Chapter 515: In the Spring Rain, a Great Power Arrives

The weather was getting colder and colder.

The degree of coldness exceeded everyone's imagination.

According to some demon beasts in the Mount Cangwu Mountains, this heavy snow, which had lasted for four months, could be called the greatest in the Mount Cangwu Mountains in a thousand years!

The snow was so deep that it had already sunk three feet into the ground.

If one didn't use magic power to walk on it, it was easy to get trapped in the thick snow layer if one wasn't careful.

This heavy snow severely hindered the free movement of the demon beasts on the Mount Cangwu Mountains.

It was said that Hall Master You Quan of the Duzhen Hall was already preparing to activate the formation to reverse the weather and forcibly enter spring.

Luo Chen didn't inquire too much about the situation in the Mount Cangwu Mountains.

His attention lately had shifted from the natal magic treasure to the refining of the Transformation Pill.

Inside the cave dwelling.

Luo Chen looked at the round gray cauldron standing on the ground and skillfully threw the medicinal herbs into it one by one.

"The journey to the west to fetch scriptures only had eighty-one tribulations."

"I have failed eighty times so far; this eighty-first furnace opening should be a success!"

Luo Chen showed a smile; he had a premonition that this time it would definitely succeed!

Unlike refining the Transformation Pill in the past, which would attract many onlookers,

after failing many times, people's interest naturally decreased.

Especially in this snowy season.

With no one paying attention, Luo Chen's attention was more focused.

After putting in the essence blood containing Tianyezi's Nascent Soul power, Luo Chen thought of that old man.

Since finishing the natal magic treasure for him, the other party's state had been getting worse day by day.

Even with the spiritual medicine bestowed by You Quan, eighty-plus extractions of natal essence blood were more than any human cultivator could handle, let alone the wild demon beasts known for their strong vitality.

"I'm afraid Tianyezi won't last much longer."

"Entering this fourth-tier pill didn't cost me any achievement points, but it hard-heartedly consumed eight hundred years of Dao practice of a Nascent Soul cultivator."

"The price is not insignificant!"

Luo Chen sighed.

He thought about bringing the old man something good to eat and drink next time he saw him.

It just so happened that a third-tier golden-haired snow owl had sent him a large jar of monkey wine recently; the spiritual energy wasn't very pure, but the taste was unique, and perhaps Tianyezi would like it.

As thoughts flowed, Luo Chen's alchemy technique didn't relax in the slightest.

Gradually, time passed slowly.

Ten days later.

Luo Chen's eyes narrowed, his wrists turned, and his hands lifted.

In the round gray cauldron, a mass of flowing light slowly rose.

With a flick of his sleeve, the light dissipated, leaving only five golden pill pellets the size of pearls floating in the air.

Each pill was so radiant and eye-catching.

Even staring at it for a long time, in a trance, it seemed as if one could hear the sound of an infant crying.

Luo Chen shook his head violently and steadied his mind.

He reached out and grabbed the five pills.

"It is done."

Refining a fourth-tier pill across realms didn't bring the expected wild joy.

For some things, when they are expected, the surprise fades a lot.

And because this pill contained the heart's blood of a human senior, it was even less exciting.

Finally, thinking that this thing was for demon beasts to consume to change into human form in advance to practice cultivation techniques, he felt even more uncomfortable in his heart.

Luo Chen sighed, put away the Hunyuan Cauldron, turned around, and walked out of the cave dwelling.

After coming out of the cave dwelling, Luo Chen's steps paused.

Looking up at the sky, the goose-feather snow was still falling down as usual.

"According to the season, it should have been spring by now; why hasn't the snow stopped?"

Luo Chen muttered, drove the red cloud condensed by magic power, and flew toward the Duzhen Hall.

Arriving outside the hall, he reported to the demon beast guarding the gate and waited quietly.

Before long, the voice telling him to enter came.

"What is the matter?"

Luo Chen frowned; was You Quan's tone impatient?

He didn't hesitate much and immediately took out five golden pills from his storage ring.

"This..."

Looking at the five pills, You Quan was stunned for a moment, then, as if thinking of something, said uncertainly:

"Transformation Pill?"

"Yes, I have lived up to the mission; it is refined."

Luo Chen smiled slightly and handed four of the Transformation Pills to the other party.

