Chapter 1000

In the former main hall of the Ice Extreme Sect, the young Daoist sat with a heavy face, thinking silently.

Li Canghai did not disturb him, sipping his tea on his own.

After a long while, Luo Chen finally came back to his senses from his deep thoughts.

"Thank you, Senior, for telling me this. Luo will personally go and verify it!"

Li Canghai put down his teacup and smiled slightly: "It's a small matter. In fact, this matter is not a secret. As long as one knows a little about formations and pays more attention to the changes in the mountain and river trends and spiritual veins, one can detect some clues."

Luo Chen gave a wry smile. The other party was a great power in the way of formations, and the "knowing a little about formations" he spoke of probably required a level of expertise that was difficult for ordinary people to achieve.

Although he had barely stepped into the ranks of formation masters, it was purely through increasing his proficiency, and his talent was relatively average. If there was no need, he rarely used the perspective related to the way of formations to view the changes in the trends of heaven and earth.

"I forgot that you are a master of the way of alchemy. At your age, it is already extraordinary to have such a peak realm in the way of alchemy; how could I demand too much of you in the way of formations." Seeing Luo Chen's helpless wry smile, Li Canghai also realized. He had been somewhat misled by Luo Chen's performance of breaking into the Fog-Hidden Bewildering Spirit Formation earlier. Now it seemed that being able to break through that formation relied more on those eyes.

At this thought, Li Canghai's heart suddenly moved.

With a casual wave, a piece of black sheepskin paper flew in front of Luo Chen.

"This is?"

Luo Chen grabbed the sheepskin paper. It was cold to the touch, rough at the edges, and half of it was missing.

At the first glance, Luo Chen's eyes lit up.

"Spirit-Nourishing Pill?"

Li Canghai smiled: "Yes, I obtained this pill formula by chance. According to the description, it should be at the Fourth-Tier level, but unfortunately, the latter part was destroyed, and it has been sitting idle in my hands for many years. The world says that the Pill Sect of the Eastern Wasteland is the number one person in the way of alchemy in the world after the Pill Saint of Central Province. I wonder if you can complete this pill formula?"

"The world has exaggerated a bit, but Luo does have some understanding of the way of alchemy." Luo Chen responded modestly, his gaze already falling on the sheepskin paper.

Just by glancing over it roughly, surprise welled up in Luo Chen's heart.

This Spirit-Nourishing Pill formula was indeed half destroyed, but the first part was completely intact.

Especially regarding the main materials and important auxiliary materials, even the corresponding proportions of the ingredients were recorded.

As for the destroyed part, it should be some ordinary auxiliary materials, as well as refining conditions, taboo requirements, and so on.

With Luo Chen's attainments in alchemy, giving him enough time, completing a Fourth-Tier pill formula was not a problem at all.

Even, after roughly looking at this incomplete pill formula, he had already thought of at least three ways to complete it in his mind.

No other reason!

This pill formula had some similarities to the "Great Soul

Pill" from the thirty-six pill formulas of the Refining Heaven Demon Lord.

One strengthens the soul, the other nourishes the spirit; both are about nourishing and strengthening the divine soul.

Even among the main materials, there was the same ingredient—Soul Essence!

"Soul Essence?"

Luo Chen's expression moved slightly. He looked at Li Canghai, who was slightly expectant, and an idea popped into his mind.

He held the sheepskin paper, thought silently for a moment, and then said bluntly: "Senior Li, this pill formula of yours should come from the Yuanmo Sect, right!"

Li Canghai smiled: "Little friend is so sharp, seeing the origin of this pill formula at a glance. Correct, this Spirit-Nourishing Pill formula indeed comes from the Yuanmo Sect, a holy land in the North Sea, and it is from the Soul-Refining lineage, one of the three main branches. That lineage pursues a powerful divine soul, cultivating by relying on soul-nurturing banners and fighting by relying on soul-refining banners. They are the leaders in soul-related methods in this world. And this Spirit-Nourishing Pill is the favorite pill of the Nascent Soul True Persons of the Soul-Refining lineage."

