Chapter 498: Demon Emperor Proud Howl, Moon-Ling Slash

Just as Luo Chen expected.

With the name of a newly promoted Core Formation cultivator plus an alchemy master, holding a small gathering naturally attracts followers.

Especially the latter!

Even if some people don't have a great need for pills, if there is an opportunity, they will definitely choose to form a good relationship with him.

Under the leadership of Ceng Yilong, the ten Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Luo Tian Alliance took the invitations and visited one by one.

It didn't take long, and apart from some Core Formation True Persons who were in closed-door cultivation, the rest mostly came as invited.

A gathering with a scale of more than ten people was held.

For this, Mu Yunyan's side also helped a little, sending Murong Qinglian over to preside over the size of the gathering for Luo Chen.

With the running of the sect's cultivators and the help of old acquaintances.

Luo Chen didn't spend much effort, and this gathering was held.

One by one, familiar or strange Core Formation cultivators also slowly became enthusiastic in the conversation of a few words.

Lin Qingxuan of the Yuding Sword Sect, Gongye Qian of Tianfan City, Wei Wuya of Motian Cliff, Ye Xiang of the Shenfu Sect, Fairy Baihua of the Hehuan Sect, Fairy Fengyue of the Fenghua Palace, as well as the local hosts, Mu Yunyan and Linghu Jie of the Luoyun Sect.

It can be said that the Nine Great Nascent Soul Upper Sects participating in this opening war, apart from Meng Changshou of the Yaowang Sect and Jin Buque of the Five Elements God Sect, are basically all here.

Apart from the Core Formation cultivators of the Upper Sects.

On the Great Sect side, some people also came.

Fairy Jueqing of the Ice Castle, Yu Jade Jiao Long of the Mengquan Cave, Nalan Feng of the Liusen Studio...

Luo Chen walked among them, enthusiastically communicating with them.

Initially chatting about origins, mutual names, long-admired names, and other topics.

Slowly transitioning to small-scale group conversations, exchanging some cultivation insights.

Then in the middle, Luo Chen took the initiative to propose that everyone exchange some resources.

As the host, he naturally has to throw a brick to attract jade.

And this "brick" is also very simple.

Three types of pills, top-grade Burning Blood Pills of the first tier, mid-grade Soul-Returning Pills of the second tier, and mid-grade Starry Pills of the third tier.

These three have different grades and different effects.

Some can be used as life-saving trump cards, some can enhance soul foundation, and some are common cultivation pills.

And they are all rare in the market.

The value may not be high, but the effect is outstanding.

Even if they are all Core Formation cultivators present, many are moved and have traded with him one after another.

Low-tier Burning Blood Pills can be rewarded to clan members and disciples for life-saving.

And that mid-grade Soul-Returning Pill was snatched up, and finally taken down by Mu Yunyan, whose eyes were shining.

Luo Chen calmly presided over the gathering process, not caring at all about exposing the few scarce pills he mastered.

The reason is very simple.

This time is different from that time!

He now also has status and position, and appropriately exposing some pill trump cards will not cause any big trouble.

Instead, it will deepen the impression of him as an alchemy master in others' eyes.

From low-tier to high-tier, strange or conventional, low-grade or high-grade, he can refine them all.

If this is not an alchemy master, then what is?

Moreover!

Regarding the Burning Blood Pill and Soul-Returning Pill, he had previously traded the pill formulas to Meng Changshou in order to exchange for the method of moving mountains.

With the strength of the Yaowang Sect, I think it won't be long before they can refine such pills on a large scale.

His hiding his clumsiness will not help either.

It is better to take it out first and seek his own interests.

Of course, the transaction here is not a simple spirit stone settlement, but barter.

Luo Chen used the condition of stably supplying third-tier low-grade Starry Pills to exchange for a Fire Spirit Diamond of decent quality from Nalan Feng of the Liusen Studio!

In this way, not only did he harvest a material for refining his life-bound magic treasure, but he also solved the gap in the supply of Starry Pills after Jiang Yu's fall.

After Luo Chen finished throwing the brick, naturally others were not stingy, taking out some resources they didn't use but had decent value for exchange.

In this process, Luo Chen also gradually discovered.

In this gathering, although he is the host, others are not purely coming with the purpose of making friends with him.

