Chapter 490

The Luo Tian Society of the past.

The inner strength was Wang Yuan, who had the highest combat power, while Luo Chen was the face.

In ordinary times, when traveling abroad, others would look up to the cultivators of the Luo Tian Society because of Luo Chen's identity as an alchemist, and even give them some preferential treatment.

When encountering matters related to combat, the main combat power was Wang Yuan.

But this situation gradually shifted as Luo Chen became stronger and stronger, and the enemies encountered by the Luo Tian Society became stronger and stronger.

By the time Luo Chen was in the late Foundation Establishment stage, he was actually already the only iconic figure of the Luo Tian Society.

Especially after successfully forming his core!

With the dual identity of a Core Formation cultivator and an alchemy master, the Luo Tian Sect, which was going to establish a sect, basically had its prosperity and disgrace tied to him alone.

For Luo Chen, he didn't have much of a feeling about it.

But this situation was a major drawback for the development of the sect.

Once Luo Chen had an accident, the Luo Tian Sect would have neither inner strength nor face, and the consequences... the Daoist Lianyun Alliance!

The consequence would be like the Daoist Lianyun Alliance, which suffered multiple major battles and multiple losses, yet still lingered on, only because the Daoist Lianyun Great Elder was still alive.

But once the Daoist Lianyun Great Elder was gone.

The Daoist Lianyun Alliance was directly on the verge of collapse.

Its affiliated industries were almost picked clean by the forces around Mount Tianlan Immortal City and divided up.

His Luo Tian Sect was also one of them, and because Luo Chen seized the opportunity, he divided up the most fertile shop, as well as several mature trade routes.

If the Luo Tian Sect didn't want to end up like the Daoist Lianyun Alliance in the future.

Then they had to plan early for the cultivation of the next generation.

Among the older generation, whether it was Wang Yuan, Facing Chu Kui, or President Sima Hui Niang, Gu Gu Caiyi, and others, they could all handle things on their own.

But the next generation, except for Qu Qu Lingjun who was somewhat famous, the others had lived too comfortably because of the protection of Luo Chen and others over the years.

Therefore, he wanted to push out Zeng Ceng Yilong, the son of his friend.

If Zeng Ceng Yilong grew up well.

Even if the strong generation of Luo Chen, Wang Yuan, and Facing Chu Kui perished, he could still protect the sect.

And he had this potential.

Aptitude, resources, and even cultivation methods had all been laid with a solid foundation by his predecessors; he only needed to supplement his combat experience, and he could fill in the shortcomings.

His father, Zeng Wen, had very good combat talent.

And he had personal guidance from his mentor Wang Yuan for many years.

By converting theory and talent into practice, it would be perfect.

Unknowingly, Luo Chen's mindset had shifted from the loose cultivator's "after I die, what do I care about the flood" to the mindset of a sect founder considering the future generations.

Or rather, this was true "inheritance"!

Not an inheritance of superficial forms, but an inheritance of spirit.

After Jiang Yu left with ten Foundation Establishment cultivators, the Luo Tian Alliance seemed as if nothing had happened, still living as before.

It only "seemed"!

In reality, some changes were gradually taking place.

The remaining disciples of the Wanxiang Sect became more and more united and exclusive. This time, their senior brother and two Foundation Establishment cultivators with good strength were sent out; who knew who would be sent out next time?

Under the eaves, one has to bow one's head.

But if they bowed their heads for too long, the Wanxiang Sect would sooner or later be divided up by the three major forces in the Alliance.

On the side of the Wind and Rain Villa, Di Di Wuqi lived in seclusion, having obtained a natural third-tier spirit vein, which was of great benefit to his cultivation; he seemed to want to take this opportunity to sprint to the mid-Core Formation realm.

In contrast, there was Cen Cen Qiusheng.

He spent a large sum of money to invite Fu Fu Jiusheng and Min Longyu to transform the third-tier low-grade cave dwelling on Hui Alliance Ridge into two weak third-tier cave dwellings.

He himself did not move into the two weak third-tier cave dwellings.

Instead, he arranged for two clan members at the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment to cultivate inside.