You Quan looked at the one remaining.

Luo Chen held it naturally in his hand. "Five pills in one furnace; I want to keep one to study, and I hope the Hall Master will fulfill my wish."

You Quan blinked, her gaze finally remaining on the four Transformation Pills in her hand, with some expectation in her eyes.

She pondered slightly and nodded slightly.

"Granted!"

After delivering the pills, there was nothing else to do.

Luo Chen intended to say goodbye and leave.

You Quan called him back.

In Luo Chen's confusion, she said naturally: "The Duzhen Hall is about to activate the formation to disperse the heavy snow that has lasted for several months on the Mount Cangwu Mountains. During the activation of the formation, do not walk around at will."

Luo Chen was stunned and nodded in agreement.

Perfect!

He felt that his breakthrough to the third level of Jin Dan would be in these few days, and he hadn't planned to go out anyway.

Now that he had delivered the first batch of Transformation Pills, the demon cultivators of the Mount Cangwu Mountains shouldn't urge him for a short time.

Taking advantage of this time, it would be quite nice to find time to go into seclusion and break through to the third level of Jin Dan.

After Luo Chen left,

You Quan's gaze fell on the four Transformation Pills, her mood fluctuating.

"My Nether Yin Crow bloodline is too thin; it was created from a wisp of Yin Crow aura intercepted by the Monarch between life and death."

"The thin bloodline caused me to fail to transform into human form when I broke through to the fourth tier, even though I succeeded in breaking the realm."

"For five hundred years, my cultivation speed has been slow, and even Little Qing later surpassed me, completely exceeding my realm."

"With such progress, I will surely be unable to help with the Monarch's plan in the future. No matter how well I manage the Mount Cangwu Mountains, I will slowly fall out of the team."

"Now! With this Transformation Pill, perhaps I still have a chance to transform?"

As her thoughts fluctuated, You Quan had more hope for the future.

But for now, she had to activate the Duzhen Hall formation first to eliminate this strange snowy weather.

The Duzhen Hall formation was activated on the day Luo Chen delivered the Transformation Pills.

Surging spiritual energy from the earth veins was drawn out, spreading from the Duzhen Hall to all directions.

The dark clouds in the sky were dispersed, and the snow in the mountains began to melt.

Rolling snow water flowed down along the hills and gullies.

Continuous light rain also fell slowly in the biting spring cold.

Melting snow was far colder than the snowy season.

And Luo Chen was completely unaware of this.

In the warm cave dwelling, he lit a stove of rough sandalwood incense he had made himself over the years and began a deep-level seclusion.

The "Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture" slowly began to operate.

First, the fire-attribute magic power in the Jin Dan of the Qi Sea flowed out, nourishing the meridians and acupoints, then returned, while Luo Chen's body, like a black hole, began to devour the rich spiritual energy of heaven and earth around him.

On the attribute panel, in the realm column, the entry was shining, looking quite eager to try.

Realm: Jin Dan Third Level 99/Under the condition that Luo Chen operated his natal technique without interruption, the surrounding spiritual energy began to constantly enter his body, then was refined, purified, and further refined by the "Dust Micro-Origin Technique," finally becoming magic power stained with soul.

The Jin Dan spun, swallowing this magic power.

The crimson Jin Dan thus became increasingly full and round.

Time flowed slowly.

One day, two days, three days...

Unknowingly, half a month passed in one go.

On this day, Luo Chen shuddered, then slowly opened his eyes.

There was no earth-shattering battle, and even the overflowing magic power fluctuations, although somewhat restless and hot, were within the normal range.

"A false Heavenly Spiritual Root is still a Heavenly Spiritual Root!"

"Breaking through the realm so naturally, as if eating and drinking, is the most relaxed and happy time in my life."

Luo Chen sighed, increasingly realizing the benefits of the "Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture."

Even if it was just the intercepted Jin Dan chapter, its wonders were far beyond any third-tier technique he had ever seen!

Cultivating with this, not to mention the extremely fast cultivation speed, the potency of the magic power was no less than that of Five-Element cultivation.

It could even be said that the magic power refinement method that came with this technique was not inferior to the "Dust Micro-Origin Technique" he created himself!

Comprehensive to the extreme!

As expected of the ancestor of fire techniques!

