Chapter 513: Invincible Might, Blood of Living Beings

The grand voices spread across the ten-thousand-mile Mount Cangwu Mountains.

Surging air waves rolled forward, causing the trunks of countless tall paulownia trees to sway, emitting waves of sound like the sea.

At this moment, ten thousand birds were silent, and groups of feathers flew about.

Uninvited guests arriving at the door signaled that a shocking battle was inevitable.

However, Luo Chen could not witness all of this with his own eyes.

The gate of the Duzhen Hall slammed shut after You Quan flew out.

Luo Chen was trapped inside the Duzhen Hall, a mass of black energy drawing a circle as a prison, binding him tightly.

Recalling the words You Quan said before she left,

three Nascent Soul late-stage cultivators couldn't take down the Mount Cangwu Mountains?

A guess arose in Luo Chen's heart.

"Could it be that Monarch Sovereign Qixia, the master of the Tongxuan Hall, is still in the Mount Cangwu Mountains?"

But soon, he overturned this thought himself.

If that were really the case, those three Nascent Soul late-stage cultivators wouldn't have dared to attack so recklessly.

In his perception, waves of aura were rising one after another within the Duzhen Hall.

Those auras were very powerful, at least all at the Nascent Soul stage.

A rough estimate showed there were at least ten of them!

In other words, besides You Quan, there were at least ten other Nascent Soul demon cultivators in the Duzhen Hall!

With such a lineup, plus the advantage of the terrain, they indeed had the capital to compete with three great Nascent Soul late-stage cultivators.

But unexpectedly,

those newly awakened auras soon subsided.

Luo Chen was startled.

But immediately, a more terrifying guess surfaced in his mind.

"The Mount Cangwu Mountains wouldn't just let Qing Shuang fight alone, one against three, in a bitter battle against three enemies of the same rank!"

No one gave him an answer to this guess.

This building, the Duzhen Hall, like the other two halls, seemed to be shrouded in powerful restrictions, and no fluctuations from the outside could affect this place.

Luo Chen could not guess the situation of the battle outside through the aftermath of the fighting.

He was very anxious now.

He hoped that the three great human cultivators would defeat Qing Shuang and rescue him and the other cultivators trapped here.

As for refining Emperor Flowing Plasma for the demon race?

If no one said anything, who would know?

Even if they knew, he could make up for his faults by refining more pills; he could always make up for it.

Talent is scarce everywhere.

Didn't He He Qingzi defect from the demon race before and even attack the Aoxiao Wolf Emperor, yet she was still accepted back by the Mount Cangwu Mountains, with only a slightly harder life?

He, Luo Chen, was a technical talent; his future treatment wouldn't necessarily be worse than He He Qingzi's.

But if he really refined the Transformation Pill for the demon race,

the significance would be completely different!

Such a pill was comparable to mass-producing Nascent Soul formation pills for human cultivators.

It was a tool that could create a large number of high-end combat forces for the demon race.

If, because of the Transformation Pill he refined, demon race experts appeared frequently and caused great harm to human cultivators,

under such circumstances,

even if he luckily escaped You Quan's control, once the human leadership found out in the future, Luo Chen would be skinned alive even if he didn't die.

He had to take advantage of the fact that it wasn't a done deal yet; everything still had a chance to be salvaged.

Of course!

Luo Chen also had to face a reality.

That was, if the Mount Cangwu Mountains were truly defeated, would You Quan kill him on her way out?

That would be worse than living a miserable life!

It was in this contradictory state of mind that time slowly passed.

About half an hour later,

the gate of the Duzhen Hall was opened by a gust of wind.

A familiar figure flew in.

Luo Chen was stunned and blurted out, "So fast?"

But in an instant, his heart sank.

You Quan returning so calmly meant the result of the battle...

You Quan glanced at him and casually removed the magic power.

"Move around yourself, just don't leave the Mount Cangwu Mountains."

After saying this, she hurried toward the side hall in the back.

Luo Chen walked to the gate, hesitated, and stepped out of the Duzhen Hall.

As soon as he stepped out, the daylight poured down, landing on him, so dazzling.

He blinked his eyelashes and looked in the direction of his memory.

A tall, beautiful figure was still floating in the sky, her hair slightly messy, her eyes tightly closed, her body relaxed, as if she were feeling something.