Sure enough!

Luo Chen's guess was confirmed.

Soul Essence, such a heinous yet extremely rare material, is only produced in the North Sea in the entire Mountain and Sea Realm.

And the method of refining Soul Essence in the North Sea originates from the Yuanmo Sect, a Soul Transformation holy land!

If there is a perfect method in the world to utilize Soul Essence, it must also come from the Yuanmo Sect.

Unfortunately, after the destruction of the Yuanmo Sect, a large amount of Soul Essence lost its place of supply, and the cultivators of the North Sea did not have the corresponding methods, so many Soul Essences could only become collectibles for local powerhouses.

It was not that no one had tried to study the methods of utilizing Soul Essence, but things involving the divine soul of a cultivator were simply too dangerous.

If one was not careful, it was very easy to accidentally hurt oneself.

For example, the Minghuo Old Monster, one of the twelve stream masters of the Mo Luo stream, had tried this.

The Minghuo Old Monster was even very careful, not using it directly on his own divine soul, but only using Soul Essence to cultivate his own true fire, yet it still caused the intelligence of the true fire to skyrocket and backfire on himself, almost causing the Minghuo Old Monster's cultivation to be greatly reduced.

Thinking too far.

Basically, after Luo Chen noticed the main material of Soul Essence, he guessed the origin of the Spirit-Nourishing Pill formula.

"Can it be completed?" Li Canghai looked at the sheepskin paper, "If it can, naturally that is good. If not, it doesn't matter; I just don't want such a rare soul-related pill formula in the world to be lost."

A Fourth-Tier soul-related pill formula is indeed of no use to a Soul Transformation great power.

And the reason he took it out was also very simple.

Not letting the pill formula be lost is one thing, and simply testing whether Luo Chen's name as a Pill Master is true or false is another.

At present, Luo Chen's performance was not bad, and he quickly guessed the origin of the pill formula, but it was only "not bad."

However, unexpectedly.

Luo Chen smiled slightly and spread out the sheepskin paper.

"Very

simple. Luo has at least two ways to complete this pill formula, it just depends on which one Senior wants."

Li Canghai showed curiosity: "Oh?"

Luo Chen said confidently: "One is a method that pursues the extreme, using auxiliary materials to stimulate the main materials such as Soul Essence, which can make the divine soul of the cultivator who takes the Spirit-Nourishing Pill grow stronger. The other is a method that pursues gradual progress, stimulating the effect of the main materials bit by bit, allowing the cultivator's divine soul to be gently nourished. This one is also more in line with the concept of the Spirit-Nourishing Pill itself."

At this, Li Canghai was truly a bit shocked.

In such a short time, just by glancing at the incomplete pill formula once or twice, he could think of a way to complete it.

And two ways?

Is this what is called a master of the way of alchemy?

But he had known several masters of the way of alchemy in the North Sea before, and they could only refine a few types of Fourth-Tier pills; they definitely did not have such a performance!

What he didn't know was that Luo Chen was not a master of the way of alchemy in the ordinary sense, but a grandmaster of the way of alchemy who had gathered the strengths of many schools and had already formed a complete set of alchemy style.

He was only one step away from the realm of a Pill Saint.

Especially since both the "Spirit-Nourishing Pill" and the "Great Soul Pill" used Soul Essence as the main material for refining, and the combination of auxiliary materials was quite similar.

Li Canghai still had some doubts in his heart, so he said bluntly: "If little friend is not in a hurry, why not write down both completed pill formulas, how about that?"

"As you wish, I dare not refuse!"

Luo Chen chuckled, took out two extra sheets of rice paper, and waved his pen and ink casually. In just a short time, the two ways to complete the Spirit-Nourishing Pill formula were displayed on the paper.

"Senior, please take a look!"

Li Canghai took the black sheepskin paper as the main reference and looked at the two sheets of rice paper.

