Chapter 122: Diamond turns to white jade, Qi Refining Eighth Layer

Urgency, where does it come from?

It is nothing more than the fact that the fighting caused by high-level cultivators is definitely not something he, a Qi Refining cultivator, can contend with.

Perhaps just a little aftermath of the fight would implicate the innocent.

Strength is the reason for Luo Chen's urgency!

However, although he was urgent in his heart, cultivation matters could not be rushed at all.

Luo Chen still followed the routine of refining pills and cultivating every day.

Of course, this was just his surface behavior.

Privately, he accelerated the pace of his exploration of Mount Changyin Mountain.

Before, it was only a few miles in radius, but in just a few days, he had already explored a hundred-mile radius.

According to his investigation, the demon wolves in Mount Changyin Mountain had indeed decreased a lot, and there were no second-tier demon beasts at all.

They seemed to have migrated to other places.

Remaining in Mount Changyin Mountain, besides a small amount of Gray-Leaf Wolves and Frost Wolves, there were only some other relatively weak first-tier demon beasts left.

These demon beasts naturally wouldn't discover Luo Chen's Breath-Concealing Spirit Art.

And even if there were first-tier demon beasts with unique talents that discovered him, they were not his match.

Obtaining this convenience, Luo Chen naturally set up several hidden escape points.

If any accident really happened in the Dahe Market, he could also avoid disaster at the first time.

After solving his worries, Luo Chen devoted himself to cultivation.

……

"Finally reached the Qi Refining Eighth Layer!"

In the spirit vein cave, Luo Chen slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, there was a faint white light flickering in the dim cave.

That was the scene of his Spirit Eye Art becoming more and more profound.

The realm had just broken through, and for a moment, he didn't control the spiritual power well, so he automatically activated the Spirit Eye Art.

Blinking his eyes, Luo Chen took a deep breath.

This breakthrough was two days later than he expected.

Of course, this was not a bad thing.

A wisp of spiritual power appeared on his fingertip; the light that was usually pale white and cyan now had the white gradually hidden, presenting a pale cyan color.

And this pale cyan spiritual power luster was the culprit that made his realm breakthrough two days late.

According to Luo Chen's guess, when the spiritual power color turned to deep cyan, it was the point where the spiritual power of the Qi Refining stage was purified to the extreme.

"Although I just entered the eighth layer, with the purity of my simply purified spiritual power, it will definitely far exceed ordinary loose cultivators."

"And my own spiritual power is already much more vigorous than those of the same level. In this way, in battles between those of the same level, the advantage will be even greater!"

"I don't know, compared to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer that hasn't reached Great Perfection, whose spiritual power is stronger and whose is weaker?"

Luo Chen began to ponder this question.

The cultivation of the late Qi Refining stage is completely different from the early and middle stages.

The previous two stages were mainly about constantly breaking the dantian limit and accommodating more spiritual power.

In the late Qi Refining stage, although there were also requirements to refine more spiritual power, the focus was placed on spiritual power purification.

After cultivators advance to the Qi Refining Seventh Layer, the dantian will expand by a fold, and then it will briefly solidify; only after advancing to Foundation Establishment will it expand again.

Therefore, from the Qi Refining Seventh Layer to the eighth layer, the work is to fill the expanded dantian with spiritual power.

Now, Luo Chen had completed this work.

And what needs to be done from the Qi Refining Eighth Layer to the ninth layer is to purify the spiritual power completely.

It sounds very simple.

But in fact, this is the most difficult.

For one thing, loose cultivators don't have specific methods to purify spiritual power.

For another, purifying completely means tempering impurities time and time again.

And every time a little bit of spiritual power is tempered, more spiritual power needs to be replenished to keep the dantian in a state of fullness at all times.

The resources consumed in this process are a very huge sum of spirit stones.

Ordinary loose cultivators find it very difficult to bear this burden.

This point can be seen from the fact that among the more than 10,000 loose cultivators in the Dahe Market, there were only a few hundred late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, while there were only a few dozen at the ninth layer.

