Chapter 258: Trading a bird gun for a cannon, a comprehensively improved cultivation environment

Although the dream cauldron was good, it naturally had flaws.

Most top-grade magic tools had the disadvantage of consuming too much spiritual power.

This Ice Emperor Cauldron naturally had it too.

Luo Chen didn't care about this; with his massive spiritual power that far exceeded his peers by several times, this little consumption was just a drop in the bucket.

The Ice Emperor Cauldron had another disadvantage, which was relatively fatal.

This cauldron was two zhang high, and the round cauldron body also had a diameter of one zhang two, which could be called a giant.

But precisely, such a huge cauldron didn't have a size-as-you-wish formation engraved on it!

In other words, ordinary storage magic tools simply couldn't hold it.

This disadvantage, strictly speaking, was not a disadvantage.

According to the manual left by Shi Lan, the Ice Emperor Cauldron was originally built as a sect-protecting elixir cauldron, and the body design was as high as three zhang!

A full ten meters high!

Such giants were long-term placed in the Ice Fortress Alchemy Hall for Jin Dan True Persons to use.

From the beginning, there was no thought of convenience for carrying.

The one in Luo Chen's hand was a product of failed casting, and the size was slightly smaller.

Even so, it wasn't something his few storage bags could hold.

"I think the Peerless Fairy was also afraid that I would roll the cauldron and abscond!"

After laughing, Luo Chen cast a spiritual formula at the earth fire below.

A wisp of flame drilled out like a spirit snake leaving its cave.

The fire wasn't big, but the scorching high temperature contained within it made Luo Chen's eyelids jump.

"This temperature is enough to rival the Foundation Establishment True Fire of a cultivator who has just entered the Foundation Establishment stage."

"As expected of second-tier earth fire!"

Foundation Establishment True Fire was a means that any cultivator could perform after advancing to Foundation Establishment.

Regardless of spiritual roots, even cultivators without fire spiritual roots.

Because "Foundation Establishment True Fire" was not so much fire, but rather the powerful energy generated after the cultivator violently urged the spiritual liquid after the spiritual energy turned into liquid.

Its nature was explosive and restless.

Therefore, it was classified as "fire."

Generally speaking, Foundation Establishment True Cultivators rarely perform Foundation Establishment True Fire.

Only in some special times, when extreme energy injection was needed, would Foundation Establishment True Cultivators perform True Fire.

For example, when refining elixirs or casting tools, when the heat needed to rise instantly.

Or when facing formless and qualityless ghosts, when powerful energy was needed to shake their soul and body.

Performing True Fire could not maximize the use of the refined spiritual liquid.

It was simply too wasteful.

Now, with the help of second-tier earth fire.

When Luo Chen refined elixirs, he could also reduce the frequent use of Foundation Establishment True Fire.

Especially for second-tier elixirs!

When refining Jade Dew Pills, he had to cast wisps of True Fire from time to time, which was quite a drain on spiritual power.

This was also why he took the initiative to ask the Peerless Fairy for second-tier earth fire.

The other party was also a knowledgeable person and instantly understood his concerns.

So without hesitation, she agreed to his request.

"Ice Emperor Cauldron consumes spiritual power, second-tier earth fire saves spiritual power. With this in and out, I didn't lose much, and after improving alchemy efficiency, I can earn more!"

Luo Chen was extremely happy.

Taking a few medicinal materials from his storage bag, he threw them into the Ice Emperor Cauldron.

Letting those wisps of second-tier earth fire burn the elixir cauldron.

This wasn't for alchemy, but for warming the cauldron!

It was the same principle as a mortal family buying an iron pot and needing to specially open it.

Good elixir cauldrons also had the saying of warming the cauldron.

Obviously, this Ice Emperor Cauldron hadn't been used, it was brand new, and Luo Chen needed to warm it up.

Taking advantage of this effort, Luo Chen tested the formations on the elixir cauldron one by one.

Just like this.

Until the afternoon, he finished.

When he walked out of the alchemy room, the cave mansion had taken on a new look.

One couldn't find a trace of the previous occupant, Ling Yuzhi.

Replacing it was an orderly layout and antique furniture.

Each room was equipped with moonlight stones for lighting.

In the corner, a few spirit fish were thrown into the first-tier spiritual spring containing faint spiritual energy.

And the medicine room leading directly to the alchemy room had medicinal materials commonly used by Luo Chen sorted and placed by Bai Meiling.

Between the nostrils, there was a faint sandalwood fragrance lingering.

