Chapter 356: The fierce cloud spreads its wings, soaring ninety thousand miles

Inside the reception hall.

The two men were chatting happily.

Actually, it wasn't particularly happy; it was mostly about them complaining to each other.

"My Hundred Refinements Mountain has only three Foundation Establishment cultivators in total, and Ailao Mountain took two of them away in one fell swoop."

"My Luo Tian Society is no different. It was hard enough to scrape together eight or nine Foundation Establishment true cultivators, and the Ice Fortress took five of them from me!"

"Hiss, that many? Does that Venerable Jueqing not even give you, Alchemist Danchenzi, any face?"

"She gave some! Otherwise, how could I have any left to manage the society's business?"

Gongsun Qian sighed heavily.

"These great sects truly don't treat us small factions as human beings!"

Luo Chen felt a sense of shared sorrow.

After venting their grievances, the distant relationship between the two actually became quite lively.

Perhaps it was because they were in the same boat!

Gongsun Qian asked about Luo Chen's purpose for coming.

"You want to commission a magic tool? I remember your sect has that casting expert, Duan Feng, right?"

"He was sent to the Leiji Mountain battlefield."

I see!

No wonder he had to come begging to his Hundred Refinements Mountain.

There was no need to mention the details; Gongsun Qian asked about Luo Chen's specific requirements for the magic tool.

"I want to commission a wing-type magic tool that can be implanted into a cultivator's body."

"To assist with flight?"

"Yes."

"The kind driven by spiritual power?"

"If it could also incorporate the power of blood and Qi, that would naturally be better."

"That might be a bit difficult to handle; this type of magic tool has very high requirements for materials."

"I brought the raw materials myself!"

"Oh? Why don't you take them out and let me see?"

"Let's change locations; this room is a bit small."

Gongsun Qian had no objections and took Luo Chen to the spacious backyard.

In front of him, Luo Chen took a pair of folded, fiery-red wings out of his storage bag.

"Wings of a Tier 2 demonic beast?"

"And a Roc-type one at that."

Gongsun Qian became interested, spread the wings out, squatted on the ground, and began to study them carefully.

Luo Chen stood to the side, watching the red wings, which spanned several zhang when spread, and couldn't help but show a look of nostalgia on his face.

This item was something he had purchased years ago from a Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator named Xiong Kun in the underground black market; during the transaction, Tian Xingzi acted as a middleman and even helped him haggle the price down.

In reality, this was only a part of the demonic beast he had bought back then.

Fiery Cloud Roc!

A Tier 2 demonic beast.

Luo Chen had relied on the complete corpse of this demonic beast to refine three portions of Emperor Di Di Liu Jiang, which allowed him to successfully reach Foundation Establishment.

Because the demonic core existed, Luo Chen had saved this pair of wings.

For many years, they had been left idle in his storage bag with no real use.

Recently, while studying the incomplete Tier 3 body-refining technique "Heavenly Roc Transformation," Luo Chen obtained a complete flight spell from it—"Ninety Thousand Miles."

In the past, he naturally wouldn't have cared about such a flight spell.

But after reaching Foundation Establishment, cultivators mostly relied on sword flight, and their speed increased explosively.

As for his original "Xiaoyao Travel" and "Wind-Riding Art," even at Great Perfection, their boost to his speed became smaller and smaller as his realm rose.

It could be said that among cultivators of the same rank, although he still had a certain speed advantage, it had become negligible.

When it came down to it, "Xiaoyao Travel" was just mundane light-body technique, and "Wind-Riding Art" was just the most common basic flight spell in the cultivation world.

Yet!

During the battle for the Dao Seed in the Green Pill Valley, he witnessed a scene where super speed could almost change the outcome of a battle!

Whether it was Dan Yangzi's "Body Merging with Sword" or Tao Wan's "Nine Variations of Swift Wind," which was a cut above the rest.

Both left him deeply shocked!

