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Chapter 773: Sunrise in the East, Star Gate Luo Chen
Chapter 773: Sunrise in the East, Star Gate Luo Chen
High above the vast ocean, a figure descended like a shooting star, plummeting straight down.
As he reached the water's surface, he suddenly stopped, causing a series of ripples.
"This realm still needs some refining. Such rough control over my spiritual power is not my usual style."
The Daoist muttered to himself, got his bearings, and without hesitation, headed east.
Not long after, a magnificent palanquin came into view.
Luo Chen soared through the air and landed gracefully on the deck of the palanquin.
"True Person?"
Zhang Jingqing, standing on the flying boat, was the first to notice Luo Chen's figure, but he wasn't entirely sure, so he greeted him tentatively.
Luo Chen nodded, and as he passed by, he smiled gently, "Your cultivation has progressed. It seems you haven't been slacking off lately!"
Zhang Jingqing, pleased with the praise, said modestly, "It's all thanks to Uncle Long."
The 'Uncle Long' she referred to was none other than Hei Wang.
And there was a reason for his words.
During Hei Wang's regular cultivation of breathing exercises, he would attract a vast amount of spiritual energy from the heavens and earth, creating a concentration of spiritual energy comparable to a third-tier lower-grade cave residence.
This was also why Luo Chen tolerated Hei Wang's presence, despite his initial reluctance.
Ever since Hei Wang devoured the soul of a wilderness beast, the Stone Dragon, he had become like a spiritual energy magnet! He could attract stray spiritual energy at any time and place.
However, it was evident that Hei Wang couldn't fully utilize his innate talent and create a fourth-tier or higher spiritual energy environment out of thin air like the Stone Dragon.
He still needed the assistance of earth energy and spirit veins! If Hei Wang were provided with a high-quality spirit vein, his talent would truly shine.
As Luo Chen continued forward, Tian Xuan and Sang Jinghe, who had heard the commotion, also emerged.
Upon seeing Luo Chen, they breathed a sigh of relief.
"Master, you're back!"
"Greetings, True Person!"
Luo Chen waved his hand, and seeing that everyone was safe and sound, he felt slightly relieved.
"Has anything happened in the past six months?"
Tian Xuan shook his head, "Not really. We met some cultivators on the way, but since we had the Star Gate guest official identity token you left us, they didn't give us much trouble."
"Good, let's keep moving!"
With that instruction, Luo Chen hurried into the interior of the palanquin.
Hei Wang, curled up on the floor in a fake slumber, immediately woke up upon sensing Luo Chen's aura.
"You can keep sleeping."
Luo Chen left those words and ignored Hei Wang.
Hei Wang, however, had a thick skin. He shrunk his body and swam over, not daring to climb onto Luo Chen's arm but instead crawling at his feet.
This way, he seemed to sleep more soundly! But after two months, Hei Wang suddenly woke up like a startled cat, jolting from his dream.
He opened his eyes and looked up.
Luo Chen, dressed in white, was seated in meditation with a blood-red sword, filled with murderous intent, resting across his knees.
Threads of crimson sword energy, like snakes spitting out their tongues, continuously emerged and retracted from the blood-red sword.
It was this sword energy that made Hei Wang feel a stinging pain!
He swallowed his saliva, his heart filled with uncertainty and suspicion, "Is Master practicing some powerful secret technique again?"
In the years following Luo Chen, Hei Wang had witnessed him cultivating numerous new secret techniques.
Many times, Luo Chen even used Hei Wang to test his new skills.
But this time, Hei Wang prayed inwardly, hoping he wouldn't be used as a test subject again.
That sword was already terrifying, and now, with some unknown ghostly addition, just being near it made Hei Wang's body sting. If it were to fall on him, the consequences would be dire—at best, his skin would tear, and at worst, he might have to use his unbreakable body's innate talent.
Hei Wang was relieved that Luo Chen didn't even look at him, focusing solely on the blood-red sword in front of him.
He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Finally, I've entered the door!"
He never imagined that entering this sword scripture would be so challenging.
After all, he had been cultivating the Calm Wind Scroll for a long time, and he already possessed a sword-like wisdom that could cut through all distractions. He had even once unleashed a sword beam in the Mirage Dragon Cave.
Logically, with this foundation, entering the Heaven and Earth Transforming Sword Scripture shouldn't have been too difficult.