And all around...

Outside the Mount Cangwu Mountains, the earth seemed to have been plowed over and over again.

It was full of broken walls and ruins, the mountains and rivers shattered.

Countless tall paulownia trees were broken on the ground, burning with raging fires.

On the ground, there were even some golden fragments, looking like glaze.

A large group of third-tier birds, after receiving permission, rushed over impatiently, frantically pecking at the golden fragments.

"Is it all over?"

Luo Chen stared blankly at the beautiful figure, murmuring to himself, falling into a daze.

What kind of powerful strength was needed to defeat three supreme existences standing at the peak of human cultivators!

Luo Chen, along his journey, considered himself not weaker than those of the same rank, and often had glorious records of killing those of higher ranks.

But in the end,

the people he defeated by winning against many, or winning against the strong, either lacked powerful magic power, lacked refined magic treasures, or lacked his rich combat experience.

In general, they all had more or less weaknesses, which created his glorious resume.

But a Nascent Soul late-stage great cultivator, that was a truly "great cultivator"!

The so-called great cultivator was a title customized for Nascent Soul late-stage powerhouses from the beginning.

It was just that for thousands of years, cultivators flattered each other, and gradually this title was used for the late stage of every realm.

Thus, there were the ridiculous Qi Refining late-stage great cultivators, the eye-catching Foundation Establishment late-stage great cultivators, and the Jin Dan late-stage great cultivators who were only one step away from Nascent Soul.

But if one were to be serious, only the Nascent Soul late-stage deserved the title of great cultivator!

Because, in a situation where Soul Transformation great powers could not easily act in this world, this was the peak combat power that could walk in the human world!

It could be called one person below, ten thousand people above!

Every one of them was a great figure with profound Dao practice, numerous trump cards, and could act as the ancestor of a sect or the hero of several regions.

For such existences, there were almost no weaknesses to speak of.

In a one-on-one battle, there might be victory or defeat.

But capturing alive or killing was almost impossible.

And in a three-on-one situation, the advantage was already boundless.

And yet, Qing Shuang actually won?

Such a scene was even more shocking than Qing Shuang's previous fierce defeat of the five Nascent Soul True Persons.

The dazed Luo Chen kept staring at the figure, his thoughts rising and falling, difficult to fathom.

Thousands of miles away from the Mount Cangwu Mountains.

Several figures stood on a mountain peak, carefully watching the water mirror in front of them.

Exclamations were made from time to time.

After a long time, it fell into an eerie silence.

A voice sounded abruptly.

"Are you convinced?"

The crowd looked at each other, and finally nodded unwillingly.

"We are indeed no match for Qing Shuang."

"The number one demon race powerhouse below the Soul Transformation ancient demons of the Eastern Wasteland; this woman lives up to her name!"

"Fighting one against three, not falling behind at all, and even severely injuring one, defeating the opponent's three-zhang Glazed Golden Body. Her cultivation in strength is already close to touching the edge of comprehending the laws."

After some heartfelt words, the previous voice sounded again.

"Don't go to provoke the Mount Cangwu Mountains in the future."

"Although that territory is good, I promised it to Monarch Sovereign Qixia a thousand years ago. Before she ascends, the Mount Cangwu Mountains will always belong to her."

"Don't look at the fact that Sovereign Qixia disappeared many years ago; as long as Qing Shuang is still there, and Soul Transformation doesn't act, she is an invincible existence!"

Everyone was silent.

Suddenly, someone whispered: "Emperor, what if a human great power acts?"

A chuckle came from the air.

"Wouldn't that be exactly what I want?"

"This so-called demon race has too many tribes, each doing its own thing; the situation of being a scattered mess has lasted too long. It needs external force to help me knead it."

"It's just, do they dare?"

Inside the Moon-Breaking Immortal City.

Three Daoists sat cross-legged in a circle.

Each of them had a gloomy look on their faces.

"This demon's realm is equal to mine," Old Ancestor Hehuan sighed, stroking his long beard. "The spiritual energy of heaven and earth drawn by her demon power is no less than the six qi I control."

The "Six Imperial Yin-Yang Transformation" was the secret technique of the Hehuan Sect, which could mobilize the six qi of wind, rain, darkness, brightness, yin, and yang after reaching Great Perfection.

