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Chapter 392: Embracing the Strengths of Many, Exchanging for Profound Insights, the Path of a Lone T
Chapter 392: Embracing the Strengths of Many, Exchanging for Profound Insights, the Path of a Lone Traveler (Part 2)
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Each item and each point were crystal clear.
While nodding in agreement, everyone secretly admired Sima Huiniang's composure in the face of danger, clearly considering every aspect.
The team dispatched to rescue Luo Chen was also quickly decided upon Sima Huiniang's suggestion.
It was best to keep the number of people small! The location of the ancient ruins had too many powerful cultivators, and sending too many people from the Luo Tian Association might attract unnecessary trouble.
But the team's strength had to be strong! Chu Kui had to go, as he had fought alongside Luo Chen for many days and knew some of his habits, making him the most likely to find Luo Chen.
Wang Yuan also had to go.
Wang Yuan, who had now comprehended blood qi transformation and mastered the Light and Dark Transformation Tri-Force, had a strength comparable to an eighth-layer Foundation Establishment cultivator.
His physical cultivation methods were even more formidable, making it difficult for ordinary cultivators accustomed to fighting with artifacts and treasures to defend against him.
With him, there was no need to worry about small-scale battles.
Finally, Sima Huiniang carefully selected Min Long Yu.
"With the advantage of the Danxia terrain and the mastery of the grand formation, Elder Min is more than capable of dealing with any Foundation Establishment attackers. You are our Luo Tian Association's strongest defensive barrier!"
"Under normal circumstances, it's best if you don't leave the Luo Tian Association for too long. This has always been the President's arrangement for you."
"Especially at this moment, since I'm sending Elder Chu and Palace Master Wang, you should stay here."
Sima Huiniang paused slightly.
Under everyone's gaze, she made a decision for this unusual situation.
"But compared to the Luo Tian Association, the President's safety is the most important!"
"Even if the Luo Tian Association is destroyed, as long as the President is alive, we can rebuild. But if we can't find the President, even if the Luo Tian Association stands for hundreds of years, it will have no meaning."
"So, this time, I'm sending you to accompany Palace Master Wang and Elder Chu to the Soul Transformation ruins on Thunder Accumulation Ninth Mountain. Do you have any objections?"
Min Long Yu firmly replied, "No objections!"
Sima Huiniang's gaze swept over the others, "Do you have any objections to my arrangements?"
After carefully translatinging the Chinese characters to English, the sentence becomes:
This lineup was the strongest the Luo Tian Association could offer.
Even outside, they would be considered an incredibly powerful force.
The three of them traveling together were undoubtedly the Luo Tian Association's strongest and most efficient combination at the moment.
For a moment, everyone expressed their agreement.
Even Gu Caiyi agreed with this arrangement.
"Then, let's each do our part!"
With a wave of her sleeve, Sima Huiniang set the major policy.
...
As the outside world was in turmoil.
In the Soul Transformation ruins on Thunder Accumulation Ninth Mountain.
In a hall filled with clouds and mist, with lightning flashing and thunder roaring.
A skinny man, his eyes tightly shut, his body slightly trembling.
On his body, electric lights flickered from time to time.
Thin strands of electric light, like flowing water, surrounded his body, constantly going in and out.
At his feet, there were countless items.
Artifacts, treasures, talismans, puppets, sword orbs, minerals, formation flags... and many fragments of storage bags.
Unsystematic and unattributed, these items are a hodgepodge of various origins.
Only Luo Chen knew what he had experienced in the past half a year.
After invoking the heavenly thunder that day, the overwhelming thunderbolt that descended far exceeded his expectations.
The lightning avoidance techniques of the Wanderlust Eighteen Array Disk were insufficient to completely dissipate the thunder's might.
Seeing Di Wanyun's instant demise, he finally took a risk and activated another backup plan.
Harnessing the lightning, he opened the ancient, rustic gate, not caring about the level of cultivator he might attract.
Fortunately, he succeeded.
In that instant, he directly burrowed into the ruins.
However, although he had narrowly survived, it wasn't without a cost.
The overwhelming lightning that pursued him partially entered his body.
