Chapter 394: Vicious Secret Technique, Paving the Way for the King

Luo Chen's physical change originated from Heavenly Thunder Body-Refining.

He wasn't this thin before.

It was only after Heavenly Thunder Body-Refining that he became what he is now.

Wanting to make up for it is actually not difficult; just increase the supplementation of meat-based spiritual meals.

Luo Chen mentioned it to Sima Hui Niang that day, and the next day the Luotian Society started purchasing a large amount of high-quality ingredients for him.

They didn't even use the spiritual rice produced by the Luotian Society itself, but went to buy third-grade spiritual rice cultivated by the Five Elements God Sect, ten catties for one hundred spirit stones!

One purchase, and it started at a thousand catties!

All kinds of vegetables and fruits containing spiritual energy were moved to Tianlan Peak basket by basket through storage bags.

Besides that, the most important thing is meat!

Luo Chen naturally looked down on first-grade demonic beast meat.

At the very least, it had to be second-grade.

Sima Hui Niang even tried to purchase third-grade demonic beast flesh for him through the black market.

Even if Xiao Ling couldn't cook it because the grade was too high, Luo Chen still had to swallow it raw.

Under the research of him and Wang Yuan, the principle of "Ten Thousand Paths Converging", this third-grade body-refining cultivation method with infinite potential, had been roughly figured out.

It wasn't very profound.

It's all about the utilization of energy!

Whether it is the early stage of marrow-washing and organ-refining, or the middle stage of meridian-connecting and aperture-opening, blood-changing and bone-plasticizing, all require massive resources.

It's just that the Luotian Society has been on the right track over the years and can provide Luo Chen with a large number of spirit stones.

Plus, he gained quite a lot on the Jilei Mountain battlefield.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to support body-refining in a short time.

In addition!

There is also a very awkward situation in front of him, which Luo Chen cannot ignore at all.

That is the lack of external force!

The creation of "Ten Thousand Paths Converging" was to consume the terrifying thunder power in Luo Chen's body at that time.

Therefore, it requires enough external force itself.

If body-refining is compared to casting, the body is the embryo, massive resources are various minerals, then external force is the giant hammer needed to beat the embryo.

What Luo Chen is embarrassed about now is that he has lost the giant hammer of thunder power, causing his body-refining to be unable to continue.

However, he also knows that he can't become a fat man in one breath.

First, consolidate the current physical foundation and master the corresponding means.

As for later?

We'll talk about it then!

Luo Chen still intends to focus on immortal cultivation in the future.

The body-refining path is almost cut off, relying entirely on self-exploration.

And the immortal cultivation path already has a way forward.

He has no reason to look far for what's near.

Practicing the Heaven-Peng transformation now is just to provide enough protection for immortal cultivation.

During his cultivation in seclusion, guests coming to the cave dwelling didn't stop much.

After Wang Yuan, it was Chu Kui!

"Your days are quite leisurely!"

Chu Kui looked at Luo Chen practicing a set of boxing techniques under the cover of the formation and said with envy.

On the platform between the mountains, Luo Chen ignored him and focused on practicing the Five-Organ Nourishing Boxing.

He had already mastered this set of boxing techniques!

But he was still practicing it.

The reason is naturally to nourish the five qi in his chest.

Wang Yuan said that his Heaven-Peng Transformation had defects and intended to integrate his Giant Spirit Transformation into it.

And the Giant Spirit Transformation really needs the support of vigorous five-organ five-qi.

Luo Chen is now preparing accordingly for the new Heaven-Peng Transformation.

After a set of boxing techniques, Luo Chen was slightly sweating on his face.

A few months passed, and he had gained some meat on his body, at least looking not so skinny.

If one word were to describe his current state, it would probably be "lean"?

Thin, but lean and strong!

Looking thin, but after taking off his outer coat, the knotted muscles were exceptionally terrifying.

The power contained in it, even Wang Yuan didn't dare to underestimate.

Sitting opposite Chu Kui, he drank a sip of warm spiritual wine and then smiled.

"Leisurely?"

"Just finding joy in bitterness!"

"Tell me, how is your research on the superior Core Formation secret technique of the Luoyun Sect?"

Luoyun Sect superior Core Formation secret technique—Locking the Pearl Curtain!

Talking about business, Chu Kui's expression was clearly serious.

He said in a low voice: "This technique is too vicious!"

"Hmm?"

Luo Chen was stunned, vicious?