Cen Cen Guangyi, Cen Guanghui.

In other words, he had already given up his own cultivation and placed all his hopes on the younger generation of the family.

These things didn't look like much on the surface.

But who was Luo Chen? He detected it just by some intelligence from his subordinates and his own perception.

"This is also good; although they have different ulterior motives, at least they are strengthening the Alliance's power."

"As long as I am here for one day, this Alliance won't be able to make any waves."

Luo Chen thought so.

Of course, he didn't do nothing.

Once Di Di Wuqi broke through to the fourth layer of Core Formation, the dominant position of the Alliance would likely change.

Therefore, his own cultivation had not fallen behind at all.

It could even be said that he became even more diligent than before!

Before, there were no conditions, and after forming his core, his cultivation at the first layer of Core Formation had been stagnant.

But now that he had spirit land and elixirs, there was no reason to be idle.

Therefore, besides setting up arrays and practicing arts, he put all his energy into cultivation.

Under these circumstances, his cultivation progress also began to advance by leaps and bounds, constantly changing.

Two years later.

In the cave dwelling.

Luo Chen looked at the void in front of him that seemed to be nothing, and fell into deep thought.

【Lifespan: 115/402】

【Spirit Roots: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth】

【Realm: Core Formation First Layer 58/100, Ancient Third Tier 25/100】

【Cultivation Method: Burning Wood True Art Perfect 395/500, Myriad Paths Convergence Grandmaster 517/1000, Myriad Beast Scripture 15/100】

【Spells: Fourth Tier: Dragon-Slaying Art Proficient 175/200

Third Tier: Innate One Qi Great Handprint Grandmaster 627/1000, Mirror Flower Water Moon Grandmaster 521/1000, Dust Origin Art Perfect 457/500, Severing Life Finger Entry 15/100

Second Tier: Flower Fairy Great Perfection, Bewildering God Art Great Perfection, Grass-Cutting Geng Metal Sword Art Great Perfection, Five Elements Returning Viscera Art Great Perfection

First Tier: Limb-Severing Art Great Perfection】

【Martial Arts: Exploring Cloud Divine Claw Grandmaster 590/1000, Blazing Fire Miasma Grandmaster 521/1000】

Great Perfection Spells (Click to query details)

【Alchemy: Scale-Turning Hand Perfect 417/500, Great Perfection Alchemy (Click to query details)】

【Profession: Third-Tier Alchemy Master, Second-Tier Physician

Third-Tier Elixir: Star Elixir Great Perfection, Underworld Origin Elixir Entry 6/100

Second-Tier Elixir: Emperor Flowing Pulp Entry 99/100

Great Perfection Elixir (Click to query details)】

【First-Tier Array Master: Third-Tier Array: Hidden Array Great Perfection

First-Tier Array: Gathering Spirit Array Entry 5/100, Sharp Metal Array Entry 1/100, Armor Wood Array Entry 5/100, Cang Origin Array Entry 3/100, Gathering Fire Array Entry 5/100, Solid Armor Array Entry 1/100】

【Achievement Points: 75】

After a cultivator reaches the Core Formation stage, because the spirit soul undergoes a transformation, they are sharp of hearing and sight, nearly possessing a photographic memory.

Whether their wisdom has increased is hard to say, but at least they process various cumbersome information much faster.

Just after one browsing, Luo Chen had a rough idea of his cultivation results over the past few years.

Forming his core at a hundred years old, ten years to consolidate his realm, leaping to the first layer of Core Formation.

In the following two years, there was almost no progress.

But as he settled down in the Roaring Moon Mountain Range and various external auxiliary environments were completed, his cultivation speed began to erupt like a volcano.

Three years!

In just three years, he pushed the progress of the first layer of Core Formation to halfway.

And he brushed the proficiency of the "Burning Wood True Art" to the perfect level, not far from the Grandmaster level.

At this speed, in another three years, he would have a great chance of advancing to the second layer of Core Formation.

"I wonder how Di Di Wuqi's cultivation progress is?"

"His aptitude is good, but he only has a third-tier low-grade cave dwelling, and in terms of elixirs, he only has the low-grade Star Elixir I provide, far inferior to my top-grade Star Elixir."

