Chapter 574: Post-war Inventory, Astonishing Harvest

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In the ship cabin room.

The Daoist had all kinds of objects in front of him, each emitting unusual spiritual light.

If ordinary Core Formation cultivators were here, I'm afraid their eyes would be dazzled.

These magic treasures that could be preserved in the Lengguang Island battle were undoubtedly all of excellent quality.

Even if it was just the standard flying sword of the Qian family, the quality was on the Xuanhuo Sword that Luo Chen used in the past.

Luo Chen sat in the chair and began to count them one by one.

From the grade of the magic treasure to the material of the attribute, he didn't let go of anything.

"The Flowing Fire Hammer with gold and fire attributes, rather than saying it's a natal magic treasure, it's better to say it's a tool, a tool used for tempering minerals and forging magic tools, the attributes are compatible with me, and in the future when refining the demon emperor's remains, it might be useful."

Looking at the two small ancient seal characters "Flowing Fire" engraved on the hammer handle, Luo Chen showed a satisfied look.

"Collected!"

"Snow-Blowing Fan, wind attribute low-grade magic treasure, can help the fire. It seems, it can also be of some help to me?"

Luo Chen remembered that whether it was the strong master of the Flowing Fire Hammer or the old woman master of the Snow-Blowing Fan, they were all from Liang Baizao Mountain.

That was a casting force famous on Lengguang Island, still above Lianfeng Hao.

If compared with the Yuding region, it was not inferior to the Yan Alliance!

The natal magic treasures of the cultivators under their command were more or less related to casting.

Most cultivators in this world are like this, when they are proficient in a certain skill, their natal magic treasures will also tend to this type.

The most intuitive example is Luo Chen.

His alchemy skills are outstanding, so his natal magic treasure, while being unparalleled in use, is essentially an alchemy tool.

On the contrary, those cultivators who did not study skills and focused on cultivation, their magic treasures would be strange and unpredictable.

Just like the copper coin Luo Chen is playing with in his hand now.

"Interesting magic treasure, I don't know how it was refined, clearly no dirty evil energy is seen, but it actually has the effect of eroding and blocking the connection between the enemy and the natal magic treasure."

Under normal circumstances, treasures that dirty other people's magic treasures are more or less inclined to be evil.

Like Luo Chen's Withered-Prosperous Miasma, it also has a similar effect, composed of a large amount of dirty and turbid Withered-Prosperous evil energy, so it can erode the connection of others' minds.

Yet under his scrutiny, this Copper Coin for Falling Treasures was upright and balanced, without the slightest hint of demonic intent.

It is truly a righteous magic treasure!

When he was in doubt, Han Zhan opened his mouth with some hesitation.

"It should be added with Weak Water."

"Weak Water?" Luo Chen didn't understand, but the huge knowledge reserve in his mind allowed him to vaguely search for relevant information in the first time, "Could it be the Weak Water in the Weak Water River that connects yin and yang and penetrates life and death in the rumors?"

"The old man doesn't know either, just feels it's a bit like it."

Han Zhan said hesitantly: "It is rumored that when heaven and earth first opened and chaos evolved, some innate or acquired treasures would be derived in the Great Thousand World. Powerful ones carry law and Dao rhyme themselves, becoming Dao artifacts. Weak ones also carry corresponding characteristics, if added when refining magic treasures, the effect will be infinite."

Luo Chen grinned, "Isn't this too mysterious? It's even pulled to the myths and legends of opening heaven and earth."

"Is it mysterious? Not necessarily, you haven't been in contact with such treasures."

This time, Luo Chen was really stunned.

He has been in contact?

Under Han Zhan's guidance, Luo Chen suddenly remembered some special treasures he had been in contact with.

For example, Tongxuan Heavenly Crystal!

It is the "Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure" material, with infinite effects, any Core Formation cultivator who wants to refine a natal magic treasure cannot avoid this thing.

It is rumored that Tongxuan Heavenly Crystal is the debris when heaven and earth first opened and the world barrier was formed.

For example, Su Mud, no, not Su Mud.

It is the legendary Breathing Soil!

Su Mud is only a third-rank mineral material, the reason why it is famous is that there is a trace of Breathing Soil aura in Su Mud.

