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Chapter 690: The Final Gate, The Strongest Fifth-Stage Divine Pill!
Chapter 690: The Final Gate, The Strongest Fifth-Stage Divine Pill!
The fourth gate of the Pill World assessment was finally different from the previous three.
It wasn't just a difference in the questions, but also in the direction of the assessment.
The first three gates tested the foundational skills of pill refiners, covering various details from medicinal ingredients, pill principles, to pill refinement techniques.
In summary, it was about creating one's own pill formula.
Creating one's own pill formula is something only grandmasters or those with extraordinary talent could accomplish.
For ordinary pill refiners, just the first three gates alone would take them years to pass.
Luo Chen thought to himself that even with his solid foundation, without the system's help in screening and reviewing, relying solely on his own deductions and trials, the time required would be far more than just six or seven years.
Whether it was the Spirit Root Pill formula or the Demon Soul Pill formula, none of them could be deduced by ordinary pill refiners within a few decades, or even in their entire lifetime.
He had taken a shortcut, which was why he could surpass Sea Corner Heavenly Mother and reach the fourth gate.
However, he never expected that this fourth gate would be even "simpler" than he had imagined!
"Is this testing pill refinement techniques?"
Luo Chen chuckled softly, feeling increasingly relaxed.
It had to be said that with the system's help, the Pill World assessment was like a walk in the park for him!
The first three gates might have caused him some trouble due to creating his own pill formula, but this obviously more challenging fourth gate was nothing to him.
With a specific pill formula, even for a fourth-stage pill, as long as he was willing to spend achievement points, no matter how difficult, he could easily master it.
Especially since...
He himself was already a fourth-stage pill refiner, and for entering the pill formula of the same stage, the achievement point consumption was fixed at ten points.
And on his panel, he still had more than enough achievement points.
"However, I can't just use them recklessly."
Luo Chen closed his eyes, carefully savoring the three fourth-stage pill formulas he had just heard.
Demon Transformation Pill, Monster Transformation Pill, Human Transformation Pill...
According to the descriptions in the pill formulas, the pills refined according to the instructions could perfectly transform one's physical form.
Demons transforming into monsters, monsters transforming into humans, and humans transforming into demons.
It was truly wondrous.
What surprised Luo Chen the most was that the so-called Human Transformation Pill gave him a feeling of familiarity, about seven or eight out of ten.
"Incarnation Pill?"
After some thought, Luo Chen couldn't help but nod.
Indeed, this Human Transformation Pill was very similar to the Incarnation Pill that the Demon King of Cangwu Mountain's Mystic Spring had given him in his memories.
Aside from a small difference in secondary ingredients, the biggest distinction was in the main ingredient.
The main ingredient of the Cangwu Incarnation Pill was the Nascent Soul True Man's Nascent Soul essence blood, while the main ingredient of this fourth gate's Human Transformation Pill was replaced with a fourth-stage spirit herb called Infant Fruit.
"Can Infant Fruit replace Nascent Soul essence blood? I've never seen any similar descriptions in the records before."
Unlike other unfamiliar medicinal ingredients, Luo Chen was familiar with Infant Fruit, as there was such a spirit herb in the Mountain and Sea Realm.
However, its description had nothing to do with Nascent Soul.
In other words, either the Infant Fruit had effects that hadn't been developed by Mountain and Sea Realm cultivators, or it produced a special effect when combined with other secondary ingredients.
For a moment, Luo Chen suppressed the urge to immediately use the system to enter the pill formula, and instead, he calmed down and carefully studied this pill formula.
Since he had successfully refined a batch of Incarnation Pills before, if he could thoroughly research this new pill formula, he could at least save ten achievement points.
"Those three Body Tempering Pill formulas I entered earlier cost thirty achievement points, which was a bit of a waste."
Luo Chen glanced at the remaining 270 achievement points on the system, estimating if they would be enough for the upcoming assessments.
However, thinking about how he had surpassed Sea Corner Heavenly Mother by passing the third gate, these thirty achievement points were well worth it.
From now on, within his capabilities, he would save every point he could.
Because Luo Chen wasn't sure if there would be a fifth gate, a sixth gate...
...
Within the Pill World, there were countless medicinal ingredients.
Overall, these ingredients seemed to be prepared for the pill formulas in the assessment.
Previously, Luo Chen had tried to gather some extra ingredients from the previous gates and put them into his storage ring, intending to take them away.
But he discovered that every time he reached a new gate, the ingredients in his storage ring would disappear as if they had never existed.
Only the finished pills that he had passed the assessments with could be kept.
By now, his storage ring contained eight additional types of pills.
They were the First-Stage Five Viscera Nurturing Pill, First-Stage Snow Spirit Channeling Powder, Second-Stage Spirit Root Pill, Third-Stage Purging Qi Pill, Third-Stage Soul Cleansing Pill, Third-Stage Stony Skin Pill, Thunder Bone Pill, and Mercury Blood Pill.
