Chapter 636: Lotus Platform in Hand, Borrowing Treasure to Cultivate

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A large lake, beautiful and dangerous, sat quietly inside the massive Zhu Que Mountain.

If viewed from a high place, it looked like flowing fire.

The depths of the dazzling magma lake made one uncontrollably speculate whether there were any hidden demons inside, or if this lake was a passage connecting to another world.

There were no demons.

But there was such a holy bird!

In the depths of the earth vein, within the colorful halo, a fire sparrow the size of a palm was sleeping quietly with its eyes closed and wings covering its body.

As if, no matter how the world turned upside down, it wouldn't be awakened.

Wisps of red flames, centered on its tiny body, spread slowly toward the outside.

Wherever it passed, the rocks and hard stones were all melted, turning into hot liquid and surging upward, becoming a part of the magma lake.

And these flames were very well constrained in range, only lingering within a thousand-zhang range.

A thousand zhang away, it was replaced by another terrifying high temperature.

Being in it, it seemed as if even thoughts would be melted.

This place was also one of the absolute forbidden lands.

Without corresponding opportunity, it was extremely difficult to set foot here.

Drip!

Drip!

Wisps of black liquid fell constantly from a figure.

That was an ordinary-looking man, but looking closely, his temperament was somewhat similar to the Supreme Elder of the Luoyun Sect, True Person Han Zhan.

He seemed indifferent to the melting of the body on him, and his eyes stared fixedly at a small lotus platform in the high-temperature zone.

That lotus platform was in the scorching high temperature, looking restless.

It seemed that even it couldn't withstand that terrifying high temperature.

But it didn't dare to leave this place; subconsciously, there were people outside eyeing it covetously.

Go further?

That was even more of an instinctive fear!

Even though it had been practicing in Zhu Que Mountain for these years and absorbed the aura of the Zhu Que Holy Fire, it was only a tiny bit, enough to keep it from being rejected by this place.

The man stared at this scene quietly.

Suddenly, he turned his head.

Outside the high-temperature zone, a figure rushed over like lightning.

The man's figure moved, and he arrived in front of Luo Chen in a few steps.

"It's right there!"

After saying this, he seemed unable to persist any longer, and his whole body turned into a puddle of liquid for no reason.

Then, a faint light flew out from it, circled once, and merged into the soul-nurturing wooden plaque hanging on Luo Chen's chest.

Watching this scene, Luo Chen's pupils shrank.

Was this Han Zhan's divine-refining attainment?

Splitting the divine soul, possessing a puppet or refining corpse at will, to act as an incarnation.

Thinking of Han Zhan possessing his entire divine soul into that Nascent Soul puppet back then, Luo Chen's expression was even more solemn.

"Senior's supernatural powers are extraordinary. I imagine the 'Soul-Splitting Technique' has already been cultivated to the peak!"

Han Zhan was surprised, not expecting Luo Chen to suddenly bring up this matter.

He said casually: "Peak is not worth mentioning, but it's just small accomplishment."

Luo Chen was incredulous, "Splitting the divine soul at will like this, and it's only small accomplishment?"

Han Zhan smiled slightly, "It's not the peak, but splitting into two is the entry level. I luckily succeeded back then by borrowing the Ice Prison of the Ice Fortress. Later, after two hundred years of hard cultivation, I reached the number of nine souls, which can be considered as entering the hall. As for the so-called peak Great Accomplishment, tsk tsk... I'm afraid I won't be able to do it in this life."

"Is it that difficult?" In his view, Han Zhan's divine soul attainment, even among the many Nascent Soul True Persons he had seen, was considered first-class excellent. He asked tentatively: "Limited by talent? Or is the cultivation technique lacking?"

"Neither." Han Zhan sighed, "It's just missing a treasure that assists in divine-refining cultivation mentioned in the technique."

Speaking and speaking, Han Zhan suddenly realized.

For no reason, why would Luo Chen compliment him, and even probe him on the path of divine soul cultivation.

It turned out to be the "sequelae" left over from the previous battle!

Luo Chen considered his strength to have greatly increased, fearing no Nascent Soul powerhouse, yet he fell into Shark Emperor Liujun's bewitching sound during the first encounter.