Among those few dozen, most were old cultivators like Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia.

They used most of their lives to grind to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer bit by bit.

And after reaching the ninth layer, they no longer had the subsequent strength to impact the Foundation Establishment stage.

Like the Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators Luo Chen was familiar with, most were over sixty years old.

Luo Luo Wudi, Yang Wei, Zhang Zhang Shicong, Mi Mi Junping, and Zeng Wen.

These people basically could no longer establish their foundation.

Unless someone provided them with more than two Foundation Establishment Pills.

Relatively younger Qi Refining Ninth Layer cultivators mostly had their own reliance.

Qin Qin Liangchen and his wife established a spirit fish lake in the past, used it as an industry, and spent more than ten years advancing to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

Ke Ke Yulin of the Beast Hall swallowed a spirit herb in the Guyuan Mountains and succeeded in one go.

And Gu Gu Caiyi had very good luck.

She had been cultivating in the Long Tianxiang Building; although she didn't obtain the orthodox cultivation method of the Hehuan Sect, she had the occasional guidance of Miss Xiangxiang and the Foundation Establishment cultivator Gong Gong Huiqin, so her progress was quite good.

But even so, she finally relied on a bottle of high-grade Dust-Transforming Pills rewarded by Fei Bowen to luckily break through to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer.

"Back then, Sister Fu Xiuxiu should have also obtained the help of her Dao companion to quickly reach the Qi Refining Ninth Layer or even Great Perfection."

He had heard of that Dao companion's deeds; he came from the Yuding Sword Sect.

He failed Foundation Establishment and was assigned to the outer sect.

Originally, he was also a proud son of heaven.

Naturally, he wouldn't lack some small tips for purifying spiritual power.

Luo Chen felt sad for these loose cultivators; they obtained the cultivation method, but it was deleted.

When they were only one or two steps away from Foundation Establishment, they were stuck for ten or twenty years.

They didn't have specific methods and could only grope bit by bit, and even under the condition of not knowing the tempering method, they blindly took pills, using the method of compressing spiritual power to achieve an alternative tempering effect.

But that caused huge damage to the dantian.

Even if they cultivated to the Qi Refining Great Perfection like this, because of the sequelae of the dantian, it was very easy to fail when breaking through Foundation Establishment.

After sadness came joy.

Now that his Everlasting Spring Art had reached Great Perfection, he had made up for the defect of pure spiritual power.

Although he was currently in a state of knowing that it was so but not knowing why it was so, he could already cultivate normally.

After he completely purified his spiritual power once and advanced to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, he could even grope out the specific principles from the operation of the cultivation method time and time again.

By that time, he would know that it was so and also know why it was so.

The realm breakthrough caused large spiritual power fluctuations, and his mind was also a bit chaotic, so Luo Chen thought a lot.

But after the complicated thoughts, he calmed his mind and familiarized himself with the current state.

Whether it was the Flame-Controlling Art or the Breath-Concealing Spirit Art, what they emphasized was the control of spiritual power.

Now he was extremely skilled in collecting spiritual power fluctuations.

By dawn, the spiritual power fluctuation of his whole body had returned to the appearance of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

Among them, naturally, the Grandmaster-level Breath-Concealing Spirit Art had contributed.

……

"Is the gang meeting going to be held again?"

Luo Chen pouted; why was he meeting every month after transmigrating!

He was a bit annoyed by this matter and didn't even want to go.

However, Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia urged him repeatedly, saying that today's meeting was very important, so he had no choice but to go to the main altar unwillingly.

But after arriving at the main altar, a strange scene appeared.

In the Haoyue Hall, the nine halls gathered, and the four great elders were all present, but Sect Master Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua was nowhere to be seen.

The one presiding over the meeting was Mi Mi Junping, and the things discussed, although indeed much more important than in the past, were not as important as Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia had said.

"Playing with me?"

Don't you know I just broke through my realm and have many things to be busy with?