The quantities were not many, and the ranks weren't high either.
But they were very comprehensive! Especially since refining these pills, even though they couldn't be replicated in the outside world, still gave Luo Chen great inspiration.
If he could slightly improve one or two alchemy formulas and make them suitable for the Mountain Sea Realm, perhaps Luo Chen's cultivation could reach a higher level.
Not to mention, just the Soul-Drowning Pill for demons, if improved and applied to himself, would undoubtedly have immense benefits for his soul's foundation!
Although his soul may not be able to grow stronger, refining and improving it is still possible.
Of course, at this moment, Luo Chen doesn't have the time to improve those alchemy formulas.
He has already been in the Demon Annihilation Land for a full eight years!
According to Tai Sui, the duration of the Demon Annihilation Land's opening in previous years was generally around four to five decades.
But this time, the opening of the portal seems to have been advanced.
The sinking of the three-pronged gorge by the palm of the Shark Emperor caused changes in the Sinking Sea Grand Formation, which led to the early opening of the Demon Annihilation Land.
Therefore, no one knows when the Demon Annihilation Land will close.
Luo Chen must seize the time to complete the Pill World's evaluation.
Otherwise, if he were to be stranded here, who knows what unknown events might occur, and that would be troublesome.
Within the Pill World, Luo Chen's figure began to appear in various places.
He started collecting the medicinal ingredients needed for the three fourth-stage Incarnated Demon Pills.
This time, it wasn't just various spiritual plants, but also involved many mineral and jade liquids.
Moreover, in the stone house at the center of the Pill World, he discovered some prepared demon bones, which were the main ingredients for refining the Demon Transformation Pill.
Obviously, for this fourth gate, Heavenforge Demonic Lord had prepared all the materials for the inheritor of his legacy.
During his rest, Luo Chen also wondered why Heavenforge Demonic Lord had gone to such great lengths to set up such a complex legacy evaluation.
What was the purpose?
Were the evaluations in the other dozen or so legacy sites as peaceful and safe as the Pill World?
From what he had seen, these trials and evaluations were not hastily arranged before a cultivator's death, but rather overly complex and detailed.
Or perhaps, this place might have originally been a True Monarch's palace, and the owner had set up these things before their death, specifically for others to use.
Numerous questions, all without any leads.
Luo Chen occasionally pondered, but didn't delve too deeply.
His energy was focused on the processing of the three Incarnated Demon Pills' medicinal ingredients.
This time, just the pre-processing of the medicinal ingredients took him a full four years.
This lengthy process was indeed somewhat unexpected.
In fact, there were a few medicinal ingredients that required more than ordinary processing methods; they also needed time to settle, in order to reach the initial refining standards.
Moreover, for each pill, Luo Chen prepared at least ten or more sets of medicinal ingredients, just to achieve success in one go.
During this process, after half a year, Sea Corner Heavenly Mother arrived, following in Luo Chen's footsteps.
She finally caught up with Luo Chen's pace.
When the two met, they didn't exchange any idle chatter.
It seemed that upon entering the fourth gate, she had also obtained three specific alchemy formulas.
For someone without any external assistance, even if Sea Corner Heavenly Mother boasted of being an alchemy grandmaster, a glance at those three alchemy formulas would reveal their extreme complexity.
She really wanted to refine each pill one by one, but who knew how much time would be spent on trial and error.
So, upon entering, she, like Luo Chen, began to gather medicinal ingredients.
In fact, her actions were even more noticeable than Luo Chen's, as she prepared dozens of sets of each ingredient.
After all, for them, processing one set of ingredients was the same as processing dozens, and being well-prepared was a good thing.
Luo Chen didn't pay attention to Sea Corner Heavenly Mother's actions and focused on his own tasks.
One day, four years later.
A strange fragrance spread.
Looking at the five golden pearl-sized pills, with faint sounds of a baby's cry, Luo Chen was extremely satisfied and collected them.
The Human Transformation Pill was successfully refined!
This was within reason, and he was not surprised.
After resting for a night, tomorrow he would directly use his achievement points to enter the Demon Transformation Pill and Monster Transformation Pill, as the medicinal ingredients were already prepared, so he would strike while the iron was hot and refine them all at once.
He pushed open the door of the alchemy chamber, and a pair of weathered eyes met his gaze.
It was Sea Corner Heavenly Mother.
Luo Chen nodded to her, without the previous verbal sparring, and went straight to rest.
For him, upon reaching the fourth gate with a definite alchemy formula, he had already surpassed Sea Corner Heavenly Mother, and his progress became even faster.
She hadn't even started refining the pills yet, so one could imagine how many more failures she would have to go through.
But Luo Chen had already foreseen a successful future.
In the small courtyard, as Sea Corner Heavenly Mother watched Luo Chen's carefree figure, her expression darkened, wanting to speak but stopping herself.
