Longevity begins with alchemy master

Chapter 725: Swallowing the Hellfire, Returning a Favor (asking for monthly tickets)
On the quiet flower hall trail, two figures were walking slowly, one in front and one behind.

Luo Chen's eyes were fixed on the charred footprints left by the Nether Fire Monster wherever he passed.

The footprints are extremely conspicuous, but often after three steps, they disappear into thin air, as if nothing had happened.

But Luo Chen knew that this was definitely not an illusion!
"A cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul is actually unable to suppress the true fire in his body and allows it to vent outwards?"

This incredible idea popped up in Luo Chen's mind.

He was a master of fire, so he could naturally tell that those scorched footprints were caused by the leakage of some kind of deadly and eerie real fire.

Combined with the opponent's Taoist name - Nether Fire, it is obvious that the old monster Nether Fire is also proficient in the way of fire, and has refined some kind of sourceless fire into the original true fire.

The strange thing is, how could a cultivator not suppress his own true fire?

unless……

"Huang Sanren, can you see any clues?"

The hoarse voice of the old man came from his ears, Luo Chen looked calm and nodded slightly.

The other party behaved so "awkwardly", it must be intentional. If he couldn't see it, he wouldn't have been invited to the back hall alone.

The old monster Minghuo laughed bitterly, "Perhaps you think I did it on purpose, but the current situation in my body is actually very critical."

Luo Chen asked tentatively: "Could it be that the original true fire that you refined, Master Liu, devoured you?"

"Ah."

A faint "hmm" contained extremely complex emotions.

The old monster Minghuo sighed and talked about the past.

"That Mulan Kaohsiung, even though his path to the Tao is cut off for life, he used my serious injury and Shuangliu's death as stepping stones to reestablish his illustrious reputation."

"People only think Shuangliu and I are useless, but how could they know the inside story?"

Faced with Minghuo's enthusiastic conversation, Luo Chen did not interrupt.

He knew Shuang Liu. She should be the early Nascent Soul master that Mulan Kaohsiung had killed personally during his many battles.

However, in his opinion, even though the old monster Netherfire was seriously injured, he still had an inner powerful might. It was really incredible that Mulan Kaohsiung could seriously injure him.

As expected, the old monster Minghuo revealed the underlying cause of that year.

"With my strength, I may not be able to defeat Mulan Kaohsiung, but I can definitely beat him."

"When I learned that Shuang Liu had died in battle, I personally went into battle. However, I did not expect that the true fire in my body would run wild during the battle. I was not defeated by Mulan Gaoxiong, but by myself!"

"Now, that dark fire is traveling throughout my body, burning my internal organs, scorching my acupoints, and even lingering in the Purple Mansion, trying to take over its nest!"

Luo Chen's eyelids twitched wildly when he heard this, and he even felt a vague sense of fear in his heart.

Sure enough, this is almost exactly what I guessed.

"Master Liu, could it be that your true fire has become spiritual?"

The Netherfire old monster laughed bitterly, "You have indeed seen that my Netherfire has indeed become psychic and has its own consciousness."

Luo Chen was puzzled. "Even if the True Fire is spiritual, it should obey the will of its master. How could it backfire? Unless its spirit is..."

A glass vase appeared in the hands of the old monster Netherfire.

It is the vase containing the essence of the soul!
"In the past, the Yuanmo Sect's soul refining lineage took the initiative to hand over the method of refining soul essence to the Beihai side sect forces, but did not pass down the method of using it."

"After the fall of the Demon Sect, all of us monks from other sects have been thinking about how to use the Soul Essence."

"I don't know how others studied it, but I went astray at the beginning and tried to use a large amount of soul essence to nourish the spirituality of the true fire. This caused the spiritual intelligence of the nether fire I refined to surge, and in the end even my own soul could not suppress it."

"This is why you turned against me and came back to bite me!"

After getting this answer, Luo Chen suddenly realized what was going on and his expression was exactly what I expected.

In fact, he almost fell into this predicament back then.

After all, the higher the spirituality of the true fire, the greater the benefit it will bring to oneself, whether it is for refining medicine or fighting against the enemy.

But in the end, Luo Chen suppressed the impulse.

He had been suppressing the spirituality of the Withering and Flourishing True Fire until he achieved the Nascent Soul Stage, and then he completely let the Withering and Flourishing True Fire grow in spiritual intelligence.

If compared with human intelligence, the spirituality of the current Kuruo Zhenhuo has roughly grown to that of a seven or eight-year-old child.

But its power is real and without any discount.

