Chapter 572: Old Events of Yuding, Han Zhan Resolves Doubts

At the moment when the morning sun rose.

The red waves of Red Tide Port had gradually faded, leaving only the gentle rosy light sprinkled on the sea, a piece of pale gold and bright yellow.

At the pier, it was already busy early in the morning.

At a time when the righteous and demonic war was intensifying, all kinds of trade routes were cut off and shipping lanes were unstable, logically speaking, it was not suitable for business.

However, the bigger the wind and waves, the more expensive the fish.

Under the current situation, the prices of all kinds of resources soared, and once a business was done, the profit was even higher.

Therefore, as one of the nearby traffic points, several merchant ships docked early in the morning and set off for various places impatiently.

A small merchant ship with a blue flower emblem stopped there leisurely in the busy schedule.

Although it had the posture of setting sail, the unhurried appearance gave people a leisurely feeling.

Under the ship, an old man was talking carefully with a sallow-faced young man.

"This ship is quite fast, but its long-distance capability is very poor, usually only used by us Langya Mountain for short-distance transportation."

"It's 800 miles from Red Tide Port to Langya Mountain, about half a day."

"I have already contacted the other side, after you arrive there, there will be an elder of my clan to contact you and arrange a ship for you to go to Whale Port."

"However, the business scope of my Langya Mountain merchant fleet is only limited to Whale Port of the Canghai Alliance, if you want to go to the Ten Thousand Immortal Assembly, you will have to find another way by then."

The hunchbacked young man listened carefully, not letting go of any details.

From time to time, he would ask.

But it was clear that this shopkeeper of Langya Pharmacy only had the late Qi Refining stage, and had never traveled far in his life.

Many things were heard from hearsay and could not give Luo Chen more detailed answers.

After exhorting for a long time, finally, the pharmacy shopkeeper looked at the woman standing behind Luo Chen.

Pale without a trace of blood, slender, as if a gust of wind could blow her down.

Plus Luo Chen's sallow face and hunchbacked posture.

The shopkeeper sighed, "Actually, with the state of your master and servant, it's not suitable for long-distance travel at all, why not settle down in Red Tide Port and raise your illness before leaving."

Luo Chen shook his head and explained: "My maid's illness cannot be cured by ordinary medicine, it requires good medicinal materials, Red Tide Port is still a bit barren after all."

"That's true." The shopkeeper nodded.

He glanced at the cargo ship of Langya Mountain, "Everything is packed, you can go up."

Luo Chen said "En" and beckoned to Tian Xuan behind him.

"Let's go!"

Just before leaving, he paused and said back: "Shopkeeper Wang, I think I should remind you."

Shopkeeper Wang was stunned, then smiled: "You say."

"Currently, the Demon Luo lineage and Penglai Immortal Sect are joining forces to deal with the Canghai Alliance, seemingly powerful and unstoppable, and the Canghai Alliance can only passively shrink. But the Canghai Alliance is a force with Soul Transformation great power after all, and it may continue to repeat in the future. As an important point in the southeast, Lengguang Island will definitely be a point of contention. But this Langya Mountain also spans the southeast, I don't know what your sect master thinks, but the neutral stance will definitely not be able to continue to maintain, and will eventually join one side. By then, Langya Mountain will join the war, and this Red Tide Port will definitely not be peaceful. You, old man, have to consider the aftermath."

After speaking, Luo Chen boarded the ship without nostalgia.

Shopkeeper Wang stood by the pier, looking dazed.

Until the sailors on the ship greeted him and left, he realized it, a bitter smile hanging on his face.

If it really evolved like that, how could he, a mere late Qi Refining cultivator, stay out of it?

"However, this Fellow Daoist Murong, his vision and knowledge are extraordinary, being able to think of such distant things."

Sighing, Shopkeeper Wang carried his hands behind his back and walked back to the small town under the awe-struck gazes of some mortals.

