have other opportunities, they could only look towards the Foundation Establishment Pills leaked by the great sects every year.
However, the appearance of each Foundation Establishment Pill always brought a great commotion.
At the auction, there are countless priceless Foundation Establishment Pills.
Therefore, despite the large number of rogue cultivators in The Great River District, very few have managed to produce a cultivator who has established their foundation over the years.
In almost a century, there have only been two Foundation Establishment cultivators in The Great River District.
Mi Shuhua was one of them.
After achieving the Foundation Establishment, he became the leader of the Broken Mountain Gang.
He was quite ambitious, very kind to lower-order cultivators, and generous in helping struggling cultivators.
Even when a cultivator died tragically in the mountains, he would go to great lengths to take care of their family members.
As a result, he slowly won over their hearts.
Under his leadership, what originally was a poor union of rogue cultivators struggling for cultivation resources in the mountains gradually grew stronger.
Up to now, the Broken Mountain Gang has become the most formidable power in The Great River District, apart from the six major Ascendant Sects.
There are more than a hundred Late Stage Qi Refinement cultivators in the gang, over a thousand Middle Stage cultivators, and countless lower-order rogue cultivators making a living by working for them.
Take Luo Chen as an example. When he was refining the Fasting Elixir, he actually reaped quite a few benefits from the Broken Mountain Gang.
Their cultivators who frequently ventured into the mountains had the highest demand for the Fasting Elixir.
Outside the Yu Ding Sword Pavilion, Mi Shuhua, along with hundreds of others, was gathered around a huge jade disc.
Unconcerned with the thousands of spectators outside, he pointed to the jade disc and loudly said, “In this battle, I hope everyone will unite and defeat the enemy.”
“The victor will receive all the spoils of war. I, Mi Shuhua, will not take a single cent.”
“Those who die in battle, their families will be entrusted to me. If they have offspring with a spirit root, I will do my utmost to cultivate them into cultivators.”
“Moreover, if we win this battle, I will reward everyone with a Foundation Establishment Pill. Of course, there is only one, so it goes to who reaches the Ninth Level Qi Refinement first.”
“Once that person achieves Foundation Establishment, I will also do everything I can to acquire more Foundation Establishment Pills for the rest.”
“Our Broken Mountain Gang only seeks to break through the great obstacle of the Path of Immortality, achieving Foundation Establishment for all!”
At his words, the few hundred cultivators of the Broken Mountain Gang, as if they had known it ahead of time, shouted in unison, “Victory is certain!”
The spectators outside were taken aback.
Mi Shuhua actually held a Foundation Establishment Pill.
Moreover, he was willing to give it to others as a reward.
This was really a grand gesture!
Neither side would likely give up these three fights, they are sure to send out the strongest people on their team.
Han Dang, Heart Eating Tiger versus Min Longyu, Broken Blade Xu Renke versus Jiang Dragon Gao Tingyuan, Mad Blade Wang Yuan versus Xiao Wuyan.
Seeing these match-ups, Luo Chen’s heart pounded.
He was surprisingly familiar with most of the participants in the last two fights.
Was Brother Wang this powerful? He was placed last by Uncle Mi Shuhua.
It was obvious Gao Tingyuan would be participating, but it seemed he was unlucky, for he would be facing Xu Renke.
The name of Broken Blade was even more renowned than The Heart Eating Tiger amongst the seven tigers, his fighting skill was robust, truly unrivaled amongst those at the same Qi Refinement level.
If he dies on the Dao Debate Platform, then that would be great.
He had made his choice. Now he was a ten-year-old fan of Xu Renke the Broken Blade, he would support him fanatically!
Just as he pondered this, the ticket sales and admission started at the entrance of the Dao Debate Platform.
A few cultivators placed their bets right away and couldn’t wait to enter the aisle.
“Don’t worry about it now, let’s hurry up and buy tickets!”
“Only 10,000 tickets go on sale. After deducting the free family tickets for the observers from both gangs, there aren’t many left.”
“Give me one, here’s one hundred Spirit Stones!”
There were still more than 9,000 tickets left, even after deducting some free tickets.
Say what you want about the Yu Ding Sword Pavilion, but just from this opening ceremony, they could earn nearly a million Spirit Stones from ticket sales alone!
This was not to mention the various sources of income from the exchange meeting, auctions, and gambling stalls.
Luo Chen patiently meandered outside, occasionally glaring at the gambling stalls, listening to who would win or lose under the jade wall.
This felt like watching the World Cup in his previous life, where the fans compared each player on both teams, one by one.
From defense to offense, from an overall view to individual stunts, even their appearance and murderous aura could be discussed.
Hey, you can even say the atmosphere is quite good!
Time flew by quickly, and hundreds of people from the Great Lake Gang also arrived halfway through.
They however, didn’t linger at all. They only glanced at the jade wall and then walked in.
Luo Chen paid special attention to Jiang Dragon Gao Tingyuan, who everyone was discussing.
He was a robust and short man, with an air of fierceness all over him.
He didn’t look at all like his dead brother, Gao Tingye, which made one doubt they were siblings.
Gao Tingyuan probably saw his opponent’s name, and so his face wasn’t too good.
But he could not let out his anger.
Being placed at the critical position of the fifth battle meant that the gang leader, Wang Haichao, acknowledged his strength and hopes he could win the battle for the gang.
Could he show cowardice?
To this, Luo Chen could only say “Good riddance!”
As the cultivators entered one by one, even some Foundation Establishment Cultivators made their way inside, the number of spectators outside did not decrease.
Thousands of people were standing in front of the jade wall, waiting for the opening ceremony of the Dao Debate Platform to begin.
Because the personnel of the Yu Ding Sword Pavilion said that a Water Mirror Technique had been applied to the jade wall, which would synchronously transfer the scene inside.
It was said that in order to maintain the Water Mirror Technique, the Yu Ding Sword Pavilion had arranged for two Foundation Establishment Cultivators to take turns performing the technique.
Of course, there were also some people painfully regretting that they did not get an entrance jade jue ticket.
After all, the Water Mirror Technique on the jade wall could only convey the scene and not any sound.
But the information displayed showed that there would be song and dance performances!
Just as there was lively and noisy chatter.
A man suddenly stepped forward, raising his arm high, and shouted.
“I have an emergency at home, and I am reselling an entrance ticket, it will go to the highest bidder!”