Chapter 457

Having already reached Core Formation, how can I climb further to the peak of Nascent Soul?

It is merely a matter of accumulating bit by bit, step by step, to set foot in that realm of True Persons!

When it comes to cultivation, Luo Chen currently has to consider two problems.

Spirit land and elixirs!

The former is the most important, but it cannot be solved at all in the short term.

There are many people coveting the cave dwelling on Mount Tianlan Peak.

Even if his net worth... well, Luo Chen doesn't have many spirit stones on him right now.

Renting the Jia-3 cave dwelling for thirty years completely emptied out the original capital of both Luo Chen and the Luo Tian Society.

Aside from fifty high-grade spirit stones and the one thousand mid-grade spirit stones that must be reserved for Danxia Peak, his pockets are cleaner than his face.

Qin Tairan's storage bag has not been opened yet.

The storage bags of the other Foundation Establishment cultivators have all been opened.

But the resources inside, added to the resources Luo Chen had accumulated before, were all turned over to Mount Tianlan Immortal City, barely making up for the spirit stones he owed previously.

Now!

His pockets are truly cleaner than his face.

Third-tier spirit land?

Don't even think about it for now.

Just like those Core Formation cultivators from the outer domains, let's make do with a second-tier high-grade cave dwelling!

Since spirit land cannot be sought, elixirs that can speed up cultivation are imperative.

Over these years, Luo Chen has also collected quite a few third-tier elixir formulas.

But most are incomplete.

Back during the struggle for the Green Elixir Dao Seed, he obtained several ancient elixir formulas from the Great Elixir Institute of Green Elixir Valley.

One of them is indeed suitable for cultivation.

But two of the main ingredients are already extinct, so a clever woman cannot cook without rice.

And the other elixir formulas?

This second-tier Foundation Establishment elixir, Di Liu Jiang, actually contains decent spiritual energy.

But the main ingredients involved are primarily various demonic beasts.

Although the Di Liu Jiang refined from every kind of second-tier demonic beast has the effect of breaking through realms, if taken long-term for cultivation, it easily makes one's own bloodline messy and impure.

After some consideration, Luo Chen naturally would not choose it.

Finally, Luo Chen set his sights on the Ming Yuan Pill!

This is a third-tier breakthrough elixir, and its medicinal power is extremely overbearing!

It is not suitable for cultivation.

And the main ingredients are hard to find.

But Luo Chen had studied it deeply for ten years previously and had mastered it through the system.

If the main ingredients could be replaced, even if only one-tenth of the medicinal power of the refined Ming Yuan Pill remained, it would surely be an excellent elixir for cultivation!

However, to reverse-engineer and simplify a third-tier elixir formula that a Soul Transformation expert had pushed to the limit requires unimaginable effort.

Luo Chen can only try a little bit at a time.

Perhaps someone might ask, why not just go buy it?

The Medicine King Sect is in the business of elixirs!

But the actual situation is far more complex than that.

The difficulty of refining third-tier elixirs far exceeds the ability of ordinary alchemists.

The Medicine King Sect has a mature refining system, but similarly, their sales channels have long been fixed.

Basically, the third-tier elixirs refined by the Medicine King Sect are supplied point-to-point to the Core Formation cultivators of major sects.

It is extremely difficult for rogue Core Formation cultivators to achieve stable transactions.

This is also the reason why Luo Chen insisted on establishing a sect.

Only after establishing the Luo Tian Sect would he have the confidence to go to the Medicine King Sect to stably purchase third-tier cultivation elixirs.

Moreover, he also had to consider one thing.

His own demand for elixirs far exceeds that of normal cultivators.

Even if the Medicine King Sect were willing to sell to him, the quantity would definitely not be too large.

It is precisely because of this.

That Luo Chen thought about refining elixirs himself for his own use.

After experiencing the top-grade Dust-Descending Pill and the top-grade Blood-Increasing Pill, he felt more and more the benefits of refining elixirs for his own use.

Ever since forming his Core.

Luo Chen has appeared calm and indifferent to the outside world.

But only he knows that after forming his Core, things are truly as numerous as cow hairs.

Considering spirit land, considering main cultivation elixirs, considering his life-bound cultivation technique.

"Ten Thousand Daos Merging" has already been sorted out, and now body cultivation can also be incorporated into daily practice.

Does it end here?

No!

It is far from just these things.

His life-bound magic treasure doesn't even have a shadow yet.

One cannot reach Core Formation and not even have a life-bound magic treasure!

He doesn't want to learn from those ordinary Core Formation cultivators who are willing to settle for less, buying any mid-grade magic treasure to start nurturing and refining.

Life-bound magic treasure—an existence that shares one's life!

It not only involves daily cultivation but also involves cultivation after reaching Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation in the future.

