Immortality Begins With The Alchemical Master Chapter 677: Demon Resonance, Unceasing for a Thousand Years - Novel Cool

Chapter 677: Demon Resonance, Unceasing for a Thousand Years

Chapter 677: Demon Resonance, Unceasing for a Thousand Years

Mutiyan Plateau.

Despite its name, the Plateau of Hills is not a flat expanse.

The terrain is undulating with mountains and valleys, and rivers and streams flow gently, with snow-capped peaks that remain year-round.

This complex and varied geographical environment provides unique growing conditions for the spirit medicines planted here.

In the initial plan, it was said that the three of them would traverse the Mutiyan Plateau, but they would not fly directly across.

According to Great Year's account, the Essence Refinement True Monarch had planted a large number of spirit medicines on the Mutiyan Plateau. To prevent mutual interference in their growth, various spirit medicines were arranged according to their respective growth habits with corresponding array formations.

Moreover, a no-fly zone array was set up in the entire sky above the Mutiyan Plateau.

Here, one could fly at a low altitude but could not soar through the high skies.

For Luo Chen, with the Five Elements Lotus Platform already in hand, the Demon Annihilation Land's allure to him had significantly diminished.

Including the heritage site! According to Great Year's account and Han Zhan's speculation, the heritage site was most likely prepared for Nascent Soul True Men. As a mere Core Formation Cultivator, he would not gain much benefit even if he entered.

Therefore, his current plan was simple.

He would help Great Year escape as promised, then wait for the Demon Annihilation Land's spirit absorption array to close, find a teleportation array, and leave.

During this process, if he encountered a Nascent Soul battle, he wouldn't mind lending a hand to help Han Zhan seize a human body with a Nascent Soul.

However, since they had arrived at the True Monarch's spirit medicine garden, Luo Chen, as an alchemist, naturally did not want to leave empty-handed.

Picking a few spirit medicines along the way, why not?

Especially!

Great Year mentioned that several types of spirit medicines suitable for Body Tempering grew here.

This made him extremely interested.

After reaching the Primordial Fourth Stage in Body Tempering, Luo Chen had vaguely sensed an intangible constraint.

It seemed like a bottleneck or a shackle.

This constraint limited his further progress in Body Tempering.

Luo Chen had left in a hurry and did not have time to analyze the source of this constraint. He only had a brief thought while stabilizing his realm in Penghu.

Perhaps it was the human body's limit, only reaching the Primordial Fourth Stage.

Or perhaps it was a problem with the cultivation technique. His self-created "Ten Thousand Paths Converge" might have run out of steam after the fourth stage. However, this was questionable. Luo Chen's True Flame had been greatly enhanced in the Blazing Hell, and if used to assist Body Tempering, the effect would definitely be better.

The third point was that Luo Chen attributed the problem to the fiery cloud peng's essence blood he had refined in his early years.

At its core, his Body Tempering method derived from the fiery cloud peng's essence blood and the "Heavenly Peng Transformation."

Compared to a fourth-stage ancient beast, a second-stage fiery cloud peng had already exhausted its potential.

Unless Luo Chen could replace the source blood with one that was closely related and less conflicting with the fiery cloud peng.

Finally, if Luo Chen wanted to advance further from the early stage of the Primordial Fourth Stage, he would have to rely on external aids.

What were external aids?

Top-tier Body Tempering spirit medicines like Black Emperor Ointment!

Therefore, when he heard that the Mutiyan Plateau had spirit medicines suitable for Body Tempering, he was genuinely intrigued.

A gentle breeze blew by.

Three figures landed on a snow-white rock.

Looking down at the large depression below, Great Year's face was grim.

"The Northern Sea cultivators are too impolite!"

Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave was puzzled, "What happened?"

Luo Chen bent down and grabbed a handful of loose soil from the rock.

"It's Green Sac Soil."

Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave was still puzzled, "Green Sac Soil is loose and does not hold shape; it's not a very good spirit soil, is it?"

Luo Chen stood up and shook his head slightly.

"For an artificer, the characteristics of Green Sac Soil are flaws and cannot be used for forging. However, for a spirit plant cultivator, Green Sac Soil is an excellent soil. It is loose and easy to root, and it does not clump, making it convenient for fertilization. Additionally, if mixed with other special soils, it can form a high-grade spirit soil called Green Immortal Sac, which can envelop and promote the growth of rare spirit medicines."

