Chapter 539: Confession, New Mansion, Black King, Seeking Revenge

Starting from the Alchemy Grandmaster, Main Text Chapter 547: Confession, New Mansion, Black King, Seeking Revenge. Three demons attacked, one injured, two dead.

The things that followed were simple, just cleaning up the battlefield.

The living Demon Spider Crab was easy to handle; although it was Tier 3, the processing mode was no different from the Tier 1 and Tier 2 ones earlier.

Then there were the two dead Demon Spider Crabs.

One was blasted to death by Luo Chen with a punch to the chest, but there were still relics left behind: two giant crab pincers and a Tier 3 water-attribute demon core.

Zhu Qi was more miserable.

The material of Luo Chen's Hunyuan Cauldron was excellent; even though the impurities hadn't been completely cleared, under the throw of his Desolate Ancient physique, it could still erupt with majestic giant force.

And these years of uninterrupted refining, as well as frequent alchemy, had made his mastery of the Hunyuan Cauldron increasingly perfect.

Under one strike, there was no corpse left, and even the demon core didn't survive.

However, the compass that served as the hub of the great array and the eight crab legs used to set up the array were completely preserved.

This was also a pretty good harvest.

Letting the Black-Scaled Jiao clean up the battlefield for him, Luo Chen carefully savored the battle earlier.

Outside of using spells and such means, the combat power erupted from his physique was very clearly visible.

Facing demon beasts that were also physically strong, he could suppress them without suspense in the early Tier 3 stage.

And mid-stage Tier 3 demon beasts were clearly not his opponents either.

The reason he was trapped in the array was that he was slightly careless.

After all, few people would think that demon beasts would use arrays, the "crystallization of science" of human cultivators.

This also reminded Luo Chen that he must not be careless when facing any enemy.

"The 'Ten Thousand Daos Convergence' that has already reached perfection has derived the function of local physical changes, which has made up for my combat in pure physical strength."

"In this way, even if I don't perform the complete Heavenly Peng true form transformation, I can still erupt with some physical cultivation strength."

"And if I transform completely, the late stage of Tier 3 Desolate Ancient..."

Luo Chen tasted it, and in his mind, he recalled the battle with the Golden Wolf King on the Tian Gu Plain.

Looking at it now, if he transformed completely, he might be able to block the other party's full-force frontal impact without any damage.

That is to say, his current strength is enough to not fear the vast majority of late-stage Tier 3 Great Demon Kings.

And if he waits for his fourth-layer Golden Core realm to be completely stabilized.

Even facing a late-stage Great Cultivator of the seventh-layer Golden Core, he would have enough self-protection power.

"Even with preparation, can I fight and win?"

Luo Chen muttered.

He was a bit unsure of his true strength.

But no matter how unsure, he had the confidence to win strongly against Wu Qi's attack.

"My physique has enough cultivation but lacks exercise; I feel there is still a lot of room for development."

"Moreover, with the blessing of the Black Emperor Paste, there is a great chance of advancing to the fourth-tier level. If that happens, perhaps it will usher in a true qualitative change!"

While Luo Chen was summarizing, the Black-Scaled Jiao swam over cautiously.

"Master, this is all the spoils of war."

Luo Chen put these things into his storage ring, and then released the Cleansing Spell on this sea area on a large scale.

But after cleansing it, he couldn't help but shake his head.

Many combat auras were no longer something that low-level spells like the Cleansing Spell could completely eliminate.

It could only achieve a short-term concealment effect.

He looked around, made a decision in his heart, and took the Black-Scaled Jiao back to Tianxuan Island.

First, he glanced at the Tianxuan Fighting Gull lying on the ground, his brows furrowed.

"What's wrong with this?"

The Tianxuan Fighting Gull responded in a low voice: "I was hit by a Demon-Suppressing Talisman by a late-stage Golden Core Great Cultivator, and my whole body's demon power cannot be mobilized."

Demon-Suppressing Talisman!

One of the most widely circulated types of talismans in the North Sea cultivation world, ranging from Tier 1 to Tier 4, everything is available.

The function is also very simple, which is to suppress the demon beast's inner core and seal the whole body's demon power.

The reason why such talismans exist.

Is because some cultivators like to capture living demon beasts, tame and subdue them, and make them spirit beasts.

Moreover, many like to use them to reward juniors with low realms.

Therefore, for the convenience of their subduing demon beasts, Demon-Suppressing Talismans are mostly used in pairs, with juniors obtaining them to drive demon beasts with higher realms than themselves through the talismans.

