Chapter 165: Emperor Flowing Pulp, Blood-Refining Sword Pellet

Two pieces of beast skin!

Wang Yuan watched, dumbfounded.

He truly hadn't expected that there would be another mystery on this beast skin recording the third stage of body-refining technique.

It was just such a thin piece of skin!

No!

Not just him!

Even that Foundation Establishment true cultivator probably hadn't discovered it!

"I don't know what kind of demon beast this beast skin came from; it has a self-contained concealment effect and can be cut into multiple layers. I even feel that it can be cut open one more layer."

"No, if the technique is sufficiently superb, even more layers are not impossible."

Luo Chen rubbed the beast skin, quite amazed.

If it weren't for his 'Spiritual Eye Technique' being at the Great Perfection, which could distinguish truth from falsehood and see through illusions, he would often be able to see some details more clearly than ordinary people.

He almost hadn't discovered it at the time.

It was only after he got it, in order to bargain, that he kept finding faults, and only then did he discover a tiny clue.

Compared to him, Wang Yuan valued more what was recorded on the inner layer of the other beast skin.

"What is written on it?"

To be able to use a third-stage body-refining technique as a cover, it must be extremely precious, even though the "Heavenly Roc Transformation" was only an incomplete technique.

Luo Chen didn't cover it up and unfolded it directly in front of Wang Yuan.

"White peony, bamboo yellow, blood scorpion powder, purple-backed tiankui, star grass..."

Just by looking at the beginning, Wang Yuan suddenly realized.

"It's an elixir formula!"

Luo Chen took back the beast skin and smiled slightly, "Indeed, and it looks like a complete Tier 2 elixir formula. That's why I didn't hesitate to add spirit stones to buy it."

Lowering his head, he scanned the densely packed names of medicinal ingredients.

Luo Chen frowned slightly, "However, this elixir formula is very ancient, and the description of its efficacy is incomplete. Even if it were complete, I would have to explore it for a while to know its true function."

Listening to Luo Chen's muttering to himself, Wang Yuan shook his head.

He wasn't interested in elixir formulas.

He had previously obtained a complete Blood Sha elixir formula, which was also Tier 2.

But up to now, he still couldn't enjoy it.

It was only alchemists like Luo Chen for whom elixir formulas had a special attraction.

"Buying an elixir formula for three thousand five hundred, you still suffered a loss."

Luo Chen didn't care at all, "How can you say I suffered a loss? What if I refine it and it sells like hotcakes?"

"That's true!" Wang Yuan laughed, "I forgot, you kid, besides alchemy, you are also quite good at doing business."

He shook the beast skin in his hand, "Regardless, this body-refining technique has a share for you. After I research something, I'll lend it to you to take a look too!"

"Mm."

Luo Chen nodded, not caring much.

Nowadays, just Qi Refining made his time tight; how could he spare time for body refining?

If it weren't for having a sufficiently powerful physique when breaking through to Foundation Establishment, he wouldn't even buy a large amount of Golden Jade Liquid.

In reality, nowadays in the cultivation world, very few people choose dual cultivation of law and body.

The increase in combat power from body refining might only be useful at low stages.

At high stages, magic tools and magic treasures roam freely for dozens of miles; it's hard for body cultivators to even get close.

And at the most useful low stage, one has to be limited by the condition of Foundation Establishment before the age of sixty.

Everyone's time is very tight, so naturally, they are unwilling to increase their own burden.

Not to mention others.

Just looking at Wang Yuan in front of him, who had succeeded in body refining, he did indeed enjoy the benefits brought by body refining in the early stages.

He could be called combat-powerful.

But nowadays, the drawbacks of dual cultivation of law and body had completely manifested.

The path ahead was unclear, and cultivation techniques were hard to find.

He had the realm of the second stage of body refining, but no combat methods sufficient to match the Foundation Establishment stage.

Especially since dual cultivation of law and body also increased his economic burden.

As for himself, he should just focus on managing his Qi Refining well first.

And alchemy was a craft that could provide him with huge help.

"This elixir formula is so strange; it doesn't feel like it's for humans to use. Strange, why would one..."

"Sigh!"

Wang Yuan shook his head; he had seen Luo Chen like this once before.

That was when he gave him the Blood Sha elixir formula.

He couldn't understand why an elixir formula could have such a great attraction for an alchemist.

Without disturbing Luo Chen, Wang Yuan left quietly.

