Chapter 663: Longevity surges, bones ground to dust

Strange peaks rose one after another, the mountain rocks rugged and craggy.

Under the shade of trees, the clear water of the pool was deep and tranquil.

A Daoist in white robes sat upright on a blue stone, his back to the pool.

Below him, the Black King, having shrunk his size, stood respectfully with Seeing Tianxuan and Sang Jinghe.

On each of their faces, there was an expression of excitement and joy.

Luo Chen, however, felt a bit sentimental.

He had fallen on hard times!

In the past, whenever his realm improved, whether it was the Foundation Establishment ceremony or the Golden Core ceremony, which time was it not bustling with disciples running about and guests gathering to celebrate for him?

He still remembered during the Golden Core ceremony, sects came to offer congratulations, and the grandeur in Danxia was unprecedented...

Now, having finally broken through to the Nascent Soul stage and become a top-tier big shot in this world, there were only two or three kittens to welcome him out of seclusion.

Of course, being in exile, there was no need to dwell too much on these minor details.

Since it was a joyous occasion, even if there was no need to share insights on Nascent Soul formation, the blessings that should be shared still had to be shared a little.

Therefore, Luo Chen first checked the cultivation progress of his subordinates and vassals.

"Jinghe, your cultivation progress is not bad. In such a short time, you have actually reached the perfection of Foundation Establishment."

Sang Jinghe said respectfully, "It is all thanks to the True Person's grace in promoting me!"

Saying it was short, it actually wasn't that short; thirty years had passed unknowingly since coming to this Long Yuan Island.

Benefiting from the abundant spiritual herbs on the island and the dense spiritual energy, it was only natural for Sang Jinghe to have such progress.

Luo Chen smiled, "Since you have reached perfection, you should start preparing for Core Formation. I have already bestowed three Liquid-Condensing Pills upon you. Do you have a suitable secret technique for Core Formation?"

Sang Jinghe nodded, "Before my Third Grandfather passed away, he gave me one. It's just that my aptitude is dull, and I can only cultivate it to a minor success level, so I don't have much confidence in Core Formation."

"Oh, let me see that secret technique!"

Sang Jinghe did not hesitate and immediately handed over a jade slip respectfully.

Luo Chen's spiritual sense probed into it, swept through it, and he already had a decision in his heart.

If judged by grade, the Core Formation secret technique left behind by Sang Jiugong was of decent quality, ranking among the middle-grade methods.

However, from Luo Chen's current perspective, it was slightly lacking.

After a moment of thought, combining Sang Jinghe's own aptitude, Luo Chen's spiritual sense stirred.

In less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, extra content appeared on the jade slip, involving the key points of the intersection between spiritual sense and magic power.

"Take it and cultivate well. There is no need to re-cultivate; skip the subsequent content of Sang Jiugong's secret method and directly switch to the method I have revised. It should increase your chances of Core Formation by another one or two percent."

Luo Chen said with a smile, pushing the jade slip back into Sang Jinghe's hands.

Holding the thin jade slip, Sang Jinghe was incredibly excited.

This was a secret technique personally bestowed by a True Person!

Especially since it could be considered a Core Formation secret technique tailored for him!

Luo Chen smiled slightly and looked at Seeing Tianxuan.

This time, he did not ask about her cultivation progress but directly raised his hand to hand over a new jade slip.

Seeing Tianxuan took it in surprise, and with just one glance, she read out in confusion, "《Huan Yu Secret Canon》?"

"Correct!"

Luo Chen said slowly, "Different from the first edition, I have revised this 《Huan Yu Secret Canon》 again. A part of it involves how to transform one's physique and use it to accelerate cultivation. You need to study it carefully; perhaps you will have a chance to cultivate into a true Xun Wind Physique before forming the Nascent Soul!"

As soon as these words were spoken, a look of surprise appeared on Seeing Tianxuan's face.

The Xun Wind Physique she possessed was incomplete!

Han Zhan had mentioned this point before.

After soaking in the Holy Spring of Molding Spirits, Seeing Tianxuan's root bone aptitude had indeed improved a lot, but it only showed slight signs of the Xun Wind Physique.

Luo Chen had felt the benefits of physical improvement.

The Fire Spirit Physique allowed him to cultivate at an extremely fast speed during normal times. And when ascending to the Nascent Soul stage, relying on this physique, he could make the Nascent Fetus condensed from the Golden Core greatly mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, thereby forming a resonance.

By analogy, other single spirit bodies with various attributes should also have this effect.