Ordinary lightning would have been manageable.
Foundation Establishment Cultivators could withstand a strike or two.
But such a massive amount of lightning quickly underwent a qualitative change.
After that, his body was on the verge of collapse.
Luo Chen attempted to use a cleansing technique to purge the foreign lightning from his body.
But it was like a drop in the ocean!
With a ship taking on water, how much could a small bucket bail out?
In desperation, he activated his final resort, the Mystic Ice Talisman Technique, instantly freezing his entire body.
He tried to wait for Jue Qing Xian Zi's rescue.
However, after being frozen, Luo Chen immediately felt something amiss. The struggling thunder power throughout his body persisted.
The ice sealing technique would disintegrate within a day, and the rampaging power would continue to ravage his physique.
At this perilous moment, Luo Chen forced himself into a state of calm.
The lightning power within him wasn't an unsolvable problem! If he had a Thunder Spirit Root, he could even absorb its spiritual energy and enhance his cultivation realm.
He didn't possess a Thunder Spirit Root, but he had experience harnessing lightning power for body transformation.
"If I use this lightning power to open my meridians, perhaps I can consume it?"
"No!"
"The quantity is too vast. Even if I consume a portion, there will still be a large residue."
"I must find another way, either to dissipate it or consume it."
As his thoughts raced, Luo Chen turned his attention to his third-stage body refinement technique, the Heavenly Peng Transformation!
If successful, it would be a transformation akin to that of a demon.
Wang Yuan disdained it.
Luo Chen wasn't particularly fond of it either.
But the Heavenly Peng Transformation wasn't just a combat technique; its essence was to emulate ancient demons, not pursuing the path of transformation, but rather a body refinement path that traced back to the source.
In the Mountain and Sea Realm, ancient demons rarely took human form.
Instead, they constantly absorbed heavenly spiritual energy, tempering their demonic bodies, achieving an immortal state that could withstand countless tribulations and rebirth through blood.
The concept of the Heavenly Peng Transformation was similar! However, due to its incompleteness, specific body refinement methods were missing.
It only proposed absorbing the essence blood of three types of demonic beasts, each leading to different body refinement paths.
These three demonic beasts were the Thunder Peng, Golden-Winged Peng, and Heavenly Sun Peng.
Their respective attributes were Thunder, Gold, and Fire.
These three attributes were also the strongest among ordinary human cultivators' spirit roots during combat.
If one could perform the Heavenly Peng Transformation, their combat ability would naturally be among the best of their peers.
Luo Chen possessed all five spirit roots, allowing him to follow the path of the Golden-Winged Peng or Heavenly Sun Peng.
When he reached the Foundation Establishment stage, he consumed the corpse of the Fiery Cloud Peng, refined into the Imperial Flow Paste, and in a strict sense, absorbed the essence blood of the Fiery Cloud Peng.
In terms of attributes, he followed the path of the Heavenly Sun Peng, a fire-attributed body refinement technique.
If he wanted to complete this third-stage body refinement technique, he should supplement it in this aspect.
Alas, nothing in this world is perfect!
"I've already satisfied the basic condition of absorbing essence blood. Why can't I borrow the power of fire to refine with lightning?"
"I can complete this incomplete technique!"
Time was too short. The sealing power of the Mystic Ice Talisman could only last for a day at most.
Luo Chen had no time to hesitate. He immediately summoned the system panel.
In that instant, he didn't look at other entries but scrolled down to the bottom where the achievement points were located.
[Achievement Points: 65]
This number was the most abundant and wealthy accumulation of achievement points Luo Chen had ever possessed.
According to Luo Chen's experience, completing a pill formula by crossing stages would consume more than ten achievement points.
As for the upper limit, it would be determined by the number of stages crossed.
Crossing one stage would cost within a hundred points.
Crossing two stages might cost over a hundred points, but within a thousand.
The specifics couldn't be described, but his current body refinement realm was at Blood River Realm (50/100), not a significant stage gap.
Additionally, completing a pill formula would also be influenced by his personal accumulation and foundation.