This kind of speed was no longer limited to just moving or flying; during combat, it even provided a chance to dodge an enemy's sudden lethal strike.

It was precisely because of this that Luo Chen had the idea of re-enhancing his own speed.

The "Ninety Thousand Miles" in the "Heavenly Roc Transformation" was exactly such a spell.

Calling it a spell wasn't entirely accurate.

Secret technique, body technique, or physical killing move—those would be more accurate.

If he could master this technique, Luo Chen estimated that he could once again possess the absolute speed advantage over cultivators of the same rank, just as he had during the Qi Refining stage.

At the very least, he wouldn't be inferior to Tao Wan!

However, to practice this "Ninety Thousand Miles," relying solely on Luo Chen's talent for spells was not enough.

Either he had to fully cultivate the "Heavenly Roc Transformation," learn to transform blood and Qi into wings, and escape ninety thousand miles in one breath!

Or, he had to possess corresponding external objects as an aid to forcibly enter the technique.

A pair of suitable external implanted wings was that auxiliary object!

In Tianlan Immortal City, there was no shortage of factions skilled in casting magic tools.

Whether it was the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, the Yan Alliance, or other shops.

The reason Luo Chen sought out this Hundred Refinements Mountain was that their relationship with them was still decent.

Hundred Refinements Mountain was also one of the three factions at the Tianlan boat-docking field back then, and it had a competitive relationship with the Divine Work Gate.

The Luo Tian Society destroyed the Divine Work Gate, so Hundred Refinements Mountain was naturally happy.

Even at Sima Hui Niang's Foundation Establishment ceremony, Gongsun Qian had personally visited to offer congratulations.

As far as the current overall landscape of the Yuding Domain was concerned, Ailao Mountain and the Ice Fortress were also considered allies.

As vassals of the two sects, Hundred Refinements Mountain and the Luo Tian Society were naturally closer.

Because of all these factors, Luo Chen took the initiative to seek out Gongsun Qian.

The other party's casting technique was, if anything, higher than Duan Feng's!

In the backyard, Gongsun Qian studied them for a long time.

Sometimes observing, sometimes injecting spiritual power to check the wings' integrity, and from time to time taking out special medicinal liquids from his storage bag to drip onto them, testing their reaction.

After a long while.

He straightened up.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, these materials of yours are a bit awkward!"

"What do you mean by that?" Luo Chen asked.

Gongsun Qian didn't hide anything and said directly: "Tier 2 materials are not qualified to refine magic treasures and can often only be used as auxiliary materials. If used to refine magic tools, it's a bit of a waste."

"Furthermore, these wings of the Fiery Cloud Roc have been stored for too long."

"Even in a storage bag, their spirituality has faded quite a bit."

"Added to your demanding requirements, even if I were to refine them personally, I'm afraid it would be hard to make them into a magic treasure."

After hearing this.

Luo Chen couldn't help but feel a bit regretful.

Although he didn't pursue the power of a magic treasure, if it could become one, he would be able to use it for a very long time.

Even after reaching the Jin Dan stage, it would still have its uses.

However, the most urgent task was to quickly improve his combat power.

"It doesn't matter if it doesn't become a magic treasure; just do your best. My minimum requirement for it is that it must at least reach the grade of a mid-grade magic tool!"

Gongsun Qian nodded, "Mid-grade is not difficult; if we add some auxiliary materials and refine it, high-grade is also possible."

This type of wing-type magic tool was not among the conventional magic tools.

Once formed, it could be classified as an exotic magic tool.

If it could reach mid-grade, its effect would be no weaker than a high-grade flight magic tool.

It would already be enough to satisfy the basic needs for Luo Chen to practice "Ninety Thousand Miles."

The preliminary intention was reached.

Luo Chen then, accompanied by Gongsun Qian, went to the warehouse to select the corresponding auxiliary materials and then left a deposit of one thousand spirit stones.

