Chapter 447: Consolidating the Foundation, Foundation Establishment Level 9, Bingbao Battle Damage, Chu Kui's Invitation

Regarding forming a core, Luo Chen showed full confidence in front of Sima Hui Niang.

However, is that really the case?

The answer is no!

Although Luo Chen's preparations before forming a core were already good enough.

Whether it was the traditional three treasures of essence, Qi, and spirit, or secret arts and spirit elixirs, he had already prepared them thoroughly.

But as the true watershed realm dividing low-rank and high-rank cultivators in the cultivation world—the Core Formation stage, how could it be so easily fathomed.

Those major Nascent Soul sects that have been passed down for thousands of years start by having disciples cultivate a complete set of systematic cultivation methods, which can reach the Nascent Soul stage from Qi Refining.

In this process, there is also support from matching secret arts, elixirs, spirit lands, and guidance from teachers.

But even so, we don't see Core Formation cultivators walking all over the place in the major sects!

On the contrary, there are many failures.

Even some great sect Daoists have occasionally had news of unfortunate failures in forming a core over the past thousand years.

Could it be that the Core Formation major sects don't provide the best core-forming configuration resources for the Daoists they value most?

It's clearly impossible.

Therefore, no one dares to say that the Core Formation barrier is tenable.

Luo Chen's performance of being so determined and confident was just to reassure Sima Hui Niang.

If he didn't have confidence, how could others maintain confidence in him?

After returning to the Tianlan Peak cave dwelling, Luo Chen's first thing was not cultivation, but healing.

The injuries from the Great Snow Mountain trip didn't look like much on the surface, but they were actually quite serious.

It wasn't an injury caused by someone else, but the depletion of vitality caused by his excessive activation of various means.

This vitality can be reflected in various aspects such as spiritual energy depletion, soul fatigue, and physical weakness.

These things are not convenient to recover in the wild.

That's why Luo Chen was in such a hurry to rush home.

After returning home, the first thing Luo Chen did was to have a good sleep, which lasted for three days and three nights.

After waking up, he felt refreshed and began to recover from his injuries.

The "Fanghua Sutra" left behind after Sun Sifang sat down played a big role in this process.

It recorded several medicinal prescriptions for recovering vitality, and the effect was far better than the enhanced version of the Peiyuan Spirit Liquid that Luo Chen had prepared himself.

Luo Chen chose the "Thousand Gold Prescription" from it, which had the highest cost but the best effect, to recover this body of his that was even more precious than gold.

Besides that.

Sima Hui Niang also began to send various demonic beasts to Luo Chen regularly.

Mostly first-rank, occasionally second-rank.

The only, no, or rather the two requirements were that they had to be big and alive!

The bigger the demonic beast, the stronger the vitality!

Luo Chen used the Withering-Flourishing Fire to somewhat cruelly refine these fresh demonic beasts alive, thereby seizing the vitality within them.

Even though the bulk was absorbed by the Withering-Flourishing Fire, he himself could share two or three tenths.

After injecting increasingly thick vitality.

Luo Chen's physical recovery ability also became stronger and stronger.

If Luo Chen's body before could be seen as an indestructible steel plate with an ancient third-rank level.

That represented his absolute hardness.

But sometimes, being hard, tough, and rigid does not mean it is the best.

Once injured, it is quite troublesome to recover.

The reason why Luo Chen would slowly practice medicine in addition to alchemy was because his body recovered extra slowly after being injured.

But with the absorption of a large amount of vitality, his body added a "softness" internally in addition to being hard and strong.

Inside the cave dwelling.

Luo Chen watched a second-rank demonic bear that was two zhang tall turn into ashes amidst painful screams, and slowly withdrew his hand.

A thoughtful look appeared on his face.

"It is rumored that in the ancient Shanhai world, there existed a large number of wild beasts and ancient beasts. These existences, although they did not follow the path of demonic energy transformation, had other formidable powers."

"Chasing stars and moons, destroying mountains and shaking seas was just one of them, and there were even the mysteries of limb reorganization and rebirth from a drop of blood."

