Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 458 Luo Chen comes out of seclusion

 In the quiet practice room.

Luo Chen, who had simply cleaned himself, sat cross-legged with his eyes like a torch, and a jade slip floating in front of his head.

 One word after another, pouring out like a waterfall.

Looking at the words that were so familiar that he could recite them by heart, Luo Chen finally made a decision after years of hesitation.

“The elixir becomes five colors, which is the characteristic of the elixir having all the five elements’ spiritual roots.”

“Although the green color of the wood element is dominant, the fire elemental spiritual power as a secondary element also accounts for 20%.”

“In terms of longevity, breaking through the realm, and the difficulty of getting started, I would mainly follow the wood system and choose Huaqing Yixin Gong.”

“But immortality is not immortality. Before reaching the state of living as long as heaven and earth, your strength is not enough, and no matter how long your life is, it will be vain!”

have to say.

 After experiencing the withering fire devouring vitality, the upper limit of Luo Chen’s longevity plummeted.

 His understanding of Shouyuan also became more sober and calm.

Especially after the pill formation was successful, the upper limit of lifespan of two hundred years suddenly increased to four hundred.

 Vibrant and vigorous, even the previously gray hair has 90% turned back to a healthy black color.

This allows Luo Chen to look at the so-called longevity more clearly.

No matter how high the upper limit is, without powerful Tao-protecting skills, it will be difficult to survive until that time safely in this cruel world of immortality.

  Comparatively, within the relatively safe longevity range, making yourself more powerful is undoubtedly a smarter and correct decision.

 Not only do you want to live forever, you also want to live forever!

“I am now refining the withering fire, and I have the original true fire in my body, but the utilization rate is quite low, so I can only use the withering fire when practicing elixirs.”

“The developed means of burning creatures and plundering vitality are an unexpected blessing.”

“But the potential of this fire must be more than this.”

“If I want to make the most of it, I must switch to fire-based exercises.”

“But the original wood spiritual power cannot be given up so easily.”

"so!"

　　""The True Skill of Burning Wood", it's you!"

Luo Chen has more and more third-level skills.

He originally had three copies. After killing He Lianyun and the others in the Snowy Mountains, in order to obtain the Ming Yuan Pills on their bodies, he spent some time opening the storage bags of He Lianyun and Xiao Sanren.

 Mrs. Yousha’s inheritance was not obtained.

The other party self-destructed in Ten Thousand Python Cave, and the storage bag did not survive.

What a pity about the Ming Yuan Pill inside.

However, the inheritance of He Lianyun and Xiao Sanren really gave Luo Chen a big surprise.

 The overall value of Xiao Sanren's inheritance is not high, adding up to only about a hundred thousand spirit stones.

 You are a casual cultivator!

Is such that.

Even if you think he is in a very high state, it is very likely that he spent all his life savings to reach his current state.

 It is quite difficult to leave more than 100,000 people behind.

His surprise for Luo Chen was a set of soul attack spells - "Linjiang Fairy Song"

 Use the soul to enter the sound and use the form of sound waves to perform soul attacks.

This set of sonic spells is best performed with the piano, followed by various musical instruments. At worst, it can be integrated into daily shouting and roaring.

When Luo Chen was forming elixirs, divine sounds were emitted from his body several times, and he had some superficial effects of this set of sonic spells.

He Lianyun’s legacy is worth talking about.

 As the leader of the Lianyun Merchant Alliance, he has accumulated considerable savings over the years.

Even though time was tight and Luo Chen didn't have time to count them one by one, it was roughly estimated that the number of spirit stones was at least in the millions.

 Some of these precious materials will definitely increase in value several times when you have time to evaluate them carefully later.

After Luo Chen obtained the Mingyuan Pill, what he paid most attention to was He Lianyun's collection of third-level skills.

He alone has collected two complete third-level skills.

 They are of water system and earth system respectively.

 Thinking about it, this Evergreen of Tianlan Immortal City was also preparing for his own destiny skills after forming the elixir.

 In this way, Luo Tianhui would be better off.

 The reason why it is said is that Luo Tianhui was benefited, not Luo Chen.

 The problem is that these two complete sets of exercises are not very useful to Luo Chen himself. In the future, they can only be used by Luo Tianhui as a method for inheritance after they rebuild the sect.

Therefore, Luo Chen seems to have as many as five third-level skills in his hands.

