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Chapter 305: The Celestial Assembly Annals, Finally Arrived
Chapter 305: The Celestial Assembly Annals, Finally Arrived
Including the previous attempt with the Flame Cloud Phoenix for refining the Imperial Stream Elixir, this was the second time.
However, Luo Chen had no worries.
First, he had a successful experience.
Second, his current pill concocting skills were far superior to before.
After half a month, he obtained three finished products of the Imperial Stream Elixir.
Looking at the three elixirs, Luo Chen was very satisfied.
Perhaps, among these three, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator could be born.
After leaving the pill room, Luo Chen called for Baimei Ling.
"Has anyone been looking for me recently?"
Baimei Ling scratched her head, "No, it's just that the Celestial Assembly occasionally sends some annals through Sima President."
Luo Chen frowned.
He would naturally take the time to read the Celestial Assembly's annals.
But as for the Ice Fortress.
There was still no news.
Could it be that Shi Boying hasn't discovered that Mid-Grade Jade Dew Pill yet?
"Although she is old, it's clear that she hasn't given up her cultivation. This can be discerned from the increasingly robust Essence Energy fluctuations on her body each time we meet."
"Is it not yet time to use that pill?"
Ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators, without actively releasing their spiritual sense or using the Spirit Eye Technique, would find it difficult to perceive the realm of their peers.
But this problem didn't apply to Luo Chen.
Not to mention his soul foundation far surpassing Shi Boying.
With the Spirit Eye Technique rooted in his eyes, he could effortlessly and passively use this technique.
This was already a passive skill.
Therefore, he could easily perceive her cultivation progress.
The Jade Dew Pills sent previously were definitely used by Shi Boying herself.
Otherwise, her cultivation progress couldn't be so fast!
"Am I being too hasty?"
Shaking his head, Luo Chen suppressed the impatience in his heart.
He shouldn't be anxious.
He wasn't short of Spirit Stones at the moment.
Even after privately purchasing a large amount of materials for refining the Imperial Stream Elixir, he still had a savings of over ten thousand.
Moreover, if needed, he could withdraw a few hundred thousand in funds from the Celestial Assembly at any time.
He had just been thinking too far ahead.
After calming his emotions, Luo Chen enjoyed a hearty dinner and then entered the quiet room to cultivate.
Cultivation required patience and dedication.
Without other distractions, he wouldn't slack off for a single day.
The next day, Luo Chen took out the corpse of the Extreme Cold Ice Toad from his Storage Bag.
Looking at the corpse covered in white lumps, Luo Chen furrowed his brows.
The reason he left this creature for last wasn't because it was precious.
Instead, it was because the corpse was difficult to handle, as these lumps contained potent toxins.
Even as a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, if he accidentally came into contact with them, it would be dangerous.
"This type of demon beast isn't particularly powerful, but it's extremely disgusting. Even at the same Second Rank, human Foundation Establishment Cultivators would find it challenging to deal with them."
"Perhaps only a Golden Core Venerable could kill them without injury!"
Lower-ranked demon beasts are often at the mercy of humans.
But upon reaching the Second Rank Beast General level, demon beasts develop spiritual intelligence.
Condensing demon cores and controlling demonic energy are just ordinary means.
Stronger ones will utilize their racial advantages, making them no less formidable than ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
If there are demon beasts with a heritage, even those of the same rank would give them a wide berth.
Luo Chen expelled the sword pill, splitting the sword light, and carefully sliced the corpse from the gaps between the white lumps.
Baimei Ling, at some point, had also come closer.
Seeing Luo Chen's cautious yet clumsy manner, she tentatively suggested, "Why don't you let me do it?"
Luo Chen looked at her in confusion.
Baimei Ling explained, "I have a Yin Soul body and am not afraid of such toxins. With a suitable artifact, I can handle it faster."
Seeing her confidence, Luo Chen didn't hesitate and immediately let her try.
Baimei Ling, using her Yin energy, manipulated an Upper-Grade Flying Dagger, swiftly slicing up the massive Ice Toad corpse.
Her skilled movements were clearly superior to Luo Chen's by a third.
Seeing this, Luo Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
He had forgotten that Baimei Ling, having worked in the Hundred Herbs Hall, would have definitely dealt with dissecting demon beast corpses before.