After agreeing on a rough time for delivery, Luo Chen left the Hundred Refinements Mountain shop.

……

Half a month later.

In the Qinhua River basin, rolling green hills rose and fell endlessly.

Two figures appeared here.

Gongsun Qian took a pair of palm-sized deep red wings out of his storage bag and held them in his hand.

Luo Chen looked at the item in surprise, "You engraved the Jade Ruyi Array?"

"Not exactly; the Jade Ruyi Array is a Tier 3 array, and only our Hundred Refinements Mountain Sect Master knows it. But I took a different path, incorporating a bit of Soft Thunder Sand into the refined gold and mysterious iron," Gongsun Qian said, stroking his beard, not without pride.

Luo Chen was greatly surprised.

Soft Thunder Sand was a famous Tier 3 mineral material, often added in the refining of magic treasures.

This kind of mineral material was also extremely adaptable and was a precious resource that could change size as one wished.

"I've put you to great expense."

Gongsun Qian shook his head, "Expense is not the word; it was just a little bit. It's a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the amount needed to refine a magic treasure, so it's useless for me to keep it. Besides!"

Speaking of this, he laughed freely.

"The wool comes from the sheep; this treasure is a high-grade finished product! Its texture is even a boutique among high-grade, not inferior to any top-grade flight magic tool."

"With such a treasure, Fellow Daoist, after you test it later, you can give some compensation as you see fit."

Luo Chen nodded.

If it was truly easy to use, he naturally wouldn't be stingy with a few more spirit stones.

Next, through Gongsun Qian's introduction, Luo Chen learned the correct way to use this item.

Because Luo Chen had made a requirement that both spiritual Qi and blood Qi should be energy sources.

Therefore, the use of this treasure also had an additional condition of dripping blood to recognize the owner.

Otherwise, it couldn't be driven by the power of blood and Qi.

"Let's use essence blood to recognize the owner!"

In front of Gongsun Qian, Luo Chen's mind stirred, and a wisp of sword light pricked his fingertip.

It was quite difficult to pierce, and it took a long time before a drop of bright red blood seeped out.

Gongsun Qian watched this scene from the side, and his eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

What terrifying physical strength!

That wisp of sword light was at least a top-grade magic tool, yet it was so difficult to pierce the skin.

Even if the other party deliberately controlled the power, it was still quite frightening.

Moreover, the drop of essence blood squeezed out contained spiritual power fluctuations that were simply too pure!

What exactly is the cultivation level of this Alchemist Danchenzi of the Luo Tian Society?

I'm afraid even a great cultivator at the late Foundation Establishment stage wouldn't have such pure spiritual power!

Luo Chen didn't know what kind of turmoil was going on in the other party's heart in such a short time.

He integrated the essence blood into the palm-sized magic tool without changing his expression.

Afterwards, in front of Gongsun Qian, he lifted his outer garment.

Using sword light as silk, he cut a wound on each of his shoulder blades on his back.

A pair of wings, amidst his frowning, were installed.

"You can try the flight effect first; although it's a high-grade exotic magic tool, it's ultimately an external object, and perhaps you might not be used to it."

"As for these wounds, go back and apply some wound medicine, and they'll be fine in half a day."

Gongsun Qian said.

Luo Chen waved his hand, indicating it wasn't necessary.

He cast two Great Perfection Healing Spells, and under Gongsun Qian's wide-eyed gaze, the two wounds on his back closed in an instant.

It was as if nothing had ever happened.

Afterwards, Luo Chen took a deep breath and mobilized the spiritual power in his body to inject into the two iron pieces on his back.

Swish!

A crisp sound rang out.

Two illusory deep red wings extended from under Luo Chen's magic robe, spreading out behind him in a dazzling manner.

They weren't large, and each wing was only half a zhang long.

But as they spread out at this moment, they looked just like a Roc spreading its wings, giving people an inexplicable sense of fit.

