Chapter 837

Sunset Red Plain.

It was a massive plain terrain in the Motian Domain, spanning a thousand miles, with almost no high mountains and few gullies.

Logically speaking, it was a good place very suitable for cultivation.

But in the thousand-year history of the Motian Domain, there had never been any significant forces stationed here.

This was only because the spirit veins here were scattered and did not form a system at all, making it impossible to support even a slightly larger force.

There were only scattered rogue cultivators and some small families struggling to survive here.

But ever since the Luo Tian Sect took over the Motian Domain, everything had changed.

The once deserted Sunset Red Plain suddenly became lively.

People flowed like weaving, carriages and horses like dragons, and a large number of escape lights came and went every day.

All these changes stemmed from the plan to build an immortal city here!

The Luo Tian Sect took the lead, thirteen Golden Core sects jointly provided manpower and resources, and it was said that even extraterritorial forces invested funds to take a share.

The busy scene today was due to this.

Building an immortal city was not a one-day task: surveying the feng shui, gathering spirit veins, arranging arrays, selecting suitable immortal construction talent to plan the layout within the city...

But no matter how slow, with the collective participation of cultivators who possessed individual greatness, the progress was far beyond ordinary imagination.

From determining the site to implementing the project and starting construction, in just two or three years, the most important city walls were already taking shape.

Next, as long as they opened up the main roads and planned the layout within the city according to the spirit veins drawn by the Golden Core cultivators, it would be almost done.

At this juncture, the cultivators involved were all working enthusiastically, looking forward to the completion of this "Red Plain Xiancheng."

Presumably, by then, it would be extremely lively.

Rogue cultivators coming to join, merchants from all sides gathering, various resources from all over the world coming in and out...

But under this lively scene, the Luo Tian Sect powerhouse in charge of supervision, Sha Longzi, was somewhat absent-minded, seemingly not caring at all about the grand event everyone was looking forward to.

He leaned against a large tree outside the city, chewing on a wild grass, his gaze cast into the distance.

It seemed as if he was looking at the majestic immortal city about to be completed, and it also seemed as if he was looking at the hazy sunset about to fall on the city walls, his eyes slightly dazed.

A streak of escape light flew across the sky, circled once, and then flew back.

The escape light descended, and a disciple put away his flying sword, shouting excitedly as he walked:

"Uncle-Master, today the Panshi Gang leader is hosting a banquet for all parties, you..."

However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted quite impatiently by Sha Longzi.

"Go aside, I don't have the heart for that."

The disciple was stunned, put away his smile, and cautiously walked to the side and squatted down.

"What's wrong, Uncle-Master?"

Sha Longzi did not answer, only the wild grass in his mouth was chewed into green juice.

The disciple asked tentatively: "Is it because of the Supreme Elder?"

The man's mouth paused abruptly, and he glared fiercely at the disciple, scaring the other person so much that he sat down on the ground.

Seeing this, Sha Longzi knew that he had scared the other person. Having fought in all directions over the years, he had a thick aura of killing on him, which was not something a junior who had just reached Foundation Establishment could bear.

He spat out the wild grass, restrained his killing aura, stood up, and pulled the other person up by the way.

Then, there was a long sigh.

Looking at the Red Plain Xiancheng, which currently only had city walls, Sha Longzi muttered: "They only think about how to divide the benefits of the immortal city in the future, but they have forgotten who the greatest contributor to conquering the Luo Tian Domain was."

"They say don't forget the well-digger when drinking water, but it's only been three years, who still cares about Uncle-Master Luo?"

The disciple scratched his head, "Maybe it's because it was rumored long ago that the Supreme Elder would leave the Luo Tian Sect. Although the destinations were different, these people had long been mentally prepared, so they didn't care!"

"Destinations were different?"

Sha Longzi sneered. One was climbing high to enter a holy land, and the other was life or death unknown; could this be called different destinations?

But he would not argue with a junior.

Because for Luo Chen, everyone's perception was different.

They only felt that he was a Nascent Soul True Person who was high above and rarely seen, only to be looked at from afar, not to be approached. But for himself, that was the third closest person besides his mother and master.

Even after his mother passed away and his master was strict and harsh, Luo Chen was more like a "kind mother" to him.

A long time ago, when he had just entered his master's sect and had to undergo cruel body tempering and Foundation Establishment, he was still young and often couldn't persist. It was Uncle-Master Luo who comforted him with kind words and encouraged him with the glorious deeds of his father's high strength during his early Qi Refining stage.

