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Chapter 120 First-Rank High-Grade Alchemist's Blood Refining Profound Origin Array [Please Subscribe!]

The "Purple Bamboo Furnace" is made from two-hundred-year-old purple bamboo and infused with the essence of red copper. It is engraved with three sets of formations: the Fire Condensation Formation, the Spirit Gathering Formation, and the Elixir Dividing Formation.

If the heat is evenly distributed during alchemy, the yield of pills can be increased by about 10%.

With this Purple Bamboo Furnace, Dan Yu's "Nth-hand alchemy furnace," which only cost forty spirit stones, can finally retire.

"The matter of the Jade Marrow Pill is resolved, and the alchemy furnace has been purchased. Next, we just need to wait three days to collect the pill, and then return to slowly cultivate it."

"The Condensing Essence Technique" and "The Profound Essence Body Refining Technique."

Walking on the streets of Wanlingfang Market, Chen Qing was in a good mood.

Just then, a voice came from the side.

"Fellow Daoist, please wait."

Chen Qing paused, turning his head slightly.

An elderly man who looked to be in his sixties approached. He was dressed in a gray Taoist robe, had a thin face, and a white beard. His aura was at the sixth level of Qi Refining, but it was somewhat unstable, as if he had not cultivated properly for a long time.

Chen Qing raised an eyebrow: "What guidance do you have, fellow Daoist?"

The old man quickly smiled and said, "My surname is Han, and my given name is Wenshan. I am a first-grade high-level alchemist. Did you come out of the alchemy pavilion just now to refine any kind of pill?"

Chen Qing's heart stirred slightly, but he nodded calmly: "Not bad."

A hint of joy flashed in Han Wenshan's eyes, and he quickly said, "If you have any pills that need refining, fellow Daoist, you might consider me. My pill-refining skills are no less than those of a first-level alchemist at the Hundred Herbs Pill Refining Pavilion, but my prices can be much lower, and I guarantee you will be satisfied."

Chen Qing looked him up and down.

Among the various arts of cultivating immortality, alchemists hold the highest status.

A first-grade high-level alchemist has a high status in the cultivation world, so how could he have fallen to the point of soliciting customers on the street?

But upon closer inspection, the old man, though dressed simply, was clean and tidy, and the fresh scent of herbs on his body was something one could only acquire through years of alchemy practice, unlike a swindler; moreover, his demeanor did indeed possess the composure and confidence of a master alchemist.

Chen Qing thought for a moment, then shook his head: "I have already entrusted the Hundred Herbs Alchemy Pavilion, so I won't trouble you any further, fellow Daoist."

After saying that, he took a step to leave.

Han Wenshan quickly took two more steps, cupped his hands again, and said sincerely, "Fellow Daoist, please don't be offended. I was being presumptuous. I just desperately needed spirit stones and had no choice but to resort to this tactic. I hope you will forgive me."

Having said that, Han Wenshan took out a communication talisman from his sleeve and handed it over with both hands: "I live in Lingyun Lane on the East Street of the market. My ancestors once produced a second-level alchemist, and my family has a long history of alchemy. Although I am only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, my alchemy skills have indeed reached the first-level high grade. Fellow Daoist's aura is only at the fifth level of Qi Refining, so I imagine that most of the pills you refine are first-level mid-grade. I would definitely not be worse than this Alchemy Pavilion when I refine them."

Chen Qing's heart stirred, and after a moment of contemplation, he reached out and took the transmission talisman: "If it is truly as you say, I will seek you out next time I refine pills."

Upon hearing this, Han Wenshan's wrinkles smoothed out, and he repeatedly clasped his hands in thanks: "Thank you, fellow Daoist! Thank you, fellow Daoist! If you ever need anything in the future, feel free to come to Lingyun Lane and find me. The price will definitely satisfy you!"

Chen Qing nodded, put away the communication talisman, and turned to leave.

The streets of Wanling Market were bustling with people, filled with the sounds of vendors hawking their wares and haggling over prices.

Chen Qing casually bought a few more talismans and was about to leave when he suddenly heard the voices of several rogue cultivators talking from the tea stall next door.

"Have you heard? Something big has happened in the northern part of Wu Kingdom!"

"What is it? Don't keep me in suspense."

"Those lunatics from the Blood Soul Sect have set up a massive array across the three northern states! It's said to be a fourth-tier Nascent Soul level array, something like the Blood Refining Profound Origin Array," covering the entire three northern states and part of the Blood Spirit Abyss, resembling an inverted blood bowl!

"Hiss—" another person gasped, "A fourth-order formation? Even Golden Core cultivators can't enter that!"

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"It's not just the Golden Core stage! I've heard that even a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator can't break the formation; only a Deity Transformation cultivator can do it."

