Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 18: Soul-Breaking Nail, Soothing Incense

 The relationship between Luo Chen and Wang Yuan is actually not complicated.

 The two were casual cultivators who entered Dahefang at about the same time.

However, unlike Luo Chen, who only has the strength of Qi Refining, Wang Yuan is a secular innate master who switched from martial arts to immortality by chance.

 Therefore, when he first entered Dahefang, Wang Yuan showed impressive combat prowess.

 Even, he joined the hunting team and dared to go into the mountains to hunt low-level monsters.

Luo Chen didn’t have much strength at that time, but in order to make a living, he also went along and helped with the chores and transportation.

At that time, because of his personality and experience, Wang Yuan was different from the cautious casual cultivators. He was open-minded and open-minded in everything he did, and he had the spirit of a martial arts master.

 But this kind of spirit brought him disaster in Dahefang.

Several monks who were in the middle stage of Qi Refining robbed him, took away everything from his body, and beat him seriously.

 After Wang Yuan recovered from his injuries, his personality changed.

 In order to prepare resources for practice, he planned to go into the mountains again.

Several acquaintances lent him some things. Luo Chen was already able to refine Bigu Pill at that time, and they also lent him a few bottles.

 Among the millions of mountains in the Eastern Wasteland, there are countless monsters and beasts.

Monks basically never dare to light a fire to cook when they go to the mountains. This is because Bigu Pill is very effective.

At that time, Wang Yuan was alone and silently stepped into the Guyuan Mountains.

  Returned a month later and brought back the body of a first-level monster.

Since then, not long after, the monks who had robbed Wang Yuan died violently one by one. Everyone knew that Wang Yuan must have been the mastermind behind the scenes.

 But no one dared to trouble him because Wang Yuan joined the Poshan Gang.

As the largest local cultivator force, the Poshan Gang still has a small reputation. Coupled with Wang Yuan's ruthlessness, he has completely established a foothold in the outer city.

Especially in the later days, Wang Yuan would sell magical instruments and exercises in the market every now and then.

Those are all things with unknown origins. Considering all the rumors about Wang Yuan when he debuted, everyone is even more afraid of him.

 It is a bit sad to say that Luo Chen and Wang Yuan came to Dahefang City at about the same time.

 Ten years have passed.

Luo Chenkankan was only at the third level of Qi refining stage, but Wang Yuan was already a late-stage casual cultivator at the seventh level of Qi refining stage.

 It has to be said that the gap between humans is even greater than that between humans and dogs.

“He asked me to join the Poshan Gang and said he would protect me from now on. What was the purpose of such a sudden move?”

After Luo Chen arranged the medicinal materials, he sat at the gate and played with the iron token engraved with the word "山".

 “For the sake of past friendship?”

“Or is it because I crossed a level and killed that short-lived ghost who was on the fifth level of Qi Refining?”

Luo Chen didn't know, so he could only keep the token carefully.

 The days that followed were a bit the same.

 Process various raw materials, practice Changchun Gong, and recover from injuries.

Like this, it wasn’t until nine days later that the wound on Luo Chen’s abdomen completely improved.

 According to the previous plan, the refining of Zhongmiao Pills can be officially carried out tomorrow.

 But Luo Chen’s attention was on something else.

“This soul-breaking nail is actually a top-grade magic weapon!”

In his hand, there was a pair of dark and heavy spikes, with sharp front ends and huge and heavy back ends.

 The two spikes both had a strong smell of blood, and the traces of blood, hidden by the black, were a bit seeping.

 He continued to inject mana, and the Soul-Breaking Nail buzzed, then flew out suddenly.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 simultaneously!

A soul-breaking nail, at lightning speed, sank into a large stone in front of the small courtyard, and it was bottomless.

 “It’s so sharp!”

“If nothing else happens, an armor-breaking formation must be engraved on it!”

 There are three grades of religious instruments: upper, middle and lower grades.

 The criterion for judging the grade is the quantity and quality of the inscribed formations.

This pair of soul-breaking nails only has one formation inscribed on it, but the armor-breaking formation is a second-level formation, so it is extremely powerful.

“No wonder I was seriously injured without the ability to fight back.”

