Chapter 167: Completing the Tongyou Pill, Qi Refining, Body Strengthening, and Soul Fortifying, all three at once!

After returning to the Luo Tian Society, Luo Chen returned to the rhythm of focusing on pill refining and cultivation.

During this period, Wang Yuan came to see him once.

It wasn't because of the "Heavenly Roc Transformation" cultivation technique, but because the little methods Wang Yuan had been researching to deal with ghosts and evil spirits had made a breakthrough.

But Luo Chen already had the high-grade magic tool, the Green Fire Lantern, so that little method was of no great use to him.

"Then are we going to send people into the city to explore?"

Qin Liangchen asked with interest.

Qin Liangchen was now affiliated with the Pill Hall, holding the position of an honorary elder.

He helped manage miscellaneous affairs from time to time, but there were no mandatory requirements.

His role was mainly reflected in combat.

He had taken action during the last attack on the Fu family.

He fought the Fu family's third elder, Fu Jue, alone and easily beheaded him.

It had to be said that Luo Tianhong's Golden Silkworm Intermittent Technique indeed had extraordinary effects.

After reattaching his new hand, Qin Liangchen adapted quickly.

Faster than the time it took him to adapt last time.

Perhaps it was because he had experience!

Glancing at the excited Qin Liangchen, Luo Chen didn't give a direct answer, but instead asked about the exploration results of other forces.

"Each family's exploration progress is different. Currently, the Nangong family's progress is the fastest; they not only recovered the remains of their own shop's cultivators but also made significant gains."

"The Dajiang Gang's progress is the slowest; the leader is Li Da, who is at the ninth level of Qi Refining."

Hearing the name Li Da, a flash of light appeared in Luo Chen's eyes.

He remembered that when Gao Tingyuan was trying to stall him, he had spoken of the past exploration of the Soul-Refining Cave Mansion.

It was there that he and Li Da had gone in together.

This person's strength was not low; on the debate stage, he had also taken action on behalf of the Dajiang Gang to win a match.

The Poshan Gang cultivator he killed was the original master of the Mine Hall, Feng Linhu.

They were all old acquaintances.

"Li Da is leading the exploration?"

"Besides the Fengdu Dharma Robes and Green Fire Lanterns bestowed by Gao Tingyuan, he must have other reliance."

"It seems that back in the Soul-Refining Cave Mansion, he also made a great harvest!"

The Soul-Refining Loose Cultivator, Gu Yue, was, after all, a Foundation Establishment True Person.

The inheritance after death might not be comparable to that of a sect's Foundation Establishment cultivator.

But for two ninth-level Qi Refining cultivators, it was undoubtedly very valuable.

After listening for a while to the news of each family exploring the Dahe Ghost City, Luo Chen shook his head slowly.

"Let's not get involved in these muddy waters."

"Fine!"

Qin Liangchen was uninterested; he had just been bored recently and wanted to go back to see his home in the inner city.

There weren't many resources left there, but there were some little trinkets with commemorative significance that he wanted to take back.

Seeing him like this, Luo Chen couldn't help but smile. "So bored? How is your cultivation going recently, Brother Qin?"

Mentioning this, Qin Liangchen's smile became a bit forced.

Luo Chen frowned. "What's wrong? Are you short of pills, or have you encountered a bottleneck?"

Qin Liangchen shook his head.

"Back then, I was only a few years of grinding away from the Great Perfection of Qi Refining."

"Bottlenecks or anything like that don't exist."

"I'm not short of pills either; after all, there are many high-priced Dust-Transforming Pills transported from other places in the major black markets."

Luo Chen was puzzled. "Then what's wrong?"

Qin Liangchen sighed and touched his right arm with his left hand.

"The newly attached arm is mainly made of green golden silkworm silk, supplemented by my own bones and flesh."

"But in the end, it's not my original arm!"

"Now my cultivation efficiency is far inferior to before. The few years of grinding away have been dragged out by at least ten or twenty years."

According to his memory, Qin Liangchen should be fifty now.

Ten or twenty years later, he would long since have passed the age of sixty.

By then, even with the help of a Foundation Establishment Pill, the probability of Foundation Establishment would likely drop significantly.

Not to mention he only had three-spirit-root aptitude himself.

Luo Chen couldn't help but understand; no wonder Qin Liangchen was so uninterested.

With his path to the Dao covered in dust, he would likely be the same if it were him.