Where did this come from!

Seeing his astonished look, Chu Kui knew that Luo Chen hadn't studied the Locking the Pearl Curtain secret technique seriously since he came back.

After all, Luo Chen is only at the 6th layer of Foundation Establishment, no need to rush at all.

But he is different, already at the 9th layer of Foundation Establishment, Core Formation is just around the corner, and after coming back, he has almost been sleeplessly studying those four Core Formation secret techniques.

The most concerned, naturally, is the superior Core Formation secret technique.

At this moment, he explained the essence of this technique to Luo Chen.

"According to the secret technique, after a cultivator steps into the Core Formation realm, spirit and spiritual power merge into one, at which time spiritual sense melts into spirit and becomes divine sense, which has boundless wonderful uses. And divine sense melts into

"Wait, how did those two achieve that?" Luo Chen did not understand the changes within.

Chu Kui was very patient, explaining it to him bit by bit.

"The key lies in the Jin Dan that a cultivator condenses! The Jin Dan is the collection of one's spiritual power. A cultivator refines the Jin Dan through their primordial spirit, allowing the primordial spirit and spiritual power to interact, and only then can infinite magic power be derived."

He explained it very clearly, but Luo Chen still only half-understood.

There was no helping it; without stepping into that realm, many things sound simple, but it is very difficult for the person themselves to imagine.

He could only understand it as the Jin Dan being a large container carrying spiritual power, where the primordial spirit and spiritual power constantly interact, thereby undergoing a transformation.

Chu Kui did not elaborate further, or perhaps his own understanding was not that profound either.

He simply recounted the descriptions in the "Locking Bead Curtain" secret technique according to his own understanding.

"Therefore, the expert who created this secret technique, with a high-level perspective and insight, proposed the concept of first forming the characteristics of a Jin Dan, and then condensing the Jin Dan."

"If one can transform a portion of magic power in advance, then when condensing the Jin Dan, it will naturally be much easier."

Luo Chen was lost in thought.

It seemed that this logic was indeed sound?

Rather than waiting for a full transformation to achieve Jin Dan.

It is better to possess some characteristics of a Jin Dan cultivator in advance, and then condense the Jin Dan in reverse; this way, one would achieve twice the result with half the effort.

And the magic power...

Luo Chen sipped the spirit wine in his cup and guessed: "Could it be integrating the primordial spirit into the spiritual power? But before, many Foundation Establishment cultivators, including you and me, have experimented with this, and it is simply impossible to do on a large scale. Moreover, even if a small amount is achieved, it is difficult to maintain for long."

Chu Kui nodded, "Exactly so!"

But immediately, he rejected this statement, "We cannot do it, but in the eyes of an expert, there is a way to achieve it."

"The 'Locking Bead Curtain' secret technique?" Luo Chen raised an eyebrow.

"Exactly!" A look of emotion appeared on Chu Kui's face, "This secret technique mentions splitting the primordial spirit, deriving primordial spirit threads, and connecting the liquefied spiritual power. In this way, every drop of extremely compressed and pure spiritual liquid, after being connected, can be regarded as a drop of magic power! Finally, when condensing the Jin Dan, use the main primordial spirit as the authority to fuse and wrap all the spiritual liquid together. Thus, the Jin Dan is formed!"

Crack!

The wine cup shattered!

Luo Chen, who had not yet fully mastered his current powerful body, lost his composure for a moment.

But it also showed how shocked he was by this concept.

Splitting the primordial spirit, deriving primordial spirit threads, connecting spiritual liquid to form spirit beads—these spirit beads possess some characteristics of magic power, and finally, because they are all guided by the primordial spirit, when they fuse together, it is naturally smooth and successful.

By that time, the Jin Dan Great Dao would be within reach!

Looking at the shocked Luo Chen, Chu Kui smiled bitterly, "A very grand vision, right?"

"Indeed!" Luo Chen swallowed, exclaiming, "I don't know which expert proposed this concept. I can even imagine the scene where, if all spiritual liquid is tainted and guided by the primordial spirit, the Jin Dan is easily formed."

Locking Bead Curtain! It is truly vivid and lives up to its name!

Primordial spirit locks the bead curtain, in one morning enter the Jin Dan!

Chu Kui said softly, "It's not just the concept; even the operational methods are written on it. How to split the primordial spirit, how to connect them, and finally how to fuse them are all written extremely clearly. The Luoyun Sect did not hide anything; this is indeed a complete secret technique for condensing a superior Jin Dan!"