Because of these awe-struck gazes, the heavy mood also eased a lot.

Change it!

Let the future situation change however it wants!

He didn't have many years to live, whether he could see that scene was still a matter of two things.

After boarding the ship, Luo Chen was a bit silent.

Han Zhan's voice entered his mind.

"What's wrong, that cultivator is just a benefit relationship with you, it doesn't count as any friendship, you usually wouldn't be so deep in conversation with a shallow acquaintance?"

Luo Chen pulled the corners of his mouth, feeling a bit melancholy.

"Just remembered some past events."

"Past events?"

"En, when I was in the Qi Refining stage, I lived in a large market. At that time, I was busy for cultivation resources all day, and knew many shopkeepers. Later, because of the struggle between the Luoyun Sect and the Yuding Sword Sect, Dahe Market was..."

Speaking of this, Luo Chen suddenly became interested.

"Speaking of which, I haven't talked to you much about the civil war of Yuding all these years. You are a leader of a party, you must know the inside story, are you interested in telling me about it."

"What do you mean are you interested, it's clearly you kid who is interested!"

Han Zhan laughed and scolded, then fell silent.

After a long while, he said in a low voice: "What do you want to know, ask! What can be said, the old man will tell you."

Luo Chen licked his lips.

"First, the Yuding civil war, did the Tianfan City intervene?"

"Isn't this a well-known thing? You have to ask this too?"

"You tell me, anyway, it will take half a day to go to Langya Mountain, just to pass the time."

Han Zhan was helpless, "Alright, as you thought, Tianfan City intervened. Even saying, this matter was led by Tianfan City from the beginning."

Led by Tianfan City from the beginning?

Luo Chen was stunned.

When he was in the Foundation Establishment stage, he had countless considerations and deductions about the Yuding civil war.

After all, under such a general trend, if a small person couldn't follow the trend, he would definitely die.

Therefore, combined with the flood of low-quality magic treasures in the Yuding region, as well as some war magic tools prepared in advance by Tianfan City, he had relevant guesses.

But he didn't expect that this matter was even deeper than he guessed.

"How do you say that?"

"How to say it, how do you think the old man advanced to the Nascent Soul stage?"

"Isn't it that Nascent Soul Pill?"

"I got the ready-made Nascent Soul Pill and pill recipe from an ancient ruin, but there was no place for breaking through the realm! The sect forces in the East Wasteland have long been deeply rooted, if not supported by the upper sect, it is extremely difficult for Core Formation cultivators to advance to the Nascent Soul stage. It was the Core Formation cultivator of Tianfan City who explored with me who reported the news that I got the Nascent Soul Pill to the Tianfan City True Person. The original intention was to grab it back, but the Tianfan City True Person changed his mind and instead actively provided me with a fourth-rank spiritual vein to help me break through the realm. The condition is that after success, I should actively start a civil war in the Yuding region, so they can benefit from it."

This matter is just a few words, but one can imagine the danger at that time.

The Core Formation cultivator of Tianfan City didn't even care about his face and asked his own elders.

But he didn't expect that Han Zhan finally turned bad luck into good luck.

Of course, the consequence was that the Luoyun Sect behind him was dragged into the war quagmire.

From here, Luo Chen also roughly understood why the Luoyun Sect had been pressing step by step before, but the Yuding Sword Sect had never dared to attack with all its strength.

The other party was actually afraid of Tianfan City!

"The second question, what is your relationship with Canglong True Person of the Ice Fortress?"

"Uh..."

Han Zhan was caught off guard, he never expected Luo Chen to ask this.

Afterwards, Luo Chen told Han Zhan what he saw and heard in the Great Snow Mountain.

Especially the scene where Han Zhan protected Canglong.

After a long while, Han Zhan smiled bitterly: "There is a relationship, didn't I tell you before, my relationship with Canglong is not shallow. To be honest, I almost became a Daoist couple with her. It's just that because the other party had outstanding talent, she was focused on by the Ice Fortress and could not marry out. And I was also proud of my talent and didn't want to marry into the Ice Fortress, so we parted ways."

