Chapter 708

Two days later.

In the hazy morning mist, a man and a woman walked out of the valley side by side.

"Brother Luo, where are we going?"

"When we arrive, you will know. In any case, I won't harm you."

"Hehe, little sister doesn't worry about that."

"There is one more thing, I, Luo, need to give you a heads-up first."

"What is it?"

"When the time comes, I need you to guard a formation for me to prevent it from being destroyed by others. If it is really destroyed by someone, you must inform me in advance, so as to avoid me entering the formation blindly."

"What kind of formation is so important?"

"Let's go to the Three Rainbow Waterfall and see first. I haven't completely decided yet."

The sound of their conversation gradually drifted away in the mist.

Not until a day and a night later, separated by a great distance, with rainbows still in sight, did the two of them stop their footsteps.

Standing on a high mountain, Fu Qinglan looked at the waterfall in the distance that had three twists and turns and three layers of silver rainbows, her face revealing a look of confusion.

There is no detailed map in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven.

Because every time one enters, it is often separated by five hundred years.

Five hundred years of vicissitudes, and with the existence of creatures with such strong destructive power as illusion beasts, every time the Cave Heaven Grand Competition occurs, the mountains and rivers inside will undergo huge changes.

Therefore, even though the various great families of the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect have participated in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven Grand Competition several times, their knowledge of the terrain information inside is still not detailed.

They even feel that the changes in the mountain and river landscape inside have no pattern at all, and it is the physical instinct of the Mirage Dragon after its death that is leading all these changes.

Like that waterfall in the distance, which is called the Three Rainbow Waterfall, it was just named casually by Luo Chen when he passed by once.

Who knows if that waterfall existed five hundred years ago?

Don't say, Luo Chen's naming is really quite vivid!

The magnificent water waterfall poured down in large quantities, and due to the undulating terrain, it was divided into three sections of diagonal waterfalls.

Each section was like a bolt of silk.

And under the sunlight, it reflected streaks of crystal-clear seven-colored rainbow light.

The Three Rainbow Waterfall, the scenery is as its name implies, incomparably magnificent.

Just when she was wondering why they had come here, and wondering why they didn't get close to the Three Rainbow Waterfall, Luo Chen's voice sounded in her ear.

"Cultivating with illusion cores for twenty years without stopping, absorbing a large amount of spiritual energy, you should be very familiar with that feeling. Right now, you might as well release your Nascent Soul to feel it for a moment."

Fu Qinglan followed his instructions and did so!

A female infant with fair skin and delicate hands and feet flew out from the top of her head.

Such an action, if it were in the outside world, would be truly daring.

Even in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, releasing the Nascent Soul so openly in front of others is also a way of not knowing how to live or die.

But the person beside her is Luo Chen!

Fu Qinglan had absolutely no wariness and really did as the other party said.

A moment later, the Nascent Soul returned to her body, and a look of surprise appeared on Fu Qinglan's face.

"There is a large amount of spiritual energy lingering there; could it be that there is an extremely formidable fourth-order illusion beast there?"

It was really too dense; even she, separated by such a distance, could perceive it.

Luo Chen smiled and shook his head, "No matter how strong a fourth-order illusion beast is, due to the restraint of the illusion core, it won't let the spiritual energy leak out like this. Think about it carefully again."

"Just say it directly, why beat around the bush like this?" Fu Qinglan rolled her eyes at Luo Chen, but she also really thought about it with her heart.

After some careful thought, she gradually came to her senses, and even felt a bit suspicious and uncertain.

"Someone is comprehending the true meaning of the laws there?"

"Exactly!"

Luo Chen nodded heavily, and the smile on his face gradually faded.

"Perhaps you are in the mountain and don't know the mountain's appearance. I have been guarding you on the side these years, but I have seen it clearly. When cultivating by absorbing illusion cores, the spiritual energy within will linger on the side until it is completely exhausted."

Fu Qinglan understood Luo Chen's meaning, but another piece of information revealed in the other party's words made her even more shocked:

"You can see spiritual energy?"

Luo Chen didn't explain, but continued along the previous words: "However, the spiritual energy in one or two illusion cores is definitely not enough to be so abundant. To create the magnificent spectacle at the Three Rainbow Waterfall, only one answer can explain it!"

Luo Chen's expression became solemn, "That is that the person cultivating inside the waterfall has also entered a state of sudden enlightenment, thereby actively pulling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to gather toward him!"

Fu Qinglan's expression changed greatly!

