Chapter 589: Preaching on the Sea, Refining the Six Jia

"The North Sea is full of demons. In my youth, I once went out to sea with my elders to slay demons, but this time was truly the largest formation I have ever seen in my life."

"Indeed, it is hard to believe that so many demon beasts were stationed within the Ruined City of Taohai. If not for the complex environment of the Liuyang sea area and the obstruction of the great formation, these demon beasts alone would have brought countless disasters upon our human heartlands."

"I also don't know why those beasts are sitting still in the Ruined City of Taohai. It is truly strange that they rushed out of the Arctic Night Demon Heaven only to stay there."

"I don't know what they are planning, but Fellow Daoist Li's sword light splitting technique at that time was truly stunning!"

On the deck of the flying boat, more than a dozen Foundation Establishment cultivators were gathered in small groups.

While sipping tea and wine and enjoying the scenery along the way, they chatted about the battle that had just taken place in the Liuyang sea area, the first line of defense.

This atmosphere, full of leisure and interest, did not look at all like they had just experienced a life-and-death struggle.

But clearly, after experiencing a battle of blood and fire, everyone's seemingly relaxed faces had matured a bit more.

Gathering together now, while seemingly complimenting each other, they were actually exchanging combat experience to make up for their own shortcomings.

Within the crowd, the young Wang An was being flattered, but he himself wore a bitter smile.

"You only saw the majesty of my Qishan Technique suppressing three second-tier demon beasts, but you do not know that this single spell almost exhausted all my spiritual power. If it weren't for my senior brother protecting me at the time, I, with my depleted spiritual power, would have been left to the mercy of the demons."

Others were surprised, "Is the Qishan Technique that draining of spiritual power?"

Wang An said distressingly: "I didn't notice it when I practiced before. The Qishan Technique is one of the most famous third-tier spells of my Mount Langya Mountain, and its suppression ability is outstanding. I have practiced it for many years and treated it as my trump card, never expecting it to have such drawbacks during battle."

The same spell, released by different people, naturally has different power.

Likewise, under different circumstances, different changes will occur during the casting of a spell.

Wang An's usual practice was often to stop at the right point and would not affect his own cultivation.

But during battle, there were too many demon beasts, and in order to relieve his senior brother's pressure, he had activated excessive spiritual power all at once.

By the time he realized it, it was too late to stop, and he only felt the spiritual power in his body pouring out like a tide, almost unable to control himself.

In front of everyone, Wang An demonstrated the Qishan Technique on the spot.

Above the deck, a phantom mountain peak condensed from spiritual power suddenly appeared.

Although it had the intent of suppression, it certainly could not reach the point of suppressing three demon beasts of the same tier simultaneously.

Wang An said with a distressed face: "This is the Qishan Technique under normal conditions. If I want to reach the situation on the battlefield back then, it will cause irreversible spiritual power leakage. Such consequences would leave me with no power to protect myself. If this problem cannot be solved, I really dare not use this trump card again in the future."

Seeing this, others, although they did not know the specific practice method of the Qishan Technique, also gave their own speculations and insights, hoping to help Wang An.

After this battle, the relationship between them had become much more harmonious; after all, they were comrades-in-arms.

Perhaps because of this fate, a hundred or ten years later, when each of them is in charge of a region, these connections will become their external support.

But clearly, other people's insights were like scratching an itch through a boot, unable to solve Wang An's current predicament.

If there were elders in the sect who had practiced the Qishan Technique, that would be great; they could point him in the right direction.

But as it happens, Mount Mount Langya has now joined the Li Canghai Alliance and is deeply embroiled in the Great War between the righteous and demonic paths; where would one find a Jin Dan elder to clear up Wang An's confusion?

Just as Wang An was disappointed and preparing to stop this topic and join other discussions, a cold and stern voice came from the entrance of the largest hall in the center of the flying boat.

"Your technique is wrong."

Wang An was stunned and subconsciously turned his head.

Others were the same, and they all cast their eyes on the red-robed Daoist.

It was the Senior Qingyang Demon Lord!

Under everyone's gaze, Luo Chen walked over step by step.

Glancing at Wang An, he spoke slowly.

"Although I don't know the specific practice steps of your spell, it is clear that the essence of this technique is the idea of using four ounces to move a thousand pounds, using a small amount of one's own magic power to exert several times the strength to perform powerful suppression, is that right?"