The new arm was constructed mainly from the silk of the green golden silkworm; even if it simulated Qin Liangchen's meridians and acupoints through flesh and blood, it was ultimately not the original.

During daily cultivation, if he went on for a little too long, a stinging pain would occur.

Long-term cultivation could even destroy the arm.

It was no wonder Qin Liangchen's cultivation speed had dropped significantly.

Luo Chen couldn't help, he could only comfort the other party.

Fortunately, Qin Liangchen was also an open-minded person and didn't let such emotions continue.

"We'll see. The road is walked step by step; there will be a way when the car reaches the mountain!"

He laughed heartily and brushed the matter aside.

Luo Chen sighed in his heart, but a smile still appeared on his face, and he gave the other party a task to do.

"Receive a batch of medicinal herbs?"

"Yes, sent from the Zhenlong Black Market; it should be here in these two days. I'll have to trouble you to make a trip for me, Brother Qin."

While speaking, Luo Chen handed over a set of high-grade magic tools.

This was one of the spoils of war from the Battle of Xieyue Valley, and it had stealth functions.

Although the effect wasn't as good as the Great Perfection Breath-Restraining Spirit Art, it was still quite mysterious.

After Qin Liangchen took it, he agreed to the matter.

After he left, Luo Chen shook his head.

He had already done enough, but when it came to cultivation, he was powerless.

Some things still had to be relied upon by oneself.

Taking out a piece of animal skin, Luo Chen calmed his heart and began to study it.

"Emperor Flowing Pulp, according to the neutralization of medicinal properties and the effect of medicinal power, is indeed a spirit medicine beneficial to monsters."

"But three of the auxiliary materials can only be absorbed by humans."

"In other words, can humans actually use this medicine?"

"Having nature but no life, supplementing nature returns to nature. Having nature and life, escaping the cage, becoming close to heaven and earth."

"Can it be understood that plants and trees using Emperor Flowing Pulp can become close to the Great Dao?"

"And those that are not plants and trees can use this medicine to escape the cage and become close to heaven and earth?"

"How to interpret the cage? How to interpret heaven and earth?"

While deep in thought, Luo Chen vaguely had a guess.

But that guess made him unable to be certain.

After a long time, he put away the Emperor Flowing Pulp pill formula and took out another one.

Tongyou Pill!

Main materials: Illusion Ghost Grass, Monster Fox Blood.

Twenty-seven auxiliary materials.

Taking it can increase a cultivator's soul foundation and improve spiritual sense.

This was a defective pill formula obtained from Mi Shuhua.

Back then, besides "Qingyuan Pill Explanation," the old man Mi also gave two pill formulas.

The Jade Marrow Pill was the most important, but the Tongyou Pill was just an extra bonus.

Although it was defective, he had obtained it a long time ago.

Luo Chen had already studied it quite thoroughly, and he had even added some auxiliary materials one after another, barely completing it.

Open the system.

Luo Chen held the completed Tongyou pill formula, his heart moved.

【Tongyou Pill, complete first-tier pill formula, can enter entry-level】

【Whether to enter entry-level】

Closing the system panel, Luo Chen put away the pill formula with satisfaction.

This proved that his direction for completion was correct; those twenty-seven auxiliary materials could indeed fuse with the two main materials marked on the original pill formula.

But he didn't choose to enter entry-level directly.

The main reason was that he had to see if Tian Xingzi had collected the corresponding materials for him.

He could still buy some auxiliary materials from the Lianyun Alliance.

But one of the main materials, Snow Fox Blood, wasn't so easy to get.

This was a specialty of the Snow Lotus Square.

The Snow Fox, a first-tier monster of the Great Snow Mountain, was good at stealth and illusion, and was extremely intelligent and very human-like.

This thing was very difficult to capture and kill.

It was probably very difficult for the Zhenlong Black Market to get it with their strength!

Facts proved that Luo Chen had greatly underestimated the Zhenlong Black Market.

That evening, Qin Liangchen brought back a storage bag.

"It's all inside!"

"The medicinal herbs on the list, except for the Huang Quan Yin Evil and the North Sea Jade Yao Pillar, have all been obtained in quite a few quantities. The three thousand spirit stones you gave me spent a total of one thousand seven hundred and eighty, and this is the remaining one thousand two hundred and twenty; you count it."

So powerful?

Even the Snow Fox Blood was obtained!

Luo Chen took the storage bag with pleasant surprise, not even bothering to count the spirit stones.