The essence of this was clearly that his divine soul foundation was insufficient.

This matter did not strike Luo Chen's self-confidence, but it also made him clearly recognize the gap between himself and the Nascent Soul True Person.

Therefore, he would take advantage of the situation to ask, trying to make up for this gap.

After figuring this out, Han Zhan smiled lightly: "Don't think about it, in a short time, it is impossible for you to transcend your divine soul foundation to the Nascent Soul level, even if I pass the 'Soul-Splitting Technique' to you, it's the same."

Having his thoughts seen through, Luo Chen's small face turned red.

Of course, under the reflection of the Zhu Que Holy Fire, it couldn't be seen whether he was embarrassed or not.

He asked in his usual tone: "Why? Is it because there isn't enough time?"

"It's not a matter of time," Han Zhan denied, then explained: "We True Persons, when advancing to the Nascent Soul, will resist the heavenly might and undergo tribulation with our bodies. Those who survive not only have a great increase in cultivation realm, but the essence of the divine soul will also begin to transform, because heaven and earth baptize us. You lack this step, so how can you be mentioned in the same breath?"

Luo Chen was silent.

Tribulation!

Obviously, this so-called disaster was also accompanied by great good fortune.

Even if he wanted to use internal cultivation and external objects to make up for it, it would not be as good as a baptism of heaven and earth.

Seeing Luo Chen dejected, Han Zhan comforted him: "Actually, you are already very good. At this age, with this cultivation realm, you have such a deep divine soul foundation, why force more? When your cultivation realm improves and you reach the Seventh or Eighth Level of Jin Dan, or even Great Perfection, perhaps your divine soul foundation will infinitely approach that of a Nascent Soul True Person."

"If you are afraid of being suppressed by a True Person who is good at divine soul paths in the subsequent battles, isn't there me?"

"In terms of combat ability, I may be inferior, but when it comes to the path of the divine soul, even a mid-stage Nascent Soul person, I have a few points of confidence to contend with. Protecting your divine soul is completely within my ability!"

Luo Chen smiled reluctantly, and his mood indeed rose a few points.

The path of the divine soul is mysterious and unpredictable.

In this world, not all Nascent Soul True Persons are good at it.

Even Shark Emperor Liujun only used sound wave attacks before, mixed with a little divine soul technique.

These means, compared to his illusion technique Mirror Flower, Water Moon, were almost no different.

Even in his view, Shark Emperor Liujun's bewitching singing voice was slightly rough in means, not as good as his attainments in Mirror Flower, Water Moon.

Like the kind Han Zhan had, the technique that could directly attack the enemy's divine soul, there were very few in the world.

Collecting his mind, Luo Chen's spiritual eyes passed through the churning magma and landed on that small lotus platform.

That conversation earlier was not for killing time.

During this process, he had been observing the Five Elements Lotus Platform.

This lotus indeed had a very high degree of spiritual intelligence, knowing that this place was dangerous, so it specially shrunk its true body to avoid being scorched by the high temperature in a large area.

At the same time, shrinking its body also made it easier to hide itself.

If it weren't for Han Zhan's refining corpse incarnation following all the way, I'm afraid Luo Chen would have found this place and wouldn't have been able to find the hiding place of the Five Elements Lotus Platform.

Then next, it should be time to collect this spiritual object!

As for how to collect it?

Luo Chen had long been confident!

As a senior alchemist who had reached the Fourth Order, he knew everything about the picking of various spiritual medicines.

Especially before stepping into the Land of Fallen Demons, he had already checked several methods for collecting the Five Elements Lotus Platform.

The simplest and crudest way is nothing more than using powerful ability to isolate the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and directly detain it.

Secondly, it was to use utensils that were not of the Five Elements to pick it.

As for why one should use utensils that were not of the Five Elements?

The reason was very simple: the Five Elements Lotus Platform possessed the Five Elements spiritual power at the same time, and the way of generation and restraint was almost an instinct.

Whether it was an earth-wood jade box or a metal-fire sharp blade, it could instinctively avoid them, and even if it was grabbed, it could escape.

