Chapter 573

"You are Murong Yuan?"

At the foot of Mount Mount Langya, where blue flowers covered the mountains and a faint fragrance drifted, a man looked at Luo Chen with curiosity.

Luo Chen looked at this man who was young to an excessive degree, nodded first, and then couldn't help but ask: "Are you an elder of Shopkeeper Wang's family?"

Usually, he would not ask people so directly.

It was just that this man, although he had the Foundation Establishment realm, was too young. According to his spiritual sense detection, he was at most thirty years old, and because his skin was well-maintained, he looked like a youth of seventeen or eighteen.

Under normal circumstances, the so-called seniority based on realm only occurs between immortal cultivators who have no blood relationship.

Is the Wang family also like this internally?

The young man smiled, "I am indeed his elder. Although I am sixty years younger, according to the genealogy, I am two generations older than him. He has to call me Uncle-Grandfather."

Alright!

Luo Chen's inner doubts were answered.

Or rather, the seniority relationships in the immortal cultivation world have always been a tangled mess that cannot be sorted out.

For example, two brothers cultivate together; one cultivates to the Jin Dan stage without touching women, while the other has poor aptitude and gets married and has children at twenty or thirty, then propagates his bloodline.

Three or four hundred years later, the latter doesn't even know how many generations have been propagated.

At this time, the former Jin Dan cultivator suddenly gets married and has a one or two-year-old baby, then the latter's dozens of generations of descendants must all be juniors to this baby!

As for the titles...

If this baby grows up and propagates bloodline, the titles of the other branch have to be calculated again.

In short, unless it is people within the family who have a genealogy to rely on and elders to teach them, they can sort it out a little bit. Otherwise, for cultivators outside the family, if they only use age and realm, it is very difficult to distinguish who has higher seniority.

"Fellow Daoist Murong, you were hiding your cultivation before, right?"

"Fellow Daoist Wang has sharp eyes. I did indeed hide my realm before, showing the Qi Refining stage to the outside world, but I am actually in the Foundation Establishment stage. As for the reason..."

"No need to explain, when traveling outside, do whatever is convenient." After getting Luo Chen's admission, the young man showed a proud smile, satisfied with his own keen perception. However, on the surface, he still acted with great demeanor, "Since our realms are equivalent, we can address each other as peers. My surname is Wang, and my given name is An."

Luo Chen bowed, "Loose cultivator Murong Yuan from Hanja, greets Fellow Daoist Wang An."

Wang An returned the salute.

As for the Hanja that Luo Chen mentioned, it was just a place he mentioned casually, located between the Du Feiyan Islands and Baisha Island.

Wang An had no idea about such a small place.

The other party didn't care either.

What he cared about was where Luo Chen was going.

"Fellow Daoist wants to go to Giant Whale Port?"

Luo Chen nodded, "Yes, the current situation is chaotic, and this place is on the front line of the righteous-demonic war. My strength is low, and I don't want to get involved in this muddy water. I heard that Giant Whale Port is the headquarters of the Ancestor Tianyuan Dao Sect's commercial alliance in the North Sea. With the prestige of Ancestor Tianyuan, I think neither the righteous nor the demonic sides will invade its territory, which can keep me safe for a while."

"Your vision is not bad, but the prices in Giant Whale Port are extremely high, which is not something ordinary loose cultivators can afford to stay in for long."

Wang An muttered, and seeing that Luo Chen's expression remained firm, he then talked about business.

"The travel expenses you gave before, although quite generous, were ultimately just the price for a Qi Refining cultivator. Since you are actually a Foundation Establishment cultivator, if I am to take you along, the price will have to be discussed again."

Luo Chen showed a look of difficulty.

Wang An seemed to know his difficulties, after all, the letter from Hongchao Port had informed him about the situation of this loose cultivator.

He was injured himself, and the maid who had followed him since childhood was sickly, so his savings had been spent completely over the years.

That previous sum of spirit stones was already all the savings the other party had.

"Don't worry, I'm not an unreasonable person." Wang An waved his hand, "You just need to listen to our commands on the journey ahead. It's fine if we encounter demon beasts, but if we encounter robbery cultivators, you will have to help out, after all, we are all on the same boat."

On the same boat in the literal sense!

Luo Chen nodded, showing a look of relief.

From then on, Wang An's inspection of his identity and the reminders about some details after departure ended.

Next, Luo Chen stayed in the small town at the foot of Mount Mount Langya for two days.

The third day.

As the sun rose, Luo Chen stood at the port of Mount Mount Langya facing the sea, watching a huge cruise ship sail out of the dock.

After the big ship came out, seven or eight small ships gathered from all directions one after another.

