Longevity begins with alchemy master

Chapter 551 Nine Palaces and Eight Diagrams, attracting wolves into the house

"Is Xuanyan Island the area ahead?"

Above the nine days, clouds cover the sky, black clouds spread all over, and a storm is coming.

A dark cloud lurks within.

Luo Chen stood tall in the clouds, and the shrunken Tianxuan fighting gull stood at his feet, nodding like a chicken pecking at rice.

A sea chart fell on his hand. Luo Chen looked at it carefully and pursed his lips thoughtfully.

The Xuanyan Sea Area is very large, even far larger than the Jade Cauldron Area he is familiar with. If you really count it, it is as vast as two or three Jade Cauldron Areas.

But the Xuanyan Island from which it got its name is actually not that big.

As he looked down with his spiritual eyes, on the blue sea, islands were dotted like stars, dotted around here.

Starting with the small island in the center.

The whole thing seems to form a maze.

One, two, three...seventy-two!

After counting carefully, there are actually seventy-two islands of different sizes, surrounding Xuanyan Island in rows and rows.

Comparing the chart with the real thing, Luo Chen suddenly let out a light sigh.

"Array?"

With his current formation attainments, some clues can already be seen.

The islands below, combined with water veins and rocks, formed a faint natural formation.

However, Luo Chen could only take a rough look.

Immediately, he took out the Ten Thousand Souls Flag and awakened Han Zhan.

After Luo Chen told his guess, Han Zhan looked at it carefully and finally gave the answer.

"It is indeed a formation, but it is not formed naturally. There are human factors in it, and it was arranged by at least one Taoist friend in the Nascent Soul stage."

Yuanying Zhenren has infinite magic power.

It is an existence that can truly move mountains and reclaim seas, and destroy cities and mountains.

With this generation's ability, it is not difficult to move the island and set up a large formation with special terrain.

Luo Chen humbly asked for advice, "Senior, maybe you can tell what kind of formation it is, and what are its effects?"

"Bagua..." Han Zhan shook his head, "No, it should be the Nine Palaces Bagua array, which coincides with the number seventy-two. The effect..."

After pondering for a long time, Han Zhan said leisurely: "Hiding the wind and gathering water, moving the qi and absorbing the spirit, is the most common method of gathering the veins. Although the black rock sea area is large, the spiritual veins are scattered. The master of this place has arranged a large formation to control an area. The spiritual energy was concentrated and a fourth-level spiritual vein was formed here. After thousands of years of evolution, it is no different from the natural spiritual vein."

Having said this, he added: "In addition, this Nine Palaces and Bagua Formation has both offensive and defensive capabilities. The seventy-two islands are interconnected, strong on the outside and weak on the inside. But if you ignore the islands outside and directly attack the inside, it will It will form a desperate counterattack."

"If I were the master of this place, I would assign capable officers to the outer islands and guard the central palace with one person."

Hearing this, Luo Chen was a little confused.

"If this doesn't happen, won't the center be empty, and someone will go straight to Huanglong and carry out the beheading strategy?"

Han Zhan smiled hoarsely, "What if he is the strongest person in the palace?"

Luo Chen suddenly realized.

That's right, in this way, the so-called external strength and internal weakness become a balanced trend.

If a really powerful enemy attacks Huanglong, they will not only be attacked head-on by the strong men in the middle palace, but they will also be surrounded by seventy-two islands, creating an embarrassing situation where they cannot advance or retreat.

If the person sitting in the middle palace is Nascent Soul, even if a powerful enemy of the same level invades, without the number of enemies several times greater than our own, we may not be able to break through this black rock island.

After such analysis, he finally understood why the Ring-headed Turtle clan could still be as stable as Mount Tai even after years of siege by the five royal clans of demon crabs.

"The Xuanyan Demon King is really meticulous in his actions, leaving no flaws!" Luo Chen said with emotion.

Han Zhan held a negative opinion.

"The formation is dead, but people are alive. From what I can see, although there is the Demon King's aura on Xuanyan Island, it is extremely thin and the death aura is strong."

Luo Chen was startled.

"The Xuanyan Demon King is dead?"

"At least, he is not in this area. Otherwise, the death energy will not be vented."

Luo Chen finally understood why the five royal demon crabs dared to attack Xuanyan Island.

There are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey wants to be the king.

The demon crabs plan to defeat the superior and become the true overlord of the basaltic sea area.

But in this way, it gave him an opportunity!

After all, the ring-headed turtle was from a wealthy clan that had a demon emperor. Even though the demon emperor was gone, his background was still not comparable to that of ordinary demon clans.

In a fierce fight with each other, there will be injuries.

This gave him the opportunity to make a profit as a fisherman.

