Longevity begins with alchemy master

Chapter 784: Luo Tian's past, and understanding of prosperity and decline

The poisonous insects originated from southern Xinjiang.

In the world of cultivating immortals, one would turn pale with fear at the mere mention of it and feel terrified at the mere sight of it.

But this only applies to those independent cultivators who have little knowledge.

For someone like Luo Chen, who has a high level of attainment and broad knowledge, he naturally understands that all things in the world are never divided into good and evil, but only into useful and useless.

At least, as far as he knew, many poisonous insects could play a good role in assisting the cultivation of normal cultivators.

For example, there is a first-level poisonous insect called Moonlight Gu.

Although its grade is not high, its effect is extremely miraculous and can guide qi and open meridians.

Some people who have spiritual roots but are born with blocked meridians can break free from the shackles and practice Qi refining normally by refining this Gu.

Even those who are born with unobstructed meridians will not hesitate to refine a Moonlight Gu to assist in their Qi training if conditions permit.

In Zhongzhou, the Tianyuan Dao Sect once purchased Moonlight Gu from Southern Xinjiang on a large scale, until Southern Xinjiang became increasingly closed, and the transactions in this regard gradually stopped.

It can be said that the fact that Zhongzhou has such a large number of cultivators is largely due to the once widely spread Moonlight Gu.

The Moonlight Gu is just one of the many strange Gu.

The Lingxi Gu planted on Luo Chen and Sima Hui Niang is also one of them, and its origin is even more powerful.

Rumor has it that it is a simplified version of a fifth-level poisonous insect that lives and dies together long ago!
It is an extreme poisonous insect that can bind a great spirit cultivator to a Qi-refining cultivator, allowing them to live and die together.

However, as the world changes, the name of the Life and Death Together Gu has gradually become less known, while another transformation route of the Lingxi Gu has once caused a great stir in the southern border cultivation world.

The third level magic Gu, the magic heart Gu!

There are some extremely cruel people who refine a large number of Demon Heart Gu and plant them on low-level cultivators. Then when they mature, they use the magic of the Gu worm to devour their cultivation level!

It was because of this incident that the Demon Heart Gu was completely suppressed, and the Lingxi Gu also gradually became less common.

At that time, Luo Chen was going on a "long journey". In order to avoid losing contact, he carefully checked the Lingxi Gu and made sure it was fine before planting it in Sima Hui Niang.

Facts have proved that the "telepathic connection" effect of Lingxi Gu does bring many benefits.

No matter whether Luo Chen was trapped in the Baiye Cave at the Jilei Mountain battlefield for two years, or was imprisoned in Cangwu Mountain for three years, or wandered in the North Sea for a hundred years during these periods of loss of contact, it was because of the existence of Lingxi Gu that Sima Hui Niang maintained enough confidence.

Waiting for his return!

Without that confidence, the Luotian Sect might have collapsed long ago. The few cultivators who lost the sect's protection might have been favored and absorbed by the larger sects because of their outstanding talents, but the majority of mediocre ones would have been more likely to gradually disappear in the vast world of cultivating immortals.

Not everyone can be like Luo Chen, a wandering cultivator who can get better and better.

Later, as Luo Chen went to the Land of Fallen Demons, his body was reborn, his Lingxi Gu and his magic power disappeared, and Luo Chen was very worried about Sima Hui Niang's situation.

Therefore, he bought a bunch of low-level poisonous insects from the Wanxiang Building in Shenyuan City in Beihai for research.

After he went to Zhongzhou and the Dongtian Competition was over, Tianshan Zhenren from southern Xinjiang also chatted with him, and he took the opportunity to ask about Lingxi Gu.

Regardless of whether it is the result of personal research or the evaluation of the powerful masters of Gu Dao, there is no big problem with Lingxi Gu.

This was also the reason why Luo Chen had previously thought that it would not be too troublesome to resolve Sima Hui Niang's injuries.

But now!
But there is a change!

Under Luo Chen's observation, the golden elixir condensed by the Lingxi Gu in Hui Niang's body was like a living thing, connected to her heart and even her sea of ​​consciousness!

This is why Luo Chen said, "The telepathic connection is in harmony with the mind and the spirit."

Because of these two connections, Luo Chen didn't dare to erase it by force.

Once it is wiped out, not only will the heart break, but the soul will also be destroyed.

"No wonder Caiyi said earlier that Hui Niang's body had changed. This was caused by the absorption of her heart blood by the Lingxi Gu. However, the pain that even a Jindan cultivator could not suppress was reduced a lot after practicing the Mingshen Posha. It was obviously also because her soul's ability to withstand it was enhanced, so she could barely withstand the devouring of her soul."