Wang An was extremely astonished, "Senior, that is indeed the case."

"Then your technique is indeed wrong." Luo Chen smiled confidently, "Your spiritual power output is too fierce, lacking the cleverness and the intent of maneuvering. This kind of four-ounces-to-a-thousand-pounds technique requires that method of overcoming hardness with softness. Why don't you try, when casting the spell, to let the spiritual power surging from the dantian circulate through your meridians for a few rounds before pouring it out with your spiritual formula."

Wang An was half-believing and half-doubting; wouldn't that cause the meridians to be blocked by excessive spiritual power and lead to meridian damage?

Besides, if he really did that, the casting time would also be delayed a lot!

But under the expectant gaze of the crowd and Luo Chen's encouraging look, he tentatively pinched the spiritual formula again and mobilized the spiritual power in his dantian.

This process was a bit slow, a full double slower than before, but it was indeed done according to Luo Chen's teaching.

The moment the spell took shape.

Suddenly, a great gravitational force came from above, pressing the rapidly flying boat to slow down.

"This!"

Wang An's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief.

And his senior brother from Mount Langya Mountain beside him subconsciously blurted out, "It's like this, on the battlefield at that time, your Qishan Technique, Junior Brother, had power almost the same as it is now."

While marveling, he asked Wang An curiously.

"Junior Brother, how much spiritual power did you mobilize this time?"

Wang An swallowed his saliva, "Less than one-third of the total."

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.

A spell that previously required mobilizing the entire body's spiritual power to release, now only needed one-third to be cast.

The power might not have increased its upper limit, but it was clear that it could leave Wang An with enough spiritual power so that he would not be powerless and lack self-protection after using this move.

And this was just a few words of guidance from the Senior Qingyang Demon Lord.

In his ecstasy, Wang An immediately asked more questions, which were the ones he had thought of before.

To this, Luo Chen had a look of having expected it long ago.

"This kind of third-tier spell is not something that you Foundation Establishment cultivators can master. If you want to achieve corresponding power, you have to pay a certain price. The damage caused by the excessive expansion of spiritual power in the meridians is one of the prices."

"As for the casting time being too slow that you mentioned, that is not a problem with the technique I taught, but simply because you are not skilled enough yet."

Wang An suddenly realized.

This technique was indeed not taught to him by the sect elders, but was something he learned secretly after establishing his foundation.

He only had a half-understanding of the taboos involved.

At this moment, having received Luo Chen's guidance, he felt a faint sense of enlightenment.

No wonder the spiritual power in his body would be out of control when he cast the Qishan Technique before.

The so-called four ounces to move a thousand pounds, if the thousand pounds of force one holds completely overwhelms the spiritual power in one's body, it will lead to a reversal of host and guest.

At that time, it is not the person casting the spell, but the spell dragging the person forward.

While feeling enlightened, Wang An was also a bit distressed.

It seems that this move cannot be used in solo combat in the future; he needs to have a companion to hold the front so that he can have enough time to release it.

Suddenly, Luo Chen smiled slightly.

"Actually, in my opinion, if this technique is slightly improved, it is not impossible to use it in a suitable combat environment."

"You try to spread the spiritual power out first, attach it to the nearby rocks and soil, and finally cooperate with the spiritual power in your body to cast the Qishan Technique again; the effect might be even better."

Wang An was half-believing and half-doubting.

Just at this time, the flying boat slowed down and passed by an island.

It was as if an experimental environment had been prepared for him.

Wang An still had a lot of spiritual power left in his body, so he immediately followed Luo Chen's improved method and cast the Qishan Technique.

Under the gaze of everyone, the phantom spiritual mountain peak appeared again.

And this time, countless rocks and soil on the ground, attached by Wang An's own spiritual power, continuously filled into it from bottom to top.

That suppression force increased its upper limit bit by bit, and later, even a great cultivator of the late Foundation Establishment stage in the field felt his body sluggish and beyond his control.

Luo Chen looked at this scene, his eyes showing a look of "as expected."

Although he did not have the specific practice method for this Qishan Technique, the path it followed was almost in the same vein as the Earth Mountain Technique and Mountain Collapse Technique he had learned before.

It was just that the Earth Mountain Technique focused more on suppression, while the Mountain Collapse Technique was a fusion spell of earth, water, and fire, focusing more on the explosion of the fire element.

Under these circumstances, the Qishan Technique could naturally also absorb the advantages of the two spells Luo Chen practiced back then.