And that Breathing Soil, it is rumored that it is the first piece of soil in the world when chaos first opened, known as being able to grow automatically, endless.

Just one piece can block the monstrous flood!

And this Weak Water is undoubtedly a legendary treasure on par with Breathing Soil, also in the ranks of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

When Luo Chen refined the Hunyuan Cauldron, the refining blueprint mentioned that besides those third-rank minerals, the weapon refiner who designed this blueprint fantasized about better upper-level substitute materials.

Five elements, all have!

Water and earth, better upper-level substitutes, are the legendary Weak Water and Breathing Soil!

It's a pity that Luo Chen has never heard of these two treasures appearing in the world, and even those relatively ordinary third-rank main materials took him a lot of effort to collect.

At this moment, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel quite regretful.

He was thinking that if it really existed, he wouldn't mind spending time collecting one or two to increase the foundation for his natal magic treasure.

Soul Transformation Holy Land?

That is not something he dares to covet!

Shaking his head, Luo Chen dispelled these delusions and put the Falling Treasure Copper Coin into his pocket.

It's a good treasure, spend some time refining it later, at critical moments, it might have miraculous effects!

Afterwards, he put all his attention on the copper basin with two yin and yang fish swimming in it.

This is the existence that made him blurt out "Good treasure" in the life-and-death battle!

Even, in order to win this thing, he didn't hesitate to consume great magic power, suppress Qian Ting with the Hunyuan Cauldron, and refine him alive, just fearing that the other party would fight to the death and destroy this treasure.

Hand beckoned.

The two yin and yang fish flew out, turning into two flying knives, one black and one white.

Grade middle-grade, attribute is rare yin and yang.

Yin and yang attributes, running through heaven and earth, both men and women have them, which means Luo Chen can also control these two flying knives.

But this is not the point.

Mere middle-grade magic treasure, in front of the Hunyuan Cauldron, Luo Chen doesn't care much.

What he cares about is the copper basin carrying these two flying knives!

"This basin..."

While murmuring, Luo Chen poured his mind into it and checked it carefully.

Time passed bit by bit.

Langya had already bypassed the battlefield of Lihuo Island and contacted Zhan Shui Palace, borrowing the way to detour.

During this period, some people went ashore to negotiate.

And Luo Chen's work of exploring treasures finally yielded results three days later.

In the quiet room, there was a sound of gasping that could not be heard.

Han Zhan woke up at the sound and couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

Luo Chen's eyes shone with brilliance, and the look of shock rippled constantly.

"Sure enough, I didn't guess wrong!"

"This treasure is the same as what I thought before, and my Hunyuan Cauldron are both five-element attributes!"

"Sure enough, I didn't guess wrong!"

"This treasure is just as I thought before; like my Hunyuan Cauldron, it possesses all five elements!"

Han Zhan was stunned. Possessing all five elements?

Treasures of this type are either extremely mediocre or extraordinarily miraculous.

This can be seen from Luo Chen's Hunyuan Cauldron.

Clearly, this copper basin is not some mediocre object.

"What is its function? Is it for offense or defense?"

Han Zhan asked hurriedly.

He remembered very clearly that this copper basin had decent defensive capabilities; during the great battle at Lengguang Island, it had blocked the attacks of the Sealing Sea Eight Trigrams Array he controlled several times, preventing Qian Ting from being affected by those ghosts.

At that time, seeing Luo Chen so eager for this object, he had assumed Luo Chen was eyeing the treasure's defensive power.

But now it seems...

Luo Chen swallowed hard. "Offense and defense are not important; the most powerful aspect of this treasure lies in one word—'Nurture'!"

"'Nurture'?"

Luo Chen nodded, stroking the rim of the copper basin, his emotions inevitably surging.

The so-called 'nurture' is to nourish!

Many magic treasures, and even magic tools, have slightly similar effects.

Especially excellent alchemy equipment, which often mentions that it "can improve the grade of the elixir," but in reality, that effect is to constrain the volatilization of medicinal power, concentrating it to achieve the so-called grade-improving effect.

Such effects are relatively ordinary.