However, when he tried to refine and integrate the Bright Azure Sky Qi into the Primordial Butcher Sword, something unexpected happened.
The long-dormant and unknown sword spirit within the sword instinctively resisted the Bright Azure Sky Qi.
This made things complicated.
To enter the Heaven and Earth Transforming Sword Scripture, one must find a vessel to refine the Azure Sky Qi, whether it be a sword orb or a flying sword.
Luo Chen's choice was the Primordial Butcher Sword, but it resisted fiercely!
Reluctantly, Luo Chen gave up on entering the scripture on his own and instead used the achievement points he had accumulated over the years to forcefully enter the scripture.
With the sword scripture already entered, he became aware of his mistake.
This sword had a sword spirit, but he had no sword intent to communicate with it. Forcibly refining the Bright Azure Sky Qi into it would harm the sword spirit's spirituality.
This was the reason why entering the scripture had been so challenging before.
Now that the cause was clear, the solution wasn't difficult.
Since he couldn't break through the third seal of the Primordial Butcher Sword to refine the sword spirit, he simply set up three additional restrictions outside the third seal.
One was a Primordial Blood Restriction, another was a Spiritual Power Restriction, and the last was a Divine Soul Restriction.
With triple insurance and triple isolation, the sword spirit no longer resisted the Bright Azure Sky Qi.
Only then did Luo Chen proceed step by step to incorporate a strand of Bright Azure Sky Qi into the sword body.
At this moment, as he stared at the blood sword, which was constantly emitting sword qi, Luo Chen fell into deep thought.
"The Crimson Sky Sword Qi requires constant nurturing day and night to be as obedient as an extension of one's arm."
"According to the Sword Scripture, the Purple Mansion is the best place for nurturing it!"
"But this sword already has a spirit, and that sword spirit doesn't submit to me like the Withering and Flourishing Fire Spirit. If I put it into the Purple Mansion, it would be too dangerous if something were to happen."
After a moment of deep thought, Luo Chen's left hand formed a sword finger and landed on his right arm, which was exposed and smooth.
With a heavy swipe!
Hss...
The incredibly tough skin was sliced open, as if it were a layer of congealed fat.
With a thought, the blood sword immediately shrank and turned into a ray of blood light, disappearing into his arm.
The location where it entered was right between the Heaven Scholar Acupoint, Earth Scholar Acupoint, and Human Scholar Acupoint, in the line connecting the three acupoints.
Luo Chen calmly stroked his right arm, and the skin instantly closed, returning to its smooth state. Only a faint red line could be vaguely seen on his delicate white skin.
"By nurturing it with the power of the three acupoints, I can also achieve the effect of constant nurturing day and night. When facing enemies, it will be more convenient to retrieve the sword."
After deciding on a place for the Primordial Butcher Sword, Luo Chen took out a strand of Crimson Sky Qi from the Chaos Cauldron and began to slowly refine it. Once it was refined to the right level, he would infuse it into the Primordial Butcher Sword.
...
Another month passed.
In the early morning mist.
The Six Imperial Flying Cloud Carriage stopped at the edge of a sea with alternating blue and black colors.
"Come up!"
"Oh."
Hei Wang happily climbed onto Luo Chen's left arm and transformed into a dragon pattern, coiling around the Xuan Chen Armor.
He didn't even consider going to the right side, as he disliked that sword!
After settling Hei Wang, Luo Chen walked out of the house, and Tian Xuan and the others had been waiting for a long time.
Luo Chen walked slowly to the edge of the deck and looked down at the sea below.
The clear water was normal seawater, while the black water was the rumored Mysterious Water.
It was said that this Mysterious Water was drawn from the Mysterious Abyss that guarded the Mysterious Abyss Sect. If a cultivator came into contact with it, their clothes and treasures would be tainted. Even protective qi barriers would inexplicably dissipate. Moreover, the Mysterious Water was like a maggot in the foot bone, once stained, it would be impossible to get rid of.
"It does look similar to the water of the Sea of Sinking, but their properties are completely different. One is dominated by filth, and the other by corrosion. The Mysterious Abyss Sect has arranged it near the coast, making it impossible for sea beasts or outsiders to easily infiltrate from below the sea."
Just then, on the coast, a team of cultivators flew over in a flying boat.
On the boat, a black flag was flying.