"If I absorb enough vitality to make my body's recovery ability reach the level of ancient wild beasts, could I also achieve rebirth from a drop of blood?"

This assumption seemed a bit whimsical.

But it was not without basis.

Take cultivators as an example, the higher the realm, the stronger the ability to save one's life.

If one reaches the Nascent Soul stage, as long as the Nascent Soul is not destroyed, the cultivator will not die.

In a sense, it is also similar to the rebirth from a drop of blood of demonic beasts.

"However, if I want to reach the level of rebirth from a drop of blood, relying on the vitality plundered so far is just a drop in the bucket."

"What about that severed life finger?"

Luo Chen's attribute panel had always had a third-rank spell, "Severed Life Finger."

This art originated from Li Jinhuang.

It was miraculous, capable of severing a wisp of a cultivator's vitality, allowing it to exist in the world for a period of time.

From decline to prosperity, and then at the peak of prosperity, it would vanish and perish.

This kind of severed vitality could not be absorbed.

But if it were activated with the Origin True Fire, the Withering-Flourishing Fire, could it be absorbed into his own body to a greater extent, instead of being absorbed by the Withering-Flourishing Fire?

Fantasy is beautiful, but to truly practice it, there were many obstacles.

Luo Chen failed several times after experimenting.

He gradually gave up this idea and focused on using the Withering-Flourishing Fire to absorb the vitality of demonic beasts.

Under this daily routine.

Luo Chen's vitality became more and more vigorous, and his injuries recovered faster and faster.

Originally estimated to take two or three years to recover to his peak state, it only took half a year for Luo Chen to reappear in his peak posture!

Even, Gu Caiyi came to find him once and was surprised to find that there were a few more black hairs on his gray and white hair.

Good news, not just this one.

The "Everlasting Evergreen Sutra," which he derived from the completion of the "Yimu Medicine King Sutra," finally reached the Great Perfection proficiency after many years of difficulty.

After this art was completed, it could no longer be derived.

In the end, the "Yimu Medicine King Sutra" was just the Foundation Establishment chapter of the latter.

Luo Chen was able to use the system to complete it, which was already a great stroke of luck.

The Great Perfection "Everlasting Evergreen Sutra," besides the early spiritual energy nourishing the body, spiritual sense capturing external spiritual energy, and clearing meridians and washing marrow, had another effect.

Or rather, it wasn't an addition, but a strengthening!

The automatic recovery effect brought by the promotion of the "Changchun Gong" proficiency during the Qi Refining stage was suddenly strengthened!

Now the effect of automatic recovery was ten times the original!

Now Luo Chen releases a great power magic art, as long as it is in a place full of spiritual energy, Luo Chen doesn't have to do anything, and this consumption can be instantly filled.

Even in a place with thin spiritual energy, it can automatically recover a lot.

In this way, Luo Chen's combat endurance problem was solved.

It's a bit wondrous to say.

The Withering-Flourishing Fire refines vitality, making Luo Chen's physical recovery ability stronger.

The "Everlasting Evergreen Sutra" is completed, making Luo Chen's spiritual energy recovery ability stronger.

These two changes, although they didn't help much with the progress of cultivation, gave him a breakthrough in combat ability.

If there were another Great Snow Mountain trip.

He believed he could do better!

"Better not come again!"

Luo Chen smiled self-deprecatingly when he was emotional.

He didn't want to participate in too many battles now.

At present, the most urgent thing for him was cultivation.

Let's cultivate to Foundation Establishment Level 9 step by step first!

Luo Chen made a plan.

For the next few years, he wouldn't care about anything, wouldn't participate in any external affairs, and would just do two things.

Cultivation, alchemy.

Daily cultivation cannot be dropped, the benefits of which cannot be seen in the short term, but in the long term, it is still above taking elixirs.

And alchemy is Luo Chen's plan for after Foundation Establishment Level 9.

He intends to refine the Jade Dew Pills needed by the Bingbao in the future, as well as the top-grade Blood-Increasing Pills, top-grade Dust-Descending Pills, and Tongyou Pills he will use for cultivation in the future, all at once.