"But how did this situation come about?"

Luo Chen wanted to ask Chu Kui if there were any other hidden dangers when he gave the pair of poisonous insects to him?

But the thought was dismissed as soon as it came up.

Considering Chu Kui’s character, if there were any hidden dangers, he would have told us long ago.

Moreover, whether it was the previous two hundred years, or his own research, the opinions of Tianshan Zhenren all said that Lingxi Gu was fine.

"Then the problem can only be with Hui Niang and... me."

Luo Chen narrowed his eyes slightly, and a drop of blood appeared on his fingertips for no reason.

Lingxi Gu is refined with essence and blood, and uses the daily circulating energy and blood as food. Except for the time of refining, it will not affect the daily practice of the cultivator.

And his Luo Chen's blood...

The blood on the fingertips was crystal clear, exuding an incomparable vitality.

Even if he had not understood the changes in qi and blood, this drop of Luo Chen's blood was no less than the blood that Wang Yuan had tempered thousands of times.

Lingxi Gu absorbs things like this and grows from the first level to the third level little by little.

"My blood..."

"Blood Nightmare Demon Luo once said that Yuan Tu Sword likes my blood very much."

"The Black King also said that he likes to stay with me because the vigorous energy I exude makes him feel very comfortable."

"That Lingxi Gu soaked in my blood day and night, so I got used to it and ignored it, forgetting how much it had grown. When I reached Nirvana, the Lingxi Gu shattered, but it carried my magic power with it, revived in Yu Hui Niang's body, and condensed into a golden elixir."

"But the host at this moment is no longer the strong me, but the weak Hui Niang. Therefore, in order to continue to grow, it will devour hearts and souls!"

Somehow, Luo Chen figured everything out.

While muttering to himself, his fingers fell on the lips of the woman who was sleeping beside him.

The drop of blood that was squeezed out immediately stained the pale thin lips.

Under the surveillance of spiritual consciousness, the golden elixir in the qi sea trembled slightly, but was restrained by the restrictions set by Luo Chen.

Luo Chen released the restriction at the right time, and then he saw a magical power sweeping away the drop of blood.

Golden elixir, the blood color is darker!
The woman's beautiful eyebrows were completely relaxed!
Seeing this scene, Luo Chen opened his mouth, and finally sighed.

"It was my negligence after all."

……

"Zhou Yuanli died in Xiaoyue Mountain Range when the monster tide erupted."

"Bai Meiling's soul disappeared during her escape."

"Xing Zonghan practiced the Micro-Dust Art and became possessed, which greatly damaged his cultivation. During a retreat, he chose to be the last one to retreat, and his life or death is unknown."

"Mi Li and his son Qu Jiu waited for Qu Lingjun in the clan for ten years, and finally died with hatred in their hearts."

"Duan Feng and his wife were good at identifying ores. They were ordered by Jin Ling Zhenren of the Five Elements Divine Sect to go to the battle to support the Liangyi Xilin in the Wuji Territory. They died there and left no offspring."

"Xu Huanzhen died on the battlefield of Sanzu River."

"The Luoyun Sect's Grand Elder disappeared, Xiaoyue Mountain Range was destroyed, and a large number of disciples died. In addition, in order to break through the Nascent Soul Realm in his early years, Han Zhan occupied too many interests of the Luoyun Sect. The war of opening up failed overnight, and the Luoyun Sect was in turmoil. In order to seize power, the Luoyun Sect was divided into three factions: the sect leader's lineage, the lineage of Han Zhan's grandson Han Zheng, and the lineage of the great elder Cheng Yan who was left behind in Tianguyuan. The three factions fought each other, and countless people were killed and injured. Qin Yuanjiang, who belonged to the sect leader's lineage, and his Taoist partner Ruan Huan'er unfortunately died in the internal struggle, and his mother Murong Qinglian was seriously injured. Qin Yuanjiang was disheartened and took his mother to join the Luotian Sect."

"Murong Qinglian died in Luotian Sect."

……

Leaves are flying and the wind is howling.

Luo Chen sat on the small stone platform outside Hui Niang's cave, reading Luo Tian Sect's "Luo Tian Chronicles" over the years.

This material was already being written when the Luotian Sect was still the Luotian Society.

It has always been divided into three copies: one is kept in the Sutra Repository, one is carried by the current sect leader, and one is held by Luo Chen.

Luo Chen's share had already stopped a hundred years ago.

What I am looking at now was sent by Yao Mingyue.

There are not many records about what happened outside the sect, most of them are major changes within the Luotian Sect.

What Luo Chen was concerned about were those names that were both familiar and unfamiliar.