Spiritual energy is everywhere, yet it is also elusive.

Often, it only gathers in large quantities when cultivators have sudden enlightenment or ascend.

And in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, spiritual energy is solidified within illusion cores, which can be absorbed and refined by disciples like them who are true transmissions of the Heavenly Origin.

Such a strange event is shocking enough just to talk about.

But right now, there is such an existence who not only absorbed the spiritual energy in the illusion core but even entered a state of sudden enlightenment himself... needless to say, this must be one of the thirteen senior brothers and sisters.

Moreover, once he ends this sudden enlightenment, he might find the power of the origin in one stroke!

By then, the first place in this Grand Competition will be beyond doubt!

So, who could it be?

"It is Gu Daosu, the younger brother of the famous Dao Yin, the Kirin son of this generation of the Gu family among the Twelve Great Houses."

Luo Chen said the name of the person hiding and cultivating in the Three Rainbow Waterfall indifferently.

As for why he knew?

This is very simple.

Just as mentioned earlier, when these Heavenly Origin true transmissions cultivate with the help of illusion cores, there will be a small amount of spiritual energy lingering on the side. Outsiders don't perceive it deeply, and even Luo Chen has to use the operation of his source power to check it with his eyes, but the illusion beasts in this world are extremely sensitive to that scene of lingering spiritual energy!

If one is in a state of absorbing illusion beasts for cultivation for a long time, it is very easy to attract attacks from high-level illusion beasts.

This is also one of the meanings of the existence of Dao protectors: to prevent illusion beasts from disturbing the Heavenly Origin true transmissions from comprehending the true meaning of the laws.

During the year in that quiet valley, it happened that a dragon louse illusion beast with extremely fast escape speed broke in, attempting to attack Fu Qinglan.

Luo Chen took action and drove it away.

The original intention was not to drive it away, but to kill it and take the core.

But that dragon louse illusion beast was extremely fast, and it actually escaped while Luo Chen wasn't paying attention.

How could Luo Chen tolerate a fourth-order illusion beast he had in his hands running away? He chased it for a distance, and then arrived at the Three Rainbow Waterfall.

At that time, a beautiful woman took action unexpectedly and killed that dragon louse!

Luo Chen recognized that beautiful woman; she was precisely Gu Daosu's Dao protector!

Naturally, he knew that Gu Daosu was cultivating in this Three Rainbow Waterfall, and his progress was extremely fast, even faster than Fu Qinglan's.

At that time, Luo Chen didn't have any thoughts; after all, Fu Qinglan was still in deep cultivation and needed him to guard her.

But now, he had some extra thoughts.

Moreover, with his current strength, he could completely implement this extra thought.

"So it was Qi Qi Shixiong Gu."

"He is indeed gifted, and his elder brother played against the Chess Saint in the Peach Garden, begging for the Lanke Black Chess for him. With the protection of the Black Chess, his spirit is incomparably firm, and it is not easy to get lost while searching for the power of the origin in the ocean of vitality."

"Now that he has walked ahead of us, it is understandable."

Do Spirit Treasure-level Lanke Black Chess pieces also have this effect?

Listening to Fu Qinglan's sigh, Luo Chen was a bit surprised, but his hands didn't stop.

Piece by piece, materials were taken out from his storage ring.

Fu Qinglan was a bit curious and squatted down to look at those materials.

Profound Heaven Crystal, Red Flame Sand, Spirit-Gathering Wood... Finally, she saw Luo Chen take out a transparent crystal with some heartache.

"Is this a Space Prism?"

Luo Chen held that crystal, "Do you also recognize this object?"

Fu Qinglan nodded, "Naturally I recognize it. This object is a very precious space material; it forms a space within itself and has excellent ductility. It is often used to make storage tools at the magic treasure and even True Treasure level. But generally, it is only used to make storage tools at the magic treasure level; True Treasures are too extravagant. Our sect has collected many Space Prisms, specifically for use in the production of teleportation arrays."

Many?

Luo Chen was a bit surprised.

But thinking of the Heavenly Origin Dao Sect on Star Island, as well as on several islands controlled by the Heavenly Origin Business Alliance in the North Sea, all of which had teleportation arrays arranged, it was natural that the other party would possess many Space Prisms.

However, they are a Soul Transformation Holy Land!

No matter how precious Space Prisms are, there is always a way to obtain them.

But in Luo Chen's hands, there was only this one Space Prism!

This was still something he obtained from Feiyunzi's relics.

