Chapter 1079: A Thousand Miles a Day, Gathering Qi and Embracing the Dan

Strictly speaking, the gifts sent by Manager Yan were not the rewards from the Young City Master of the Immortal Relic City, but merely his personal meeting gift.

They weren't very valuable, but they could solve Luo Chen's urgent needs.

At first glance, they were just rice, flour, grain, and oil, but every single one was something Luo Chen was currently in urgent need of.

He had once been a Soul Transformation expert and could have achieved the Grain Grain Bigu realm, where he could use the vitality of heaven and earth as nourishment without needing to absorb food to be full. But this Great Destruction Realm was different; there was no spiritual energy at all, and Luo Chen couldn't absorb energy from the outside.

Previously, he could still rely on decomposing and absorbing the Source Blood in his body to maintain daily activities, and the consumption wasn't large. But if he added the Source Blood consumed for healing, then this Source Blood became water without a source, which could be said to be less with every use.

It was precisely because of this that Luo Chen had wanted to leave this village early on.

Now that he had a large batch of meat and refined rice sent by Manager Yan, although they didn't contain much energy, they could barely supplement it.

And that Manager Yan was a clever person; the meeting gift he sent actually included a lamp.

"What kind of lamp is this?" Jing Lan looked curiously at the broken oil lamp in front of her.

Luo Chen explained calmly: "Broken-Phase Green Lamp."

Clearly, Manager Yan had indeed investigated Luo Chen's origin carefully, even investigating his actions in Qingshan Town that day clearly.

He probably heard in the Wanxiang Pavilion that Luo Chen was interested in this lamp, so he specially bought it and gave it to Luo Chen.

This lamp originated from the Zhaoying Sect in the Southern Border of the Mountain Sea World.

It was originally driven by Gu insects, but after Luo Chen's modification, it became something that could be driven by both magic power and source power. And its function wasn't complicated; it could illuminate illusions, break illusions, and reveal the true form of illusory things, etc.

Now that this lamp had no magic power to drive it, plus it was too damaged, it was actually of no use to Luo Chen.

He let Jing Lan deal with this thing at will, and then focused on his cultivation.

Jing Lan was quite interested in this ancient-looking broken lamp, added some lamp oil, and placed it properly on the table in the room.

It was deep in the night.

Jing Lan lay on the table, looking at the oil lamp in the room, and the tall figure sitting cross-legged behind the lamp light, feeling very solid in her heart.

If only it could continue like this forever.

However, she was also looking forward to being able to leave here.

"Four more months, right!"

The day of Manager Yan's return was set at the end of the year when the smoke workshop's affairs were finished, which was a full four months away from now.

For ordinary people, this was a difficult wait.

But for Luo Chen, who was focused on cultivation, this time was still not enough.

In the cultivation of the second realm of the orthodox body cultivation path, it mainly focused on understanding the changes in blood energy.

The former Luo Chen didn't delve into that path because of talent, time, future prospects, and various other reasons. Now that he was starting again, he was surprised to find that this path wasn't actually that difficult for him.

Perhaps because he had read widely, perhaps because he had practiced many ancient martial arts, or perhaps because he had once had a fifth-stage Desolate Beast body, in short, he was already at a high-level state in this path.

Plus, the body cultivation path had some meaning of different paths leading to the same destination, so once he started, he progressed rapidly.

The Bright Strength in the changes of blood energy was formed in an instant.

The subsequent Dark Strength was also just a matter of two or three days of practice for him.

Transformation Strength was the most difficult pass among the four strengths, emphasizing flexible operation, internal circulation of potential, and then the combination of Qi and strength, spreading all strength energy to every corner of the whole body. In this way, whether attacking or defending, one could be free and easy, and the strength could be manifested freely.

This pass took Luo Chen a longer time, taking a full half a month to spread the strength energy all over his body.

Of course, if those orthodox body cultivators saw Luo Chen spend less than a month in total to understand the three types of strength in the changes of blood energy and break through three small realms in a row, I'm afraid their eyeballs would fall to the ground.

But for Luo Chen, this was indeed nothing to be proud of.

His body cultivation foundation was too solid!

If the Blood River Realm were to be carefully divided, there were actually nine complete small realms. Wang Yuan had explained this to Luo Chen back then, namely [Refining Organs], [Strengthening Tendons], [Washing Marrow], [Clearing Meridians], [Opening Apertures], [Bright Strength], [Dark Strength], [Transformation Strength], and [Dan Strength].

And among these nine small realms, the five steps of strengthening tendons and washing marrow, refining organs and clearing meridians, and even opening the size apertures of the whole body had been completed by Luo Chen hundreds of years ago.

Now he was just perfecting the unfinished business on this basis with a high-level posture.

After understanding Transformation Strength, what Luo Chen had to consider was the last strength among the four strengths of bright, dark, transformation, and Dan—Dan Strength!

In the quiet place behind the mountain.

Luo Chen sat cross-legged under a big tree, his eyes thoughtful.