Midnight.

The sound of muttering to himself kept rising, occasionally mixed with a tone of distress.

"A hundred auxiliary materials, far exceeding the Blood Sha Elixir; it's actually this complex."

"There are few main materials, only one is needed. But this one main material must come from a demon beast of the same origin; bone, blood, and meat—all three are indispensable."

"Yet, it doesn't specify which kind of demon beast? Could it be that any Tier 2 demon beast can be used?"

"Emperor Flowing Pulp... according to some alchemy books, it should be a legendary heaven-and-earth wonder that is of great benefit to demon beasts. Why does this elixir take the same name?"

"Sinking sea with pulp, jade field forever mulberry... and it has to be refined with a water method?"

A long time later, Luo Chen moved his gaze away from the elixir formula with a haggard face.

The complexity of this elixir formula far exceeded the Blood Sha Elixir!

The number of auxiliary materials, the strangeness of the refining method—even the efficacy and taboos were not very clear.

It made him ponder all night, but he had no gains.

This was very rare.

When he got the Blood Sha elixir formula back then, Luo Chen only felt the difficulty was a bit high, but not impossible to refine.

The only problem that really hindered Luo Chen from refining the Blood Sha Elixir was the three main materials!

If he were given enough main materials, with his current progress in exploring the Blood Sha elixir formula, he already had a certain degree of confidence in entering the door within a thousand failures.

A thousand failures!

It sounded like a lot, but only Luo Chen had the confidence to say such things now.

If an ordinary Tier 1 alchemist were to come, even if given ten thousand chances, it would be hard to guarantee a single success.

The threshold for an alchemist was not generally high!

Luo Chen's alchemy foundation was now mostly complete, and he had successively come into contact with the refining of three or four types of elixirs, and the output of top-grade ones was not small.

It could be said that even among Tier 1 alchemists, he was an extremely top-tier existence!

But this elixir formula named "Emperor Flowing Pulp" truly gave him a feeling of not knowing where to start.

The main material was indeed simple; it only needed the bone, blood, and meat of the same origin from a Tier 2 demon beast.

This was actually not hard to obtain.

When participating in the black market auction last night, Tier 2 demon beast corpses appeared in the middle and at the end.

After all, this was close to the Million Great Mountains; the least lacking thing was demon beasts.

Some Foundation Establishment rogue cultivators without roots or duckweed, who didn't want to be bound by rules or human entanglements, often made a living by hunting demon beasts and exploring for treasures.

For them, as long as they were careful and made sufficient preparations, hunting a solitary Tier 2 demon beast was not a difficult task.

The problem was, the simple main material didn't specify which kind!

This led to Luo Chen being unable to conduct targeted research.

There was one more point: water-method alchemy.

All along, Luo Chen had used fire-method alchemy, and most of the elixirs were in paste or solid form.

Water-method was actually simpler than fire-method, but he had no experience at all; even if the "Qingyuan Elixir Explanation" had one or two corresponding water-method refining techniques, he had never tested them.

And the grade was quite low, so it might not be usable for refining Tier 2 elixirs.

This was also a problem.

"This elixir formula was sewn together with that 'Heavenly Roc Transformation'; presumably, it is also a matching elixir?"

Luo Chen made such a guess.

Finally, he shook his head, not intending to delve into this thing.

Keep it for now, study it occasionally, and after Foundation Establishment, perhaps he could have more understanding.

If he felt it was truly of great use to him, it wasn't impossible to consider using the system to enter the door.

It was just that in this way, the Tier 2 elixir formulas he had hoarded suddenly numbered three.

A complete Blood Sha, a complete Emperor Flowing Pulp, and an incomplete Jade Dew Elixir.

"I am a Tier 1 alchemist; what virtue or ability do I have to possess three Tier 2 elixir formulas at the Qi Refining stage!"

Self-deprecatingly, Luo Chen put away the beast skin and took out an object from his storage bag.

Sword Pellet!

Calling it a "pellet," in reality, its volume was not small at all, the size of an infant's fist.

He didn't know if the throats of those Yuding Sword Sect cultivators would feel uncomfortable every time they swallowed and spat it out.

After carefully examining it, Luo Chen discovered that the structure of this Sword Pellet was actually so peculiar.

The exterior was not smooth.

Instead, it was full of various silk-like patterns, as if it were wound together by golden threads, strand by strand.