He had also dabbled in the way of alchemy. If evaluated by the standards of ordinary cultivators, he was at least at the level of an alchemy master, so he had the basic understanding of the way of alchemy.

At this moment, in his view, no matter which completion method it was, it could perfectly connect with the original incomplete formula.

"Time is tight, so Luo has only simply listed the subsequent auxiliary materials. But the relevant proportions and refining techniques have not yet been marked. However, these are not problems. Spending more time experimenting and refining a few times, one can always find the perfect refining standard. I wonder if Senior is satisfied?"

Li Canghai raised his head and looked at the confident expression of the young man, which was very similar to his own expression when discussing formations.

He put down the rice paper and sighed from the bottom of his heart: "Pill Master Luo Chen, the name is well-deserved!"

Luo Chen smiled slightly and did not be modest again.

This praise, he deserved it!

Li Canghai put away the pill formula, thought for a moment, and said: "Since fellow Daoist completed the pill formula for me, then I will also return the favor and give you a chance!"

"Eh?"

Luo Chen was stunned for a moment. He hadn't thought about wanting any reward.

Li Canghai smiled slightly, "The sword technique that fellow Daoist displayed earlier should be a one-time consumable sword technique, right!"

Luo Chen's expression moved slightly, "Senior's eyes are like torches, it is indeed so. That sword technique is extremely difficult to cultivate, requiring one's own magic power to refine the Nine Heavens Xiao Qi to achieve peerless sword energy. Its power is rare in the world, but the drawback is also very obvious, which is that it is difficult to replenish after consumption."

Li Canghai understood this point very clearly.

It seemed that the hundreds of strands of sword energy Luo Chen used to take his strike were already all he had.

"I know of a place that contains countless Nine Heavens Xiao Qi. If you want to restore that sword technique to its peak, you might be able to search there."

Luo Chen was immediately interested.

"Please, Senior, give me some guidance!"

"That place is actually very famous. You will know it as soon as I say it. Its name is the North Pole Ye Mo Heaven!"

On the Blue Ice Sea.

The Black King had recovered as before, coiled on the ice, waiting expectantly.

Xiao Bai stood on his head, leaning against that dragon horn, looking towards the Ice Soul Spirit Mountain.

The two were chatting casually, but both were somewhat absent-minded, their attention always on that mountain.

At nightfall.

A black shadow flew down the mountain gracefully under the ghostly blue moonlight reflected by the ice.

"Master, are you okay?"

"Master, Xiao Hei missed you so much!"

"I'm fine." Luo Chen replied to Xiao Bai, then looked at the Black King, "Really missed me or fake missed me?"

The Black King cried bitterly, "Definitely really missed you. Ever since I was separated from Master in the Huangquan Sea, Xiao Hei couldn't eat or sleep, I've lost weight."

"Hehe." Luo Chen looked at his bloated dragon body with a half-smile, "Why did I hear Senior Li Canghai say that when he found you, you were surrounded by beauties and eating and drinking in your hometown, living a very comfortable and carefree life?"

The Black King was dumbfounded.

That old man, why did he even talk about such things!

He was his master for a period of time, didn't he know that family shame should not be made public?

Luo Chen couldn't be bothered to pay attention to this guy. He opened his hand and a flying shuttle appeared in front of him.

"Get on!"

"Master, where are we going?" Xiao Bai saw that Luo Chen was fine, her mood relaxed a lot. Seeing the Frost Eagle flying shuttle, she knew that it might be a long journey ahead, so she asked curiously.

Luo Chen looked around, and finally his gaze fell firmly in the south direction.

"First go to Central Province!"

The Frost Eagle flying shuttle soared into the air. Xiao Bai was responsible for driving the flying shuttle, while Luo Chen took out a jade pendant and used his spiritual

sense to copy the previous incomplete Spirit-Nourishing Pill formula. The Black King shrank his body and lay on Luo Chen's shoulder, muttering about what happened after he left Luo Chen, wanting to restore his loyal image in his master's mind.

