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Chapter 605: What is a True Tian Linggen Cultivator?
Chapter 605: What is a True Tian Linggen Cultivator?
【Lifespan: 146/500】
【Spirit Root: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth】
【Realm: Golden Core Fifth Layer 30/100, Ancient Chaos Third Stage 75/100】
【Cultivation Technique: Celestial Phoenix Rebirth Scripture Proficiency 201/300, Ten Thousand Paths Confluence Perfection, Ten Thousand Beasts Scripture Perfect 375/500】
【Spells: Fourth Stage: Dragon Slaying Spell Perfection, Essence Condensation Spell Perfect 375/500
Third Stage: Fiery Heaven Seven-Ring Master 700/1000, Severing Life Finger Entry Level 15/100
【Martial Skill: Explosion Step Master 575/1000】
Perfected Spells (Click to view details)
The concise attribute panel reappeared before his eyes after many years.
Even though Luo Chen had maintained a calm and composed state of mind, ripples began to stir.
After settling in Penghu, with all aspects of his cultivation optimized, he directly advanced from the halfway point of the fourth layer of the Golden Core to the fifth layer in just a few years. Moreover, in the following three years, his cultivation speed showed no signs of slowing down, and he progressed at a rate of ten percent per year, reaching thirty percent.
He was only six or seven years away from the sixth layer of the Golden Core.
Such an astonishing speed would be considered extraordinary in the entire Mountain and Sea Realm.
But Luo Chen knew that this was actually his normal cultivation speed!
Being comparable to a Tian Linggen was not just an empty boast.
According to rumors, Tian Linggen cultivators could build their foundation in ten years, form their Golden Core in a hundred years, and cultivate their Nascent Soul in two hundred years. The longer they cultivated, the faster their progress, and they hardly encountered any bottlenecks.
Behind these exaggerated rumors were a series of hidden conditions unknown to outsiders.
These included cultivation techniques, spirit lands, guidance from renowned masters, and corresponding auxiliary resources.
Previously, Luo Chen's reputation for having a cultivation speed comparable to Tian Linggen was just a name, and his progress was only slightly faster than that of a typical dual spirit root cultivator.
The biggest limiting factor was the quality of his spirit land.
The Eight Hundred Mile Penghu, with its upgraded spirit veins, solved this restriction.
Therefore, his cultivation could surge forward! Of course, during this process, the assistance of a large number of pills and the improvement of his proficiency in his innate cultivation technique also played crucial roles.
Especially the latter!
"The Celestial Phoenix Rebirth Scripture is truly marvelous. Not only did it improve my spirit root aptitude, but the spiritual power cultivated through it is so pure, almost devoid of impurities, saving me from the futile effort of refining and purifying it."
As he marveled, Luo Chen couldn't help but wonder about the origin of this cultivation technique.
Could it be the cultivation technique of a phoenix after it transformed into a human?
Otherwise, it would be hard to achieve such miraculous effects.
And this was just the Golden Core chapter. What kind of divine cultivation methods that could rival the heavens and earth were recorded in the subsequent Nascent Soul, Divine Transformation, and complete chapters?
Shaking his head, Luo Chen stopped pondering further.
His attention shifted to the physique progress bar.
【Ancient Chaos Third Stage 75/100】
With his self-created Ten Thousand Paths Confluence reaching perfection, his efficiency in body refinement also reached its peak, especially with the assistance of the Black Emperor Ointment, a puppet refining elixir.
Over the years of traveling and wandering, his cultivation speed in the Immortal Dao had slowed down, but his physique progress showed almost no stagnation.
In one go, he reached the seventy-five percent progress bar, seemingly just a step away from the fourth stage.
But this step was clearly not easy to take.
Luo Chen had already felt that the ordinary third-stage Black Emperor Ointment was no longer effective for him.
Even with large amounts of consumption, the progress growth was as slow as a turtle.
However, this wasn't a significant problem.
Luo Chen's storage bag still had a large number of fourth-stage Black Emperor Ointments.
These elixirs were refined from the shells of over ten third-stage monster crab kings that he had hunted over the years.
With the help of these elixirs, as long as he persisted in his cultivation, achieving the fourth-stage Ancient Chaos physique was just around the corner!
His gaze moved down to the "meager" spells section, and he fell into deep thought.