Luo Chen released his spiritual sense and carefully probed the Tianxuan Fighting Gull's body.

Under the condition that the other party had no resistance, he soon found that the Tier 3 Demon-Suppressing Talisman had already seeped into her demon core.

Without the active unlocking by the caster, this talisman is very difficult to clear.

Unless the master talisman is found.

Luo Chen looked carefully and nodded slightly.

"The problem is not big; even without the master talisman, give me some time, and I can unlock it."

His confidence made both the Tianxuan Fighting Gull and the Black-Scaled Jiao somewhat stunned; Master can even unlock the Demon-Suppressing Talisman?

"You two take a little rest, and we will leave with me in a while."

The Black-Scaled Jiao was stunned, "Are we leaving?"

Luo Chen didn't answer him and returned to the cave dwelling alone.

As soon as he entered, he saw the black Soul-Refining Banner inserted at the door.

Han Zhan's voice came at the right time, "Congratulations to the little friend for your progress in cultivation!"

Luo Chen waved his hand, "A mere fourth-layer Golden Core, not worth mentioning."

"What I'm talking about is not just the fourth-layer Golden Core, but also your physique! Three demon kings besieged you, and especially one of them was a mid-stage demon king who mastered arrays, yet they were all easily beheaded by you; looking at the Golden Core level cultivators, you can be considered a leader among them."

Luo Chen twitched his mouth and asked suddenly: "Compared to Gu Shaoshang of Feiyun Stream, how am I?"

On the way back, he learned the detailed situation of the previous battle through the Black-Scaled Jiao.

He also learned the origin of that ship of cultivators, as well as the name of the leader, Feiyun Stream's senior brother Gu Shaoshang.

Han Zhan smiled, "I fought him for only a few breaths, and the Ten Thousand Soul Banner is not my specialty magic treasure, so it's not easy to judge. But according to my observation, he should not be as good as you."

Luo Chen also smiled.

"According to the senior, he is not as good as me. But the seventh-layer Golden Core he is fought to a standstill with the senior, and in front of the senior, I still feel that your wisp of remnant soul is as deep as the deep sea. Hehe..."

Han Zhan was silent.

Luo Chen didn't pay attention to him either and went straight into the cave dwelling.

Magic power surged, turning into red giant hands, putting all kinds of medicinal herbs, books, wooden shelves, and cushions into his storage ring one by one.

The battle with the three great demon kings of the Demon Spider Crab clan caused quite a stir.

He killed three demons, and the Demon Spider Crab clan would definitely not let it go.

These are not some Tier 1 or Tier 2 small crabs!

Tianxuan Island has already been exposed!

Therefore, abandoning this base is imperative.

This is also why human cultivators rarely choose to cultivate in the wild mountains or demon sea territories.

After erupting in battle once or twice, it is very easy to attract the prying and attacks of a large number of demon beasts.

In that situation, quiet cultivation is simply impossible.

If it weren't for the two spirit beasts he had subdued, how could he have been so peaceful for these five years.

Leaving, right now.

After packing up everything, Luo Chen looked at this cave dwelling with a small Tier 3 spirit vein and felt quite reluctant.

"What a pity."

Muttering, he waved his large sleeve.

The spirit-gathering array flags buried underground turned into streaks of light and flew toward him, and a crackling sound came from above the cave dwelling.

Large pieces of falling rocks and sand fell down rustlingly.

He turned and left.

Passing by the door, he summoned back the Soul-Refining Banner.

In the sky, a faint white cloud was flying slowly.

Luo Chen held the compass left by Zhu Qi and kept fiddling with it.

This is a water-attribute array plate.

With his current array cultivation, he could observe that there were thirteen arrays engraved on it.

Ten of them are common Tier 1 and Tier 2 arrays.

And the other three are quite extraordinary Tier 3 great arrays.

The Sea-Sealing Bagua Array is also among them.

This array is strong in extracting the endless water vapor from the sea to form a sealing and imprisoning array; as long as one enters the array, if there is no absolute explosive power, the array setter is almost invincible.

After all, human power has its limits, but the sea is boundless.

Luo Chen relied on his late-stage Tier 3 Desolate Ancient physique and the top-grade magic treasure Hunyuan Cauldron, which he had refined for many years, to break it with violence in one go.

If it were an ordinary person, I'm afraid they would have been sealed alive inside and killed by those blood-colored spider silks.