After all, many medicinal ingredients in the cultivation world come from demon beast corpses.
Seeing that she had taken over and there was no danger, Luo Chen put his mind at ease and went to prepare other auxiliary materials.
From start to finish, Luo Chen didn't let anyone else handle the refining of the Imperial Stream Elixir, not even for purchasing materials!
This matter must remain absolutely confidential.
Amidst this busy period, a month passed quickly.
In the pill room, Luo Chen looked up at the Ice Emperor Cauldron above.
Streaks of golden liquid, like celestial essence descending from the stars, flowed steadily.
Without hesitation, he immediately used the Guiding Technique to draw the golden liquid into three large jade vessels.
With a wave of his hand, he struck out a spiritual technique, extinguishing the summoned Second Rank Earth Fire.
He entered the clean and refreshing living room.
Sensing the fragrant aroma from the jade bottles, Luo Chen's spirit was instantly invigorated.
The quality of this batch of Imperial Stream Elixir far surpassed the previous two!
He carefully touched a drop and swallowed it.
A robust yet gentle medicinal power slowly spread.
"This medicinal power!"
Luo Chen's eyes lit up instantly.
"It's more than twice as potent as the previous Imperial Stream Elixir!"
After carefully tasting it, Luo Chen's expression suddenly changed.
A faint trace of extreme cold and profound Yin energy flowed within his body.
Without hesitation, he immediately circulated the Clear Source Supreme Pill Art to expel that energy from his body.
"Is it Profound Yin Energy?"
Luo Chen's face alternated between gloom and brightness.
He hadn't expected that after merging the Profound Yin Energy from the Extreme Cold Ice Toad demon core with the Imperial Stream Elixir, it would be so domineering.
No wonder the previous nine attempts had failed, and only the last one barely succeeded.
Calming his mind, Luo Chen began to evaluate the three portions of Imperial Stream Elixir.
The medicinal power was even better than ordinary low-grade Imperial Stream Elixir, and he could imagine that during Foundation Establishment, it would increase his success rate even more.
Just these three portions were already comparable to a normal low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill!
However, the flaw was also evident.
Due to the presence of the Profound Yin Energy, male cultivators with a Yang body constitution could never use it.
Otherwise, during Foundation Establishment, it would undoubtedly have a negative effect.
On the other hand, female cultivators might be able to try and borrow this trace of Profound Yin Energy to break through the bottleneck and forcefully establish their foundation.
Just as Luo Chen was pondering this, Baimei Ling had already arrived in the living room.
Her eyes wide and her mouth slightly open, she seemed to be greedily absorbing something.
Luo Chen was surprised by this sight.
"Are you absorbing that trace of Profound Yin Energy?"
"Burp..."
Baimei Ling let out a satisfied burp, as if she had just eaten her fill.
She mumbled, "What force?"
Visibly, her aura was slightly stronger than before.
Luo Chen's face lit up with delight.
All along, Baimei Ling's cultivation had relied solely on hard work.
Later, she obtained the Soul Summoning Banner, but due to her cultivation level, she couldn't fully control it, and the borrowed power was minimal.
Luo Chen had never heard of any pills that could assist Ghost cultivators.
Unexpectedly, today he had made a new discovery.
He took out a large jade bottle, "Xiao Ling, try to see if you can use this spiritual liquid."
Baimei Ling curiously took it from him.
"Don't rush, take it slow. Even if you can't absorb it all at once, absorbing a little bit every day is also good."
Baimei Ling nodded.
Using the Ghost God Secret Record to transform spiritual energy into Yin energy was indeed quite inefficient.
If there was a suitable pill to assist her, perhaps she could make further progress!
As Luo Chen watched Baimei Ling holding the jade bottle and entering the Soul Summoning Banner, a glimmer of expectation arose in his heart.
He now had two ghostly companions, Xiao Ling and Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei was more powerful, possessing the combat strength of a Ghost General.
However, its spiritual intelligence remained undeveloped, and it fought purely on instinct.
In comparison, Xiao Ling provided much more assistance to Luo Chen.
If Baimei Ling could improve her cultivation level, she would be able to help him even better in the future.
After taking care of these matters, Luo Chen shifted his attention to unlocking Fei Changqiu's storage bag and refining the Bloodwrath Pill for Wang Yuan.