When the time comes, he won't have to consider alchemy.

He only needs to focus on things related to cultivation and breaking through realms.

Days passed slowly in this water-like flow of time.

In the first year, Luo Chen refined all the Jade Dew Pills needed by the Bingbao for the next twenty years.

In the second and third years, for two consecutive years, he refined all the top-grade Blood-Increasing Pills and Dust-Descending Pills needed for his cultivation.

And his improved second-rank Tongyou Pill also brushed its proficiency to the Great Perfection level in daily refining.

Then he refined a large batch in one go.

Such a large-scale alchemy project naturally consumed a huge amount of resources.

The spirit stones earned by the Luo Tian Society in these years were consumed by him seven or eight times.

Not only that, even the batch of Foundation Establishment cultivator essence blood left behind by the Blood Demon Mysterious Jade was consumed by him.

This is also why he stopped refining top-grade Blood-Increasing Pills.

The raw materials are gone!

But even so, the top-grade Blood-Increasing Pills he hoarded were enough for him to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection in one go.

After everything was ready, Luo Chen truly entered the arduous seclusion.

Seeing no outsiders, ignoring worldly affairs.

Years are hard to keep, time is easy to damage.

Seclusion always forgets the years.

Time flew by, and ten years passed leisurely since Luo Chen returned to Tianlan from the Great Snow Mountain.

This day.

In the cave dwelling No. 17 of the B-series on Tianlan Peak.

Suddenly, a long whistle sounded.

Hearing this sound, Bai Meiling, who had long since awakened from the Soul-Nurturing Banner, flew back to the cave dwelling for the first time.

"Master, has your realm broken through?"

In the living room.

Luo Chen, who had just finished washing and was brand new, wearing a loose long gown, nodded to her with a smile.

Seeing this, Bai Meiling couldn't help but be overjoyed, "Congratulations to Master for your progress in the Dao, the Core Formation stage is just around the corner!"

Luo Chen smiled and accepted this compliment.

Indeed, the Core Formation stage is just around the corner!

From Foundation Establishment Level 8 to Level 9, it was the stage that took him the longest time among all his realms.

It took him a full twenty-plus years!

This long period of time also brought him huge benefits.

He finally consolidated the foundation that was previously floating.

Not only that, on the original foundation, he combed through his own state, allowing the three treasures of essence, Qi, and spirit to make breakthroughs.

Now, he not only possesses a physique comparable to a third-rank ancient demonic beast, but the vastness of his spiritual energy has also completely surpassed those of the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.

And in terms of soul foundation, after

At this moment, he is at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment.

But his spiritual soul foundation not only surpassed those at the Foundation Establishment perfection, but even gave people an illusion that it was not much different from a Core Formation cultivator.

You must know, this is only the ninth level of Foundation Establishment!

Luo Chen still has one small realm to go in the Foundation Establishment stage.

If he waits until he reaches the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, he thinks there will still be a breakthrough.

"The current state truly gives me the confidence to calmly face the Core Formation barrier!"

Luo Chen felt boundless emotion in his heart, and hesitated for a moment.

He even felt that even if he didn't wait for the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, relying only on his current accumulation, reversing the spirit vortex formed by the "Qingyuan Miaodan Method" in his sea of qi, he had a chance of success in Core Formation!

But that would be too risky.

He had made so many preparations for Core Formation, how could he act so hastily.

Haste makes waste, let's stabilize for now!

Luo Chen looked at Bai Meiling, his sharp eyes seemingly seeing through her body.

After examining for a long time, he nodded slightly.

"It seems your state is quite good."

Bai Meiling smiled: "I have completely absorbed that strand of the Ghost King's origin yin energy. With the help of the Soul-Nurturing Banner, my cultivation of the "Ghost God Secret Record" is now twice as effective with half the effort. If there are no accidents, in a hundred years, I might be able to normally advance to the third-tier Ghost King realm."

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows.

"You have such certainty?"