Therefore, things that were not of the Five Elements could not be affected by this.

Finally, there was one more method!

That was to take a magic treasure that possessed the Five Elements to collect this object.

Possessing the Five Elements, it would not fear the way of Five Elements generation and restraint, and it followed the principle of the same source.

That Shark Emperor Liujun couldn't forcibly collect this object, I'm afraid it was because he lacked the corresponding collection treasure.

And Luo Chen happened to have such a treasure!

With a thought, Luo Chen spat slightly.

A small gray cauldron flew out, spinning and floating in the lake.

Under the blessing of magic power, the small gray cauldron expanded, and in the blink of an eye, it was several zhang huge.

It was his life-bound magic treasure—the Hunyuan Cauldron!

Luo Chen pinched a spiritual formula, and the Hunyuan Cauldron began to spin rapidly, a powerful suppressing force suddenly spread, instantly enveloping the Five Elements Lotus Platform in the distance that thought it was hiding very well!

Then, Luo Chen flicked his fingers repeatedly.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

One after another, magic power chains flew out with clattering sounds, their color gray and heavy, unlike the crimson ones Luo Chen usually used.

Obviously, at this moment, manipulating the Hunyuan Cauldron, Luo Chen had already converted the Five Elements magic power in advance, so the nine chains derived were gray and misty.

The nine magic power chains flew out like spiritual snakes shaking their heads and tails, and soon fell beside the Five Elements Lotus Platform.

Danger had arrived, and the Five Elements Lotus Platform, which had already gained spiritual intelligence, naturally didn't want to sit and wait for death.

The lotus platform turned, and its body size suddenly became larger, about five zhang huge, standing in the sea of fire, like a fire lotus!

Nine chains bound its body, wanting to pull it back.

But under the wrestling of the two, the Five Elements Lotus Platform was unmoved!

"This!"

Luo Chen revealed a look of surprise.

Han Zhan watched this scene and sighed: "That Taishui was right, this lotus platform's cultivation is indeed profound, only one step away from advancing to the Fifth Order."

Luo Chen frowned, and he also figured it out.

Shark Emperor Liujun didn't take this object away directly, besides lacking the corresponding collection treasure, I'm afraid the resistance of the Five Elements Lotus Platform itself accounted for a large part of the reason.

If that was the case, even if he collected this object now, I'm afraid it would be very difficult to put it into a storage ring and take it away.

This was troublesome.

"It's my lack of preparation. The Blood Scatterer spent a huge effort to collect the Fifth-Order Withered-Blood Vine. This Five Elements Lotus Platform is only one step away from the Fifth Order. If I want to collect it, the difficulty can be imagined."

"But no matter how troublesome it is later, I must take it away from this place first!"

He saw clearly that being in Zhu Que Mountain, the Five Elements Lotus Platform, like him, possessed home-field convenience, with endless energy, continuous and unending.

Therefore, he could only take it away first!

Luo Chen pursed his lips, his heart ruthless, and the remaining magic power in the second Yuan Dan surged out.

The nine chains tightened immediately.

"Come out for me!"

A silent wrestling match unfolded quietly between the man and the lotus.

Later on, Luo Chen even exhausted the magic power in the Yuan Dan and began to use the magic power of the life-bound Jin Dan, only then barely pulling the Five Elements Lotus Platform a few hundred zhang away.

Just at this moment.

"If you don't mind, I will help you."

"Eh?"

Luo Chen was surprised, then accepted Han Zhan's help.

He only felt the Hunyuan Cauldron suddenly sink, and then a mysterious force was added to the nine magic power chains.

Clatter...

The chains shook, and Luo Chen retreated.

And that Five Elements Lotus Platform was also forced to move outward.

During this process, Han Zhan sighed: "In just a few decades, you have nurtured the Hunyuan Cauldron to such quality, it's truly formidable!"

The refining corpse body was already hard enough. But in the high-temperature zone derived from the Zhu Que Holy Fire, it still melted away in a short time.

However, the Hunyuan Cauldron was completely unaffected!

From this, one could see the high quality of this treasure.

