Chapter 717

While everyone was still envying the future prospects of the Fu family grandfather and granddaughter, True Person Qideng was envying Luo Chen from the bottom of his heart.

Even, he didn't even do the superficial work of beating around the bush, directly stating his request!

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Luo can part with that Heavenly Mystery Pill?"

On the small mountain path, Luo Chen stopped his steps.

So it was for this!

No wonder he was still wondering why True Person Qideng would stand up for him under the pressure of so many families; it turned out he was eyeing his Heavenly Mystery Pill.

And the timing appeared just right, neither early nor late.

It was as if he had been waiting for him to come out, which shows he had been planning for a long time.

True Person Qideng took two more steps, and after noticing Luo Chen stop, he also stopped.

Turning his head, he said frankly: "You may not know that the Heavenly Mystery Pill is related to the key for late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators like us to advance to Soul Transformation. For your current realm, it is of no great use; taking it will at most increase magic power and raise your realm by one or two small levels."

"Such a treasure is dreamed of by late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, including those powerhouses from great families. They didn't open their mouths before just because their attention was on the cave heaven competition, and there were too many people around. Once they come to their senses, someone will definitely come knocking."

"At that time, you will face the pressure of various great families, and perhaps those powerhouses of the Tianyuan Dao Sect will also be interested."

"You cannot protect it!"

Luo Chen raised the corner of his mouth and asked back: "What about you, Elder? Can you protect it?"

Elder Qideng nodded confidently.

"Naturally I can protect it! By virtue of my late-stage Nascent Soul realm, by virtue of being one of the five great elders of the Star Gate, and by virtue of this pill coming from the hands of the former Star Gate Elder, the Pill Saint!"

Luo Chen nodded in understanding.

With his early-stage Nascent Soul realm and his status as a newly arrived guest minister, it was indeed difficult to protect the Heavenly Mystery Pill.

But regardless of the other party's strength or status, or even their connection with the Pill Saint, no one in the entire Central Province would dare to take it by force from them.

Seeing Luo Chen nod, Elder Qideng felt happy in his heart.

"You agreed?"

Luo Chen asked suddenly: "Since the value of this pill is so high, and it even relates to the key for us Nascent Soul cultivators to advance to Soul Transformation, then what will you use to exchange for it?"

Elder Qideng hesitated, wanting to use the favor of speaking for the other party earlier as a reward, but it was clear that this rogue cultivator was not a dull person.

Even if he hadn't spoken earlier, as long as the Tianyuan Sect Master appeared, no one would dare to break the rules.

Therefore, that favor was optional.

But it was clear that he had also made full preparations!

"In my life, I have cultivated for over nine hundred years, my footprints covering three continents, and I have collected countless treasures."

"Fellow Daoist has just become a Nascent Soul not long ago and is from a rogue cultivator background, so I think you lack handy magic treasures. I have more than ten magic treasures for you to choose from, and even a killing true artifact."

"Not only that, I have three fourth-tier cultivation techniques and a set of incomplete fifth-tier cultivation techniques, enough to satisfy your cultivation needs in the Nascent Soul stage."

"Does Fellow Daoist lack elixirs..."

As expected of a long-time Nascent Soul, Elder Qideng indeed had a lot of wealth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, there were all kinds of dazzling conditions.

At the end.

"Fellow Daoist is still a guest minister, and it is quite inconvenient to cultivate at the Heavenly Peak. If you agree, I will persuade the other elders to let you become a formal guest minister, and even promote you to the position of offering in two hundred years!"

Facing one heart-moving condition after another, Luo Chen was slightly silent.

Because of this silence, Elder Qideng became even more happy, which meant the other party was moved.

However, the result...

"Sorry, I have already taken that pill."

Elder Qideng was stunned, then showed a look of disbelief.

"Although you had fifty years of time in the cave heaven, you had to protect..."

A thick momentum slowly emerged, causing the old man's words to stop abruptly.

Nascent Soul Third Layer!

He hadn't felt wrong; the other party had the realm of the Nascent Soul Third Layer.

Although the magic power fluctuation was slightly restless, it was precisely because of that restlessness that this soaring realm appeared even more credible.

Everyone knew that before entering the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, Luo Chen's realm was Nascent Soul First Layer.

But now, one year outside and fifty years in the cave heaven, he had soared two small realms; that was definitely not something that could be achieved by hard cultivation, only by taking a supreme elixir like the Heavenly Mystery Pill could one achieve it in one step.

No wonder he could kill in all directions in the cave heaven and no one was his opponent.

The Nascent Soul Third Layer realm, among peers who had broken through for less than a hundred years, already possessed the ability to crush others!

But in this way, wouldn't his previous posturing appear ridiculous in the other party's eyes?

Just as True Person Qideng felt dissatisfied, his expression changed suddenly, and he subconsciously moved away from Luo Chen and retreated several steps.

"Wrong!"

"More than that!"

Beside Luo Chen, a strange power was slowly spreading.

As soon as he touched it, he only felt that his physical body, which was already decaying due to old age, had a sense of withering.

