Chapter 902

"Stiff Poison Bug, a parasitic bug on a Flying Yaksha, containing extreme stiffness poison."

"Fallen Immortal Feather, a feather shed by the ninth head of the ancient fierce bird Ghost Car; burning it will produce extreme poison, which can cause a cultivator's Nascent Soul to collapse, also known as Nine-Head Poison."

"Mother-Child Connection Bug, refined from the heart blood of nine hundred and ninety-nine mortal mothers and children, containing terrifying blood-relative resentment poison."

In the cave dwelling, Marquis Ziyi, who had returned, spoke eloquently, roughly introducing the three fourth-rank poisonous bugs he had transferred to Luo Chen.

After speaking, he stared at Luo Chen, wanting to see the other party's reaction.

However, the ecstatic joy he expected didn't appear; instead, there was only frowning and silence.

Marquis Ziyi was surprised: "Fellow Daoist Qi, these fourth-rank poisonous bugs are rare in the world and are Master Master Li Tian's own treasures—why are you so indifferent?"

Luo Chen said slowly: "It's not that Qi is indifferent, it's just that they are too precious."

Marquis Ziyi was stunned, then smiled: "It doesn't matter; whatever equivalent resources you have on you, you can take them out to trade. Even if the quality is poor, Master Master Li Tian said that quantity can be used as a substitute."

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow, "Master Master Li Tian is treating me so generously?"

In these words, there was more or less a sense of doubt and speculation.

After all, where in the world is there a free lunch?

However, the more straightforward his doubt, the more relaxed Marquis Ziyi felt.

"Master Master Li Tian is naturally reluctant to part with these three poisonous bugs, and he also stated frankly that with the addition of these three, you will definitely be able to advance the Hundred Poison King Bug to the fourth rank, and your body-refining realm will also usher in a qualitative leap."

"But times have changed; these are fourth-rank poisonous bugs after all. What Master Master Li Tian wants is the Fifth-Rank bug formula in the Yin-Yang Remnant Realm; compared to that, these are simply not worth mentioning."

"Therefore, your improvement in strength is more important to him!"

Yin-Yang Remnant Realm!

This was exactly the ancient secret realm Master Master Li Tian had mentioned earlier.

Rumor has it that it only appears at the division of dusk, when Yin and Yang merge, and has only occasionally been broken into a few times over thousands of years.

According to those who came out, it is the place where a certain Great Power sat and died, and there is a very high possibility that a Fifth-Rank bug formula is hidden inside.

But there are layers of mechanisms inside, and it is extremely dangerous.

To obtain the heavy treasure, without astonishing ability, one simply cannot walk very far.

For this reason, Master Master Li Tian had already organized a luxurious lineup, just to explore the Yin-Yang Remnant Realm once.

And Luo Chen's positioning in this lineup was extremely important.

It is said that there is a barrier inside that requires a pure body refiner to pass.

If we speak from the perspective of this demand, his being so attentive to Luo Chen can also be explained.

Moreover, the two didn't know each other before, and there was no possibility of the other party plotting against Luo Chen.

In silence, Luo Chen took the three poisonous bugs, and then took out a large pile of miscellaneous things from his own storage bag.

There were high-level medicinal herbs, ores, magic treasures, and some spirit stones.

Marquis Ziyi checked them slightly, showing a look of difficulty.

"The things you gave, Fellow Daoist, are not bad, but compared to the value of these three poisonous bugs, there is still a gap!"

Luo Chen waved his hand, "Qi only has these. After all, if I really had good things, I, a lone person, would have used them long ago; where would they be left until now? You are just helping to transfer them, Marquis Ziyi, and this gain or loss has little to do with you—why be so calculating?"

Marquis Ziyi was stunned.

"Just take them back; Master Master Li Tian won't mind." Luo Chen said again.

Marquis Ziyi smiled bitterly, waved his sleeve, and that pile of treasures, which low-rank cultivators would regard as precious, swallowed into a storage bag.

"It was this Marquis who thought too much; I'll take my leave, please!"

"Please."

Luo Chen spread his hands and sent him out of the cave dwelling.

After Marquis Ziyi's figure disappeared, Luo Chen turned his attention back to the three poisonous bugs.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he kept calculating in his heart.

"Master Master Li Tian is worthy of being the creator of the 'Hundred Poison Body-Refining Technique' and the Hundred Poison King Bug; even the problems I encountered were in his expectations."

"With the help of these three poisonous bugs, I indeed have the confidence to advance the Hundred Poison King Bug to the fourth rank in a short time and thoroughly break through the bottleneck."

"It just so happens that the research on the natural spatial restrictions is almost done, so the remaining time can be fully used for body refining."

……

Time passed slowly.

Nearly half a year had passed since Luo Chen arrived at Mije Mountain.

And the progress of his cultivation body had reached the most critical moment.

The Stiff Poison Bug had been thoroughly refined.

After the Hundred Poison King Bug devoured it, it released several times the stiffness poison, permeating Luo Chen's entire body.

A large amount of flesh and blood, under the erosion of the terrifying stiffness poison, quickly transformed into an indestructible zombie body.