Listening to this soft tone, Luo Chen was shocked but also curious.

Why did Chu Kui look so unhappy?

With a superior method before him and the Great Dao in sight, why be so depressed?

Suddenly, he thought of the key point.

Cutting the primordial spirit!

His expression changed drastically, "How can the primordial spirit be cut? Are they crazy? The primordial spirit is the most important thing for cultivators like us; how can it be split just like that?"

All things have spirits, and are born with souls.

When humans step into cultivation, they develop spiritual sense.

Initially, Qi Refining spiritual sense resides in the sea of consciousness and cannot go out. Once Foundation Establishment is reached, spiritual sense can leave the body and survey several miles around. If one is lucky enough to achieve the Jin Dan Great Dao, one can even derive spiritual sense that reflects heaven and earth.

It is said that the subsequent breaking of the Dan to form the Nascent Soul, and the Nascent Soul transforming into the Soul Transformation, are not changes in spiritual power, but higher-level changes in the primordial spirit.

It can be said that the primordial spirit is the foundation of a cultivator's foundation!

Luo Chen had enjoyed many benefits from having a strong primordial spirit along his journey.

During the Qi Refining stage, when crossing the heart tribulation, taking the Tongyou Elixir allowed his primordial spirit to constantly strengthen. Because his primordial spirit was strong, he could refine elixirs more times a day, practice his life-bound cultivation technique more often, and even during battle, he could control one or two more magic tools than others.

It can be said that the importance of the primordial spirit is far above that of the body and spiritual power.

Luo Chen only dared to nourish it well; how could he dare to take a knife to his primordial spirit?

"No wonder you said this technique is vicious!"

Shocked, Luo Chen finally understood why the other party said that sentence at the beginning.

Chu Kui also sighed, "Yes, cultivators like us only complain that our primordial spirit is not strong enough; how could we dare to split and weaken it."

Once the primordial spirit is cut, it will naturally become split and weak.

The consequences are also extremely serious.

During battle, one cannot be distracted; during cultivation, one is prone to qi deviation; and the control over the vast spiritual power in the body will be even more inadequate.

If one is not careful, spiritual power becomes unbalanced, the sea of qi becomes turbulent, and no one can bear those consequences!

Luo Chen couldn't help but ask, "Since it is a superior secret technique, it certainly wouldn't have such flaws. Does the secret technique contain supplementary methods for rescue and treatment?"

"No!"

"Did the Luoyun Sect hide something?"

"I said before, it is indeed a complete superior secret technique; at least with my knowledge, I cannot see any deletions or omissions."

Speaking of this, the two fell into silence.

Luo Chen looked at the worried Chu Kui and could roughly understand the other party's mood.

After a long while, he shook his head and said, "Perhaps it is not that they hid or deleted anything, but that this secret technique itself has other accompanying cultivation techniques."

He said this naturally because it was related to a set of cultivation techniques he had recently created himself.

"Ten Thousand Paths Merging" is actually a comprehensive body-refining secret technique.

"Heavenly Peng Transformation" is the general outline, but in specific practice, it is still divided very finely.

Such as Qi and Body from the Same Source, Clearing the Spirit to Break Evil, Blood Evil Connecting Meridians, Thunder Opening Apertures, etc.

A secret technique like "Locking Bead Curtain" is equivalent to the many minor techniques under "Ten Thousand Paths Merging."

Chu Kui nodded when he heard him say this.

"Perhaps that is the case!"

"It is rumored that Luoyun Sect cultivators have primordial spirits that are naturally stronger than others, so they can drive puppets at will. The strong ones can even control third-tier puppets at the Foundation Establishment stage, or control two or three puppets to fight the enemy simultaneously as one person."

Luo Chen naturally knew this rumor.

In fact, he had even seen Han Zheng, at the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, simultaneously controlling a flying puppet, a melee puppet, and a long-range attack puppet with his own eyes!

Among those three puppets, two were powerful puppets comparable to great cultivators of the late Foundation Establishment stage!

The strength of the other party's primordial spirit was evident!

No!

Luo Chen wondered, "One or two having a strong primordial spirit can be understood. But for so many Luoyun Sect disciples to be so powerful, it shows it is not innate."

Chu Kui hummed, "Perhaps it is related to them possessing relevant soul-strengthening techniques?"