Like an old tree shivering when autumn and winter arrive.

True Person Qideng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, "You realized it?"

Luo Chen smiled slightly and formed a magic seal, and the external magic power fluctuation and the true meaning of Wither-Glory were forcibly suppressed into his body.

"Sorry, although I am very moved by the conditions you gave, Luo is also powerless."

True Person Qideng opened his mouth and finally sighed dejectedly.

He had been paying attention to the cave heaven competition and came to trade with Luo Chen before others, but he was still a step late.

Sure enough, if it's not meant to be, you can't force it!

Shaking his head, the dissatisfaction in his heart also disappeared.

It's just that whether it was because he couldn't get the Heavenly Mystery Pill and his attitude changed, or because Luo Chen revealed the potential of realizing the true meaning of the laws in advance, it was unknown.

"Since that's the case, then forget it."

Luo Chen cupped his hands and thanked the other party sincerely.

"You spoke up for me earlier, and Luo will remember this favor."

True Person Qideng smiled reluctantly; that little favor was of no great use.

But Luo Chen's words were not finished.

"You mentioned earlier that you could promote my guest minister status to a formal guest minister; is that true?"

True Person Qideng said "Mm," but he was no longer as enthusiastic as before.

"If you can still take out precious elixirs like the Heavenly Mystery Pill, I will naturally run around for you."

Obviously, he couldn't!

Even if Luo Chen still had a pill more precious than the Heavenly Mystery Pill, he would never take it out.

Perhaps noticing that his tone was a bit stiff, True Person Qideng adjusted his mindset slightly and asked curiously: "Actually, at your age, whether the Star Gate guest minister status is formal or not shouldn't be that important, right?"

"It's indeed not that important for me personally; a piece of spiritual land and a cave dwelling are enough. However..."

Luo Chen nodded first, then changed the subject.

"But Luo is not completely alone; I also have Dao companions, disciples, spirit pets, and servants, and they also need a place to stand."

So that's it.

True Person Qideng instantly understood the other party's meaning.

The formal guest minister of the Star Gate, compared to that outer guest minister, still had some power.

One of them is being able to introduce close people into the Star Gate.

Even if they don't cultivate at the Heavenly Peak, they can be assigned a territory by the Dao Sect to inhabit.

And if Luo Chen stays in the Star Gate for five hundred years, his descendants will have the opportunity to enter the Tianyuan Dao Sect to cultivate.

It was clear that Luo Chen was seeking the formal guest minister status for this reason.

True Person Qideng thought for a while, perhaps considering that the other party was young and showed potential not inferior to the Tianyuan true disciples, so he decided to sell a favor and reveal some inside information.

"This matter is not difficult; the reason you couldn't become a formal guest minister is that you are too young and have made no contributions."

"Right now, there is a perfect opportunity for you to become a formal guest minister with merit."

A perfect opportunity!

Luo Chen was startled and remembered one thing.

Before he entered the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, he met Hui Yuanhong through Elder Qideng, and the other party had indeed filled the vacancy left by the Pill Saint's ascension and became one of the nineteen elders of the Heavenly Peak.

At that time, in order to win over Luo Chen, the other party had also said similar things.

Saying that he came at just the right time.

And now, Elder Qideng also said so.

"I wonder, what is that opportunity?"

Elder Qideng took a deep breath and didn't speak, but used divine sense transmission.

"The Tianyuan Dao Sect has decided that once the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven closes, they will send troops to the North Sea and West Desert continents. The former is to conquer the North Sea cultivation world and incorporate it into the Tianyuan territory. You came from the North Sea, so you must be quite familiar with it. At that time, you will follow the Tianyuan army to the North Sea, attacking cities and seizing strongholds for Tianyuan, opening mountains and expanding the sea. With your ability, the so-called merit will surely be within reach."

"At that time, with merit, I will speak for you in the Star Gate, and I think Fu Qinglan won't be stingy about saying a few good words for you in the Dao Sect."

"In this way, not only the formal guest minister status, but even the position of offering will be within reach."

After speaking, Elder Qideng had nothing else to say and left in low spirits.

After he left, Luo Chen frowned slightly.

He had long expected that the Tianyuan Dao Sect might send troops to the North Sea.

But does he still want to return to the North Sea?

Since Luo Chen came out of the cave heaven, the passage of time felt like it had slowed down.

It wasn't a change in lifespan, but waiting for such things always makes people feel like a day is like a year!

The competition was still ongoing.

As long as the true disciples inside hadn't come out, or hadn't fallen, it had to continue.

After calculating slightly, the people inside could at least persist for another fifty years before reaching their limit; in the outside world, that was half a year.

Only after everyone came out would the so-called competition ranking be determined to decide the sect rewards.

But regardless, Fu Qinglan, who was the first to realize the true meaning of the laws and came out early, was already the undisputed first place!

This also meant that Luo Chen had fulfilled his promise to Fu Chaosheng perfectly, or even beyond imagination.