"Just this? So, you protected her and fought with the White Bone Black Snake?"

"The entanglement here is not as simple as you think. However, children's love is secondary, the most important thing is that Canglong privately borrowed the Ice Prison of the sect to help me get started with the "Soul Splitting Scripture" that year. This kindness is too heavy, and it is related to my later successful Nascent Soul tribulation. If I don't repay it, my thoughts will not be clear."

Ice Prison?

Luo Chen suddenly realized.

Speaking of which, he had also cultivated in the Ice Prison of the Ice Fortress.

That place is indeed a good place, allowing him to subdue the fourth-rank Withered-Prosperous Fire, so that he gained a lot in alchemy, spells, and even Qi Refining and body refining.

I didn't expect that before him, Han Zhan, an outsider, had already been there.

"Soul Splitting Scripture", I think it is one of the three techniques and two arts of the Luoyun Sect.

"What about later, I heard that Zhou Shijie Canglong failed the tribulation, how is she?"

"You call her Zhou Shijie?"

"En, the Luo Tian Sect I founded before was a vassal of the Ice Fortress, and later became a guest elder of the Ice Fortress, so I changed my address for convenience."

"She..."

Han Zhan sighed, his tone was extremely sighing.

"Failed the tribulation, essence, energy, and spirit were all damaged. I used a unique secret technique to restore her soul, supplemented by the Ice Fortress treasure coffin to stabilize her body, and finally saved her life. However, she needs to sleep for a hundred years, or even longer, before waking up. As for the Nascent Soul Avenue? Unless there are top-grade elixirs, there is basically no chance in this life."

Luo Chen opened his mouth, speechless for a while.

Canglong is a very good person.

He didn't have much contact with the other party, but he could also feel the other party's sincerity.

Hearing the true situation at this moment, there was endless regret in his heart.

Is Nascent Soul formation really that difficult?

Before in Feileng City, at the fourth level of Core Formation, he understood the method of Nascent Soul formation, and thought that as long as he was fully prepared, he would be foolproof.

But compared to it, Canglong, who had the support of a Core Formation great sect, and even Han Zhan to protect her, failed to form the Nascent Soul.

What about his future?

Discouragement arose spontaneously.

I don't know if the injuries on his body haven't healed, or if a flight has worn down Luo Chen's sharpness, making him a bit sentimental recently.

But soon, Luo Chen adjusted.

Future things, talk about them in the future.

At the moment, he still has to walk step by step!

"The third question! About the Soul Transformation ruin of Jilei Mountain!"

"You mean the palace of the great power Bai Ye?"

"Right!" Luo Chen asked with great doubt: "I heard that it left behind many treasures of the Soul Transformation great power, and even several true artifacts. But why, when the ruin was opened, did you two sects only send Core Formation cultivators in to compete, and you and True Person Yuding didn't go personally. Don't you move your heart for the legacy of the Soul Transformation great power?"

This doubt had been floating in Luo Chen's mind for a long time.

Before, he was either busy or felt that the relationship with Han Zhan was not enough, so he didn't ask.

But after getting along for so many years, especially recently, after Han Zhan discovered He Yuan, he endured without making a move, and finally took the initiative to make a move for Luo Chen, making him feel that his relationship with Han Zhan had narrowed a lot.

Only then did he ask solemnly.

Han Zhan didn't seem surprised that Luo Chen asked this, or rather, he had heard similar questions many times.

Immediately, he explained to Luo Chen personally.

However, this explanation took half a day.

From the cultivation of a cultivator to the evolution of realms, he spoke of it all in great detail.

Cultivator cultivation starts from Qi Refining.

In the Qi Refining stage, he breathes the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, constantly purifies it, and finally, the spiritual energy purified to the extreme makes the dantian sea, building the foundation of the Great Dao.