Since arriving in Baili Qingchuan, his spiritual sense has swept across the area and found the presence of many old acquaintances, but there were also many more that were not there.

At this moment, Luo Chen was actually mentally prepared for what it meant to not stay in the sect.

But when he really saw the contents of "Luo Tian Ji Yao", he still pursed his lips, gritted his teeth, and his eyebrows kept twitching.

He didn't know what he felt in his heart.

Regret? Sadness? Or pain?

Or is there still anger?
Angry at the invasion of monsters, angry at the fighting among various forces, angry at the Five Elements Divine Sect for not treating Luo Tian's disciples as human beings, angry at the infighting in the Luoyun Sect that led to the death of a respected friend.

He was even angry at his own inaction! A pressure like thunder before its birth loomed from him.

Pfft!
Xu Xiaoliu, who was responsible for delivering the books, was too close and could not bear the pressure and fell to the ground.

"Ugh……"

The white-haired Xu Xiaoliu heard a sigh in his ear, and then he felt the pressure that seemed like the power of heaven dissipate.

He raised his head cautiously.

"Xiao Liuzi, you are still as slippery as ever. They are all dead, but you are still alive."

Xu Xiaoliu was stunned and didn't know how to answer.

Then the young man laughed at himself and said to himself, "That's right. Only people like you and me who are so slippery can be like loaches, worms and earthworms and never give up."

Xu Xiaoliu felt relieved, and said in an old voice: "How can the Grand Elder be the same as Xiaoliuzi? I am just a mayfly on the sea, struggling to survive, but you are the bright moon in the sky, no matter how rainy or windy it is, you will not lose your color at all."

"You, even at your age, are still as good at flattering as you were back then."

Luo Chen smiled and released a burst of magic power.

He carried the white-haired Xu Xiaoliu to sit on the stone chair opposite him.

Xu Xiaoliu sat upright with his hands on his knees. The man opposite him was as young as he was back then, and his attitude towards him was even more gentle.

It seems like nothing has changed, yet it seems like everything has changed.

However, no one has called him Xiao Liuzi for many years, and this name actually feels particularly familiar.

"Xiao Liuzi, tell me about the current situation in the sect!"

"Ah."

Perhaps because of Luo Chen's peaceful attitude, Xu Xiaoliu relaxed a lot and told him the current situation of Luo Tian Sect.

"There are currently 300 disciples in our sect, more than 200 of them are Qi-refining cultivators and mortals, and about 30 are at the foundation-building stage. However, there are a lot of Jindan cultivators, including nine Jindan masters!"

"The nine great golden elixirs are the old sect master Sima, Elder Fu Jiusheng, Elder Chu Kui, Elder Gu Caiyi, Elder Min Longyu, Elder Li Yingzhang, Elder Yang Pingdu, and Elder Qin Yuanjiang."

Although Wang Yuan and Sha Longzi have the combat power of Jindan, strictly speaking, they are not Jindan cultivators.

They are body cultivators.

but!
Luo Chen was curious, "Aren't there only eight of them?"

Xu Xiaoliu said somewhat unnaturally: "If you count Sima Wenjie, there are nine."

Luo Chen said "oh" and motioned for him to continue.

However, he was sighing in his heart that he had made the right decision by leaving behind the "Micro-Dust Art" and asking Wang Yuan to develop a simplified version.

If it weren't for the all-encompassing "Micro-Dust Element Art", how could the small Luotian Sect produce so many Jindan monks.

Among the nine people, Sima Hui Niang needs no further explanation.

Fu Jiusheng and Chu Kui formed the Dan first, Gu Caiyi successfully broke through using the Mingyuan Dan he left behind, and Li Yingzhang was the one who had accumulated a lot of experience.

Qin Yuanjiang succeeded in forming an elixir thanks to the legacy of Luoyun Sect. Min Longyu got help from Qu Lingjun and managed to form an elixir by relying on the formation.

The only stranger was Yang Pingdu!
This person is the son of Yang Wenchang, the leader of the Wanxiang Sect, who was assassinated by the Fifth Wonder during the war of opening up.

In order to leave a handle to control the Fifth Wonder, Luo Chen forced the people from the Wanxiang Sect to stay.

Later, the eldest brother of Wanxiang Sect, Zong Jiulang, died on the Tianguyuan battlefield.

Yang Pingdu became the leader of the Wanxiang Sect.

After the monster tide broke out, in order to preserve the sect, Yang Pingdu led a group of disciples to join the Luotian Sect completely, and tried his best in many subsequent battles.

In order to reward him and to rally people's hearts, Sima Hui Niang gave the saved Mingyuan Pill to Yang Pingdu after she successfully formed the pill.