As long as Seeing Tianxuan cultivated diligently, she would have a chance to achieve a true Xun Wind Physique, and her future advancement to the Nascent Soul stage would also be smoother.

The Black King watched this scene longingly, and a common saying among human cultivators inexplicably came to his mind—when one person attains the Dao, their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.

At this very moment, wasn't it a perfect reflection of this saying?

And what about himself?

Facing the Black King's longing gaze, Luo Chen scolded him with a smile.

"Don't think about it. Since you switched to cultivating the Desolate Beast method and stepped into the fourth rank, I haven't studied your body, so how could I guide you?"

The Black King's small raised head drooped, listless.

However, Luo Chen's subsequent words made him show off.

"Tell me, what changes have you had since reaching the fourth rank?"

Immediately, the Black King began to show off.

The Indestructible Body was one, which had already been revealed before.

And this time, the Black King highlighted several new abilities.

One was the ability to become large or small.

Large, he could swallow clouds and spit mist; small, he could hide his form.

This ability seemed ordinary, but it was actually extraordinary.

The Black King of the past, although he could change his size, had limitations and often felt stifled and complained endlessly because of shrinking his size.

But this time, he could shrink to the size of a palm and be very comfortable lying on Luo Chen's shoulder.

When becoming large, his size even exceeded a hundred zhang, reaching three to five hundred zhang, and he still had spare strength, seemingly able to continue expanding his size.

Under this size, if combined with the swallowing demon art he was born with at the third rank, its power was simply unimaginable.

Luo Chen also felt fortunate. If Han Zhan had suddenly attacked back then, and the controlled Black King had expanded his size to the extreme at the first moment and used the swallowing demon art, he might have swallowed his Nascent Soul into his belly in an instant.

Apart from this extreme morphological change of being able to become large and small, the Black King also showed another ability that made Luo Chen look sideways, and even turn pale with fright.

"Master, please wait a moment!"

The Black King returned to his normal hundred-zhang body and then lay on the ground.

His eyes slowly closed, his whole body relaxed freely, and unknowingly, he actually let out thunderous snoring.

Falling asleep so quickly?

The Art of Feigned Sleep!

Luo Chen understood this little trick of the Black King after just one glance, but he found it strange that the other party wasn't showing off his ability, so why did he fall asleep in front of him.

That range, reaching a hundred, a thousand, or even ten thousand miles away, the free-floating spiritual energy was spontaneously gathering towards the Black King.

But most of it was entrenched near the Black King's body, slowly sinking into the ground.

"This is the ability of that Stone Dragon's remnant soul!"

Luo Chen said word by word, wild joy arising from his heart.

He never expected that he had only intended to waste a fifth-rank incomplete soul to save the Black King, but the Black King actually inherited this ability.

After falling asleep, his natural breathing and swallowing could actually trigger a resonance with heaven and earth, gathering free-floating spiritual energy.

As it stood, the true coverage range of this ability was a thousand miles.

"I didn't discover this ability before, but when resting in the ocean, every time I woke up, many low-rank demon beasts would gather around. I didn't think much of it at the time, just thinking of them as food delivered to my door."

"But some time ago, Long Yuan Island had an abnormal eruption of spiritual energy, and I moved up to live here for cultivation. As a result, the effect of spiritual energy gathering became better and better, and the range of influence also became larger and larger."

As he spoke, the Black King paused suddenly.

"By the way, I forgot to tell you, Master, I found the reason for the groundless eruption of spiritual energy on Long Yuan Island!"

Luo Chen withdrew that wild joy and asked curiously.

"What is the reason?"

He naturally knew the changes on Long Yuan Island in the last ten years, which were simply a world of difference compared to before the tribulation.

If an outsider were to see it, they would think it was a mountain gate carefully managed by a large sect.

Spiritual energy was abundant everywhere, strange flowers and herbs grew vigorously, and even the Longqiu that had fled before had subconsciously moved back, along with some other wild low-rank demon beasts.

The Black King's expression was slightly solemn, "Crustal movement, rupture of the earth veins!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Luo Chen's heart sank.

Without asking in detail, he directly released his spiritual sense.

The coverage area instantly surged from the few hundred miles of the Golden Core stage to a thousand miles away.

Not only that, this range was constantly increasing.

One thousand, two thousand, until three thousand miles, before it slowly stopped.

The Black King felt that vast spiritual sense, and his dragon eyes instantly widened.

The stronger the foundation, the higher the increase after realm improvement.

Plus, he had refined a lot of Han Zhan's soul power in these ten years, supplementing an additional part.

