Chapter 536

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Black Emperor Paste!

Elixir without a grade!

It sounds surprising, but in reality, it is not strange.

In the cultivation world, there are many rare elixirs that belong to the grade-less level.

Of course, this does not mean that Black Emperor Paste is not mainstream, but that its grade is not fixed.

What grade the elixir becomes does not depend on the elixir recipe itself, but on the limitations of the main materials!

In other words, the better the main materials, the higher the grade of the Black Emperor Paste refined.

According to the elixir recipe Han Zhan took out, first-tier main materials can refine second-tier Black Emperor Paste, second-tier main materials can refine third-tier Black Emperor Paste, and as for that fourth-tier level Black Emperor Paste, at least third-tier main materials are needed to refine it successfully.

As for what the main materials of Black Emperor Paste are?

This is very flexible; scales, shells, shed thick skin—anything on the exterior of a demon beast that is hard can be used as medicine.

It is precisely because of its toughness that it created the puppets of the Falling Cloud Sect, which are far superior to the puppets of other sects in the Eastern Wasteland cultivation world.

However, success comes from Black Emperor Paste, and failure also comes from Black Emperor Paste.

Fourth-tier Black Emperor Paste is too hard to find; after all, it requires the scales or shells of a third-tier demon beast as main materials to refine. Therefore, the Black Emperor Paste commonly used by the Falling Cloud Sect is only of second to third-tier quality refined from first and second-tier demon beast materials. Even for third-tier ones, the stock is very, very small.

When Luo Chen was injured on the Tian Gu Yuan battlefield, the bottle of Black Emperor Paste that Han Zhan bestowed upon him was only of the third-tier level.

As a good start to their cooperation, Han Zhan gave the elixir recipe for Black Emperor Paste to Luo Chen.

After obtaining it, Luo Chen started researching it directly.

This elixir recipe is not complicated.

After all, it is a grade-less elixir.

After studying it several times, he refined it several times using the ready-made materials on the Flying Swallow Archipelago.

There were failures, and there were successes.

Among them, there were many insights.

He discovered that this paste is best refined with "live shells," so that the medicinal properties can reach their maximum!

And in the sea area near the Flying Swallow Archipelago, although there are many sea demon beasts, they are not known for their hard shells or scales, and there are no conditions for live refining.

Therefore, after asking Cheng Cheng Haixin and the others, he narrowed down several target locations.

One is the Xuanyan Sea Area, where crab demon beasts run rampant and have hard shells.

One is the Tianxia Sea Area, where shrimp demon beasts are countless, and there are even appearances of desolate beast remnants.

There is also another one, which is the famous Sinking Sea; it is said that there was a large batch of turtle demon beasts that inherited the bloodline of ancient mysterious turtles in the early years.

Luo Chen quickly made a choice among these target locations.

The Sinking Sea is too far, and the Tianxia Sea Area is too dangerous.

Relatively speaking, the Xuanyan Sea Area is both close and relatively safe, making it the best choice.

After preparing everything properly, he set off without hesitation.

To prevent getting lost, he specifically called Cheng Ji, the most experienced navigation master of the Cheng family, to drive the demon-hunting ship and give him a ride.

At this moment on the demon-hunting ship.

Luo Chen held the short elixir recipe transcribed by Han Zhan and read it over and over again, ensuring that after arriving at the destination, he could kill the demon, obtain the materials, refine the elixir, and temper his body in one go.

He didn't want to get stuck on this most basic step after arriving there.

He also packed the auxiliary materials for Black Emperor Paste full in his storage ring; when the time comes, he only needs to obtain the materials and refine them live.

While he was reading, a sound transmission entered his ears.

Luo Chen's heart moved, and he took out a blood-colored token from his storage ring.

"Is there a problem with this?"

Opposite him, Han Zhan's voice drifted out from the Myriad Soul Banner.

"There is no problem with the token, but any token of a Nascent Soul True Person has more or less some tracking means. If you don't want to be found directly by someone, it's best to handle it a bit."

Luo Chen frowned slightly, "Can't the storage ring isolate that kind of connection?"

Han Zhan smiled slightly, "If it were a special storage ring, perhaps it could work, but yours..."

Luo Chen lowered his head and looked at the black ring on his finger.

The Thunder Accumulation Treasure Ring was obtained from the ruins of the great power Bai Ye.

