Chapter 430

Luo Chen, who returned to the Luo Tian Society, was very low-key.

Even if it couldn't be said that he didn't go out, he at least lived in seclusion.

However, outside of his low-key walking, his days were extremely busy.

Alchemy, alchemy, and more alchemy.

Three years of recuperating in the Ice Fortress also meant that the supply of Jade Dew Elixir had been cut off for three years.

Now that the Luo Tian Society's business had started, and there was no need to support any Jin Dan cultivators, the annual spirit stone surplus was very large.

Even if Luo Chen did nothing now, he could have an annual income of 200, 00 to 300, 00 spirit stones.

And this was after deducting the monthly salaries of the increasingly numerous Foundation Establishment True Cultivators of the Luo Tian Society.

It can be seen that the Luo Tian Society had swallowed and destroyed so many large and small forces over the years, and after digesting the gains, it had embarked on a healthy path of development.

Therefore, the Jade Dew Elixir business was no longer just about earning spirit stones.

Or rather, from the beginning, this elixir business with the Ice Fortress was not aimed at making money.

The three-year interruption had already made the Ice Fortress a bit unable to hold back.

This was also why Cang Long Shangren did not try to keep Luo Chen when he took the initiative to propose returning to Tian Lan.

Besides Jade Dew Elixir.

Chu Kui's Tong You Elixir was also in short supply.

The other party relied on Hao Ranzi's third-grade cave dwelling to accelerate his cultivation for more than two years.

Now, he was getting closer and closer to the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment stage, in other words, the day of forming a Jin Dan was getting closer and closer.

In this situation, the practice of "Locking the Pearl Curtain" had to be truly put on the agenda.

His soul foundation was average.

Therefore, he especially needed the assistance of Tong You Elixir to increase his soul foundation.

As for the Blood-Increasing Elixir and Dust-Descending Elixir, they were cultivation elixirs that Luo Chen used to replace the top-grade Rising Dragon Elixir.

The latter's elixir recipe originated from the Tai Dan Institute of the Qing Dan Valley; the refining difficulty was very low, and the effect was very single, which was to refine essence into qi.

The former had already been mastered by Luo Chen, and before attacking the Yan Alliance, he had already brushed the proficiency to the perfect level.

It was precisely by relying on this elixir that Wang Yuan increased his blood qi in large quantities, and in a short time, he walked the path of blood qi to the Great Perfection level of Transforming Strength.

Regarding the functions, effects, and taboos of the Blood-Increasing Elixir.

Wang Yuan also gave Luo Chen the most real feedback.

This gave Luo Chen high expectations for the future of the Blood-Increasing Elixir.

The busy alchemy work made Luo Chen's alchemy technique begin to improve constantly.

Similarly.

Qu Lingjun, who came to observe and receive guidance every month, also benefited a lot.

"Today, what we are going to refine is the Dust-Descending Elixir."

Inside Cave Dwelling No. 17-B.

Luo Chen watched Bai Meiling place the large amount of medicinal herbs that had been processed in advance by the Luo Tian Society in the places where Luo Chen was most accustomed to and convenient to take.

Then he explained the key points of refining the Dust-Descending Elixir to Qu Lingjun beside him.

Hearing the name Dust-Descending Elixir, Qu Lingjun felt a bit excited in his heart.

"Is that the second-grade elixir that made Master famous in the Dao Seed Struggle of the Qing Dan Valley?"

Luo Chen smiled slightly, "It is indeed this elixir."

"I imagine it must be extremely extraordinary!" Qu Lingjun asked curiously.

However, Luo Chen shook his head.

"That's where you're wrong; for low-level alchemists like us, high-difficulty elixir recipes are actually not suitable for competitions. This Dust-Descending Elixir, in my opinion, is even simpler to refine than some first-grade elixirs."

Qu Lingjun was stunned on the spot.

Luo Chen smiled and explained earnestly: "Don't deny its effect just because it's simple. The effect of an elixir never lies in its difficulty or grade, but in the population and timing it is suitable for. For example, although fourth-grade elixirs are good, they are not something that Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators like us can take..."

Under a series of explanations, Qu Lingjun felt as if he had been enlightened.

So his practice of blindly pursuing high difficulty and high grade was taking a detour!

Looking at his disciple's thoughtful appearance, Luo Chen felt a bit emotional.

More than twenty years had passed, and with sufficient theoretical foundation, guidance from many seniors, and most importantly, a large amount of practical operation, Qu Lingjun's alchemy technique had improved by leaps and bounds to a temporary height.

