Chapter 733

The way of Gu insects originated from the Southern Border.

In the cultivation world, one can be said to change color upon hearing it and feel cold upon seeing it.

But this is only aimed at rogue cultivators who have little knowledge.

For someone like Luo Chen, who has a high realm and extensive knowledge, he naturally understands that all things in the world have never been divided into good and evil, only useful and useless.

At least, according to the situation he understands, many Gu insects can play a not-insignificant auxiliary role in cultivation for normal cultivators.

For example, a first-rank Gu insect called the Moonlight Gu.

Its rank is not high, but its effect is extremely miraculous; it can guide Qi and open meridians.

Some people who possess spiritual roots but are born with blocked meridians can break the shackles and perform normal Qi Refining cultivation by refining this Gu.

Even those born with unobstructed meridians would not hesitate to refine a Moonlight Gu to assist their Qi Refining if conditions permit.

In Zhongzhou, the Tianyuan Dao Sect once purchased Moonlight Gu from the Southern Border on a large scale, until later the Southern Border became more and more closed, and the transactions in this regard gradually stopped.

It can be said that the fact that Zhongzhou could have such a large number of cultivators is also partly due to the widely circulated Moonlight Gu in the past.

And the Moonlight Gu is just one of many strange Gu.

The Luo Lingxi Gu planted on Luo Chen and President Sima Hui Niang is also one of them, and its background is even greater.

It is rumored to be a simplified version of a fifth-rank Gu insect, the Life-and-Death Gu, from a long time ago!

That is an extreme Gu insect that can bind a Nascent Soul powerhouse and a Qi Refining cultivator together for life and death.

However, with the changes of time, the name of the Life-and-Death Gu is gradually known by few, while another transformation route of the Luo Lingxi Gu once caused a great storm in the Southern Border cultivation world.

Third-rank Demon Gu, the Demon Heart Gu!

There were lunatics who refined the Demon Heart Gu in large batches, planted them in low-level cultivators, and then, when they matured, used the miraculous nature of the Gu insect to devour their cultivation realm!

It was precisely because of this incident that the Demon Heart Gu was completely suppressed, and the Luo Lingxi Gu also became relatively rare.

At that time, Luo Chen was about to go on a "long journey," and for fear of losing contact, he only planted it in President Sima Hui Niang after carefully checking that there was no problem with the Luo Lingxi Gu.

Facts have proven that the effect of "a point of spiritual connection" of the Luo Lingxi Gu did indeed bring many benefits.

Whether it was the two years Luo Chen was trapped in the White Night Cave of the Jilei Mountain battlefield, the three years he was a prisoner in Cangwu Mountain, or the hundred years of drifting in the North Sea, the existence of the Luo Lingxi Gu allowed President Sima Hui Niang to maintain sufficient confidence during these periods of lost contact.

Waiting for his return!

If that confidence hadn't been there, the Luo Tian Sect might have collapsed long ago; the few cultivators who lost the sect's protection might have been favored and absorbed by large sects because of their outstanding talents, but most mediocre people would more likely have gradually dissipated in the vast cultivation world.

Not everyone can be like Luo Chen, a drifting rogue cultivator who gets better and better.

Later, as Luo Chen went to the Fallen Demon Land and his body underwent nirvana, the Luo Lingxi Gu and his magic power disappeared, and Luo Chen was once very worried about President Sima Hui Niang's situation.

Therefore, he bought a pile of low-level Gu insects in the Wanxiang Building of Shenyuan City in the North Sea for research.

After going to Zhongzhou and the Cave Heaven Competition ended, the Tianshan True Person from the Southern Border also chatted with him, and he took the opportunity to ask about the Luo Lingxi Gu.

Whether it was personal research results or the evaluation of Gu Dao powerhouses, there was no major problem with the Luo Lingxi Gu.

This is also the reason why Luo Chen previously thought that solving the injury on President Sima Hui Niang would not be too troublesome.

But at this moment!

There is a strange change!

Under Luo Chen's observation, the Core condensed by the Luo Lingxi Gu in Hui Niang's body was like a living creature, connected to her heart, and even connected to her sea of consciousness and soul!

This is the reason why Luo Chen uttered the sentence "Luo Lingxi connects the heart and also the spirit."

Because of these two connections, Luo Chen dared not forcibly wipe it out.

Once wiped out, not only would the heart rupture, but the soul would also perish at the same time.

"No wonder Caiyi said earlier that Hui Niang's body had changed; this was caused by the heart blood being absorbed by the Luo Lingxi Gu. And that

pain that even Core Formation cultivators couldn't suppress was reduced quite a bit after practicing "Ming Shen Po Sha," which obviously also enhanced her own soul's endurance, so she could barely withstand the devouring of her soul."

"But how exactly was this situation caused?"