The deeper the foundation and the greater the accumulation, the fewer achievement points would be consumed.
Conversely, it would require more! The same principle should apply to techniques.
"In the path of body refinement, my knowledge pales in comparison to Wang Yuan, but compared to ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators, I surpass them by far, far too much."
"Whether it's daily body refinement and qi cultivation or literature reading, I haven't fallen behind."
"Especially this Heavenly Peng Transformation, I've been studying it ever since reaching the Foundation Establishment stage."
"With 65 achievement points, I should be able to complete it!"
With the crisis at hand, Luo Chen couldn't afford to think too much.
He immediately tried to complete this body refinement technique!
Achievement points were consumed like water.
One, two, three, four...fifteen, twenty...forty-five!
After consuming forty-five achievement points, the completion progress was instantly achieved.
In an instant, a book of technique incantations poured into his mind, like a revelation.
The initial part was extremely familiar, as Luo Chen had memorized the previous records of the Heavenly Peng Transformation.
But the subsequent path underwent a transformation.
"Lightning coursing through a hundred meridians, thunder piercing through, spirit energy nourishing, essence blood self-generating..."
As the detailed body refinement incantations appeared in his mind, Luo Chen was delighted to discover that this completed third-stage body refinement technique seemed tailor-made for him!
The Book of Changes Marrow Washing, Organ Purification and Meridian Connecting, and Opening Meridians were all processes he had undergone before.
Now, he was merely retracing his steps using the power of thunder.
The subsequent spirit energy nourishment and essence blood self-generation originated from the second-stage body refinement technique, the Qiti Tongyuan.
The Opening Meridians method mentioned was also something he had researched during his time at the Sixth Mountain.
Additionally, there were some special body refinement methods included.
Bone Transformation, Blood Replacement, Spirit Preservation, Essence Condensation, Qi Ingestion, Body Armor Transformation...
Towards the end, it even gave a sense of leaving one wanting more!
This indicated that this body refinement technique still had room for optimization and improvement.
The additional techniques were all closely related to his own cultivation methods.
Bone Transformation and Blood Replacement originated from the Imperial Flow Jelly's Foundation Establishment, utilizing the essence of demonic beasts' bones and flesh.
Spirit Preservation seemed to be derived from the Bright Spirit Demon-Breaking Scripture.
Essence Condensation was achieved through the Dragon Phoenix Tribulation Secret Art and the Clear Source Marvelous Pill Technique after several attempts.
The subsequent Qi Ingestion and Body Armor Transformation were inspired by the Turtle Spirit Armor.
Facing such transformations, Luo Chen was overjoyed.
When he first used the system to actively supplement a cultivation method, he never expected it to be derived from his own skills, incorporating the strengths of various schools, and ultimately tailored to his needs.
One could imagine that if he continued cultivating according to this body refinement technique, even without understanding Blood Qi Transformation or following the orthodox path of body refinement, Luo Chen would still forge an awe-inspiring physique.
Comparable to the ancient mighty demons!
At this point, the name "Heavenly Peng Transformation" no longer seemed appropriate for this cultivation method, so Luo Chen temporarily named it the "Heavenly Thunder Body Transformation Technique."
The reason for the hasty renaming was naturally the lack of time.
Luo Chen couldn't afford to waste a moment! As the Mystic Ice Talisman melted, the power sealing the thunderous force within his body also weakened.
He began to actively absorb and refine the thunderous force to temper his physique using this Tier Three body refinement technique.
First, he retraced the steps of the Book of Changes Marrow Washing, Organ Purification and Meridian Connecting.
With a crack, as the Mystic Ice melted, the vast thunderous force attempted to ravage Luo Chen's body. Luo Chen endured the excruciating pain, repeatedly casting healing spells and the Spring Rain Technique.
Alternating between these two medical arts, he healed his damaged body.
During this interval, Luo Chen struggled to retrace his path of body refinement.
His already formidable physique underwent another muscle and marrow transformation.
The five energies within his chest surged forth like raging dragons, sweeping through the thunderous force, constantly tearing and dividing it.
Although the five energies dissipated during this process, what remained was undoubtedly purer and more powerful.