Its material itself is not very special; it was just a storage tool used to hold Lei Ying, and it only reached the magic treasure level due to the passage of time.

To say it has any special effect of concealing aura or shielding induction, that would really be overestimating it.

After pondering for a moment, he asked directly: "What should I do?"

"Give me the token."

Luo Chen did not hesitate and handed the Blood Nightmare Token over.

In the soul banner, wisps of black energy drifted out and wrapped around the Blood Nightmare Token for several weeks in a special trajectory.

Gradually, the blood color faded away.

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, "Is it that simple?"

Han Zhan smiled slightly, "With my attainments in soul, ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators are definitely unable to track the imprint of this token. Of course, if you still feel uneasy, you can do some protective measures."

"Oh, senior, please teach me!" Luo Chen asked humbly.

"It's very simple. Aren't you very good at the Concealment Formation? Just use your spiritual sense to engrave the formation and attach it to this ring. If you feel it's not enough, then engrave a few more layers of formations." Han Zhan paused and said with a hint of slight admiration: "I have never seen anyone who can cultivate an ordinary formation like the Concealment Formation to your level. If you cast it yourself, with my means added, I believe even the owner of this Blood Nightmare Token, Blood Nightmare Mo Luo, would definitely not be able to find you if he came to look for you himself."

Since it had been said to this point, Luo Chen naturally had no objections.

It was just engraving a formation with spiritual sense anyway!

After opening many storage bags over the years, he had long been familiar with this process.

Compared to the spiritual sense of the Foundation Establishment stage, the spiritual sense transformed in the Core Formation stage was even more powerful.

In just a few breaths, Luo Chen had engraved five layers of Concealment Formations on his storage ring.

Looking at it intently now, even he himself had a feeling of subconsciously ignoring this storage ring.

"This is also good. Most Core Formation cultivators are still using storage bags; being able to be a bit more low-key is better."

Luo Chen smiled in his heart and simultaneously put the Blood Nightmare Token given to him by Wu Qi into his storage bag.

After finishing all this, he walked to the deck.

Looking at the vast, blue sea where the sky and sea met, his mood couldn't help but become broad and calm.

His spiritual sense moved slightly.

"Come back!"

After sending the sound transmission, not long after, dark currents surged beneath the sea surface.

Suddenly!

"Roar!"

Under the sunlight, a black-scaled giant python soared from the sea surface, splashing countless water droplets.

On the top of the giant python's head, there was a short, sharp horn.

It was exactly that third-tier black-scaled python of Kun Jiao from the Jiao Dragon Gang.

After Luo Chen obtained it, he spent a lot of effort to completely enslave it with the "Myriad Beast Scripture."

Because of this, the black-scaled python's vitality was greatly damaged.

A while ago, it looked at the five blue-ringed giant-toothed sea snakes with drooling eyes, trying to swallow them to replenish its nutrition.

Now back in the ocean, this black-scaled python was like a fish in water, feeling very comfortable.

It was both scouting and guarding in front, and catching fish, shrimp, and sea crabs to recover its vitality.

"According to the sea map, at the speed of the demon-hunting ship, it will take at least a month to reach the Xuanyan Sea Area. In this month, it should be able to recover to its peak state, right!"

Luo Chen estimated the time and calculated the recovery progress of the black-scaled python.

A black-scaled python in its complete state has the strength of the early third-tier; it doesn't have much chance of winning against a human Core Formation cultivator, but it has an overwhelming advantage against low-tier demon beasts.

With such a demon beast helping, it will undoubtedly play a big role in the upcoming actions.

The legacy left by Kun Jiao is more than just this demon beast.

Inside his storage bag, there is also quite a small fortune.

Just the spirit stones alone amount to twenty-something thousand, which is considered a wealthy family background among Foundation Establishment cultivators.

The other materials are not very diverse in type.

However, their value is also very high.

The reason is that the remaining materials are basically auxiliary resources prepared for Core Formation.

Luo Chen doesn't need them, but whether it's trading them out or bestowing them on the people below, they are all very good.

"Master, any orders?"

The black-scaled python lay on the deck and asked in a rough voice.

Luo Chen shook his head and casually threw out a handful of spirit-feeding pills.

"Continue patrolling nearby; remember to warn me if you encounter powerful demon beasts."

