Longevity begins with alchemy master

Chapter 733: Unimaginable cultivation speed, late bloomer (asking for monthly votes!)

Sang Jinghe left and came back soon.

When he returned, he also brought back Fu Chaosheng's recent situation.

The day of return is approaching, but the exact date is still unknown. Fu Chaosheng’s business in Beihai still has many issues that need to be resolved one by one.

Especially on the side of good and evil, he had previously acted as a middleman to mediate the war, but it was not as simple as just having a meal or being a guest, it also involved a lot of cooperation between the Tianyuan Business Alliance and both the good and evil sides.

In fact, it can be seen from here that the Tianyuan Taoist Sect’s business alliance in the North Sea is nominally governed by the four elders, but the chief elder Shen Wandou obviously has a higher status.

Shen Wandou does not need to travel around outside, he just needs to stay in the base camp, Shenyuan City, to take charge of the overall situation.

Unlike Fu Chaosheng and the other two, he rarely has any free time and is always out and about all day.

The reason for this situation is not as simple as the realm, but is also related to the "family background" behind it.

The Fu family is in decline, with only Fu Chaosheng and the newly promoted Yuanying Fu Qinglan to support them.

Even though the Shen family is not among the top thirty-six noble families, there are other members in the family who have been promoted to the Nascent Soul stage for many years and are very powerful in their own right.

Because of this gap, it is reflected in the appearance of Shen and Fu to the outside world, one is idle and the other is busy.

This is not about the capable working harder, but the weak working harder.

Luo Chen didn't want to delve into the real situation. After learning that it would take some time for Fu Chaosheng to return, he suppressed his anxiety and focused all his energy on his own practice.

Using the power of thunder to refine the soul is too dangerous. If you are not careful, it is easy to hurt your mind and soul, so he needs to control the degree.

The Great Soul Pill is still taken on a monthly basis, and the main focus is on the current practice.

Based on the progress bar on the attribute panel, he roughly judged the current cultivation speed.

The result he got surprised him greatly.

Even if the highly perfected "Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra" is only of temporary use, as long as he has the support of a normal fourth-order spiritual vein, he will be able to advance to the next level, which is the second level of the Nascent Soul, within ten years!
If one has the aid of the powerful Hong Yuan Dan, and takes one pill every half a month to slowly refine it, then the speed could potentially be increased to seven years, six years, or even half that!
Such a result completely overturned the common sense of the realms before the Nascent Soul stage.

Shouldn’t it be more difficult to practice at the Nascent Soul stage?
Isn’t it just a preparation for the long period of cultivation that the upper limit of lifespan has suddenly doubled out of nowhere?

Luo Chen was extremely confused about this.

"Could it be that this is caused by the constitution of my Fire Spirit Body?"

“But those who can achieve the Nascent Soul stage in this world are all people with outstanding talents and strong character. If they want to advance to a higher realm, it takes them decades or even hundreds of years.”

“Especially those who are too old when they break through to the Nascent Soul stage. They will never be able to reach the threshold of the late Nascent Soul stage in their entire lives.”

After reading a large number of classics, Luo Chen still couldn't find the answer to this question.

This made him understand that without the guidance of a famous teacher, without the inheritance of a sect, and without communication with fellow practitioners, even if he practiced hard behind closed doors, he would only know the results but not the reasons.

Therefore, Luo Chen had the idea of ​​communicating with cultivators of the same level.

There are quite a number of Nascent Soul Real People stranded in Shenyuan City now, and many of them want to join Tianyuan Taoist Sect and take the opportunity to leave Beihai.

However, Luo Chen had no intention of making close friends with these people, so he set his sights on Zhou Yunshen.

It's not that I bully people because they are honest. For someone who can achieve the Nascent Soul stage and create a big family, how can there be any word "honest"?

Mainly because there is a "connection" between them.

Because of this complicated relationship, Luo Chen's proactive inquiry not only does not annoy people, but instead helps to bring them closer.

This is how the world works. Sometimes people really want you to ask them for help.

After Zhou Yunshen had simply settled his clansmen, he began to frequently visit the Nascent Soul cultivators in Shenyuan City. When faced with Luo Chen's invitation, he gladly accepted it.

"The daily practice of a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

Zhou Yunshen was quite surprised by the questions raised by Luo Chen.

Luo Chen did not shy away from the question and said frankly, "I am a casual cultivator without a master to inherit from, so I know very little about these common sense things. I did not realize it before, but the more I practice, the more confused I feel. So, I would like to ask for your guidance."

Zhou Yunshen hesitated for a moment, but looking at Luo Chen's eager eyes, he still smiled.

"Well, it's not a core secret, just some experience."

After smiling, his expression became serious.