After Foundation Establishment, spiritual sense is derived, the body is cleansed, and it can withstand more spiritual energy.

In this process, the spiritual energy in the body, from gaseous to liquid, and even solid after reaching the Core Formation stage, is a progressive process.

But the most important thing is actually not spiritual energy or magic power.

It is the soul!

In the process of constantly transporting external spiritual energy from Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, to Core Formation, the cultivator's soul grows constantly under day and night exercise.

Until the Nascent Soul stage, the three flowers gather at the top, the five qi face the origin, and the illusory soul condenses into a substantial Nascent Soul!

The so-called Qi Sea will also become the Purple Mansion, becoming the residence of the Nascent Soul.

After reaching the Nascent Soul stage, the cultivation of cultivators has a great difference.

Condensing magic power is the eternal keynote, but besides this, the birth of the Nascent Soul domain allows cultivators to control the external heaven and earth spiritual energy that is close to their own system.

Since then, Nascent Soul cultivators truly have a little bit of the power of moving mountains and filling seas, chasing stars and catching the moon, as rumored in the world.

"You have witnessed many high-level battles, you must know what this means!"

"Controlling the general trend of heaven and earth?"

"Right, controlling external spiritual energy for one's own use, since then magic power is endless." Speaking of this, Han Zhan paused, "But this is just the appearance. What is the general trend of heaven and earth? Is it just those vain and scattered spiritual energies?"

"Law?" Luo Chen hesitated.

"Sure enough, you are a genius of cultivation, those spells are easy for you, I think you will also advance by leaps and bounds in law cultivation in the future."

Han Zhan praised, and then explained seriously: "The most important cultivation of Nascent Soul cultivators is to comprehend the law power most suitable for themselves in the process of constantly controlling heaven and earth spiritual energy. Once comprehended, advancing to Soul Transformation is just around the corner!"

Luo Chen didn't understand, "But I haven't seen any Nascent Soul cultivator who can master the law power in the Nascent Soul stage... there is one."

As he spoke, a tall and cold figure appeared in Luo Chen's mind.

Standing on Cangwu Mountain, powerful and invincible!

Han Zhan knew who he was talking about, but temporarily skipped this topic.

"You are right, 99% of Nascent Soul cultivators indeed cannot comprehend law power, generally only after advancing to the Soul Transformation stage, the spiritual sense turns into thoughts, and with the simultaneous action of spiritual thoughts and domains, can they naturally comprehend the law suitable for themselves."

"But, this cultivation process must never be skipped!"

"The reason why True Person Yuding and I do not enter the Soul Transformation ruin is that such places where Soul Transformation great powers have fallen leave behind too much law power comprehended by the great powers during their lifetime. Once we enter, we will inevitably be affected by it, thus affecting our path, and there will be absolutely no hope for Soul Transformation in the future!"

Luo Chen's brain felt a bit swollen, he frowned tightly, and summarized uncertainly: "Nascent Soul cultivators cannot enter the Soul Transformation ruin?"

"Right, and not right. The premise is that there are no great powers fallen in the Soul Transformation ruin, we can still enter ordinary Soul Transformation ruins."

Luo Chen asked: "Really can't enter?"

"Really! Unless you can ensure that you are not affected... there are exceptions." Han Zhan seemed to remember someone.

Under Luo Chen's curiosity, he added: "If the path cultivated by the Nascent Soul True Person is the same as the fallen Soul Transformation, you can enter. Maybe, you can also get the legacy of the predecessors and comprehend the law power in advance at the Nascent Soul stage."

Luo Chen suddenly realized, and also firmly remembered these common sense of higher realms in his mind.

So as not to accidentally get involved in any great power ruin in the future and go astray.

While reciting the memory, Luo Chen's thoughts diverged, and he had new questions on this issue.