"The perfected Dragon Slaying Spell..."
Muttering to himself, he raised his finger, ready to strike like a sword.
But in the end, he suppressed this impulse.
Some spells, after reaching perfection, would give birth to additional special effects.
Either they pushed the limits of human potential, or they had hidden potential with higher-level replacement spells.
For example, the Fireball Spell, which he had learned first, naturally gained the "Fusion" effect, becoming the so-called "Blazing Sun Spell" when it could progress no further.
Over the years, Luo Chen had learned countless spells of various grades.
But those with additional special effects were very few.
The closest one was the Illusion Technique, Mirror Flower Water Moon.
Unexpectedly, the Dragon Slaying Spell, which he had specifically sought to remove the foreign spiritual power for Chu Kui, had an unexpected surprise after reaching perfection.
Upon careful investigation, the perfection of the Dragon Slaying Spell began when he was on the way from Langya Port to Giant Whale Harbor.
The opportunity for its perfection came when he resolved the negative energy on the Soul Nourishing Tree for Han Zhan.
This negative energy was not just any ordinary energy.
It was left behind by the top experts of this realm.
To remove this foreign energy, it was as difficult as moving a mountain with a spoon for Luo Chen, who was only at the Master level at that time.
But after succeeding, without Han Zhan's knowledge, Luo Chen gained two benefits.
One of them was an improvement in his illusion technique!
With a thought, Luo Chen's deep and mysterious eyes seemed to give birth to various illusions, eventually transforming into a terrifying scene of ghostly shadows and towering pagodas.
He infused the sinister energy into his sea of consciousness, merging it with the Mirror Flower Water Moon Illusionary Technique. This was the very technique that allowed him to defeat the renowned Primordial Demon Sect's Soul Refinement lineage and their true transmission.
At that time, the optimization of this technique was still in its experimental stage.
After years of secret cultivation, the power of Mirror Flower Water Moon had become increasingly profound and unpredictable.
Luo Chen now had the confidence that with this move, even late-stage Golden Core cultivators would find it difficult to resist.
The second discovery was something even Han Zhan was unaware of.
It was the strange transformation that occurred after his Dragon Slaying Technique reached perfection.
Slaying dragons, slaying qi, and even slaying spirits! "That sinister energy is not just a mere aura, but also the residual power of a strong cultivator's spirit. Unknowingly, by repeatedly slaying the sinister energy, I've inadvertently added the effect of severing the influence of spirits to my perfected Dragon Slaying Technique."
Although he had made this discovery, it was somewhat of a mixed blessing.
Luo Chen could sense that the range of the spirit-slaying aspect of the Dragon Slaying Technique was too narrow.
It was impossible to use it outside of his body; it could only be performed within his sea of consciousness.
Perhaps it was due to his insufficient cultivation realm, or maybe the illusion caused by the sinister energy only appeared in his sea of consciousness.
Nonetheless, this was indeed an unexpected joy.
Who knows, maybe one day, it would produce an effect beyond his imagination?
Luo Chen took a deep breath and checked the progress of his Essence Condensation Technique cultivation. A faint smile appeared on his face.
He had finally cultivated the fourth-stage secret technique of the Luoyun Sect without relying on the system! The hidden Dust Sand had now transformed into an Essence Core, residing within his Dantian.
Not only did it automatically absorb and expel the spiritual energy from the heavens and earth as he cultivated his innate technique, but it also stored a large amount of pure and dense spiritual power for future use.
One could say that Luo Chen's current spiritual power was more than twice as potent as before.
Not only was his spiritual power of higher quality than his peers of the same cultivation level, but he also had a greater quantity.
Now, with this sudden doubling of his spiritual power, its potency was no less than that of a late-stage Golden Core grand cultivator.
With the increase in spiritual power, there were naturally benefits to be had.
Luo Chen could feel that whether it was controlling magical treasures or casting large-scale destructive spells, he could do so with ease.
He would no longer find himself in a predicament like before, where after a fierce battle, his spiritual power would be nearly depleted, leaving him helpless like a skilled cook without ingredients.
And it was clear that Luo Chen's gains over the years did not stop there.
In the palm of his hand, a strand of deep azure-colored flame rose up.
Prosperity Withering True Fire!
Its quality was even better than before.