Luo Chen had the heart to ask Facing Chu Kui if there were any other hidden dangers when he gave this pair of Gu insects back then?

But this thought was dismissed as soon as it emerged.

With Facing Chu Kui's character, if there were hidden dangers, he would have said so.

And whether it was the previous two hundred years or his own research, Tianshan True Person's insights all said that there was no problem with the Luo Lingxi Gu.

"Then the problem can only lie with Hui Niang and... me."

Luo Chen's eyes narrowed, and a drop of blood appeared on his fingertip for no reason.

The Luo Lingxi Gu is refined with essence blood and feeds on the daily circulating Qi and blood power; except for the time of refining, it does not affect the cultivator's daily cultivation.

And his Luo Chen's Qi and blood...

On his fingertip, the fresh blood was crystal clear, emitting incomparably vigorous vitality.

Even without realizing the changes in Qi and blood, this drop of Luo Chen's blood was in no way inferior to the blood that Wang Yuan had tempered thousands of times.

The Luo Lingxi Gu was absorbing such things, growing from the first rank to the third rank bit by bit.

"My blood..."

"Blood Demon Luo once said that the Yuan Tu Sword likes my blood very much."

"Black King also said he likes to hang around me because the vigorous Qi and blood I emit make him very comfortable."

"The Luo Lingxi Gu was soaked in my Qi and blood day and night, to the point that I got used to it, ignored it, and forgot to what extent it had grown. When I underwent nirvana, the Luo Lingxi Gu shattered, but it also carried my magic power, revived in Hui Niang's body, and condensed into a Core."

"But the host at this moment is no longer me with a strong physique, but Hui Niang who is weak. Therefore, it would devour the heart and spirit in order to continue growing!"

In the dark, Luo Chen figured everything out.

As he muttered in his heart, his finger landed on the lips of the woman sleeping beside him.

That drop of squeezed-out fresh blood instantly stained her pale thin lips.

Under the monitoring of his spiritual sense, inside the Qi Sea, the Core trembled slightly, but was bound by the restrictions Luo Chen had laid down.

Luo Chen released the restrictions at the right time, and then saw a stream of magic power roll that drop of fresh blood over.

The Core became deeper in blood color!

But the woman's eyebrows completely relaxed!

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen opened his mouth, and finally sighed lightly.

"It was my negligence after all."

"Zhou Yuanli fell during the demon tide in the Xiaoyue Mountain Range."

"Bai Meiling's soul disappeared on the way of fleeing."

"Xing Zonghan suffered from Qi deviation while forcibly practicing the 'Micro-Dust Yuan Art,' his cultivation was greatly damaged, and during a full sect retreat, he chose to stay behind to cover the retreat, his life or death unknown."

"Mi Li and her son Qu Jiu waited in vain for Qu Lingjun in the sect for ten years, and finally died with hatred."

"Duan Feng and his wife, because they were good at identifying ores, were ordered by True Person Jin Ling of the Five Elements Divine Sect to go to the support battle in the Wuji Domain's Two-Yi Tin Forest, where they fell, leaving no descendants."

"Xu Huanzhen died on the Three Paths River battlefield."

"The Supreme Elder of the Luoyun Sect disappeared, the Xiaoyue Mountain Range was broken, and a large number of disciples and members fell. In addition, because Han Zhan occupied too many interests of the Luoyun Sect to break through to the Nascent Soul realm in his early years, the opening war failed, and internal strife occurred within the Luoyun Sect. To seize power, the Luoyun Sect was divided into three factions: the Sect Master's lineage, the lineage of Han Zhan's grandson Han Zheng, and the lineage of Great Elder Cheng Yan who was left in Tiangu Plain back then. The three factions fought, resulting in countless deaths and injuries. Qin Yuanjiang, who belonged to the Sect Master's lineage, unfortunately lost his Dao companion Ruan Huan'er in the internal strife, and his mother Murong Qinglian was seriously injured; Qin Yuanjiang was disheartened and took his mother to join the Luo Tian Sect."

"Murong Qinglian died in the Luo Tian Sect."

Fallen leaves flew, and the wind sounded like sobbing.

Luo Chen sat on the small stone platform outside Hui Niang's cave, looking at the "Luo Tian Records" of the Luo Tian Sect over the years.

This material was already being written when the Luo Tian Sect was still the Luo Tian

Society.

All along, it has been divided into three copies: one kept in the Scripture Pavilion, one carried by the contemporary Sect Master, and one held by Luo Chen.

Luo Chen's copy had long stopped a hundred years ago.

What he is reading now was sent by Yao Mingyue's side.

In it, there are not many records of events outside the sect; most of them are major changes within the Luo Tian Sect.

And what Luo Chen focused on were those names that were both familiar and unfamiliar.