It was hard for him to imagine how much the Nether Fire in the Nether Fire Monster's body would grow in intelligence after absorbing a large amount of soul essence, to the point where it would dare to turn against its master and even want to take over his master's nest!
But what does this have to do with chatting with me privately?

He didn't know that his True Fire of Withering and Flourishing, with the help of the "Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra", had the ability to devour other fires without a source.

As if he had sensed Luo Chen's doubts, the old monster Netherfire stopped.

He turned and looked at Luo Chen, a sense of momentum rising up for no reason.

It’s the Nascent Soul realm!
Luo Chen raised his eyebrows and also released his Nascent Soul Realm.

The two fields attracted the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which was both of fire attribute, was colliding tentatively in this small garden.

Overall, Luo Chen is at a disadvantage.

But from a local perspective, his Senluo Fire Prison was constantly melting the opponent's territory.

Seeing this, the old monster Hellfire breathed a sigh of relief, "Sure enough, I was not wrong. You have absolute control over your original true fire, and you can even achieve resonance, causing a qualitative change in the domain. It can be imagined that your true fire itself has a stronger melting power."

The Nascent Soul realm is released and then retracted.

Luo Chen also put away his domain and frowned, "Master Liu, what does this mean?"

"It's very simple. I need you to use the original true fire that melts all things to help me destroy the netherworld fire in my body! If this is accomplished, this bottle of soul essence that is condensed from tens of millions of people will be my reward to you!"

Luo Chen's expression changed slightly, "Master Liu, you must be joking. Two true fires are colliding with each other. The battlefield is in your body. Aren't you afraid..."

"There won't be a collision!"

The Netherfire Monster shook his head. "When the time comes, I will do my best to suppress the Netherfire spirit and let your true fire destroy it bit by bit. Even if there is any minor damage, it will be within my tolerance."

Luo Chen opened his mouth, as if this was really the truth?
He had experienced the pain caused by the collision of two true fires in his body.

The Nine Refining Beacon Fire and the Holy Fire of Nirvana!
But at that time, the biggest reason was actually that he did not have enough ability to suppress any true fire, which caused the tragic collapse of his physical body.

If the Nether Fire Monster can really suppress the Nether Fire in his body and cooperate with him perfectly, then he really has the ability to completely eliminate the Nether Fire in his body.

However, this brings us to another consideration.

In that situation, the old monster Netherfire was almost defenseless, revealing everything about himself to Luo Chen.

You can kill or give life, take whatever you want!
Luo Chen asked hesitantly, "Before today, you and I had never met before. How could the Master trust me so much?"

In response to this, the old monster Minghuo smiled casually.

"Of course. I am not a child who has no defenses against others. I do not trust you, but Fellow Daoist Fu."

At this moment, the door of the rear hall slowly opened without wind.

"please!"

Luo Chen took a deep breath and walked into the hall.

As soon as he entered, a wealthy old man holding a yellowed brass mirror caught Luo Chen's attention.

Seeing this person, Luo Chen couldn't help but smile.

The old man looked at Luo Chen and bowed with a smile.

"Fu Chaosheng from the Tianyuan Merchant Alliance greets Daoist Fellow Luo Chen!"

He emphasized the word "Luo Chen" particularly.

Luo Chen paused in his heart, and returned the greeting, "I am Luo Chen, a layman, greeting fellow Daoist Fu."

After the two of them got to know each other, the old monster Minghuo said, "Elder Fu is the middleman of this meeting to stop the war between the righteous and the evil. He is responsible for mediation in the name of Zhongzhou Tianyuan Dao Sect. In the name of the holy land and the reputation of the Tianyuan Merchant Alliance, with him as a guarantor, you don't have to worry about me doing anything bad to you while you are healing me, and I don't have to worry about you suddenly attacking you. Unless everyone doesn't want to walk in this world of immortal cultivation anymore."

"Huang Sanren, how do you think it's okay?"

Luo Chen glanced at Fu Chaosheng, who smiled and nodded.

"In that case, I will encourage you to give it a try!"

"it is good!"

The old monster Netherfire opened his hand, and the glass vase fell into Fu Chaosheng's hands.

The meaning is self-evident.

As long as this matter is successful, Luo Chen will go to Fu Chaosheng to ask for his reward.

Considering the reputation of Tianyuan Business Alliance in doing business across the five continents, they would certainly not embezzle such a small amount of money.

Luo Chen asked about the healing time.

The old monster Netherfire seemed impatient and decided to hold it today.

Luo Chen had no objection. The sooner the task was finished, the sooner he could get the soul essence.

As for the party that was still going on in Guiyuan Palace, they had lost interest in it.

