Chapter 521

Inside the Qi Sea, the true fire is raging.

The blue-red light almost filled the entire Qi Sea.

This state is like vibrant vitality, with all things competing to grow.

The Core Formation and the pair of fire-attribute Moon-Breaking Wings are like fish in water in such a vibrant environment.

The Moon-Breaking Wings turned into flowing moons, constantly flying and rotating.

The red Core Formation automatically rotated faster and faster, greedily wanting to absorb the boundless vitality contained in the Withered Glory True Fire.

The Withered Glory True Fire seemed to have spirituality, and was not very willing to share the vitality after burning and refining the tens of thousands of sea snakes with the Core Formation and the Moon-Breaking Wings.

But being in it, it was still divided up a little bit more or less.

Of course, most of it was still kept by the Withered Glory True Fire itself.

Vaguely, it seemed to be transforming in a certain direction?

Luo Chen closed his eyes and perceived the changes in the Qi Sea, and the slight unwillingness of the Withered Glory True Fire was instantly captured by him.

"This is... spirituality?"

A look of surprise appeared on Luo Chen's face.

Heaven and earth have strange fires, mostly from strange and dangerous places, once formed, they can exist away from the source.

Therefore, heaven and earth strange fires are mostly called - Source-less Fire!

Cultivators refine them as true fire, so the Source-less Fire has a place to entrust, and has a root, so it becomes Source True Fire.

But the Source-less Fire, which is as numerous as the stars, is not all powerful and unique.

They are just alternative practitioners similar to plants becoming spirits and stubborn stones giving birth to spirits.

At the beginning, there is basically no intelligence, acting purely on instinct.

Moreover, this kind of creature, unlike demon beasts evolved from wild beasts, can give birth to intelligence and actively transform at a low realm.

It is rumored that if Source-less Fire wants to give birth to intelligence, it must at least advance to the fifth-order level to give birth to a little spirituality.

Luo Chen's Withered Glory Fire was obtained from the Yan Alliance.

Initially, it only had a third-order level.

For three hundred years, it was nurtured by the Yan Alliance using the Incense-Burning Spirit-Snatching Array improved by the Heavenly Work Spirit-Snatching Array, and from time to time, various woods and demon beast blood were put into it, and over time, its grade was pushed to the fourth-order level.

And this is basically the limit of the Withered Glory Fire.

Its potential is only this much.

But after Luo Chen refined it later, he found that it had unconsciously brought the habit of incense-burning and spirit-snatching.

Therefore, after wantonly burning and refining living creatures, it can actively plunder the vitality contained in the creatures themselves.

Most of this vitality was absorbed by the Withered Glory Fire itself, and a small part blessed Luo Chen's body, and even brought about an increase in lifespan.

But even so, the upper limit of the Withered Glory Fire can be seen at a glance.

At most, it is the fourth-order limit, and it cannot break through the fifth-order level.

But now, it vaguely has a trace of spirituality, this is amazing!

Spirituality is the sign of a fifth-order Source-less Fire!

In other words, the Withered Glory Fire is expected to advance to the fifth order!

"Could it be that quantitative change leads to qualitative change?"

"But tens of thousands of sea snakes are said to be many, are they really comparable to a few third-order demon beasts?"

"Could it be... "Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra"!"

For this technique known as the ancestor of fire methods, the more Luo Chen practiced, the more mysterious he felt it was.

Even if it is just the Core Formation chapter, even if there are no spells or secret techniques attached to it.

But just the mystery of changing spiritual root attributes and covering five systems with one system is enough to make people benefit infinitely.

Now it seems that this technique still has many, many places worth exploring.

Now the proficiency of the "Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra" has just reached the proficiency level, and after the later perfection, master, and even Great Perfection, there may be changes!

After checking the Withered Glory True Fire, Luo Chen checked his own physique.

Even if it was only a part of the vitality shared by the Withered Glory Fire, after the body absorbed it, there was a warm feeling flowing all over his body.

Even, Luo Chen felt that his upper limit of lifespan would also increase with the transformation of his body.

And, this amount might be very large!

"Tens of thousands of sea snakes, I don't know how many years of lifespan upper limit they can provide me."

"If there are many, does it mean that I can rely on wantonly hunting demon beasts, refining them, and obtaining lifespan, thereby achieving an alternative immortality?"

When this thought popped up, Luo Chen was actually a little excited for a while.