"Before that, please release your Nascent Soul Realm and try to make contact with me."

Luo Chen nodded, his mind moved, the eyes of the Nascent Soul in his body opened slightly, and his aura emanated from the Purple Palace, drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

He did not use the method of melting the void, but simply used all his strength to stimulate the Nascent Soul realm.

Suddenly, a large amount of fire-attributed spiritual energy from heaven and earth gathered together and formed a red cloud above Xiaoqiong Mountain, like a fire cloud.

At the same time, two streams of blue and green spiritual energy rushed in, forming another Nascent Soul realm.

The two collided, and in just a moment, the fire cloud was pressed back continuously.

From here, we can also see the huge gap between the two.

The two realms collided immediately, and Luo Chen exclaimed: "Daoyou are very advanced, Luo is no match for you!"

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yunshen was even more shocked.

In that direct collision, he could feel how solid the opponent's domain was and how huge the spiritual energy of heaven and earth it attracted was.

Even if it is not as good as himself, it is still far beyond what an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator can achieve.

Of course, he didn't show it on the surface.

After taking back the Nascent Soul Realm, he asked, "Did you notice anything special about it?"

Luo Chen was stunned. What's the difference? Isn't it just a simple collision of domains?
But then he seemed to realize something.

In the direct collision just now, in addition to the free spiritual energy attracted from between heaven and earth, there was also the magic power of both cultivators themselves.

But in his perception, although Zhou Yunshen's magical power was strong, the gap between him and him was by no means as great as heaven and earth.

The reason why his own territory was in disarray was actually the result of the combined effects of the cultivator's magic power and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Luo Chen hesitated and said, "The simple comparison of magic power between you and me doesn't seem to be that big?"

Zhou Yunshen smiled and said, "As expected of a casual cultivator who can still break through the Nascent Soul stage, he has a high level of comprehension and can see the big picture from the small details."

"Fellow Daoist, please speak clearly!"

Zhou Yunshen put away his smile and said seriously, "For cultivators of our generation, if we simply compare our mana, unless they are great cultivators in the late Nascent Soul stage, the gap between them is not that big. The reason why there is a significant difference between different realms during battles is that the gap in mana is multiplied in the process of using mana to pry open external spiritual energy."

“The battles between Nascent Soul cultivators are no longer simply a clash of magic weapons or exchanges of fists and feet, but are more focused on leveraging the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.”

"Whether it is the Nascent Soul Realm or the True Instrument that can communicate with the external spiritual energy, they are all manifestations of this method."

Luo Chen frowned and thought carefully about what the other party said.

If he understood it with his usual quantitative thinking, it should be roughly one, two, three, four, five, and six, to correspond to the amount of mana at each level of the Nascent Soul.

There is indeed not much difference between one and two. Even one and five, or one and six, are all within the normal range.

But once it comes to fighting, simple addition and subtraction cannot be used to compare.

With a magic power level of one, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that can be mobilized is basically only one.

But the level of magic power of Er can mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth by at least two, or even three, four, or even more.

In this comprehensive case, one times one is formed, which is less than two times two or two times three.

If the span of realm is increased, it will become one times one, which is far smaller than five times five, five times six, seven, eight, and so on.

This is also the reason why, without using the method of melting the void, he was no match for Zhou Yunshen in the domain collision just now.

Inferring from this, when he encountered the Blood Nightmare Demon Luo and even the Sky-Splitting Lord before, his domain was actually at a disadvantage, and he completely closed the gap by relying on the self-realized secret technique of Melting the Void.

Following this line of thought, Luo Chen asked a few more questions.

"There is no absolute difference in mana before the late Nascent Soul stage. The real difference is reflected in the ability to leverage the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?"

"Yes."

“Is there any way to narrow this gap?”

"Of course there are. High-level spells, innate magical powers, even secret techniques, physical fitness, and our commonly used real tools are all possible! As for the specific situation, it depends on the person."

"Excuse me, was that your full strength just now?"

"Haha, I'm old now. If I use all my strength, I'll hurt my bones. Besides, aren't you holding back, Sanren?"

That’s all for the extended topic.

Luo Chen returned to the original topic, but became even more confused.

"For cultivators of my generation to advance in realms, the most basic thing is to increase mana. Since the difference in mana between each realm is not that big, why does the cultivation time for Nascent Soul cultivators often count as one hundred years for each realm?"

Zhou Yunshen pointed to the sky and said as a matter of course: "The higher the realm, the stronger the magic power, and the more spiritual energy of heaven and earth can be leveraged. But the more spiritual energy is leveraged, the greater the backlash, and the easier it is for the cultivator's Nascent Soul to lose itself and be assimilated by heaven and earth. Therefore, the more courageous and diligent we cultivators are, the more careful we must be, and we must often sort out our own magic power and not allow any negligence."

