Chapter 744: Nine-Spirit enters Sagehood, Nine-Li achieves Nascent Soul (seeking October minimum monthly tickets)

Seeking October monthly tickets, and chatting a bit by the way.

September was truly a chaotic and unexpected month!

There are a thousand words, but I don't know how to say them, so let's just chat casually.

At the beginning of the month, the performance of this book reached the best time in two years of serialization, with 14,000 average subscriptions and 6,000 to 7,000 follow-up subscriptions.

At that time, I was very happy, but the pressure was also great, always afraid of writing the plot wrong and collapsing in one go.

Especially since I don't have a detailed outline, only a plot summary, and some places that should have been refreshing weren't handled well, so I was worried every day.

Fortunately, the brothers supported me very well, the follow-up subscriptions didn't stop, and there were valuable gift rewards.

I thought about writing well, even if I didn't add updates, I had to be worthy of everyone's love, but I didn't expect my mentality to hold up, but my body didn't.

Stomach bloating for half a month, stomach pain for six or seven days, and finally went to the hospital.

Checked, appendicitis.

Hospitalized, originally aimed at treating appendicitis, but didn't expect it to be an intestinal obstruction.

That was a great suffering, and the treatment plan was changed.

A tube was inserted from the nostril, passed through the throat, and went directly into the stomach; it was very long!

That nurse sister also brought an intern, and in front of me, she taught the younger intern with an air of seniority: "Generally, this stomach tube only needs to be inserted 40 or 50 centimeters, but to be on the safe side, we generally insert 60 centimeters; if it's too much, it can be pulled back."

I was terrified listening to it.

The process was very painful, tears and snot flowed, and the nurse also told me to swallow the tube fiercely like eating noodles.

Later, it was three or four days of having the tube inserted to drain things out of the stomach. Below, it was daily enemas, fierce draining.

In short, they were all filthy things, sounding smelly.

Originally, I was supposed to have a full-anesthesia gastroscope to check the condition of the intestines and stomach and the appendix.

I refused because I heard that full anesthesia affects memory.

Originally, I often remembered the plot wrong and wrote the characters wrong during that time; if my memory was still bad, this book would be finished directly.

So the appendix wasn't removed either; it was just daily infusions, anti-inflammatory, and conservative treatment.

Seven days, I guess, without eating or drinking, living entirely on infusions.

It should have been a very painful thing, and my mentality should have been very anxious.

But!

On the mobile phone backend, I saw the brothers supporting me as always, and even more support from the Silver Alliance of 【Flagship Crazy Store】.

This made me understand that everyone is willing to wait for me.

Plus the pressure of not having to write, my mentality gradually calmed down.

A bow, with the string pulled tight, will eventually break.

Those forgetting the plot and forgetting the characters were actually already precursors to the break.

This hospitalization was instead an opportunity to loosen the string.

In the days that followed, I wasn't so panicked, not so nervous; hospitalization, discharge, starting to resume exercise, resuming normal work and rest, starting normal bowel movements.

Everything is developing in a good direction.

It's just like the plot written recently; there might not be any waves, but steady farming and development will always have a time to erupt.

My mentality is also like this.

No one knows what the future will be like, but living every day in a down-to-earth manner, without being anxious or impatient, will always lead to success.

Let's just chat this much; it's a bit chaotic, some things have been said before, and it's also an impromptu feeling after surviving the tragic September.

Finally, thanks to 【Flagship Crazy Store】 for the Silver Alliance reward, and thanks to the family members for their company through thick and thin.

In October, seeking a minimum monthly ticket!

Happy National Day to the motherland, and I wish everyone good health! ===== CHAPTER 747 =====

After drawing low-level talismans over a thousand times, he could finally draw third-tier talismans with ease.

With this, he was a third-tier talisman master in name and in deed!

He casually tossed the Profound Yang Talisman to Qu Jiu.

Because the terrifying magic power aura within the talisman had not yet been restrained, it made Qu Jiu flustered and busy, fearing he might accidentally trigger it.

"This one is for you."

