Chapter 594: Alchemy and Casting Hall, Treasure Embryo Formed, Happy Troubles

The Alchemy and Casting Hall, which hadn't been lit for a long time, had its heavy door slowly opened today amidst a rumbling sound.

Luo Chen in front, Tianxuan behind, stepped into the "crowded" hall.

"Master, all the various materials you requested have been prepared in advance. To prevent failure, I also ordered the Zhang family to specifically supplement some materials as backups."

"Hmm."

Luo Chen gave a hum, his gaze falling on the dazzling array of materials in the hall.

There were ten thousand catties of copper essence and iron essence, which were the most commonly used first-grade basic materials for casting.

The second-grade Flowing White Bai Yin Tin was liquid under normal conditions, so it was stored in glazed bottles, five bottles in total. Calculated at the current market price, one bottle would cost seven hundred low-grade spirit stones. However, this batch was bought very early, when the righteous-demonic war had just begun, and one bottle was only five hundred and eighty, which saved quite a bit.

Second-grade materials occupied the majority, and Luo Chen looked at them one by one; the quality and texture were very good.

Then, it was the third-grade mineral materials he was more concerned about.

Green Field Skirt Kelp was not a mineral material, but a spirit plant. Such materials were only produced in the deep sea and required professional personnel with professional tools to go down to the sea to pick them, so the price was not cheap.

Spirit plants appearing in a batch of mineral materials had their reasons, which was that Green Field Skirt Kelp over a hundred years old had excellent ductility. When integrated into a magic treasure, it could allow the formed magic treasure to perfectly fit the Ruyi Array.

The defensive magic treasure Luo Chen wanted to refine was in the form of armor, having both the thickness of armor and the convenience of a magic robe.

Most importantly, apart from the core defensive effect, this magic treasure had to be able to change size at will and follow the body.

The reason for such a requirement was that Luo Chen's peak combat power was not in his normal state, but after transforming into the Heavenly Peng True Body.

Once the Heavenly Peng True Body was transformed, the increase in body size would certainly bring an increase in attack intensity, but the flaws would also increase a thousandfold.

When he was in the late Foundation Establishment stage, he fought the Great Elder of the Lianyun Alliance at the Great Snow Mountain.

His Heavenly Peng True Body was injured by a third-grade Ten Thousand Sword Talisman without any protection. Although he didn't suffer heavy injuries, the bloody body showed that Luo Chen was somewhat powerless in defense under such changes.

Or like the battle at the Mo family fishing ground on Cold Light Island, where the Hundred-Casting Mountain Master drove a treasure mountain to crush him, and Luo Chen resisted with great force.

Was his fighting style domineering?

No, it was just because under the transformation of the Heavenly Peng True Body, the flaws were too large, and he couldn't escape the attack range of such a giant mountain at all; he was forced to collide head-on.

After that move, he was almost exhausted, and even after fleeing ten thousand miles later, he had to spend time finding a hidden place to heal.

In summary, in normal combat, Luo Chen was both offensive and defensive, and although not overly brilliant, he was flexible and responsive, able to retract and release at will.

But in his peak state, the Heavenly Peng True Body brought him unparalleled combat power, but his defense was reduced to the extreme, and he could only rely on his strong physique to resist.

Therefore, the armor to be refined next must satisfy the needs of both forms simultaneously.

But the Heavenly Peng True Body was ten or twenty zhang in size, and the ordinary Ruyi Array couldn't extend to that extent.

This Green Field Skirt Kelp, a specialty of the North Sea cultivation world, solved this problem very well.

At this moment, in the Alchemy and Casting Hall, the dried, withered yellow Green Field Skirt Kelp was piled up, a full zhang high, like a small mountain pile.

One could imagine that when casting later, soaked with specially prepared seawater, it would expand to what volume.

With such a huge quantity of Green Field Skirt Kelp integrated into the magic treasure, its ductility would reach what an astonishing degree!

"Seven catties of high-quality Su Mud, both bought from the Cold Light Island auction and contributed by the legacy of the second Wu family of the Refining Peak shop."