After a long time, Luo Chen finally suppressed the excitement in his heart.

Such immortality is not the right way after all!

Maybe it can be tried, but it must not be relied upon.

What he wants is not just immortality, but eternal life!

Lifespan can bring immortality, but eternal life requires sufficient means of protection.

And powerful means of protection must rely on constantly transforming cultivation realms.

Therefore, cultivation is still the top priority, and we must not lose one thing and lose another!

After a careful investigation, Luo Chen sent a sound transmission.

After a while, Cheng Haichang entered the cabin.

"Lord, do you have any orders?"

This time, Luo Chen did not perform Mirror Flower Water Moon, but chatted with the other party relatively peacefully.

"Previously, I observed that you all stood firm under the siege of the sea snake group, this ship is very peculiar!"

Cheng Haichang nodded, "The lord has extraordinary vision, this demon-hunting ship is indeed not bad, it was bought by our Cheng family with a lot of money. It can sail on the ocean, hunting sea fish and demon beasts far away from islands where the human race gathers."

"Demon-hunting ship?" Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, his eyes falling on the ship under his feet.

With his knowledge, of course, he can see the quality of this ship, which is at the magic treasure level!

Such a big ship must be extremely expensive.

Under the other party's explanation, he also understood the origin of this kind of ship.

It is a special magic treasure refined by the master of refining of the Tianyuan Alliance, combined with the situation in the North Sea, and adapted to local conditions.

Amphibious on sea and air, especially on the sea, the speed is faster.

The whole is refined from the bones of dragon whales in the depths of the ocean, which is particularly friendly to the water system.

Not only is the speed fast, but the load capacity is also quite good.

Cultivation families on the major islands of the North Sea, as long as they have some strength, will spend a lot of money to buy one, working on the sea as a supplement to their financial resources.

"That white banner is a soul-refining banner, right!"

Suddenly, Luo Chen mentioned the magic tool Cheng Haichang used before.

Cheng Haichang lowered his head and said nervously: "It is indeed a soul-refining banner from the soul-refining lineage of the Yuanmo Sect, but the junior did not actively violate the ban and absorb the souls of cultivators. Usually, I always absorb the souls of demon beasts as a supplement."

"Oh?"

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, he saw it before, the other party absorbed the remnants of those who died in battle on the demon-hunting ship.

Does this not count as violating the ban?

Later, under the other party's explanation, he knew the so-called Yuanmo ban in the past.

Soul-refining banners can be used.

But the souls in it are best used as materials with the countless demon beast souls in the ocean.

The souls of human cultivators cannot be forcibly detained.

If there are those with ulterior motives who wantonly hunt cultivators to refine soul-refining banners, they will be wanted and hunted by the Yuanmo Sect.

However, it is clear that with the destruction of the Yuanmo Sect, this so-called Yuanmo ban has basically existed in name only.

Like this Cheng Haichang, he is playing edge balls, using the souls of his own clansmen who died in battle to supplement the soul-refining banner.

"What is that array?"

"The lord is talking about the array on the demon-hunting ship? That is the Sea Soul Array, an array formed by absorbing the power of the ocean and countless sea monster souls, which can become stronger the more you fight, basically it is the standard array for all large demon-hunting ships."

"Interesting, is there a relevant array map?"

"Uh, there is no such thing, this is a special research by the Tianyuan Alliance combined with the soul-refining lineage of the Yuanmo Sect. Where do small families like us have the opportunity to get the original array map!"

"Tianyuan Alliance? What is the relationship with the Central Plains Holy Land Tianyuan Sect?"

"The lord is wise, that Tianyuan Alliance is the industry of the Tianyuan Sect, responsible for collecting resources in the North Sea and selling them to the other four continents, and at the same time allocating resources from the other four continents to the North Sea."

Luo Chen nodded, doing business, buying low and selling high, nothing more.

"The Tianyuan Alliance is very strong, and there are Yuan Infant True Persons sitting in town all year round. It also raises countless master-level figures in all walks of life, alchemy, arrays, weapons, and talismans, all of which are refined, and it is rumored that they can even refine magic weapons."

"Just now I saw that the lord is very interested in that spirit-attached magic tool, actually that is also one of the Tianyuan Alliance's handwriting."

"This kind of magic tool is not driven by spiritual energy, but by the internal energy of martial artists."