"If I could get the Nascent Soul chapter..."

Luo Chen licked his dry mouth, his heart somewhat restless.

At that very moment,

he suddenly frowned.

With a thought, the Hunyuan Cauldron appeared in front of him.

Quiet, peaceful, gray and unremarkable, showing no divinity.

But when he cast a brand-new magic power that stained the Hunyuan Cauldron, he finally noticed a trace of something wrong.

There was the sound of wind!

In the core formation hub of the natal magic treasure, there was a faint whistling of wind.

Luo Chen's expression shifted slightly; why would a natal magic treasure that had already been completely refined have such strange signs?

If it weren't for the fact that he had just broken through the realm, his thoughts were active, and he was scanning himself with his spiritual sense, he almost wouldn't have discovered this trace of abnormality.

Suddenly!

Luo Chen stood up abruptly, holding the shrunken small cauldron, covering it in his sleeve, closed the cave dwelling door, and headed straight for the Duzhen Hall.

Arriving at the Duzhen Hall, a demon beast blocked the way.

"Hall Master You Quan is in seclusion lately and is not seeing outsiders."

Luo Chen's expression was calm. "If I am not seeing Hall Master You Quan, I will go to the dungeon and the treasury; it is time to collect a batch of materials for refining the Transformation Pill."

The demon beast said "oh" and stepped aside.

Luo Chen swung his sleeve and stepped into it with big strides.

Behind him was the hazy smoke and rain, and the biting spring cold.

In the dimness, a green-shirted woman walked out of the empty hall, standing alone in the spring rain, looking puzzled.

Re-entering the dungeon, Luo Chen didn't go straight to the Mount Cangwu Mountain treasury as usual.

Instead, he headed straight for the dungeon.

When he reached the fourth basement level, the huge body of the Thunder Prison Divine Peng blocked the way again.

Seeing Luo Chen, the other party's stern face showed a hint of softness, and he even chatted with him for a while before letting Luo Chen in.

Luo Chen knew clearly in his heart!

The other party was thinking about the Millennium Thunder Ying he had in his possession.

Such a rare material was of great benefit to any cultivator.

Especially those who practiced thunder-path techniques.

If Thunder Prison obtained this, he would surely be like a tiger with wings.

However, seeing how much You Quan valued Luo Chen, he didn't dare to take it by force.

But Luo Chen couldn't bear to take out such a good thing as Millennium Thunder Ying.

He also planned to add some to the Moon-Breaking Wings when he had time in the future.

And the Hunyuan Cauldron!

After completely digesting the impurities, he could also continue to add Millennium Thunder Ying.

The more of this thing, the better; it would be of great benefit for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage in the future!

Thinking about these things, Luo Chen walked forward, and under Han Zhan's gaze, he arrived outside Tianyezi's door.

After eighty-one extractions of blood, the other party had already been weakened to the extreme.

Although he was still sitting cross-legged there, the temperament he exuded was like an old man like a candle in the wind, no longer having the demeanor of a Nascent Soul True Person.

Sensing Luo Chen's gaze, Tianyezi slowly opened his eyes.

"There should still be half a month before the next blood extraction, right?"

Luo Chen sneered, "I need an explanation!"

Tianyezi's expression stiffened.

Then he struggled to raise his head, looked directly into Luo Chen's eyes, and a bitter smile hung on the corner of his mouth.

"I didn't expect you to find out so quickly!"

Luo Chen frowned, "That Qingping Nether Wind?"

"Yes."

"I knew you wouldn't be so kind. You said you wanted to leave behind the most perfect work before you died, and you gave me the precious Qingping Nether Wind for no reason, taking advantage of me. But the treasure refined is a natal magic treasure that the owner cannot easily operate. Tell me, what is the purpose? And how to solve the restriction of the Qingping Nether Wind so that I can operate the Hunyuan Cauldron as I wish?"

Facing these questions, Tianyezi seemed somewhat embarrassed.

For a time, he didn't speak, making the atmosphere in the dungeon quite silent.

After a while, he said with difficulty: "Actually, the difficulty in controlling the Hunyuan Cauldron is not entirely because I left a dark hand; it itself, as I told you before, has too many impurities..."

"Hmph, no need to talk about other things; I ask you, what is the purpose!"