"Perhaps it is precisely because of this structure that it can change in a thousand ways in the hands of a sword cultivator!"

After sighing, Luo Chen bit his finger.

Afterward, he mobilized his vigorous spiritual power and surged it toward his finger.

Drip!

A drop of crystal-clear blood, emitting the fragrance of grass and trees, was squeezed out of his finger.

Luo Chen let out a muffled groan, his face turned pale, and then he returned to normal.

This was a cultivator's essence blood!

It contained a cultivator's physical origin and spiritual power origin.

Theoretically speaking, no matter what realm a cultivator was in, without harming themselves, they could only squeeze out ten drops of essence blood.

After squeezing it out, if they cultivated and supplemented for a period of time, they could slowly nurture it back.

But if it exceeded ten drops, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Generally speaking, cultivators, except when they had to use certain special methods, would not mobilize their own essence blood.

It was too damaging to the origin.

But Luo Chen now had no choice but to do so.

If he wanted to use this Sword Pellet, he either had to constantly nurture it with spiritual power and spiritual sense, and over a long period, he could use it like an arm.

Or, he could only adopt another special method.

"Blood Refining!"

Back then on the Dao Discussion Platform, the reason Bai Qi, who fought against Qin Liangchen, could use a Sword Pellet at the Qi Refining stage was because of the blood-refining method.

And this kind of method was actually something most cultivators knew.

What Luo Chen was using now was the blood-refining method Wang Yuan obtained from the blood cultivator Xiao Wuyan.

Compared to ordinary rough blood-refining, Xiao Wuyan's method was even more brutal.

As long as the blood-refining was successful, it could be used immediately.

"The situation in Dahe Market is ever-changing; I must increase my strength. This Sword Pellet, as a magic treasure embryo, even if its grade cannot be raised anymore, is comparable to a top-grade magic tool."

"I must master it as soon as possible!"

Without hesitation, that drop of crystal-clear blood fell onto the golden Sword Pellet.

Afterward, Luo Chen continuously cast out strands of spiritual power.

Originally, the Sword Pellet and the essence blood did not fuse, but under the promotion of Luo Chen's spiritual power, the essence blood slowly seeped into the depths of the Sword Pellet.

He did this until dawn, and only then did Luo Chen stop, exhausted.

With a beckoning hand, the Sword Pellet, glowing with an eerie blood color, came into his hand.

"With this, it is considered done!"

He could feel that this Sword Pellet had a faint feeling of being connected to his heart and mind.

It was not the kind of spiritual power connection between an ordinary magic tool and a cultivator.

Instead, it was a wonderful connection where a single thought could quickly command the Sword Pellet to move.

"Open!"

As his palm spread out, the Sword Pellet released a brilliant light, and strands of sword light bloomed.

In the blink of an eye, there was a golden light in front of Luo Chen.

Looking closely, it looked exactly like a blooming fresh flower.

It was just that this flower was filled with biting killing intent.

"Go!"

The sword light converged and headed straight for the ground.

Swish!

Like a knife cutting through tofu, the Sword Pellet sank deep into the ground.

When he summoned it back again, Luo Chen couldn't help but show a satisfied smile.

"No wonder sword cultivators are so powerful!"

"I have only mastered the fur, and it already has such speed and such power."

"It is hard to imagine how powerful this Sword Pellet would be in the hands of Luo Tianhong or Pang Renxiong."

Actually, it wasn't hard to imagine.

The two battles at the Lancang River and Luofeng Mountain were still vivid in his memory.

A giant sword-qi dragon over dozens of feet long was no longer something human power could achieve!

He didn't cultivate the sword path, so naturally, he couldn't achieve that level.

But with this Sword Pellet, combined with the 'Green Musk Gathering Dragon Flag' and other methods, he could already roam freely at the Qi Refining stage.

"President, the Duan family is urging for goods."

"Mm?"

Luo Chen had just finished refining the Jade Marrow Elixir for the day; apart from the normal mid-grade ones, he had also refined quite a few top-grade Jade Marrow Elixirs.

Top-grade Jade Marrow Elixirs had an efficacy comparable to ordinary Nourishing Qi Elixirs.

But nowadays, they were of no use to him.

The reason he specifically refined them was, firstly, to supply the cultivators within the Luo Tian Association for their own use, and secondly, to quickly max out the proficiency of the Jade Marrow Elixir.

He wanted to know if top-grade Jade Marrow Elixirs would still be of use to him.