Borrowing external objects to increase the power of the spell.

Wang An's face was flushed, looking unable to control his excitement.

He wanted to ask more, but had already been squeezed out of his position by others.

Everyone saw that this Senior Qingyang Demon Lord was not as domineering and bloodthirsty as rumored, and he was in a good mood today, willing to guide them.

With such a good opportunity, why not ask a few questions?

"Senior Senior Qingyangzi, I want to know why the flying sword I control always deviates when I am fighting demon beasts, even though my spiritual sense has locked onto the attack part."

"Demonstrate it."

The cultivator heard this and immediately controlled the flying sword to practice.

After watching, Luo Chen first nodded, then shook his head.

"Your foundation is indeed good, and your spiritual power is pure and deep, but your basic traction technique has deviated, still staying at the stage of spiritual power control. For us cultivators, after Foundation Establishment, spiritual sense is the primary means for controlling external objects. I can see that you are a hard-working cultivator, but you still need to study your protective means well."

"So that's how it is, thank you Senior for clearing up my confusion."

"My turn, my turn. Senior Senior Qingyangzi, I faced a demon beast before, but under its attack, even though I exploded with extreme speed, I still couldn't avoid its attack. If it weren't for the protective means bestowed by the sect elders, I would have fallen. Is it possible that my movement secret technique has a problem?"

"What kind of demon beast was it?"

"Three eyes and four feet, looking like a beast and also like a fish. By the way, on its feet, there are wide and thick webs."

"Then this is not your problem. This is a Three-Eyed Green-Eyed Beast, born to be good at controlling seawater. An adult is a third-tier demon king. Even if we Jin Dan cultivators encounter it at sea, we must avoid it as much as possible. You were lucky; it should have been an immature Three-Eyed Green-Eyed Beast, otherwise, even with the protective means bestowed by your elders, you wouldn't have been able to withstand its attack."

In the corner, Sang Sang Jiugong watched this scene with a smile.

Only, as he watched, his expression became serious.

These Foundation Establishment cultivators asked questions that were not very difficult, but the aspects involved were all different.

There were those about spells, cultivation, combat techniques, demon beast attack methods, and even movement techniques, magic tools, and magic treasures—everything was there.

So complex, even if he, Sang Sang Jiugong, had lived for more than four hundred years, he might not be able to answer them one by one.

Yet, Senior Qingyangzi answered them all easily.

Even for some things that looked very obscure and were not what Senior Qingyangzi was good at, the other party could give high-level suggestions after careful questioning.

The cultivators who were guided by him, after experimenting, all gained something, and almost no one returned disappointed.

"I used to think that Senior Qingyangzi's cultivation was exquisite and his combat methods were superb. Later, after interacting with him, I found that this person was also very sophisticated in his mentality and rhetoric. I didn't expect that he would be so knowledgeable in terms of experience."

"If it weren't for the fact that he claimed to be young, I would have almost thought he was one of those old monsters who had been practicing for four or five hundred years."

So-called Daoist practice, mentality, and rhetoric can all be practiced and vary from person to person.

But in terms of experience, it uniquely requires a large amount of accumulation and cannot take any shortcuts.

The erudition Luo Chen showed now was enough to show that he was not the kind of hard-working cultivator who only knew how to practice behind closed doors.

Such a person would not encounter any difficult things in normal times, and once they did, it would definitely be a tricky matter.

I don't know if it was right or wrong for me to deliberately promise a favor in order to befriend him.

For a time, Sang Sang Jiugong felt a faint sense of regret in his heart.

A cough came from the front.

"It's only half a day's journey to Long Yuan Xiancheng. After returning, I will go into closed-door cultivation, so there is no need for you to visit."

"However, if you have any needs for cultivation resources, you can go to the Senior Qingyang Shop in Long Yuan City to take a look. That is a small industry of mine, and occasionally I will put some small gadgets I refined in my spare time into the Senior Qingyang Shop. If you like them, you can buy one or two to play with."

After finishing, Luo Chen ended this preaching on the sea and walked towards Sang Sang Jiugong.

Sang Sang Jiugong squeezed out a smile and greeted everyone.

"Everyone, don't be in a hurry to leave after going to Long Yuan Xiancheng. Soon there will be a Long Yuan Auction, and you can also go to see it. Perhaps the Long Yuan Auction cannot compare to the one in Ancestor Shenyuan City, but among loose cultivators, high-quality resources often appear. It is always good to open your eyes and increase your knowledge."