He could already easily handle ordinary first-grade elixirs.

The Jade Marrow Elixir, Myriad Wonder Pill, Yuan-Nurturing Pill, and Spirit-Feeding Pill, which the Luo Tian Society now produced in abundance, had all been mastered by the other party.

And among the four, three could already be stably refined to the top-grade level.

Such talent was truly astonishing!

In this situation.

Luo Chen intended to lead him toward second-grade elixirs.

However, he did not let him refine the most difficult Jade Dew Elixir, Di Liu Jiang, Blood-Increasing Elixir, etc., right from the start.

Even the Tong You Elixir, although it seemed like a first-grade one, was actually quite difficult to refine.

Therefore, the Dust-Descending Elixir, a second-grade elixir recipe with very low difficulty, became the best choice for second-grade entry.

"Watch carefully!"

Luo Chen gave a light shout, making Qu Lingjun's attention instantly focus.

Under the other party's gaze, Luo Chen pointed with his fingers, and a wisp of cyan flame suddenly appeared and fell under the broken Minister Cauldron.

Boom!

In just an instant, the flame, which looked like a light wisp, instantly expanded and turned into a raging fire.

Qu Lingjun's eyelids jumped wildly.

This was not the first time he had seen this cyan flame!

It was not earth fire, nor was it the Foundation Establishment True Fire of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

It was the rare Source True Fire!

What is Source True Fire?

There are strange fires between heaven and earth, coming without a shadow and going without a trace, as if they have no root or source, and are called Source-less Fire by the world.

Without fuel or firewood, they can burn for thousands of years without stopping.

This is Source-less Fire!

And such strange fire, once refined by a cultivator, has a source; even if it is just a spark, when stimulated by spiritual power, it can turn into a raging fire.

By this time, the Source-less Fire becomes the cultivator's Source True Fire.

It is different from the so-called "Life True Fire" produced after a cultivator explodes with spiritual power.

No one expected that the Wither-Prosper Fire, which disappeared without a trace after the Yan Alliance was destroyed, was actually forcibly refined by Luo Chen after some plotting.

And the grade was not the third-grade level that the world thought.

This Wither-Prosper Fire had unexpectedly reached the level of early fourth-grade.

"Master obtaining this fire is like a tiger adding wings!"

"In the future, alchemy will be completely free from the restrictions of earth fire and firewood; one can fire up the furnace for alchemy at any time and in any place."

"I wonder when I will be able to refine my own Source True Fire?"

While envious, Qu Lingjun focused his attention on watching Luo Chen's refining steps.

Whenever he encountered a slightly difficult place, Luo Chen would deliberately slow down his speed, allowing him to see clearly the application of the technique and elixir technique, and even analyze the change process of the medicinal herbs for him to see clearly.

Compared to Qu Lingjun focusing on alchemy.

Most of Luo Chen's attention was still on the Wither-Prosper Fire.

After refining the Wither-Prosper Fire into Source True Fire.

Luo Chen had been studying the characteristics of this fire.

When he was in the Ice Prison, the place and environment were not suitable, and he didn't research anything.

So he specifically rushed back to Tian Lan, trying to clarify the characteristics of this fire through a large amount of alchemy.

But now several months had passed.

The gains were also sparse.

High firepower, this is the first characteristic.

But it was not unexpected.

After all, it was a strange fire cultivated by the Yan Alliance for three hundred years and reached the fourth-grade level.

Its firepower should naturally exceed that of ordinary second-grade and third-grade earth fires.

As long as a large amount of spiritual power is injected, this fire can explode with extremely high temperatures, and even Luo Chen's physique could feel the danger.

It can increase the power of fire-system spells, this is the second characteristic.

When casting fire-system spells, slightly integrating a bit of Wither-Prosper Fire.

The power would instantly increase by thirty percent!

If enough was added, doubling or tripling it was not impossible.

Even the lowest-grade Fireball Technique, if cast with this technique, could threaten Foundation Establishment cultivators.

And if it were Luo Chen's most proud "Mountain Collapse" and "Fierce Sun Technique", under the blessing of Source True Fire, he even felt there was a chance to threaten some enemies who had just entered the Jin Dan stage.

But!

Besides the two characteristics mentioned above, nothing else was gained.

This was somewhat unacceptable.

It is rumored that the Purple Extreme Heavenly Fire mastered by Dan Yangzi had a domineering and violent nature.