Although he later learned that his father was actually not that powerful, and was quite dissolute before becoming a Dao companion with his mother.

When participating in the Xiaoyue Opening War, Uncle-Master Luo often took him by his side to teach him, and even controlled the strength of the enemy to let him practice.

Not to mention any good things, Uncle-Master Luo always prioritized him first.

Even for other outstanding figures of the same generation in the sect, Uncle-Master Luo still put him first.

Such a kind elder just disappeared so inexplicably.

And it was different from the previous time.

That time, at least Sect Master President Sima swore that he was still alive.

But this time...

"Forget it, you go to the banquet on my behalf! If the Panshi Gang has any extra requests, don't agree, but don't refuse directly either, just drag it out."

The disciple was stunned, then nodded and left.

After he left, Sha Longzi squatted down again, his hand reaching toward a wild grass that was growing well.

"Three years..."

"Hmm?"

What he touched was smooth and hard.

Sha Longzi's fingers trembled, and he suddenly withdrew them, his eyes fixed on the ground.

A dragon horn was slowly emerging from the soil, like a bamboo shoot.

Then a pair of angry pupils emerged.

"Little guy, who let you touch my dragon horn?"

Sha Longzi opened his mouth and said in disbelief: "Black... Black..."

"Call me Lord Black King!"

Black King snorted, spraying a mouthful of hot air.

"Lord Black King, you are still alive!" Sha Longzi exclaimed, his expression turning from shock to joy; he seemed to realize something.

Although in the Luo Tian Sect, Lord Black King and Elder Tianxuan both called Uncle-Master Luo Chen "Master."

But in reality, they all knew that Elder Tianxuan was not strictly Luo Chen's spirit pet, because Uncle-Master Luo Chen did not take her soul blood, let alone place a slave mark.

But Lord Black King was a genuine spirit pet.

Once the master fell, he would inevitably be implicated!

Now that Lord Black King had appeared, didn't that mean...

"Keep your voice down!"

Black King opened his mouth and spat out a source force, forming a sound-insulating barrier.

He had long since learned such simple spells from his master.

Then his lips moved, and he told Sha Longzi the message he wanted to convey in detail.

Finally, Black King said with utmost solemnity: "Remember, the news that the master is still alive can only be told to your master; don't even tell the master's two Dao companions and disciples!"

Sha Longzi was puzzled and wanted to pursue the question.

Black King said impatiently: "Don't ask why, your master will naturally understand."

Sha Longzi nodded; as long as Uncle-Master was still alive, then whatever happened would be fine.

"I'm leaving!"

"Lord Black King, aren't you going back to the Luo Tian Sect?"

Black King paused and sneered: "How can I go back? As soon as I show up, it will expose the master's situation."

Sha Longzi was thoughtful; that was indeed the logic.

It's just that where is Uncle-Master now, and why does he not want to expose his whereabouts so much?

And why not tell his two closest Dao companions the news of his survival?

These questions, Black King, who had already left, would not tell him.

And not long after, in the heavily guarded master's cave, Wang Yuan, who learned of this, did not tell him all the answers directly either.

But what was visible to the naked eye was that Master Wang Yuan, who had always been steady, had a bit more composure.

"Go notify Sect Master Li and ask him to suspend the Ascension Meeting two years later. My Luo Tian Sect should not recruit new disciples for a short time."

Sha Longzi asked curiously: "What about Elder Ling Fengzi? I heard that he recalled many disciples of the Piaomiao Sect scattered outside, and he also has ideas to expand the Piaomiao Hall."

Wang Yuan's face sank, "No matter, I will negotiate with him myself. But at the moment, the sect is leaderless, and it is easiest for spies from other forces to mix in. All matters will wait until he returns."

Sha Longzi understood instantly.

Of course, he was still puzzled as to why this news was not told to the two Uncle-Masters, President Sima Hui Niang and Gu Caiyi.

Wang Yuan thought for a while and whispered: "Perhaps it's because President Sima Hui Niang just gave birth to a child, and her emotional control is not as good as it used to be, making it easy to leak secrets. As for Gu Caiyi... Heh, maybe he is still talking about fairness!"

Wang Yuan guessed correctly; Luo Chen indeed had such worries.

