No, Aperture Opening has to continue. That's non-negotiable. With battles raging at the frontlines, the Four-Sect Alliance is constantly losing inner disciples and True Inheritors. The same is likely true for the Flame Alliance. Their remains will surely contain traces of Earth Fire Fiend Qi. Rather than wait until I return to Golden Sand Floating Island, it's better to buy some directly here on the battlefield.1

With that thought settled, Luo Chen immediately summoned a Qi Refinement cultivator—the very same Bu Junjie who had once stood up to Qu Zhenbiao. He instructed him to go to the frontline encampments and make inquiries. If anyone had second-tier Earth Fire Fiend Qi, Luo Chen would buy it at a high price.0

After Bu Junjie departed on his errand, Luo Chen suddenly found himself with nothing urgent to occupy his time. He took a slow walk around the encampment, inspecting the sentry posts and defensive formations before heading toward the Thunderstruck Tree grove where he had buried the Wandering Eighteen-Formation Disc.0

The grove looked unremarkable at first...0