Regarding this, Luo Chen could only complain, Cao Pi's father-in-law doesn't speak—Zhen Ji's father is speechless.

After receiving the dividends and pills, Luo Chen went to find Wang Yuan.

The two went together to Wang Yuan's residence here, and what they wanted to talk about was naturally the Blood-Burning Pill.

Passing by the courtyard, the two stopped.

"This is that body cultivator who walks the path of ancient body cultivators, right?"

Looking at the two smiling faces, Luo Chen and Wang Yuan bowed respectfully.

Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua smiled: "It is indeed him; Wang Yuan, come and meet Deacon Miao."

Wang Yuan didn't hesitate and said decisively: "Junior Wang Yuan, meet Deacon Miao!"

"Hehe, compared to Deacon, I prefer others to call me True Cultivator Miao."

Once a cultivator steps into the Foundation Establishment stage, they belong to the path of true cultivation.

Therefore, Foundation Establishment cultivators are called True Cultivators.

Golden Core cultivators are respected as Venerable.

And after reaching Nascent Soul, they are respected as True Persons.

What is the reason for this, ordinary loose cultivators don't know, but everyone follows the crowd and calls them that way.

"Indeed a good seedling; looking at this physique, from diamond to white jade, I'm afraid it's already close to Foundation Establishment! It's just a pity……"

Before he finished speaking, just that sentence "close to Foundation Establishment" came out.

The atmosphere nearby became silent.

Wang Yuan, who was always as steady as an abyss, felt a chill on his back at this moment.

He could clearly feel the scorching gaze from Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua.

This Deacon Miao really had a poisonous eye!

No, or rather, it was his broad knowledge.

Ordinary people couldn't see through the mysteries of body cultivators.

But thinking that the other party came from the Yuding Sword Sect, it was only natural to have this knowledge.

Perhaps sensing the mystery of the atmosphere, Deacon Miao laughed and turned to look at Luo Chen.

"Then this one should be the Pill Master of your gang, Pill Dust Child, right!"

Damn!

Don't look at me!

Luo Chen forced a smile, "Junior Luo Chen, meet True Cultivator Miao!"

……

A voice came to his ear. Luo Chen was startled, then nodded naturally.

Luo Chen really didn't want to be noticed by this Deacon Miao.

Not because of his identity as an alchemist, but because he had just broken through to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer last night.

And to avoid letting Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua discover the truth of his fast cultivation speed, he deliberately used the Breath-Concealing Spirit Art to cover up his true realm.

As for whether the Grandmaster-level Breath-Concealing Spirit Art could deceive Foundation Establishment cultivators, Luo Chen actually had some confidence.

He had once relied on the Breath-Concealing Spirit Art to deceive second-tier demon beasts in Mount Changyin Mountain.

Although ordinary second-tier demon beasts were not as keen as Foundation Establishment cultivators.

But he was facing second-tier demon wolves at that time!

The spiritual sense and sense of smell of the demon wolf clan were not inferior to human Foundation Establishment cultivators at all.

Therefore, he dared to participate in the Haoyue Hall meeting today.

However, in front of Deacon Miao, he didn't have this confidence.

Large sect disciples, who knows what miraculous investigation methods they have.

Especially since the other party had just seen through Wang Yuan's cultivation progress, this made Luo Chen even more worried.

It is said that disciples of the Yuding Sword Sect can enjoy Clear-Mind Liquid after Foundation Establishment.

After long-term use, a pair of eyes will be as sharp as a sword, which can play a good role in observation and also be beneficial in battle.

But unexpectedly, Deacon Miao didn't seem to see through his concealment means?

Or rather, he didn't care at all.

Qi Refining Seventh Layer and Qi Refining Eighth Layer had no difference in his eyes!

Only a physique like Wang Yuan's, who walked the path of a body cultivator and was close to Foundation Establishment, would make him look at him differently.

Luo Chen smiled humbly: "Deacon Miao, call me Little Luo; Junior really can't afford the identity of a Pill Master."

"No, no, no, you can't afford it now, but you might be able to in the future!"