"In this way, countless mortals in the North Sea have a place to use their skills. As long as they practice martial arts well, they can use spirit-attached magic tools to exert strength not weaker than the early stage of Qi Refining, or even the middle stage of Qi Refining."

"Like such a large demon-hunting ship, it is impossible to use all cultivators. Generally, major families will bring a large group of mortal martial artists on board, let them help catch fish, hunt demons, and process prey, and even help fight."

The more Luo Chen listened, the brighter his eyes became.

In the Eastern Wasteland, they are not worth mentioning, like mortals kept in captivity, I didn't expect them to have such a status in the North Sea cultivation world!

With the body of a mortal, exerting the strength of the middle stage of Qi Refining, this is indeed a bit unbelievable.

He asked for three spirit-attached magic tools from Cheng Haichang and let the other party go down.

Subsequently, Luo Chen studied this thing.

The huge demon-hunting ship, with sails high, rode the wind and waves and kept moving forward.

Getting closer and closer to the destination.

Two days later, Luo Chen put down the knife and sword in his hand and the trident.

On his face, a thoughtful look appeared.

"Strange, wonderful!"

"In the small spirit-attached magic tool, it actually contains the mystery of the transformation of blood and spiritual power, isn't this the refining essence and transforming Qi of the early Qi Refiners?"

"It's just that the Tianyuan Alliance replaced it with arrays and spirit stones."

"Unfortunately, the gas-spirit transformation arrays on it are all set with confidentiality measures and cannot be forcibly opened for research."

"If this exquisite means is popularized throughout the Mountain and Sea Realm, the strength of the human race will undergo earth-shaking changes. After all, the reproduction speed of mortals is far greater than that of cultivators who cherish cultivation. If it is the realm of a congenital grandmaster like Wang Yuan in his early years, driving the best spirit-attached magic tool, it might be able to threaten the late stage of Qi Refining."

"But why did the Tianyuan Sect only distribute this means to the North Sea?"

Putting away the three spirit-attached magic tools, Luo Chen sighed.

He knows the result but not the reason, and he is really curious.

However, it is clear that the dignified Tianyuan Sect will not explain to a mere Core Formation cultivator.

Moreover, there is no time.

The destination has arrived!

As the anchor was thrown down, the huge demon-hunting ship shook slightly and stopped at a huge pier.

Luo Chen walked out of the cabin, looking at the bustling pier, a strange color flashed in his eyes.

So many ships!

So many people!

Like the demon-hunting ship of the Cheng family's scale, there are seven or eight gathered here, and there are more than a dozen smaller ones.

According to Cheng Haichang's introduction before, those small demon-hunting ships can only work in the near-sea range.

Only these large demon-hunting ships dare to sail out of the ten-thousand-mile range.

And those people!

Except for the Qi Refining cultivators who maintain order, ninety-nine percent are mortals!

These mortals, walking between them, are full of energy. On their bare arms and legs, muscles are knotted, and their physique contains thick blood energy.

If judged by Wang Yuan's standards back then, these mortals working on the pier are at least second-rate, or even first-rate martial artists!

Some people have even touched the edge of a congenital grandmaster!

What makes Luo Chen pay most attention is that these mortal martial artists do not have the numb look towards life on their faces.

Some are full of energy, as if they are full of hope for life.

This feeling is not like the world under the rule of the so-called Demon Sect at all, but rather like a world of righteousness with prosperous luck and harmonious politics.

Just when he was observing, others on the pier also discovered the arriving Cheng family demon-hunting ship.

Looking at the sparse number of people on it, and the thick bloody smell on the ship, everyone understood what happened.

The Cheng family's ocean hunting this time has suffered!

Discussions and sympathetic eyes poured towards the Cheng family.

Cheng Haichang's face was a bit ugly, and he walked to Luo Chen's side.

"Lord, Black Swan Island is located in the northwest corner of the Du Du Feiyan Archipelago, and it is still some distance from here, but next we have to walk there ourselves."

"Hmm." Luo Chen nodded.

"Lord, wait a moment, let me arrange it."

"You please yourself!"

Luo Chen continued to observe the bustling scene on the pier, the Hidden Array was fully opened, only revealing the spiritual power fluctuation of the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

However, his spiritual sense had already spread silently.

"On the pier, there are two Foundation Establishment early-stage cultivators sitting in town."