This change was not due to cultivation but rather the result of absorption.
During the battle at Qu Yang's defense line, Luo Chen had reversed the Azure Fire Pearl released by the white-robed cultivator, obtaining a large amount of high-quality Green Sun Demon Fire.
This war trophy remained unmentioned by the Fishing Old Man even after they returned to Dragon Quake Immortal City.
After settling in Penghu, Luo Chen, in his free time, also studied this so-called demon fire created from the essence of living beings.
His conclusion was that it was not as good as his Prosperity Withering True Fire.
Having this fire in his possession was somewhat underwhelming.
However, on one occasion, while Luo Chen was forging, he was suddenly inspired to try using his Prosperity Withering True Fire to refine the Green Sun Demon Fire, and to his surprise, he successfully refined it.
At that time, his idea was simple: since this fire was said to be created from the essence of living beings, and his Prosperity Withering True Fire could burn and extract life force from living beings, perhaps it could also refine this demon fire.
He never expected the outcome to be so surprising.
That Azure Fire Pearl had been completely devoured by his Prosperity Withering True Fire.
This further enhanced the power of Luo Chen's Origin True Fire.
Not only did it improve his fire-based spellcasting, but it also significantly boosted his forging and refining abilities.
With a thought, the attribute panel appeared once more.
[Profession]
[Second-Stage Forger]
[Forging Techniques: Perfected Smelting, Perfected Tempering, Perfected Hundred Refinements, Expert-level Flowing Fire Hammer Technique (678/1000), Perfected Iron Forging Hand (400/500), Perfected Metal Shaving (366/500), Beginner Snow Blowing Technique (79/100)]
[Magical Artifacts: Low-grade Azure Fire Sword, Medium-grade Peerless Rings, Jade Mother and Daughter Sabers, High-grade Nine Dragon True Fire Cover, Meteor Fire Ring, Flame Dragon Whip]
[Magical Treasures: Beginner]
Looking at this profession panel, Luo Chen felt a sense of deja vu, as if he had returned to the first time he saw the attribute panel for pill concocting.
The only difference this time was that it was the [Forging] panel.
Although the two skills seemed unrelated, the essence remained the same, and in form, they were quite similar.
Just as pill concocters needed to master basic pill techniques and healers needed to master medical techniques, forgers also had their unique tricks of the trade.
The various forging techniques Luo Chen had mastered came from various sources.
Some were from the Duan family's 300-year-old transformation technique in East Wasteland, while others were basic forging techniques commonly used in Tianfan City.
There were even some basic forging techniques from Qingdangu Valley and low-level puppet refining methods from the Luoyun Sect.
Additionally, among these forging techniques, some of the more advanced ones were from the Cold Light Island in the Northern Sea Cultivation Realm, including the Lianfeng Forge and the Hundred Creations Mountain!
He had obtained the storage bag of the second brother of the Wu family from the Lianfeng Forge, as well as the storage bags of the burly man and the old woman from Hundred Creations Mountain.
(End)
From their legacy, there were few corresponding cultivation technique manuals to be found, but they had amassed a large collection of books related to crafting techniques.
This was easy to understand.
High-level cultivators had long memorized their innate cultivation techniques and rarely carried them around, unless they were still in the process of cultivation or had made special records to pass down to future generations.
However, books related to craftsmanship were often carried with them.
On one hand, they would review them regularly, and on the other, high-level cultivators had ample time and often cultivated various crafts, requiring constant study.
As a result, Luo Chen greatly benefited from this.
It could be said that in just a few years, Luo Chen's crafting skills had advanced by leaps and bounds, earning him the title of "Master Qing Yangzi" among the scattered cultivators in the Refining Qi and Building Foundation stages. All of this was thanks to these inherited books.
Even Han Zhan had not contributed much in this regard.
Luo Chen had integrated the basic crafting techniques of the East Wasteland and the North Sea's cultivation world, combined them with some artifact and treasure refining diagrams, and with years of unwavering dedication to array formation cultivation, he was able to maintain high productivity and quality in crafting.
However, Luo Chen was well aware that with his current level of skill, attempting to refine the Demon Emperor's Shed Skin would be nothing but a pipe dream.
He was not afraid of failure, but he was afraid of wasting the "Mystic Crystal Armor."