Luo Chen's pill refinement progress completely exceeded her expectations.
In such a short time, not only did he have to go through the trouble of processing medicinal ingredients, but he also had to study the alchemy formula, and yet it seemed like he hadn't exerted any effort, nor experienced many failures, and had directly refined a pill.
This level of achievement was truly beyond belief.
For a moment, Haijiao Tianlao even doubted if the other party was some top-tier Alchemy Grandmaster of the Human Race.
She had heard of the top-tier Pill Refinement Masters in Beihai, and had even privately discussed with a couple of them, but never did she expect someone of Qingyang Demon Lord's caliber.
Could it be someone from another continent? Even so, as top-tier figures, there shouldn't be such a huge gap between them.
She doubted Luo Chen, and at the same time, she doubted herself.
Could it be that her reputation as an Alchemy Grandmaster was unfounded?
This doubt intensified as time went on, reaching its peak.
Three months later, Luo Chen successfully refined a batch of Monster Transformation Pills!
At that time, Haijiao Tianlao had just begun refining what she considered to be the simplest Monster Transformation Pill.
Comparing the two, Haijiao Tianlao's mind was in turmoil.
In her area of expertise, she was directly crushed, and there was no greater blow than this in the world.
On the fifth year of the Fourth Gate, after experiencing more than ten failures, Luo Chen successfully refined the Demon Transformation Pill.
That increasingly weak peculiar voice once again descended upon the Pill World.
This time, Haijiao Tianlao was almost completely disheartened.
She couldn't catch up anymore.
She hadn't even refined a single Monster Transformation Pill, and according to her estimation, it would still take a year or two.
But the other party was simply too fast!
She found many reasons for herself: the Demon-Monster-Human races had inherent differences in physical structure, she wasted too much time in handling medicinal ingredients, she had no assistance... and so on.
But in the end, it was still a matter of inferior skills!
She didn't know if there were any more gates ahead.
She only knew that in terms of Pill Refinement, the opponent she encountered was far beyond her reach, an impossible match.
"Could it be that I will stop here?"
As Luo Chen's figure disappeared before her eyes, Haijiao Tianlao fell into a state of confusion she hadn't experienced in hundreds of years.
...
In a quiet stone house.
Luo Chen sat cross-legged on the ground, quietly listening to the demonic sound filling his ears.
A new pill formula was firmly memorized by him.
Without exerting much effort, he passed the Fourth Gate and obtained more than ten special Transformation Pills, especially leaving Haijiao Tianlao, his competitor, behind. He should have been delighted.
However, the question of the Fifth Gate, which was also the final gate, made his heart completely restless.
The Fifth Gate was also the last gate.
As long as he passed, he could obtain the true Pill Refinement inheritance of the Heavenforge Demonic Lord!
Everything was within reach.
However, the question of the Fifth Gate was to refine a fifth-tier pill!
A fifth-tier pill!
This was within reason, but also beyond expectation.
Generally speaking, the Pill Master's level was linked to the cultivator's realm.
Even if there were occasionally low-tier cultivators who could refine higher-tier pills, they were very rare.
But this time, he had to cross an entire tier of Pill Master to refine the fifth-tier pill specifically prepared for Nascent Soul cultivators!
How could Luo Chen not be shocked and anxious?
At the same time, he was overjoyed that he had obtained a fifth-tier pill formula!
Especially, the pill effects described in this fifth-tier formula were incredibly divine, and could be considered the pinnacle among fifth-tier divine pills!
Even though Luo Chen had never seen or heard of any fifth-tier pill, just by looking at the pill's effects, he directly considered it the best of the fifth-tier!
There was no other reason.
It was simply because this pill was named - Derivative Law!
[Derivative Law Pill: Upon consumption, Nascent Soul cultivators can merge with heaven and earth, deriving and comprehending the principles of the law. Golden Core cultivators may have a chance to comprehend the power of the law across realms.]
In the moment he obtained the pill formula, Luo Chen finally understood why Tai Sui praised the Heavenforge Demonic Lord as the strongest Essence Refinement True Monarch in history.
He also didn't doubt at all that the other party had truly comprehended and mastered more than ten types of law forces.
If this pill formula was real, and the Heavenforge Demonic Lord had indeed refined it.
With massive consumption, how could one not comprehend numerous laws and reach the pinnacle of cultivation?
As for the authenticity of the pill formula?
Luo Chen had his own method to discern.
A thought moved in his mind, and the attribute panel cascaded down.
At the same time, a simple piece of information slowly appeared before his eyes.
[Complete Derivative Law Pill formula detected, fifth-tier.]
[Do you wish to enter?]
Ka-boom!
Instantly, Luo Chen clenched his fists, and the blue veins on his arms bulged beneath his sleeves.
Extreme joy burst forth from his eyes uncontrollably.
It was real!
This pill formula was real!
(End of Chapter)
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