Besides the Sea-Sealing Bagua Array, there is also a Lanyun Dense Mist Array, which has a concealment effect.

As for the last Tier 3 great array, Luo Chen couldn't see its origin.

While he was studying the array plate, his brows suddenly twitched.

Flipping his wrist, the Soul-Refining Banner lay in front of him.

"Does the senior have anything you want to tell me?"

In the soul banner, Han Zhan sighed and said: "I just want to tell you that the soul origin remaining in this wisp of my remnant soul is very little, which is the key to my future body reshaping and re-cultivation. Unless it is a last resort, I cannot go to great lengths and consume the origin because of some weak enemies."

Luo Chen sneered.

Sure enough, this Han Zhan left a hand.

When dealing with Wu Qi earlier, he used the excuse of excessive consumption of low-level souls in the Soul-Refining Banner to cover up the fact that he couldn't stop the other party, forcing Luo Chen to take action himself to stop Wu Qi from forcibly landing on Feiyan Islands.

But over these years, he had filled all the Tier 1 and Tier 2 demon crab souls hunted into the Soul-Refining Banner.

This banner had long since restored the quality of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner!

It could even be said that because Luo Chen killed Yan Nantian back then, the many Foundation Establishment cultivator souls in this banner divided and devoured Yan Nantian's soul, making those hundreds of Foundation Establishment souls have Tier 3 foundations.

After replenishing a large number of low-level souls, one of the cultivator souls who was a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection during his lifetime gradually advanced to the Tier 3 Ghost King level by devouring and merging.

This is also why when Han Zhan drove the Soul-Refining Banner, there was a second Ghost King in addition to the original one.

In such a situation, this banner is already a genuine Ten Thousand Soul Banner!

With Han Zhan, a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, as the manipulator, no matter how bad it is, how could a mere seventh-layer Golden Core cultivator be his opponent?

But Han Zhan, while blocking Gu Shaoshang, still had the Black-Scaled Jiao perform his innate demon art to barely rescue the Tianxuan Fighting Gull.

For this, he also caused trouble.

It can be said that Han Zhan has always been consciously holding back, hiding his true ability.

Thinking of the battle with the Proud Howling Wolf Emperor on the Tian Gu Plain and all the deeds on Cangwu Mountain, this person is truly old, cunning, and quite fond of keeping one or two trump cards.

Hearing the reason for holding back, Luo Chen only sneered.

"I don't know if what you said is true or false, but since the senior chose to travel with me in the Demon Sea and has the constraints of the Great Dao oath, I think it is best for us to cooperate sincerely."

Han Zhan asked back: "Does the sincere cooperation you speak of mean going all out for the other party?"

Luo Chen pondered for a moment, and after weighing the gains and losses, said leisurely: "I hope so."

Han Zhan chuckled, "Then I might as well speak bluntly; what I want, perhaps you going all out may not necessarily be able to do."

"Speak bluntly!"

"Relying on hard cultivation to restore the Nascent Soul stage cultivation is already an impossible thing for me. And if it is seizing the body of a Golden Core cultivator, I cannot rely on the seized body to survive the Nascent Soul stage heavenly tribulation. So, I need a Nascent Soul cultivator, and it must be the body of a human cultivator, for me to reshape my body and re-cultivate, and rebuild the Dao foundation. Luo Chen, can you do it?"

The leisure on Luo Chen's face disappeared.

Splash!

Above the sea, bubbles were heavy, and as the ripples dissipated, it gradually returned to calm.

Under the sea surface, two figures dived deeper and deeper.

Finally, they arrived at a very deep submarine gully.

The Black-Scaled Jiao stopped his movements and said respectfully: "Master, this is the most hidden one among the three backup bases."

Luo Chen looked at this gully, which was thousands of feet long and could not see the end, with beautiful red corals swaying on both sides of the gully.

That is Blood Coral!

Tier 2 spirit plant, psychic, with powerful offensive capabilities.

Because of its gorgeous appearance, it often attracts sea creatures for it to prey on.

Therefore, this place can also be considered a dangerous area; ordinary low-level demon beasts do not come here.

He nodded with satisfaction.

The exposure of Tianxuan Island was within his expectations.

Therefore, long ago, he ordered Tianxuan and the Black-Scaled Jiao to find backup bases for him.

This is one of them, and also the most hidden place.

The Black-Scaled Jiao hesitated, but still said: "Master, there is only the spirit energy concentration of a Tier 2 spirit vein here, and it is water-attribute, I'm afraid it is not suitable for your cultivation. Why don't we go to Huagu Island!"