Therefore, the spiritual sense coverage range of an ordinary early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator was only about a thousand miles, and the more powerful ones were no more than two thousand miles.

Luo Chen, however, broke through this limit directly at the first level of Nascent Soul!

Wait, the Master's realm?

Not mentioning the Black King's shock, Luo Chen's mood here also slowly sank.

He leaped up and flew around Long Yuan Island at an extremely fast speed, finally reaching a result similar to the Black King's.

The earth veins of this spirit island indeed showed signs of rupture, and it was the kind that could not be defied!

Originally, the earth vein pattern of this island belonged to the restrained Feng Shui, with spiritual energy deep and stagnant.

Manifested on the outside, a large amount of spiritual energy was compressed within the abyss, rarely appearing externally.

But now, a large amount of spiritual energy erupted, creating this grand occasion that looked like brocade but was actually cooking oil on fire.

If using a person as a metaphor, it was the flash of brilliance before death, not far from death.

It was just that because the island's pattern was very large and the foundation was sufficient, the time for this flash of brilliance was extremely long, so much so that ten years had not yet reached the end.

"The culprit should be my tribulation, and then the struggle between the Black King and the White Tiger, which together accidentally shook the spiritual vein pattern here."

Luo Chen muttered.

In his heart, the thought that this place could not be stayed in for long had already arisen.

As for his mood, it was neither good nor bad.

Because he hadn't planned to continue cultivating in seclusion on Long Yuan Island anyway.

There were many reasons for leaving here: the derivation of the main cultivation method after Nascent Soul, the auxiliary resources for cultivating the 《Soul Splitting Art》, the dangers lurking in the demon sea, and some people and things he cared about.

Taking a deep breath, Luo Chen returned to the Clear Wave Pool.

Immediately, he issued two orders.

"Black King, I allow you to enter the abyss freely to find all spirit stone raw ores that have reached the top-grade level, and also locate the high-grade ones."

"Jinghe... forget it, Jinghe, you focus on cultivation and strive to advance to the Golden Core stage within ten years. Seeing Tianxuan, you do this task. Collect all the spirit soil of grade on Long Yuan Island!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone understood Luo Chen's meaning.

He was planning to leave.

Perhaps tomorrow, perhaps next year, or perhaps in the near future.

Seeing Tianxuan whispered, "Master, that White Tiger puppet..."

"I will find time to subdue it."

"Then how to deal with this?"

A spiritual light flashed in Seeing Tianxuan's hand, and a withered corpse was placed in front of them.

Han Zhan's physical body... no, it was Feiyunzi's physical body!

On this joyous day of Nascent Soul formation and leaving seclusion, seeing such a corpse was truly unpleasant.

Seeing Tianxuan hadn't intended to bring up this matter today, mainly because the urgency Luo Chen revealed had affected her.

Luo Chen looked at the physical body at his feet, his eyes narrowing slightly.

He was not worried that Han Zhan had any other backhands left in the outside world.

Things like possession were about going all out; Han Zhan couldn't have had spare strength in that situation.

But this physical body involved not only the grudge between him and Han Zhan but also Feiyunzi's descendants.

A wisp of blue flame floated from his fingertip.

In front of the three, the physical body of a generation of Nascent Soul True Person turned into a pile of black ash just like that.

"Scatter it!"

"A person of the North Sea, a soul of the North Sea."

"Burying it in the sea can be considered returning to one's roots."

The Black King waved his claws, scraping three parts of the soil, and took those ashes.

"Leave this to me!"

Before long, the Black King appeared above the sea, casually waving, and large handfuls of soil mixed with ashes were scattered into the seawater.

Not only that, but some demon fish and sea beasts competed to gather and peck at those ashes.

The ashes turned from the physical body of a True Person were a great supplement to them!

The Black King watched this scene and chuckled.

He didn't have any thoughts of respecting a strong enemy, only knowing how to share worries and solve problems for his Master.

This physical body, whether it was Feiyunzi when alive or the old thief Han Zhan after death, had caused his Master endless trouble, so it deserved to have no bones left!

Returning to the cave dwelling, Luo Chen calmed his mood.

Then he naturally clicked on the attribute panel.

The originally mixed panel data also gradually became clear under his editing.

