Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 623: Fear in heart, true meaning of wrong path

 In the Xingdou Hall, the white-robed Taoist sat cross-legged.

 Soundless, as if dead.

After a long time, he suddenly let out another breath of turbid air.

Such a long breathing rhythm would have been extremely suffocating for other people, but for this person, it was full of rhythm, as if an ancient black turtle was swallowing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

 Suddenly.

 The Taoist slowly opened his eyes.

 Feeling his own state, he smiled with relief.

“Sure enough, concentrating on refining weapons for a long time has a great impact on my practice. Fortunately, my foundation is solid enough and it has stabilized.”

In order to refine the demon emperor's remains, Luo Chen spent a whole year.

The first thing is undoubtedly cultivation.

If the treasure carving formation is successful, there will be one more defensive magic weapon refined by the demon emperor's remains.

Of course, this hope remains only a fantasy.

 After refining the Qi, it’s time to refining the body.

Even more, because he took the top-quality True Flame Pill as a Qi-restoring pill, a large amount of fire poison took hold in the Qi Sea.

 As a result, it took a full nine years.

“The treasure has been cast, and all that’s left is to nourish it and engrave it. My time is suddenly free.”

 In terms of combat power, physical training is naturally given priority, but when it comes to the avenue of immortality, Qi refining cannot be slacked off at all.

 He was a little unsure.

 Before this, he had barely broken through to the sixth level of the Golden Core.

 The two practitioners always have conflicts. Even if Luochen has the system panel to help him, he has to pay the price.

“Three months of rest have restored my energy and energy to its peak, but I can no longer slack off.”

In this way, Luo Chen practiced disciplinedly for two months and finally stabilized his state.

Luo Chen only realized something was wrong when he nurtured the precious fetus and returned to the normal rhythm of cultivation.

 The time spent waiting for the baby to be born cannot be wasted. You must find something to do.

 Refining Qi and refining body.

Looking at the attribute panel, Luo Chen counted the amount of Black Emperor Paste with his fingers.

 I was immersed in castings before, but I haven’t discovered it yet.

In addition, during the period, he once again focused on improving "The Convergence of Ten Thousand Daos". When he continued to adjust the physical exercises, it also had a lot of impact on the body.

Luo Chen made a slight estimate based on his previous cultivation speed.

 In the end, it took three more years to be promoted to the sixth level of the Golden Core.

His golden elixir sixth level, which he could advance to, almost regressed.

This was supposed to be a move to strike while the iron was hot after improving his level, but he didn't expect that such a long process of casting would cause great damage to his spirit and body.

 “Ten years!”

With the "Tianhuang Nirvana Sutra" as his natal skill, a large number of high-grade true flame pills as assistance, and even the blessing of the core third-level high-grade spiritual land in the Star Dou Palace, his cultivation speed is truly the efficiency of a heavenly spiritual root monk.

 Now, the road still has to be walked step by step.

To this end, Luo Chen first used dragon-slaying techniques to remove the fire poison from his body, and then took a large amount of various supplements. Finally, he rested for a month before returning his body to normal state.

When the time comes, Luo Chen may be able to boldly say: "If the Nascent Soul doesn't come out, who can compete with me?"

However, fortunately, "The Convergence of Ten Thousand Daos" has been successfully adjusted, and it will not affect his normal practice in the future.

“If there are no external disturbances and I live in seclusion in the Penghu Xingdou Palace, it only takes ten years for me to advance to the seventh level of the Golden Core and become a genuine great monk!”

 【Ancient Third Level 81/100】

 This is the case with dual cultivation of Dharma and body.

The extra two or three years were mainly because he went out to guard the Quyang Defense Line. The cave there only had a third-level low-grade aura environment, which greatly slowed down his cultivation speed.

 Previously, the fifth level of Jindan was promoted to the sixth level. It was originally estimated to be six to seven years.

At this moment, the entry [Golden elixir six levels 1/100] on the attribute panel hung there quietly, giving Luo Chen a great sense of security.

Looking at the attribute panel, Luo Chen planned what to do next.

Those who cultivate immortality do not pay attention to physical fitness, but physical fitness does affect the efficiency of cultivation.

 Finally, Luo Chen came up with an approximate deadline.

Now he has combat power comparable to that of a great monk. Ten years later, he will have a genuine great monk's realm. By then, his combat power will increase even more terrifyingly.

“You should be able to reach the third level of body training, right?”