"The island closest to here should be the Jade Jiao Long Gang that Cheng Haichang mentioned before, specializing in business on the pier. I didn't expect that there is a great cultivator in the late stage of Foundation Establishment in the Jade Jiao Long Gang!"

Luo Chen slowly withdrew his spiritual sense, looking towards the central area of the Du Du Feiyan Archipelago.

It is said that there is a loose cultivator Core Formation there!

Taking advantage of the chaos of the destruction of the Yuanmo Sect, he personally took action to destroy the strongest Foundation Establishment family in the Du Du Feiyan Archipelago and snatched the other party's ancestral third-order spiritual vein land.

With this place as the center of cultivation, he ordered the people below to offer him tribute.

Thirty years ago, this person actively joined the Canghai Righteous Alliance, becoming a member of the Canghai Alliance in name, thereby obtaining the selfless island-connecting array method taught by the Canghai Alliance.

In this way, the Du Du Feiyan Archipelago is even more of a piece of iron!

For these thirty years, the other party has lived very comfortably!

"The originator, is there no successor?"

Luo Chen's mouth raised slightly, he is also missing a third-order spiritual vein land suitable for cultivation.

The other party can do the first day, of course he can do the fifteenth.

But at the moment, it's not urgent, we must first touch the bottom of that person.

"Lord, I have arranged it, please this way."

"Hmm."

Luo Chen followed Cheng Haichang and flew towards the northwest.

The two were very fast, and after half a day, they came to a corner with a relatively remote geographical location.

Standing in the sky, Luo Chen looked down.

Black Swan Island is long and narrow, shaped like a crescent moon, with a large beach in the middle.

One end has a five-hundred-foot-high mountain, not very high, but very steep, with cliffs blocking threats from the ocean.

There are some small lakes dotted on the island.

And in those lakes, and on the beach, there are a large number of black swans walking.

He knew that this was the main industry of the Cheng family, breeding first-order spirit beasts, black swans.

And when his spiritual sense swept over, he also had a general understanding of the overall level of the Cheng family cultivators.

A great cultivator at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment!

There is no middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

There are four people in the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

If you add Cheng Haichang and Cheng Ji who is active on the demon-hunting ship, there are six early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"One late stage, six early stages. With such strength, among the Foundation Establishment forces, it is already extraordinary. It is no wonder that the Cheng family can occupy a place in the Du Du Feiyan Archipelago and even rank in the top five."

And when Luo Chen was observing the situation on Black Swan Island, Cheng Haichang had already hurried into the family's important place.

The Cheng family's Foundation Establishment cultivators seemed to have received notice long ago, although some were curious on the way, none of them disturbed Cheng Haichang.

After a while, Cheng Haichang came to a small lake like a round mirror.

A young man in white stood there, looking like he had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Cheng Haichang coming alone, the man in white frowned.

"Where is the Core Formation lord mentioned in your sound transmission talisman?"

"Report to the family head, that lord is still waiting outside."

Cheng Dou was stunned: "So polite, didn't you say it was a demonic powerhouse?"

"Family head, be careful!"

Cheng Haichang's face changed slightly.

Cheng Dou waved his hand, "It doesn't matter, I have set up a soundproofing array in this small mirror lake area in advance. Maybe it can't block the spiritual sense of a Core Formation lord, but it can still provide early warning, as long as he eavesdrops, the array will break. You see, this array is still intact, which shows that the powerhouse still observes etiquette."

These words dispelled Cheng Haichang's concerns.

He breathed a sigh of relief, "That senior does look very principled, but his actual style is not like the righteous path at all."

"How do you say that?" Family head Cheng Dou showed a look of listening carefully.

The previous sound transmission talisman mentioned too little information.

He needs to know more information about the mysterious powerhouse, so that he can make arrangements for the next reception, and even consider whether to report it to that adult in the center of the Du Du Feiyan Archipelago.

Next, Cheng Haichang told Cheng Dou everything about the Xintian Sea Area.

From big to small, various details, almost none were missed.

"Flame suspected of being Qingyang Demon Fire."

"Soul-bewitching and heart-confusing technique."

"Extremely concerned about the intelligence of the Yuanmo Sect."

"According to your statement, this person is indeed very likely to be a disciple of the Yuanmo Sect who traveled abroad in his early years. He hasn't returned to the North Sea for many years, and he doesn't even know that the Yuanmo Sect has been destroyed."