"As for all the other first and second-tier talismans, go find the Sect Master and have him send people to count them and store them in the treasury for use during wartime."

"This is a jade slip containing the 'Calming the Wind and Waves' technique, and it also has my cultivation insights on it; take it and study it well."

After giving a few instructions, Luo Chen patted his already spotless white robe and walked out of the great hall with a smile on his face.

……

Under the gaze of many eyes, both open and hidden, Sovereign Jiuling stood outside the mountain gate of the Luo Tian Sect, waiting quietly.

Time passed second by second.

In the shadows, it was unknown how much criticism this had provoked.

That Alchemist Luo Chen, what a high and mighty attitude!

Sovereign Jiuling is so formidable, yet he took the initiative to lower his status and call out to visit the mountain, only to be left waiting for a long time!

These onlookers were even looking forward to the scene of Sovereign Jiuling leaving in a rage.

It was a pity that after about the time it takes to drink half a cup of tea, there was movement on Great Green Mountain.

"Is it not delightful to have friends come from afar!"

"I have kept you waiting, fellow Daoist."

"Please!"

Wind and clouds gathered, and a divine rainbow formed a bridge.

Spanning a hundred miles, it descended to the feet of the visitor.

With this one move, Luo Chen's profound mastery of magic arts was revealed.

Sovereign Jiuling looked down at the rainbow bridge beneath his feet, his gaze fixed, then he revealed a smile and stepped onto the bridge to enter the mountain.

With this, the countless disciples of the Luo Tian Sect who had been craning their necks in anticipation returned to normal; dust returned to dust, earth to earth, and there was no more clamor.

On the contrary, the onlookers outside the mountain looked at each other in dismay.

Does Alchemist Luo Chen truly possess such ability?

He cold-shouldered the renowned Sovereign Jiuling for a long while, and the other party still willingly entered the mountain?

For a moment, everyone could not help but re-evaluate Luo Chen's status in the current Eastern Wasteland.

Although he had returned in haste, although he was only at the early Nascent Soul stage, although he lacked a deep foundation... his status was already no less than that of old-school powerhouses like Sovereign Jiuling.

……

"Fellow Daoist Luo, we meet again."

"Half a year has passed, and Fellow Daoist Jiuling's demeanor remains the same; I have been waiting for a long time."

"Oh, you knew I would come back to find you?"

"Hehe, at the grand ceremony back then, apart from Elder Fu and Fellow Daoist Ling Fengzi, you were the one most concerned about my alchemy. The only thing that surprised me was that you would come before Ling Fengzi."

"Fellow Daoist is wise! I indeed have a matter to request of you, hoping you can refine a furnace of elixir for me."

"Easy to say, easy to say; as long as the price is right, I have always been responsive to requests!"

Having obtained Luo Chen's verbal agreement, Sovereign Jiuling finally let out a sigh of relief.

The "humble" mountain visit in front of everyone, disregarding his reputation, had finally yielded some return.

He understood Luo Chen's intentions very well!

It was nothing more than using the act of refining elixirs for others to build a reputation and secure a place in the Eastern Wasteland.

And he, Sovereign Jiuling, also had needs in this regard.

Since that was the case, he would cater to his preferences and use his own long-accumulated reputation to boost the other party's status.

Even if the other party deliberately cold-shouldered him for a while, he didn't care, as long as the other party could truly refine what he needed!

He wanted the substance, Luo Chen wanted the face; that was all.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, the price is negotiable; I have twenty wisps of Red Firmament Qi, ten wisps of Crimson Firmament Qi, and ten wisps of Purple Firmament Qi, all of which I can give you. Additionally, there are several others of the remaining six types of Qi; if you want them, we can discuss it."

Luo Chen was slightly surprised.

The other party actually had so much Firmament Qi on hand?

To the point of even having reserves of the other six types of Firmament Qi?

Most importantly, this person seemed to understand the uses of the nine types of Firmament Qi very well; he had originally only asked for Red Firmament Qi, yet the other party now took the initiative to offer him Crimson and Purple Firmament Qi.

According to the Sword Scripture, Luo Chen could indeed refine three types of Qi simultaneously!