Just like that Yu Jade Jiao Long, the Mengquan Cave took down the Seven Kings Mountain, and in the future, it is basically going to settle in the Howling Moon Mountain Range, and now it is here to make friends for the sect.

And the Palace Master of the Baihua Palace, Fairy Baihua, is also making friends with others with a purpose.

From time to time, she would also send a spiritual sense transmission, and the people in the conversation would often show a hesitant look.

Linghu Jie, a famous Core Formation cultivator of the Luoyun Sect and the temporary leader of the Nine Sects Sword Hall, also took out the special puppets of the sect to promote the advantages of their sect's puppets.

After some observation, Luo Chen couldn't help but laugh inwardly.

"Looking at it this way, I actually have the potential to be a broker!"

"The name of an alchemy master, connections must be wide, and mostly friendly. In the future, if these friends have disputes, but not to the extent of seeing each other in life and death, I can mediate in the middle."

"Or, others can connect with others through me, thereby reaching contact."

"In this way, as long as I don't make any big mistakes in the future, I and the Luo Tian Sect can be like a fish in water in the human cultivation world and develop steadily."

The transaction gradually came to an end.

Core Formation cultivators who had no other needs talked again.

Only this time, the content of the chat was mostly related to the opening war.

When to take down Jihuang Mountain, when to cross Heaven Drum Plain and kill into the Proud Howl Wolf Court, when to end this war...

In short, everyone looks confident, presenting a posture of ten-to-nine stability for this war.

During this period, Fairy Baihua of the Baihua Palace also privately sought out Luo Chen.

The content of the chat was similar to what Fairy Jueqing revealed before.

The Baihua Palace has now attached itself to the Daoist couple Yunhe, and after ending the opening war in Howling Moon, will attack the Great Snow Mountain.

She represents the Daoist couple Yunhe, inviting the Luo Tian Alliance to participate.

Even giving the condition that after success, the Luo Tian Sect's pills can be sold in the Great Snow Mountain!

I have to say, Luo Chen is a bit moved.

But it was only moved, didn't agree on the spot, just said that he needed to consider it again.

Fairy Baihua didn't urge, but continued to persuade others.

The woman's appearance is beautiful, her conversation is elegant, and her means of communicating with people can be considered long-sleeved and good at dancing, and under her lobbying, many people showed signs of being moved.

Finally.

When it was dark, this small Core Formation gathering hosted by the Luo Tian Sect's Supreme Elder slowly came to an end.

One by one, escape lights left his cave and returned to their homes.

Not to mention what other people's thoughts and moods were.

Just talking about the Luoyun Sect side.

Mu Yunyan and Linghu Jie walked side by side on the mountain road, talking in a low voice.

"Alchemist Danchenzi, this person's alchemy attainments may be temporarily inferior to mine, but his foundation is terrifyingly solid. As long as he is given a suitable pill formula, he can mostly figure out the doorway."

"And within his own sect, there are no extra Core Formation cultivators. In the future, the extra third-tier cultivation pills refined can reach a stable cooperation with our sect."

"In addition, that Soul-Returning Pill must be of great use to the Foundation Establishment disciples of our sect!"

"After that, the tasks of the Sword Hall, you can treat him favorably."

Linghu Jie listened quietly, and a touch of softness appeared on his sinister face.

"Since that's the case, then this Senior Brother will listen to Junior Sister!"

Luo Chen doesn't know these things.

Even if he knew, it was within his expectations.

The pills he revealed covered from the Qi Refining stage to the Core Formation stage, and there will always be people who have needs.

Because of reputation, because of skills, and getting alternative preferential treatment, this is a matter of course!

After the guests dispersed and the gathering ended.

Luo Chen sat quietly in the quiet room, counting the materials for refining the Hunyuan Tripod in his storage ring.

The auxiliary materials have all been collected, at least guaranteeing twenty refinements.

And the major main materials, the most can be refined more than ten times, and the least can also be refined six or seven times.

Only the Fire Spirit Diamond currently has only two.

"If I can collect five, I can let go and fight, and go into closed-door cultivation to refine my life-bound magic treasure."

This kind of material should have been produced in the Yuding Domain, after all, that place has many fire veins.