 For Luo Chen, his regular practice is divided into two parts.

 This self-created body refining path went smoothly at first, and later used fire instead of thunder to speed up the body refining. Not long ago, the fake weapon casting method was perfected both internally and externally.

 At least, it is also perfect in Luo Chen’s current vision.

But this road is still relatively rough and barbaric on the whole. Even the system classification is not divided into levels one, two, three, four, five and six like the Golden Core stage. It only uses a large ancient third-level Boundary division.

 This also leads to the fact that Luo Chen’s overall perception of the improvement of each level is relatively vague.

Especially, the cultivation of any great path becomes more and more difficult the further you go.

 This eighty-one progress bar is one hundred from perfection. Luo Chen has no idea how much resources will be consumed during this period.

 “Let’s take it one step at a time!”

There is no way to follow this road and there is no precedent to follow. Luo Chen can only cross the river by feeling the stones.

 After refining his energy and body, Luo Chen's attention fell on the formation column.

Fourth level formation: Liangyi Liujia Formation

This is a set of combined formations, with the third-order formation Liangyi as the core, supplemented by six third-order defensive formations.

He has practiced all six of the third-level defensive formations to the master level or above, and has refined six sets of mysterious armor based on these.

 But when it comes to refining the precious fetus made from the demon emperor's remains, the core of the Liangyi Formation must not be neglected at all.

This formation is only at the third level, but its power has almost no upper limit.

 The power of the formation is affected by the materials used in the formation.

 As mentioned before, what are Liangyi?

 Yin and Yang are two things.

Heaven and earth are also two rites.

 Odd and even or hard and soft, Xuanhuang and Qiankun can also be two forms of each other.

 Even the clear, turbid, water and fire, men, women, old and young have the meaning of duality.

 In short, taking the opposite meaning, the array arranged has the true meaning of Liangyi.

  Its power also depends on the two.

From this point of view, this third-order Liangyi Formation is a bit like the third-order Tiangong Spirit Seizing Formation in Guishen Valley back then, both of which are said to have unlimited power.

At that time, Han admired the Liangyi Five Elements Sword Formation as a means of killing, and he also regarded the upper limit of the Liangyi Formation.

After Luo Chen got this set of casting drawings, he learned the Liangyi Formation from Han Zhan and got started easily.

 But in subsequent exercises, the progress became slower and slower.

 To this day, he is still stuck at the level of perfection, unable to reach the minimum requirement of the Grandmaster level in Luo Chen's mind.

As the core of Liangyi Liujia formation, how can we lag behind Liujia?

“It seems that I have to take the time to visit Han Zhan and ask for his advice.”

Luo Chen sighed, but there was a bit of reluctance in his eyes.

Perhaps when outsiders learn about the relationship between the two, they will be surprised by Luo Chen's reluctance.

Obviously we were friendly and helpful to each other and living in harmony before, so how can we not want to meet each other now?

This has to bring up the fearful thoughts in Luo Chen's heart.

Back on the Langya Mountain merchant ship, Luo Chen was helping Han Zhan remove bad luck from the soul-nourishing tree, but encountered a bad luck attack on the sea of ​​consciousness.

That time, it was quite dangerous.

 In the sea of ​​consciousness, the illusion is reborn, and even the soul defense magic weapon Lanke Heiqi cannot resist it.

It was Han Zhan who personally took action to solve the illusion crisis for Luo Chen.

Because of this, Luo Chen got a blessing in disguise. He was about to practice the Dragon Slaying Technique to the Great Perfection, and he took the opportunity to upgrade the Illusion Technique Mirror Flower, Water Moon, and had a second level of illusion. After Flowers in the Mirror, the Ghost Fairy Building reappeared. The name of the latter was inspired by Luo Chen's word "Ghost Fairy Building" blurted out by the monk in white during the demon hunter assessment mission.

 But because of this incident, Luo Chen felt worried.

That means Han Zhanke ignored Lanke Heiqi's defense and invaded his sea of ​​consciousness!

I don’t know if it was a common method used by Yuanying monks, or Han Zhan’s special secret technique in soul refining. In short, in front of Han Zhan, Luo Chen felt the naked and undefended fear of the soul for the first time.

 On the previous journey, Luo Chen had never shown any similar fear, and he still got along well with Han Zhan.

 But since he came to Wanxianhui and entered the 800-mile Penghu, he and Han Zhan deliberately separated themselves in two places.

 He used a very reasonable reason.