After the two sang in harmony, they returned to the inner hall together, and the noise from the outside world no longer entered their ears.

As soon as they entered, Sang Sang Jiugong was full of emotion.

"The Daoist's performance just now almost made me think I saw some preaching elder of a Nascent Soul sect. A casual word was enlightening, and a little guidance solved others' confusion. It is truly... knowledgeable!"

The last sentence, after holding it in for a long time, only came out with the four words "knowledgeable and well-informed."

To this, Luo Chen pursed his lips and smiled without saying a word.

He had really done this kind of thing a lot in the past, whether it was for friends and family around him or for the low-tier cultivators of the Luo Tian Sect, he was never stingy with his guidance.

Even, on the day he succeeded in forming his core, he passed down a poem containing the method of core formation to countless loose cultivators in Mount Tianlan Xiancheng.

From this point of view, Luo Chen was never a stingy person.

Seeing Luo Chen not speaking, Sang Sang Jiugong gritted his teeth and said: "Senior Qingyangzi, if you have time, you can go to my Tusang Sect for a walk and guide my incompetent disciples a few words!"

He felt that the favor he had promised before was too small, and if he had to pay it back with great effort in the future, it would be too much of a loss.

It was better to just break the pot and owe more small favors, accumulating them, so that the repayment in the future would not be a loss.

Luo Chen shook his head, "Forget it, I really have to go into closed-door cultivation for a while when I go back, and I don't have time to go out."

Sang Sang Jiugong was stunned, "I thought you were just making excuses before, but it turns out it's true!"

Luo Chen gave a hum.

Since he had discovered the wonderful use of the Hunyuan Cauldron, he could not leave it idle.

Especially since that demon emperor's remains in his hand had been left for long enough.

It was time for him to speed up the progress and put the matter of refining defensive magic treasures on the agenda as soon as possible.

Half a day later, the flying boat landed in Long Yuan Xiancheng.

A group of Foundation Establishment cultivators moved freely, while Luo Chen and Sang Sang Jiugong first went to the Demon Hunting Division to submit their tasks.

After saying goodbye to each other, Luo Chen barely stopped and rushed back to the 800-mile Penghu at lightning speed.

After returning, he summoned Seeing Tianxuan and Zhang Zhang Jiadi.

"Four things!"

"First, take this defensive magic treasure I refined and participate in the Long Yuan Auction in the name of Senior Qingyangzi!"

"Second, these are the talismans drawn by Lushan Jun himself. Put them all in the Senior Qingyang Shop for sale, and tell the loose cultivators that there will be talismans of different grades for sale every year from now on."

"Third, for those loose cultivators who trade with you, privately issue tasks to help me find two kinds of medicinal materials: Purple Monkey Flower and Five-Element Lotus Platform. If there are no medicinal materials, news is also fine!"

"Finally, take this list of minerals and buy them for me with all your might. Seeing Tianxuan, come to me to collect the spirit stones needed. If your connections are not enough, then go to the Angler of the Demon Hunting Division; he will open the door of convenience for me."

Seeing Tianxuan and Zhang Zhang Jiadi carefully noted down these four things, not daring to miss a single detail.

The master had been away for a year, and as soon as he returned, he hurriedly issued tasks, which showed that each one was very important to him, and they could not afford to delay at all.

After the two left.

Luo Chen stepped into the Star Dou Hall, which he hadn't returned to for a long time, and took out an iron slip from his storage ring.

His gaze fell on the core formation set.

Two-Yi Six-Jia Formation.

This formation is a fourth-tier combination formation, composed of a third-tier Two-Yi formation and six sets of third-tier defensive armor formations.

Gloomy Blue Profound Armor Formation, Bright Yellow Rock Armor Formation, Wood Light Armor Formation, Geng Metal Thick Armor Formation, Flaming Prison Armor Formation, and Psychic Cloud Armor Formation.

Next, he would have to master these six armor formations and refine a third-tier low-grade defensive magic treasure with each as the core.

Finally, use the Six Jia to fuse with the Two-Yi formation to refine the demon emperor's remains.

Walking step by step in such a solid way, it will surely be a matter of course to refine his own protective treasure!

"A bit cumbersome, but I hope it's worth it in the end."

Luo Chen murmured, his gaze as firm as ever.

(End of chapter)