Since arriving at Baili Qingchuan, his spiritual sense had already swept through this area, discovering the auras of many old acquaintances, but there were also more auras that were not there.

At this time, not staying in the sect meant what it meant; Luo Chen actually had psychological preparations long ago.

But when he really saw the content on the "Luo Tian Records," he still pursed his lips, bit his teeth, and his brow jumped uncontrollably.

He didn't know what he was feeling in his heart.

Regret? Sadness? Or pain?

Or perhaps there was also anger?

Anger at the demon beast invasion, anger at the squeezing of multiple forces, anger at the Five Elements Divine Sect for not treating Luo Tian disciples as human beings, anger at the internal strife of the Luoyun Sect leading to the death of respected friends.

Even, anger at his own inaction!

A pressure like that before thunder was born appeared faintly on him.

Thump!

Xu Xiaoliu, who was responsible for delivering the book, was too close and couldn't withstand this pressure, kneeling on the ground.

"Sigh..."

The gray-haired Xu Xiaoliu heard a sigh in his ears, and then felt the pressure that was like heavenly might dissipate.

He carefully raised his head.

"Little Six, you are still as oily and slippery as ever; they are all dead, and only you are still alive."

Xu Xiaoliu was stunned, not knowing how to answer.

Then he saw the young man smile self-deprecatingly and mutter to himself: "That's right, only oily and slippery people like you and me can be like loaches and earthworms everywhere, never dying despite setbacks."

Xu Xiaoliu felt relieved in his heart and said in an old voice: "How could the Supreme Elder be the same as Little Six? I am just a mayfly in the vast sea, struggling to survive, while you, old sir, are the bright moon in the blue sky; no matter how the rain beats or the wind blows, you will not lose half a color."

"You, you are still as good at flattering as you were back then, even at this age."

Luo Chen smiled and cast a stream of magic power.

Supporting the gray-haired Xu Xiaoliu to sit on the stone chair opposite him.

Xu Xiaoliu sat with his hands on his knees, sitting upright; the man opposite him was as young as he was back then, and his attitude towards others was still like a spring breeze.

It seemed like nothing had changed, and it seemed like everything had changed.

However, it had been many years since anyone called him Little Six, and he felt it was particularly intimate.

"Little!"

"Hmm."

Perhaps because of Luo Chen's peaceful attitude, Xu Xiaoliu relaxed a lot and told the current situation of the Luo Tian Sect in detail.

"Our sect now has three hundred members, over two hundred Qi Refining cultivators and mortals, thirty or so Foundation Establishment people, but the number of Core Formation cultivators is exceptionally large, with nine Core Formation people!"

"The nine Core Formations are Sect Master President Sima, Elder Fu Jiusheng, Elder Facing Chu Kui, Elder Gu Caiyi, Elder Min Longyu, Elder Li Yingzhang, Elder Yang Pingdu, and Elder Qin Yuanjiang."

Wang Yuan and Sha Longzi have Core Formation combat power, but strictly speaking, they are not Core Formation cultivators.

They are body cultivators.

But!

Luo Chen was curious, "Isn't this only eight?"

Xu Xiaoliu said unnaturally: "If you count President Sima Wenjie, there are nine."

Luo Chen said "Oh" and signaled him to continue.

In his heart, however, he was sighing that he had specifically left behind the "Micro-Dust Yuan Art" back then and even let Wang Yuan research a simplified version; it was indeed the right thing to do.

Without that all-encompassing "Micro-Dust Yuan Art," how could a small Luo Tian Sect give birth to so many Core Formation cultivators?

Among the nine, President Sima Hui Niang goes without saying.

Fu Jiusheng and Facing Chu Kui formed their Cores first, Gu Caiyi successfully broke through by taking the Ming Yuan Pill he left behind, and Li Yingzhang was a late bloomer.

Qin Yuanjiang succeeded in forming his Core by inheriting the legacy of the Luoyun Sect, and Min Longyu luckily formed his Core with the help of Qu Lingjun and relying on arrays.

The only stranger is Yang Pingdu!

This person is the son of Yang Wenchang, the Sect Master of the Wanxiang Sect, who was secretly harmed by Di Wuqi during the opening war.

In order to keep evidence to restrain Di Wuqi, Luo Chen forcibly kept the members of the Wanxiang Sect.

Later, Zong Jiulang, the senior brother of the Wanxiang Sect, died on the Tiangu Plain battlefield.

Yang Pingdu became the leader of the Wanxiang Sect.

After the demon tide broke out, in order to preserve the sect, Yang Pingdu led a group of disciples to completely join the Luo Tian Sect and worked hard in many subsequent battles.

To reward him and to unite the hearts of the people, President Sima Hui Niang bestowed the spare Ming Yuan Pill to Yang Pingdu after she successfully formed her Core.