The latter tested his pill refinement skills.
He was quite confident in this regard.
But considering the scarcity and preciousness of Yellow Springs Yin Aura, he had to make thorough preparations before starting the refinement process.
Otherwise, wasting the Yellow Springs Yin Aura would be a pity.
As for the former task.
It was also something he had to do.
Not for Fei Changqiu's inheritance, but for the Foundation Establishment Pill inside!
He didn't hope for too much; even just one pill would be good.
As long as he had one, he would have a cover to conceal the existence of the Imperial Stream Elixir from outsiders.
Fei Changqiu had reached the fourth level of Foundation Establishment, and the spiritual imprint on his storage bag was much stronger than those of Duan Qiankun and Wang Haichao, which Luo Chen had cracked in the past.
But the current Luo Chen was no longer the same!
After years of training, his divine soul's foundation had already surpassed a small realm, reaching the late stage of Foundation Establishment.
Additionally, he had become familiar with many restrictions set up using spirit stones.
To unlock Fei Changqiu's storage bag, he wouldn't need too much time.
According to Luo Chen's estimation.
It would take less than a few months for him to unlock it.
A few months? The Celestial Assembly could afford to wait, and so could he!
...
At dawn, Luo Chen walked out of his cave mansion and arrived at the warm sun wood in the spirit field, a tree of considerable size.
At this moment, the morning breeze in the mountains was moist and refreshing.
The tree's shade swayed, and strands of gentle spiritual energy seeped into Luo Chen's body.
The Perfect-grade Eternal Youth Sutra not only had outstanding effects during cultivation but also retained the excellent qualities of the Grand Accomplishment Eternal Spring Technique and Grand Accomplishment Yew Medicine King Scripture.
For example, automatic breath recovery and pure essence energy effects.
Therefore, unless he was in intense combat, his spiritual energy was always abundant.
The process of transforming spiritual energy into liquid would occur slowly, even without actively doing so.
"It's indeed the core cultivation method of the Primordial Soul Supreme Sect!"
"I thought my cultivation speed hadn't improved much, but it seems there has been some progress after all."
Luo Chen sighed and took out a thick booklet.
It wasn't a magic technique manual, nor an alchemy scripture, nor a record of the cultivation world.
It was the Heavenly Alliance Annals.
This book had three copies.
One was kept in the library, one belonged to Sima Huiwang, and one to Luo Chen.
Usually, Sima Huiwang's copy would be exchanged with Luo Chen's, allowing him to understand the general situation of the Celestial Assembly without leaving his home.
Opening the Heavenly Alliance Annals, Luo Chen carefully browsed through it.
The restructuring work was proceeding in an orderly manner.
The Nine Palaces of the Heavenly Alliance had already established a basic framework.
The palace masters of each palace had been mostly determined, except for the Spirit Beast Pavilion.
The Battle Palace, which had troubled Sima Huiwang, had also been framed.
Hall Master Sima Xian, Enforcement Elder Zhou Yuanli, and Network Elder Su Xiaolin.
The Network, is the alias for the intelligence department, referring to the concept of a vast heavenly net.
With these three as the core, the previous Battle Hall and Enforcement Hall were reorganized, along with the addition of the most capable and agile members within the Celestial Assembly, to form the Battle Palace.
Seeing this personnel arrangement, Luo Chen couldn't help but nod in approval.
Sima Huiwang had indeed avoided any potential conflicts of interest.
Even though she had appointed her elder brother as the Hall Master of the Battle Palace, the two most important departments below it were both handpicked by Luo Chen.
Additionally, Sima Huiwang took charge and appointed Qin Liangchen as the Hall Master of the Radiant Light Palace.
This Radiant Light Palace is the alias for the Outer Gate.
It takes its name from the 'Crimson' in Crimson Peak, forming an inner and outer pair with the most important Dan Hall of the Celestial Assembly.
Murong Qinglian had some reservations about this decision.
However, under Sima Huiwang's insistence, this appointment was eventually approved.
Qin Liangchen himself had no objections.
On the contrary, he was more than happy to retire in the Outer Gate.
As for the Hall Masters of the other halls, they were all familiar to Luo Chen.
Even Wang Yuan was appointed by Sima Huiwang as the Hall Master of the Transmission Palace.