Luo Chen waved his hand and paced toward the Coral Gully.

"Huagu Island is too dangerous. Although there is a Tier 3 spirit vein, it is occupied by a large amount of Hidden Dust Sand, and it is adjacent to the Nine-Clawed Poison King Crab."

"Better to avoid trouble."

"Besides, I have already advanced to the fourth-layer Golden Core, and in the short term, I will focus on stabilizing the realm, so I don't need a place with a very good spirit vein."

Entering the Coral Gully.

Luo Chen looked left and right, and finally stopped under a rock wall.

"Just here!"

Before he could take out the Profound Fire Sword to open up the cave dwelling, the Black-Scaled Jiao swam over.

"Master, let me! Let me!"

"How can such a small matter be worth you wasting precious magic power."

As he spoke, he bumped into the rock wall, demon power spraying, turning into blades, cutting the hard rock.

Seeing his sycophantic appearance, Luo Chen couldn't help but laugh.

"Big Black..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, Luo Chen recalled the scene where the Black-Scaled Jiao ignored the loss of demon power and forcibly came out to help him fight.

And the hard work of the other party over these years.

Even if it was because of being enslaved and for the sake of Di Liu Jiang, it could be called hard work!

The name Big Black was a bit casual.

At least, that Fighting Gull could still be called Tianxuan.

Thinking of this, Luo Chen asked: "Speaking of which, do you have a name?"

The Black-Scaled Jiao, who was working hard to open up the cave dwelling, was stunned, and then replied: "When I was young, my clansmen called me Little Glutton, saying I could eat a lot. Later, I got fat, so they called me Big Black. That Kun Jiao also called me that."

Little Glutton, Big Black...

Luo Chen twitched his mouth; no wonder he called him Big Black earlier, and the other party never noticed anything wrong.

He really is called this name!

However, this is too casual.

"I'll give you a name!"

The Black-Scaled Jiao's movements stopped immediately, looking at Luo Chen eagerly, "Does Master want to bestow a name upon me?"

Luo Chen nodded, looking at the dragon horns on the Black-Scaled Jiao's head, which were already showing signs of grandeur. He had also awakened a powerful innate demon art, capable of devouring foreign objects and relying on powerful digestive ability to enhance himself.

If he doesn't fall in the future, he will definitely have some achievements, or have the aura of a king.

Thinking of this, he said softly: "Just call you Black King!"

"Black King?" The Black-Scaled Jiao was stunned, a bit unresponsive, not knowing where he looked like a turtle.

Luo Chen laughed dumbly and repeated it, "Black King!"

This time, the Black-Scaled Jiao heard clearly.

"Black King? Black King!"

After muttering twice, he showed a look of wild joy.

"Thank you, Master, for bestowing the name!"

Luo Chen shook his head, "You continue!"

Afterwards, he walked nearby, observed for a while, and had a plan in his heart.

Always using magic power to resist deep-sea pressure and block seawater erosion is not a long-term strategy.

Originally, he planned to set up a Tier 2 water-avoidance array.

But now, he had a better substitute.

While thinking, he took out the compass he had just obtained from his storage ring.

First, he used his powerful spiritual sense to erase the Zhu Qi mark left on it.

Demon beasts are strong in physique but weak in soul.

Although it was mid-stage Tier 3, the soul foundation was only early-stage Tier 3.

Over these years, even if Luo Chen didn't deliberately exercise his soul foundation, it gradually grew to a level comparable to an ordinary late-stage Golden Core as his realm improved!

He was also proficient in the "Hui Jin" of the seven basic arrays.

Once applied, in just three or five breaths, he erased the mark of the previous owner.

Afterwards, magic power was injected into it.

The three-layered compass began to rotate slowly, and the earth vein power and water vapor around it were also pulled, gradually changing.

Streams of water, centered on Luo Chen, began to wander and rotate continuously.

The nearby Blood Corals swayed their bodies, emitting an instinctive fear.

Slowly, a water curtain spread out, pushing away the seawater one by one, and even more mist spread out.

It was exactly the Lanyun Dense Mist Array!

It has a very strong concealment effect and can be well integrated into the local environment.

The spreading mist, after diffusing a few times, turned into streaks of red light, reflecting the nearby blood-colored corals; whoever saw it would only think it was the light reflected by the blood corals.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen nodded with satisfaction.