Calling them small ships, they were actually no less in size than the largest demon-hunting ships on the Du Feiyan Islands.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel emotional.

This is a major force with a Nascent Soul True Person sitting in command!

The so-called caravans of ordinary family sects only have one or two ships, how could they casually assemble a fleet like this.

At this time, on the largest ship, Wang An waved at him.

Luo Chen took Seeing Tianxuan and flew up.

"Your room is on the second floor, and there is a simple spiritual gathering array inside, which is about the level of a first-tier high-grade spiritual vein. If you cooperate with spirit stones for cultivation, it will not affect your daily practice."

Luo Chen showed a look of surprise.

Can such spiritual energy concentration be created on a merchant ship?

Especially since he was just an insignificant passenger, if it were an internal Foundation Establishment cultivator, or even a Jin Dan cultivator, wouldn't that mean there is a better cultivation environment?

Just at this moment, several figures flew out from the mountainside of Mount Mount Langya.

The powerful spiritual pressure was perceived by everyone in the first instance.

Countless low-level cultivators bowed and saluted together.

Luo Chen followed them, but his eyes quietly sized up those people.

They were all Jin Dan cultivators!

This Mount Mount Langya has quite a solid foundation!

But looking at the logo on the corners of their clothes, only three were the blue flower emblem of Mount Mount Langya, and the others were likely vassals of Mount Mount Langya.

The nine Jin Dan cultivators ignored the salutes of the people below, bowed to each other, and then each fell into a merchant ship.

"Set sail!"

A faint voice came from the ship Luo Chen was on, but it rumbled at the port.

Rumble!!!

As the big ship set sail, thousands of tons of seawater were pushed away.

Under the rolling white waves, nine huge cruise ships hoisted their long sails and sailed toward the distant sea against the morning sunlight.

The giant ship Luo Chen was on was named Mount Langya and was the backbone of the fleet.

The destination of this trip was also the farthest, going to Giant Whale Port.

Being able to board this ship was considered Luo Chen's good luck.

In the room on the second floor, after Luo Chen settled Seeing Tianxuan, he looked around, and finally his eyes focused on his feet, with a thoughtful look on his face.

"Is a small third-tier spiritual vein directly transplanted onto this ship?"

"No wonder!"

Luo Chen discovered the difference between the Eastern Wasteland and the North Sea in terms of spiritual veins.

The Eastern Wasteland is very good at transforming spiritual veins and improving their grade.

While the North Sea is very good at transplanting spiritual veins.

Previously at the auction, he saw True Person Fairy Feileng take out a third-tier black-green treasure basin fish, and according to Han Zhan, a spiritual vein was transplanted onto it.

And now, on this giant ship under his feet, he clearly discovered traces of the "Mountain Moving Technique".

This means that there is a spiritual vein on the ship, so it can supply the daily spiritual energy needs of the cultivators on the ship.

"It should be related to the different environment."

"In the North Sea, waterways are crisscrossed, and many islands are isolated."

"Even if a sea area is conquered by relying on opening wars, it still cannot prevent some demon beasts from sneaking in."

"Under such circumstances, some high-level powerhouses simply use the Mountain Moving Technique to directly excavate and migrate some outer sea spiritual veins that cannot be kept for long to inland areas. As for the loss, compared to not getting it, it is not worth mentioning."

After figuring this out, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel quite emotional.

The North Sea region is too vast, and if low-level cultivators want to rely on flying to cross major sea areas, it is too dangerous.

The loss of spiritual power, the attacks of demon beasts, and even the robbery cultivators that appear from time to time are all threatening personal safety.

Although the merchant ship sails slowly, it can ensure that cultivators are in a peak state at all times to deal with any emergencies.

Although flying boats are faster and safer, they consume more medium-grade spirit stones and even high-grade spirit stones.

These forces are calculating and will not waste a large number of spirit stones in those places.

All things considered, sea ships are more cost-effective.

After understanding these, Luo Chen's interest in the ship also decreased a lot.

He walked in the room, setting up array flags from time to time to prevent external cultivators from probing.

After everything was ready, he sat cross-legged and introspected himself.

The battle at Lengguang Island before.

His aura was withered to the extreme, his whole body was covered in scars, and even after releasing the Heavenly Peng True Body, his internal organs were vaguely visible.

But in fact, his injuries were not serious.

Under this introspection, the muscles and new blood had recovered, and the strong heart was beating vigorously.

The hands that had been cut by the black and white twin blades until the joints were exposed had also recovered.

All this, besides Luo Chen's own outstanding medical spells, the biggest contributor was actually his powerful body.

No, it should be the Withered Glory True Fire!

In his early years, through the Withered Glory True Fire, he refined many demon beasts and shared countless vitality.