Luo Chen then looked at Great Year.

"If my guess is correct, this place originally had a three-acre plot of Green Immortal Sac soil, specifically for cultivating a certain rare spirit medicine, right?"

Great Year nodded with a gloomy face.

"Yes, this was where the True Monarch used to cultivate Dragon Saliva Grass. Those outsiders not only harvested the Dragon Saliva Grass but also dug away the soil, which is utterly outrageous!"

Dragon Saliva Grass!

That made sense.

This plant is a fourth-stage spirit medicine, which has excellent effects on aiding the cultivation of reptilian demons. However, Dragon Saliva Grass has very high soil requirements and will wither quickly if removed from the Green Immortal Sac soil.

If Luo Chen were in the same situation and could not immediately refine the Dragon Saliva Grass into a pill, he would likely dig up the soil and grass together.

Lord of Cloudsoaring Cave was somewhat surprised, "Demon Lord, I didn't expect you to be so proficient in spirit plant cultivation!"

Luo Chen smiled, "I just know a few friends who are skilled in this area and have learned some basics. I wouldn't say I'm proficient."

He wasn't lying.

Whether it was the Yuan family he met in his youth, or the Sang family he befriended at the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, they were all skilled spirit plant cultivators.

Even Fu Jusheng, a herbalist, was proficient in identifying soil and the growth habits of spirit medicines.

Through long-term interactions, Luo Chen indeed learned some related knowledge.

Great Year was currently furious.

It felt like a guard dog discovering that the house's contents had been stolen, no, the entire house had been moved!

He walked around the large depression a few times, muttering, "Even cultivators from the Demonic Origin Sect know about sustainable development and regularly harvest spirit medicines.

"Such barbaric cultivators, draining the pond to catch all the fish, uprooting everything!"

"Disgusting, truly disgusting!"

From the initial rudeness to the current disgust, it was evident how furious Great Year was.

In this situation, Luo Chen could actually understand.

The Demonic Origin Sect aimed to conquer the Demon Annihilation Land, seizing opportunities while treating this ruin as a secret realm of their sect, to be explored periodically.

They might even transform it into a dedicated trial ground for cultivating disciples!

It was a sustainable project.

But after the fall of the Demonic Origin Sect, the new batch of people, including Luo Chen, didn't think about sustainable development; they were in for a one-time deal!

Take what they could get and leave, grab what they could and run! They didn’t care about the growth of spiritual herbs or the ecological changes that would occur over the next thousand years.

However, there was a problem right before them.

"Brother Great Year, the places where the spiritual herbs grow that you mentioned, haven't they all been preempted by others?"

Great Year paused, his expression dark and uncertain.

After a moment, he shook his head.

"Probably not."

"Spiritual herbs below Tier Four are considered low-grade for True Monarchs. Although they are planted in large numbers, they are merely convenient for quick use."

"However, Tier Four and higher spiritual herbs are much rarer. Wherever these grow, True Monarchs usually set up special arrays to prevent interference and influence."

"Those arrays isolate the inside from the outside, and breaking them takes a lot of time."

"The cultivators who entered this place are mostly Nascent Soul True Men, who came for the legacy. Even if they have a particular interest in certain spiritual herbs, they would pick them and leave after breaking the array, without wasting more time on other rare spiritual herbs."

"As for those below the Nascent Soul stage..."

He sneered here.

"They would have to spend a lot of time and effort to break those arrays, and might even risk their lives."

"Let's go!"

"They are only a year or two ahead of us, so they won't be too far ahead."

With that, Great Year chose a direction and flew low over the ground.

Luo Chen and the other quickly followed.

...

In a mountain hollow.

Seven cultivators dressed in white rushed over.

The leader, draped in a wide robe and wearing a tall hat, exuded an otherworldly aura.

As soon as they landed, the refined male cultivator unfolded his feather fan, sweeping away the mist in the hollow, revealing the scene inside to the seven of them.

Several strange herbs, resembling kites or divine birds with their tails cut, were slowly swaying.