It was Mi Li who lit the incense in the living room.

"President." Mi Li greeted.

Luo Chen nodded to her, looking at the spacious cave mansion that had taken on a new look, feeling emotional.

After years of hard work, he finally had a decent home.

Even if it was just rented.

"Alright, everyone stop working, come over and rest for a while."

Luo Chen waved his hand and sat on the soft sofa.

This was a sofa specially customized for Luo Chen by Sima Huiniang, filled with bird feathers and sewn with monster skin.

Sitting on it was truly enjoyable.

This didn't seem to fit Luo Chen's image of bitter cultivation in the past.

But Luo Chen had something to say!

After working hard for so many years, can't he enjoy it?

Of course, blindly enjoying it was impossible.

Lying on the sofa, Luo Chen looked at the four people sitting on the stone chairs opposite.

"Have you encountered any problems with alchemy recently?"

"Since I'm free today, I'll answer them for you one by one."

The four seemed to have known this would happen.

Qu Lingjun was the first to ask.

His alchemy attainments were the strongest among the four, and he could already stably refine mid-grade Jade Marrow Pills.

But the more he knew, the more he felt his ignorance.

Therefore, his mind was already piled up with a bunch of questions.

Some related to Jade Marrow Pill refining, some related to alchemy techniques, and some related to fire control, medicinal materials……

After a dense pile of questions, Luo Chen gave answers to most of them.

The other part was reserved for detailed explanation during alchemy.

After Qu Lingjun, Mi Li, Qiu Ying, and Ma Shoupu also asked questions one by one.

Those involving similar problems were naturally skipped.

If there were some extremely simple problems that just couldn't be turned around, Luo Chen didn't give the answer directly, but used examples and analogies to let the other party draw inferences and understand by themselves.

In this way, asking and answering continued until evening.

Luo Chen stood up from the sofa.

"Let's go, follow me into the alchemy room!"

"Today we are refining the Nether-Passing Pill, which is a type of first-tier elixir with extremely high refining difficulty. Watch carefully, how much you can learn depends on yourselves."

Entering the alchemy room.

Qu Lingjun and the four, looking at the huge elixir cauldron that was a full six or seven meters high, were all dumbfounded.

Before, they thought Master's Four-Image Cauldron was big enough.

Didn't expect there to be such a behemoth.

They didn't know that truly high-level alchemists used even more peculiar alchemy magic tools.

Huge was only for some large raw materials that were not easy to cut.

As far as Luo Chen knew, some alchemy tools were famous for being "small."

Even in the Medicine King Sect, there was an alchemy pot called Pot of Sun and Moon.

This pot had three layers inside and out, with a world of its own, and the effect was unique.

Ordinary first to third-tier elixirs were not a problem at all.

Even fourth-tier elixirs could be refined.

He didn't dare to think about the Pot of Sun and Moon.

With this brand new top-grade Ice Emperor Cauldron, Luo Chen was very satisfied for the time being.

Using the Ice Emperor Cauldron for alchemy for the first time, Luo Chen's mentality was relatively relaxed.

The proficiency of the Nether-Passing Pill had already been brushed to the proficient level, and the success rate was around twenty percent.

And his own alchemy attainments, after many years, were no longer what they used to be.

Refining this mere first-tier elixir was not difficult for him.

However, a relaxed mentality didn't mean the actual action would be perfunctory.

On the contrary, his movements were more careful than any time in the past.

"The processing of the demon fox blood involves the alchemy technique called 'Washing Creek Hand', Lingjun, watch carefully!"

"Using second-tier alchemy fire for first-tier elixirs, the temperature is too high. Therefore, here, we need to use this Fire-Turning Formation to lower the earth fire temperature and increase the contact area."

"The Fire-Turning Formation has no offensive or defensive power, mainly serving to adjust the size of the fire……"

While speaking, Luo Chen's mind was focused on the Ice Emperor Cauldron.

Standing under the huge elixir cauldron, he looked very small.

But during the alchemy process, his calm movements made him look so tall.

The four alchemists of the Luo Tian Society watched seriously.

During this process, Luo Chen would also explain from time to time the reason for using specific alchemy techniques at certain times.

Combining practice with theory!

This teaching method benefited all four of them a lot.

"It's over!"

"But we still have to wait a while, this Ice Emperor Cauldron is different from ordinary elixir furnaces, it has a Solid-Elixir Formation and a Cloud-Gathering Formation."

"Although these two formations have been playing a role during the refining process, staying a while longer before taking the elixir can maximize the effect of the formations."