But for now, the main thing is to find a base to settle down.

Now that Han Zhan has been called out, Luo Chen will naturally not let such a helper go.

"Senior's attainments in formations and his vision and knowledge are superior to mine. You might as well find a secluded and suitable place for me to stay."

Han Zhan smiled and said: "Why bother me with this matter? You have the tools in your hands and you can solve it by yourself."

Luo Chen was stunned.

Then he saw something floating out of the Ten Thousand Souls Flag.

It was the array he gave to Han Zhan before.

He originally planned to let Han Zhan make some modifications for him so that he could arrange some formations suitable for him.

At this moment, he was a little puzzled when he saw the array disk flying out.

Han Zhan immediately explained to him: "There are nine small formations and three large formations. Except for the Kaifenghai Bagua formation and the Lanyun dense fog formation, I have thoroughly studied the last formation."

"Oh, please give me some advice, senior." Luo Chen's eyes flashed, and he was moved.

"This formation is called Searching Gods and Souls. It looks like a third-level formation, but in fact it is not as effective as an ordinary fourth-level formation."

"Search for gods and spirits?"

Hearing this name, Luo Chen couldn't help but murmured it again.

……

Above the clouds, a blurry Taoist sat with his eyes closed.

Holding a compass in his hand, the mechanism on it slowly rotates.

The landforms of this place, described by his spiritual consciousness, slipped into the compass one by one.

Suddenly!

The Taoist made a secret with one hand and slowly clicked on the compass.

In an instant, the compass needle condensed with mana began to rotate crazily, and the inexplicable energy radiated in all directions under the constant influence.

Finally, the mana pointer slowed down and gradually pointed to one place.

Luo Chen opened his eyes and showed a hint of joy.

With a movement of his body, he flew in that direction without leaking any breath.

After a while, Luo Chen bypassed the patrols of some monsters and sneaked into an unknown desert island.

On the deserted island, there was only a semi-abandoned first-order spiritual vein, and except for some beasts with little intelligence, there were almost no living creatures.

Luo Chen looked around, feeling extremely satisfied.

This island is in the formation, but it is not a part of the formation, nor is it among the seventy-two islands.

No one patrols and no one pays attention.

Just the right place for him to settle down.

Thinking of this, Luo Chen couldn't help but take a closer look at the formation disk he got from Zhu Qi.

What a good thing!

Not to mention its offensive and defensive capabilities, it is simply a sharp weapon for monks to go out for training!

The formation of dense clouds and fog is suitable for covering the cave.

The God-Searching and Spirit-Searching Formation is suitable for searching for treasures, spiritual veins and qi machines. Once activated, it will automatically explore the direction with the strongest qi machines nearby for the monks. Luo Chen did the opposite, so he found the weakest place of Qi as a base for his next action.

As for the Sea-Sealing Bagua Formation, in his opinion at the moment, it might not be used for fighting. Its original function should be to seal the spiritual land and prevent the Qi from leaking out.

The reason why Luo Chen was suppressed in the previous battle was actually because Zhu Qi transformed him and combined it with his body's limbs to form the so-called suppression array.

But in that case, a natural flaw was formed, which was broken by Luo Chen in one fell swoop.

It seems now.

This array plate integrates the three major functions of covering the cave, searching and exploring spiritual treasures, and blocking and suppressing them. It is a perfect tool for home travel, murder and arson!

"Good baby, I don't know what your name was before, but from now on you will be called Fengshen Luopan!"

Inspired by the names of the three major formations and their functions, Luo Chen gave this treasure a new name.

Then, he got busy on this deserted island.

……

Deep in the ocean.

A colorful clam that is almost a hundred feet in size, with its shell slightly open.

A figure, riding the ocean current, arrived with a bang.

He raised his head and glanced at the colorful clam, and snorted coldly: "Yeah, it's just a corpse of a colorful clam that failed to transform. This old guy Jin Hun carries it with him like a treasure wherever he goes."

Although he said this, the envy in his eyes could not be faked.

As if he knew someone was coming, the colorful clam flashed and the light curtain opened.

The man moved his eight legs and walked in.

As soon as he entered, a deep voice came from the warm hall.

"Fellow Taoist Chi Yan is here!" Chi Yan looked up and saw three figures, each sitting on one side.

One is completely golden, as if attached to golden armor, and is full of domineering power.

One is surrounded by green and embellished with a few green algae, which makes it vaguely beautiful.

The last remaining demon has shrunk in size, but its pointed mouth protrudes, combined with its eight legs and double pincers, giving people a ferocious and terrifying feeling.

And if there are human cultivators who are proficient in monster illustrations and come here, they can know their races through the appearance of these three monsters. They are the Overlord Crab, the Blue Emperor Crab, and the Nine-clawed Poison King Crab.