 That means Han Zhan got the soul-nourishing wood and wanted to restore his cultivation and strength. I have a lot of things to do here, and if I stay together all the time, I can't help but disturb him.

Han Zhan was naturally happy with his success, or perhaps he had a glimpse of Luo Chen's thoughts and took the initiative to avoid suspicion. All in all, the two have been "separated" for many years.

Even when he encountered confusion in improving "The Convergence of Ten Thousand Daos", he relied on his own groping and did not seek Han Zhan's guidance.

But now, I still have to take the initiative.

 “It’s time to meet him, so as not to have any trouble.”

Luo Chen muttered something and issued a transmission note to the outside of the hall.

 …

 Eight hundred miles in Penghu, on an isolated island.

  Different from other places, there are no flowers, grass, water birds, insects, ants or animals here. The barren island ecology even gives people a feeling of extinction.

 But unfortunately, this is where Han Zhan lives alone.

 A few days ago, Luo Chen and Han Zhan agreed on a time to meet.

Today, Han Zhan took time out to meet with Luo Chen.

"There is one thing I have always wanted to say. Your way of practicing formations is a bit rigid, or a bit astray."

"I used to think that you had a talent for formations. You could easily master various low-level formations as soon as you learned them. Once you got started, you would make rapid progress. You could even arrange some formations and the effect would be better than that of Yuanying Yuanying, me. It's true. Incredible."

"But later I discovered that you seemed to be obsessed with tracing and engraving in a precise manner, focusing only on the shape and not on the meaning."

“This set of learning methods may be feasible when used in low-level formations, but it is not enough once high-level formations are involved.”

"You have to know that all powerful formation masters never stick to stereotypes when setting up formations. They will adapt to local conditions, but they will also modify the environment and arrange the most suitable formations in their minds. Why can they do this? To this point? It’s because they understand the true essence of the formation!”

  “Because of understanding, there is no restriction.”

 “You don’t understand, so you are limited in everything.”

“Each set of high-level formations has the concept of the creator when designing it. You can only lay out a perfect formation to show your attitude, but you cannot touch on the real core. It is just a mere appearance.”

“It’s like the Sea-Sealing Bagua Formation. You can only deploy it in a place with strong water vapor, but I can forcefully deploy it in a place where a volcano erupts. Can you understand the difference?”

"Another example is the two ritual formations. You were very fast when you mastered them, but now you are stuck in the realm of Xiaocheng. The power deployed can only make the early Golden Core monks feel troublesome at best. Do you know the essence of the two ritual formations? ?”

Luo Chen never expected that it would be an ordinary meeting where he asked for advice and Han Zhan gave guidance.

The other party actually gave him a head start on learning the formation.

 The self-righteousness of the past seems so ridiculous in the face of these instructions.

 He thought that through the proficiency panel, he could learn various formations without limit, but now it seems that he has obviously gone astray.

 When I was reflecting in my heart, I found the general truth of what Han Zhan said in the process of alchemy.

 His alchemy technique, even after the Great Perfection, the rate of producing high-grade elixirs is still around fifty, which means there is a half failure rate.

This probability is actually very high.

 It is enough to be called a master of alchemy.

There is something wrong. Luo Chen has become a fourth-level alchemist since he refined the fourth-level transformation elixir.

 Such an existence, not to mention a single individual elixir, can be called a master of alchemy even in the refining of various elixirs. Compared with the master of alchemy, there is only a thin line between them.

Similarly, when such beings face low-level elixirs, the elixir success rate should be 100%, if not 100%.

 But he couldn’t do it!

It's not impossible. Luo Chen has already discovered that the longer he refines a certain elixir, the rate of elixir success can still slowly increase even after the Great Perfection. In fact, it is not far from the so-called certainty.

At that time, he only thought that the truth was "nothing else but familiarity with your hands."

 Looking at it now, it is clear that "the meaning of the book will be apparent after reading it a hundred times"!

 He was clearly on the path to alchemy and subconsciously understood the essence of a certain elixir.

At this moment, Han Zhan was walking along the formation and suddenly woke him up, which actually made him understand another meaning beyond the proficiency panel.

 That is more than proficiency, and more true!

 Under the high roof, Luo Chen reversed the past events.

After the completion of the Fireball Technique, the "Fire Sun Technique" effect will appear, which is the true meaning of the Fireball Technique itself.

 After the spiritual eye technique is perfected, the eyes are rooted. When this technique was first created, it should be to transform the monk's eyes so that they can have good eyesight, see life and death, and avoid dangerous places.

