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Chapter 362: Fiery Wings Unfurled, Soaring Nine Ten Thousand Miles
Chapter 362: Fiery Wings Unfurled, Soaring Nine Ten Thousand Miles
In the reception hall, the two men were engaged in a lively conversation, mostly commiserating with each other.
"I only have three Foundation Establishment Cultivators on Hundred Refinements Mountain, and Ailao Mountain took two of them away," one of them said.
"The same goes for Luo Tian Association. It was hard enough to gather eight or nine Foundation Establishment Cultivators, and the Ice Fortress took five of them away!"
"Wow, that many? Doesn't that Heartless Immortal even give you, Dan Chenzi, any face?"
"He did! Otherwise, we wouldn't have any hosts left to manage the business within the association."
Gongsun Qian sighed deeply.
"These major sects really don't treat us minor powers as people!"
Luo Chen nodded in agreement.
After sharing their grievances, the two men, who were initially distant, became more comfortable with each other, perhaps due to their shared plight.
Gongsun Qian asked about Luo Chen's purpose for visiting.
"Are you looking to customize a magical tool? I remember your sect has a master forger, Duan Feng, right?"
"He's been dispatched to the Thunder Mountain Battlefield."
Ah, that explains why he sought help from Hundred Refinements Mountain.
There was no need to go into the details, and Gongsun Qian proceeded to inquire about Luo Chen's requirements for the customized magical tool.
"I want to customize a pair of wing-like magical tools that can be implanted into a cultivator's body."
"For flight assistance?"
"Yes."
"The kind that is powered by spiritual energy?"
"It would be even better if it could incorporate the cultivator's blood essence."
"That might be a bit challenging. Such a magical tool requires high-quality materials."
"I have the raw materials with me!"
"Oh? Why don't you take them out and let me have a look?"
"Let's move to a different place; this room is a bit small."
Gongsun Qian agreed and led Luo Chen to the spacious backyard.
In front of him, Luo Chen took out a pair of folded fiery red wings from his storage bag.
"The wings of a Second Rank Demonic Beast?"
"Yes, a Peng Bird type."
Gongsun Qian's interest was piqued. He unfolded the wings and crouched down to examine them carefully.
Luo Chen stood by, gazing at the fully extended wings, which spanned several zhang in length, and a nostalgic expression appeared on his face.
He had purchased these wings from a wandering Foundation Establishment Cultivator named Xiong Kun in an underground black market, with Tian Xingzi acting as the intermediary and helping him negotiate the price.
In fact, these wings were just a part of the complete demonic beast he had bought.
Flaming Cloud Peng!
A Second Rank Demonic Beast.
Luo Chen relied on this complete demonic beast's corpse to refine three portions of Imperial Flow Elixir, which enabled him to successfully establish his foundation.
Due to the presence of the demon core, Luo Chen had set aside these wings.
For many years, they had been lying unused in his storage bag, serving little purpose.
Recently, while studying the incomplete third-rank body transformation technique, Heavenly Peng Transformation, Luo Chen obtained a complete flight technique called Nine Ten Thousand Miles.
In the past, he wouldn't have cared much about such a flight technique.
However, after establishing his foundation, most cultivators flew using swords, resulting in a significant increase in speed.
Although he had mastered Freedom Soar and Wind Riding Art, even reaching Grand Completion, their effect on his speed became less significant as his cultivation level increased.
It could be said that among cultivators of the same level, he still had a certain speed advantage, but it was becoming negligible.
In essence, Freedom Soar was just a mundane light skill, and Wind Riding Art was a common basic flight technique in the cultivation world.
During the dispute over the Dao in Qingdan Valley, he witnessed how super speed could almost change the outcome of a battle!
Whether it was Danyangzi's Body-Sword Fusion or Tao Wan's superior Swift Wind Nine Transformations, they both left a deep impression on him.
This kind of speed was not limited to movement and flight; in combat, it could even provide an opportunity to dodge an enemy's sudden deadly attack.
It was for this reason that Luo Chen had the idea to improve his speed again.
Nine Ten Thousand Miles from Heavenly Peng Transformation was such a technique.
Calling it a technique might not be entirely accurate.
It would be more precise to describe it as a secret technique, body technique, or force technique.
If Luo Chen could master this technique, he estimated that he could regain his absolute speed advantage among cultivators of the same level, just like he had during the Qi Condensation Stage.
At the very least, he wouldn't be inferior to Tao Wan!
However, Luo Chen's talent in techniques was insufficient to cultivate Nine Ten Thousand Miles on his own.
He would either have to cultivate the complete Heavenly Peng Transformation, learn Blood Essence to Wings, and escape with a burst of speed covering nine ten thousand miles!
Or he would need an appropriate external object to assist him and forcefully enter the initial stage of cultivation.
A pair of suitable implanted wings would serve as this external aid!
There were many factions in Heavenly Wave Immortal City that specialized in forging magical tools, including Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, Flame Alliance, and other shops.