"Jin Hun, Green Sleeves, Nine Claws, I don't see you on weekdays, but you came so early this time!" Chi Yan sneered, with a hint of sarcasm in his words.

Jin Hun said nothing, but Jiuzhao retorted.

"This old guy usually lives in seclusion in an extinct volcano on the seabed. He doesn't even want to go ashore to bask in the sun. How dare he come out this time to talk to us?"

Anger suddenly arose in Chi Yan's heart, and when he was about to retort, a soft voice came out.

"Stop arguing. Everyone is gathered here for the future of our Demon Crab clan, so why be so noisy."

She is Green Sleeve and the only female crab leader among the five royal clans of demon crabs.

When Chi Yan heard this, he snorted coldly and stopped talking to Jiuzhao.

Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Jin Hun, who was hosting the gathering, slowly said, "I'm just waiting for Prime Minister Zhu to arrive."

The Zhu Xiang in his mouth is the leader of the Demon Spider Crab clan.

However, although Zhu Xiang hadn't come yet, Lu Xiu said softly: "Brother Jin might as well talk about the situation in detail first, and we can discuss it."

Jin Hun looked at the three demons, "The matter is not complicated, it's just an attack on Xuanyan Island."

Chi Yan snorted coldly: "We can't even see Xuanyan Island, so how can we attack it?"

"That's what I want to say." Jin Hun sighed, "No one thought that although the Xuanyan Demon Emperor left, he also left a life-saving formation for the Ring-headed Turtle clan. The formation... for For my generation of demon clan, it is simply a chasm, insurmountable."

This sigh went deep into everyone's heart.

Over the years, they have experienced countless large and small battles with the turtle clan on Xuanyan Island.

The best time was only twenty-seven islands.

However, after the opponent launched a formation to counterattack, sixty-seven out of ten of the twenty-seven islands were recaptured within a few days. Currently, only nine islands are in hand.

This kind of progress will make people laugh to death if they tell you about it.

Five royal demon crabs?

That's it?

Chi Yan frowned, and then hummed: "If it doesn't work, I will use my clan's heritage to detonate the submarine volcano and wash away this sea area!"

Green sleeves quickly stopped and said: "This is not possible. If it affects the fourth-level spiritual veins here, how can we advance to the transformation stage in the future?"

Chi Yan was extremely irritated, "This won't work, and that won't work either. You want the black rock relics, and you also want to preserve the fourth-level spiritual veins. Don't you know that there is a saying in the human race that you can't have your cake and eat it too?"

Jiuzhao sneered and said: "Spiritual veins can be shared, and those who are destined to inherit the slough can get it. Why can't we have both?"

"You!" Chi Yan suddenly became angry.

"Okay, stop arguing."

Jin Hun said coldly: "Everyone is either trapped in the third level of perfection, or one step away from the transformation stage. We are all here for the opportunity to advance. No matter who gets the opportunity in the end, there is always a chance to advance to the transformation stage. , by then the remaining tribes will be considered to have a backer. At this time, we are cooperating with our hearts, how can we act with our will."

Chi Yan was stunned, "You, the King Crab clan, are the most domineering and domineering people. When did you, Jin Hun, take the overall situation into consideration like this?"

Jin Hun glanced at him and said coldly: "Without the Demon Emperor in Xuanyan Sea, it will become a human hunting area sooner or later. In the past hundred years, the human holy land has collapsed, giving us a chance to breathe. Even so, there are not immortal cultivators. After getting the news, come here to hunt. If there is no demon king in the transformation stage among us in the next few hundred years, and when the human race recovers, I am afraid that the name of this black rock sea area will be changed!"

The long words came out of Lao Xia's mouth. Although his voice was cold and indifferent, he felt as heavy as a mountain of pressure.

The rest listened and were all silent.

They all knew that there was a monster hunting ship wandering around here.

In other words, the hunting target of the immortal cultivators on the ship was the ring-headed turtle, otherwise they would have joined forces to destroy it long ago.

Even so, there were several close encounters.

There was even one time when Jin Zha, a powerful member of the Overlord Crab clan, brutally tore a Golden Elixir monk alive.

If both sides didn't have scruples, they would have exhausted all their strength and fought to the death.

Seeing that everyone understood the general trend, Jin Hun took a breath and continued: "The formation on Xuanyan Island is quite mysterious and complicated. Based on our experience, we cannot break it. The most we can do is attack with brute force."

"But the ring-headed turtle clan was once the largest clan on Xuanyan Island!"

"The number of third-level demon kings in it is far greater than any of our clans. Only the five clans can defeat them by joining forces."