"Do I not trust you, Brother Qin?"

Qin Liangchen grinned. "The Wang-surname cultivator who delivered the goods said that the Huang Quan Yin Evil belongs to the second-tier evil energy, and they really couldn't find it. The North Sea Jade Yao Pillar does have a path, and they are currently contacting it; it will definitely be supplied next month."

This result was within expectations.

Luo Chen had also asked Bai Meiling about it before because of the Blood Evil Pill.

According to her, even the Medicine King Sect didn't have Huang Quan Yin Evil.

The North Sea Jade Yao Pillar being supplied next month was undoubtedly excellent.

In this way, the refining of the Myriad Wonder Pill could also continue.

Nodding, Luo Chen put away the storage bag and asked with a smile:

"Are you used to using that golden melon hammer of Fu Zhang?"

"It's quite good. Except for being a bit heavy, its power is extremely strong. And it's a metal-attribute magic tool, which just happens to suit me."

After the Battle of the Fu family ended, Qin Liangchen specifically used the spoils of war from Fu Yu to exchange for Fu Zhang's golden melon hammer with Luo Chen.

His original big sword had been destroyed in the battle, and he had always been lacking a magic tool that was to his liking.

Luo Chen naturally had no objection and exchanged it directly.

After chatting for a while longer, Qin Liangchen yawned and left the Pill Hall.

Nowadays, he and Murong Qinglian lived in a courtyard built by the Luo Tian Society.

In fact, most of the Luo Tian Society cultivators now chose to build houses and live nearby.

The inner city was destroyed, but the spiritual energy of the spiritual vein had diffused out.

Living here was no worse than living in the inner city back then.

And they didn't have to pay rent!

Thinking of rent, Luo Chen subconsciously thought of Sun Shou of the Yuding Sword Pavilion.

It was a pity; he was also a very good senior.

He had originally thought about contributing his life to the sect in this remote square market.

As a result, he fell silently, and in the end, he didn't manage to die of old age.

The old friend was gone, and thinking of him only added to the sorrow.

After sighing, Luo Chen entered the Pill Hall.

First, he took back the spirit stones inside, and then placed the various medicinal herbs inside into the corresponding medicine cabinets.

Many of these things needed special handling before they could be used.

Afterward, he took out all the two main materials and twenty-seven auxiliary materials needed to refine the Tongyou Pill.

"The Illusion Ghost Grass needs to be dried; this is simple, it can be done with the residual heat of the fire stove."

He spread a large bunch of green Illusion Ghost Grass evenly on the fire bed usually used for baking medicinal herbs.

The fire stove below was continuously emitting temperature.

As one of the two main materials, the processing of Illusion Ghost Grass was the simplest.

But the Snow Fox Monster Blood wasn't so simple.

"The processing of Snow Fox Blood is very complicated. It has to go through five processes... It's a pity, if I knew the Wanxi Hand, I could completely save three of the processes."

"Zhanxing Grass is highly toxic and also carries extremely strong hallucinogenic properties; it needs to be eliminated with Jiekuang Jade, but the hallucinogenic properties must be retained."

"These few auxiliary materials aren't that troublesome; there are already processed ones in my own pharmacy."

It wasn't until midnight that Luo Chen set the processing plan for the many main materials on the Tongyou pill formula.

Some had already begun processing, while others had to wait for a while.

However, times had changed!

Many things didn't need him to do them personally; when dawn came, he could just hand them over to the medicine apprentices.

Cultivation must never be neglected.

After finishing his cultivation once again, Luo Chen glanced at the attribute panel.

【Realm: Qi Refining Ninth Level 8/100】

It had been nearly four months since he broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

He was very satisfied with this cultivation progress.

In the first month, it slowly climbed from 1 to 2, like a turtle's speed.

But in the following two-plus months, because of the Spirit Elixir, the efficiency doubled, and now it had reached 8 progress points.

"The specific cultivation speed should be about 15 per month."

"The Spirit Elixir is truly a good thing!"

"I hope Tian Xingzi can get me some more."

Luo Chen estimated his stock of Spirit Elixirs; two-plus months had passed, consuming one every ten days, and now only thirty-three were left.

In other words, it could support him for at most another year.

"Can't rush, can't rush!"

Luo Chen sighed; having this cultivation speed now was already extremely heaven-defying.

A dual-spirit-root cultivator was just like this.