Bai Meiling scratched her head: "I can't say, but I do have this feeling. That strand of the Ghost King's origin yin energy contains the consciousness fragments crushed by you. After I absorbed them, I made this judgment based on the experience within them."

Luo Chen nodded thoughtfully.

Indeed, the experience of such existences as Ghost Kings still has some reference value.

Not to mention anything else, just the fact that Elder Pang Renxiong's remnant soul only took three to five years to advance to the third-tier Ghost King realm after he fell, shows some clues.

What he relied on was not just his own spiritual soul foundation as a Core Formation cultivator, nor just the realm of sword heart clarity.

More importantly, his remnant soul absorbed all the yin energy left behind by the three Ghost Kings at Dahe Market!

It was also by relying on this opportunity that he was able to restore his third-tier strength in such a short time.

Even!

From Luo Chen's current knowledge, if Elder Pang Renxiong had refined that ghost realm, plus the spiritual souls of living demonic beasts fed to him from time to time by Sword Sect disciples, he could not only reproduce his peak ability, but go even further.

The battle at Dahe Market was a great tribulation for Elder Pang Renxiong, but wasn't it also an opportunity?

"Any news recently? Tell me about it."

Bai Meiling nodded her small head, and quickly told Luo Chen all the intelligence sent by the Luotian Society over the years.

The first was the news about the Bingbao that Luo Chen was most concerned about.

Four Core Formation cultivators died strangely!

For this reason, the Bingbao held a funeral, but strangely, no outsiders were invited to attend.

Even the Luotian Society and other close vassals were not invited.

Luo Chen frowned, four Core Formation True Persons died?

"Could it be that they died under the siege of ten thousand demons in the Great Snow Mountain?"

He remembered very clearly that it wasn't just Han Zhan who helped Fairy Canglong undergo the tribulation.

The high-end combat power of the Bingbao also came out in full force.

Except for Fairy Canglong who needed to undergo the tribulation, and the newly appointed Core Formation Sect Master Ice Soul Fairy who stayed in the Bingbao, the other eight Core Formation True Persons could be said to have risked everything.

In that Moonlight Bingbao, one person sat in charge of each level.

Relying on the high-grade magic treasure and the power of the fourth-tier spiritual land, they resisted the countless demonic beasts summoned by the White Bone Profound Snake in the Great Snow Mountain.

The number of third-tier demonic beasts was unimaginable.

It is feared that the number was over a hundred!

Under such circumstances, it is perfectly normal for three or five Core Formation cultivators to die.

However...

"Is there no news of Venerable Fairy Canglong's successful advancement to Nascent Soul?"

Bai Meiling shook her head: "I specifically searched through countless intelligence, but there is no relevant news. I fear that senior failed the Tribulation Crossing."

"Failed?"

Luo Chen muttered, a look of disappointment appearing on his face.

He hoped Fairy Canglong would succeed.

After all, he called her "Senior Sister."

After the disappointment came worry.

If Fairy Canglong failed to advance to Nascent Soul, plus the Bingbao lost four Core Formation True Persons in one go, I fear that subsequent changes will occur!

This "change" is not limited to the internal power struggle of the Bingbao, but also the external situation, and the opening war that is only a few years away.

Will the Bingbao, with its strength greatly damaged, still participate in the opening war normally?

Will the Luotian Society, as a vassal, be affected?

Thinking of the opening war, Bai Meiling timely told the relevant intelligence again.

In her description, the current Yuding Domain is really like a big cauldron about to boil.

Countless cultivators from outside the domain are rushing to the Yuding Domain, gearing up for the opening war thirty years later.

And this is just the loose cultivators.

I fear that after some time, the sect forces on the battle list will also arrive in the Yuding Domain one after another.

"Liuguang Market, we have already taken it down!"

This is a rare piece of positive good news among many pieces of intelligence.

"Brother Duan led the cultivators of the Luotian Society, invited the Kang family of Taishan Market, and the Luo family of the adjacent Luosha Market, to attack the Bai family of Liuguang Market together."