 But what he can really use for his own cultivation are the original three books.

 Yameng's "Yanyang Zhenjing".

 The "Huaqing Yixin Gong" given by Master Canglong.

 And a copy of the incomplete third-level skill "Burning Wood True Skill" collected by Luo Tianhui.

 In order to make use of the Ku Rong Fire, the "Hua Qing Yi Xin Gong", which is the simplest to practice, is naturally excluded.

Among the remaining two, after years of choices, Luo Chen finally chose "Wood Burning True Skill" from fellow practitioner Mu Huo.

　　This ability is incomplete though it is.

 But it only lacks the later chapters of Golden Elixir, as well as supporting spells and secret techniques.

Luo Chen didn't care about the latter. If he had money, he could collect various powerful spells through formal channels.

 As for the former?

 Perhaps other monks would avoid him like a snake or a scorpion.

 But for Luo Chen, the problem is actually not that big.

“As long as I raise the proficiency of this skill to the Dzogchen state before reaching the late stage of Jindan, the system can more or less complete it.”

“And this technique comes from the Five Elements Sect.”

“This sect likes to study all kinds of magical arts the most, and from time to time they will sell some in Lingyuanzhai.”

“If I have the opportunity in the future, I can pay a price and buy the complete copy of "Burning Wood True Skill" from them."

 From the present to the future.

 Luo Chen thinks very comprehensively.

In addition, he now has a huge amount of impurity-filled heaven and earth spiritual energy accumulated in his Qi Sea, which requires a lot of skills to refine it.

 The "Eternal Youth Sutra" in the Foundation Building Chapter is too inefficient.

Only third-level skills can quickly absorb and quickly transform into mana that is a level higher than spiritual power.

Hence, after making the decision, Luo Chen immediately started practicing the "Burning Wood True Skill".

 …

I have to say that with Luo Chen's magical talent, when he studied the skills, he was quite effective.

 Coupled with years of research, he already has a very good understanding of this technique.

 It only took him four or five days to successfully learn "Wood Burning True Skill".

In this way, because when forming the elixir, the huge spiritual energy swallowed into the sea of ​​​​qi also began to be continuously refined.

 During this process, Luo Chen’s soul was constantly integrated into it, contaminating every spiritual power with the aura of the soul.

one year later.

In the cave, Luo Chen stopped practicing, with a look of emotion on his face.

“It’s no wonder that in the world of immortal cultivation, there are as many people who refine qi and build foundations as crucian carp crossing the river, but the number of golden elixir cultivators has never been able to increase.”

“It’s one thing to go through difficult situations, it’s another thing to practice in the golden elixir stage and be complicated.”

 During the Qi refining period, it is still mainly about simply absorbing external spiritual energy.

 After reaching the foundation building stage, spiritual power must be continuously refined, refined and liquefied at each stage. In this way, the limited air sea space can accommodate enough spiritual power.

 As the monks break through the realm and reach the golden elixir stage, cultivation becomes more complicated.

 For external spiritual energy, there are three steps to absorb, refine and melt!

Absorb the spiritual energy from the outside, refine and purify it, and finally wrap your own consciousness with the spiritual energy, allowing it to be simply fused.

 In this way, the complete transition from spiritual energy to spiritual power and then to mana can be completed.

 The cultivation during this process is so complicated that even with the help of third-level skills, it is quite consuming for the monks.

In this way, we can understand why the demand for third-level spiritual land among Jindan monks is so high.

Just purifying and merging it is so laborious, so how can you put too much energy on absorbing external spiritual energy.

Third-level spiritual land is a necessary resource for Jindan monks to practice!

 After thinking about this point.

Luo Chen couldn't help but look helpless on his face.

It is impossible for him to occupy this Jiasan Cave Mansion for the rest of his life.

Whether the other Jindan monks in Tianlan Immortal City are willing or not is one thing.

 His financial resources cannot continue to support it, which is another thing.

 Before forming the elixir, he had already expired.

It was Gu Caiyi who forcibly collected the payment from various branches, and Sima Huiniang arranged Luo Tianhui's working capital, so that she could collect the three million spiritual stones for the extra three years.

 Doing this is already damaging your muscles and bones.

 It is easy to create a situation where turnover cannot be opened.

 This is a self-destructive approach to the Great Wall. But there is no way. No matter how big Luo Tianhui is, it can't be bigger than Luo Chen forming pills.