"Isn't there still the Purple Palace Barrier?"

"Haha, fellow Daoist, don't you know that the Purple Mansion Barrier originates from the evolution of spiritual roots?" Luo Chen was stunned, and then he suddenly realized.

To cultivate immortality, humans need spiritual roots, but spiritual roots are just a general term, consisting of three parts.

One is at the tip of the tongue, one is at the dantian, and one is at the spermatorrhea palace.

The former affects the sensitivity to external spiritual energy and the absorption efficiency, etc. There are people with lame legs, broken feet and incomplete limbs in the world, but there are few high-level monks who have cut off the root of the tongue.

The latter is not that critical, as long as the Yuan Yang/Yuan Yin before foundation building is maintained.

The most important thing is Dantian.

As your realm becomes higher and higher, your Dantian will constantly change, from the initial development of Dantian, to Dantian turning into the sea, and finally to the generation of Purple Palace.

Therefore, if you think carefully, Purple Palace is indeed the product of the evolution of spiritual roots!

Zhou Yunshen talked about the most basic things, and his principles were simple and plain.

"The fewer spiritual roots you have, the easier it is to accurately sense the corresponding spiritual energy attributes, the easier it is to absorb, and the faster your cultivation speed will naturally be."

"So, the cultivators with a single spiritual root are known as the darlings of heaven and earth."

"But that is only limited to the Nascent Soul stage!"

"After the Nascent Soul stage, the spiritual roots evolve into the Purple Palace. The rarer the number, the smaller the Purple Palace, and the thinner the barrier. It seems to be more intimate with the world, but how dare we completely integrate into the world?"

Zhou Yunshen smiled and looked at Luo Chen, and asked, "You should have heard of the most widely circulated rumor in the world of immortal cultivation, the cultivation speed of the cultivators with heavenly spiritual roots."

Luo Chen thought without hesitation, "Ten years to build the foundation, a hundred years to form the elixir, two hundred years to form the infant, and five hundred years... to become a spirit."

As he spoke, his tone became increasingly hesitant, but he felt as if something had suddenly dawned on him.

Combined with the simple communication with Master Langya during the previous few days of traveling together, the problem that had puzzled me for many days was instantly solved.

Zhou Yunshen didn't know that Luo Chen had already understood, and was still giving a simple explanation.

"Those with a single spiritual root have a huge advantage in the early stages. Even if their cultivation path has some ups and downs, at most their lifespan by the time they form their infant is only about three hundred years."

"At such a young age, there is plenty of time before the 1,000-year lifespan expires."

"However, it takes a full five hundred years from the Nascent Soul stage to the Spiritual Transformation stage!"

"The obstacle is that the purple mansion barrier developed by the heavenly spiritual root cultivators is too thin, so they dare not do such a brave and diligent thing at all!"

"Even at this level, they don't even dare to take too many cultivation pills. This is because the poison from the pills will destroy the purple mansion barrier, causing the thatched house, which is not solid to begin with, to leak air everywhere, and the Nascent Soul will no longer have a place to shelter."

Speaking of this, Zhou Yunshen couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

Heaven and earth are fair, and the Tao treats everyone equally.

The more convenience you are given in the early stage, the more obstacles you will encounter later.

If one encounters many difficulties at the beginning of cultivation, then once one reaches a higher level, the clouds will clear and the moon will appear, and the journey will be smooth without any obstacles.

His aptitude was not bad. As far as his spiritual roots were concerned, he had double spiritual roots, so he was able to form an infant at the age of four hundred.

But for the next four hundred years, he was walking on thin ice. At one point, his Nascent Soul sank, he lost himself, and was trapped in the fourth level of Nascent Soul for many years.

This is also one of the reasons why the outside world believes that he is only at the fourth level of Nascent Soul.

Later, even though he broke through the maze, he only advanced two small realms.

Now that he is 800 years old, he wants to rely on the remaining 200 to 300 years to break through to the late Nascent Soul stage and impact the Divine Transformation...

Zhou Yunshen looked at Luo Chen with a wry smile. He could sense that he was young, and he also knew that he was only in the middle stage of the Golden Core realm when the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering.

Being so young and advancing to the Nascent Soul stage so quickly, I guess he must have a single spiritual root with fire attribute.

In the past, he would be considered a genius in the sect and a pillar of the family.

But now, I can only feel a little sad for the other person.

After passing the most difficult hurdle, I found that there are still mountains ahead, and I felt extremely confused and desperate.

I took the initiative to seek him out for help today, and here is the reason!