With the blessing of the Spirit Elixir, it was probably not much different from a heaven-spirit-root cultivator.

However, while cultivation speed couldn't be increased, he could still improve his strength in other aspects.

Facing the cold morning breeze, Luo Chen took out a small medicine bottle from his storage bag.

Under the guidance of spiritual power, two drops of crystal-clear liquid flew out and slowly fell into his wide-open eye sockets.

As soon as the medicine liquid entered, Luo Chen felt a burning pain, and he hurriedly closed his eyes.

It was like chili paste in his eyes, and also like needles and swords stabbing.

Tears fell involuntarily.

After a long while, Luo Chen slowly opened his eyes.

Wiping away the tears from the corners of his eyes, Luo Chen let out a long, turbid breath.

"Fortunately, having cultivated the Mingshen Posha, this bit of pain is still within the range of endurance."

Blinking his eyes, he only felt that his tired eyes, after cultivating all night, had become clear.

A pair of pupils, pitch-black and deep.

As light shone in, it was as brilliant as the stars in the boundless starry sky.

"The Tongming Liquid is truly ten times more effective than the Runming Pearl Liquid!"

"Having insisted on dripping it for only two months, the distance I can see has already broken through beyond a hundred miles."

Shaking the empty bottle, Luo Chen felt quite a pity.

"No, I have to get some more of this stuff!"

Luo Chen knew the benefits of a pair of spirit eyes all too well.

Because of these eyes, he had enjoyed too many conveniences.

In the Battle of Xieyue Valley, he saw through the disguise of the spy.

In the two battles of the Lancang River and the Dahe Inner City, he saw combat scenes that ordinary people couldn't see from a safe distance.

Especially in the Zhenlong Black Market, these eyes allowed him to see through the disguise of the "Heavenly Roc Transformation" animal skin and obtain the second-tier pill formula "Emperor Flowing Pulp."

This was the first time since he crossed over that he felt the thrill of "picking up a bargain."

Therefore, continuing to strengthen his eyes was a predetermined decision.

Even without Tongming Liquid, he had to insist on using Runming Pearl Liquid.

Accumulating little by little, day by day, one day he would go a step further on his current Great Perfection Spirit Eye Art!

Besides Tongming Liquid, cultivation hadn't ended yet.

Luo Chen took out another bottle.

Golden Jade Liquid!

A body-refining spirit medicine more suitable for Qi Refining cultivators!

The reason why Wang Yuan was able to reach the second stage of body refining in such a short time, besides his martial arts accumulation during his mortal period, relied heavily on this thing.

Ever since he took over the Jiao Hall, he had almost taken all the resources to the Taishan Square to purchase Golden Jade Liquid from the Golden Stone Pavilion.

When he first reached Great Perfection in the first stage of body refining, he had extra Golden Jade Liquid and gave a bottle to Luo Chen.

It was also at that time that Luo Chen enjoyed this stuff for the first time.

It had to be said that the effect was indeed unique.

Its efficacy could be seen from the name.

Golden Jade Liquid; "Golden" corresponds to the external physique, and long-term consumption leads step by step to the realm of a body as hard as diamond.

"Jade Liquid" is aimed at the internal tendons and bones.

When it reaches Great Perfection, it is the sign of Wang Yuan's current icy skin and jade bones.

As for how to cultivate the second stage of body refining, Wang Yuan mentioned it simply, but didn't say it in too much detail.

Even if he had said it in detail, Luo Chen, because he wasn't personally involved in body refining, wouldn't have understood those ins and outs.

He only knew that he absolutely couldn't fall behind in this aspect of his physique.

Golden Jade Liquid was to strengthen the physique, and Tongyou Pill was to strengthen the soul.

Even if he couldn't reach an outstanding level, he couldn't hold himself back when breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

Without hesitation, Luo Chen took a sip of Golden Jade Liquid.

That feeling was like drinking magma.

However, Luo Chen, who was already used to it, just smacked his lips as if drinking hot soy milk.

"It's a pity that I can't drink too much in one day, otherwise it's easy to burn the internal organs."

Luo Chen could feel that after the Golden Jade Liquid entered his body, he had a feeling of numbness, pain, and itching all over his body.

This was a sign that his physique was constantly strengthening.

"In this way, only the Tongyou Pill remains."

Qi Refining, Body Strengthening, Soul Fortifying.

Luo Chen wanted to do all three at once!

Everything was just to break through to Foundation Establishment!

(End of chapter)

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