As for the reason, it was because Crimson and Purple Firmament Qi also possessed partial fire attributes.

Sovereign Jiuling was clearly aware of this, which is why he specifically pointed it out.

Luo Chen calculated that if he obtained a total of forty wisps of the three types of Qi from Sovereign Jiuling, plus the ten wisps he already possessed, he would have satisfied half of the one hundred wisps required for the intermediate stage of the "Thousand Firmament Myriad Transformation Sword Scripture."

This business deal could be done!

"The price is acceptable; I can take the job. But the specifics depend on what elixir you want me to refine; if it consumes too much energy, I will have to raise the price."

He no longer hesitated and directly asked about the other party's requirements.

Seeing that Luo Chen had agreed, Sovereign Jiuling suddenly became apprehensive.

"I want to refine a fourth-tier elixir called the Nine Departures Elixir; I wonder if you can do it?"

Luo Chen was helpless, "Knowing only the name but not the reality is too vague; even with the abilities of a Grandmaster, I cannot give you an answer!"

Sovereign Jiuling thought for a moment, and finally, with utmost solemnity, took out an object.

Luo Chen looked closely and saw that it was a brass statue.

This statue was somewhat strange; its appearance and build were that of a normal person sitting cross-legged, but it had a tumor growing on each of its eyes, ears, large mouth, two breasts, and the two scrotal sacs below.

Added together, there were nine in total.

The statue suddenly flipped over, revealing its brass back.

"The specific recipe for the Nine Departures Elixir is recorded on it. This recipe is obscure and difficult to understand, and because of the special nature of this treasure, it cannot be copied, so you must observe it yourself, Fellow Daoist."

Sovereign Jiuling said as much.

Luo Chen gave an "oh" and stopped paying attention to the tumors, focusing his attention on the recipe on the brass back.

Upon seeing it, his brows instantly furrowed.

Seeing his reaction, Sovereign Jiuling was somewhat worried.

"Fellow Daoist Luo..."

"It's nothing, it's just that some of the herb names are quite obscure."

Luo Chen smiled and gave the other party a reassuring look.

But in his heart, he couldn't stop muttering.

"These herb names are the naming conventions of the Demon Race!"

Since obtaining the alchemy inheritance of the Refining Song Tianmo Lord, Luo Chen would occasionally flip through those alchemy books and had memorized many herbs he had never heard of before.

The Refining Song Tianmo Lord was knowledgeable and had even labeled some Demon Realm spiritual herbs that were the same as those of the human race with two names.

After reading through it for a moment, he understood about seven or eight tenths of it.

Time passed second by second as Luo Chen continuously memorized the recipe above while pondering the taboos of refining it.

It wasn't until the middle of the night that he came to his senses.

During this process, Sovereign Jiuling had remained inseparable, observing his reactions intently.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, can it be refined?"

Luo Chen first nodded, which made the other party pleasantly surprised.

Then he suddenly shook his head, leaving the other party stunned.

"What do you mean by this? I don't quite understand."

Luo Chen pointed to the recipe and said: "It can be refined, but there are a few problems."

"Speak freely!"

"The herbs; do you have the herbs on here? I don't have any spares here."

So that was it!

Sovereign Jiuling breathed a sigh of relief, "The herbs on the recipe are indeed very obscure, and even my Jiuling Sect cannot collect them all. However, through the continuous exploration of our predecessors, we have found corresponding substitutes. I have managed to scrape together a few portions."

"Oh?" Luo Chen raised an eyebrow, "Let me have a look."

Sovereign Jiuling immediately handed Luo Chen a storage bag.

After taking it, Luo Chen's spiritual sense probed inside, occasionally taking out an item, examining it while nodding secretly.

"Using Prickly Sunflower to replace the Demon Realm's Seedless Cultivation; the medicinal properties are indeed similar."

"Replacing Blood Jade Great Boulder with Cedar Emerald? There's such a substitution method? Clearly... oh, it's taking the medicinal property similar to the Boulder Jade. The predecessors of the Jiuling Sect are quite capable."

"How should this Silver Soul Stone be replaced? Is it by combining these two herbs?"