"Even if his aptitude is better than mine, in terms of cultivation speed, I think it's far inferior to mine."

Of course!

The price paid for such a fast cultivation speed was also extremely high.

In just two years, his consumption of elixirs cost a full 1.5 million spirit stones.

The spirit stones earned for him by the Luo Tian Sect were all invested in it.

And it still wasn't enough, requiring the payment for goods from the other Core Formation cultivators to supplement it.

It could be said that among Core Formation cultivators whose wealth is counted in millions of spirit stones, Luo Chen's investment in cultivation resources was absolutely the most extravagant.

Such fast cultivation progress relied entirely on the accumulation of resources!

What Luo Chen cared about most was his cultivation base.

As for other things on the system, he didn't care much.

First-tier and second-tier spells being brushed to Great Perfection one after another was within his expectations.

These low-tier spells, relying on his thick magic power and without worrying about field restrictions, could naturally be brushed to full proficiency.

Third-tier ones were harder, especially "Mirror Flower Water Moon," which was also progressing slowly under his main cultivation.

But at least it was proceeding step by step.

In terms of alchemy, he hadn't received any new alchemy classics or new alchemy arts for some time.

Even for elixirs, the ones he practiced often were just the third-tier Star Elixir.

The only one barely worth mentioning was probably the second-tier Foundation Establishment elixir formula, Emperor Flowing Pulp.

Being in the period of the Opening War.

The least lacking thing was monster flesh.

Occasionally, when there were complete monster corpses, he would take them and refine the Emperor Flowing Pulp himself.

At his status, it was very normal for the sect to have one or two breakthrough secret arts and breakthrough elixirs for self-use.

As long as they weren't sold externally, major alchemy sects like the Medicine King Sect wouldn't care.

Luo Chen refined dozens of portions of Emperor Flowing Pulp, also for the sake of the sect.

Now that they had spirit land and the sect had an opportunity to rise, at the middle-level strength—Foundation Establishment true cultivators, this level seemed somewhat insufficient.

If the Luo Tian Sect wanted to advance to a major sect in the future.

Then, besides the hard standard of three Core Formation cultivators, they had to have at least a hundred Foundation Establishment true cultivators.

Otherwise, the business stall wouldn't be able to spread out.

Now, the twenty-something Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Luo Tian Sect were already somewhat struggling to support Luo Chen alone.

If there were three Core Formation cultivators coexisting in the future, they would eat the sect alive.

After browsing through these.

Luo Chen's gaze fell on the newly opened column.

Array Master!

First-tier.

But unexpectedly, it was clearly marked with a term 【Third-Tier Array: Hidden Array Great Perfection】!

"This is one of my cultivation results over the past few years."

Luo Chen smiled faintly.

As for why he was still just a first-tier array master despite being able to set up third-tier arrays, he had long figured it out.

His "foundation" was not solid.

For first-tier arrays, he only learned the most basic Gathering Spirit Array, as well as the five Five Elements Arrays he learned for refining his natal magic treasure in the future. And he only entered the door, without deep practice.

Under these circumstances, even if he brushed the Hidden Array to Great Perfection, he was still just an unranked first-tier array master.

"But this is enough."

"The Great Perfection Hidden Array should be able to be engraved on my body seamlessly without any accidents."

After glancing at the accumulation of 【75】 achievement points.

Luo Chen casually closed the attribute panel.

Then, he took out a large batch of materials from his storage ring.

His gaze fell on those materials, and Luo Chen nodded imperceptibly.

These were all prepared for him by Min Longyu over the years.

Specifically for array-setting on the body!

It could even be said that the amount exceeded the standard by several times, just so that Luo Chen could replenish quickly after excessive consumption in the future.

"Array-setting on the body!"

Luo Chen muttered, then his loose Daoist robe fell onto the table, revealing a strong and perfect physique!

Unlike Wang Yuan's vigorous blood and energy, like a huge furnace boiling.

Nor like Zeng Ceng Yilong, whose muscles were knotted under his delicate appearance, terrifying like a devilish muscle man.