The black-scaled python opened its mouth and inhaled, and that large handful of spirit-feeding pills fell into its mouth.

It swallowed twice with satisfaction before respectfully returning to the ocean.

When it went down, the blue-ringed giant-toothed sea snakes nearby all trembled and deliberately stayed away from it.

Among demon beast species, realms are distinct and ranks are strict, even more so than among humans!

A month later.

A scarred demon-hunting ship docked outside a sea area filled with reefs.

Luo Chen looked into the distance, his eyes filled with a hint of vigilance.

The old man beside him said cautiously: "In the Xuanyan Sea Area, crab demons run rampant, and there are countless species of demon crabs, with the five great royal demon crab clans as the leaders. They are the Overlord Crab, Green Emperor Crab, Red Rock Crab, Demon Spider Crab, and Nine-Clawed Poison King Crab..."

"Apart from demon crab species, there are also many other demon clans thriving here."

"And those who can settle down in an environment where demon crabs gather in groups are definitely not weaklings. Ring-headed Turtle groups, Sea King Squids, Hidden Dust Sand... and so on."

"Senior, you must be careful and never be careless!"

The speaker was Cheng Ji, the Foundation Establishment old man on the Cheng family's demon-hunting ship that Luo Chen saved when he first arrived in the North Sea.

This person is an experienced navigator and is also proficient in multiple skills such as steering and treasure appraisal; he is a rare top-tier talent of the Cheng family.

If it weren't for Luo Chen's need, he wouldn't have traveled such a long distance to send Luo Chen here personally.

At this moment, even though many of the pieces of information Cheng Ji spoke of were things Luo Chen had learned from books, he still listened to the other party's explanation patiently.

Don't say, he really learned some unknown new intelligence from the other party.

For example, ancient books record that there were seven great royal demon crab clans in the Xuanyan Sea Area in the past.

Now, only five great royal demon crab clans remain.

Just this point alone allowed Luo Chen to make more adequate preparations.

After listening carefully to the old man's instructions, Luo Chen withdrew his hesitant gaze.

"Thank you for your trouble, Old Cheng."

Cheng Ji waved his hand repeatedly, "I don't deserve such courtesy from you, senior; you are shaming this junior."

Luo Chen smiled slightly and beckoned with his hand.

Immediately, five giant figures appeared on the sea surface, white bodies with blue rings and sharp fangs; they were exactly the five blue-ringed giant-toothed sea snakes comparable to the Foundation Establishment stage.

"The journey back is long and the waves are unpredictable. Let these five demon beasts serve as your guards!"

Cheng Ji hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he did not decline.

He must be very clear about how dangerous it is for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to travel such a long distance back.

If there are five second-tier sea snake guards, with his rich experience, his survival probability will undoubtedly be much higher.

"Thank you for your grace, senior!"

"Hmm, you may go back!"

Luo Chen waved his hand, and after waiting for Cheng Ji to drive the demon-hunting ship away gradually, his gaze then stared at this strange sea area in front of him with ambition.

The Xuanyan Sea Area has complex terrain, reefs, and thousands of islands.

Inside, there are many demon crabs and lush water grass.

Ordinary cultivators should not enter lightly!

Even Core Formation cultivators should not stay too long.

Obviously, Luo Chen traveled thousands of miles to get here, and it's not as simple as doing one job and leaving.

His heart moved, and the thirty-zhang-long black-scaled python swam over.

Luo Chen frowned, "Shrink your size!"

The black-scaled python looked at Luo Chen aggrievedly, then had to shrink its size until it was two zhang long, which was already its limit.

Demon beasts value size and beauty in length.

Shrinking so small, if it doesn't actively emit its third-tier aura, who knows if some blind shrimp soldiers or crab generals will swarm up and try to eat it.

"You, lead the way in front; if you encounter enemies, don't act without authorization, and follow my instructions for all actions."

The black-scaled python hissed and quietly dived underwater.

And Luo Chen cast a spiritual spell, and wisps of black patterns appeared all over his body, then disappeared beneath his skin.

It was exactly the Concealment Formation engraved on his body being fully activated.

Not only that, he closed and opened his eyes, and spiritual light bloomed.

A pair of spiritual eyes looked out over a radius of a thousand miles.

"Let's go!"

Luo Chen leaped up and turned into a misty spiritual light, drifting in the sky.