Even at the Nascent Soul level, it was a top-tier technique that integrated offense and defense.

Tianji Huiping Monk of the Tianji Zen Sect had a face like gold paper at this moment.

He said in a low voice: "My most proud Zen body-tempering Dao was completely suppressed under her Azure Phoenix True Body, and even my three-zhang Glazed Golden Body was defeated. It will take at least a hundred years to repair."

True Person Ancestor Shenyuan of the Five-Element God Sect was in no better mood.

"She doesn't have many methods, but somehow she comprehended the fur of spatial laws. Combined with her own body-tempering technique, the killing moves formed are completely impossible to guard against. Although she hasn't reached the level of jumping out of the Three Realms, she is not within the Five Elements. With the Five-Element Divine Arts I have mastered, I am completely no match for her."

After some analysis, the three of them inexplicably felt a sense of despair.

How could there be such a person in the world?

Clearly, her cultivation years were not as long as theirs, but she surpassed them in every aspect.

"Such an existence is no longer something we can deal with," Old Ancestor Hehuan glanced at the two, his expression leisurely. "Anyway, we have already done our best; leave the rest to the Mingyuan Sect to handle!"

The other two looked at each other, then nodded tacitly, acknowledging this plan.

Only True Person Ancestor Shenyuan, when he lowered his head, had a trace of unwillingness.

Not to mention that his method of breaking off seclusion to extend his life was interrupted, he hadn't even found that Five-Element Spiritual Root cultivator who had hopes of advancing to the Nascent Soul stage after coming out.

If he couldn't refine the Nascent Soul Dao Body, he would have no hope of advancing to Soul Transformation in his life.

If he really waited for the Mingyuan Sect to act, the other party wouldn't hand Luo Chen over to him.

"Could it be that this is truly the only way?"

A year had passed since the three great human cultivators descended upon the Mount Cangwu Mountains but were blocked outside the mountain by Qing Shuang alone.

This year, the situation outside was surging, and the political situation was constantly changing.

Whether it was the thirty-six regions of the Eastern Wasteland or the million great mountains, various drastic changes were happening.

Only the Mount Cangwu Mountains, at the center of the vortex, were peaceful, as if nothing had happened.

It was still surrounded by feathers, with hundreds of birds singing to each other.

It was even livelier than before.

However, You Quan, the Deputy Hall Master of the Duzhen Hall, had been in a very bad mood lately, emitting sharp screeches from time to time.

On this day,

inside the Duzhen Hall, You Quan stared at He He Qingzi with ill intent.

"What did the Demon Court say?"

He He Qingzi lowered her head, not daring to look directly at her.

"Emperor Tian has been busy integrating the various demon beast tribes of the Eastern Wasteland lately and is tied up with trivial matters, unable to spare the energy to receive this batch of humans. He only mentioned that he hopes we will release Aoxiao."

"Aoxiao? Hmph!"

You Quan snorted coldly.

In that battle at Tiangu Plain before, Aoxiao was defeated, and his Nascent Soul was captured alive by the Demon-Locking Tower.

But he himself wasn't dead.

Especially since Han Zhan of the Luoyun Sect had kept Aoxiao's skeleton to refine a puppet.

As long as Aoxiao's Nascent Soul was released and combined with the previous skeleton body, after a hundred years of recuperation, his strength could still recover by seventy or eighty percent.

And Aoxiao himself was the demon race powerhouse who admired and followed the ancient demon Emperor Tian the earliest in the wilderness.

The other party naturally wanted to recover such a great general as soon as possible.

"No, if they wanted Aoxiao, they should have sent someone to contact us long ago; why haven't they shown up after two years?"

"What exactly is that guy Emperor Tian planning?"

You Quan fell into deep thought.

And the fact that she, a Nascent Soul demon cultivator, was so disrespectful to the Soul Transformation-stage Emperor Tian also scared He He Qingzi so much that she didn't dare to say more.

After some thought, You Quan couldn't find an answer.

She temporarily suppressed the trouble in her heart and asked about another matter.

"What about Luo Chen?"

He He Qingzi cheered up and hurriedly replied: "He is still the same, unable to lift his spirits. However, in a year, his cultivation has improved somewhat, and breaking through to the third level of Jin Dan is just around the corner."

"I am asking about the pill formula for the Transformation Pill; how is he getting on with it!"