Fu Qinglan naturally noticed the heartache Luo Chen had shown earlier; she thought that the other party's savings of Space Prisms were not much, but it was precisely because of this that she was even more curious about Luo Chen's purpose in taking out the Space Prism and these materials right now.

"Brother Luo, are you going to refine a magic treasure or make a teleportation array?"

"The latter!"

Luo Chen no longer kept her in suspense and stated his purpose directly.

"I intend to arrange a small teleportation array here that is five thousand miles apart. Actually, calling it a shifting array is more appropriate."

Teleportation array and shifting array sound similar.

But when implemented in detail, the gap is huge.

The former is fixed and used frequently, with higher requirements for terrain, spiritual veins, and materials.

The latter is not fixed, and most of the time it is one-time use, with not such high requirements for terrain and spiritual veins, winning in convenience and speed.

With Luo Chen's current conditions, he could only make a shifting array, and this was still thanks to him unlocking countless formations in the Penglai Octagonal Pavilion and having enough attainments in space restrictions to have this certainty.

Without any nonsense, Luo Chen immediately began to refine the shifting array!

Magic power flickered at his fingertips, generating Nascent Soul True Fire in the annihilation, scorching those materials.

As they melted, they continuously fused together.

Luo Chen also continuously added various materials into it, and his whole person was immersed in it; various weapon-refining techniques were used at will, yet were just right.

Fu Qinglan didn't dare to disturb him and watched Luo Chen, who was incomparably focused, working on the side with peace of mind.

She felt very emotional in her heart.

Earlier, she heard her grandfather say that Luo Chen was a powerful alchemist. When the Alchemy Saint ascended, one of the five Heavenly Machine Pills was given to Luo Chen, who had just arrived in the Central State; it was very likely that he was moved by the other party also being someone in the alchemy path, which is why he left behind the legacy.

She also discovered in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven that the other party had quite a lot of attainments in the formation path.

But right now, the other party was clearly showing extraordinary ability in the weapon-refining path again.

"Is he really only two hundred years old?"

"So young, with such strength, and also taking care of multiple skills! Or rather, are these things just the tip of the iceberg of his many abilities?"

"This man is really like a riddle; under layers of mist, unexpected surprises always emerge."

Several days later.

Luo Chen looked at the two formation disks in his hand and let out a long breath of turbid air.

On his tired face, however, he was quite proud and satisfied!

This was a demeanor that Fu Qinglan rarely saw on Luo Chen's face; the other party's emotional control ability was extremely outstanding, and he had only lost his composure when he first learned that the time flow rate of the Cave Heaven was different, and most of the time he appeared very calm.

But at this moment, he clearly revealed a look of pride.

Her gaze fell on those two formation disks, and she suddenly realized.

Yes!

Those who can refine formation disks alone are often existences with powerful attainments in the formation path and weapon-refining path, and those who can refine shifting array disks have reached the fourth-order level in at least one of the paths!

The other party is indeed worthy of pride!

"Is it done?"

"That is natural!"

"Does this array have a name?"

"A mere small thousand-mile shifting array, where would it get a name... let's just call it the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Great Shifting Array!"

Fu Qinglan smiled and nodded in agreement.

Just at this moment.

Luo Chen stretched out his hand, and one of the two formation disks was handed to her, with thirty-six top-grade spirit stones and one supreme-grade spirit stone already embedded on it!

"After I leave, you just arrange this formation disk in the belly of this mountain! The specific location..."

Luo Chen pointed his finger, and a wisp of sword radiance flew out suddenly, sinking into the ground.

Not long after, the sword radiance stopped at a place in the belly of the mountain.

Fu Qinglan nodded; it seems that the formation the other party said earlier that he wanted her to guard for him was this shifting array.

Carefully holding the formation disk, she asked curiously: "Aren't you going to rest for a while?"

Luo Chen dusted off the non-existent dust, tidied his robes, and walked to the edge of the cliff.

"No."

"I have rested enough in this Cave Heaven!"

Before the words fell, he jumped, already like an arrow off the string, falling into the cliff.

Fu Qinglan hurriedly poked her head out to look; after the other party's figure fell into the dense forest, it completely dissipated and disappeared.

Even his aura was completely concealed.

No matter how her spiritual sense probed, she couldn't catch a trace of the other party.

Fu Qinglan withdrew her gaze, "To be able to make him so cautious, and even leave behind the Nine... Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Great Shifting Array disk as a retreat, it seems the plan to be carried out next must be extremely dangerous. Although I am not capable, I still have to guard this retreat well for him."

