Chapter 748: Greed in the depths of the soul, the descent of Divine Origin

Second Nascent Soul!

This term was not unfamiliar to Luo Chen.

In fact, he once almost possessed a second Nascent Soul of his own.

But inside the Fallen Demon Land, that second Core, which had been nourished for nearly a hundred years and had a realm higher than his own main Core, was unfortunately destroyed.

At that time, he didn't feel much regret.

Firstly, the second Core replaced his main Core to dodge the attack of the Nine-Refining Beacon Fire, saving his life.

Secondly, that second Core was also a major backup for Han Zhan to seize his body. If he had really catalyzed a second Nascent Soul when breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, Han Zhan could have completely relied on secret techniques to enter the second Nascent Soul with his soul, and then seamlessly occupy his Purple Mansion, thereby achieving a perfect replacement.

After Luo Chen counter-killed Han Zhan, he was quite glad that the second Core was destroyed.

However.

In the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, after seeing Chi Ju's lightning clone, Luo Chen missed the second Core again.

An external incarnation was naturally a great divine ability he couldn't touch.

But the second Nascent Soul, which was one level lower, was also an extremely powerful means in the immortal cultivation world.

Nostalgia was ultimately just nostalgia.

The Core Art could only be cultivated during the Core Formation stage.

Forcibly cultivating the Core Art during the Nascent Soul stage wouldn't condense a second Nascent Soul either, because there was no heaven and earth infusion after the breakthrough lightning tribulation.

He could only watch this spell with his own eyes, and at most select suitable talents within the Luotian Sect to let them try to cultivate the Core Art during the Core Formation stage.

For this reason, he had specifically checked the Core Formation cultivators of the Luotian Sect with his spiritual sense.

Currently, the only one who met the requirements for cultivating the Core Art was Li Yingzhang.

Because one of the innate limitations of cultivating the Core Art was having deep magic power, different from ordinary people. Li Yingzhang possessed the Nine-Curve Recirculating Body; even if his foundation wasn't as perfect as it was during Foundation Establishment, his magic power was still higher than his peers.

Luo Chen planned to let him learn this secret technique after his realm reached the mid-Core Formation stage.

Of course, Luo Chen wouldn't do that seizing-body thing, so naturally, he wouldn't leave any backdoors in the spell.

That's going off-topic.

After Luo Chen refined the Nine-Li Pill for Nine-Spirit Yuanjun, Luo Chen's second Nascent Soul heart, which had long been dead, was rekindled.

If he could separate a "spiritual infant," and then cooperate with the split soul separated by the "Soul Splitting Art," and the two combined into one, wouldn't that be equivalent to a true second Nascent Soul?

Of course, this was just a sudden assumption by Luo Chen.

There was no foundation, no corresponding cultivation method secret technique, and he didn't even have his own Nine-Li Pill.

Moreover, the number of difficulties involved was not something Luo Chen could solve.

For example, how to cultivate the nine meat tumors like those on Nine-Spirit Yuanjun's Nascent Soul!

And for example, just by relying on elixir pills, could one avoid damage to the main body of the Nascent Soul when separating the meat tumors?

The former was a threshold and a foundation, but the latter had the possibility of destroying all his achievements. Two hundred years... no, plus the fifty years in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, that was nearly three hundred years of hard cultivation results. If one thing wasn't handled well, everything he had could be destroyed!

"Let's study it bit by bit!"

"If possible, ask Nine-Spirit Yuanjun about the relevant fur, perhaps it can also provide some inspiration."

Luo Chen ultimately didn't suppress the greed in his heart.

The prospect of a second Nascent Soul, or even more Nascent Souls, was simply too wonderful.

Once successful, it wouldn't be like Nine-Spirit Yuanjun, simply increasing magic power or cultivating a great means.

For him, if it really succeeded, and combined with the proficiency panel, he might truly be able to achieve proficiency in all professions and all schools!

Such a future, how terrifying!

How could he not be moved by it?

"Husband, I'm back."

"Qin'er, did you find out about Little Jiu's situation?"

"Found out, he didn't disappear for a period of time, but has been following the Grand Supreme Elder to learn talisman-making skills."

"Master is also proficient in the talisman path?"

In a remote cave dwelling, Qu Lingjun showed a look of surprise.

Meng Qin'er said with an admiring tone: "I didn't believe it at first, but there are indeed a batch of extremely high-quality second-tier talismans in Sect Master Li's place. In my opinion, their talisman-making level is even higher than some high-quality talismans that the Shenfu Sect specifically takes out to supply the auction."

Qu Lingjun blinked, then smiled dumbly.

As expected of his master, really everything he knows, and nothing can stump him.

Seeing Qu Lingjun smile, Meng Qin'er was quite helpless.

"Husband, you can still smile?"

Qu Lingjun smiled: "Why can't I smile? Master treats my father and son so generously; I am happy from the bottom of my heart!"

"Generously?" Meng Qin'er frowned slightly, her gaze sweeping across the surroundings: "Are you talking about not letting you regain control of the Alchemy Hall, but sending you to such a place far from the core of the sect?"