While flying, he looked around.

As early as when his Spiritual Eye Technique reached Great Perfection, it already had the effect of peeking into the ground and finding spirit veins; when fully operated, it could even detect signs of the flow of life and death energy.

Now opening his spiritual eyes again, Luo Chen was precisely looking for a suitable place to land.

After flying for about half a stick of incense, Luo Chen paused and sent a sound transmission.

He directed the black-scaled python to swim toward a large island in the distance.

He saw clearly that on that island, there were surging spiritual energy fluctuations.

Without the restriction of formations, it had a level close to third-tier top-grade, which was absolutely a natural geomantic treasure land.

However, just as the black-scaled python was about to swim ashore, Luo Chen hurriedly stopped its action.

"Retreat quickly!"

He himself did not hesitate and changed direction to leave.

This abnormality was for no other reason than that on that island, several powerful auras had just been emitted.

In terms of realm, they were even above Luo Chen himself.

Even a nauseating fishy stench was emitted in bursts.

Only after leaving a range of over a thousand miles did Luo Chen breathe a sigh of relief.

"My luck is a bit bad; I almost broke into the lair of the Nine-Clawed Poison King Crab as soon as I arrived."

Crabs generally have eight claws, and the Nine-Clawed Poison King Crab is an ancient variant; it is rumored to be the offspring of a poisonous dragon and a Green Emperor Crab, and its poison is quite domineering, so much so that even Nascent Soul cultivators are unwilling to touch it personally.

Luo Chen didn't want to meet it even more.

This thing is also not within his hunting target range.

"Let's change to another one!"

Time flowed slowly.

Stars shifted and the sun and moon rotated.

After a full half a month, the man and the python landed on a seemingly ordinary small island.

As soon as he landed on the island, Luo Chen didn't say a word and directly inserted the Myriad Soul Banner into the ground.

"Senior, please trouble you to hold the line."

Inside the banner, Han Zhan teased: "It's just a third-tier early-stage Seeing Tianxuan Fighting Gull; is it necessary to make such a fuss?"

Luo Chen's expression was solemn; he didn't feel he was making a fuss at all.

The Seeing Tianxuan Fighting Gull is a famous type of feathered demon beast in the North Sea.

It has a violent temperament, loves to fight, and has extremely fast speed.

Being able to have a habitat island in the Xuanyan Sea Area where demon crabs run rampant, its own ability is definitely not weak.

No matter how careful one is, it's not too much.

Moreover, Luo Chen didn't want to make a big scene.

Entering the village quietly, without firing a shot—he intends to stay in this area for several years.

"Black-scaled, go and lure that gull; don't let it run away."

The black-scaled python looked at Luo Chen aggrievedly; doesn't the master know that the Seeing Tianxuan Fighting Gull is a natural enemy of the black-scaled python?

But under the enslavement of the "Myriad Beast Scripture," it had to take action and do the luring.

In fact, it didn't need much luring.

When it revealed its huge body and crawled onto this small island filled with shrubs, a sharp bird cry sounded.

Then, a green, magnificent giant bird with a wingspan of over ten zhang flew up from the shrubs and then swooped down.

A pair of sharp claws spread out as if made of steel.

The black-scaled python faced a great enemy, coiled into a circle, its scales standing on end, and its tongue flickered wildly.

Not only that, the horn on its head emitted rich black light, trying to scare away the enemy.

The Fighting Gull didn't buy it and circled the black-scaled python happily.

From time to time, it flapped its wings, sending out wind blades.

Looking at its posture, it wanted to exhaust the black-scaled python and then achieve success in one go.

Just when the two were attacking and defending, and were still testing each other, the black-scaled python suddenly revealed a flaw.

Its mountain-like giant body suddenly scattered.

Seeing this, the Seeing Tianxuan Fighting Gull showed a human-like look of joy.

Its wings expanded suddenly, and a giant vortex appeared on the small island, rolling the black-scaled python into it.

Not only that, it swooped down, and its claws grabbed the black-scaled python's thick body directly.

The black-scaled python turned its head to bite.

The Seeing Tianxuan Fighting Gull opened its mouth to peck.

One python and one gull, on the beach, immediately saw blood.

It was also at this time.

A sharp whistling sound suddenly came from the air.

The Seeing Tianxuan Fighting Gull turned its head suddenly, only to see a sword light piercing through the air.