The lifespan changes brought by these vitalities integrating into the body were actually not large.

The real big change was the terrifying recovery power hidden within!

The injuries that looked shocking to outsiders were actually just skin wounds to him.

If according to Luo Chen's early speculation, relying on the Withered Glory True Fire to refine vitality, and his body tempering technique, to cultivate this physique to the fourth tier... maybe the fourth tier is not quite enough, let's say the fifth tier!

After cultivating to the ancient fifth tier comparable to the Soul Transformation stage, maybe he could achieve the level of demon beasts regrowing severed limbs and regenerating from a drop of blood as rumored.

However, that is too far away.

It is just a beautiful hope.

For now, Luo Chen's real hidden danger is the deficit of magic power.

In that battle, he frequently used large-scale spells, and even at the last moment, he frantically urged his natal magic treasure to refine Gongsun Qian Ting, who was at the seventh level of Jin Dan, alive. All these things caused his magic power to be consumed to the extreme.

Even though more than half a month had passed, and he had been continuously taking True Flame Elixirs and operating his cultivation technique, he had only recovered two or three percent now.

Two or three percent, looks like a lot?

In fact, it is too little.

You know, the 'Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Scripture' he cultivates has a function of the Jin Dan automatically rotating and absorbing the free spiritual energy of heaven and earth at any time after entry.

It can be said that his magic power recovery speed is also far beyond his peers!

Under such circumstances, plus a large amount of high-grade True Flame Elixirs, and even top-grade True Flame Elixirs, it was still impossible to recover to half state, which was truly surprising.

But Luo Chen also knew the reason for this problem.

Spiritual land!

Without a suitable third-tier spiritual land, his magic power recovery effect was not so ideal.

In the current situation where he might face battle at any time, Luo Chen had never been so thirsty for a third-tier spiritual land.

"Sigh..."

With a light sigh, Luo Chen retreated from the meditation state.

Opening his eyes, he saw Seeing Tianxuan opposite him staring blankly.

Probably knowing what she was thinking, Luo Chen spoke out of the blue.

"Don't think too much, this time might not be a bad thing for you."

Seeing Tianxuan was startled.

"You had no guidance in your early years of cultivation, relying only on instinct. Even if you got the cultivation technique I created for you, except for the 'Ninety Thousand Miles' that is extremely compatible with you, other methods are still slow to enter."

"The reason is that your early cultivation habits affected you."

"Taking advantage of this time to heal, you should abandon your past nature as much as possible and learn to cultivate in the human way. Maybe you can truly learn the 'Huan Yu Secret Code'."

"Seeing Tianxuan, remember one sentence. When everything is worry-free, you should think about the worst for everything. When things get bad, you have to think about the good, and keep a heart that always harbors hope!"

The woman frowned her long willow-leaf eyebrows, seriously thinking about Luo Chen's words.

Luo Chen shook his head and stopped worrying about her, instead sending a spiritual sense transmission.

"Senior, this journey is long..."

"What's wrong? Want to chat about the past again to pass the time?"

"No, the things you promised should be given to me."

Things promised?

Han Zhan knew what Luo Chen meant instantly.

He pondered for a long time, "You haven't removed the bad luck on that Soul-Nurturing Wood for me yet..."

"The condition wasn't like that. It was agreed that if I auctioned the Soul-Nurturing Wood for you, you would give me the Core Elixir Technique and the Core Formation Elixir formula." Luo Chen's tone was firm, not giving an inch.

This tone made Han Zhan a little unhappy.

However, Luo Chen's next words made him feel a little better.

"Besides, you know my current state, my magic power is not complete. Self-preservation is still a concern, so it's impossible to use magic power to remove the bad luck on the Soul-Nurturing Wood. After I recover, I will definitely help you as soon as possible."

Han Zhan was helpless.

He found that this kid Luo Chen, besides his talent in cultivation, also had a very sharp tongue.

His words were well-reasoned, leaving him unable to refute at all.

"Fine, I'm just a little reluctant. After all, the Core Elixir Technique is a secret technique of my Luoyun Sect, and the Core Formation Elixir formula was also obtained by me after thousands of hardships. Now you exchanged it with a mere piece of Soul-Nurturing Wood, and I am currently living under someone else's roof..."

Listening to the old senior nagging, Luo Chen smiled without saying a word.

Are you kidding?

What do you mean by a mere piece of Soul-Nurturing Wood?

That was something he spent over five million spirit stones, plus several bottles of top-grade elixirs, plus a second-tier elixir formula to bid for.

However, when Luo Chen truly obtained the cultivation method of the Core Elixir Technique from Han Zhan, he understood that he had indeed taken a big advantage.

This technique alone is worth ten million!

(End of chapter)