The Blood Soul Sect has really gone all out this time!

Chen Qing paused, walked calmly to the tea stall, sat down, ordered a pot of spiritual tea, and listened intently.

"Aren't the three northern states Lingyun Sect's territory? Is Lingyun Sect just going to stand by and watch?"

"The Nascent Soul elders of the Lingyun Sect have all gone to that fourth-tier secret realm in the southwest. How could they possibly care about that place? Besides, that great formation couldn't be set up in just a day or two. The Blood Soul Sect must have been planning it for a long time."

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"Does that mean the three northern states have completely fallen?"

"Who says otherwise? It's a pity that those rogue cultivators and small families who didn't have time to escape are likely to suffer."

Chen Qing held the teacup, his heart churning with emotion.

Blood Refining Profound Origin Grand Array - Fourth-Order Array!

He had seen this name in ancient books. It was said to be one of the Blood Soul Sect's most powerful formations, capable of refining the essence of flesh and blood of living beings within the formation to strengthen it. The more living beings it refined, the stronger its power became, making it extremely evil and vicious.

No wonder those Blood Soul Sect cultivators went on a rampage in the three northern states, destroying spiritual veins and lands with near-suicidal intent.

Now it seems they weren't crazy at all.

It was clearly an attempt to disrupt the connection between the spiritual vein and the fourth-order spiritual vein of the Lingyun Sect's mountain gate in order to set up this grand formation.

Those lower-level disciples may have been simply following orders and had no idea what they were doing, but the Blood Soul Sect's higher-ups, who had a comprehensive view of the situation, had made their moves step by step, thus creating this earth-shattering grand scheme.

Chen Qing put down his teacup, feeling relieved that he had left early, but a question arose in his mind.

Why would the Blood Soul Sect go to such great lengths to set up a fourth-order formation in the northern part of the Martial Kingdom?

The resources, manpower, and time required to build a fourth-order formation are astronomical; the Blood Soul Sect is not a fool with too much money, so there must be a deeper meaning behind this move.

As I was pondering this, a strange feeling rose from the bottom of my heart, as if something had awakened in the distance.

Chen Qing suddenly looked up and gazed northward.

The other cultivators at the tea stall also sensed something amiss and stood up, looking towards the north.

The next moment—

A crimson light shone from the northern horizon, turning half the sky blood red!

Chen Qing's pupils contracted as he rose into the air, gazing intently into the distance.

In the northwest sky, the original pale green rift of the Abyss Secret Realm was rapidly changing color, gradually turning from pale green to dark blue, then from dark blue to dark purple, and finally settling into a blood-red light!

The crimson color grew increasingly intense, even showing faint signs of turning into pitch black, as if some force was pushing it to break through its limits.

But in the end, it seemed to fall short by a hair's breadth; the pitch-black darkness never fully appeared and returned to crimson, just like the fourth-order secret realm rift in the southwest.

"The Abyss Secret Realm has become a fourth-tier secret realm?"

Chen Qing muttered to himself, his heart churning with turmoil.

The Abyss Secret Realm was clearly only a first-tier secret realm, so how did it become a fourth-tier one?!

A flash of inspiration struck Chen Qing, reminding him that the "world fragment" possessed the potential to "upgrade the world." It seemed that there was probably more than one "world fragment," and the combined effect of the other "world fragments" had propelled the Lin Yuan Secret Realm from the first tier to the fourth tier!

Or rather, this Lin Yuan Secret Realm was never a first-order secret realm!

The Blood Soul Sect must have known about this long ago.

They knew that a fourth-tier secret realm would appear in the southwest direction, and they also knew that one would appear in the direction of Blood Spirit Abyss!

The fourth-tier secret realm in the southwest is coveted by Lingyun Sect, the righteous path, the demonic path, the demon race, and any Nascent Soul power in Canglan Domain that can be named. Blood Soul Sect couldn't compete with it, so they simply gave up. Blood Spirit Abyss, the fourth-tier secret realm, is their real target!

To monopolize a fourth-tier secret realm!

This move was so extravagant that it made Chen Qing's scalp tingle.

"But—where did the Blood Soul Sect get this information? How could they know the time and location of a fourth-tier secret realm in advance? And can the Blood Soul Sect even handle it? That's a fourth-tier secret realm!"

Chen Qing was filled with doubts, but now was clearly not the time to delve into them. He silently prayed for Xiao Chunan and quickened his pace toward the market exit.

The Azure Wind Boat transformed into a streak of azure light and soared into the sky. Chen Qing glanced back at the scarlet crack in the northwest and then at the equally scarlet pillar of blood in the southwest, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

Two fourth-tier secret realms appeared simultaneously.

The heavens of this Canglan Domain are likely about to change.

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