Seeing this, the refined male cultivator smiled.

"Indeed, Senior Fie Leng did not deceive us. There is a large patch of divine iris growing here!"

A delighted cultivator beside him stepped forward, observing carefully, but his joy gradually faded.

"Senior Brother Yuga, there are only seven or eight Tier Four divine irises here. Isn’t that a bit too few?"

"Too few?"

Yuga smiled and shook his feather fan.

"There are already many. Little Brother Zhengyi, don’t you think that the Demonic Origin Sect, which controlled this place, wouldn’t have already harvested the high-grade divine irises?"

Little Brother Zhengyi suddenly understood.

"Given the mere three hundred years since then, for this place to have produced seven or eight Tier Four divine irises, it shows how exquisite their cultivation methods are."

Changing the subject, Yuga placed his feather fan behind his neck and slowly rolled up his sleeves.

This action was rather unrefined, but it made sense when combined with his next words.

"Besides, our goal is to transplant this entire patch of divine iris, including this mountain hollow, into the Penglai Pavilion to enrich our sect’s resources. The number of high-grade divine irises is not the key; the key is this spiritual land!"

"Disciples, prepare to observe the surroundings and break the array to move the land!"

With his order, the other six quickly sprang into action.

Excitement was evident in their words.

Everyone knew that divine iris was the best resource for Core Formation cultivators to aid in the formation of their Nascent Souls.

These cultivators, with relatively weak physiques, could benefit greatly from the solidifying effects of divine iris, which could help their bodies withstand the massive influx of spiritual energy during the Nascent Soul formation.

If they could harvest this batch of divine iris and the entire spiritual land, the Penglai Immortal Sect would surely produce many more Nascent Soul True Men in the future!

Plundering someone else's spiritual land might be immoral, but compared to the rise and fall of their sect, it was nothing.

However, when preparing to break the array, they encountered a significant obstacle.

Yuga stood still, frowning.

Apart from the original array, there was another highly lethal killing array, and the two arrays had vastly different styles.

"Did the Demonic Origin Sect cultivators set up this killing array after harvesting the divine iris?"

Sighing, Yuga took out a compass and began to circle the mountain hollow.

This would take even more time.

His gaze fell on his disciples, and he sighed again.

The ongoing war between the righteous and demonic sects was intense, and the Penglai Immortal Sect was fighting alongside the Blood Nightmare Demon Sect against the Canghai Alliance.

The sect’s elite were mostly deployed on the battlefield.

Although he, the current second senior disciple, led this mission to the Demon Annihilation Land, the remaining six disciples were weaker in both cultivation and ability.

This inevitably slowed down the process of breaking the arrays.

"Let's take it slowly. At least we have the Canghai Alliance cultivators tied up outside, reducing the competition from the strongest force in the Northern Sea. The casualties won't be too high."

"At this thought, Yu Gao's spirit was forcibly invigorated.

The Demon War is fought by cultivators, but what is being competed for is foundation."

What he is doing now is to add foundation to the Penglai Immortal Sect!

As long as he succeeds, after leaving, the Penglai Immortal Sect's foundation will greatly increase, and he will be able to slowly erode the vast Canghai Alliance.

At that time, his Penglai Immortal Sect can replace the Demonic Origin Sect and become the master of the Northern Sea!

As for the Moluo Current?

He didn't even consider it. That faction, from its establishment, would never have great achievements!

...

"Where is this?"

After breaking the outermost illusion formation, Luo Chen stood in front of a cave entrance, puzzled.

The Great Year turned around, "If I'm not mistaken, there's a Demon-Demon Unity Tree planted here. The outer illusion formation is intact, so the Demonic Origin Sect cultivators didn't discover this hidden place."

"Demon-Demon Unity Tree?" Luo Chen's face showed bewilderment, "I've never heard of such a spiritual herb?"

The Great Year laughed, "You naturally haven't heard of it, because this tree is a new variety personally cultivated by the True Monarch, and there's only one in this world!"

New variety?

Luo Chen's eyes lit up, "What's its grade?"

"When it sprouts, it's Tier Four, and when it matures, it'll be Tier Five!"

Luo Chen was taken aback, and then his face changed slightly.

"A Tier Five spirit tree should have spiritual intelligence, right?"