"According to what the short-lived ghost said before his death, even Wang Yuan was not able to defend himself. It can be seen that the defense-breaking property has reached the highest level among magic weapons." Wang Yuan is not a weak person. Before he turned to the immortal path, he was a secular person. The great master of martial arts.

 After embarking on the path of spiritual practice, he killed countless people and killed monsters.

 High level and strong practical ability.

Short-lived ghost was able to reach the fifth level of Qi refining and hurt Wang Yuan, and the Soul-Breaking Nail was indispensable.

“However, the shortcomings seem to be obvious.”

“Releasing one soul-breaking nail actually consumed half of my spiritual energy. If two were shot out at the same time, wouldn’t I lose all my spiritual energy in an instant?”

"and!"

Luo Chen kept activating his spiritual power, but the soul-breaking nails inside the boulder did not move at all.

 There is no return!

The advantages and disadvantages of this high-grade magic weapon are too obvious.

 The ability to break defenses is top-notch.

 It consumes a lot of mana and cannot be controlled. After it is played out, it cannot be summoned back with mana.

That is, the material is hard enough and will not be easily damaged, otherwise it can be regarded as a one-time consumption of magic weapons.

Perhaps this is also the case. The second-level formation is obviously engraved, but it can only be a top-grade magic weapon, not the top-grade magic weapon as rumored.

Luo Chen broke open the stone, dug out the soul-breaking nail, and put it happily into the storage bag.

“There is no return. To me, it is not a shortcoming because I have never learned the traction technique.”

“Compared with the rusty low-grade magic sword from before, this can be considered a shotgun for a cannon.”

 After feeling joyful, Luo Chen returned to the house and lit a soothing incense.

 Under the scent of orchid and musk, his restless soul gradually became calmer.

  A feeling of relief that came from the depths of his soul, almost making him groan.

But Luo Chen didn't have time to enjoy it, so he took the time to start the Changchun Gong.

One soothing incense stick a day is enough for a monk to practice the natal skills five more times on the original basis.

With Luochen’s original limit of two to three times, he can now perform Changchun Gong eight times!

  What is the concept of eight times?

 Recovering 20% ​​of the spiritual power at one time, eight times is 160%, which is enough to release thirty-two fireballs.

  It can be said that the value of Anshen Incense in this collection is second only to the storage bag and the Soul-Breaking Nail.

Higher than that low-grade robe, that bottle of Qi-nourishing pill, and other things.

 Because this box of soothing incense allows him to practice many times, refresh the proficiency of Changchun Gong, and can also be used to refresh the proficiency of other skills.

“When I get rich in the future, I will not only buy a house, but also buy lots and lots of soothing incense!”

 After finishing the exercise, Luo Chen felt that half of the mana consumed by releasing the Soul-Breaking Nail had recovered less than half, Luo Chen said with emotion.

After sighing with emotion, under the soothing incense and in a quiet, peaceful and focused state, he recalled the situation of that night ten days ago.

It can be said that in the past ten days, he has been thinking about it almost all the time.

 Even when dreaming, the scene reappeared several times.

That was the first time he faced death since time travel!

 He kept thinking back, not because he was afraid, but because he wanted to remember the situation at that time and prevent facing that kind of thing again in the future.

With the help of Anshenxiang, Luo Chen suddenly realized that he could actually handle that battle better.

The Soul-Breaking Nail is fast, but since he has practiced Xiaoyaoyou, he can try to dodge it.

Even if he couldn't escape, he wouldn't be so seriously injured that he almost died on the spot.

Moreover, the enemy was in a very bad state at the time. What if you took the first shot?

 Is it possible to catch the opponent off guard?

 Those who strike first will gain the upper hand, and those who strike later will suffer disaster. In the end, they are still indecisive and are lucky.

 Even in the subsequent frontal battles, there were still great deficiencies.

Obviously the third fireball has already broken through the opponent's defense, so just two more fireballs will be enough.

 But in his excitement, he squandered all his mana in one go.

 So that after that, there was no fighting capacity.

 That is to say, I was lucky and met Wang Yuan.

 What if you meet other people?

 Does anyone else know him? Will you let him go?

 Haha, even if you know someone you know, you can’t help but be tempted!

The property of two Qi Refining Stage monks can be considered a huge gain.

 “My combat experience is too little!”

 (End of this chapter)