But the Fire Spirit Diamond has a wide range of uses, whether it is refining tools or refining puppets, or even setting up arrays, it can be used.

After so many years, it has instead become nearly extinct.

I have to say, it is truly a pity.

"Before this, I'd better familiarize myself with the basic knowledge of tool casting, as well as the related arrays!"

Luo Chen clicked on the attribute panel and stared at the basic Five-Element Array and read it again.

Before setting off, he had already entered the door by copying Min Longyu's array.

Next, he only needs to mobilize magic power, depict prohibitions, and then combine them into an array, copying them over and over again.

After the proficiency goes up, after completion, then learn advanced arrays, thereby mastering the few arrays for refining the Hunyuan Tripod.

From easy to difficult, gradually deepening, until fully prepared!

"Alchemist Danchenzi, it's your turn to patrol this month. This is the defense jade slip, take it and memorize it."

"Hmm."

Luo Chen took a jade slip from Linghu Jie's hand.

Spiritual sense probed into it, and soon memorized the map in his mind temporarily.

Before setting off, Linghu Jie called him.

"If you encounter an enemy you cannot fight, activate the identity token, and I will bring people to support you soon."

Facing this kind reminder, Luo Chen nodded with a smile.

The patrol task is considered the safest task.

And at the same time, it is not that easy.

Because you need to emit spiritual sense and spiritual sense at all times, patrolling in all directions.

In addition, you have to use the array token to check at any time whether there is any movement of the array being attacked.

In this situation, it is a small test for the cultivator's soul foundation.

Those with shallow foundations often cannot persist for long.

Therefore, the patrol task of the Sword Hall is generally for a period of one month.

After one month, it will be rotated to other forces.

Luo Chen took the alliance cultivators to the periphery of the base camp, and then according to the original process, began to patrol.

When he released his spiritual sense to patrol the surroundings, on the Luoyun Sect side, three people had already gathered.

Linghu Jie, Mu Yunyan, and that True Person Cheng Yan!

"What a strong spiritual sense!"

"The coverage area is wide, as much as five or six hundred miles. This kind of soul foundation is almost comparable to a Core Formation fifth-level, or even sixth-level cultivator."

"Little Sister is not wrong! Alchemist Danchenzi must have cultivated his soul foundation to the limit of the Foundation Establishment stage by taking a large amount of self-refined Soul-Returning Pills during the Foundation Establishment stage. Only then can he possess spiritual sense strength comparable to a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator when he is at the first level of Core Formation."

The three of them used the array, and were shocked by the spiritual sense Luo Chen displayed in almost an instant.

After a sigh of exclamation, Linghu Jie said in a deep voice: "No wonder he could rely on our sect's core formation secret technique and succeed in one go. With such a foundation, cultivating 'Locking Pearl Curtain' is like a fish in water, small completion is within reach, and great completion is not impossible to peek at."

They didn't doubt at all that Luo Chen, with such a soul foundation, would choose those low-method or even mid-method core formation secret techniques.

He must have practiced the "Locking Pearl Curtain" that the Luoyun Sect released back then!

Of course, if they knew that Luo Chen not only cultivated this technique to the completion state, but also used this as a foundation to create a supreme core formation secret technique, I'm afraid they would be shocked beyond measure.

Even so, it is enough to be amazing now.

Mu Yunyan's clear and beautiful face showed excitement.

"It's impossible to make him hand over the Soul-Returning Pill formula, but if he can sell Soul-Returning Pills to our sect in batches, then our sect's disciples can practice 'Locking Pearl Curtain' on a large scale. As time goes by, our sect might be able to have hundreds of Core Formation cultivators, or even cultivate one or two Nascent Soul True Persons."

Cheng Yan frowned, "Junior Sister Mu, you got a bottle of Soul-Returning Pills, can't you reverse-engineer the specific pill formula?"

Mu Yunyan smiled bitterly, "Reverse-engineering the pill formula is not that simple! And, I have experimented many times in this month, even if I deduce the corresponding medicinal materials, I find that no matter how I adjust the share ratio, I cannot reach the ideal state."

"Not to mention refining the pill, the furnace exploded several times!"

Is it that difficult?

Cheng Yan and Linghu Jie looked at each other.

Deducing the approximate medicinal materials for refining the Soul-Returning Pill is actually not difficult.