He succeeded!

President Sima Wenjie also rebelled because of this!

He defected to others, obtained the help of a Nascent Soul True Person, successfully formed his Core, and then tried to seize the Luo Tian Sect with outsiders.

A muddled account, unable to be calculated clearly, unable to be reasoned out; in his ears was Xu Xiaoliu's chattering voice.

"Among the younger generation, Qin Yuanjiang and Ceng Yilong are naturally the most promising, but others are not bad either."

"Mei Ruoqi, Yuan Yijun, Qu Jiu, and others are gradually showing their talents. Su E is dead, but her disciple Su Wen inherited the medical inheritance. After Qu Lingjun left, Facing Qi Yi carried the banner of alchemy for the Luo Tian Sect; it was precisely because of the many Foundation Establishment elixirs he refined that our sect's Foundation Establishment people emerged one after another..."

Luo Chen showed a thoughtful expression when he heard the name Facing Qi Yi.

This was an alchemist he personally recruited in his early years, and he was a member of the enemy's sect!

I remember back then, it was recruited together with his senior brother or junior brother?

His alchemy talent is beyond doubt.

But refining many Foundation Establishment elixirs?

Could it be Di Liu Jiang?

But he only passed this elixir recipe to Qu Lingjun.

Could it be that Qu Lingjun secretly taught it before leaving?

If this is the case, it can be explained.

In the great war between humans and demons, there is no shortage of materials from various demon beast corpses; refining a large amount of Di Liu Jiang with this can indeed keep the Luo Tian Sect's Foundation Establishment people emerging continuously.

Looking at it this way, his only disciple who entered the sect did indeed care about the sect and considered all aspects.

"Sect Master Yao goes without saying; after succeeding as Sect Master, although she is not as powerful as the old Sect Master, she has also maintained the foundation of the Luo Tian Sect steadily and conscientiously."

"The daughter born to me and Shi Lan is now following Sect Master Yao to learn."

At the end, Xu Xiaoliu mentioned his daughter.

This intention...

Luo Chen glanced at him; the other party was quite embarrassed, but looked calm.

Luo Chen didn't care, but asked curiously: "Shi Lan? Could it be that girl from the Ice Fortress back then?"

"Yes, exactly! At that time, the Yuding Domain was in chaos, and the Ice Fortress also had an accident; I saved Shi Lan's life, and later she became my Dao companion."

Speaking of this, Xu Xiaoliu was quite proud, as if being able to walk together with that woman was the proudest thing in his life.

But immediately, his tone dropped again.

"Unfortunately, after Shi Lan left her daughter, she left without saying goodbye and went to find her fellow disciples of the Ice Fortress."

"Did something happen to the Ice Fortress?"

"That's a long story; the Supreme Elder of the Ice Fortress failed to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, and many powerhouses in the sect fell..."

Luo Chen listened to Xu Xiaoliu talk about the past, but didn't take it to heart.

Nowadays, the affairs of the Luo Tian Sect alone are enough for him to consider.

The old friends and past events in the Yuding Domain are definitely not the top priority, just understanding them is enough.

Xu Xiaoliu perhaps also discovered Luo Chen's distraction and gradually stopped the topic.

"The seven sects of the Yuding Domain in the past, except for my Luo Tian Sect, have long been scattered or dead. If it weren't for your return in time, Supreme Elder, I'm afraid the name Luo Tian would also have scattered with the wind."

Luo Chen comforted him, and then asked a new question calmly.

"How old are you?"

Xu Xiaoliu was stunned, subconsciously stroking his beard and saying: "Little Six is 247 years old, and the limit is approaching."

Then, he habitually flattered again.

"I have already looked down on life and death; Shi Lan and I were once in love, my bloodline remains in the world, and even being able to see your return before I die makes Little Six willing to die the next moment."

"You can't die now; I still have a task for you."

Luo Chen smiled slightly, and while the other party was puzzled, he said a few words.

After hearing this, Xu Xiaoliu's eyes shone brightly.

Clapping his hands, he said excitedly: "I have accepted this task, and I will definitely not let you down, old sir!"

After Xu Xiaoliu left, Luo Chen closed the "Luo Tian Records."

Standing on the small stone platform, looking at the mountains and water of Baili Qingchuan, what he was thinking about was the Luo Tian Sect.

Thinking deeply, he couldn't help but mutter:

"Generation after generation, the old grow old, the dead die, and those who remain either continue to climb the peak or flourish."

"Just like that small tree, meeting winter and welcoming summer, removing the complex and simplifying, retaining the trunk, and finally becoming a towering tree."

"The way of withering and flourishing is nothing more than this!"

The wind stopped and leaves fell, rustling in the forest, as if the mountains and water here were responding to him.

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