"Five pieces of Fire-Avoiding Lava, one piece is worth thousands of spirit stones!"

As Luo Chen counted them one by one, he was also constantly simulating the subsequent casting process in his heart.

This third-grade material part was very important; it determined the lower limit of the magic treasure.

But clearly, what determined the upper limit of a magic treasure was materials of higher grade.

Under Tianxuan's gaze, Luo Chen's fingers flicked lightly, and streams of light flew out from his storage ring.

"Profound Heaven Crystal!"

"Three-Yin Thunder Extreme Wood!"

"Colorless Sinking Sea Sand!"

Luo Chen chanted, this batch of fourth-grade mineral materials was not robbed, but he had spent heavy wealth to auction them at the Jade Cold Auction on Cold Light Island.

To prevent failure, he had specifically purchased multiple copies.

From here, one could also see why high-grade casting masters could make money.

The selling price of magic treasures for high-grade cultivators was not high in itself, and it was difficult for casting masters to have any profit.

Only by saving costs to the extreme could they harvest dozens of times the profit.

And involving defensive magic treasures with a higher failure rate, general high-grade casting masters almost didn't refine them at ordinary times, and if they did, they only took customized orders.

Even for customized magic treasure orders, they had to let the guests bear the costs themselves and give extra remuneration.

"Master, what is this again?"

When Luo Chen carefully placed three things that looked like white camellias on the desk, Tianxuan finally couldn't help but ask.

Looking at the three flowers, especially the silver-white electric arcs jumping on the petals from time to time, her eyelids jumped wildly.

The palpitation from the depths of her soul made her realize that this thing had a natural threat to her.

Luo Chen didn't even look at her, just said softly.

"Millennium Lei Ying."

Hearing this name, Tianxuan couldn't help but gasp.

Having transformed into human form for many years and read many human cultivation classics, she was no longer the fledgling bird that knew nothing about the human cultivation world back then.

Lei Ying was the top-grade fourth-grade mineral material!

Cultivators who refined their life-bound magic treasures all craved one but couldn't get it.

And here, the Master had taken out three at once.

And, they were Millennium Lei Ying!

Didn't that mean they were comparable to fifth-grade mineral materials?

Luo Chen ignored her shock, just silently calculated the number of his Lei Ying.

Back then, in the cave dwelling of the Soul Transformation great power Bai Ye, he had collected a total of eighteen Millennium Lei Ying.

To refine the Hunyuan Cauldron, he used three.

Later, he gave three to You Quan, the Vice Hall Master of the Du Zhen Hall, and two to the Qing Shuang Monster Emperor, the Hall Master of the Zhou Kong Hall.

In the chaotic battle at Cangwu Mountain, to prevent the Thunder Prison God Peng from making a move on him, he gave another one.

Thus, he had a total of nine Millennium Lei Ying left in his hands.

And this time refining the Monster Emperor's remains, he planned to use at least one, and at most three!

The reason he planned to integrate this thing was that Luo Chen had extremely high expectations for it.

Ordinary magic treasures, under the nourishment of Golden Core cultivators, could at most improve by one or two grades, or even not improve at all.

Like his Broken Moon Wings, after many years of nourishment, they had now ascended to the middle-grade level.

And that soul defensive magic treasure, the Rotten Black Chess, had been nourished for a longer time, but it was still at the low-grade level, and the promotion was far away.

It could be seen how difficult it was to improve the grade of a magic treasure.

But one type of magic treasure was different!

That was the magic treasure integrated with Lei Ying.

Such treasures, tempered by fierce fire during casting and washed by thunder during nourishment, would become transparent and flawless over time, and could improve along with the cultivator's realm.

This was also one of the reasons why cultivators liked to integrate Lei Ying into their life-bound magic treasures.

The so-called life-bound magic treasure is a thing of life-bound cultivation, which refers to the simultaneous cultivation of spirit and flesh, and can also refer to the simultaneous cultivation of the host and the magic treasure.

The magic treasure to be refined next had the remains of a fourth-grade Monster Emperor as its core main material, comparable to a Nascent Soul True Person!

Such a treasure, how could it be treated as an ordinary magic treasure?