Among the many pieces of equipment Luo Chen has seen, only his Hunyuan Cauldron has the most prominent effect, which once allowed him, while refining True Flame Pills with Grandmaster-level proficiency, to accidentally obtain a top-grade True Flame Pill.

The rest are nothing more than mediocre.

But this copper basin is different!

It can truly achieve the feat of slowly improving the grade of an object through day-by-day nourishment!

If the nurtured object has a sufficiently strong foundation, the improvement effect will be even better!

Luo Chen's gaze fell back onto the black and white twin blades.

"No wonder Qian Ting, a water-attribute cultivator, chose an Yin-Yang attribute natal magic treasure. Although versatile, it was too mediocre."

"Looking at it now, mediocrity also means an endless upper limit."

"If he really could use this basin to nurture these twin blades to the top-grade level, with his cultivation as a Great Cultivator, he would be enough to run rampant through the Core Formation stage!"

Han Zhan, standing to the side, could not help but marvel after hearing this explanation.

One wonders who had the ingenuity to refine this piece of treasure.

Casting aside the offensive and defensive power that cultivators care about most, it focuses entirely on the ability to nurture.

"That Qian Ting truly wasted heaven's gifts. Such a treasure is not meant for fighting; it is clearly meant to be the foundational heritage of a force. If this object were present, it would surely produce a steady stream of high-quality magic treasures, and a force's weapon of conquest would not be cut off."

After sighing, Han Zhan asked: "Luo Chen, how do you intend to use this object?"

The man smiled nonchalantly. "Does this even need to be asked?"

Opening his mouth, he spat out a gray, three-legged round cauldron, which spun as it flew out and landed in the copper basin.

Seeing this scene, the thought "Sure enough" popped into Han Zhan's mind.

When it comes to foundation, what magic treasure can compare to this Hunyuan Cauldron, which consumed countless precious materials!

This treasure was personally refined by the generation's Grandmaster of Artifact Refining, Tian Yezi.

Assisted by the cooperation of two Nascent Soul True Persons, Han Zhan and Qing Shuang, it was infused with divine soul restrictions and spatial restrictions.

On the day it was first completed, it relied on its materials to reach the top grade!

Under Luo Chen's years of tempering, its power has already manifested.

In the battle at Lengguang Island, it displayed great divine might.

The Nine Dragon Chains snatched the copper coins, it smashed the Core Formation cultivators of the Bai Zao Mountain, and it refined the late-stage Core Formation Qian family patriarch alive.

Yet even so, this was merely the tip of the iceberg of the Hunyuan Cauldron's power.

If nurtured according to normal time, Luo Chen would need at least several hundred more years of perseverance to fully realize its potential.

But with the help of this treasure basin, its true radiance may not be far off.

"Give this treasure basin a name; I see there is no treasure name marked on it."

Luo Chen pondered slightly and said slowly: "Let's call it the Dragon-Nurturing Basin!"

"'Nurturing a dragon in a basin'?" Han Zhan thought for a moment and could not help but nod. "That is a good implication."

Luo Chen smiled, bit his finger, and a drop of essence blood floated out. Then, his divine sense extended, turning into a dark restriction that landed on the copper basin.

Using blood as a guide, he carved the illusory characters "Dragon-Nurturing" on the bottom of the copper basin.

After a simple blood-recognition process, Luo Chen swallowed it, along with the Hunyuan Cauldron, into his Qi sea.

Clearly!

Using the Dragon-Nurturing Basin to nurture treasures does not come without a price.

A cultivator's magic power is the most important nourishment.

However, compared to normal magic treasure nourishment, using the Dragon-Nurturing Basin will save at least one-fifth of the magic power consumption.

Do not underestimate this one-fifth; over time, it can save Luo Chen a massive amount of magic power.

This can also be considered a disguised increase in his cultivation speed!

Watching this scene, Han Zhan said helplessly: "You are clearly in poor condition, yet you have wasted essence blood again."

Luo Chen drooped his eyes. "For such a treasure, if I do not properly recognize it as master, I will feel uneasy."

Having said this, he pushed his hand, and nine storage implements flew in front of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

Looking at the seven storage bags, one wine cup, and one storage belt floating before him, Han Zhan was stunned.

"What is the meaning of this!"