"Although there were some twists and turns in that battle, there were no major casualties. It was just that during the battle for that third-tier Yubai tree, Sister Fengxia was seriously injured in order to preserve that spirit plant. However, under the full treatment of the Luotian Society cultivators, she has now recovered and can cultivate normally."

Fengxia successfully established her Foundation many years ago, and took over from Bian Zhen to be in charge of the Spirit Medicine Hall of the Luotian Society.

A third-tier Yubai tree in good survival condition is of huge value.

As the Hall Master of the Spirit Medicine Hall, she must have spared no effort to preserve it.

Luo Chen took the scroll and carefully looked at the situation of that battle.

In addition to casualties and gains, it also mentioned the rise of some younger generation cultivators of the Luotian Society.

Zeng Yilong, who has achieved success in body refining, Bai Lian, a cultivator of the Casting Hall who is a rising star, Qu Lingjun, who has successfully established his Foundation...

"Wait, why did Lingjun go to the battlefield?"

Luo Chen frowned.

Qu Lingjun's successful Foundation Establishment was within his expectations.

After all, he has enjoyed special treatment in terms of various pill resources over the years, even more generous than when Luo Chen was in the Qi Refining stage.

In terms of cultivation methods and daily practice, he also had Foundation Establishment True Persons of the Luotian Society to guide him.

And Li Yingzhang tailored the "Three Origins Return to One" secret technique for him.

Therefore, when he was sixty-two years old, he successfully established his Foundation after taking two Foundation Establishment pills in succession.

But the Luotian Society has no precedent for letting alchemists go to the battlefield.

Except for the Danxia Defense Battle and Luo Chen himself, these two exceptions.

Bai Meiling shrugged: "It is said that he applied for it himself. He said that his cultivation journey has been smooth sailing, and he has rarely participated in frontal battles. So he took the initiative to apply to participate in this battle, intending to temper himself."

"He is the Master of the Pill Hall and your disciple, so others found it hard to refuse."

"After weighing it, President Sister allowed him to participate in that battle."

After hearing this explanation, Luo Chen was still a little dissatisfied.

But after hearing the final decision made by Sima Hui Niang, he suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart.

"Perhaps, excessive protection is too much of a greenhouse cultivation."

"Alchemists, while possessing huge wealth, having strength that matches it is the right path."

Luo Chen found a reason for himself, so he would no longer be so obsessed with this matter.

Speaking of which, there is a clear contrast regarding the combat ability of alchemists.

There are those with absolute strength, such as Luo Chen, such as Dan Yangzi of the Qingdan Valley.

There are also those who are extremely weak, such as Dan Yuanzi of the Qinhua River Battle.

The other party clearly possessed the realm of the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, but was fiercely killed by the means left behind by Li Jinhuang after his death.

It can be seen how weak Dan Yuanzi's combat ability was.

His cultivation of Qu Lingjun was too gentle, and almost made him walk the path of Dan Yuanzi.

Participating in battles appropriately and tempering oneself is correct.

Sima Hui Niang's consideration is also very comprehensive.

The battle at Liuguang Market was planned by the Luotian Society for a long time, plus the two major reinforcements of the Kang family and the Luo family, it was a battle with a high chance of success.

Under such circumstances, Sima Hui Niang's decision to let the younger generation of the Luotian Society go to the battlefield to temper themselves was actually a very wise decision.

"It seems I am not very good at training disciples."

Luo Chen laughed at himself and asked about other intelligence.

Bai Meiling has a super good memory!

She not only read all the intelligence over the years, but also sorted it out and remembered it all in her head.

At this moment, she told it one by one, which also gave Luo Chen, who had been in seclusion for many years, enough understanding of the outside situation.

Finally!

Bai Meiling brought up one thing.

"Hall Master Chu Kui has been asking to see you since last month."

Luo Chen was stunned, and then a look of joy appeared on his face.

"Wait for me at home, I'll go to his cave dwelling!"

After dropping these words, Luo Chen didn't care about the dark night outside, rolled up a gust of wind, and hurriedly left the cave dwelling gate.

(End of chapter)