Besides, the matter of his disappearance was not big, but not small either.

As long as he finally returned, it didn't matter.

But the destination of his disappearance was a big problem.

If someone knew that he had returned to Cangwu Mountain, at a time when the war between humans and demons in the Eastern Wasteland had just ended, it would easily trigger some disturbances.

Especially on the side of the Mingyuan Sect, with the conduct style of the Black Ze Old Ancestor, who knows what actions he might take.

During the war, Jiuling Yuanjun and others only knew that he had escaped, and no one saw him leave "peacefully" with Qing Shuang.

With his brilliant record of killing Huang Man on the spot, when he returned, he could just say that he was seriously injured and had found a place to recuperate for many years, and it would naturally be fooled.

It was better not to talk about the trip to Cangwu Mountain if possible.

As for why notify Wang Yuan alone?

Luo Chen was still worried that his disappearance would make the Luo Tian Sect, which had finally stabilized, chaotic again.

Wang Yuan was the person he trusted most, and his seniority was old enough. The realm, which was originally the most lacking link, had also been smoothed out by his strength after the battle with the Motian Old Ghost.

As long as Wang Yuan had confidence in his heart, he could handle all the big and small things in the Luo Tian Sect.

After letting Black King go back to report the news, Luo Chen had been trying to switch his main cultivation method back.

The self-created "Wither-Prosper Dao Sutra" was definitely not bad.

Even if placed in the outside world, it could exist as the heritage foundation of a Nascent Soul sect.

But this cultivation method was too mixed, and it was created with the Wither-Prosper Divine Fire as the lead. The more he cultivated, the more Luo Chen was deeply affected by the Wither-Prosper Divine Fire.

He was previously assimilated by heaven and earth, producing inner demons, and at the time he only felt it was the sequelae after performing the Wither-Prosper Dao Finger.

Now it seems, how could it not be the secret influence of the Wither-Prosper Divine Fire?

After all, such a heaven and earth strange fire was no different from those fifth-order psychic monsters, and it could already communicate with the heaven and earth spirit energy.

Now switching back to the "Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra" could change this situation.

This cultivation method was the top-level fire-attribute cultivation method, which could govern all fires in the world!

Of course, for a Nascent Soul cultivator, switching their life-bound cultivation method twice in a row was a big taboo in cultivation.

But for Luo Chen, the impact was not that big.

Because before switching to the "Wither-Prosper Dao Sutra" for the first time, he was originally cultivating the Golden Core chapter of the "Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra," and now it was just continuing the previous fate.

But the impact was not big, which did not mean the switch was smooth!

In the end, this cultivation method was the true heritage sutra of the Phoenix clan.

He, Luo Chen, was not of the phoenix body, and he was severely stuck during the switching process.

Even trying to use system achievement points to force entry could not succeed.

Because this cultivation method given to him by Qixia Yuanjun was the complete version!

No one had thoughtfully divided it into Nascent Soul chapters or Soul Transformation chapters for him.

To force entry, he would have to invest achievement points that spanned four or five major realms beyond his own.

System entry was always ten times the cost for every level crossed, which meant it required at least one hundred thousand or even a million achievement points. Where would Luo Chen have such savings?

Therefore, he could only rely on his own understanding to ponder and learn bit by bit.

In this process, a massive amount of heaven and earth spirit energy was needed as support, otherwise it would be difficult to continue moving forward.

This was also why Luo Chen chose to stay at Cangwu Mountain.

This cave in the Du Zhen Hall was truly the best spirit land he had ever seen in his life.

The richness of the spirit energy was rare in the world.

The only thing that could surpass it was perhaps the rumored fifth-order spirit land.

In Luo Chen's repeated attempts regardless of the cost, he was getting closer and closer to entry.

But the closer he got, the more he found that there was an invisible barrier stuck firmly to him.

For this, even if he didn't hesitate to reshape his meridians and convert his acupoints, he still couldn't step over that barrier.

"Could it be that Qixia Yuanjun lied to me?"

In the cave, Luo Chen's face was uncertain.

He began to suspect whether Qixia Yuanjun used a cultivation method he couldn't cultivate at all to trick him out of his Harmony Pill formula.

But there was no need at all!

In front of such a powerhouse, Luo Chen could be said to be whatever she wanted, so why bother with deception?

Luo Chen's attention went to his sea of consciousness.