Investigating the Luo Tian Sect's medicinal material purchase situation, narrowing the scope, and then slowly deducing the approximate situation through the Luoyun Sect's pharmacists and Mu Yunyan, this alchemy master.

But how to refine it, it explodes, which is very outrageous.

They didn't know that Luo Chen's Soul-Returning Pill was itself an incomplete pill formula, which was completed and entered the door through the system.

And the Soul-Returning Pill Luo Chen traded to Mu Yunyan was second-tier!

And the second-tier Soul-Returning Pill formula was another one Luo Chen derived and improved on the original basis.

This means that this pill formula has a full three layers of locks.

System completion is one layer of lock, how to enter the door is another layer, and directly deriving the second-tier pill formula is another layer of lock.

After a long while, Cheng Yan stroked his beard and said in a deep voice: "If this is the case, then don't reverse-engineer it anymore, wasting manpower and material resources."

Mu Yunyan nodded.

Now is the most important moment for the Luoyun Sect, and the sect cannot give her the full support as before.

Manpower and material resources must be used on the blade.

Cheng Yan continued: "Alchemist Danchenzi, this person, continue to maintain a friendly relationship with him! In addition, Junior Brother Linghu."

"Senior Brother, please speak."

"Attacking Jihuang Mountain in a year, the Proud Howl Wolf Court side might send demonic beast troops to support. When the time comes, you adjust the Sword Hall tasks and arrange the Luo Tian Alliance in the base camp, don't let them go to the battlefield."

Linghu Jie nodded, which was within his expectations.

Jihuang Mountain is the location of that top-grade third-tier spiritual vein that the five Core Formation Great Sects did not take down before.

According to interested people's investigation, the quality of that spiritual vein is extremely high, if nurtured properly, it might be able to achieve a fourth-tier spiritual vein!

One Howling Moon Mountain Range, has the opportunity to produce two fourth-tier spiritual veins, which is truly amazing.

This is also why there were five Core Formation Great Sects that took a fancy to this one place at the same time before.

For this, not to mention the loss of many strong people, even the Taihe Gate was almost completely wiped out inside.

Linghu Jie hesitated for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Then how to arrange Alchemist Danchenzi during the final decisive battle?"

Cheng Yan frowned, and then waved his hand.

"No arrangement needed, just as it is. Some things cannot be too partial, I will take care of him when the time comes."

"Hmm, I know."

Luo Chen discovered it long ago.

After he achieved success and fame, the environment he was in had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Wherever he goes, he will be treated with courtesy.

Everyone he sees greets him with a smile.

Even now that he is on the front-line battlefield that many people hear about, the treatment is still surprisingly good.

Since the patrol task a month ago, in the following few months, he has not been assigned any decent dangerous tasks here.

At most, it is to send one or two Foundation Establishment cultivators out to pass messages.

He doesn't need to move himself at all.

In contrast, the cultivators of other sects in the Sword Hall have received much more dangerous tasks.

Intercepting demonic beasts, inquiring about intelligence, mediating sect contradictions...

From time to time, he can see Sword Hall cultivators returning stained with blood.

Regarding this situation, Luo Chen naturally has no objection, and even accepts it gladly.

Quietly copying arrays in the cave, frantically brushing proficiency, cultivating every day, watching his cultivation base rise steadily, it is simply beautiful.

Occasionally, he will take time to visit Mu Yunyan and communicate about alchemy.

After several communications, he took out the Scale-Turning Hand and exchanged it with the other party for an alchemy technique, Burning Crane Hand, to enrich his alchemy foundation.

Sometimes when he was bored, he took out a large batch of medicinal materials stored in his storage ring and refined pills.

For this, he refined a large batch of top-grade and extreme-grade Jade Dew Pills for Sima Hui Niang and Caiyi, enough for them to use until the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment.

After sending someone back.

Luo Chen felt bored again, and began to collect complete second-tier demonic beast corpses here at the base camp.

He wants to brush the second-tier pill "Imperial Flowing Pulp" to the Great Perfection level.

Otherwise, every time he opens the attribute panel, it is always hanging there alone with a second-tier classification, which is also truly ugly.

Time passed slowly.

One year later.