Facing Luo Chen's pressing,

Tianyezi sighed long, "Why be so persistent? It's just a backup plan I left behind for a glimmer of survival."

"A glimmer of survival?" Luo Chen frowned.

Hunyuan Cauldron, Tianyezi's glimmer of survival?

In an instant, thousands of thoughts raced through his mind, rising and falling like waves.

Hunyuan Cauldron, pill cauldron, refining Transformation Pill, the material is Tianyezi's essence blood containing Nascent Soul power, dozens of failures, dozens of Nascent Soul power contaminations, and the Qingping Nether Wind as a guide...

Gradually, everything was connected together.

Luo Chen even thought of some strange anecdotes about artifact refining that Duan Feng had mentioned when they exchanged insights in the past.

It was rumored that above magic tools, magic treasures, and true artifacts, there was another type of treasure called Spirit Treasure!

What is a Spirit Treasure?

A magic treasure that has given birth to an artifact spirit is a Spirit Treasure!

Such an artifact spirit is not as simple as adding the soul of a demon beast or cultivator.

Rather, it is an existence that naturally derives from constant operation and use, at the most suitable opportunity.

A magic treasure capable of giving birth to an artifact spirit must be of extremely high quality, have a sufficiently strong foundation, and even undergo the baptism of the laws of heaven and earth.

Ordinary artifact refiners simply cannot refine Spirit Treasures.

Even in the Eastern Wasteland, the Lin Tianfan City, known for artifact refining, had never refined a single Spirit Treasure.

But now it was very clear that what Tianyezi coveted was to be reborn with the help of the Hunyuan Cauldron after he was consumed as a medicinal person and meat pig.

After thinking of this, Luo Chen couldn't help but blurt out.

"What a 'dying to live'! What an 'artifact spirit possession'!"

"Tianyezi! As a generation of artifact refining masters, don't you know that I, a mere Jin Dan cultivator, cannot control a magic treasure with an artifact spirit?"

"You are trying to reverse the guest and the host!"

Facing Luo Chen's mockery,

Tianyezi closed his eyes, looking like he was defaulting.

But the next moment, he opened his eyes violently.

A earth-shattering loud noise came from outside to inside, rumbling.

Luo Chen was stunned.

"What happened?"

At this moment, Tianyezi gave a low drink and circled his fingers around Luo Chen, as if drawing a circle.

Luo Chen was horrified; the Hunyuan Cauldron, which he hadn't put into his body for caution, instantly lost its heart-to-heart connection with him.

A gust of violent wind erupted from the Hunyuan Cauldron.

The three-inch small cauldron also began to grow larger with a rumble, the cauldron mouth tilted, facing Tianyezi.

At this moment, Tianyezi's beard and hair flew, his eyes wide, his expression dignified, walking toward the outside of the cell.

As he took a step, blood mist erupted from his body.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

In the blink of an eye, he became a bloody man.

And at this moment, he finally arrived at the gate of the dungeon.

He pinched a spiritual formula with both hands.

"Lock!"

The next moment, a green chain suddenly emerged from the Hunyuan Cauldron, passed through the dungeon, and locked him firmly.

Then, he pulled it outward!

In an instant, Tianyezi shifted his position and arrived outside the dungeon.

He held the Hunyuan Cauldron in one hand, glanced at Luo Chen, who was horrified, and then said loudly: "Fellow Daoist Han Zhan, the time has come; why don't you break free?"

A low voice came from the front.

"I am weak; I hope fellow Daoist will give me a hand."

Tianyezi, who was old to the extreme, smiled lightly. "This is easy!"

His withered hand, like a chicken claw, patted the Hunyuan Cauldron.

A thick green chain flew out, drilled into the dungeon where Han Zhan was.

The next moment, it pulled a three-inch Nascent Soul and flew out.

The surrounding restrictions didn't seem to have played any blocking role.

Or rather, those restrictions had long been secretly penetrated by Tianyezi, this famous human artifact refining master.

At this moment, the two great Nascent Soul True Persons stood side by side, ignoring Luo Chen, and looked up at the sky.

Their gazes seemed to pierce through layers of barriers and looked outside the Mount Cangwu Mountains.

In the boundless rain curtain, an old man in black walked slowly.

"The Mingyuan Sect has finally couldn't help but act!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 516 =====