Luo Chen listened casually, not really caring about the Black King's carefree days during that time, his attention on the incomplete formula.

When he first saw this incomplete formula, he subconsciously thought of at least three ways to complete it.

He had already told Li Canghai the first two, but he didn't mention the third one much.

Because the third one was not completion, but optimization, and it would even require changing the configuration of the main materials.

However, these were things to do after he was free in the future. The top priority was to verify what Li Canghai said.

Is the Tianyuan Dao Sect really preparing to reunite Central Province and recreate the Heaven and Earth Peak?

After the Great Calamity of Central Province, this continent with the largest land area in the Mountain and Sea Realm was divided into five, turning into four continents in the east, south, west, and north, and a huge island, Heaven and Earth Island, which carried the broken Heaven and Earth Peak.

The Western Continent had already sunk, and many cultivators on it, including three of the Twelve Great Houses, were swept away by the Huangquan Sea.

The remaining three continents became the place for the cultivators of the Tianyuan Dao Sect to live and recuperate.

And the Libei Continent was the continent closest to the North Sea.

It was guarded by the three top cultivation families of the former Twelve Great Houses: the Gu family, the Tan family, and the Gu family, and its strength was second only to the Eastern Yuan Continent where the ancestral court of the Dao Sect was located.

However, in recent years, the Libei Continent had not been having an easy time either.

A large number of sea demons from the North Sea frequently attacked the Libei Continent, involving the energy of many powerhouses.

Therefore, when one person, one beast, and one ghost quietly sneaked into the Libei Continent, no one discovered them.

In a large inland lake, an underwater palace was built, and many figures were walking around inside, very busy.

With the palace as the core, a large number of formation patterns spread out, extending to a very far distance, almost unable to see the end.

Luo Chen walked leisurely on the formation patterns. The cultivators nearby clearly brushed past him, but they couldn't detect him at all.

Luo Chen walked all the way, his eyes fixed on those formation patterns, and finally stopped outside a stone hall at the core of the underground palace.

He didn't go in, because he already knew what he wanted to know.

"Li Canghai did not lie to me!"

Luo Chen turned and left.

After leaving the underground palace, he went straight to the nine heavens.

Opening his red-eyed golden pupils, combined with the spiritual sense released after the Primordial Spirit condensed, he overlooked the entire Libei Continent from a macro perspective, and even looked towards the direction of the other two continents.

He watched silently, his magic power circulating in his body, and his Primordial Spirit seemed to be connected to heaven and earth.

Vaguely, he sensed

the flow of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and even his eyes could occasionally see a trace of the jumping and shifting of spiritual opportunity.

"Reuniting Central Province is not a difficult task for a Soul Transformation great power, and even we Nascent Soul cultivators have the ability to move mountains and fill seas."

"But the Tianyuan Dao Sect has deployed a large number of formations, and the purpose is not just as simple as reuniting a few continents."

"They are also pulling spiritual energy!"

"If the Heaven and Earth Peak is really the core of the God-Descending Formation, then this spiritual energy must be heading towards the Heaven and Earth Peak."

Xiao Bai appeared beside Luo Chen and said with confusion: "Master, since this is the case, why don't you destroy these formations?"

Luo Chen asked back: "Li Canghai knew before me, and he also has ideas about the Tianyuan Dao Sect, so why didn't he destroy them?"

Xiao Bai was speechless.

Luo Chen shook his head. These formations were just minor details; destroying them and rebuilding them was easy.

The real core was the Heaven and Earth Peak, and the Lanke Chessboard, the magic treasure that could suppress the spiritual energy of a continent!

Acting rashly at this time would have no effect other than attracting a devastating blow from the Tianyuan Dao Sect.

Therefore, the only thing to do was to wait and act according to the situation!

But waiting without doing anything was definitely not Luo Chen's personality.

"Let's go, go to the North Pole Ye Mo Heaven!"