He He Qingzi was startled. "It should be soon. I see that he has been entering and leaving the treasury personally lately, selecting medicinal herbs of suitable age, looking very much like he is about to open the furnace to refine pills."

Speaking of this, she seemed to remember something and added: "Luo Chen's hands aren't very clean; besides medicinal herbs, he also took some precious ores."

You Quan frowned, then waved her wings.

"Let him be; it's just some mineral materials. It is best if he can figure it out."

Had Luo Chen figured it out?

Some things he had figured out, and some things had nothing to do with him whether he figured them out or not.

Just like that Supreme Elder True Person Ancestor Shenyuan of the Five-Element God Sect!

Knowing that Jin Jin Buque had already fallen, why did he still personally come to the Mount Cangwu Mountains?

What he was after, I fear, was this Five-Element Spiritual Root body of Luo Chen!

In other words, even if he went back now, I imagine his situation wouldn't be much better.

Walking in the brightly lit golden cave, which looked like a place where the dragon race collected treasures, Luo Chen walked casually in the Mount Cangwu Mountain treasury.

His gaze fell from time to time on the room at the very back.

A mysterious and obscure formation fluctuation was slowly emanating from within.

He knew that this was the formation hub of the Mount Cangwu Mountains!

It connected to the fifth-tier earth veins below and the three Tongxuan halls above.

While forming a single entity, it also connected to all directions of the Mountain-Sea Realm.

The reason why the Azure Phoenix could appear out of thin air in the Bone Dao Palace of the Snowy Mountain before was because of the teleportation array in that room.

"It's a pity I don't know formations; otherwise, if I rushed in now and used the teleportation array, I could just run away."

Luo Chen muttered.

But soon he laughed at himself.

What if he ran away?

The teleportation array from the Mount Cangwu Mountains to the Mountain-Sea Realm was built by Monarch Sovereign Qixia with the help of Hall Master Qing Shuang's spatial talent; they knew exactly where it went!

Most importantly, with his formation attainments, he couldn't activate a teleportation array that only Nascent Soul powerhouses could drive.

Therefore, he could only watch eagerly.

Luo Chen walked listlessly in the treasury, selecting suitable medicinal herbs according to the records on the pill formula.

Just as He He Qingzi said, after a year of study, he had a sufficiently deep understanding of the Transformation Pill.

The pill formula of the demon race system was far simpler than that of the human race.

It was simple and crude!

The older the medicinal herbs, the better, and the selection of main ingredients was even cruder to the extreme.

Transformation?

To transform into your human form, I will directly use form to supplement form, using the essence blood and Nascent Soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator to refine it directly.

As for the selection of auxiliary materials, there were not so many requirements; the main ingredient was the key.

And although it was a fourth-tier pill, the Transformation Pill was for third-tier demon beasts that had just entered the third tier.

Therefore, the refining of this pill was not as difficult as imagined.

Luo Chen didn't even plan to waste achievement points to get started.

Anyway, the Mount Cangwu Mountains were rich, so he would just refine it hard!

Being a prodigal son once, he would toss it out through countless failures.

As for what if the main ingredients were tossed away?

That would be a good thing, and it wouldn't be Luo Chen's fault.

With these dark thoughts, Luo Chen's medicinal herb selection work for the day was finished.

Just as he was about to leave the treasury, his steps suddenly stopped in front of a box.

Operating his magic power, he casually fiddled with it a few times.

Beneath a layer of gems, a large handful of red crystals that looked like diamonds were revealed.

"Fire Spirit Diamond!"

"Tsk tsk, this time, I actually found so many Fire Spirit Diamonds, and the quality is excellent."

Luo Chen squatted down and began to carefully select the Fire Spirit Diamonds.

You Quan didn't care about these third-tier mineral materials at all, and she wouldn't pursue it if he took them.

It just so happened that Luo Chen's natal magic treasure was still missing some Fire Spirit Diamonds, so it would be a waste not to take them now.

Compared to the difficulty of finding one before, now he could pick and choose, which was truly absurd.

Luo Chen's fingers suddenly stopped.

He picked up a deep red Fire Spirit Diamond and held it up to his eyes.

Spiritual light bloomed in his eyes as he looked at the object in confusion.

"What is this deep red?"

"Is it the blood of some creature?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 514 =====