"I intend to strike while the iron is hot, refine the energy in the Hidden Dust Sand, and restore my peak state. These trivial matters of erasing cultivators' imprints are too energy-consuming." Luo Chen said with drooping eyelids and a listless tone, "Senior, you wouldn't want little Luo to remain weak and unable to remove the bad luck from the Soul-Nurturing Wood for you soon, would you!"

Inside the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, Han Zhan's Nascent Soul figure opened its mouth, speechless for a moment.

Not to mention, although Han Zhan's state was less than one-tenth of its original, with only a remnant soul surviving.

He was, after all, a Nascent Soul True Person at heart!

With his methods, it took only about ten days to unravel the residual imprints of the original owners on the nine storage implements for Luo Chen.

This saved Luo Chen too much time.

In a hundred-year cultivation career, having fought countless battles, big and small, and harvested countless storage bags, the most troublesome thing is unraveling the imprints.

This time, there were nine storage implements obtained, all from Core Formation cultivators.

Just thinking about it, one knew that unraveling the imprints would be very troublesome.

Yet the result was the most efficient one.

Luo Chen took time every day to take inventory.

Every day, his mouth carried a smile.

After spending a full half-month taking inventory, he could not even help but laugh out loud.

For no other reason, he had truly made a killing!

These nine storage implements came from cultivators of the Qian and Wu families, the Lianfeng Firm, and Bai Zao Mountain.

Although they were not like loose cultivators who habitually carried all their wealth on them at all times, their internal legacies were quite abundant.

Especially since they had come to Feileng City to participate in the auction assembly, they had specifically prepared a batch of funds.

Even if most of the spirit stones had been exchanged for resources of corresponding value, in terms of spirit stones alone, Luo Chen's total, combined with his original savings, saw his wealth break through ten million again!

A massive total of eighteen million spirit stones!

Fighting to the death in the Xuanyan Sea Area for several years is not as good as one day of battle at Lengguang Island.

Tsk tsk, it is truly said that a horse does not get fat without night grass, and a man does not get rich without windfall!

And this was just the harvest in terms of spirit stones.

In other aspects, it was truly dense and countless.

Various grades of talismans added up to over a hundred.

There were over a thousand types of miscellaneous medicinal herbs, and their age and quality were excellent; Luo Chen even obtained a Divine Iris Tail from Qian Ting's storage bag!

That is one of the three main materials for refining the Nascent Soul Pill!

It is also a precious resource recognized in the cultivation world as being helpful for Nascent Soul formation.

Although there was only one, it meant that Luo Chen had taken a solid step in collecting the three main materials for the Nascent Soul Pill.

Apart from these, there were many, many elixirs.

Most were third-tier, and there were also second-tier ones.

Second-tier elixirs that could remain in the hands of Core Formation cultivators must have their extraordinary aspects.

The most common were Foundation Establishment Pills.

There were several other types, and with Luo Chen's knowledge, after identifying them one by one, he also figured out their corresponding effects.

As for those third-tier elixirs, most were used for cultivation.

Their grades were not high, mostly low-grade, but the rich North Sea alchemy style also made Luo Chen collect them for future reference.

With elixirs, there were naturally elixir formulas!

It was Qian Ting again!

This clan patriarch truly had many treasures in his storage belt.

He directly contributed a third-tier cultivation-type elixir formula and a fourth-tier anti-poison elixir formula to Luo Chen.

The other dead ghosts also had contributions.

In a short time, Luo Chen collected several elixir formulas.

However, they were only elixir formulas; the related alchemy classics were few and far between.

At their level and age, if it was determined that they could not go too far in alchemy, it was impossible to keep too many related resources on them.

Especially since Qian Ting and the others had forces behind them, those resources would naturally be distributed.

On the other hand, Luo Chen harvested quite a few artifact refining classics.

One book, "Liang Baizao of Heavenly Work," came from the giant of Bai Zao Mountain, and one book, "Lianfeng Travel," came from the second brother of the Wu family of the Lianfeng Firm.

This was good news.

Once Luo Chen settled down, he would inevitably set about refining the Demon Emperor's remains.

He was not worried about the basics, but he was involved in too little high-end artifact refining theory.

Having these two artifact refining classics was truly like finding a pillow when one was sleepy.