Using it against enemies, the power was strong and fierce, and it could kill the Yan Alliance leader Xiao Lian.

Using it for alchemy, it could inject a trace of extreme power, making the elixir produce various changes.

It was precisely because of this that Dan Yangzi was highly valued by the Jin Dan elders of the Qing Dan Valley.

Even without the position of Daoist Child, he still enjoyed the same treatment as Tao Wan.

You know, the Purple Extreme Heavenly Fire was only at the third-grade level.

Before the Wither-Prosper Fire was refined, it was as high as fourth-grade!

"It must be that I have overlooked something?"

"Then, what is it?"

While thinking, Luo Chen pinched the formula to extinguish the fire.

A wisp of elixir fragrance filled the room.

Beside him came Qu Lingjun's exclamation.

"Top-grade!"

"Master, it's top-grade!"

Luo Chen put away his doubts and smiled faintly, putting the forty Dust-Descending Elixirs into his pocket, leaving only one to hand to Qu Lingjun.

"Take it to study, but you absolutely cannot take this elixir!"

Qu Lingjun nodded repeatedly; he had heard of the effect of this elixir before.

The most essential refining of essence into qi!

It is said that it can refine the essence hidden in the flesh and blood of the body, transform it into spiritual energy, and promote cultivation.

But for the "frail" physique of cultivators, if they take this elixir, it will instead damage the body.

That way, it would not be beautiful!

At least, low-level cultivators cannot yet achieve the separation of flesh and body and eternal soul!

The alchemy guidance ended here today.

Next was the course for Luo Chen to examine the other party's cultivation.

Qu Lingjun is now forty-one years old and has been at the ninth layer of Qi Refining for several years.

His aptitude is four spiritual roots, lacking gold.

His main cultivation method is the Fierce Flame Formula, a very common fire-system cultivation method in the cultivation world.

According to rumors, it originated from the Five Elements God Sect.

Besides that, Qu Lingjun also practiced a secret technique called "Three Origins Returning to One".

That was a secret technique improved by Li Yingzhang based on the "Nine-Fold Returning Yuan" he practiced, specifically for Qu Lingjun's aptitude.

It has no other functions, mainly used to refine spiritual power.

This is also what Qi Refining cultivators mainly do when they are at the ninth layer realm.

But this technique has a drawback.

It inherited the drawback of the "Nine-Fold Returning Yuan", which is that it requires a long time.

Now several years have passed, and Qu Lingjun is barely at the third layer progress of the ninth layer of Qi Refining; I fear it will take at least ten years to reach the Great Perfection of Qi Refining!

For his four-spiritual-root aptitude, it is fast!

But for the resources Qu Lingjun can enjoy, it is unimaginably slow.

You know, his lover Mi Li, after Luo Chen treated her body, in just a few years, went from the fifth layer of Qi Refining to the eighth layer of Qi Refining.

Following this trend, I fear Mi Li will come from behind and reach the Great Perfection of Qi Refining before Qu Lingjun.

After a round of homework examination.

Luo Chen fell into deep thought.

Under Qu Lingjun's nervous gaze, Luo Chen slowly revealed a smile.

"Very good, your foundation is very solid, at least in my view, the spiritual power is extremely pure."

Hearing this, Qu Lingjun couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.

He chuckled, "It would be great if I didn't disappoint Master."

Looking at his honest smile, Luo Chen continued: "In your spare time, you can go to the Transmission Hall and borrow a cultivation method called 'Flame Sun True Scripture'."

"'Flame Sun True Scripture'?"

"Yes, that is the second-grade fire-system cultivation method primarily practiced by the Foundation Establishment disciples of the Yan Alliance. If you succeed in Foundation Establishment in the future, you can switch to this cultivation method at the first opportunity. Even the subsequent third-grade 'Flame Sun True Scripture', I can get it for you."

Qu Lingjun instantly became excited.

Doesn't this mean that he no longer has to consider the lack of cultivation method resources for his future cultivation?

Moreover, it is a continuous line, and there is no need to consider the problem of incompatibility.

Looking at his excited appearance, Luo Chen couldn't help but shake his head, quite emotional.

Perhaps, this is the benefit of having a master and elders!

He himself has quite an accomplishment in the fire method, and whether it is cultivation methods or spells, he can give Qu Lingjun enough guidance and care.

Unlike himself.

Now he is still hesitant about the cultivation method after forming a Jin Dan.