In Sima Huiwang's words, Wang Yuan usually enjoyed researching various cultivation methods and had developed quite a few unique techniques.
From now on, all cultivation methods of the Celestial Assembly would be under his management, allowing him to access them at any time.
This was truly making the best use of resources and talents!
Wang Yuan had no objections and instead showed his willingness to accept the position.
Apart from the reorganization.
Sima Huiwang had also spent a considerable sum to purchase a mysterious artifact from Wanbao Tower, capable of testing one's spirit roots.
Spirit Root Testing Disk
Using this as the core, combined with Min Longyu's array knowledge, they could set up the commonly used Spirit Root Testing Array in the sect.
This move was naturally in preparation for the Celestial Assembly's future recruitment of disciples.
Such a heritage would definitely not be passed down to those who had already achieved success in cultivation.
Instead, it would target the younger generation.
Sima Huiwang made a note in the Annals regarding the spirit root testing conditions.
Under 25 years old!
"In most major sects, the age limit for testing spirit roots and accepting disciples is usually below 16."
"She's adapting to the local conditions and has relaxed some of the restrictions."
"That's good too!"
With Sima Huiwang's approach approved, Luo Chen continued reading.
Next was the most important matter for the Celestial Assembly at present.
Recruitment!
Long before, the Celestial Assembly had already started recruiting.
For this purpose, they had specifically established the Outer Gate department.
Ever since the war ended, Sima Huiwang had increased her efforts and actively recruited those with clean backgrounds.
Especially those loose cultivators with unique skills, the Celestial Assembly welcomed them with open arms.
Unlike before, when it took several years to barely recruit a hundred loose cultivators.
This time, within just a month, they had recruited another hundred.
And this was after strict screening.
If they loosened the criteria, the number might even reach four or five hundred! According to Sima Huiwang's estimation, in half a year, the Celestial Assembly could gather a thousand members.
By then, they could temporarily halt the recruitment efforts.
The reason for this encouraging result was not complicated.
During the recent chaos, the Celestial Assembly had gained significant attention.
They had launched attacks in all directions, reaping countless gains.
Even Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators had to give them face.
More importantly, the title of "Fire Spirit Lord" held immense influence among loose cultivators.
Not only was he powerful, but his reputation was also exceptional.
Especially with Sima Huiwang's promotion, the Celestial Assembly's Chairman, the Fire Spirit Lord, was known for his willingness to mentor young and capable individuals.
The current four Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Celestial Assembly, Wang Yuan, Min Longyu, Duan Feng, and even Sima Huiwang herself, were all personally promoted by the Chairman, the Fire Spirit Lord.
They were initially not particularly talented.
Now, they have all become glorious Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
As long as you are willing to join the Celestial Assembly, you will have the opportunity to stand shoulder to shoulder with them in the future.
Faced with such temptation, few loose cultivators could resist.
Reading the detailed description, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel amused.
Huiwang had truly utilized every resource to the extreme!
Even his reputation, without him stepping out of the sect, was used as a banner to attract high-quality loose cultivators.
"But this is also good."
"The original number of cultivators was insufficient to support the increasing number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators."
"If we can gather a thousand, and there are no incompetent members, that would be enough."
"As for more?"
"That won't exceed three thousand either, as without Golden Core Cultivators to preside, having too many people might invite criticism."
Luo Chen had a general understanding of the composition of the top powers in Heavenly Wave Immortal City.
If we're talking about the most numerous, it's undoubtedly the Cloud Linked Business Alliance from ten years ago.
They claimed to have over a dozen Foundation Establishment Cultivators and nearly ten thousand Qi Condensation Cultivators under their command!
But in reality, on the Heavenly Wave side, they only maintained around three thousand Qi Condensation Cultivators.
The rest were dispatched to various businesses in the bazaars.
The other party had clearly given this careful consideration.
Time passed.
The mist dispersed, and the morning sun rose.
As Luo Chen finished reading a volume of the Celestial Assembly Annals, it was already morning.
He was about to stand up when his spiritual sense suddenly stirred.
"They've finally arrived!"
"I thought you guys would be more patient."
Luo Chen smiled slightly and switched the book in his hand to the Sage Fox Alchemy Interpretation.
(End of Chapter)
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