If this continued, Luo Chen might have to embark on the path of ghost-body refining like a Flying Yaksha.

But with the support of his deep physical foundation, a continuous stream of vitality destroyed the stiffened flesh and blood, reorganizing it into his own lively physical body.

Then it was the Nine-Head Poison, also known as the Fallen Immortal Feather!

Streaks of snow-white spiritual light like feathers enveloped Luo Chen's entire body.

If the host taking this poison had a Nascent Soul, it would inevitably collapse and the magic power would dissipate.

Master Master Li Tian also never thought that Luo Chen would have a Nascent Soul, only thinking that the other party was a pure body refiner—after all, Marquis Ziyi had said earlier that Luo Chen only planned to switch to the

path of refining essence into Qi at the very end.

Regarding this hidden danger, Luo Chen also had his own solution.

That strong Purple Mansion barrier, as well as the two great divine fires hidden within, were enough to protect the Nascent Soul from being contaminated by this poison.

He just let the Hundred Poison King Bug devour it and then transform it into Nine-Head Poison to temper his physical body.

During this process, besides the physical body, the only thing affected was probably the source power Luo Chen had cultivated!

During the period when the Nine-Head Poison was tempering his physical body, the operation of the source power was quite stagnant, and nothing felt smooth.

But Luo Chen still persisted.

Because, from the proficiency panel, he could clearly see his own body-refining progress rising rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When he first arrived in the Southern Border, the progress bar was at about fifty.

Before arriving at Mije Mountain, it had only improved slightly.

However, in this short half-year on Mije Mountain, this progress rose bit by bit with unimaginable efficiency.

Up to now, it was as high as fifty-nine points!

Although it seemed to have only improved by a mere nine progress points, if placed on the entire great realm, this improvement efficiency was terrifying.

Compared to the path of Qi refining, it was almost no less than improving from the fifth layer of Nascent Soul to the sixth layer!

This was also the reason why he was willing to endure that boundless pain and continue day and night without stopping.

Cultivation that can see feedback at any time really makes people addicted.

According to Luo Chen's calculation, when his body-refining progress crossed the threshold of 【Ancient Fourth-Rank 66/100】, it should be considered as having entered the late stage.

This also made him have great expectations for the Mother-Child Connection Bug at the end while digesting the Fallen Immortal Feather.

On this day.

During a break in cultivation, Luo Chen took time to leave the cave dwelling and went to Master Master Li Tian's residence.

There, he saw the relevant personnel going to the Yin-Yang Remnant Realm.

Master Master Li Tian was the initiator, assisted by the Purple Blood Sect Master Marquis Ziyi, the Hidden Sword Tower Master Fan Wujiu, and even Granny Hongye, whom he had met several times before, was among them.

"There is also one more person who is not in Mije Mountain and will come to meet us when we set off."

After the introductions, Master Master Li Tian asked about their respective preparations.

Granny Hongye's formation preparations, Marquis Ziyi's secret treasure refining degree, and finally Luo Chen's body-refining progress.

"Rest assured, Qi will not disappoint you!"

After dropping this sentence, Luo Chen had no intention of chatting with the crowd and left on his own.

This style of doing things, acting according to his own will, was quite surprising.

But what was most surprising was Luo Chen's external appearance.

Skin iron-blue, face ferocious, fingernails long and narrow, and between his opening mouth, fangs were vaguely visible.

Yaksha appearance!

Marquis Ziyi had read the complete "Hundred Poison Body-Refining Technique," so he naturally knew what this meant.

After Luo Chen left, he couldn't help but sigh: "This Fellow Daoist Qi is truly a body-refining genius rarely seen in a thousand years! That technique is not complicated, but it is extremely difficult to cultivate; even if you gave me ten or a hundred years, I wouldn't necessarily have much success. Yet he achieved such accomplishments in such a short time—truly enviable."

Granny Hongye and Hidden Sword Tower Master Fan Wujiu didn't understand the difficulty.

Master Master Li Tian, however, smiled and acknowledged it.

It wasn't just the outstanding body-refining talent, but what was truly admirable was the ability to endure the terrifying pain brought by the extreme poison.

That's good!

The stronger Luo Chen is, the more confident he will be when he is in the Yin-Yang Remnant Realm!

"It should be time to refine the Mother-Child Connection Bug!"

Master Master Li Tian muttered in his heart.

Yaksha appearance revealed, feather poison all over the body—it was clear the other party had reached the bottleneck period.

To cross this bottleneck, he had to rely on the Mother-Child Connection Bug to give the final push!

……

It was about the same as what Master Master Li Tian thought; Luo Chen had indeed reached this stage.

And he had made all preparations for refining the Mother-Child Connection Bug.

In the secret room, Luo Chen stared at the bug in his hand, his eyes eager to try.

He didn't care about external ugliness or beauty; even if the Yaksha appearance was unpleasant, it was tolerable under the current situation of rapid strength improvement.

And as long as this stage was crossed, after the stiffness poison and the Nine-Head Poison were thoroughly refined, the so-called Yaksha appearance would also be controlled.