The Great Year waved his hand, "It won't have that, this tree isn't formed naturally by heaven and earth, but is created by the True Monarch using the hearts of a Tier Five ancient demon and a Tier Five ancient monster, assisted by the True Dragon Tree, through crossbreeding."

"Because it goes against heaven's will, it's extremely difficult to communicate with it. According to the True Monarch's estimation, unless it experiences the Three Nine Tribulation Thunder, and endures heaven's fury, it can't communicate."

Speaking of this, the Great Year winked.

"Qingyang Demonic Lord, you don't think that all high-grade plants and stones can communicate, right?"

Luo Chen's expression froze.

At least, in the books he has read, it is said so.

The higher the grade, the closer it is to cultivators, the more likely it is to have spiritual intelligence.

The Great Year said leisurely, "It's different here, the Mountain and Sea Realm is different from other places. In this realm, spiritual wonders are abundant, so many plants and stones have spiritual intelligence. But for true ancient beasts and divine spirits, the thicker the foundation, the higher the grade, the more difficult it is to communicate, this is the way of heaven's balance."

Luo Chen listened with a clouded mind, not understanding his intention.

At this moment, it wasn't the right time to ask further, so he could only focus his attention on the Demon-Demon Unity Tree.

"This Demon-Demon Unity Tree, does it really have an auxiliary effect on body tempering?"

"I think... it does." The Great Year hesitated.

Luo Chen frowned, "What do you mean by 'I think'?"

The Great Year shrugged, "Among the various great clans, demons and monsters inherently possess strong physiques. Using their blood essence to cultivate this tree, you're saying it might have an auxiliary effect on body tempering?"

Alright!

The logic seems reasonable.

Luo Chen took a deep breath, "Then let's start breaking the formation!"

The Great Year hummed in agreement and joined the team to break the formation.

During this process, he occasionally observed Luo Chen's formation breaking methods.

Initially, he found Luo Chen's methods a bit rough, not as skilled as the Lord of Moyun Cave.

But as time went on, he seemed to have grasped the True Monarch's formation style, gradually catching up to the Lord of Moyun Cave.

This progress made the Great Year quite pleased.

For a Tier Three formation master, Luo Chen and the Lord of Moyun Cave were already exceptional. They should be able to provide some assistance when his main body breaks free later.

This is an experiment!

One month later.

Looking at the small tree, about one zhang tall, and the layer of hazy blue light deep within the cave, Luo Chen and the Lord of Moyun Cave stared at each other, their bodies exuding a sense of powerlessness.

"This grand formation, I can't find a way to break it."

"I'm in the same situation, unable to find any flaws!"

These words came from the bottom of their hearts.

Especially Luo Chen, his foundation in formations was strong, and he had the ability to see through formations with his spiritual eyes.

However, his knowledge of high-tier formations was relatively weak.

But the blue light formation before them had completely exceeded his understanding.

Regarding this, the Great Year seemed to have anticipated it.

"No problem, leave it to me!"

He pursed his lips, and in front of the two, he cut a piece of fat from his body.

Using his cultivation power to refine it, it turned into a blood-red light that fell onto the blue light formation.

Subsequently.

A strange thing happened.

The blue light screen gradually melted away, revealing a common door.

"This..." The Lord of Moyun Cave's mouth hung open, his face filled with disbelief.

Such a wondrous formation, was it broken so easily?

The Great Year turned around, his face slightly pale, and he explained softly, "When the True Monarch cultivated this tree, he borrowed my main body's abundant life force, so this formation couldn't block me."

Precautions against thieves from a thousand directions, but not against the one at home.

Speaking of this, the Great Year stepped into the door.

Luo Chen followed him inside.

But just as he entered, his body suddenly stiffened, and a silent roar seemed to sound in his heart!

In that instant, his sea of consciousness seemed to resonate with the image of a demon.

The Great Year withdrew, blocking the door and preventing the Lord of Moyun Cave from entering.

He quietly watched Luo Chen's back, his face revealing a sinister expression.

"Demon echoes, a thousand years without rest, only a Nascent Soul can block it."

"I want to see who that third person the old ghost mentioned is."

"Show your true colors!"

(End of Chapter)

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