 The mirror flower, water moon, etc. are like this, and the dragon-slaying technique is like this.

 This is true for all kinds of things.

As for the other spells that do not have special effects, is it because their upper limit is not high, or because they do not understand the true meaning, so they stop at Dzogchen?

 For a time, Luo Chen fell into deep thought in Hanzhandong Mansion.

Han Zhan didn’t bother him either.

It wasn't until Luo Chen woke up that he returned to the topic and handed him the advanced cultivation method of the Liangyi Formation.

When Luo Chen walked out of the barren and lifeless island, he couldn't help but look back at Han Zhan.

　　　“But I use the heart of a villain to judge the heart of a gentleman.”

“There is no better selfless teacher or close relative or elder than this kind of teaching and guidance.”

"That's right. With the great oath he made back then, how could he have any evil thoughts towards me?"

Luo Chen laughed at himself and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

 It is not only because of Han Zhan's selfless guidance today, but also because he knows how to practice the Liangyi Formation to a higher level.

 …

Night falls.

 The white jade plate ripples slowly in the water.

Deep in the deep lake bottom, in a water curtain cave filled with algae and colorful corals, a huge dragon is entrenched here, sleeping soundly with its eyes closed.

Beside him, there was a slender figure, sitting cross-legged with his back straight, his hands clasped in front of him, breathing in and out the pure spiritual energy of this place.

Looking carefully, the figure is that of a young girl.

Wearing aqua clothes, the white lotus embroidered on it is lifelike.

The white stockings are looming under the skirt, and the slender waist seems to be held in one hand.

 As far as the cheeks, the eyebrows are thin and the bridge of the nose is straight.

 with a strong spiritual energy, but also too elegant, lacking a bit of the baby fat that is unique to girls.

 Suddenly, a deep voice came to the girl's ears.

 “It’s time for you to go back.”

 The girl opened her eyes, a cunning look flashed in her eyes.

“Uncle Long, how did you know I was awake?”

The Black King looked at the girl helplessly, "What you absorbed is the pure spiritual energy that I refined and swallowed. Don't I know at what level it is time to stop the power?"

 The girl curled her lips and said, "Oh, that's not interesting."

Hei Wang sighed, "Go back. I heard from the master that today is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Don't you want to reunite with your family?"

 The full moon is the time for reunion.

 Zhang Jingqing stared outside blankly, speechless and choked for a moment.

There was a rustling sound, and the Black King squirmed his huge body.

The girl panicked and said, "Uncle Long, just let me stay at your place for one night, okay? I beg you."

The Black King was puzzled, "You don't want to see your mother so much, and your father too?"

"Father? He only has that younger brother in his eyes." The girl lowered her head, feeling depressed. "As for mother, she went to Quyang Island two years ago to give spiritual stones to Lord Lushan and became her disciple. , I gave up my job at Qingyang and devoted myself to practicing under the master of Lushan. I will go see her in a while. "

 In her words, she still feels a little attached to her mother, but full of resentment towards her father.

While the Black King listened, his body began to gradually slide outward.

 Seeing this scene, the girl almost burst into tears.

 “You don’t like Xiaoqing too?”

The Black King turned around helplessly, took a roll of mana, and carried it on his back.

"The master has something to do with me. It has nothing to do with whether he likes you or not. The little girl has a lot on her mind. Come out with me. Taking advantage of this good time, the master may be in a good mood and accept you as his apprentice."

 The master in Uncle Long’s mouth?

The girl is sitting on the dragon's back, with many complex emotions on her face.

 There is both admiration and admiration, awe and fear, and there is more uneasiness between the eyes.

I don’t know how I can have so many emotions at such a young age.

The dragon swam very fast. After exiting the water curtain cave, it broke through the water waves and dived all the way.

With a crash and splashing waves, the dragon appeared on the surface of Daze Lake.

 On the dragon's back, the girl looked up.

Under the bright jade plate, a man and a woman stand in the air.

The girl is at the back. She is a familiar person when the girl was young. The outside world calls her Tianxuan Fairy, but she will sweetly call her Tianxuan Auntie.

The man in white robes standing directly in front has a skin like fire and a body like a mountain. Even if the bright moonlight falls on him, he looks like a volcano that is ready to erupt at any time.

Jiaolong bowed his head and said, "Master, what do you have to tell Lao Hei?"

 (End of this chapter)