"Good food is not afraid of being late!"

Luo Chen smiled and withdrew the earth fire.

Letting the residual heat of the elixir cauldron bake the elixirs inside.

Wisps of dreamlike elixir fragrance lingered in the elixir cauldron, bound by the Cloud-Gathering Formation, allowing more of it to merge into the interior of the elixir to improve its grade.

About half a cup of tea time later, Luo Chen's mind stirred, and he summoned with his hand.

The next moment, seven snow-white pills fell into his hand.

"Master, is this the Nether-Passing Pill?" Qu Lingjun leaned over excitedly.

The other three also had eyes full of curiosity.

The great name of the Nether-Passing Pill was famous among the high-level members of the Luo Tian Society.

It was rumored to have miraculous effects for Foundation Establishment!

This had already been listed by Sima Huiniang as one of the two major Foundation Establishment elixirs of the Luo Tian Society.

The other was the Pei Yuan Spiritual Liquid improved by Luo Chen.

However, Pei Yuan Spiritual Liquid needed to be used persistently for a long time, unlike the Nether-Passing Pill, which was quick to see results.

Especially the first time it was used, the effect was peculiar.

This was their first time seeing Luo Chen refine the Nether-Passing Pill personally, so it was no wonder they were so excited.

Luo Chen didn't speak at first, but stared at the elixir in his hand seriously.

Finally, based on his experience of taking the Nether-Passing Pill many times, he judged that the quality of this elixir had indeed improved.

Although it was still low-grade, the quality was better than before, and it was infinitely close to a mid-grade Nether-Passing Pill.

"This Ice Emperor Cauldron really has the effect of improving elixir quality!"

Sighing inwardly, Luo Chen took out five pills and gave them to the four.

The extra one was naturally for Qu Lingjun.

After all, he was his disciple, and Luo Chen would definitely favor him a bit more.

"Don't go back tonight, take this Nether-Passing Pill here, and leave tomorrow."

"With me looking after you, nothing big will happen."

Qu Lingjun asked in surprise: "Is there danger in taking this elixir?"

Luo Chen nodded.

By the way, he explained the taboos of the Nether-Passing Pill to them.

Nether-Passing enters dreams, illusions arise on their own.

Especially when taking it for the first time, it is the most dangerous.

But at the same time, the effect of taking it for the first time is also the best.

The longer the dream time, the more the soul foundation grows.

But this "longer" is not endless.

If one is deeply trapped in the illusion, it will hurt oneself instead.

A bit contradictory, but that's the principle.

After listening, the four looked at each other.

Being young, Qu Lingjun patted his chest.

"Lingjun will definitely not let Master down!"

Mi Li held the elixir and nodded too.

Qiu Ying was the oldest and had served as a deacon in the Alchemy Hall, so she was relatively stable.

She asked a few more questions, and Luo Chen answered them one by one.

And Ma Shoupu, this young man, also made similar bold words to Qu Lingjun, with a hint of unwillingness to lose.

Luo Chen didn't care, walked out of the alchemy room, and immediately let them find a separate room to take the elixir.

"Master, do you value these four very much?"

Bai Meiling floated over.

Luo Chen sat on the sofa, smelling the faint sandalwood fragrance, holding a white book emitting a chill in his hand.

Each page of paper seemed to be condensed from ice flakes.

The handwriting on it was vivid, as if alive.

This was the alchemy experience of a third-tier alchemist given to him by the Peerless Fairy, named "Shanghu Alchemy Explanation."

Compared to the simple and easy-to-understand "Qingyuan Alchemy Explanation," this "Shanghu Alchemy Explanation" was much more complicated.

Involving second and third-tier alchemy techniques, it was even more difficult to understand, and Luo Chen needed to spend great effort to slowly figure out one or two sentences.

Having had it for half a month, Luo Chen had only read a few pages.

At this moment, hearing Bai Meiling's words, Luo Chen said without raising his head:

"Naturally I value them, why?"

Bai Meiling asked suspiciously: "But the highest realm among them is only the seventh level of Qi Refining, and their alchemy attainments can't compare to a hair of yours, why spend so much effort to cultivate them?"

"Hehe."

Luo Chen chuckled, "That's naturally because they have the potential worth my cultivation!"

Among these four, the most talented is Qu Lingjun, followed by Ma Shoupu.

Mi Li is better, and Qiu Ying is the worst.

Luo Chen personally cleared doubts, personally demonstrated, and even bestowed the Nether-Passing Pill that only ninth-level Qi Refining cultivators in the Luo Tian Society could exchange for.