At the same time, it also meant that Luo Chen had no more worries in the Central Province!

Luo Chen thought seriously about the Tianyuan Dao Sect conquering the North Sea and expanding its territory in private, and found that it was indeed a good opportunity for him.

He was not unfamiliar with the North Sea, and there were still many grudges that hadn't been resolved.

If he followed the army as a Star Gate guest minister, he could kill two birds with one stone.

But before that, he still planned to return to the Eastern Wasteland first and bring back those people in his memory who were about to become blurred to the Central Province.

The departure date had already been roughly set by Luo Chen.

When the competition ended, it would be the time for him to leave the Central Province and return to the Eastern Wasteland.

Right now, the changes in the outside world and the discussions about Luo Chen, Fu Qinglan, and others had nothing to do with him.

Alone, he was cultivating quietly in the Heavenly Peak Cave Dwelling No. 78.

Just like the cultivation base he revealed in front of Elder Qideng, he indeed had the realm of the Nascent Soul Third Layer at this moment.

But unlike what Elder Qideng thought about just entering the Nascent Soul Third Layer!

His realm had indeed improved a bit too fast!

Originally, he had hovered at the peak of the Nascent Soul First Layer for a long time, and had used the Wither-Glory Divine Prohibition to suppress the rapid improvement of his cultivation.

After entering the cave heaven, in just a few years, he naturally advanced to the Nascent Soul Second Layer.

For the next few decades, he basically spent his time consolidating his realm.

Logically speaking, Luo Chen would have been satisfied with his realm improving to this point.

However, during his sudden enlightenment, he entered the depths of the ocean of primordial energy of this world, and after realizing the true meaning of Wither-Glory, he received a feedback of primordial energy.

That was the origin of this world!

It was a collection of spiritual energy!

Even if ordinary people received feedback of primordial energy, they would be unable to perfectly refine it due to the different attributes of their magic power, and could only absorb a portion.

However, Luo Chen absorbed eighty or ninety percent!

The vast primordial energy pushed his realm to the Nascent Soul Third Layer in one breath, and even climbed towards the Nascent Soul Fourth Layer at one point!

Luo Chen initially thought this situation was caused by the Wither-Glory True Fire being promoted to the fifth tier, but later discovered it was created by his own constitution.

At this moment, Luo Chen looked at the "Five-Spirit Dao Body" entry on the attribute panel, which had been quietly hidden beside the Fire Spirit Body for a long time, and it was faintly emitting light.

"Why is it lit?"

"Is it because of realizing the true meaning of the laws?"

"But this Wither-Glory true meaning of mine is also a fire-attribute true meaning of the laws, it shouldn't... eh?"

In the cave dwelling, Luo Chen showed a look of surprise, which was very rare.

This was the first time he had opened the attribute panel since his sudden enlightenment.

He originally wanted to see his true situation through the data on the panel, and was also very curious why the Five-Spirit Dao Body had suddenly awakened.

But the changes on the panel were somewhat unexpected.

Not only was there a new attribute entry 【Laws】, but the prefix of the 【Wither-Glory True Meaning】 under that entry was not Fire, but Wood!

This situation caught Luo Chen off guard.

Since he switched to cultivating the fire attribute for his natal cultivation technique in the Core Formation stage, he had abandoned all other attributes for the next one hundred and sixty-odd years, only immersing himself in the fire path.

Logically speaking, the true meaning of the laws he realized should also be of the fire attribute.

But this Wither-Glory true meaning was indeed classified as the wood attribute on the attribute panel.

He, Luo Chen, might be wrong, but the attribute panel had never made a mistake.

So why is this situation like this?

Luo Chen pondered deeply.

"Is it because my foundation was in wood when I was cultivating Qi and Foundation Establishment?"

"Or is it because I was influenced by Fu Qinglan, who realized the origin of wood in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven?"

"Or perhaps, the Wither-Glory True Fire itself also has attributes, and is classified as wood?"

"If it is really like this, then the Wither-Glory true meaning being classified as the wood attribute can be understood. After all, when I was realizing it, what I saw and heard was mostly the transformation of life and death, the growth and decline of all things, not the explosive dominance of fire, but more like the wither and glory of wood."

"In this way, the awakening of the Five-Spirit Dao Body can be understood; I have broken free from the shackles of the Fire Spirit Body and realized other true meanings of the laws."

"Does that mean that if I can realize the true meanings of the laws of other attributes, the Five-Spirit Dao Body can fully awaken and cover the Fire Spirit Body?"

Faintly, Luo Chen seemed to see a path to re-cultivate his Dao body.

Even if that path appeared somewhat illusory, and even reaching for the stars.

Just when Luo Chen intended to carefully study the changes on the attribute panel to adjust his next cultivation plan, his cave dwelling welcomed its first visitor.

Luo Chen's heart moved, and he reached out to summon a sound transmission talisman, which flew in.

After a while.

Luo Chen stared at the old man with a glowing face in front of him with a smile that wasn't a smile.

"Fellow Daoist Fu, you have hidden it from me so well!"