"With the support of the formation, brute force cannot break it. Therefore, we still have to return to the aspect of how to break the formation skillfully."

Speaking of which, it seems to have become a dead end.

But Jin Hun changed the subject, "As far as I know, Prime Minister Zhu has a junior whom he values ​​​​very much. He has inherited the human race and has some knowledge of formations."

Everyone was a little surprised that there were still demon crabs that could learn the inheritance of the human race?

Lu Xiu hesitated and said, "Could it be that little guy Zhu Qi?"

She knew that there was a genius in the Demon Spider Crab clan.

It is said that the younger generation was born with deficiencies, was quite thin, and was often bullied within the clan.

Later, one time, when the other party was wandering out, he accidentally entered a cave of a human race immortal cultivator, received a inheritance, and began to make a fortune.

Hundreds of years have passed, and he has become a third-level powerhouse!

For this reason, she once wanted to marry the other party and use a second-order Blue Emperor Crab to win over the other party.

"Exactly!" Jin Hun replied in the affirmative.

Luxiu suddenly realized: "If it were him, I think it might be somewhat feasible."

Jiuzhao said gloomily: "The question is, if the people on Zhu Xiang's side are allowed to break the formation, does it mean that more of the loot will be distributed to them?"

Jin Hun was puzzled, "Jiuzhao, don't you have the best relationship with Prime Minister Zhu?"

Jiuzhao sneered, "Friendship is friendship, and interests are interests. We just haven't transformed, and we are not ignorant beasts. I can still distinguish this thing clearly."

"Actually, it doesn't matter if you get a little more, after all, what we want most..."

In the palace made of colorful clam corpses, when the heads of the four royal clans and demon crabs were discussing how to distribute the benefits, a light curtain flashed.

A figure walked in.

"There is no need to think about this matter. My Xiaoqi has died."

Everyone looked at the sound and saw that it was Zhu Xiang, the leader of the Demon Spider Crab clan!

As expected of the Demonic Spider Crab clan with the sharpest senses, they could actually hear every conversation inside the colorful clam while they were outside.

However, the information in his words is that Zhu Qi has fallen?

When they first heard this, everyone was shocked.

Jin Hun's whole body flashed with golden light, and he said angrily: "How could this be so!"

This time is the only chance for the Demon Crab clan to rise.

After all the hard work, success or failure can basically be said to depend on Zhu Qi.

Tell him now that Zhu Qi has fallen?

He couldn't accept it!

Zhu Xiang shook his head, with a sad look in his eyes.

Immediately, the details of Zhu Qi's death were given to everyone one by one.

half an hour.

Jin Hun gritted his teeth and said: "It turned out to be the master behind the evil Skua, damn it! I felt something was wrong before, so I asked Jin Zha, who was released from seclusion, to solve the matter. Unexpectedly, I still missed the mastermind behind it!"

Jiu Zhao was a little confused. In the past few years, he had belonged to their Nine Claw Poison King Crab clan and had not been harmed by Luo Chen.

So I don’t feel deeply about this.

Green sleeves were also a little angry at this moment: "If we hadn't focused our attention on Xuanyan Island, we would have sent out a large army to catch the mastermind and cut him into pieces!"

Her Blue Emperor Crab clan has also lost many low-level clan members in the past few years.

Chi Yan chuckled and didn't care much about this.

They are a tribe of red rock crabs who live in underwater volcanoes. They occasionally come ashore to move around, but they also travel in groups and are rarely attacked.

I heard that I once encountered a black-scaled dragon, but was almost beaten to death by the leader of the Red Rock Crab Elder.

At this moment, hearing the tragedy of the other three clans, he felt a little gloating.

However, Zhu Qi is dead, so how can this formation be broken?

His schadenfreude also subsided.

Zhu Xiang watched the scenes in the hall coldly.

Suddenly.

"I have a way to break the Xuanyan Island Formation. But I have a condition. After the incident is completed, you must help hunt down the mastermind together!"

This condition doesn't matter.

And the method he said caught everyone's attention.

For a moment, the four demons stared at him intently, wondering what to do.

Zhu Xiang stamped his foot on the ground, making a crisp sound.

This sound spread slowly outside along the colorful clam shells.

"Jin Hun, please open the door."

Jin Hun's expression changed slightly and he stared at Zhu Xiang seriously.

Slight movements in the mouth.

"I hope you didn't lead the wolf into the house."

The next moment, the light curtain trembled, and a tall figure came into view.

He is well-dressed and has a handsome face.

As soon as he entered, he cupped his fists and saluted.

"Feiyunjian Gu Shaoshang, I have met all of you fellow Taoists!"

He is a human cultivator!

(End of this chapter)