Fu Chaosheng just said a few words and then stopped talking. However, his small squinting eyes kept wandering around Luo Chen, revealing an expression of great interest.

……

In a quiet secret room.

The old man sat cross-legged, his mind absent, like a walking corpse. It was obvious that all his attention was integrated into the Purple Palace Yuanying, and he was trying his best to suppress the Nether Fire Consciousness.

Luo Chen stood nearby, and with a thought, he released the True Fire of Withering and Flourishing.

A cyan-gold fire tree stretched out its branches and slowly enveloped the old man.

"Is this the Hellfire?"

When a branch of a fire tree emitted a wisp of dead white flame, Luo Chen observed it carefully.

The air was filled with the feeling of death, and it seemed as if countless resentful ghosts of the dead were wailing endlessly in it.

Luo Chen's face was stern. He didn't expect that someone could improve the most common ghost fire to such a level.

Yes, although Hell Fire sounds strange, it is actually not rare in the world of immortal cultivation.

In essence, he is the ghost fire formed from the soul and flesh of a living being after death.

If we really talk about the grade, it is not as good as the man-made Qingyang Demon Fire.

But the old monster Netherfire used his great power and massive resources to push the fire to the fourth level.

Even a large amount of soul essence was invested to help increase its spirituality!
According to Luo Chen's judgment, this fire is no less powerful than most of the fourth-order sourceless fires seen in the Burning Purgatory, it's just that it has not yet taken shape.

It has not transformed into a human form, but it is psychic. No wonder the Nether Fire retaliates and wants to take over its place.

It is never good to force things to happen.

Luo Chen shook his head and urged the withering and flourishing true fire to melt away the wisp of nether fire in his hand.

Just as he was about to continue, an idea suddenly occurred to him.

"Why destroy it? Why not devour it?"

Thinking of this, Luo Chen became excited.

Netherfire of this quality is rare in the world. It would be such a waste to destroy it like this.

If he could devour it, perhaps it would allow his True Fire of Withering and Flourishing to reach a higher level.

And in this way, it will not cause any damage to the body of the old monster Minghuo, and he will have to thank himself.

Without hesitation, Luo Chen immediately started to practice the "Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra". The nature of the Withered and Flourishing True Fire changed, and it immediately sank into the body of the Nether Fire Monster, and began to absorb the scattered Nether Fire throughout his flesh.

Time passes bit by bit.

One day, two days...

The party in Guiyuan Palace ended that evening.

After seeing that Old Monster Minghuo and Huang Sanren had not returned for a long time, everyone understood something.

Among them, the old ghost Nanqi had a gloomy face and did not hide his anger at all.

But Mo Lanting was the territory of the Moluo clan after all, and he didn't dare to act rashly given his status, so he could only leave in hatred.

In the back hall of Guiyuan Palace, Fu Chaosheng was wiping the bronze mirror in his hand. A beautiful figure appeared vividly on the mirror. Seeing this scene, Fu Chaosheng's smile became more intense.

……

The ninth day of healing arrived silently.

The old monster Netherfire also opened his eyes silently.

Feeling the situation inside his body, he let out a breath of foul air.

There was a smile of relief on his face, but also a hint of loss and regret.

Now that his serious illness has been cured, he only needs to rest well for a while before he can continue to make progress in the great way.

However, after cultivating the Nether Fire for hundreds of years, not a single trace of it was left, which made him feel quite regretful.

"I was right about him. Huang Sanren's attainments in the way of fire are not inferior to mine. In just nine days, he completely melted away all my nether fire."

"But what about others?"

The old monster Minghuo walked out of the secret room in surprise.

Fu Chaosheng happened to be outside.

"Don't disturb him for now. Huang Sanren has suffered a lot of damage in helping you heal your wounds, and he is recuperating in Wanliu Valley."

"Is that so?" The old monster Minghuo smiled, "I am really sorry for troubling him. I wanted to thank him in person, but there are some things I have to deal with as soon as possible. I will trouble you to pass on the soul essence."

"This is just a transaction, there's no need to be so polite."

Fu Chaosheng said with a smile.

After the other party left in a hurry, he walked slowly along the complex trails of the palace complex, and finally came to a mountain stream where countless small waterfalls converged.

At that time, the waterfall was hanging and the rain was like a curtain.

A Taoist priest named Baishan sat there quietly with his hair loose.

A surge of vitality and a chilling sense of death constantly flowed through his body, and a cyan-gold flame burst out from his body, burning the void and distorting it.

Seeing this scene, Fu Chaosheng took a deep breath, and his previous calmness could no longer be suppressed.

"Borrow fire to carry the soul, and the spirit will merge into heaven and earth!"