Luo Chen's mind stirred, and wisps of spiritual power rolled from his meridians toward the wings.

Then!

Whoosh!

Gongsun Qian looked up, and the young Daoist's figure was already floating in mid-air.

Under his gaze, that figure flapped the illusory wings behind him; the initial flight speed was still very slow, but gradually it became faster and faster.

Later on, its flight speed had far exceeded ordinary cloud-riding.

Compared to normal sword flight, it was not inferior at all.

Gongsun Qian stroked his beard and nodded with satisfaction.

Sure enough, this magic tool he cast, although high-grade, under the coordination of corresponding arrays and high-quality materials, had a flight speed completely not inferior to normal sword flight.

And in the sky.

Luo Chen, who was gradually becoming familiar with the wings, also felt a strange sensation in his heart.

"It seems I'm not unused to it at all, as Gongsun Qian said?"

"It's as if this item was originally a part of my body."

"Adding wings to a tiger? No, it's more like a Roc growing up and naturally flapping its wings to soar."

"Could it be related to me using the Emperor Di Di Liu Jiang refined from the Fiery Cloud Roc to reach Foundation Establishment? The two are originally of the same source, and plus I used essence blood to recognize the owner, that's why I achieved this feeling of natural fit?"

Doubts in his heart, he couldn't find the answer.

Luo Chen experimented for a while, then descended and landed in front of Gongsun Qian.

"Fellow Daoist, are you satisfied?"

"Very satisfied. This... this thing is quite good." Luo Chen revealed a smile.

Gongsun Qian returned the smile, "Since you are its master, you might as well give it a name. Otherwise, calling it 'this thing' or 'that thing' isn't very elegant."

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow.

After pondering for a moment, he uttered three characters.

"Let's call it the Lieyun Wing!"

"Lieyun Wing?" Gongsun Qian was startled, then clapped his hands in admiration, "Derived from the Fierce Fire Cloud Peng, taking the name 'Lieyun'—it is truly excellent!"

Luo Chen smiled, not caring much about such things.

In front of the other party, he immediately took out five thousand low-grade spirit stones from his storage bag.

Gongsun Qian said embarrassedly, "Isn't this a bit too much? You provided the main materials, and you already paid a deposit of one thousand stones earlier; I only provided some auxiliary materials."

"It is not too much!"

"The Soft Thunder Sand you added makes it much easier for me to control this object. This point alone is worth the price."

Luo Chen paused and continued, "Moreover, at a time like this, a high-grade magic treasure of this kind is definitely worth six or seven thousand spirit stones."

Gongsun Qian was stunned.

Then he gave a thumbs up.

"As expected of Alchemist Danchenzi, you are straightforward and magnanimous!"

Luo Chen smiled slightly, not being modest.

He declined the invitation to return to the city with the other party, signaling that he wanted to stay behind to familiarize himself more with this magic treasure.

Gongsun Qian naturally had no objections and immediately returned to the city, feeling very pleased.

Spending half a month without even using his own main materials, he had earned six thousand low-grade spirit stones.

He was naturally incomparably happy.

After he left.

Luo Chen felt the faint presence of the object on his back, and a look of joy also appeared in his eyes.

His experiment just now was merely a normal activation of the magic treasure; he hadn't yet utilized the secret technique of the Ninety Thousand Miles.

Even so, the speed was already no less than flying on a sword.

If he were to use the secret technique of the Ninety Thousand Miles from the "Peng Transformation" to control this object, what kind of power would it have?

He gazed at the rolling green mountains.

Small birds chirped softly, flapping their wings and soaring between the mountain forests.

Luo Chen leaped up and stepped into the air.

Just as his figure was about to fall, wings suddenly sprouted from his back; his downward momentum halted, and then he surged upward violently.

His speed was fast, and his posture was graceful.

It was as if a great Peng were spreading its wings, soaring ninety thousand miles upward!

(End of chapter)