"Soul-strengthening?" Luo Chen's eyes lit up instantly!

He didn't have soul-strengthening techniques, but he had soul-strengthening elixirs!

While Chu Kui was depressed, Luo Chen handed over a bottle of elixirs.

"What is this?"

"Tongyou Elixir, first-tier, but the grade is top-tier, and it also has effects on Foundation Establishment cultivators like us."

"What is it for?"

"Connecting to the secluded and entering dreams, strengthening the primordial spirit!"

Chu Kui was stunned.

He took the bottle of elixirs with trembling hands, carefully.

"Don't joke with me, brother!"

"Take it back and try it, and you'll know. Would I deceive you?"

"No..."

Chu Kui was so excited at this moment that he couldn't control himself.

A superior Jin Dan secret technique was placed in front of him, but he couldn't use it and didn't dare to use it to condense the Jin Dan.

That feeling was like a treasure mountain being in front but unable to enter, or a beauty in one's arms but not daring to touch—it was so tormenting, so desperate.

Now, Luo Chen told him that there was actually hope.

Soul-strengthening elixirs!

If one could strengthen the primordial spirit to a level beyond the Foundation Establishment stage, then even if a portion was split off, it wouldn't seem like a big deal.

In this way, this "Locking Bead Curtain" secret technique could be put to use.

Tap! Tap! Tap!

The sound of tapping on the table rang out, and the excited Chu Kui raised his head to look at Luo Chen.

"I can provide you with Tongyou Elixirs on time to help you strengthen your primordial spirit."

"But I'll say the ugly words first..."

Chu Kui interrupted Luo Chen's words, "You don't have to say it, I understand what you mean!"

He said with relief, "It's nothing more than me being the pioneer, trying the 'Locking Bead Curtain' secret technique to condense the Jin Dan, and providing you with experience and lessons, right?"

Luo Chen hummed, "Yes, this process will certainly not be as smooth as it looks. If it succeeds, it's naturally a good thing. But if it fails..."

The danger of condensing the Jin Dan is even greater than Foundation Establishment!

In the cultivation world, there have been many examples of people succeeding after failing their first Foundation Establishment attempt.

But for those who fail to condense the Jin Dan, there are very few who can succeed in subsequent attempts!

At most, they end up in the False Dan realm, just lingering on.

"Actually, we still have three inferior Jin Dan secret techniques on hand, so you don't have to take this dangerous path."

"No!"

Chu Kui refused decisively, "Since there is a superior method, I certainly cannot choose an inferior one. In this life, my name contains 'Kui' (leader), and I am also considered a leader among rogue cultivators; naturally, I must choose the best method to condense the Jin Dan! I am clear about the risks and consequences, and if I fail, I will not blame you."

"If you can think this way, it is naturally for the best." Luo Chen smiled slightly, "I look forward to your insights after practicing this secret technique."

A strange and dangerous Jin Dan secret technique.

Luo Chen did not dare to try it easily.

But with Chu Kui in front, he could obtain a large amount of first-hand information.

Thus, Chu Kui would be the pioneer, and Luo Chen would reap all the benefits.

The pros and cons were clear in just a few words.

Without saying more, Chu Kui hurried home, preparing to test the effect of the Tongyou Elixir.

In the days to come, he would likely focus entirely on quiet cultivation, aiming for the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage.

As for resources, he no longer needed to worry.

On the Leishan battlefield, Luo Chen had gained a lot, and he had also gained quite a bit.

After he left.

Luo Chen took out four jade slips from his storage bag.

Ice Castle's Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, Mount Ailao's Escaping the Cage, Qingdan Valley's Hunyuan Method, and Luoyun Sect's Locking Bead Curtain.

Four great Jin Dan secret techniques, three inferior and one superior!

Luo Chen naturally would not pin all his hopes on one method.

If Chu Kui's path didn't work, he at least had three other paths to try.

Although he was currently at the sixth level of Foundation Establishment, it was still a long way from condensing the Jin Dan.

But familiarizing himself with these secret techniques was never a mistake.

His aptitude was too poor, and condensing the Jin Dan would likely be even more difficult.

Because of this, he could not afford to fail.

Only with thorough preparation and doing it in one go could he succeed.

"I hope these secret techniques won't disappoint me!"

Muttering, Luo Chen began to read "Escaping the Cage."

After all, it was a Jin Dan sect; the secret technique provided by Mount Ailao, even if it was an inferior method, shouldn't be too bad!