"What about the ruins of predecessors in higher realms? For example, above Soul Transformation, can you Nascent Soul True Persons enter?"

Han Zhan was stumped by this question.

He thought for a long time, and could only helplessly say: "The Mountain and Sea Realm is just a lower realm, to have Soul Transformation stationed and even occasionally taking action is already the extreme of spiritual energy in this realm. Higher-level existences, I'm afraid this realm cannot accommodate. En, the small temple cannot accommodate the big Buddha."

"So, how would I know if I can enter."

"However, existences stronger than Soul Transformation, I think their comprehension of law power has reached a very deep level, maybe they are already a master of one law. Such existences should have no effect on us."

"It's like the Soul Transformation ruin has no effect on you Core Formation cultivators, we don't reach that level, we can't feel stronger power at all, so naturally we won't be affected and go astray."

This time, Luo Chen listened confusedly.

Or rather, he couldn't understand it at all.

Existences stronger than Soul Transformation, what should their cultivation path be like, no one knows.

At least, with Luo Chen's knowledge, and Han Zhan's knowledge, they couldn't speculate.

"Alright, this question ends here, you kid keep asking, the old man will be exposed." Han Zhan laughed and scolded, but there was no feeling of shame or anger in his words.

Seriously speaking, although he usually calls himself an old man, his age is indeed young among the Nascent Soul stage.

Therefore, in terms of Luo Chen, there is no "generation gap".

Luo Chen smiled and asked the last question.

However, this question made Han Zhan silent for a long time.

"Demon Emperor Qing Shuang, how is his strength?"

After a long time, Han Zhan replied bitterly: "Our generation of Nascent Soul, out of reach. If Soul Transformation doesn't come out, invincible in the world!"

Facing this answer, Luo Chen's mood could not be calm for a long time.

He knew Demon Emperor Qing Shuang was very, very strong, but he didn't expect that the evaluation in the mouths of cultivators of the same level would be so high.

Recalling that battle on Cangwu Mountain.

Three Nascent Soul late-stage Great Cultivators were injured and retreated by him, and even attracted Soul Transformation cultivators to take action personally, which perfectly matched Han Zhan's evaluation.

After a long while, Luo Chen sighed: "There are mountains outside the mountains, people outside the people, our generation's cultivation is really like climbing a mountain, one mountain is higher than another!"

Han Zhan said "En".

Afterwards, he fell silent.

It seems that this exchange has completely ended.

At the moment when the sky was getting dark, Han Zhan spoke again.

"You ask these, it shouldn't just be to pass the time, right?"

Luo Chen said lightly: "Things in the world, things in the past and present, are often similar. The Yuding civil war and the battle between the two gangs in Dahe Market have no essential difference, they are both struggles for interests. Nowadays, the righteous and demonic war in the North Sea is even larger, but in essence, it is not much different from the Yuding civil war."

"Through your oral account as a party, I can see the whole picture, have a more appropriate speculation on the trend of this war, and naturally can follow the trend and avoid evil in the future."

Han Zhan understood, sure enough, as he thought.

Luo Chen rarely does things without purpose.

As for what Luo Chen plans to do after understanding those things?

This answer, the other party had already given.

This territory is not peaceful. Since there is no concern, it is better to escape.

Finally, Han Zhan reminded: "Luo Chen, sometimes, don't use your experience to speculate on the plans of higher realms. Even if what is fought for is interest, but if the essence of interest is different, the means of struggle will also be different."

"Be careful, being clever is mistaken by cleverness!"

Luo Chen frowned.

Although he didn't quite understand these words, it was a well-intentioned reminder from the heart, so he kept it in his heart.

And at this moment.

The swaying of the ship stopped.

Luo Chen walked out of the cabin and came to the deck.

Looking at it, a high mountain shaped like a sharp wolf tooth came into view.

Langya, named after the wolf tooth.

"The first stop has arrived, I hope everything goes well next!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 573 =====