The step of 'Electricity Running Through the Hundred Meridians' proceeded smoothly.
Luo Chen even took out spare Supreme Blood Demon Pills to assist him in this step.
Next was the opening of meridians, which Luo Chen had yet to complete.
Time passed slowly...
After an unknown duration, another crisis emerged.
Luo Chen's spiritual energy was nearly depleted.
Whether it was the Spirit Energy Nourishment derived from Qiti Tongyuan or the method of drawing upon the thunderous force to cast spells and repair his body, both consumed a significant amount of his spiritual energy.
The once boundless energy in his dantian was now almost exhausted.
Without hesitation, Luo Chen took out all the high-grade Ascending Dragon Pills he had accumulated in his storage bag and swallowed them one by one.
Furthermore, he forcefully broke into the storage bags left behind by Foundation Establishment Early and Mid-stage cultivators.
He opened the ones he could and forced open the rest.
Even if the storage bags shattered, causing some resources to disappear into the void, he had no time to worry about it.
All of this was done to gather the pills and resources within.
He didn't even mind unrefined heavenly materials and earthly treasures as long as they contained spiritual energy.
As for whether his body could withstand such a large amount of pills and spiritual herbs, he had no concerns.
With the immense thunderous force within his body, he didn't need to worry about refining these Tier Two pills.
And so, in this terrifying cultivation, half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
The four steps of the Book of Changes Marrow Washing and Organ Purification and Meridian Connecting were already completed, and the opening of meridians was achieved effortlessly.
At this moment, his 720 meridian points shone like stars, radiant and dazzling.
Within them, silver-white light flickered, as if remnants of the thunderous force remained.
Moreover, Luo Chen had also completed a Blood Replacement.
His old blood was replaced by new, vibrant blood.
Additionally, behind Luo Chen, on his spine, a silver-white vertebra bone constantly vibrated, resembling a coiled dragon stretching.
This was Bone Transformation!
Luo Chen was not yet able to reshape his entire skeletal structure, so he started with the most crucial vertebra.
Luo Chen had a feeling that with this bone, his combat abilities would greatly improve.
This was a Thunder Bone!
Now, like a dormant dragon, it lay still, but once it moved, it would bring about a world of change.
"The resources from over thirty Foundation Establishment cultivators' storage bags have brought me to this point, an achievement not to be taken lightly."
"But, it doesn't end here!"
Although there were only thirty-plus storage bags, they were the accumulated resources of thirty-plus Foundation Establishment cultivators from the battlefield.
Among them were resources exchanged for merit points.
He had obtained over ten Foundation Establishment Pills with raging spiritual energy.
Luo Chen's eyes shone brightly, and within them, lightning seemed to flicker.
By this time, he had already refined the vast thunderous force within his body.
The thunder and lightning that filled the grand hall were drawn from outside.
He picked up dozens of pill bottles and swallowed all the miscellaneous pills within.
Then, he took a deep breath.
It was as if he had opened a deep abyss, and spiritual energy from miles around rushed towards him.
A seven-colored enchanting Qi Dragon was devoured by him.
This was the Turtle Breathing Technique from the Turtle Spirit Armor, a Qi Ingestion body refinement method.
After the Qi Dragon entered his body, Luo Chen closed his eyes again.
The Tier Three body refinement technique began to circulate.
A surprising scene unfolded.
On his bare skin, pure white armor plates slowly formed.
They resembled the armor from the Turtle Spirit Armor that Luo Chen had used before.
But upon closer inspection, they seemed slightly different.
The pure white plates were like turtle shell armor, yet also akin to fish dragon scales.
Human body armor, both demonic and divine!
Luo Chen's years of hard work and accumulated foundation, though seemingly disparate, were now systematically organized by the system.
At this moment, he finally embarked on his own unique path of body refinement.
One could imagine how formidable his physique would be when he awoke.
In the silent grand hall, the Daoist lay like a mysterious turtle, resting without a sound.
Silver-white lightning bolts surged in from outside the hall, crackling loudly, disturbing the tranquility but failing to wake the slumbering figure.
(End of Chapter)
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