Longevity begins with alchemy master

Chapter 687: Purifying the Soul, Tianmu at the Cape of the Sea

The void is swaying and the vision is distorted.

Unable to tell whether it was a change in the outside world or an illusion of his own perception, Luo Chen was teleported to a new place in the stone house.

Second level!
Before Luo Chen could even stand firm, he subconsciously probed his spiritual sense into the storage ring.

I can’t take those precious bamboo slips with me, but what about the surplus Linggen Pills and other elixirs that I made myself?

After sensing it with his spiritual sense, Luo Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

"Luckily they're all here!"

The grades of these three kinds of elixirs are not very high, just the first and second grades.

However, the auxiliary materials needed for refining are extremely difficult to find in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

Several of them were things that Luo Chen had never heard of before and only knew about through bamboo slips in the Alchemy Realm.

In other words.

Even if he left the Land of Fallen Demons, it would be difficult for him to replicate and refine this pill in the outside world unless he put a lot of effort into improving the recipe.

While feeling fortunate, Luo Chen also felt more and more regretful.

"If this elixir can spread to the Mountain and Sea Realm, I may be able to change the structure of this world!"

The world of mountains and seas is dominated by immortal cultivators.

But the majority of the population are made up of countless mortals.

These mortals, if placed in the East Wilderness, would be kept in captivity by the large sects to help collect basic materials and provide logistical support for the cultivation of immortals. Their utilization rate would be higher if placed in the North Sea, but they would only be consumables to assist the large and small forces in doing some miscellaneous tasks.

But if these huge mortals can use the Spirit Root Pill to practice, even if they can only practice to the initial or middle stage of Qi Refining, it will bring earth-shaking changes to this world of immortal cultivation.

By then, everyone can practice, and everyone will be like a dragon. Such a prospect...

"I'm probably overthinking it. Even if it's possible, there aren't enough resources to support their practice."

Luo Chen sighed and turned his attention to the new territory where he had just gained a foothold.

"Is this the second level?"

He walked slowly forward, his eyes falling on the exotic flowers and plants scattered below him.

Just like the first level, there are all kinds of medicinal herbs.

The difference is that the spiritual energy contained in the medicinal herbs below is much stronger than that of the first level.

According to his estimation, the overall age has been raised from 500 years or less to less than a thousand years, but the best ones are about 700 to 800 years.

Higher-grade medicinal materials mean that the elixir made with them will also be of higher grade.

This was within Luo Chen's expectations.

The second level is a little harder than the first, isn't that normal?

Apart from his eyes, Luo Chen's consciousness was constantly spreading, as if trying to find someone.

finally.

When he arrived at a stone house similar to the one in the first level, his spiritual sense did not detect anyone else besides him.

Faced with this result, Luo Chen didn't know whether to be relieved or worried.

Fortunately, I didn't encounter any competitors and avoided any possible fight.

If he is worried, it means that the other party is very likely ahead of him, and has not only passed the first level, but has also passed the second level.

Count the days.

It has been about four years since Luo Chen entered the Land of Fallen Demons.

It took him two years to refine the elixir in Li Wangtian and Wuxingtian, and another two years to refine the elixir in Ming Zhaotian's Danjie.

But in fact, the Land of Fallen Demons has been open for five years!

Luo Chen delayed for a year before setting foot here.

This also means that the time that the pioneer spent in the place of inheritance was at least two years and at most four to five years.

To have overcome two levels in such a short time shows the other party's extraordinary attainments in alchemy!
In this case, Luo Chen had to consider one thing, that is, would the other party be able to pass all the tests ahead of him and obtain the alchemy inheritance of the Demon Lord Liantian?

Faced with this result, an invisible sense of urgency hangs in my heart.

"Forget it, let's take a look at the test questions first!"

hum...

The red-robed Taoist pushed open two stone doors, and the gravel road and the three rooms of Danshu Yao came into view.

The same arrangement means that the subsequent assessments will be similar, with the only difference being the test questions.

……

[Humans are the spirits of all things, and demons are the true essence of heaven and earth.]

But humans and demons have different paths. The short lifespan has endowed humans with intelligence, while the long years have made demons dull. Under the same realm, demons are no match for humans.

In my opinion, the difference is not just in the use of external objects, the bigger problem lies in the difference in the way of cultivation.

I, the alchemist... refine the corresponding elixir to break the difference between humans and demons.]

On the same mahogany desk, Luo Chen held the jade slip and slowly read the test questions left on it.

However, after reading it, his face was full of confusion.

In his opinion, the gap between humans and demons is indeed the use of external objects!

The reason why a Qi-refining cultivator can have the upper hand against a first-order monster, a Foundation-building cultivator against a second-order monster, and even a Jindan cultivator against a third-order monster king is because they have the assistance of external objects such as magic weapons, formations, and talismans.

How can he refine specific elixirs to make up for the gap in this area?

Shouldn't we teach low-level demons how to use external objects skillfully?
Confusion filled his face.

But at least there is one thing, Luo Chen vaguely grasped the pattern.