【Longevity: 216/1500】

【Spirit Root: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth】

【Physique: Fire Spirit Physique】

【Realm: Nascent Soul 1st Level 1/100, Desolate Ancient 4th Rank 40/100】

【Cultivation Method: 《Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra》 Grandmaster 900/1000, 《Ten Thousand Daos Convergence》 Great Perfection, 《Ten Thousand Beasts Sutra》 Grandmaster 510/1000, 《Soul Splitting Art》 Entry 15/100】

【Spells: 4th Rank: Dragon Slashing Art Great Perfection, Nascent Pill Art Great Perfection, Forest Fire Prison Grandmaster 507/1000】

【Body Techniques: Exploding Sky Step Great Perfection, Ninety Thousand Miles Great Perfection, Demon Lord Seven Scattering Hands Perfect 475/500】

【Soul Techniques: Mirror Flower Water Moon Great Perfection, Soul-Aweing Art Great Perfection, Opening Thatch Art Proficient 240/300】

Looking at the brand-new panel, Luo Chen felt comfortable in his heart.

The biggest change was the surge in longevity again.

One thousand five hundred years old...

He had not only reached a thousand years old now, but even had an extra five hundred years.

The change in this should stem from his Desolate Ancient 4th Rank physical body.

From this point of view, as long as he didn't act recklessly, just relying on this longevity was enough to outlive those of the same rank.

Of course, that was too unpromising.

Smiling, Luo Chen examined these mixed data.

Reaching the first level of Nascent Soul was within expectations.

The heaven and earth anomalies during his tribulation were rare in the world.

Golden lotuses gushing from the ground, heavenly dew descending.

After passing the thunder tribulation, these two major anomalies poured an unknown amount of pure spiritual energy into his newly condensed Nascent Soul. It helped him condense the Nascent Soul body and also made his cultivation progress greatly.

Plus, after digesting the pure magic power left on Han Zhan's Nascent Soul body, stepping firmly into the first level of Nascent Soul was truly a matter of course.

This was also good!

For ordinary cultivators forming a Nascent Soul, just consolidating the realm and stepping into the first level of Nascent Soul would take thirty to fifty years.

Didn't that True Person Long Yuan of the Wan Xian Society close seclusion for a full fifty years, rarely going out?

After Han Zhan formed his Nascent Soul back then, he also cultivated quietly for decades before daring to come out and challenge True Person Yuding.

In this regard, he had truly saved too much time.

And the time saved had great use.

Main cultivation method!

Looking at the entry for 《Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra》 that was only a hundred proficiency points away from Great Perfection, Luo Chen fell into silence.

In Mingzhao Heaven, after obtaining the Five Spirit Dao Body, he once thought about changing his main cultivation method after forming the Nascent Soul.

But subsequent changes made him fall from the Five Spirit Dao Body to the Fire Spirit Physique.

Even if the system panel showed that the Five Spirit Dao Body was only hidden and not completely lost, the current physique meant that he could only continue to walk on the path of fire attributes.

In that case, the suitable main cultivation method for the Nascent Soul stage was restricted.

After a long time, Luo Chen sighed.

"First cultivate this 《Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra》 to Great Perfection and see if there are any changes!"

"If it maintains a good cultivation speed after Great Perfection, then continue with this cultivation method. If not, consider collecting other 4th-rank fire-attribute cultivation methods after returning to the cultivation world."

The latter was a backup plan.

And just thinking about it, it would be very difficult.

4th-rank cultivation methods were priceless treasures wherever they were placed!

Lightly, they were the core of personal cultivation; heavily, they were the treasures of sect inheritance. How could they be so easy to collect?

Luo Chen looked at the 《Soul Splitting Art》 again; it had already entered.

It was not in vain for the suffering of soul splitting he endured day and night for these ten years.

At this moment, in his sea of consciousness, apart from the main soul, there was another formed split soul.

The two had the same aura, but the strength difference was clear at a glance.

Luo Chen's current split soul had a strength of about the Golden Core stage, which was still too weak.

The reason for this situation was, firstly, the time he had practiced the 《Soul Splitting Art》 was too short, and secondly, the cultivation method lacked relevant secret techniques to accelerate growth.

For the latter shortcoming, Luo Chen already had a solution in his heart.

Three words written on it—Great Soul Pill!

This was a 4th-rank elixir specifically for human cultivators to strengthen their soul foundation, and it was also among those thirty-six elixir formulas.

Before, when Luo Chen was treating the Black King, he had once had ideas about this elixir formula.

But at that time, he was afraid that the Black King couldn't bear the powerful medicinal power of the Great Soul Pill, and he didn't have relevant medicinal herbs in his hands, so he dismissed the idea.

But now, this elixir formula had a place to be used.

"It's just this main material; I have seen it, but wanting to collect such a large quantity is a bit troublesome."

Luo Chen muttered, a touch of worry appearing between his brows. ===== CHAPTER 664 =====