Good pillows, and not just this one!

From the nine people, Luo Chen harvested a large amount of medium and low-tier mineral materials, a massive quantity that directly collected all the other auxiliary materials needed to refine the Demon Emperor's remains.

Besides this, there were many other treasures; spare magic tools and magic treasures for cultivators, one-time offensive weapons, and even common Sea-Stabilizing Disks were all there!

It can be said that if these miscellaneous items were processed, Luo Chen could at least get back over ten million spirit stones.

"I can only process them."

"If I were still in the Eastern Wasteland, and still had the Luotian Sect, these spoils of war would be enough to push the Luotian Sect to the level of a true Core Formation Great Sect."

Luo Chen held a third-tier cultivation technique in one hand and a third-tier elixir effective for Core Formation in the other, his face showing regret.

It was truly a pity!

He had estimated that if this batch of windfall wealth were used well, there would be a full opportunity to cultivate one or two Core Formation cultivators.

Even the matching cultivation techniques and natal magic treasures could be supplied.

But now, he had no force to drive, and no need to give resources to those close to him.

The final processing method was still to exchange them for corresponding resources or spirit stones to supply his own cultivation.

He sighed.

Luo Chen walked to the window, pushed open the wooden window, and watched the rolling waves as the giant ship moved forward, his eyes showing reminiscence.

I do not know when, but Tianxuan was already standing behind him.

"Master, there is probably about half a year left before we arrive at Whale Port."

"So fast?"

"Yes, the Langya caravan's goal is very clear. Of the nine merchant ships, eight went to other places halfway. The main ship we are on basically hasn't stopped midway and is heading straight for Whale Port."

Luo Chen nodded, indicating he knew about this matter.

A full year, day and night without rest.

With this speed, it is quite normal.

Once we arrive at Whale Port, according to his plan, he will not stay at Whale Port as Wang An said.

Instead, he will look for an opportunity to head further north to the Wan Xian Assembly.

After Fu Chaosheng said that the Tianyuan Dao Sect would not accept loose cultivators like him, it was impossible for him to linger under such a behemoth.

If someone were to discover his background and learn that he had contributed to the demon race and refined elixirs for them, the trouble would certainly be no small matter.

It is better to stay away early.

And the Wan Xian Assembly, such a large force that accepts loose cultivators, is undoubtedly the best place to go.

"How is your injury?"

"After eating the elixir bestowed by Master, it is recovering rapidly." Tianxuan looked at Luo Chen's back, her eyes showing gratitude.

Luo Chen felt slightly relieved.

He had harvested many elixirs from those nine storage bags.

One type of healing elixir corresponded to the injury Tianxuan had before, so he simply bestowed it upon her.

Even if it could not be fully cured, it would allow Tianxuan to act normally in the future.

"Once we settle down, I will refine corresponding elixirs to help you get rid of your chronic illness."

"Thank you, Master!"

"How is the cultivation of the 'Huan Yu Secret Canon' going?"

"Under Master's guidance, I have successfully entered the door. However, the spiritual energy on the ship is scarce, so the cultivation progress is not great."

"It is good that you have entered the door. As for the problem of scarce spiritual energy, once we settle down..."

As he spoke, Luo Chen could not help but laugh.

Only, that smile was a bit bitter.

He craved stability, yet he had spent his whole life running around, which was truly a bit ironic.

"Forget it, you go out first!"

"For the next half year, I will go into seclusion for a while; do not let others disturb me."

Luo Chen waved his hand listlessly, and Tianxuan left the room obediently.

After Tianxuan left, Luo Chen sat quietly for a long while.

Until the lake of his heart was calm and no ripples arose, he then slightly opened his mouth.

A flawless white pearl floated out from his mouth.

In the quiet room, an old voice came out.

"Do you want to weave the Core-Origin magic power circulation diagram now?"

"Let's try it first; if the diagram fails, there is a remedy. But if it succeeds, I can nurture a second Core Formation one day earlier."

"That Soul-Nurturing Wood of mine..."

"Don't worry, old man, I won't renege on the debt."

The sound of the conversation gradually faded, and only the Daoist's long, continuous breathing remained.

(End of chapter)