In the first level, Demon Lord Liantian asked him to open the barrier between immortals and mortals, targeting the human race.

The second level, as the saying goes, humans and demons have different paths, but the focus is on the demon race.

According to what Tai Sui said... provided that he did not lie to him, the origin of Lord Liantian Demon was very strange. It could be said that he was neither human, nor demon, nor devil, but it could also be said that he had all three.

Because the other party is a "hybrid" with the blood of human, demon and monster.

It may be a bit disrespectful to say this.

But that's the way it is.

If this is the case, the first two levels are dominated by humans and monsters respectively, so the third level is likely to be dominated by demons.

This is where the problem arises.

Luo Chen is very familiar with both the human and demon races.

But the demons...

"You're thinking too far ahead. Let's focus on the present moment!"

Taking a deep breath, Luo Chen picked up the jade slip again and began to savor and ponder it over and over again.

How to bridge the gap in combat power between humans and demons at the same level?
Only by grasping the essence of the problem first can we prescribe the right remedy and refine the elixir in a targeted manner.

……

Time passed slowly, and after a few days, Luo Chen vaguely figured out something.

The so-called difference between humans and demons is not in their physical qualities, but in their wisdom and soul.

Human beings are born with a short lifespan.

In order to seek immortality, one has to rack one's brains and delve into the great truth.

The utilization of external objects is essentially a derivative of wisdom.

But it is different for the demon race. Most of the demon beasts are born with a long life, so they do not have such an urgent need to practice.

Therefore, the demon race's path of cultivation has never been aimed at the soul, but at the accumulation of strength itself.

It is precisely because of the difference in starting points that the human and demon races have drifted further and further apart in their subsequent cultivation paths.

Although the human race cultivates Qi, they place more emphasis on the soul. When reaching a high level, the physical body and magic power are not as important as the soul. For example, Han Zhan, even if his body is destroyed, he can still live forever in the world.

However, the demon race, relying on their huge bodies, can accumulate terrifying spiritual energy in their bodies, and can even condense demon pills before humans when they are at the second stage.

You know, humans can only condense golden elixir when they are in the golden elixir stage. If strength is compared to work, the demon race is actually the one who uses tools by instinct at the beginning.

"My first intuitive feeling was wrong."

"Because of their innate physical advantages, the demon race instinctively relied on external objects (strength) from the beginning, neglecting the refinement of their soul essence, which led to them being slow at every step."

"And power requires the wisdom of the soul to control. If you have a huge demonic power but cannot control it freely, or even rely on tools to multiply its output, then you will be no match for humans of the same level."

"If you want to change this problem, just strengthen your spirit."

After sorting this out, Luo Chen gradually found a thread from the chaotic lines.

The ability to "solve the problem" so quickly was due to Luo Chen's long-term dealings with the Black King and Tian Xuan.

Especially for Tianxuan, Luo Chen personally examined her body and tailored a cultivation method for her.

It can be said that among the current human cultivators, Luo Chen is definitely among the top in terms of understanding of monsters.

Now that we have solved the problem, it will be easy to solve it.

He really knows how to refine elixirs that strengthen the soul, and he even has some on hand!
There was a flash of light in his hand, and a second-grade top-grade Tongyou Pill appeared in his hand.

Luo Chen paid attention to the changes around him.

no change.

"Ok?"

"Does it mean that the one who senses the test results must be in the alchemy room?"

Luo Chen hesitated and came to the alchemy room.

But even after he took out the Tongyou Pill, there was still no change.

The voice with unconcealable weakness did not appear.

"What does this mean?" Luo Chen's expression turned gloomy.

It’s impossible that the answers you bring with you don’t count, right?
It's not like the Tongyou Pill can only be used by cultivators. He had also tried it on Tianxuan and it really worked!
Feeling irritated, Luo Chen returned to the study again.

His eyes swept across the bookshelves, paused, and finally came to the jade slip on the desk.

When his spiritual consciousness probed into it, the test question echoed in his ears again.

"Could it be that I have strayed from the topic?"

……

Luo Chen couldn't find the answer, and after pondering for another day, he chose to start from the beginning.

What does it mean to start from scratch?

That is naturally the bamboo slips on the bookshelf in the reading room.

Compared with the first level, there are far fewer bamboo slips in this second level.

There are less than ten thousand volumes, only a few thousand volumes.

Moreover, the content no longer only records the information of medicinal materials. What surprised Luo Chen was that he unexpectedly discovered several unique alchemy techniques on it.

Yes, alchemy!
Such as Luo Chen’s original alchemy techniques such as Su Xin Hand and Zhe Yu Hand.

They are different from alchemy, which is a minor technique and focuses more on the processing of medicinal materials.

Various alchemy techniques target various medicinal materials.

For example, Su Xin Shou is good at processing medicinal materials with wood attributes. This technique is needed for some medicinal materials that cannot touch the ground and be contaminated by dust.

The Jade-Breaking Hand and the Star-Picking Hand are good at processing earth-attributed and mineral-based medicinal materials. They are needed for some elixirs made with jade.