Spending so much effort, nothing more than to improve their alchemy skills.

After experiencing the simulation in the Ghost God Mirror of Heart Inquiry.

Even if those simulations were not the true evolution of the future, some memories in them could still be used as a "warning."

In the simulated memory, he, Luo Chen, refined elixirs for more than two hundred years.

Seemingly without delaying cultivation, but living was truly too tiring.

If he could save more time from alchemy and use it for cultivation, would he achieve higher achievements?

The answer to this question, without thinking carefully, could be obtained.

Definitely could achieve higher achievements!

The principle is very simple, the simulation of the Mirror of Heart Inquiry didn't take the system factor into account!

And Luo Chen's system is the proficiency panel.

Brushing proficiency requires time.

As of now, he still had a bunch of skills that hadn't been brushed to full level.

So, he needed time!

Then how could he free himself from the endless alchemy work?

Cultivating a few alchemists who could replace him would be enough!

Of course, perhaps some people would feel that Luo Chen treated them as tools and was ruthlessly exploiting them.

But this kind of opportunity, ask them, they would definitely want it too.

In the world of immortal cultivation, how many people want to be exploited by superiors but don't have that opportunity.

Luo Chen is a genuine second-tier alchemist!

In the refining of several individual elixirs, he is an unquestionable alchemy master!

Being able to have Luo Chen's personal guidance and cultivation is a blessing they couldn't ask for in several lifetimes.

Without Luo Chen, Qu Lingjun with four spiritual roots would have a hard time getting ahead in this life.

Without Luo Chen, Mi Li, whose family was broken and who was weak and sick, would have no future to speak of.

And Qiu Ying and Ma Shoupu, without someone to dig them out, their own talents couldn't be realized.

On the contrary, with Luo Chen, they could not only bloom their own talents, but also have a great chance to establish the foundation in the future!

Grudges, interests, and entanglements.

Who is right and who is wrong, Luo Chen sees very clearly.

They themselves also know it in their hearts.

"Whoa, someone is awake!"

Luo Chen put down the "Shanghu Alchemy Explanation" and walked towards a room.

The first one to wake up was Qiu Ying.

This was within Luo Chen's expectations.

Looking at Qiu Ying, who was dizzy and looked disappointed, Luo Chen smiled slightly.

"Rest well, or go out for a walk."

"Mm, thank you, President."

Qiu Ying nodded, then subconsciously curled up at the head of the bed, hugging her knees with both hands.

It seems this dream was not very beautiful!

Luo Chen didn't delve into it.

Next, Mi Li, Ma Shoupu, and Qu Lingjun also woke up one after another.

The last one to wake up was Qu Lingjun, who truly did what he said before and didn't let Luo Chen down.

He persisted for a full two cups of tea time, about ten minutes.

Luo Chen only lasted a stick of incense, fifteen minutes, back then.

"Go out for a walk, blow the night wind, and look at the night view of Tianlan Peak!"

"Mi Li and the others are waiting for you outside."

Luo Chen rubbed the young man's hair.

Clearly already twenty years old, but after waking up from a dream, he was tearful, crying like a child.

It seems his dream was a very sad dream.

Standing in the living room, watching Qu Lingjun stagger out of the cave mansion with Mi Li's support, Luo Chen said to Bai Meiling:

"Help me keep an eye on them, just turn around here, don't go to other cave mansion areas."

Bai Meiling nodded repeatedly.

At night, she was always very active!

After handling all this, Luo Chen went into the quiet room used for cultivation alone.

Wearing the Ice God Jade close to his body.

Sitting cross-legged on the Ice Silkworm Cushion.

A stick of God-Burning Incense was slowly lit.

The spiritual energy from the second-tier high-grade cave mansion was so rich that it almost couldn't wait to drill into his body.

Luo Chen held his breath and concentrated, slowly operating the "Yi Wood Medicine King Classic."

He had recuperated for a full half month, and besides practicing the Five Viscera Health-Preserving Boxing and reading books, he had done nothing.

Alchemy, cultivation, socializing.

That portion of Warm Fragrance and Warm Jade had been completely consumed.

And his exhausted soul had also recovered as before, and even felt that it was much stronger than before after recovery.

But exactly how much stronger, he couldn't judge.

Now, everything was ready!

It was time to cultivate seriously.

He wanted to know, in this comprehensively improved cultivation environment, to what extent his cultivation speed could be improved!

On the attribute panel, in the realm column.

【Foundation Establishment Third Level 10/100】