Muttering, she released her magic power, and her whole person quietly sank into the mountain rock ground.

"This is the place!"

"It can connect to Gu Daosu's spiritual energy, and it won't let his Dao protector discover me; a perfect distance!"

With silver waterfalls descending from the sky, naturally there are large rivers and lakes distributed between the mountains and rivers.

Luo Chen's figure stopped in a large lake.

He looked from afar at the Three Rainbow Waterfall, which was only a hundred miles away, tried his best to restrain his aura, and then quietly sank into the heart of the lake.

Once inside, the Hunyuan Tripod was taken out.

Corresponding to it were even more complex formation-arranging materials.

Luo Chen didn't hesitate and struck these materials into the bottom of the lake one by one.

Being chosen as a place for hidden cultivation by a heaven's pride like Gu Daosu, it must be blessed with spiritual energy and rich in spiritual aura.

Therefore, even separated by a hundred miles, the spiritual energy in this large lake was quite decent.

Right now, under Luo Chen's arrangement, streaks of formation patterns gradually took shape.

If Fu Qinglan were here, she would definitely find this array incomparably familiar!

That's right, this formation was exactly the formation they arranged on the ten-mile plain surrounded by three mountains after they first entered the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven.

It had the miraculous effect of diffusing medicinal fragrance and tempting illusion beasts!

It's just that unlike that time, this time Luo Chen's formation didn't leave any room, attempting to trap illusion beasts. Instead, all the focus was placed on the aspect of amplifying the medicinal power.

If it were before, he still wouldn't have been able to do this.

But now, his formation attainment on the system panel was genuine fourth-order, which could completely allow him to reach the level he imagined.

Moreover, there was the Hunyuan Tripod as the object to suppress the formation!

By utilizing the True Treasure's function of pulling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it could instantly amplify the effect of this array by ten times or a hundred times!

"The medicinal fragrance of the Heavenly Machine Pill is colorless and odorless; ordinary people can't smell it at all, perhaps because the main material is spiritual energy. Only those illusion beasts that are addicted to spiritual energy will be particularly sensitive to this."

"As long as I control it well, I can diffuse the medicinal fragrance of the Heavenly Machine Pill from the original thousand miles to ten thousand miles, or even a hundred thousand miles!"

"Most importantly, there is also Gu Daosu, who is in a state of sudden enlightenment, nearby; he is the biggest bait!"

Luo Chen thought so, and a smile of being in control appeared on his face.

His plan was actually very simple: utilize the power of the formation to diffuse the medicinal power of the Heavenly Machine Pill, attracting powerful illusion beasts from tens of thousands of miles around. Coupled with Gu Daosu as the bait on the surface, it would inevitably lure a large number of illusion beasts to come at once.

As long as he took action at the right time, he would have a chance to harvest a large number of illusion cores in one go!

With the support of this batch of illusion cores, Fu Qinglan could cultivate continuously and realize the power of the origin a day earlier, and he could also leave the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven a bit earlier.

For this, even if he had to pay resources like Space Prisms and supreme-grade spirit stones, he wouldn't hesitate.

The earlier he gets out, the less lifespan he will lose in the Cave Heaven.

Of course!

The simpler the plan, the easier it is to succeed.

But if it's too simple, the risk is also greater!

He could foresee how dangerous the situation would be at that time; it might even get out of control.

The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Great Shifting Array was just a retreat; what truly gave him the confidence to face these dangers had to be his own ability.

With a thought, the Heavenly Machine Pill appeared in his hand, and Luo Chen slowly placed it an inch above the Hunyuan Tripod.

The surrounding formation started instantly!

Looking at the Heavenly Machine Pill dancing and fluttering, Luo Chen suddenly thought, if he used the fifth-order Derivative Law Pill he refined in the Alchemy World as bait, would the effect be even better?

"Distracting thoughts again!"

"Even I don't dare to take that kind of divine pill now, so how can I use it as bait?"

"Ultimately, it's the three souls being parallel; at the moment of my exhaustion, distracting thoughts were born."

"Must be determined! Must be calm!"

Luo Chen took a deep breath, slowly closed his eyes, operated the "Micro-Dust Yuan Technique," and entered a state of calming his heart and adjusting his breath.

The surrounding lake water was clear and cold; following his rhythmic breathing, layers of ripples rippled on the lake surface, finally returning to calm.