Since that was the case, what was there to worry about?

"Everything depends on this final step!"

Muttering, Luo Chen operated the "Hundred Poison Body-Refining Technique" and refined the restless Mother-Child Connection Bug in his hand in an instant.

In an instant, a fierce resentment poison entered Luo Chen's body.

The Hundred Poison King Bug subconsciously devoured it, and then fed back even more terrifying poison.

These poisons, following the operation of the technique, gradually flowed toward Luo Chen's entire body, and even spread toward the direction of his consciousness……

Three days later!

"Get out!"

A low shout, like a muffled thunder explosion.

The black-armored man sitting motionless suddenly had brilliant golden flames appearing on his body.

A large amount of resentment poison, under the pressure of the brilliant golden flames, sprayed out in wisps.

Finally, it condensed into a bug with open eyes.

It was exactly the Mother-Child Connection Bug!

Luo Chen's expression was gloomy; holding the bug, he whispered in his mouth: "Master Master Li Tian!"

He guarded against everything, fearing that others would play tricks in the bugs, so he checked

carefully every time he refined them.

He didn't expect that he would still fall into the trap.

The three bugs sent by Master Master Li Tian had no problems.

The problem was that after the three bugs were refined, the time was too short, and under the situation where the residual poison was not cleared, the three poisons acted simultaneously, actually causing an indescribable chain reaction.

Flesh stiffened, source power stagnated, resentment poison impacted the consciousness!

At that moment, Luo Chen felt like he was losing his self-consciousness and losing control over his own body.

If it weren't for the Illumination Bug checking his whole body from time to time, if it weren't for his split soul being extremely alert and the Prison-Suppressing Soul Technique being added at all times, if it weren't for the two great divine fires hidden in the Purple Mansion……

At this moment, Luo Chen forced out the Mother-Child Connection Bug with the Nirvana Sacred Fire, and then suppressed the Hundred Poison King Bug with the Wither-Prosper Divine Fire; the feeling of losing himself had already disappeared.

He interrupted the cultivation process.

In this way, he naturally wouldn't let Master Master Li Tian's goal be achieved.

But the price of forcibly interrupting the cultivation process also existed.

At this moment, the Hundred Poison King Bug's advancement was interrupted, it was lacking in follow-up strength, and it was in the process of rapid demise.

Even with the Wither-Prosper Divine Fire suppressing it, it was only slightly delayed.

Once the Hundred Poison King Bug collapsed, the terrifying toxicity contained within would explode instantly, and I fear Luo Chen's physical body……

"The world says it's difficult to deal with Southern Border cultivators; now it seems it's indeed true!"

Luo Chen sneered, but there was no look of panic on his face.

The current "Hundred Poison Body-Refining Technique" had already been cultivated by him to the master level, and his understanding of its essence far exceeded that of Master Master Li Tian, who created the technique.

He could see that the Hundred Poison King Bug's collapse was because it lacked follow-up strength and its advancement was forcibly interrupted.

As long as the Mother-Child Connection Bug was thrown in again, it could supplement this strength.

But, it wasn't that this bug was absolutely necessary!

What the Hundred Poison King Bug needed was poisonous substances—the more poisonous, the better!

And such things, Luo Chen didn't lack!

The reason he didn't use them before was just because the Hundred Poison King Bug was still too weak and he was afraid of destroying it.

And now, it was just right……

"Master Master Li Tian, no matter what your purpose is, I'll remember this grudge for now!"

Muttering, Luo Chen suddenly took out a small jar.

With a flick of his finger, a drop of liquid flew out.

Wrapped in magic power, it was carefully sent into his body and finally delivered to the Hundred Poison King Bug in his stomach.

The magic power dispersed, and a dangerous aura suddenly permeated.

However, for the world, it was a poisonous liquid, but for the Hundred Poison King Bug, it was a great tonic.

The Wither-Prosper Divine Fire suppressing the King Bug was immediately withdrawn, and the King Bug swallowed the liquid without hesitation.

In an instant, the bug began to roll violently, and its skin began to turn from snow-white to a jade-white color, as if it were turning into jade.

At the same time, a large amount of poisonous mist was released during this process.

Luo Chen's indestructible physical body, under the erosion of this mist, began to disintegrate inch by inch, turning into pools of blood.

Such a terrifying scene forced the Black King out, who hid in the corner with a terrified look.

"Did the Master take that Gall-Spirit Millet?"

Gall-Spirit Millet, the secret poisonous wine of the Dieyun Sect, a Nascent Soul sect in the Eastern Wasteland.

After obtaining it back then, even the Black King, who was invulnerable to a hundred poisons, didn't dare to drink it, and even Luo Chen only tasted it slightly, causing his physical body to be corroded.

Now, with the Hundred Poison King Bug's amplification, one drop emitted ten or a hundred times the effect.

Luo Chen's physical body, under extreme corrosion, began to collapse, disintegrate, and turn into a pool of blood.

Only a Nascent Soul little person wearing black armor, holding a tripod and a sword, floated in the void, watching this scene quietly with a neither sad nor happy expression.