"Of course, it is not excluded that he is a powerhouse from another continent who crossed the ocean to travel to our North Sea."

Cheng Dou combined the intelligence and made an analysis.

Then, he asked in detail about Luo Chen's hobbies, personality, etc.

Cheng Haichang gave corresponding answers based on his judgment, but the information provided in this regard was not much.

After a while, the hesitation in Cheng Dou's eyes disappeared, revealing a firm look.

"According to your statement, this person acts domineeringly, but he asks for intelligence from all sides, which shows that he is a ruthless character who plans before moving."

"Especially when he arrived at the Du Du Feiyan Archipelago, he didn't visit Nantian Lord, but chose to come to us first, which can further prove this statement."

"Anyway, we must entertain him well later!"

"Go and send someone to prepare the best spiritual meal, and take out a jar of Huancheng wine that has been sealed for two hundred years."

Cheng Haichang was stunned for a moment, "That Huancheng wine is the Core Formation auxiliary spiritual wine for you to break through the Core Formation stage, even when Nantian Lord occupied the Du Du Feiyan Archipelago back then, we didn't send a jar, just a gourd."

Cheng Dou shook his head, "I alone am forming a core, and I don't need that much. You are all in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, and the distance to Core Formation is far away. Taking out a jar is nothing. The most important thing is to entertain this person well."

"Why? Maybe he is just a passerby, temporarily living on our Black Swan Island."

Cheng Dou smiled slightly, "He is asking about the news of the Du Du Feiyan Archipelago, it doesn't look like a passerby. Oh, tell the seventh sister to prepare, and accompany me later."

Cheng Haichang's face changed slightly.

"Family head, Xiao Qi is only Foundation Establishment!"

"If I tell you to go, you go!" Cheng Dou's smile instantly converged, and he glared at the other party fiercely.

Cheng Haichang clenched his fists, but after a while, he figured it out.

The family head must have a plan, and he is willing to pay everything for it, how can the family hold him back.

Cheng Haichang resigned, and began to arrange various reception matters along the way.

And Cheng Dou, after smoothing his clothes, personally went out of the island to welcome him.

Outside the island, Luo Chen's expression moved slightly.

The conversation between Cheng Haichang and family head Cheng Dou fell into his ears without missing a word.

His spiritual sense was already powerful, and he had practiced the soundproofing technique to the Great Perfection level in his early years, and he had been proficient in the seven basic prohibitions in recent years.

Combined with many factors, a mere soundproofing array could not block him at all.

Without anyone knowing, he eavesdropped on the other party's conversation.

At this moment, a thoughtful look appeared in Luo Chen's eyes.

"No wonder Cheng Haichang expressed his loyalty to the deceased Yuanmo Sect when he saw me, he mistook me for a remnant of the Yuanmo Sect!"

"Qingyang Demon Fire?"

In the palm of his hand, a flame appeared, and Luo Chen's mouth raised slightly.

Don't say it, this Withered Glory True Fire is really quite like the Qingyang Demon Fire.

He had obtained a technique in his early years, which recorded the Qingyang Demon Fire.

This kind of flame is not born naturally, but man-made.

It needs to take a large amount of living essence and blood, and be refined with demonic secret techniques, which is the most harmful and evil and strange.

When fighting, it has a very strong defiling ability to the magic tools and magic treasures of cultivators.

However, this kind of man-made flame is used less and less, and needs to be supplemented after fighting, which is not as good as a hair of the Withered Glory True Fire.

"Since this is the case, then I will push the boat along the current!"

Luo Chen murmured, and the figure of Cheng Dou, with white clothes fluttering and big sleeves spreading, had already appeared in his eyes.

From a distance, Cheng Dou quickened his pace and ran over.

"Senior, you have come to visit, the junior has failed to welcome you from afar, please forgive me!"

"It doesn't matter, I don't care about these details."

Luo Chen smiled slightly, wrapped in black tight clothes, his figure looked even taller, a head taller than Cheng Dou.

His gaze glanced at the back, and there were no other Cheng family cultivators.

It seems that Cheng Dou came out alone, and he also wanted to keep the news of his arrival circulating within a certain range.

After Cheng Dou respectfully bowed, he carefully raised his head,

"The junior is bold, dare to ask the senior's name?"

Luo Chen's mouth raised slightly, and he spoke clearly:

"I am Qingyang!"

(End of this chapter)