At this moment, the Taoist's whole body trembled, and all the flames were absorbed into his body.

Fu Chaosheng was stunned, "Did I disturb you?"

Luo Chen stood up with a frown, a look of confusion on his face.

"No, I just feel like something is missing."

Fu Chaosheng breathed a sigh of relief, "What a pity! I thought you were going to comprehend the true meaning of the law?"

"The power of laws is not so easy to comprehend. Fellow Daoist, you think too highly of me." Luo Chen smiled.

Fu Chaosheng shook his head. "The power of laws is indeed difficult to comprehend, but in this mountain and sea world, it is an exception. This world is full of spiritual energy and overflowing with spiritual energy. There are powerful wild beasts that can master the power of laws when they reach adulthood. The comprehension of our human race is not inferior. What's more, you, Demon Lord Qingyang, have advanced from the fourth level of Jindan to the Yuanying stage in just a hundred years. Your talent is so terrifying. If you say that you can comprehend the basics of laws in the early stage of Yuanying, I believe it."

After these words, Luo Chen's confusion disappeared.

He turned to look at the wealthy old man, "I think I have concealed myself well enough. My appearance, name, and even my magical aura are very different from a hundred years ago. How did you recognize me?"

Fu Chaosheng laughed and the bronze mirror in his hand reappeared.

"Your disguise is of course good. I certainly couldn't recognize you in such a hurry, but I have a deep memory of your maid who transformed into a monster!"

On the bronze mirror, Tianxuan’s figure was looming.

"This is?"

"True Spirit Treasure Mirror! This is my life-defining true weapon, made by imitating a spiritual treasure. It can see through the truth and identify treasures. Especially for demonic beasts, once their aura is recorded, they will have nowhere to hide. This meeting to stop the war between good and evil is the top priority for the monks in the North Sea. In order to prevent the transformed demon king from sneaking in, I naturally keep it open at all times."

Luo Chen looked at the bronze mirror and suddenly realized.

He had asked Tianxuan to conceal her whereabouts as much as possible, for fear that a Nascent Soul expert would discover her Douou true form, thus avoiding unnecessary trouble.

Whenever there is something going on, Sang Jinghe is usually sent out to handle it.

But unexpectedly, someone discovered the clue.

However, this is not a bad thing. He came to the Conference to Stop the War with the purpose of finding Fu Chaosheng.

He wanted to go to Zhongzhou through the other party's Tianyuan Business Alliance and then return to Donghuang.

Moreover, Luo Chen felt relieved when he saw that the other party knew the name Luo Chen but did not connect it with the things in Donghuang.

Regarding his connection with the demon clan, it seems that the matter is not a big deal at the moment?
That’s right, he had just entered the Golden Core stage back then, and his reputation might have been a little bit in the Yuding Domain, but when spread to the entire Eastern Wilderness, it was nothing.

That matter is rather secretive, and at the moment, perhaps no outsiders know about it.

now.

Now that he had been recognized, Luo Chen no longer concealed himself and bowed to the old man.

Fu Chaosheng dodged and asked, "What do you mean?"

Luo Chen stood up and said, "I benefited a lot from your guidance back then, so I should at least say thank you."

Fu Chaosheng said "oh" and then waved his hand, "Just a few words, it's nothing."

Luo Chen didn't think so. "Blood Nightmare Demon Luo took the initiative to recruit me back then. If it weren't for my fellow Taoist's kind reminder, I'm afraid I would have really fallen into the devil's den."

"You're talking about this..." Fu Chaosheng smiled slightly. He was the first one to discover this.

No one else knew that Blood Nightmare Demon Luo was trying to combine the three meridians into one, and even refined his Yuanmo disciple into the Blood God Son.

Only because he had the True Spirit Treasure Mirror with him could he see some clues.

That’s why I reminded Luo Chen back then to try not to go to the Moluo School.

"Not only that, whether it was your advice on cultivation, or the treasures you gave me as a maid, or even your introduction to fellow Taoists, all of these have greatly benefited me in my later cultivation. I have achieved the Nascent Soul stage now, and you have contributed a lot to that."

Luo Chen praised him one after another, and what he said was true, but now that he had become a Yuanying Zhenren, he was still praised like this, and anyone would feel comfortable hearing it.

When asking someone to do something for you, it is not easy to find someone who has done you a favor, but it is often easier to find someone who has done you a favor.

This is a bit illogical, but it is the truth.

But what Luo Chen didn't expect was that Fu Chaosheng would "repay the favor"!
"Since you are so sentimental, why don't you do me a favor?"

Luo Chen was stunned.

(End of this chapter)