With its eyes wide open in anger, it ignored the giant python beneath it and closed its wings suddenly.

Hum...

In the void, a wind vortex suddenly appeared, forcibly deviating the attack direction of that giant sword.

Before it could breathe a sigh of relief, a loud explosion sounded in the void all around.

In an instant, a figure appeared as if out of thin air, arriving above its head.

Reaching out and grabbing!

The Seeing Tianxuan Fighting Gull tried to resist, but the giant python's tail beneath it coiled tightly around its body, not letting it break free.

The demon beast was anxious.

Its two giant wings erupted with clusters of wind blades, rushing toward the giant hand grabbing down.

Regarding this, the owner of the hand ignored it, and his thick right hand grabbed down like a divine roc crossing the clouds, directly grabbing the neck of the Seeing Tianxuan Fighting Gull.

"Submit, or die!"

Cold words drifted into the Fighting Gull's ears.

It trembled all over, and then was furious.

Just as it was about to resist, its eyes met the eyes of that person, and its will weakened.

"I..."

When night fell, on Seeing Tianxuan Island, Luo Chen sat cross-legged.

His right sleeve was tattered and covered in bloodstains; that was caused by the wind blades fully activated by the Seeing Tianxuan Fighting Gull when he was casting the Great Perfection Exploration Cloud Divine Claw.

This beast is worthy of its name of being good at fighting; even in such a desperate situation, it had the power to fight to the death.

It even injured Luo Chen's powerful, tempered physique.

But such a risky strike also had rich rewards.

In the sky, a magnificent green giant bird was circling and flying.

From time to time, it lowered its head to look at the person on the island, eyes revealing resentful yet helpless contradictory emotions.

It had finally submitted to Luo Chen, and had been branded with the Enslavement Seal, its soul under Luo Chen's jurisdiction.

Unless it advanced to the fourth tier in a short time, it would be fundamentally unable to resist Luo Chen's orders.

"Is a third-tier early-stage Fighting Gull worth so much trouble?" Han Zhan asked through sound transmission in the soul banner.

Luo Chen opened his eyes slowly, revealing a slight look of fatigue.

After enslaving both the third-tier demon beasts, the black-scaled python and the Seeing Tianxuan Fighting Gull, he faintly felt a burden.

That was a burden on his soul.

He didn't know if his soul foundation was insufficient, or if the "Myriad Beast Scripture" enslavement technique was of too low a grade.

Rubbing his brow, he said seriously: "If this bird disappears, it's easy to attract the investigation of some demon beasts in the Xuanyan Sea Area, which would be alerting the enemy. Moreover, with such a demon beast cooperating with the black-scaled python, I have eyes and ears in the sea and the sky. Afterward, whether fighting or retreating, I have enough room to maneuver."

After hearing this explanation, Han Zhan was silent for a while.

He knew very well that this was not planned by Luo Chen; it must have been a decision made in a hurry after discovering the small third-tier spirit vein on Seeing Tianxuan Island and seeing the Seeing Tianxuan Fighting Gull.

But no matter how hasty this decision was, it was undoubtedly perfect.

Yet, he really managed to capture a third-tier flying demon beast alive!

Recalling the offensive power that erupted in the blink of an eye, whether it was the short-range explosive acceleration or the unstoppable piercing claw...

"I finally understand why you are so persistent in refining Black Emperor Paste; you really intend to go further and further on the path of body refining!"

Luo Chen smiled freely and didn't explain anything.

When his realm was low, limited by resources and lifespan, he didn't dare to cultivate too much body refining.

But now that he is in the Core Formation stage, and his current cultivation speed can fully reach the Great Perfection of the Core Formation stage within his lifespan.

The extra time naturally cannot be wasted.

The path of body refining can be picked up!

Most importantly, after years of cultivation, his "Myriad Paths Merging" is about to reach Great Perfection; combined with Black Emperor Paste, he will inevitably be able to improve his physique realm in a short time.

In this way, he will once again master a great killing move that surpasses the Core Formation stage under conventional means!

Luo Chen is not a fool and won't do useless work.

Standing up from the ground, he patted the sand on his butt.

Luo Chen looked left and right, and finally his gaze fell deep into the ground.

"Let's build a temporary cave dwelling first!"

(End of chapter)

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