In contrast, Luo Chen, who purely "refined his body," had very smooth muscle lines.

That feeling... was like a giant roc spreading its wings and soaring in the sky.

Divine and heroic, but not terrifying.

When his muscles and bones stretched, a series of crackling sounds came, like metal clashing.

When there was no more clutter on his body.

Luo Chen reached out and summoned a batch of mineral materials into the Minister Cauldron.

Under the roasting of his origin true fire, they gradually turned into colorful liquids.

When the last black fourth-tier stone material was integrated into it, the colorful liquid suddenly turned into a mass of existence as black as ink.

Ink?

Looking at this ink, Luo Chen took a deep breath and controlled a top-grade magic tool-level Jinzhu pen to stain the thick ink.

After staining enough, he began to control the Jinzhu pen to draw array patterns on his body.

Chest and back, limbs and facial features.

Even the soles of his feet and the top of his head were almost not missed.

For this, Luo Chen even casually shaved off a head of black and shiny long hair.

The Hidden Array composed of a large number of obscure prohibitions was of third-tier quality!

Especially after Luo Chen constantly copied it and pushed it to Great Perfection, it had almost no flaws, comparable to a fourth-tier array.

Luo Chen had set it up once before and received Min Longyu's jaw-dropping praise.

The other party said bluntly that such a Hidden Array might even be able to deceive a Nascent Soul True Person!

And to make this array exert its full effect, naturally, no corner could be left behind during the engraving process.

Even if he didn't cover his whole body, the intersecting array patterns must be able to cover every detail.

Soon!

Luo Chen completely drew the Hidden Array on his body once.

"Next, just wait for the body to absorb these array patterns."

A smile appeared on Luo Chen's face, and he floated in mid-air naked, letting his body absorb the thick ink.

However.

As time passed bit by bit, the expression on Luo Chen's face gradually became gloomy.

He looked down at his palms; the thick ink was still attached to them, without any sign of integrating into his body.

"Can't integrate?"

"What's going on?"

Between uncertainty, Luo Chen began to look for the cause.

First, he had absolutely mastered the array.

Second, the materials were correct, and even the share ratio was prepared for him by Min Longyu in advance.

Finally...

"Then the problem can only be with this ancient third-tier physical body of mine!"

Luo Chen took a deep breath and faintly found the cause.

The most unlikely reason is often the most likely reason!

He didn't expect that the monster-level physique that he relied on as a trump card during the Foundation Establishment stage had become a major obstacle for him to engrave arrays.

Especially over the years, after forming his core, he perfected the "Myriad Paths Convergence" and occasionally used his origin true fire to temper his body, causing his physique to become stronger and stronger.

It was a good thing, but now it had become a bad thing.

It really was a case of success due to physique, and failure due to physique.

However, it was very clear that Luo Chen was just used to failure, but had never been content with failure.

"The magic tool-level Jinzhu pen doesn't work, then what about the magic treasure-level flying sword?"

A fierce look flashed on Luo Chen's face, and the Xuanhuo Sword fell in front of him.

This time, the sword tip was not pointing outward, but inward!

When the sword tip cut a large bloody opening on Luo Chen's chest, Luo Chen couldn't help but groan.

Being cut by someone else and cutting yourself were two different things.

Even though he was mentally prepared, Luo Chen still couldn't bear it.

"The oozing blood will interfere with the construction of the array patterns."

"Burn it!"

With a thought, the origin true fire lingered on his body, roasting the blood that had just overflowed until it was dry.

And when the thick ink seeped into his flesh and bones, a piercing pain suddenly permeated his whole body.

"Damn!"

"Slow absorption and forced engraving are completely different in terms of pain!"

Luo Chen roared in a low voice, but his hands didn't stop at all.

The Xuanhuo Sword trembled constantly, the thick ink was poured constantly, and Luo Chen even had to use multiple tasks at once, constantly casting spells to strike out the obscure prohibitions composed of magic power.

Gradually, under the ferocious wounds, black lines like earthworms crawled all over Luo Chen's body.

Looking from afar, it was extremely terrifying!

(End of chapter)