Transformation Strength was the most difficult pass in the changes of blood energy, difficult because it was cumbersome, after all, it had to spread the strength energy of the whole body to all corners.

But Dan Strength was the most dangerous pass in the changes of blood energy. Wang Yuan had been stuck in this small realm for a long time back then.

The reason it was called dangerous was that it required fusing all the strength energy scattered throughout the body into one point!

This point, in martial arts cultivation, was called "Dan"!

It was similar to the Golden Dan in Qi Refining, but different.

It not only emphasized the fusion and uniqueness of strength energy, but also emphasized the inner restraint of the will.

The process of fusing strength energy was extremely painful, requiring the use of a powerful martial arts will to endure the pain while controlling the fusion of strength energy.

This Dan fused out was like the egg that evolved all things in heaven and earth when the world first opened. The more concentrated, the smaller, the more restrained, the stronger the power exploded during battle. It would even affect the cultivation of the next realm.

As for willpower, Luo Chen didn't worry at all.

With his strong Dao heart and firm will, he didn't need to care about a little pain at all.

What Luo Chen was thinking about now was how to avoid damage to his body during the process of embracing the Dan.

Now this body, although looking good, was actually like a crumbling building. Before it was well-rested, it couldn't tolerate any mistakes.

"Perhaps I can try a little bit, become proficient in the steps of embracing the Dan, and then take that step after being foolproof." Luo Chen muttered to himself.

Compared to Qi Refining, martial arts cultivation paid more attention to day-to-day cultivation.

And in terms of proficiency, his attribute panel could still be opened.

In other words, he could completely decide when to embrace the Dan and when to take that step through the materialized proficiency progress!

And in this process, it wasn't just relying on hard cultivation; he could also draw inferences from other cases and improve proficiency by practicing martial arts derived from strength energy.

"Let me think, what martial arts were written in "Divine Gang Fighting Qi" by Wang Yuan back then? The Blood God Tribulation Finger mainly based on Bright Strength, the Immortal Returning to Pengying that uses Dark Strength to kill unexpectedly, and the most vicious Blood-Dissolving Demon Finger..."

In the Great Destruction Realm, there were still changes in seasons.

However, this change was relatively vague compared to the previous Mountain Sea World.

Because the three suns hanging high in the sky caused a huge temperature difference between day and night, and the seasonal changes also presented a polarized situation.

Spring and autumn were extremely short, and winter and summer were scorching.

The whole summer started from April and didn't end until October.

But the end of the scorching summer didn't mean the arrival of a cool autumn; on the contrary, the days that followed were even more difficult for ordinary people.

Because this period was the high-incidence season for Sky Wind and Ghost Rain among the three great natural disasters.

Ordinary people didn't dare to stay outside for too long, and some daily part-time jobs could only be done at home.

Like the work of tanning Qian-Die Rope that Jing Lan wanted to take on later, it was something that could be done at home without going to the smoke workshop.

Of course, Jing Lan would follow Luo Chen to leave Qingshan Town later, so naturally, she didn't need to do this.

Jing Lan, who was free, simply sewed clothes at home, preparing for the long journey later.

"At the end of the year, heavy snow will fly, and it will be particularly cold. It's fine not to go out, but if you want to travel far, you need thick coats to keep warm."

Jing Lan looked at the simple hemp clothes on Luo Chen and said while sewing.

Luo Chen wanted to say no, but seeing the woman's eager gaze, he didn't refuse.

"Oh, by the way, it's very likely to rain Ghost Rain tonight. In the gifts sent by Manager Yan, there are complete Dream Stones. Take one out and light it!" Jing Lan reminded.

Luo Chen said "Mm" and went to take a Dream Stone by himself.

But before he could light it, his scalp went numb, and he looked outside the door instinctively.

In the dim sky, white light flashed vaguely, and then a deafening thunder sounded.

Boom!

Jing Lan didn't feel much, but smiled and looked outside.

"See, I said it would rain."

Outside, the sound of large raindrops hitting the ground began to ring, and a chill spread.

Luo Chen walked to the door, looking at the white light tearing the sky in the sky, his expression extremely solemn.

Was that the Soul-Dashing Thunder Sound mentioned by Manager Yan?

In the fire pit, firewood was piled up, and the burning Dream Stone emitted wisps of green smoke.

After dinner, Jing Lan went to sleep on her own, and Luo Chen was still practicing.

He was already quite proficient in gathering intent to embrace the Dan and understanding Dan Strength, and perhaps it wouldn't be long before he succeeded.

In this way, he could use his own blood energy more exquisitely in the future, rather than as roughly as source power.

Outside, it was pouring rain, and inside, Luo Chen was calm and focused, sitting cross-legged and meditating.

Strands of strength energy flowed continuously in the cleared meridians in his body, and there was strength energy spitting and swallowing between the apertures. In a piece of chaos, it seemed that an egg was born.

Suddenly!

Luo Chen frowned slightly, opened his eyes instinctively, and looked outside the wooden door.

In the dark, it seemed that some ghostly thing was peeking secretly. ===== CHAPTER 1082 =====