With Luo Chen’s success in forming elixirs, and with his reputation as a master of elixirs, this situation can be somewhat alleviated.

 But reputation or something may be a temporary solution, but it cannot be used as a long-term meal ticket.

The last time they met, Luo Chen gave all his remaining savings, three million spirit stones and a batch of materials worth millions to Sima Huiniang.

 In conjunction with Luo Tianhui's income, it will temporarily support the rent of the third-level cave in the next ten years.

 But what about ten years from now?

Luo Chen rubbed an iron wrench on his thumb.

This thing is actually a magic weapon for storage.

Origined from Yanmeng Qin Tairan!

As a law enforcement elder, the other party can be regarded as the veritable master of the Yan League after the Yan League suffered a great disaster.

 Think about it, there should be a lot of inheritance in his thumb!

So what Luo Chen has to do in the next nine years is very simple and clear.

 First of all, and most importantly, polish and stabilize the current state.

Given the big commotion he made when he formed the elixir, as long as he completely refines the huge spiritual energy accumulated in his body, he can directly advance to the first level of the golden elixir.

 This is exactly the same as what Chu Kui said at the beginning.

 It is so difficult to practice the secret technique of Shangfa Jiedan, but it will naturally have corresponding benefits.

 One is that it is relatively easy to form an elixir.

 One is that in the early stages of Golden Elixir, cultivation is relatively fast.

After all, before forming the elixir, the cultivation of the golden elixir stage has already been involved, and the integration of spiritual power and divine soul power is already ahead of ordinary early-stage golden elixir monks.

 The second thing is to polish off the mark of spiritual consciousness left on Qin Tairan's iron wrench finger.

Luo Chen is quite familiar with this matter.

 This is not the first time I have done this kind of thing along the way.

He even said that he still has a batch of storage bags of foundation-building monks that have not been opened.

 At that time, we will open these blind boxes together.

 Maybe it can alleviate Luo Chen’s current plight of financial distress.

 As for the third thing?

 That is related to the two martial arts created by Luo Chen.

 "The Convergence of Ten Thousand Daos" and "The Elemental Art of Fine Dust".

 The former is a third-level body-training technique, which follows the ancient beast body-training lineage and has unlimited potential.

 The latter is the secret elixir formation technique that Luo Chen derived from his own strengths and weaknesses, and is rated by the system as the "Supreme Dharma" level.

But during the process of forming the elixir, Luo Chen still noticed various shortcomings.

It just so happens that Luo Chen may be able to completely complete it while the current enlightenment of elixir formation is still there.

 …

 The outside world.

 Jade Cauldron Territory!

 The war has begun!

 The preparation period is set to be fifty years, but it is impossible to stick to this time.

 With the gathering of the twenty-seven large and small sects participating in this war, some things can already be done in advance.

 Purge away the monsters entrenched in the Jade Cauldron Territory.

 Completely open up several routes to the Xiaoyue Mountains.

 Establish a temporary stronghold outside the Xiaoyue Mountains as a future war fortress.

 Send sensitive people to enter the Xiaoyue Mountains in advance to investigate the terrain and the gathering of monster forces everywhere.

 All kinds of things, with the support of countless manpower and material resources, the coalition forces headed by Luoyun Sect finally started slowly.

It was at this time that the world of cultivating immortals in the Far East was becoming increasingly heated.

 Luo Chen is out of seclusion!

Jiasandong Mansion, Tianlan Peak.

　　The clouds and fog covering the cave have dispersed, and the gate of the cave is wide open.

Luo Chen stood at the door, quietly waiting for something.

After a while, a ray of light flew over from not far away.

 The light of mana dissipated, and the appearance of the Luoyun Sect’s Golden Pill monk came into view.

Luo Chen cupped his fists and saluted, "Fellow Daoist Qu, I haven't seen you for many years. I hope you are well."

Qu Xibai smiled slightly and was about to say something when he looked at Luo Chen and a strange color flashed in his eyes.

He was surprised and said: "My Taoist friend is an extraordinary person. He has only been forming elixirs for ten years, but he can still control his magic power and make the three treasures the same. I don't know your current state..."

 Luo Chen nodded, "One level of golden elixir."

 Getting this expected answer, Qu Xibai was still shocked.