Qu Lingjun shook his head, calmly saying: "I have been alone for this year, and I have gradually figured it out. Master seems to be cold to me, but actually, he is giving me a chance."

"A chance?"

"Hmm, do you think if I were in charge of the Alchemy Hall, with power in my hands, during the current period when the Luotian Sect is in ruins, what would I be like?"

Meng Qin'er said without hesitation: "Naturally, it would be refining more elixirs, mentoring the younger generation, recovering the reputation you lost before, and then establishing prestige among fellow disciples, receiving everyone's love."

Qu Lingjun smiled: "Then in a hundred years... no, forty years later?"

Meng Qin'er was speechless.

She naturally understood what the other party meant.

If it were really like that, forty years later, Qu Lingjun's deadline would be approaching, and all the glory and shame would only turn into a handful of loess.

And now, although he bears the misunderstanding of some people and is sent to a remote place far from the core of the sect, it gives Qu Lingjun an environment to put aside all worldly affairs and cultivate with peace of mind!

My husband's master is truly painstaking!

But!

Meng Qin'er looked at the surroundings with great dissatisfaction. "Master treats you well, but the spiritual energy concentration of this cave dwelling is only second-tier mid-grade, and your spiritual root is four-attribute, so there is no way to help you improve your realm quickly. I'm afraid that when the deadline arrives, it will be very difficult to reach the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment and charge toward the Core Formation realm."

Regarding this, Qu Lingjun could only sigh.

The Luotian Sect only had these conditions now.

Let alone him, even the Core Formation cultivators in the sect had to discuss using the third-tier cave dwellings.

He was now only at the fifth level of Foundation Establishment, and being able to be assigned a second-tier mid-grade cave dwelling was already Li Yingzhang's special arrangement for him out of respect for his master.

Moreover, Master didn't throw him aside and ignore him completely.

The storage bag that Li Yingzhang transferred to him back then contained many second-tier high-grade elixirs, all of which were for cultivation!

Not only that, but it was also attached with a "Clear Source Wonderful Elixir Method" annotated with Luo Chen's cultivation insights.

Its intention was self-evident!

It could only be said that under limited conditions, Master's support for him had already been maximized.

"I am naturally indifferent, only feeling wronged for you, Qin'er, having to live this bitter life with me."

He stretched out his hand, stroking the woman's soft face, full of emotion.

The other party was unwilling to divorce him, and even abandoned the superior environment of the Fenghua Palace, just to accompany him through the last few decades of his life.

Plus the previous move of being willing to fight for the Luotian Sect.

This true feeling completely eliminated some of the estrangement that existed between him and Meng Qin'er.

Meng Qin'er rarely saw Qu Lingjun so gentle, and couldn't help but blush.

"You go and cultivate; I also have to do evening lessons."

"Hmm."

Qu Lingjun smiled and entered the cultivation room.

But in just the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, he walked out with a look of surprise.

"Qin'er, you go in and perceive it for me; did I make a mistake?"

"What's wrong?"

Meng Qin'er was puzzled and went into the cultivation room with him.

"Eh?"

In an instant, Meng Qin'er noticed the difference from usual.

"This spiritual energy concentration, how did it get so much stronger?"

Qu Lingjun hurriedly nodded, "Sure enough, I didn't perceive it wrong; the spiritual energy concentration here is indeed one small level higher than before. I even feel that it is still continuously rising at a weak speed."

Meng Qin'er grabbed his hand, "If there is a second-tier high-grade concentration spiritual energy environment, your hope of charging toward the late Foundation Establishment stage will be even greater!"

Qu Lingjun swallowed his saliva, his gaze subconsciously looking in the direction where Luo Chen lived.

"Is it Master's means?"

Time passed bit by bit.

The Luotian Sect cultivators also began to gradually discover the strange changes in Baili Qingchuan.

The spiritual energy concentration was becoming more and more abundant, and the large amount of medicinal materials planted grew much faster than before.

Some cultivators, in the corners of the land, were surprised to find new second-tier spiritual energy springs generated.

Several second-tier high-grade cave dwellings where late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators were located suddenly erupted with a large amount of spiritual energy, pushing their spiritual energy concentration to the third-tier level in one breath, forcing them to leave the cave dwellings so as not to affect their physical bodies during cultivation.

These anomalies were all reported to Sect Master Li Yingzhang.

Li Yingzhang was also surprised and once went to ask Luo Chen.

But the answer he got was to let him handle it and reasonably allocate the corresponding cave dwellings.

This calm answer undoubtedly declared that this change was Luo Chen's doing.

This also made Li Yingzhang even more awe-struck and worshipful of Luo Chen's means!

He immediately made corresponding arrangements, and even drew inferences from one instance, specifically selecting several high-quality second-tier high-grade cave dwellings and inviting Min Longyu to set up gathering arrays, attempting to actively guide the cave dwellings to upgrade.

No one outside knew about this change.

Even when Nine-Spirit Yuanjun received Luo Chen's notification and stepped into Baili Qingchuan again, he didn't notice anything wrong.