If one day, by luck, one attains the Dao and becomes an immortal, the life-bound magic treasure will also transform into the legendary immortal artifact!

Therefore, truly excellent life-bound magic treasures can complement the cultivator.

Like the Sword Marrow of the Sword Sect, it can advance, fight, and hone the sword intent of the Sword Sect cultivators.

Before Luo Chen formed his Core, he was able to lay a solid foundation.

There is no reason that after forming his Core, he would instead seek a shortcut.

With a thousand threads of thought, it is quite annoying.

But Luo Chen still sorted it out slowly.

Everything cannot be rushed!

With a lifespan limit suddenly increased to four hundred years, whether he can cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage is another matter, but at least he is still very young now.

Things can also be done one by one.

In the cave dwelling.

Luo Chen looks at the three magic treasures in front of him with clear eyes.

"Without suitable third-tier spirit land, without suitable third-tier elixirs, cultivation speed cannot soar, and I have only just reached the first level of Core Formation, so there won't be much improvement in the short term."

"Although Hui Niang and the others have collected many blueprints for me for the casting of the life-bound magic treasure, I am not very satisfied with them. This matter cannot be rushed either; it needs to be planned slowly."

"The most urgent task is to thoroughly master the combat methods of the Core Formation stage!"

Zhu Zhu Changsheng cannot be sought for the time being.

But not dying is a must.

Only by mastering combat methods corresponding to one's realm and possessing the power of self-preservation can one pursue longevity.

"In terms of spell cultivation, it requires a venue, time, and proficiency."

"What can quickly increase my strength is magic treasures!"

At this moment, the three magic treasures placed in front of Luo Chen were carefully selected by him.

They are the Profound Xuan Xuan Huo Jian, the Soul-Breaking Three Nails, and the Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel.

Qi Refining cultivators, due to insufficient spiritual power, can often only master one or two magic tools.

After Foundation Establishment, spiritual power is sufficient, and one can master multiple magic tools.

Unfortunately, the power of magic tools is insufficient.

In order to seek lethality, one basically only refines one low-grade magic treasure.

Why not refine more?

This brings us to the limitation of spiritual sense.

If the foundation of the soul is not strong enough and the external spiritual sense is too weak, having more magic treasures is useless.

Even Luo Chen, during the Foundation Establishment stage, even if he could multitask, often only used one Profound Xuan Xuan Huo Jian to face the enemy.

Quality over quantity!

Of course, there are also those who covet many methods and many trump cards.

Like that Helian Yun.

Flying sword, golden brick, soul-breaking nail, Map of the Marsh Kingdom.

One person wielding four major magic treasures!

As for the consequences?

It seemed that he forced Luo Chen to reveal his Heavenly Peng true form, covered in blood, but in reality, the opponent did not kill Luo Chen even with full preparation, and didn't even manage to inflict heavy injuries. Luo Chen's injuries were caused by being chased by a group of third-tier demonic beasts afterward.

It can be seen that Helian Yun's mastery of the four magic treasures was not proficient at all.

Attacking each other, he couldn't achieve seamless connection.

When using the golden brick to suppress, if the flying sword and soul-breaking nails were all used together instead of one by one, Luo Chen would have had no chance to transform into the Heavenly Peng true form.

Helian Yun is a negative example.

And after reaching the Core Formation stage.

With vigorous magic power and spiritual sense even stronger than spiritual sense, it stands to reason that a cultivator can master multiple magic treasures.

But at this time, Core Formation cultivators actually won't be greedy for more.

They often put their main energy into the nurturing and refining of their life-bound magic treasure.

Even if there are other refined magic treasures, the quantity will be controlled to around one or two.

Like that Qin Tairan, he refined a flying sword in addition to his life-bound magic treasure, the Taiyang Furnace.

Luo Chen's next choice goes against traditional Core Formation cultivators.

He intends to thoroughly master three magic treasures!

It is not that he is arrogant, but that he has the confidence.

With vigorous magic power and powerful spiritual sense, not to mention his ability to multitask.

And!

Luo Chen's gaze fell on the Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel.

This is a magic treasure, but it is also a set of magic treasures.

Once activated, in its full state, it can trigger three hundred and sixty crescent flying wheels.

And a set of magic treasures?

When Luo Chen was at the Great Perfection of the Attraction Technique during the Qi Refining stage, he discovered that he was better at using sets of magic treasures.

His favorite Jade Blade back then was a set of mother-and-son blades, totaling seven.

Later, when using the Green Musk Gathering Dragon Flag, he could also control nine Green Musk Dragons by himself.

It can be said that the most suitable magic treasures for Luo Chen are sets of magic treasures!

In the absence of a life-bound magic treasure, this set of Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheels became Luo Chen's greatest reliance!