After Qu Lingjun left.

Three jade slips appeared in front of Luo Chen.

"Flame Sun True Scripture"

"Hua Qing One Heart Skill"

"Burning Wood True Skill"

These three cultivation methods, the first one originated from the copy recorded by Min Longyu from Elder Fei Ming after the Yan Alliance was destroyed, a pure fire-system cultivation method.

The second one was bestowed by Cang Long Shangren. During the time in the Ice Prison, Luo Chen expressed his need for third-grade cultivation methods.

But the "Ageless Evergreen Scripture" he primarily practiced was the secret of the Medicine King Sect.

Even if he relied on the system to deduce the Foundation Establishment chapter completely, he still knew nothing about the part involving after the Jin Dan stage.

Cang Long Shangren couldn't get the original cultivation method either, so she gave Luo Chen a wood-system "Hua Qing One Heart Skill" from her many years of savings.

As for the third one, it was the inheritance Luo Chen obtained from the storage bag of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator recently.

A third-grade cultivation method for both wood and fire, and it was incomplete.

Facing the three cultivation methods, Luo Chen fell into hesitation.

If we talk about combat enhancement, the Yan Alliance's "Flame Sun True Scripture" is undoubtedly the most suitable for him to practice, but switching cultivation methods has a great impact on cultivators.

It's not just as simple as the change in spiritual power.

If we consider longevity and increased lifespan.

Then a pure wood-system cultivation method would relatively give the cultivator a few more years of lifespan.

In the cultivation world, there has always been such common sense that cultivators who primarily practice the water, wood, and earth systems will have more lifespan than those who practice the gold and fire systems.

Luo Chen himself had verified this common sense; the spiritual power cultivated by the "Ageless Evergreen Scripture" indeed had a nourishing effect on the body.

Moreover, the lifespan of Sun Sifang, a medical saint who primarily practiced the water system, before passing away, also exceeded the 250-year limit of Foundation Establishment True Cultivators, reaching a terrifying 275 years!

Therefore, if he continues to practice the relatively suitable "Hua Qing One Heart Skill" after forming a Jin Dan, it is undoubtedly the best.

Finally, there is the incomplete "Burning Wood True Skill".

This is a rare cultivation method for both wood and fire.

Moreover, it is extremely compatible with Luo Chen's current predicament of primarily practicing the wood system, but his combat means are of the fire system.

Switching to this method can change the predicament, and the transition is smooth.

However, in the cultivation world, any cultivation method for multiple systems will have two extremely fatal drawbacks.

Slow cultivation speed!

Difficult breakthrough of major realms!

This is not a rumor, but verified by generations of cultivators with their own experiences.

Luo Chen has cultivated all the way here, and he has several sets of cultivation methods for multiple systems in his hands, and he has also seen people practice them.

Duan Rui of the Duan family practices "Nether Spring Nether Fire", which is for both water and fire.

Sima Hui Niang practices "Near Water Pavilion", which is for both water and wood.

The former is stuck at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, failed twice in breaking through to Foundation Establishment.

The latter, under the blessing of various resources of the Luo Tian Society, and with Luo Chen often providing high-grade Jade Dew Elixir, plus the help of top-grade cave dwellings, has a very slow cultivation progress.

Even now, she has barely stepped into the fourth layer of Foundation Establishment.

These two people perfectly verified the two fatal drawbacks that exist in multi-system cultivation.

Therefore, the "Burning Wood True Skill" that could get Luo Chen out of his predicament was in front of him, but Luo Chen still couldn't make up his mind.

Especially, this skill is still incomplete.

After some hesitation, Luo Chen sighed and carefully put the three jade slips into the Jie Lei Treasure Ring.

"Forget it, forget it!"

"I haven't formed a Jin Dan yet, why worry about these."

"Moreover, these are just happy troubles. Like when I was still after Foundation Establishment, I rushed to find a second-grade life-bound cultivation method. Now I can collect three cultivation methods suitable for myself in advance, it is already a great fortune, how can I be picky."

After sighing.

Luo Chen cheered up, refined a few more furnaces of elixirs, and incidentally deduced the second-grade Tong You Elixir recipe.

Then he took two elixirs and went into the cultivation room.

Top-grade Blood-Increasing Elixir, top-grade Dust-Descending Elixir!

One increases blood essence, one refines essence into qi.

The combination of the two is comparable to the top-grade Rising Dragon Elixir.