Feeling Zhou Yunshen's pitying gaze, Luo Chen blinked and didn't explain anything. Instead, he started discussing other issues.

"Detain spirits and send generals to enslave spirits?"

"I know a thing or two about this."

"Master Yuling of Wuzhong Valley is my good friend. His Taoist name is Yuling, which is enough to explain everything."

"He told me some tips before. After I figured it out, I integrated it into the blood coral formation in the Coral Sea, and the effect was extraordinary."

"I can tell you a thing or two, but these tips vary from person to person. If you want to use them, you need to think carefully."

Luo Chen didn't expect that when he asked casually, the other party actually gave him a little surprise.

He has been studying puppetry recently, but he has no idea how to control the powerful spirit in the puppet.

The tips of Yuling Zhenren shared by Zhou Yunshen gave him great inspiration.

After the exchange, Luo Chen personally saw the other party off.

The two of them walked down along Xiaoqiong Mountain.

Before leaving, Luo Chen suddenly asked: "Fellow Daoist Zhou, where are you going in the future?"

"future?"

A trace of sadness appeared on Zhou Yunshen's old face, and then he said firmly: "I have to find a way out for my Zhou family descendants. I plan to go to Zhongzhou and become a disciple of Dao Sect Tiandi Peak. You should have the same plan, so we can support each other. After all, Zhongzhou seems to attract the world's strong, but it is also very exclusive. If we don't stick together for warmth, we may become consumables."

Luo Chen smiled. No wonder the other party had told him everything he knew before.

One reason was to repay the Black King for rescuing him, the second was that the experience he passed on was shallow, and the real intention was to make friends with him so that they could work together in the future.

Although he had no plans to stay in Zhongzhou for a long time, it would be safer to work together with people who knew him well.

Since this is the case, I should also return the favor.

Luo Chen flicked his wrist and handed over a storage bag.

"This is?"

Zhou Yunshen was puzzled and did not take the storage bag.

Luo Chen smiled and said, "There are three low-grade defensive magic weapons inside, some of which I made myself, and some of which I got by accident. I heard that Zhou's heroes suffered heavy losses in the battle in the Coral Sea, so these things can be regarded as gifts from me to the younger generation for self-defense."

Zhou Yunshen hesitated, "No merit, no reward. This gift from you is a little..."

"Why do you say it's useless? The previous exchange was enough to help me avoid many detours. I feel a little embarrassed to have only three low-grade magic weapons that are useless to me. What's more..."

Luo Chen smiled slightly, "Back then, your Zhou family sent me a batch of medicinal herbs to help me refine the elixir. At that time, I promised to tailor a defensive magic weapon for your Zhou family's newly promoted golden elixir. Unfortunately, I fled to the Monster Sea and never fulfilled this promise. Now, it's just a small compensation. I hope you don't mind, fellow Taoist."

Now that things have come to this, Zhou Yunshen no longer hesitated.

They are just three magic weapons, not that valuable.

However, magical weapons with defensive properties are indeed what the descendants of the Zhou family lack now.

There are really not many people left. If more casualties occur, he won’t be able to bear it at his age.

"In that case, I would be disrespectful."

Zhou Yunshen took the storage bag with a smile, then bowed and said goodbye.

After he left, Luo Chen still had a smile on his face. He didn't use any magic power and just walked slowly along the mountain path.

His confusion was simple. The answer had actually been given by Langya Zhenren long ago, but it was too general, causing him to be blinded by it.

With the help of Zhou Yunshen, who has been practicing Yuanying for many years, the problem was solved instantly.

"My Purple Mansion Barrier appears to be formed by a single fire spiritual root, but in fact it is formed by the five elements spiritual roots."

"No!"

"My spiritual roots have been enhanced by the Holy Spirit Spring in Ming Zhao Tian Dan Palace. They are of the highest quality."

"The Purple Mansion derived from this is unrivaled in the world."

"With the blessing of this Purple Palace, I don't have to worry about the influence of heaven and earth on me when I practice. At the same time, the Fire Spirit Body ensures that I can perfectly absorb the fire attribute spiritual energy, so I can have such a fast practice speed."

"Once my proficiency in making Hong Yuan Dan improves and I can refine a mid-grade or even high-grade Hong Yuan Dan, my cultivation speed will skyrocket again!"

“Haha, I have been trapped by low talent all my life, wasting countless resources. But I didn’t expect that after achieving Nascent Soul, I would suddenly become a so-called genius. It’s really amazing.”

Luo Chen was in a very good mood.

After returning to the mountain, the progress of puppetry research also greatly improved.

A month later, Luo Chen, whose condition had reached the peak, took out the Hunyuan Ding.

With a thought, his spiritual consciousness locked onto the object in the cauldron!

(End of this chapter)