Deacon Miao looked at Luo Chen and praised him endlessly.

"Not to mention anything else, just the wisp of pill energy on you, without any medicinal energy or fire energy mixed in, already has the demeanor of a Pill Master."

Luo Chen was stunned.

Can one distinguish pill art attainment by smell?

He really didn't have medicinal energy or fire energy on him; they had all been brushed away by his Cleansing Art.

That wisp of pill energy was something he deliberately kept.

He had asked Gu Gu Caiyi before, and the result he got didn't make him worry about this matter.

But he didn't expect this Deacon Miao to have such outstanding eyes and such a keen sense of smell.

"The younger generation is to be feared!"

Deacon Miao sighed and turned to look at Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua.

"Fellow Daoist Mi, your Poshan Gang is truly full of talents, and I'm afraid it will develop better and better in the future."

Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua smiled, "That also requires Fellow Daoist Miao to help out from time to time!"

"Easy to say, easy to say, but please pay more attention to the matter I entrusted to you."

"I will do my best!"

"I won't continue to disturb you; goodbye!"

Deacon Miao opened his mouth and spat, and a sword pill flew out from his mouth, then grew with the wind, turning into a three-foot green blade in the blink of an eye.

He jumped up and stepped on it, flying away at an extremely fast speed.

It was the standard Sword-Driving Art!

Luo Chen looked at this scene, and his eyelids couldn't help but jump.

He didn't mind it being dirty!

Stepping on it to fly, I'm afraid he would have to swallow it back to nourish it with his dantian later.

After Deacon Miao left, the atmosphere of the three became a bit strange.

And the source of the strangeness came from the look Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua gave Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan lowered his head at first, but facing that scorching gaze, he raised his head bit by bit and looked directly at the other party.

Luo Chen's whole body stiffened.

Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua frowned, facing those firm black eyes like iron, staring at the other party.

A moment?

Or ten thousand years?

Luo Chen only felt the pressure was as great as a mountain, and time passed extremely slowly.

For a long time, a sigh came to his ears.

"If you need anything, feel free to come to me."

After speaking, Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua had already left the courtyard.

Gone?

It's gone just like that?

The imagined swords drawn and bows bent, or the cunning rabbit dies and the running dog is cooked, didn't appear.

It made Luo Chen a bit confused.

Slap!

A heavy slap on his shoulder brought pain; Luo Chen turned his head and found that Wang Yuan's face was slightly pale, leaning on his shoulder, panting heavily.

Facing Luo Chen's puzzled gaze, he smiled reluctantly.

"The spiritual sense of a Foundation Establishment cultivator really has the power of heaven and man."

Luo Chen seemed to have thought of something, in disbelief.

"Brother Wang, you wouldn't be using your will to contend with the spiritual sense of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, right!"

Qi Refining cultivates the spirit, Body Refining cultivates the will.

This was what Wang Yuan told Luo Chen when he was free.

He only thought the other party exaggerated the role of will.

But the scene just now brought him a huge shock.

High-level cultivators, with a single thought, can enter the blue sky and explore the nine underworlds.

But ancient body cultivators also have the will of my heart like iron, indestructible.

What Wang Yuan did before was clearly using the will he had tempered for a lifetime to directly resist the spiritual sense of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The final result was very clear; Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua won.

But Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua was a genuine middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, while Wang Yuan was only at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, the same as himself.

Even if the so-called physique was close to Foundation Establishment, it was only close.

……

In the quiet room, a sound-insulation talisman was unfolded.

Wang Yuan sat cross-legged on the ground, his pale face gradually returning to ruddy.

Luo Chen sat quietly on the side, waiting for the other party to recover.

For a long time, Wang Yuan opened his eyes.

"Sure enough, Foundation Establishment cultivators are not easy to deal with; Mi Hearing Mi Shuhua just looked at me, and it almost made my mind be taken away. If I had bent my waist at that time, I'm afraid I would only be able to stop before Foundation Establishment for the rest of my life."