Luo Chen approached Hundred Refinements Mountain because they had a relatively good relationship with these groups.
Hundred Refinements Mountain was one of the three major powers in Heavenly Wave Immortal City's Tianlan Stopover and had a competitive relationship with Divine Craftsman Sect.
Luo Tian Association had annihilated the Divine Artisan Sect, and Hundred Refinements Mountain was naturally delighted.
Even during Sima Huiwang's Foundation Establishment ceremony, Gongsun Qian personally visited to offer his congratulations.
In the current grand scheme of the Jade Cauldron Region, Ailao Mountain and Ice Fortress were also considered allies.
As subordinate sects to the Luo Tian Association and Hundred Refinements Mountain, they naturally had a closer relationship.
With all these factors, Luo Chen took the initiative to seek out Gongsun Qian.
His artifact crafting skills, compared to Duan Feng, was only superior, never inferior! In the backyard, Gongsun Qian had been researching for a long time.
Sometimes observing, sometimes infusing spiritual energy to check the integrity of the wings, and occasionally taking out special medicinal liquids from his storage bag to drip onto the wings and test their reactions.
After a long while, he straightened up.
"Luo Daoyou, this material is a bit awkward!"
"How so?" Luo Chen asked.
Gongsun Qian didn't hide anything and directly said, "Second-rank materials are often insufficient for crafting magical artifacts and can only serve as auxiliary materials. If used for crafting magical tools, it would be somewhat wasteful."
"Moreover, the time these wings have been stored is too long."
"Even in a storage bag, their spirituality has diminished significantly."
"Additionally, your requirements are somewhat demanding. Even if I personally craft it, it's likely to be difficult to achieve the level of a magical artifact."
After hearing this, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed.
Although he didn't seek the power of magical artifacts, if he could create one, he would be able to use it for an extended period.
Even upon reaching the Golden Core stage, it would still have its uses.
However, the immediate priority was to quickly enhance his combat power.
"It doesn't matter if it's not a magical artifact. Just do your best. My minimum requirement is that it should at least reach the level of an intermediate magical tool!"
Gongsun Qian nodded, "Intermediate is not difficult. If we add some auxiliary materials and refine them, it might even reach the level of a superior magical tool."
This type of wing-like magical tool was not among the conventional magical tools.
Once formed, it could be classified as an unorthodox magical tool.
If it achieved an intermediate level, its effect would be no weaker than a superior-grade flying magical tool.
It could already meet Luo Chen's basic needs for cultivating the Nine Ten Thousand Miles technique.
With the initial agreement reached, Luo Chen, accompanied by Gongsun Qian, went to the warehouse to select the appropriate auxiliary materials and then left a deposit of a thousand spirit stones.
After agreeing on a rough time for delivery, Luo Chen finally left the Hundred Refinements Mountain shop.
...
Half a month later.
In the Perfumed Flower River basin, the green mountains undulated endlessly.
Two figures appeared and disappeared in this area.
Gongsun Qian took out a pair of palm-sized deep red wings from his storage bag and held them in his hand.
Luo Chen looked at this object in surprise, "You engraved the Wish Array?"
"Not exactly. Only our Hundred Refinements Mountain's sect master knows the Wish Array as a third-rank array. But I took a different approach and, in addition to refined gold and dark iron, I infused a bit of Soft Thunder Sand," Gongsun Qian stroked his beard, not without pride.
Luo Chen was startled.
Soft Thunder Sand was a well-known third-rank mineral often added during the crafting of magical artifacts.
This mineral was also highly adaptable and could change in size as desired, making it a precious resource.
"You've gone through a lot of trouble."
Gongsun Qian shook his head, "It's not that much trouble, just a little bit. It's far from enough to craft a magical artifact. Keeping it is useless to me."
At this point, he smiled.
"The wool comes from the sheep. This treasure, if refined to superior quality, will be of the finest quality, not inferior to any premium flying magical tool."
"If this treasure proves useful, you can compensate me accordingly."
Luo Chen nodded.
If it's truly useful, he wouldn't hesitate to offer a few more spirit stones.
Next, with Gongsun Qian's introduction, Luo Chen learned the correct usage of this object.
Since Luo Chen had mentioned using both spiritual energy and blood essence as energy sources, using this treasure required an additional condition of blood recognition.
Otherwise, it couldn't be activated by blood essence power.
"Let's use blood recognition!"
In front of Gongsun Qian, Luo Chen's heart stirred, and a strand of sword light pierced his fingertip.
It was a bit difficult to pierce, and it took a long time for a drop of crimson blood to ooze out.
Gongsun Qian watched this scene from the side, his eyelids twitching uncontrollably.
What a terrifying physical strength!
That strand of sword light was at least a premium magical tool, yet piercing the skin was so challenging.
Even if the other party deliberately controlled its power, it was still quite frightening.
Moreover, this drop of blood essence contained such pure spiritual energy fluctuations!
What cultivation level was this Luo Tian Association's Dan Chenzi at?