He succeeded!

Sima Wenjie also rebelled because of this incident!
He joined another person, got help from Yuanying Zhenren, succeeded in forming Dan, and then brought outsiders to try to seize Luotian Sect.

It was a confusing account that could not be calculated or understood, and Xu Xiaoliu's nagging voice was in my ears.

"Among the younger generations, Qin Yuanjiang and Zeng Yilong are naturally the most promising, but the others are not bad either."

"Mei Ruoqi, Yuan Yijun, Qu Jiu and others gradually emerged. Su E is dead, but her disciple Su Wen inherited the medical tradition. After Qu Lingjun left, Qi Yi took up the alchemy banner of Luotian Sect. It was because of the many foundation-building spiritual medicines he refined that the foundation-building true cultivators of our sect emerged one after another..."

When Luo Chen heard the name Qi Yi, he looked thoughtful.

This was an alchemist whom he had personally recruited in his early years, and he was also a disciple of his enemy!

Do you remember whether you recruited him together with his senior brother or junior brother?

His talent in alchemy is beyond doubt.

But refining many foundation-building elixirs?
Could it be the Emperor's Liquid?

But he only passed this recipe to Qu Lingjun.

Could it be that Qu Lingjun taught it secretly before he left?
If that's the case, it makes sense.

In the war between humans and demons, the most abundant thing is the corpses of various demon beasts. Using these to refine a large amount of Emperor Liquid can indeed ensure that the Luotian Sect's foundation-building cultivation can continue.

From this perspective, his only disciple is indeed loyal to the sect and has taken all aspects into consideration.

"There is no need to say much about Sect Master Yao. Although he is not as powerful as the old Sect Master, he is also steady and conscientious in maintaining the foundation of Luotian Sect."

"The daughter born to me and Shi Lan is now studying with Sect Master Yao."

At the end, Xu Xiaoliu suddenly mentioned his daughter.

This thought...

Luo Chen glanced at him. The other party looked a little embarrassed, but calm.

Luo Chen didn't take it seriously, but asked curiously: "Shi Lan? Could she be the girl from Ice Castle back then?"

"Yes, that's right! At that time, the Jade Tripod Territory was in chaos, and something happened to the Ice Castle. I saved Shi Lan's life, and later she and I became a Taoist partner."

Talking about this, Xu Xiaoliu was quite proud, as if being able to be with that woman was the proudest thing in his life.

But then, his tone dropped again.

"Unfortunately, after Shi Lan left her daughter behind, she left without saying goodbye and went to look for her fellow disciples from Bingbao."

"What happened to the Iceburg?"

"It's a long story. The Grand Elder of Ice Castle failed to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, and many powerful people in the sect died..."

Luo Chen listened to Xu Xiaoliu talking about the past in a disjointed manner, but did not take it to heart.

Now, the affairs of Luotian Sect alone are enough for him to consider.

The old stories and events of the old friends in Yuding Territory are not really a top priority, so just try to understand a little bit about them.

Xu Xiaoliu may have noticed Luo Chen's absent-mindedness and gradually changed the subject.

"Except for my Luotian Sect, the seven former Yuding Sects have long since dispersed or perished. If it weren't for your timely return, the name of Luotian would have been gone."

Luo Chen comforted him for a while, then calmly asked a new question.

"How old are you?"

Xu Xiaoliu was startled, and subconsciously stroked his beard and said, "Xiaoliuzi's life span is 247 years, and the end is coming."

Then, he started to flatter out of habit.

"I have become indifferent to matters of life and death. Shi Lan and I were once in love, and my bloodline remains in the world. I can even see your return before I die. I am willing to let Xiao Liuzi die in the next moment."

"You can't die now. I still have a mission for you."

Luo Chen smiled slightly and said a few words while the other party was confused.

After hearing this, Xu Xiaoliu's eyes suddenly lit up.

He clapped his hands and said excitedly: "I'll take this task, and I won't let you down!"

After Xu Xiaoliu left, Luo Chen closed the "Luo Tian Chronicle".

Standing on the small stone platform, gazing at the mountains and waters of Baili Qingchuan, what was on his mind was the affairs of Luo Tianzong.

Thinking deeply, I couldn't help but murmur:
"Generation after generation grows old, some die, and those who remain in the end either continue to climb to the top or thrive."

“Just like that little tree, it welcomes summer and winter, keeps its simplicity, and eventually becomes a towering tree.”

"The way of withering and flourishing is nothing more than this!"

The wind stopped and leaves fell, rustling in the forest, as if the mountains and rivers here were responding to him.

(End of this chapter)