He has already checked.

This treasure is quite extraordinary; even at the low-grade level, its quality is far higher than that of the Profound Xuan Xuan Huo Jian and its ilk.

It can be seen that it is not a shoddily made low-quality magic treasure released by Tianfan City, but a proper low-grade magic treasure!

It is a high-quality item qualified to be refined as a life-bound magic treasure.

It is worthy of the sky-high price of eighty thousand spirit stones it fetched back then!

If one can proficiently master this treasure, it will inevitably greatly increase Luo Chen's combat power.

Aside from the Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel, Luo Chen also has high hopes for the Soul-Breaking Three Nails.

Armor-breaking, Qi-breaking, Soul-breaking.

These three nails, when used by surprise, can easily inflict heavy injuries on the enemy!

It is definitely the best choice for backstabbing people.

As for the Profound Xuan Xuan Huo Jian?

Choosing it is not because this treasure is very powerful.

It is just a fire-attribute magic treasure.

And Luo Chen has already refined it for many years, bringing its mastery to about eighty percent.

Now that he has formed his Core, completing the remaining twenty percent of refining will not take much time at all.

And this sword can be used in conjunction with Luo Chen's "Using Tools to Control Techniques."

During normal combat, it is still quite good.

Looking at the three magic treasures, a faint smile appeared on Luo Chen's face.

Even without a life-bound magic treasure, if he fully masters these three weapons, he shouldn't be weaker than others in combat at the early Core Formation stage.

If combined with spells and the Heavenly Peng true form.

Even under the attack of a fourth-level Core Formation cultivator, he should have some power of self-preservation!

If outside cultivators knew Luo Chen's thoughts, they would probably be extremely puzzled.

You, old man, killed two major Core Formation cultivators during Foundation Establishment, one of whom was a fourth-level Core Formation existence, so why have you become cowardly now?

In reality, Luo Chen cannot help but be cautious.

In those two battles, he took shortcuts.

Especially when killing Qin Tairan, he had the joint siege of two mid-stage Core Formation cultivators, Fei Ming and Master Jueqing, and he also used a Thunder Immortal Pearl, and even revealed his Heavenly Peng true form to barely kill him.

Even then, he didn't manage to destroy his soul completely.

At that time, Qin Tairan's Core survived; if it hadn't been caught by other Core Formation cultivators later, who knows if the opponent could have possessed someone and been resurrected.

Now no one is helping Luo Chen, and he no longer has the Thunder Immortal Pearl.

Naturally, he must be a bit more cautious.

After determining what to do, Luo Chen did not hesitate and started refining on the spot.

Unlike the cautious refining during Foundation Establishment.

Now that he is in the Core Formation stage, he directly uses all his magic power and spiritual sense impact.

First, wash away the residual marks of the previous owner on the Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel and the Soul-Breaking Three Nails.

This step was completed very quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the two magic treasures no longer had anyone else's aura.

Afterward, putting away the two magic treasures, Luo Chen first refined the Profound Xuan Xuan Huo Jian.

One must eat one bite at a time, and refining magic treasures must also be done one by one!

Time flows.

While Luo Chen was seizing the time to refine magic treasures, three months passed in a flash.

The eve of the Core Formation Ceremony.

In the Yi-17 cave dwelling.

A figure sat cross-legged.

Seemingly motionless, but in reality, the breathing in and out of the nose and mouth was quite rhythmic.

The muscles and bones all over his body were also trembling from time to time.

If one got closer, one could even hear the sound of blood rushing in his body like rolling waves.

This is the perfected cultivation method of "Ten Thousand Daos Merging."

If one looked inside, one could even find wisps of cyan flames roasting Luo Chen's body.

Luo Chen, who was cultivating "Ten Thousand Daos Merging," suddenly felt a movement in his heart.

He took out a glowing sound-transmission jade slip from his storage ring, and then a strange look flashed across his face.

After cleaning himself up a bit, he left the cave dwelling and headed straight for Danxia.

After a while.

In the main hall of Luo Tian, Luo Chen's hearty laughter rang out.

"Fairy Master Jueqing, it has been a long time!"

Hearing this voice, the beautiful figure turned around, looking at Luo Chen with a complex expression.

Luo Chen didn't care about her scrutiny, his hands behind his back, looking relaxed and at ease.

After a long while, Fairy Master Jueqing slowly said: "Dan Chenzi, congratulations on successfully forming your Core."

Luo Chen did not call her "Superior" as before.

She also didn't put on airs, calling Luo Chen by his name, but changed to a relatively appropriate address.

A Daoist name is itself a respectful title.

At this moment, in this scene, both sides tacitly changed their mode of interaction.