If it could succeed, it would surely be the treasure at the bottom of Luo Chen's box, second only to the Hunyuan Cauldron, and it was destined to accompany him for a long, long time.

If it couldn't improve along with his realm and dragged him down in the future, that would be too regrettable.

"Three used on the Monster Emperor's remains, and six left. These six cannot be wasted either. After the Hunyuan Cauldron is nourished to the extreme in the future, integrate them to improve the upper limit again."

In an instant, Luo Chen had made up his mind.

Magic treasures without Lei Ying integrated could not have Lei Ying added later.

But once there was Lei Ying in its essence, it could be integrated with the same kind later.

When everything was ready.

Luo Chen glanced at Tianxuan.

The latter immediately understood what he meant.

"Master, rest assured, I will handle the outside affairs well, and this time I will not let anyone disturb you again."

After speaking, she bowed and walked out of the Alchemy and Casting Hall.

The heavy copper door closed amidst a rumbling sound.

After she left, Luo Chen took out two things one after another.

One was the Hunyuan Cauldron, which landed with a clatter.

One was the Profound Turtle Shell, which floated in mid-air.

This time, Luo Chen didn't throw the turtle shell into the Hunyuan Cauldron, but just placed it in the air like that.

"Such materials are the crystallization of a monster powerhouse, and can no longer be measured by grade."

"When refining, ordinary methods won't have much effect."

"Fortunately, according to the casting blueprints of the Penglai Immortal Sect, I have explored a method of my own."

With a slight smile, he sat cross-legged on the ground.

His five fingers spread out, then his fingers joined like a sword, and two strands of cyan flame shot out from his fingertips, heading straight for the Monster Emperor's remains.

Not only that, his lips parted slightly, and a strand of incomparably pure cyan flame was spat out leisurely again, completely wrapping the Monster Emperor's remains.

Inside the Qi Sea.

The Origin True Fire blazed!

The red Golden Core spun round and round, and strands of magic power that had been purified and refined were integrated into it, and then were drawn out in the form of fire.

This first step was the most direct burning and refining!

Luo Chen's Withered-Prosperous True Fire was fourth-grade, and it was qualified to quench this Monster Emperor's remains.

It was just that the time consumption might be a bit longer.

Next, in Luo Chen's persistent burning and refining, the turtle shell in mid-air went from unchanging at the beginning to slowly turning charred, and gradually began to soften.

In the hall, there was even surging monster power beginning to leak out.

That was all the monster power that the ancestor of the Huan Shou Turtle clan, the Xuan Yan Monster Emperor, had cultivated for many years. To be able to reverse the bloodline from the most ordinary Huan Shou Turtle and cultivate into the body of the ancient Xuan Turtle, one could see the strength of his ability.

Even if it was only the remaining part of the remains, the monster power hidden within was incomparably huge.

Now that it was stimulated, it was a bit of a waste.

Luo Chen didn't care, persistently burning and refining the turtle shell.

To avoid insufficient magic power, he often held a top-grade True Flame Pill in his mouth.

Perhaps taking pills like this without careful refining would have some sequelae, but he couldn't care less.

After many years of preparation, when it came to the final step, how could he be timid?

Luo Chen's current casting technique was a genuine third-grade casting master on the attribute panel!

The opportunity for the upgrade stemmed from the Jade Ruyi he gave Zhang Jiadi at his wedding.

That was not a trophy he had seized before, but one he had refined himself, and it was refined without relying on the Hunyuan Cauldron's nourishment!

Over the years, he had been constantly refining six sets of Profound Armor.

With constant success, he gradually explored some tricks.

Finally, in the same year he refined the Yan Yang Prison Armor, he experimentally refined an ordinary Jade Ruyi magic treasure, and it was a success.

That Jade Ruyi, in Luo Chen's view, although known as both offensive and defensive, was actually quite ordinary.

Better than his Profound Fire Sword back then, and worse than the Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel.

It belonged to a quality level that was not enough to be at the top but more than enough to be at the bottom.

But these were not important; what was important was that Luo Chen had indeed stepped into the threshold of a third-grade casting master and was qualified to refine magic treasures!