Wherever it passed, the flag's brilliance spread, and the Mysterious Water scattered.
In a short while, they reached the vicinity of the carriage.
"Who goes there?"
Sang Jinghe, standing behind Luo Chen, quickly stepped forward and presented a jade slip.
The young cultivator who led the small team took the jade slip and scanned it with his divine sense.
"People from the Heavenly Yuan Merchant Alliance?"
"Yes, we are indeed merchants from the Merchant Alliance, preparing to do business in the Eastern Wilderness," Sang Jinghe replied.
The young cultivator frowned slightly, "Merchant Alliance cultivators? From which family in Central Province? Or are you from the Heavenly Yuan Sect?"
Sang Jinghe was in a dilemma.
How did they manage to investigate so thoroughly? Luo Chen smiled slightly, "We are not from a Central Province family, nor are we from the Heavenly Yuan Sect. We are guests of the Star Gate."
The young cultivator had already noticed that the true owner of the carriage was the white-robed man standing there, his sharp aura piercing the sky like a sword.
When this man spoke, the young cultivator couldn't help but shrink his pupils.
"A guest of the Star Gate? Someone from the Heaven-Earth Peak?"
"Yes, I am Luo Chen."
As he spoke, an identity token slowly flew out.
The cultivator carefully received it, and it was indeed one of the identity tokens that the sect had instructed them to remember.
With this, the other party's cultivation level was self-evident.
"My apologies, I was neglectful towards the senior."
This Golden Core cultivator's expression became respectful. He waved the large flag on the boat, and a path opened up in the Mysterious Water.
Luo Chen nodded, and without any visible action, the carriage beneath his feet slowly flew into the path.
At that moment, he clearly felt a sense of oppression, which dissipated as the Mysterious Water parted.
Was there also a suppression-type formation array set up?
As Luo Chen pondered, the carriage had already reached the Mysterious Abyss Sect's flying boat.
The previous cultivator flew in.
"Junior Chi Zhong, greetings to Senior Luo Zhenren!"
Chi Zhong? Mature and steady?
That's a good name.
Luo Chen nodded and asked, "Are you a disciple of the Mysterious Abyss Sect?"
Chi Zhong answered with a hint of pride, "Senior's insight is keen. I am indeed an inner disciple of the Mysterious Abyss Sect, carrying out patrol duties here."
It wasn't that Luo Chen's gaze was extraordinary, but having seen many disciples from sacred grounds, he was accustomed to the arrogance they unintentionally exuded.
Whether it was the remnants of the Northern Sea's Origin Demon or the direct disciples of the Heavenly Yuan Dao Sect, they were all like this.
Moreover, this arrogance was not the same as that of ordinary Nascent Soul-stage disciples from other upper-level sects. It was a true arrogance that looked down on everything and feared nothing!
At this moment, Chi Zhong's show of respect towards Luo Chen was merely superficial.
However, Luo Chen didn't mind and asked about the others.
"Those people, they shouldn't be from your Mysterious Abyss Sect, right?"
"Indeed, they are disciples of the East Yang Sect.
"The Dongyang Sect?"
Luo Chen murmured, his eyes reflecting deep contemplation.
In the ancient Eastern Wilderness, there were said to be thirty-six domains, each ruled by a powerful sect with Nascent Soul cultivators. Each sect governed a domain, and the domains were named after their respective sects.
Luo Chen was most familiar with the six easternmost domains near the million-mile-long mountain range, but he had also heard of a formidable sect in the far west of the Eastern Wilderness, known as the Dongyang Sect.
Within its ranks, there were no fewer than five Nascent Soul cultivators.
It was a powerful sect comparable to the Bingji Sect, which Luo Chen had briefly encountered in the Northern Sea.
Logically, with the sun rising in the east, a sect named Dongyang, located in the west, should not have been named as such.
However, when viewed from outside the Eastern Wilderness, the sun seemed to rise from above the Dongyang Sect.
Thus, the Dongyang Sect was geographically positioned as the gateway to the Eastern Wilderness, overlooking the Central Province and radiating its influence to the southern and northern seas.
The reason why the mighty Mingshen Sect, with its sacred grounds in the Mysterious Depths, entrusted the management of this gateway to the Dongyang Sect also became clear.