"I still need to refine and consolidate my skills!"
Luo Chen sighed, putting away the attribute panel.
As for the pill refining, medical, and array formation chapters, he had not paid much attention to them.
For the former two, he had not put in much effort in recent years, and aside from becoming more solid, he had not made much progress.
As for the array formation chapter, he had been reviewing it regularly, and the contents were already deeply ingrained in his mind.
In fact, he had already started studying the several high-level array formations required for refining the Mystic Crystal Armor.
As he closed the attribute panel, Luo Chen glanced at the number of achievement points.
【207 Achievement Points】
An unprecedentedly large number! Luo Chen merely smiled in satisfaction.
With his current knowledge, intelligence, realm, and cultivation, he could already learn entry-level cultivation techniques and secret techniques without the need for achievement points.
Unless it was a cultivation technique or secret technique that did not belong to his realm or a high-level pill formula, he had no use for this massive amount of achievement points.
"Keep them, the more the better," he said with a light laugh, turning and entering the main hall where he cultivated.
Contrary to the simple and serene cave abode that most people imagined, Luo Chen's main hall was exceptionally luxurious.
Above his head was a starry sky with countless stars, and upon closer inspection, they were all pearls of the five elements.
His feet stood on pure white Xuan Jade, from which jade smoke seemed to rise.
The giant pillars supporting the hall were made from ancient wood that had endured for thousands of years, connecting the heavens and the earth and running through the entire hall.
Golden patterns ran from the jade stones and pillars to the ceiling and pearls, forming a unique array formation pattern.
Moreover, the hall was adorned with screens, meditation cushions, bonsai trees, artificial mountains, and flowing water, among other things.
The hall's splendor combined the grandeur of the secular royal family with the wonder and beauty of the immortal world, making those who entered feel as if they had entered a dreamlike state.
This was not due to Luo Chen's desire for luxury.
In fact, there was a profound mystery behind this arrangement!
Luo Chen had invested over a million spirit stones into this hall.
The array formation patterns did not just spread within the Starry Hall but also extended to the entire Penghu area, covering a radius of eight hundred li.
At this moment, if someone were to use their divine sense to cover the entire Penghu, they would see large and small flags placed in the three thousand six hundred corners of Penghu.
This was the Gathering Pulse and Enhancing Quality Grand Array that Han Zhan had arranged for him.
The Luoyun Sect's methods, combined with the Mingshen Sect's secret techniques, had created this three-tier high-grade Spirit Land on Peng Island!
To assist Luo Chen in his rapid cultivation!
As soon as he entered, Luo Chen removed his tall hat, took out the jade hairpin that held his hair, and took off his white robe.
His long black hair still flowed freely down his back.
He lit a stick of sandalwood incense to calm his mind and sat cross-legged on the golden meditation cushion.
First, he applied the black ointment to his body, then took an upper-grade True Flame Pill, and finally, he cultivated his innate cultivation technique.
A massive amount of spiritual energy from heaven and earth gathered at a visible speed, starting from the eight hundred li of Penghu and flowing towards the Starry Hall, eventually forming a white dragon of energy that Luo Chen devoured.
If it weren't for the array formation's concealment, this scene would have caused a stir.
Even an ordinary Refining Qi or Building Foundation cultivator's Golden Core or Nascent Soul formation would not have been much different.
Luo Chen's mind was calm and peaceful, as if the pain from the Black Emperor Ointment did not exist.
He had refined countless pills and crafted numerous artifacts, but cultivation was the essence.
This high-quality Spirit Land was one of the two best he had encountered in his hundred years of cultivation.
He did not want to waste a single day here.
...
Meanwhile, on a towering peak amidst the mountains and valleys of the Fuyun Mountain Range, a luxurious cloud carriage slowly descended through the clouds and mist, landing on the summit.
The Cloud Piercing Cave Lord stepped out of the cloud carriage, and before his disciples could greet him, his brows furrowed.
"You're still here?"
The next moment, a man wearing golden cloud shoes and a purple robe emerged from the clouds and mist.
His eyes were bright and piercing, and his gaze was captivating.
Upon seeing the Cloud Piercing Cave Lord, he bowed.
"Fellow Daoist Mo Yun, on this trip to Penghu, have you met the master of the eight hundred li Penghu?"
(End of Chapter)
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