 After ordinary monks advance to the Golden Elixir stage, they often need to spend several years to stabilize their state.

 Yes, just to stabilize the state!

It will take thirty or forty years of hard work to go from the first level of the Golden Elixir to the first level of the Golden Elixir.

Luo Chen, however, directly crossed this step and reached the first level of Jindan in just ten years.

 This kind of progress in practice...

Qu Xibai shook his head, "Even if you use magic and secret techniques to form an elixir, it's not as fast as you. It seems that your foundation is stronger than I expected!"

Hearing this compliment, Luo Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly.

 At the simplest and easiest level of Golden Elixir, he indeed made extremely fast progress.

 But he enjoys the convenience of accumulating wealth.

 The practice after that gave him a headache.

Originally, my foundation was ridiculously thicker than others. After Jin Dan, I still chose the exercises of dual-system practitioners. After that, the difficulty of cultivation became even greater.

To be honest, Luo Chen felt a little regretful after entering the first level of the Golden Core and finding that his cultivation speed was getting slower and slower.

If you choose a single series of "Hua Qing Yi Xin Gong", can you practice faster?

but!

This trace of regret is just a trace.

Compared with the shortcoming of a slightly slow cultivation speed, the other advantages that gradually emerged after practicing "Burning Wood True Skill" are enough to cover the only shortcoming of slow cultivation speed.

 His magic power is more powerful than before!

 He has become more and more proficient in using the true fire.

Not only that, he has completed the refinement and repair of "The Convergence of Ten Thousand Daos".

 Next, you can use the Withering Fire to refine your body normally!

 The two briefly chatted for a few words about their cultivation experiences, and then returned to business.

“Is it really impossible to continue renting in this Jiasandong mansion?”

“At least, for the next fifty years, I won’t be able to make the decision.”

"Um?"

 In Luo Chen's doubts, Qu Xibai pointed to the extreme east.

This finger made Luo Chen suddenly realize.

 The war of opening up had already begun while he was in retreat!

As a Jindan monk of the Luoyun Sect, Qu Xibai has no reason to garrison the fairy city, especially since this is not the Qianye Fairy City built by his own family, but the fairy city built by seven previous sects.

“Our sect has already reached an agreement with the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect regarding the matter regarding Tianlan Immortal City.”

“They paid a huge price to completely take back Tianlan’s sovereignty.”

“Don’t talk about me, Luoyun Sect, even the Ice Castle you rely on, as well as Qingdan Valley, Ailao Mountain, and Baihua Palace, will no longer be able to touch this city after the last ten-year rotation.”

Hearing Qu Xibai's eloquent talk, Luo Chen couldn't help but look solemn.

How much price did the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect pay to take back Tianlan's sovereignty?

From now on, the profits from Tianlan Immortal City will no longer be divided among the various sects, but will belong to the Jian Sect alone.

 However, there are also doubts here.

 As far as he knew, the war started this time, although it was said that twenty-seven sects jointly attacked Xiaoyue.

But Qingdan Valley and Ailao Mountain are just people and efforts.

Even if they conquer the Xiaoyue Mountains in the future, they will not move the sect there.

As for Ice Castle, after Master Canglong failed to advance to the Nascent Soul, it was impossible to move the sect’s headquarters to the Snow Mountain.

 In other words, these sects will still have to live in the Jade Cauldron Territory in the future.

Are they willing to buy out a portion of their long-term profits to the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect at one price?

 No one can give Luo Chen answers to these doubts.

Qu Xibai wouldn’t give it either.

 He came today not only to inspect and accept the cave, but also to say goodbye.

“Our sect is about to attack the Xiaoyue Mountains with all its strength. This is not a place where I can stay for a long time. In three months at most, when the monks from the Sword Sect arrive, I will leave it to you and join the battle.”

Luo Chen nodded and said blessings.

Before leaving, Qu Xibai gave a piece of advice:

"It is not a long-term move to spend a huge amount of spiritual stones to rent a cave in the Immortal City. Taoist friends, it is best to choose a Nascent Soul Sect to join and enjoy the third-level spiritual veins created by nature. Or... participate in the opening up of the war, use the sword in your hand, earn The next level three spiritual veins!”

“There are countless high-level spiritual lands in that vast million-dollar mountain. Taoist friends can’t just focus on this small place like the Jade Cauldron Territory!”

 (End of this chapter)