Up until now, he still hadn't developed a drug resistance to the Jade Marrow Elixir.

Clapping his hands, he shook off the water droplets.

Luo Chen turned around, looked at Qiu Ying, the elixir-nurturing deacon of the Alchemy Hall, and frowned, "For the Duan family, it was set at fifty bottles a month, right!"

It wasn't a question, but a confirmation.

Qiu Ying nodded, "That is correct."

"Then how do I remember that it's only been half a month since the last delivery?"

Qiu Ying was also confused and couldn't give an answer.

Luo Chen curled his lips, "Forget it, I can't be bothered to care why they need elixirs so urgently; in any case, they are sending us spirit stones."

"Still fifty bottles, right? I've hoarded quite a few in these past few days; you just send someone to deliver them."

After receiving confirmation, Qiu Ying intended to go into the Elixir Nurturing Room to get the elixirs.

However, before leaving, she remembered something and immediately turned back.

"Who should I send?"

Luo Chen was stunned, "Sima Xian, of course!"

"Elder Sima Xian took people to deliver goods to the newly opened shop in the outer city and hasn't returned yet."

"Hall Master Wang has gone into seclusion again."

Hearing these two pieces of news, Luo Chen frowned.

The elixirs produced by the Alchemy Hall now had two destinations.

One was Gu Caiyi's Golden Hall, responsible for selling to rogue cultivators; this was the bulk.

The other was the point-to-point supply to the four great families and the Da Jiang Gang.

In this regard, although the demand was smaller, it was stable.

All along, it had been handed over to the elders of the Battle Hall to take people to deliver the goods.

Every month, the major factions also purchased at a fixed time and quantity; the Duan family today was an exception.

So, this led to the situation where the Luo Tian Association unexpectedly lacked manpower.

He hesitated for a moment but still said, "Let Elder Duan go deliver them; he is familiar with the Duan family."

"Mm-hmm, I know."

Qiu Ying ran away, her black high ponytail swinging behind her, which was quite lively.

But she didn't know why Luo Chen had hesitated for a moment.

Duan Feng, Duan family.

Don't let anything go wrong!

Fortunately, by evening, Duan Feng returned safely with his people and also brought back a payment of two thousand spirit stones.

Luo Chen was standing in front of the cliff, separated by a long distance, watching Duan Feng return to the Luo Tian Association.

Apart from the other party's poor complexion, there were no injuries.

"As long as he's fine!"

Luo Chen breathed a sigh of relief; he was quite afraid that Duan Feng and the Duan family would clash.

After all, in the past, Duan Feng had been full of hatred for the Duan family in his words.

He didn't know the inside story.

But as far as the current situation was concerned, the Luo Tian Association was in a stage of rapid development.

Its relationship with several factions was becoming closer and closer.

In Dahe Market, it had also gradually gained a firm foothold.

Even many rogue cultivators were still looking for people from the Merit Hall like Murong Qinglian and Sima Wenjie to ask if they were still recruiting people?

However, under Luo Chen's instructions, Murong Qinglian had never loosened her mouth to easily recruit outsiders.

"The situation is unstable; beware of those with ulterior motives mixing into the Luo Tian Association."

This was Luo Chen's original words, and Murong Qinglian deeply agreed.

Under the current circumstances, starting a conflict with any faction was not a wise choice.

Duan Feng being able to suppress the hatred in his heart and honestly complete this matter for the Luo Tian Association showed that he had matured much more than before.

Perhaps it was also because his realm was gradually becoming profound!

All along, Duan Feng had been keen on improving himself through combat.

Among the Qi Refining ninth-layer cultivators of the same stage, his cultivation speed was faster than any other Qi Refining ninth-layer cultivator in the Luo Tian Association.

Only Qin Liangchen, who was affiliated with the Alchemy Hall but had no specific duties, could barely compare with his cultivation speed.

But recently, Qin Liangchen's cultivation speed seemed to have stagnated?

It was far from being as brave and advancing as Duan Feng's.

He guessed that he wanted to impact the Foundation Establishment stage first and then go to the Duan family to seek revenge.

He raised his head and looked at the sky.

Luo Chen's heart stirred slightly.

"Quite a few days have passed; I imagine Tian Xingzi is also getting anxious."

"The face of a Foundation Establishment true cultivator still needs to be given."

"Fine, let's go talk to him today!"

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