In Han Zhan's view, the Hunyuan Cauldron was just missing an opportunity for heaven and earth baptism.

At that time, this treasure would inevitably advance to the ranks of true treasures, manipulating heaven and earth spiritual energy for its own use.

Luo Chen didn't speak, still urging his magic power.

Time passed slowly.

One day later.

"It's out!"

Taishui looked excitedly at the tiny human figure on Zhu Que Mountain.

Beside him, the awakened Cave Master of Moyun slowly opened his eyes, looking at Luo Chen's figure and the giant lotus platform being pulled out bound by nine chains, a complex look appearing in his eyes.

Just for this thing, he almost died here.

Was this trip worth it!

Later, whether he could live and leave the Land of Fallen Demons safely.

If he fell into Dao Lan's fate...

He pursed his lips and asked with a hoarse voice: "Does this spiritual medicine really have the effect of helping cultivators form a Nascent Soul?"

"That should not be the case." Taishui shook his head, then said: "The Five Elements Lotus Platform absorbs Five Elements spiritual energy to grow, and it is born extremely transparent, extremely compatible with heaven and earth spiritual energy. The greatest use for cultivators is actually to serve as an auxiliary cultivation object, helping cultivators filter out impurities in heaven and earth spiritual energy and absorb it directly."

Absorb directly?

The Cave Master of Moyun was stunned, his face slightly hesitant: "Not refine it?"

"No need to refine! With the Nascent Soul of a cultivator combined with the Five Elements Lotus Platform, one can directly absorb the heaven and earth spiritual energy most compatible with oneself."

"Nascent Soul?"

"Correct, the Five Elements Lotus Platform is a treasure specifically for Nascent Soul True Persons. It's normal that you Jin Dan cultivators haven't seen it."

The Cave Master of Moyun was even more puzzled, "Then Qingyang Demon Lord spent so much effort looking for this object, what is it for?"

They Jin Dan cultivators don't have a Nascent Soul in their bodies, and they can't bear the violent heaven and earth spiritual energy infusion at all. They must capture and absorb it bit by bit, and then through the operation of cultivation techniques, meridian filtering, and purification bit by bit, only then can it be transformed into magic power compatible with themselves.

Luo Chen doing this, saying it's for preparing for advancing to the Nascent Soul, is not even planning ahead, it's simply worrying about the sky falling.

Taishui shrugged, "I don't know, but he is a high-level alchemist, I estimate he has some method to turn it into his own use!"

The Cave Master of Moyun was speechless.

All along, he had treated Luo Chen as an artifact refiner like himself.

But he forgot that this person's most formidable skill was actually alchemy!

If the other party had some means to refine the Five Elements Lotus Platform and become an auxiliary resource for forming a Nascent Soul, it would make sense.

"Forming a Nascent Soul..."

He muttered, with a few rays of hope in his eyes.

Taishui seemed to feel the desire in his heart and smiled: "Cave Master, you don't have to belittle yourself. After helping my true body escape, I will guide you into that inheritance place. If you can accept one or two of the refining inheritance of the Refining Heaven Demon Lord, the mere Nascent Soul realm will be within reach."

Is it really that simple?

The Cave Master of Moyun was half-believing.

Taishui said in a low voice: "Think about Fairy Feileng."

With just one sentence, the Cave Master of Moyun was greatly encouraged, and his confidence increased greatly!

A loud noise came from afar.

That five-colored lotus platform landed on the bank of the rolling magma river.

In the sky, a giant gray cauldron emitted gray misty light, enveloping it, making it unable to struggle and escape.

At a single glance, the Cave Master of Moyun's eyes flashed with brilliance.

"What magic treasure is that gray cauldron?"

Taishui's focus was different. He watched Luo Chen jump up and sit on the lotus platform, his aura spitting and inhaling, as if he were cultivating.

"Eh, he also knows that the Five Elements Lotus Platform can be used to assist cultivation?"

"However, he doesn't have a Nascent Soul, how can he bear the violent spiritual energy drawn in?"

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"But, he doesn't have a Nascent Soul, so how can he withstand that violent spiritual energy being drawn in?"

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