"Could it be that I really have to complete the Nine Tribulations and Three Nirvanas of the Golden Core chapter before I can thoroughly enter the true sutra?"

Nine Tribulations and Three Nirvanas: after the Nirvana of magic power, it is the Nirvana of the physical body, and after that is the Nirvana of the primordial spirit.

The Nirvana of magic power makes his magic power thoroughly turn to the fire attribute.

The Nirvana of the physical body creates a fire spirit body.

If the Nirvana of the primordial spirit is successful, according to the records in the sutra, he will possess a "fire soul."

In this way, his essence, energy, and spirit will become pure, so he can govern all fires in the future and go straight to the Mahayana stage.

But Nirvana is not that simple.

The first Nirvana of magic power should have been extremely dangerous, but Luo Chen took a shortcut to cross it.

That time, he used system achievement points to force entry. It was equivalent to getting on the bus first and buying the ticket later, and there was no threshold to speak of.

The second Nirvana of the physical body... the danger in it was indescribable. If it weren't for Luo Chen surpassing ordinary people and possessing a wild beast body at the Golden Core stage, even containing the talent of flesh and blood rebirth and limb regeneration, he would have died without a doubt.

This third Nirvana of the primordial spirit would only be more dangerous than the first two.

"Is Nirvana to die and then live?"

"Or is it to stay away from upside-down dreams to reach Nirvana?"

"Or is it to exist in wonderful agreement, the ultimate of wonderful agreement is based on the dark one. Then things are not different from me, I am not different from things, things and I meet mysteriously, returning to the infinite, is this Nirvana?"

Luo Chen couldn't figure it out; these understandings were even more biased toward Buddhist sayings.

Although he had dabbled in many things and could be called knowledgeable, and could be said to be very proficient in the demon, dao, and devil paths, he knew very little about the Buddhist path.

But how could a living person be suffocated?

Luo Chen had always been flexible.

Nirvana of the primordial spirit, right!

He was not afraid to try it.

With a thought, the main soul slowly escaped from the sea of consciousness, away from the main body.

And within the sea of consciousness, the strongest first split soul occupied the dominant position.

He must try it!

As long as he succeeds, he can usher in a earth-shaking transformation.

Even if he fails, he would at most lose one split soul.

Following the formula of the "Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra," Luo Chen began to mobilize the Nascent Soul magic power to spread throughout his body, and a large amount of scattered golden soul power in the sea of consciousness began to burn, wrapping the first split soul.

Whether Nirvana or not, it depends on this one move!

Just as he started the last Nirvana of the Nine Tribulations and Three Nirvanas, an invisible wave began to ripple from the peak of the Du Zhen Hall.

Birds were not startled, and the world was hard to know.

Only in the Tong Xuan Hall, a woman in a red dress who was fiddling with a small white flower raised her eyebrows.

"Sister, what's wrong?" Qing Shuang noticed the abnormality, but didn't know where it came from, thinking that her sister was unhappy because the Jiekong flower was not mature.

Qixia Yuanjun waved her hand, "It has nothing to do with you. Although the Jiekong flower is not mature yet, you can take it and cultivate it in your body, nourishing it with the true meaning of space laws. When this flower matures, it will be the day you achieve Soul Transformation. But you must pay attention, during the stage of nourishing this flower, your flawless body will have flaws, it is best not to fight with others."

Qing Shuang nodded; she had similar thoughts, but didn't dare to put them into action yet.

Now with her sister's endorsement, she could let go and act.

It's just that, why did her sister's expression change just now?

Qixia Yuanjun paced to the outside of the hall, her gaze overlooking below.

"He is a decisive one..."

A look of approval appeared on her face, but before she could finish her words, she frowned.

"Using the split soul method for Nirvana, what kind of dying and living is this. This guy, is he used to taking shortcuts?"

After speaking, she flicked her sleeves and returned to the hall with displeasure.

Previously, she had thought that if the other party could successfully switch cultivation, she could consider leaving the position of Du Zhen Hall Master to the other party.

But this thought had now been completely dispelled.

Because Luo Chen would definitely fail!

Does such a person deserve to get the alchemy heritage of the Refining Heaven Demon Lord?

However, when the ninth day arrived, the gate of the Tong Xuan Hall opened with a bang.

Qixia Yuanjun, in a red dress, looked at the location of the Du Zhen Hall with surprise.

There, a phantom golden flame was rising slowly!