…

After a round of counting, Luo Chen's mind was slightly chaotic, but he roughly understood that the herbs Sovereign Jiuling had brought out indeed had a chance of refining the Nine Departures Elixir recorded in the recipe.

If he were to refine it, after pondering the recipe for half a year and experimenting in detail dozens or hundreds of times, he should be able to refine it.

But doing so would be time-consuming and labor-intensive, which naturally wouldn't live up to the reputation of an "Alchemist."

Luo Chen wasn't worried; it was a fourth-tier recipe after all, well within his capabilities.

Spending ten achievement points to directly master it would be even more time and labor-saving.

At dawn, Luo Chen asked the second question.

"This elixir is related to your cultivation, right?"

Sovereign Jiuling knew he couldn't hide it from Luo Chen, simply because the recipe clearly stated that it required the corresponding Nascent Soul essence blood of the person taking the elixir.

He nodded and admitted it frankly.

Luo Chen asked again, "Then do you know where to take the essence blood from on the Nascent Soul?"

Sovereign Jiuling was stunned, his face full of confusion.

Luo Chen had an "as expected" look; the content of this Nine Departures Elixir recipe was too obscure for ordinary cultivators to understand at all.

Even a normal human fourth-tier alchemist might not understand its meaning at first glance.

It was only because he had accepted the alchemy inheritance of the Refining Song Tianmo Lord, which spanned the human, demon, and monster races, that he could understand it quickly.

Luo Chen pointed one hand at the brass statue, "You need to take the Nascent Soul essence blood from these nine tumors; Fellow Daoist Jiuling, do you have these nine tumors on your Nascent Soul?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the middle-aged man in front of him seemed like a cat whose fur had been ruffled, his expression changing instantly.

A majestic aura surged out like the waves of a vast ocean.

Boom!

Facing it directly, Luo Chen's hair fluttered, and his white robe rustled.

He knew this was because he had unreservedly spoken of the special nature of the other party's cultivation, which could be considered a taboo, hence the strong reaction.

But Luo Chen's expression remained unchanged, and he only said lightly:

"I refine elixirs for fellow Daoists, and knowing some secrets of each family is very normal; I won't go around talking about them. If you don't want to refine this elixir, if you don't trust me, then let's end it here!"

Sovereign Jiuling looked deeply at Luo Chen, and the majestic aura slowly receded.

"Jiuling never trusts others lightly, but this elixir involves a major method of my sect and is even more related to my path to advancing to the late Nascent Soul stage. Therefore, I can only trust you for once."

"Alchemist, do not let me down."

As he spoke, he slowly closed his eyes.

Luo Chen grinned; this guy's magic power was unexpectedly profound!

Rumor had it that his realm was only at the fifth level of the Nascent Soul stage, similar to that Jin Ling, but the depth of his magic power was no less than that of the Moon Wanderer back then.

He remembered that the Moon Wanderer had been hiding his realm, actually being at the early stage of the late Nascent Soul.

In other words, Sovereign Jiuling's magic power was almost as profound as that of the late Nascent Soul stage.

Thinking of himself, Luo Chen prided himself on his majestic magic power; even if True Person Jin Ling was two small realms higher than him, he was confident he could compete a little.

But the aura Sovereign Jiuling had just released completely overwhelmed him.

"I wonder how it was cultivated?"

While he was pondering and imagining this, a deformed monster suddenly crawled out from the top of Sovereign Jiuling's head.

It was an infant.

A cultivator's Nascent Soul.

But at this moment, a tumor was growing on each of the infant's eyes, ears, mouth, breasts, and the two scrotal sacs below.

Looking at it as a whole, it was truly terrifying.

The infant stared at Luo Chen and spoke slowly.

"I have cultivated the Nine Spirits Sainthood Method of my sect's founding ancestor, absorbing the Nine Firmament Spiritual Elites into my body to obtain supreme magic power."

"I need this Nine Departures Elixir to help me separate the nine elites and achieve the Nine Great Spiritual Infants."

"Alchemist, if you want to take the essence blood, do it now!"