Luo Chen learned a lot of basic alchemy techniques in his early years, but as time went on, he learned fewer and fewer basic alchemy techniques.

The last time he learned a new alchemy technique was the Burning Crane Hand, which was taught to him by Mu Yunyan from Luoyun Sect.

This time, the several alchemy techniques that Luo Chen obtained surprised him greatly.

The art of controlling Qi is specifically used to process various "spiritual" medicinal materials.

What are spiritual herbs?
Some elixirs do not rely solely on the medicinal materials themselves. Before they can be refined, a large amount of special spiritual energy must be introduced into them.

But the spiritual energy in the world is mixed together, and there are few places as simple and pure as the Five Elements Heaven.

Unless it is something like a top-grade spirit stone that contains a large amount of a single spiritual energy.

Obviously, no alchemist would be willing to use top-grade spirit stones to make pills.

In this case, the only way is to guide the spiritual energy from the outside into the interior, rely on the formation to filter and shield, and introduce a certain kind of spiritual energy separately.

However, no matter how good the formation is, there will be omissions.

Just like the cultivation of immortals, even if they have only one spiritual root, they will passively absorb spiritual energy of other attributes into their bodies during cultivation. This situation has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that those with only one spiritual root can cast spells of other attributes, but the disadvantage is that it affects the speed of cultivation.

Back to the point, the art of controlling Qi is clearly an art of alchemy that can accurately distinguish the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and harvest it for use as medicine.

If he could master this technique, it would be a qualitative leap for Luo Chen's alchemy skills.

It even has considerable benefits for cultivation.

In addition to the Qi Control Technique, there are also other alchemy techniques such as the Light Gathering Technique and the Faceless Hand, which seem mysterious and profound to Luo Chen at first glance.

According to the records on the bamboo slips, the light-absorbing method can capture various kinds of light in nature for use as medicine, which is extremely mysterious.

The Formless Hand is even more known for controlling the void with form, and can refine some illusory and intangible existences into medicine. As for what are illusory and intangible existences?

The bamboo slips simply listed a few of them, including the seven emotions and six desires, resentment, hatred, separation, etc.

These descriptions really made Luo Chen very interested and even opened his eyes.

Can even emotions be used as medicinal ingredients to make pills?
Of course, this kind of incredible alchemy technique requires extremely high practice. Luo Chen cannot learn it in a short time, so he can only memorize it firmly.

It was during this process of reading so many books that Luo Chen gradually gained a new understanding of the test question left by the Demon Lord Liantian.

This day.

Luo Chen sat quietly in front of the desk for a long time, and finally slowly picked up the pen.

Write down the names of each medicinal herb.

"I made a mistake earlier. I only thought that we needed to resolve the difference between humans and demons and strengthen our spirits."

"In fact, due to their long lifespans and the accumulation of years, the spiritual foundation of demon beasts is no less than that of humans of the same level."

"The reason why we are weak is not because of quantity, but because of quality!"

"That huge soul has become turbid due to the vicissitudes of time. Even though it is huge, it is not as refined as a human soul."

"So, to solve this problem, the key is not to strengthen the soul, but to purify it."

"According to the records on the bamboo slips in the study, the Soul-Cleansing Grass has the effect of cleansing the soul and clearing the mind. With it as the main ingredient, we may be able to refine a corresponding soul-cleansing elixir. As auxiliary ingredients, the Red Cloud Flower and the Rotten Ghost Vine should be used... If this elixir can be made, I may also benefit a little."

"Just sweeping away the soul is not enough. The methods used by demon cultivators have always been crude. The reason why they have a huge spiritual foundation but are so fragile is that their magic power is mixed. Therefore, we have to refine the demon cultivation magic power. In this regard, I have the spirit pill commonly used by immortal cultivators as a blueprint. I can create a pure demon power pill recipe specifically for the demon clan."

……

"Purifying Qi and Stirring the Soul, these two pills are the answers I gave in this assessment!"

one year later.

Inside the alchemy room, Luo Chen held two pills, one black and one white, and recited aloud.

This time, the weak voice reappeared slowly.

"Qi-purifying pills, the third-grade lower-grade pills can help demon cultivators gain pure mana."

"The Soul-Changing Pill, a third-order lower-grade pill, can help demon cultivators clear their minds and settle their natures, and cleanse their spirits."

"Test result: Excellent, passed!"

Luo Chen, who was confident of what was going on, smiled slightly and clenched the two pills in his fists.

The scene in front of me began to distort and collapse.

Between reality and illusion, his figure gradually emerged on the top of a hill.

At the foot of the mountain, an old woman was carrying a medicine basket and diligently picking spiritual fruits.

In an instant, the two gazes collided.

Luo Chen cupped his hands and looked down at him, "Demon Lord Qingyang, hello, fellow Taoist!"

The old woman slowly straightened her back and said, "I am Haijiao Tianmu, nice to meet you, fellow Taoist!"

(End of this chapter)