Luo Chen came to the Sword Hall headquarters again.

"Patrol task again?"

"Yes, doesn't Fellow Daoist like it?" Linghu Jie asked.

Luo Chen smiled slightly, "How can there be no joy, quiet peace is what I wish for."

Linghu Jie nodded, and when Luo Chen was about to leave, he suddenly called him.

"There might be big moves recently, the base camp side is relatively empty, you have to pay attention to the patrol."

Luo Chen was stunned.

Suddenly!

He realized what the big move in the other party's mouth was.

Attacking Jihuang Mountain, cutting off the last portal of the Proud Howl Wolf Court.

In this way, I'm afraid the final decisive battle is not far away, right!

He took a deep breath, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for the reminder."

Linghu Jie nodded gently, the other party being able to understand the signal of goodwill he released is enough.

Relationships are all handled like this.

It is almost exactly the same as Luo Chen expected.

Five days after he accepted the patrol task for the second time, the human coalition had movement.

Led by the Core Formation Great Sect Star-Moon Palace, seven Core Formation sects, large or small, were gathered to launch an attack on the Jihuang Mountain range again.

Luo Chen inquired about the details.

If Jihuang Mountain is taken down, this area can be governed by the two sects together.

And the seven sects moved, and the Sword Hall side was also ready to go.

Three days after the war started.

In the Sword Hall, a bell rang.

Hundreds of escape lights flew out together.

Luo Chen stood on a small mountain peak, looking up at this scene, he knew it was estimated that the Proud Howl Wolf Court side also sent troops.

He lowered his head, looking at Ceng Yilong standing below, with a look of regret on his face.

Luo Chen smiled: "Why, want to go?"

Ceng Yilong scratched his head, "Yes, didn't you say, Uncle, that you came out this time to take me to test the sword? Apart from fighting with some strong people of the same rank in the camp, I haven't had a decent battle, how can this be considered testing the sword."

Luo Chen pursed his lips and smiled, "Perhaps there are some contradictions, but I still want to say, unnecessary fighting is unnecessary. If you want to test the sword, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future, no need to rush for a moment."

"Is that so?" Ceng Yilong nodded, keeping this teaching firmly in mind.

Seeing his appearance of being taught, Luo Chen also felt great comfort.

If Zeng Wen was still alive, seeing his son grow to this level, he should also be very happy!

It's just that Luo Chen didn't expect.

His words came true.

The opportunity to test the sword came too fast!

When the night was deep, Luo Chen's face changed slightly, and he took out the identity token.

"Enemy attack!"

"The number of demonic beasts is over ten thousand, and there are no less than twenty third-tier demonic king-level existences."

The strong spiritual sense allowed him to discover the scene of ten thousand wolves rushing hundreds of miles away in advance.

At the same time he issued a warning, in the base camp, rays of array light lit up.

On Chiba Peak, puppets with powerful momentum walked out one after another.

At the same time.

A golden light, slashed down from the nine heavens!

Seeing that golden light that looked like the moon, Luo Chen's face changed greatly.

"Fourth-tier Demon Emperor!"

On Chiba Peak, a voice full of energy spread out clearly.

"Fellow Daoist Proud Howl, coming uninvited is not the way of a guest!"

Faster than this voice was a black brilliance that rose from the ground.

Golden light, black brilliance, collided in an instant.

Suddenly the wind and clouds changed, and the universe shook.

With Chiba Peak as the center, a radius of a thousand miles shook together.

The earth turned over, the array was destroyed, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was chaotic, and the high Chiba Peak even collapsed by a hundred feet.

A figure stood under the bright moon, coldly watching the Nascent Soul True Person on Chiba Peak.

"Fellow Daoist Aoxiao, coming uninvited is not the way of a guest!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 499 =====

Golden light and black brilliance collided in an instant.

Suddenly, the wind and clouds changed color, and the heavens and earth were stirred violently.

With Qianye Peak as the center, a radius of a thousand miles shook in unison.

The earth overturned, the arrays shattered, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth became chaotic and unbearable, and the towering Qianye Peak even shrank by a full hundred zhang.

A figure stood beneath the bright moon, coldly watching the Nascent Soul True Person on Qianye Peak.

"You are the ones who are the unwelcome guests!"

(End of chapter)