"Is it that serious?" Luo Chen couldn't help but say.

Wang Yuan said seriously: "A great man can bend and stretch, not losing the hero's true colors. But in the face of a real choice, one must stick to one's original heart; otherwise, if the will is broken, that bent waist will never be straight again."

This remark seemed to point to something.

Luo Chen was a bit unnatural; he belonged to the kind of person who could bend and stretch very well.

But in this life, it seemed he hadn't encountered anything that really made him "choose".

If that time really came, could he, like Wang Yuan, raise his head, straighten his waist, and calmly face everything?

Luo Chen didn't know the answer.

Wang Yuan didn't seem to want to dwell on this topic and jumped straight to the Blood-Burning Pill.

"The pill test results are out."

"Human cultivators won't lose their minds after taking it, they just become more irritable."

"In addition, other effects of the Blood-Burning Pill are the same as your test on demon beasts."

Same!

That is to say, the effect of catalyzing muscle essence and blood, producing a large amount of spiritual energy, and thus causing strength to soar by thirty percent in a short time, still existed.

Of course, the sequelae should be about the same.

Luo Chen was more concerned about another point, "Time?"

"Half a stick of incense!" Wang Yuan thought for a while, his brows slightly furrowed: "But it also depends on the realm. I was testing a Qi Refining middle-stage cultivator at the time. Perhaps because his physique wasn't good enough, the time shortened rapidly after he used a high-grade magic tool."

"In addition, there is another Blood-Burning Pill on me, and I couldn't bear to use it."

Then how did you conclude the time of half a stick of incense!

Luo Chen bared his teeth; without enough control groups, it was hard for him to determine the specific duration.

Wang Yuan hesitated and tentatively said: "Can it be refined in large quantities?"

Luo Chen was curious, "Having a few spare ones is enough, why refine in large quantities?"

"I might be able to try using this kind of pill to break through the realm at a critical moment."

"Don't!"

Luo Chen hurriedly reached out to stop him, "This stuff is obviously a combat pill and is not suitable for cultivation, so don't have any crooked ideas. At worst, I'll think of some ways later to study the Blood Evil Pill recipe more and deduce another kind of pill for you that can be used for cultivation."

Wang Yuan looked at Luo Chen deeply, his lips tightly pursed.

After a long while, he spat out a sentence.

"Then I'll trouble you."

Luo Chen shrugged; it was no trouble, just spending a bit more time.

Even if it was really deduced, the raw materials needed for pill refining would certainly be provided by Wang Yuan himself.

Alchemist, right!

That's what they do; otherwise, where would they get such a high and noble status and such good popularity?

Thinking about it, Luo Chen still felt something was wrong.

He asked strangely: "Brother Wang, why do I feel like you are in a hurry?"

As soon as the words came out, Luo Chen became more and more certain of his thoughts.

Yes, Wang Yuan was in a hurry!

The previous him focused on cultivation and did dirty work for the Poshan Gang for ten years.

But in the past year, he had changed his personality and kept grabbing people's attention.

Whether it was becoming famous in the Poshan Gang, fighting on the Dao Discussion Platform, or taking charge of a hall alone.

These things didn't seem to fit the Wang Yuan in Luo Chen's impression.

Of course, perhaps Wang Yuan himself had this style, and it was just appropriate dormancy when he first entered the cultivation world.

However, some things later made Luo Chen feel something was wrong.

Rushing to take a second-tier pill recipe and asking Luo Chen, who could only refine Myriad Wonders Pills at the time, to refine it.

Now, he was even trying to use the Blood-Burning Pill, which damages the origin, to break through the barrier.

What stood out was "hurry".

Facing Luo Chen's curiosity, Wang Yuan said in a low voice: "How can I not be in a hurry?"

"Do you know that sentence Deacon Miao didn't finish before?"

Luo Chen recalled the scene at that time; in fact, there wasn't much conversation, just the pressure brought by the two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Recalling carefully, he remembered that sentence.

"It's just a pity?"

"It's just a pity, unable to obtain longevity!"