Time passed slowly.

Three months later.

Luo Chen, with a tired expression, finally withdrew the Withered-Prosperous True Fire.

He reached out and summoned, and the turtle shell in mid-air landed in his hand.

Ignoring the terrifying high temperature, Luo Chen felt the state of the turtle shell carefully.

It was still extremely hard, but clearly, it had reached the state where it could be refined.

"Softening work, more than half completed."

Yes, up to this step, it had only completed half.

Luo Chen had no time to rest and immediately placed the Xuan Yan Monster Emperor's turtle shell on a specially made stone platform.

He took off his white Daoist robe, revealing his knotted and refined upper body muscles.

With a shake of his hand, the Flowing Fire Hammer fell into his hand.

He smashed it down hard against the red-hot turtle shell.

With just one hammer, a loud noise erupted.

The sound was so loud that it even spread outside the Alchemy and Casting Hall, spreading more than ten miles around Peng Lake.

On a lonely island.

A three-inch little person, nearly half-illusory and half-real, with a small wooden sign around his neck, was cultivating quietly.

Because of this sound, he woke up faintly.

The little person frowned, then pinched his fingers to calculate, and a look of realization appeared in his eyes.

"This kid has finally started."

"It's hard for him to be so cautious; without relying on others, he actually prepared for many years before starting to refine."

"But the Monster Emperor's remains cannot be refined by anything other than a top-tier casting master; I'm afraid he will be disappointed."

Amidst the sighing, the little person shook his head suddenly.

"Let's wish him success!"

When he listened again, he could no longer hear the rumbling sound of the heavy hammer striking.

Inside the Alchemy and Casting Hall.

Luo Chen returned from the four corners of the hall.

He rearranged the sound-insulation array in the hall to ensure that the movement inside wouldn't spread out.

Returning to the iron platform again, looking at the Monster Emperor's turtle shell, he smacked his lips.

"I didn't expect there to be residual Monster Emperor magic power inside; it almost made my Flowing Fire Hammer bounce out of my hand."

"But this is also good; the deeper the foundation of this treasure, the greater the benefit to me once it succeeds."

"It's just spending a bit more time."

He raised the hammer high with his right hand and smashed it down with a bang, following a mysterious trajectory.

One hammer after another, from slow to fast.

Later, in the Alchemy and Casting Hall, fire was like a meteor, and the hammer was like a cloak; it was the great success of the casting technique, the Flowing Fire Hammer Method!

It had excellent effects for forging raw materials that were too hard.

This was also one of the casting secret techniques that Golden Core cultivators of the Hundred-Casting Mountain could learn.

Tempering the turtle shell took Luo Chen another full three months.

Even though his physique was as strong as a Monster King, or even an ordinary transformed Monster Emperor, he almost couldn't hold on.

After sending the tempered turtle shell into the Hunyuan Cauldron, Luo Chen lay on the floor like a dead dog, unable to catch his breath for a whole day.

A few days later.

After adjusting his spirit and flesh to a state where he could act, Luo Chen continued the casting work.

The first step, the processing of the core raw materials, had been completed.

Next, it was to integrate various auxiliary materials into it and refine the magic treasure embryo.

This process, seemingly simple, was actually incomparably cumbersome, and it was also the process that tested a casting master's accumulation the most.

It required an understanding of every kind of auxiliary material, and in the processing process, different techniques had to be used.

Basic iron essence and copper essence just needed melting and purifying, more advanced Flowing White Bai Yin Tin had to be soaked in monster blood, and things like Green Field Skirt Kelp had to be soaked in a large amount of specially treated seawater to restore them to their original state.

These were still relatively basic.

The harder ones were those few fourth-grade mineral materials.

Profound Heaven Crystal just needed to be crushed into powder, but every grain of powder had to ensure the same specification; in this process, only spiritual sense could be precise and subtle.

Three-Yin Thunder Extreme Wood needed to use the Five Thunder Transformation Extreme Hand to peel off the thunder skin and take its wood core.

Colorless Sinking Sea Sand needed another method...