Even a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator might not have such pure spiritual energy!
Luo Chen was unaware of the turbulent thoughts that Gongsun Qian had in a short time.
He calmly infused the blood essence into the palm-sized magical tool.
Then, in front of Gongsun Qian, he lifted his outer robe.
Using his sword's light like a thread, he sliced open a wound on his shoulder blade.
A pair of wings were attached to his back as he frowned.
"You can try flying first. Although it's a superior unorthodox magical tool, it's still an external object, and you might feel a bit uncomfortable at first."
"As for the wound, just apply some medicinal ointment when you get back, and it'll be fine in half a day." Gongsun Qian said.
Luo Chen waved his hand, indicating that it was unnecessary.
He performed two Grand Perfection Healing Arts, and under Gongsun Qian's widened eyes, the two wounds on his back instantly healed.
It was as if nothing had happened.
Luo Chen took a deep breath, channeled his spiritual energy, and infused it into the two metal plates on his back.
Whoosh!
A crisp sound rang out.
Two illusory crimson wings extended from beneath Luo Chen's robe, dazzling and magnificent, spreading out behind him.
They weren't large, each wing only about two and a half feet long.
But as they spread, they gave off a sense of grandeur, like a giant roc spreading its wings, creating an inexplicable feeling of harmony.
Luo Chen's mind moved, and strands of spiritual power flowed from his meridians into the wings.
Then!
Whoosh!
Gongsun Qian looked up and saw the young Daoist's figure floating in mid-air.
Under his gaze, the figure flapped its illusory wings, initially flying slowly, but gradually picking up speed.
Eventually, its flying speed far exceeded that of ordinary cloud-riding techniques.
It was no less impressive than normal sword flight.
Gongsun Qian stroked his beard, nodding in satisfaction.
As he had expected, the magical tool he had crafted, despite being of superior quality, with the assistance of a suitable formation and high-quality materials, its flying speed was no less than that of normal sword flight.
In the sky.
Luo Chen, gradually getting used to the wings, also felt a strange sensation.
"It doesn't seem to be as uncomfortable as Gongsun Qian said?"
"It's as if this object is a part of my body."
"Like adding wings to a tiger? No, it's more like a Peng bird, naturally spreading its wings and soaring after reaching maturity."
"Could it be related to the Imperial Flow Elixir I refined using the Flaming Cloud Peng? They are of the same origin, and with my blood essence recognizing it as its master, it creates a natural sense of harmony."
He was puzzled, unable to find an answer.
After experimenting for a while, Luo Chen descended and landed in front of Gongsun Qian.
"Daoist friend, are you satisfied?"
"Very satisfied. This... this thing is excellent!" Luo Chen smiled.
Gongsun Qian returned the smile, "Since you are its master, why not give it a name? Otherwise, calling it 'this thing' or 'that thing' isn't very elegant."
Luo Chen's eyebrows rose.
After a moment's thought, he spoke three words.
"Fiery Cloud Wings!"
"Fiery Cloud Wings?" Gongsun Qian was taken aback, then clapped and exclaimed, "Derived from the Flaming Cloud Peng, the name 'Fiery Cloud' is indeed excellent!"
Luo Chen smiled, not overly concerned.
In front of Gongsun Qian, he took out five thousand low-grade spirit stones from his storage bag.
Gongsun Qian felt embarrassed and said, "Isn't this a bit too much? You provided the main material, and you've already given a thousand spirit stones as a deposit. I only contributed some auxiliary materials."
"It's not too much!"
"The Soft Thunder Sand you added made it much easier for me to control this. This alone is worth the price."
Luo Chen paused, then continued, "Moreover, at this time, a superior unorthodox magical tool is definitely worth six or seven thousand spirit stones."
Gongsun Qian was stunned.
Then he gave a thumbs up.
"As expected of Dan Chenzi, so open and generous!"
Luo Chen smiled slightly, not being modest.
He declined the invitation to return to the city with Gongsun Qian, indicating that he wanted to stay and get more familiar with the magical tool.
Gongsun Qian had no objections and happily returned to the city.
He had spent half a month on it, and even without providing the main material, he had already earned six thousand low-grade spirit stones.
He was naturally delighted.
After he left.
Luo Chen felt the almost imperceptible object on his back, and his eyes also showed joy.
His previous test was just a normal activation of the magical tool, and he hadn't used the Nine Ten Thousand Miles Secret Technique yet.
Even without it, the speed was already comparable to sword flight.
What kind of power would it have if he used the Nine Ten Thousand Miles Secret Technique from the Heavenly Peng Transformation to control this?
Looking at the continuous green mountains.
A small bird chirped and soared through the forest.
Luo Chen leaped into the air.
Just as his body was about to descend, he suddenly sprouted wings on his back, halting his downward momentum, and then he soared upwards.
His speed was incredible, and his posture was graceful.
It was as if a giant roc had spread its wings, soaring up to nine ten thousand miles!
(End of Chapter)
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