"In this way, I can act without worry."

"It's just a bit of magic power consumption; it's better to use spirit stones in ordinary times."

While he was setting up the array, Black King also opened up a rough cave dwelling.

Luo Chen entered it, praised the other party, embedded the compass in the center of the cave dwelling, and began to set up the spirit-gathering array.

After doing all this, this place finally had the prototype of a cave dwelling that could be lived in for a short time.

Then, Luo Chen summoned the Hunyuan Cauldron.

Clang!

The giant cauldron landed, and he pinched a magic formula.

The Tianxuan Fighting Gull was shaken out from inside.

"Next, I will unlock that Demon-Suppressing Talisman for you!"

As for how to unlock it?

For Luo Chen, it was not a difficult matter.

This talisman mainly relies on the magic power mark of a high-level cultivator being applied to it, which makes it difficult to uncover the secondary talisman without the master talisman.

He only needs to use the Tier 4 Dragon-Slaying Technique to cut off its magic power mark.

Very coincidentally!

Over the years, in order to remove the huge medicinal evil of the True Flame Pill, the Dragon-Slaying Technique had been brushed to the grandmaster level through day-after-day practice, and it was not far from perfection!

Cutting off the magic power mark of a seventh-layer Golden Core cultivator was more than enough.

However, in less than half a day, the mark completely dissipated.

On the Tianxuan Fighting Gull's forehead, the prototype of the Demon-Suppressing Talisman also emerged.

Luo Chen opened his hand to uncover it, and the talisman floated to the ground, losing its spiritual light.

Once the talisman was gone, she felt free!

The Tianxuan Fighting Gull operated her demon power and felt comfortable all over.

She lay on the ground and said happily: "Thank you, Master, for casting the spell!"

Luo Chen smiled slightly, "You are my spirit beast, this is what I should do."

Speaking of this, the smile on his face suddenly faded.

To beat a dog, one must look at the owner; someone tried to seize his spirit beast, this matter is not so easy to let go.

Especially when Han Zhan took action, the other party still didn't take the initiative to return it, which was even more sinful.

"Do you still remember the aura of that ship of people?"

As soon as this question was asked, the Tianxuan Fighting Gull was stunned for a moment, and then said hatefully: "Tianxuan naturally remembers!"

The Fighting Gull clan is the most vengeful.

Therefore, they have the notorious name of being good at fighting because of their vengefulness.

Remembering the aura of enemies is an instinct engraved in the blood.

Luo Chen nodded, "Since that's the case, then you take a rest, and go find that ship of people to see where they are and what they are doing?"

A guess emerged in Tianxuan's heart; could it be that Master wants to avenge her?

As soon as she thought of being teased, captured, and suppressed, she couldn't stop hating the other party.

If she could take revenge, that would be simply too cool!

However...

"Does Master want to avenge me?" Tianxuan hesitated: "On that ship, there are many Golden Core cultivators, like you, Master, there are two mid-stage cultivators, and even a seventh-layer Golden Core Great Cultivator. This..."

Luo Chen hung a cold sneer on his mouth, "You don't have to worry, just go and find them first. And don't alert the enemy; just knowing the general situation is enough."

Seeing that their master was resolute, the Tianxuan Fighting Gull naturally did not resist.

Plus, not being used to the environment of the seabed, she left the Coral Gully immediately.

Watching her departing back, Luo Chen snorted.

He really wanted to know why there would be a ship of people, and even seven Golden Core cultivators, traveling far to the demon sea to this quite dangerous Xuanyan Sea area.

If they were just passing by, that would be easy to say; at worst, he would swallow this breath.

If they were going to do something big in the Xuanyan Sea area, that would affect his plan to refine the Black Emperor Paste.

At that time, just in case, he might have to lead the disaster to the east and use the hands of the five great royal demon crabs to avenge his revenge.

Amidst the chaos of war, he could also take the opportunity to hunt some demon crabs.

Recently, the number of demon crabs hunted has become less and less, which is not enough for him to refine and store more Black Emperor Paste for his future cultivation plans after leaving.

After thinking about all this, Luo Chen closed the cave dwelling door.

The fourth-layer Golden Core realm has just broken through, and it still needs to be stabilized; don't let this hard-earned cultivation realm fall because of other trivial matters.

A rhythmic breathing rhythm slowly sounded in the cave dwelling of this Coral Gully.

Changing to a new place seemed to have no effect on Luo Chen at all. ===== CHAPTER 540 =====