It was just a third-tier spiritual vein after all!

A little stronger, a little weaker, it wasn't enough to look at for the Nascent Soul realm.

At night, the clear light was cold.

In the midsummer season, the first-tier copper coin grass that matured in advance emitted a golden light under the moonlight.

When Nine-Spirit Yuanjun saw Luo Chen, even he, who was usually calm, was a bit impatient.

"Did it succeed?"

Luo Chen returned the copper man engraved with the elixir recipe to him, and then nodded confidently.

"If it hadn't succeeded, why would I call you to come?"

Nine-Spirit Yuanjun finally let out a sigh of relief.

This was already the last batch of Nine-Li Pill raw materials he had collected with the power of the Nine-Spirit Sect.

Before, he had already sought several fourth-tier alchemists, but all failed.

If it hadn't succeeded this time, he would definitely not be able to gather the corresponding materials again in a short time.

Looking at the other party's relieved expression, Luo Chen suddenly asked:

"Before handing over the elixir pills, I must ask one thing: do you know the taboos of taking this elixir?"

Nine-Spirit Yuanjun was stunned, not understanding what he meant.

Luo Chen explained: "The Nine-Li Pill is different from any elixir I have refined in the past; the medicinal power is extremely aggressive, and it even almost harmed the medicine boy who assisted me in refining the elixir at the moment the elixir was formed. Such an overbearing elixir, applied to the Nascent Soul, the consequences..."

So he was thinking for himself!

Nine-Spirit Yuanjun smiled, "In my sect's classics, there are a few experiences of taking the elixir, left by the founding ancestor. It is said that when taking the elixir, the spiritual infant will grow crazily in a short time, and taking this opportunity, I will separate it and achieve the spiritual infant independently."

Between his words, he was quite confident.

Luo Chen asked casually: "The meat tumors are the spiritual infant; what kind of creation is this, and I don't know how you condensed it?"

Nine-Spirit Yuanjun's smile faded, and he looked at Luo Chen coldly: "Fellow Daoist, you are crossing the line."

In an instant, the atmosphere became cold.

Luo Chen laughed, "Why be so sensitive, I was also thinking for you... I spoke too much."

Luo Chen sighed in his heart; this Nine-Spirit Yuanjun was indeed not easy to fool!

He still wanted to ask for some fur experience.

Before this, he had studied the Nine-Li Pill and the copper man for more than a month, but hadn't studied anything.

Now that Nine-Spirit Yuanjun was so vigilant, perhaps he really didn't have this fate!

Luo Chen didn't want to ruin the reputation he had built up bit by bit, and took out nine jade bottles from his storage ring.

Each bottle contained a Nine-Li Pill separately, so as not to affect each other.

Seeing the nine jade bottles, Nine-Spirit Yuanjun's eyes lit up.

But just as he was about to reach out and take them, Luo Chen suddenly withdrew his hand.

"Fellow Daoist, you!"

"Did you bring someone?"

Luo Chen narrowed his eyes and took a step forward.

In the blink of an eye, he was already at the peak of Mount Daqing.

With sharp eyes, he looked down.

Keen eyes, looking down.

That person was extremely withered, his thin shoulders couldn't support the wide black robe, and when the night wind blew by the river, he occasionally revealed dry, withered arms like chicken claws.

But such a withered existence without any momentum, looking up at Luo Chen quietly, seemed to be looking down on him.

Luo Chen was clearly looking down from a high position, but at this moment, he felt a sense of insignificance.

The two pairs of eyes met in an instant.

At that moment, Luo Chen clearly discovered a trace of greed.

It was greed no less than his own for the second Nascent Soul, even deeper, as if it came from the depths of the soul.

It was as if he was looking at prey.

A hoarse voice came from a throat that seemed to have been burned by red charcoal.

"Are you Alchemy Sect Luo Chen?"

Luo Chen suppressed the discomfort in his heart and quickly searched for this person's identity.

In the vast Eastern Wasteland, an existence that could give him such pressure, had such a realm, and would come to find him at this time...

Almost without any gap, a name jumped out.

"Five-Element God Origin!"

"Do you recognize this old man?"

The black shadow was still shrouded in the black robe, but a surprised sound came from his mouth.

Luo Chen's expression was calm, "Who in the Eastern Wasteland doesn't know the great name of God Origin True Person. But to come uninvited in the middle of the night, you are not a guest!"

God Origin True Person lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

Suddenly, he raised his head slightly.

"If you invite me up, wouldn't I be a guest?"

Luo Chen's heart tightened.

Under the current situation, would God Origin old thief be so bold as to want to take action against him forcibly?

On Mount Daqing, the originally stable spiritual energy began to stir.

A fierce and evil aura that couldn't be suppressed began to stir in the earth vein.

Not only that!

Another more majestic momentum soared into the sky, alarming hundreds of Luotian cultivators.

With these two auras, Luo Chen's heart settled slightly.

He slowly unfolded his Nascent Soul domain, stared coldly at God Origin True Person, and spat out lightly.

"Please!" ===== CHAPTER 749 =====

"Please!"