However, what surprised Luo Chen was that he had previous experience dealing with Qu Xibai and others, so he could switch naturally.

This Fairy Master Jueqing had always been arrogant, and her attitude toward him in the past was not very friendly, so why did she change so quickly?

Suddenly.

He remembered Fairy Canglong!

Although he wanted to ask about her recent situation, Luo Chen still paid attention to the measure of his words.

"Fellow Daoist came early to celebrate for me, which is truly an honor for me."

Fairy Master Jueqing twitched the corners of her mouth, and although she squeezed out a smile, it was quite forced.

Luo Chen's thoughts turned, and he vaguely realized something.

He thought for a moment and said: "It's a pity about Tantai Jin."

Mentioning her beloved disciple, Fairy Master Jueqing sighed as expected.

"I tried to persuade her, but she was determined to enter the Ice Prison to close her death-gate. If she could have waited another ten or twenty years, I think she would have had a chance to stand alongside us."

Forming a Core cannot be rushed.

Unlike breaking through Foundation Establishment, which has a high tolerance for error.

Once Core Formation fails, the consequences are extremely serious.

Even Luo Chen made full preparations before daring to try.

Tantai Jin was indeed in a hurry.

However, this is probably related to the current situation of the Ice Fortress!

Luo Chen and Fairy Master Jueqing had a rare exchange.

The language was peaceful, without specific affairs, just chatting plainly.

Gradually, Luo Chen's words pointed to the core.

"Zhou Shijie Canglong, how is her recent situation?"

Master Jueqing's eyes trembled, staring fixedly at Luo Chen.

"What do you know?"

Luo Chen shrugged, "Some things cannot be hidden from others. The four Core Formation cultivators of the Ice Fortress died strangely, and the younger disciples closed their death-gates one after another. If it weren't for the fact that the Ice Fortress's pillar, Grand Elder Canglong, had an accident, I don't think you would have fallen into chaos."

Fairy Master Jueqing opened her mouth.

After a long while, she said faintly: "Zhou Shijie, she failed to form her Nascent Soul."

Simple four words, but contained countless information.

Even Luo Chen, who had guessed it long ago, couldn't help but show surprise at this moment.

But after the shock, he soon tasted more news from these four words.

Failed to form Nascent Soul, but didn't say life or death, so she must still be alive.

However, judging from the chaos in the Ice Fortress, even if she is still alive, she probably cannot handle the affairs of the Ice Fortress.

In silence, Luo Chen said softly: "My condolences!"

Fairy Master Jueqing shook her head, looking at the high-spirited Luo Chen, only feeling a blockage in her heart.

The once high-and-mighty Ice Fortress is going downhill.

Luo Chen, who once needed to look up to others, is now proud and successful.

Even though her heart is like cold ice, she feels that the world is impermanent.

She couldn't help but say: "I heard that over these years, many major sects have invited you to be a guest elder!"

These words were a bit sharp.

"Hmm."

A light "hmm" made the woman feel even more blocked in her heart.

However, before she could say anything else, Luo Chen suddenly made his point clear.

"My cooperation with the Ice Fortress will not change!"

"You don't need to worry about this."

"I have also rejected the invitations of other sects."

"Although I am not a true gentleman of the ancient times, I am not an ungrateful person. Even if the Ice Fortress and I are mainly based on interest exchange, Zhou Shijie Canglong and you have also protected me many times. I will keep this kindness in my heart."

"From now on, the Jade Dew Pill business will continue, and the Luo Tian Sect and the Ice Fortress will also be allies."

"Fellow Daoist Master Jueqing, can you be at ease now?"

The woman's body shook, her eyes staring fixedly at Luo Chen.

The other party looked at her frankly and openly.

After a long while!

Fairy Master Jueqing bowed gracefully, "Congratulations to Fellow Daoist for your success in the immortal path, shining on the Eastern Wasteland!"

This congratulation was sincere and did not contain any other emotions.

Luo Chen smiled slightly and returned the bow.

"My Luo Tian Sect has a shallow foundation, and for tomorrow's Core Formation Ceremony, I am afraid there will be many lapses in etiquette."

"I am tied up, so I ask Fellow Daoist to take care of my disciples tomorrow."

A smile appeared naturally on Fairy Master Jueqing's face.

"Since we are allies, I dare not refuse such a small matter."

In this way, the big stone in Luo Chen's heart finally landed.

Looking at his ambitious and high-spirited appearance, Fairy Master Jueqing sighed: "With your reputation, I think tomorrow will be very lively!"

Will it be lively?

Of the invitations sent out, how many parties will come, and how many will refuse?

Tomorrow's scene, in a sense, also represents Luo Chen's status and situation in the Yuding Domain next.

This time, he is looking forward to it!

(End of chapter)