In his spare time, Luo Chen couldn't help but sigh; no wonder casting masters with a bit of fame in the cultivation world mostly joined families or sects.

Such cumbersome material processing methods, relying on one person's accumulation, were simply as difficult as ascending to heaven.

If there were specialized talents to process every kind of material during casting, the casting master only needed to summarize and refine.

Luo Chen, however, didn't have that blessing.

After sighing, Luo Chen had to continue.

During the process, he failed several times, but fortunately, there were enough backup materials, which didn't affect the overall situation.

Half a year later, it was the turn of the last material processing.

That was the Millennium Lei Ying.

Up to this step, Luo Chen felt relieved instead.

He flicked one, and a Lei Ying entered the Hunyuan Cauldron, slowly fusing with the other processed materials.

Yes, it was that simple.

As if the Great Dao was simple, the higher the grade of the material, the more rustic it was to process.

As for how Luo Chen knew how to process this thing?

Back then, when refining the Hunyuan Cauldron at Cangwu Mountain, he had watched with his own eyes how Tian Yezi used the Millennium Lei Ying.

And in the classics of the Hundred-Casting Mountain, there were also records of processing ordinary Lei Ying.

Combined, they were much the same, which showed that the technique was universal.

As a Millennium Lei Ying went in, Luo Chen constantly paid attention to the reaction inside.

After sensing that everything was normal, he tentatively put in a second one.

Still normal.

Afterward, the third one entered the cauldron.

At this moment, restlessness came from the cauldron.

"It seems this is the limit, which is about the same as I expected."

This turtle shell originated from the Xuan Yan Monster Emperor.

That was a fourth-grade Monster Emperor who had survived the thunder tribulation!

As the hardest part of the other party's body, its importance was second only to the monster core.

It must have also suffered tragic bombardment in the thunder tribulation back then.

Such materials had the foundation to accommodate three Millennium Lei Ying.

But any more, what was tested was not the material itself, but required Luo Chen's more powerful casting technique.

Clearly, the current Luo Chen was not qualified enough.

Up to this step, Luo Chen couldn't help but admire the late Tian Yezi.

That was a true master-level casting master!

Back then, when he refined the Hunyuan Cauldron for him, he was at ease from beginning to end and never felt strained.

If it weren't for that strange drop of blood, Luo Chen's life-bound magic treasure, the Hunyuan Cauldron, could almost be seen as something Tian Yezi had picked up easily.

Under this admiration, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel alert in his heart.

"Any skill is profound and broad."

"I have the system in hand, perhaps I can easily enter a certain skill and achieve considerable success. But to reach the peak, the time and energy required will be unimaginable."

"Once addicted to it, it will inevitably affect my cultivation state."

"Remember this! Remember this!"

After reflecting on himself, Luo Chen adjusted the fusion progress of various materials in the cauldron with his casting technique, and from time to time, he would add or delete some materials so that the ratio reached the most suitable state.

This adjustment took about ten days.

Ten days later, the material ratio in the cauldron reached the amount Luo Chen felt was most suitable in his heart.

Up to this step, he could finally feel relieved.

Inside the Alchemy and Casting Hall.

Luo Chen floated in the air, casting magic spells at the Hunyuan Cauldron one after another.

Layers of thin air shields covered it, completely sealing it.

Afterward, he added a few more third-grade firewood under the cauldron, and the furnace fire became more and more vigorous.

"The magic treasure embryo is nearly formed, taking a full year or more. If it were someone else, up to this step, they would start preparing to engrave the array, but I am different."

With a slight smile, Luo Chen turned and walked out of the Alchemy and Casting Hall.

Let this treasure embryo be nourished in the Hunyuan Cauldron!

The longer it is nourished, the better.

When the treasure embryo is perfect, it will be the time to engrave the array.

Perhaps it won't be long before he can harvest a protective treasure that is extremely compatible with him.

Luo Chen even started to have a headache about what to name this magic treasure.

That feeling was as if parents had just conceived a child and had already started flipping through dictionaries and asking experts, trying every means to think of a nice name for the child.

It was truly a happy trouble!

(End of chapter)

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