The founding ancestor of the Dongyang Sect was a fellow disciple and brother of a Divine Transformation expert from the Mingshen Sect. The Dongyang Sect's rise to prominence was greatly aided by the support of the Mingshen Sect.
Now, it was understandable that Chi Zhong, a member of the Mingshen Sect, was leading these Dongyang Sect disciples on a patrol mission.
The cultivators of both sects, being of the same generation, regarded each other as fellow disciples.
After understanding the reason, Luo Chen didn't ask further questions but instead inquired about another matter of concern.
"Where is the headquarters of the Tian Yuan Commerce Alliance in the Dongyang Domain?"
Chi Zhong replied without hesitation, "In the Shen Yuan Immortal City."
"Hehe."
Luo Chen couldn't help but chuckle. Shen Yuan City again?
But soon, his smile faded.
Compared to the Tian Yuan Commerce Alliance's independent city and port in the Northern Sea, where they conducted trade in all four directions, in the Eastern Wilderness, they were confined to the Dongyang Domain, under the watchful eye of the Dongyang Sect.
This clearly showed the difference in control between the Yuanmo Sect's dominance over the Northern Sea and the Mingshen Sect's dominance over the Eastern Wilderness.
The question then arose.
The Yuanmo Sect's control over the Northern Sea was insufficient, so when faced with the united demon army, they had no choice but to resist with their sect's strength. Their unfortunate defeat was understandable.
However, the Mingshen Sect's control over the Eastern Wilderness was so strong, second only to the Tian Yuan Dao Sect, which had completely occupied an entire continent. So, why, when faced with the century-long offensive by the Eastern Wilderness demons, had they not taken decisive action?
"Perhaps, by the time I return to the Eastern Wilderness, it will be a quagmire of disputes and controversies."
Luo Chen sighed inwardly.
The flying boat beneath his feet continued its journey, rapidly approaching the Dongyang Port.
As he looked up, the thin fog and thick clouds suddenly dispersed, and a proud sun rose into the sky.
This was a good omen! The rising sun in the east was still better than the bloody stars he had witnessed upon his arrival in the Central Province.
"Master, I feel a little unwell," Tianxuan suddenly communicated as they stepped onto the port.
Luo Chen instantly identified the source of Tianxuan's discomfort.
It was a bright mirror hanging high above the entrance gate of the port.
A demon-revealing mirror?
He hadn't expected the Eastern Wilderness to be so cautious about demons, with interrogations and the barrier of the Mysterious Water. Now, they had even set up a magical treasure at the port entrance.
Luo Chen's expression remained calm as he reassured Tianxuan, "Don't worry, with the power of this mirror, your true form won't be revealed."
Tianxuan's heart calmed slightly as he controlled his spiritual power, carefully containing it within the demon core to prevent any leakage.
In Luo Chen's opinion, even if there was a leak, it wasn't a big deal.
Tianxuan had transformed into a human form a hundred years ago, and his spiritual power was majestic and grand, completely different from the sinister demonic energy.
Perhaps a true spirit treasure like Fu Chaosheng's could reveal Tianxuan's true form, but an ordinary demon-revealing mirror, without a powerful cultivator to control it, would never be able to see through Tianxuan's disguise.
Moreover, even if his true form was revealed, it wouldn't be a problem. In this day and age, every powerful cultivator had a mount.
As the Six Imperial Flying Cloud Chariot entered the port, nothing happened to the hanging demon-revealing mirror.
Indeed!
Chi Zhong and the others, following behind, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief upon seeing this.
"True Cultivator, I still have tasks to attend to, so I won't see you off. The location of Shen Yuan Immortal City is marked on this jade slip. You can find your way there on your own."
As he spoke, Chi Zhong handed over two jade slips.
One contained a map indicating the location of Shen Yuan Immortal City, and the other was a verified pass.
Luo Chen accepted them without examining them closely and smiled slightly at Chi Zhong.
"Thank you, young friend. Perhaps we'll meet again in the future."
The Six Imperial Flying Cloud Chariot slowly ascended, soaring over the increasingly bustling Dongyang Port and heading deep into the Dongyang Domain.
After Luo Chen's departure, Chi Zhong's fellow disciple exclaimed, "That True Cultivator's aura was so powerful that even from a distance, I dared not look directly at him. Yet, Senior Brother Chi could chat with him so casually. Such a state of mind truly befits a disciple of a sacred land!"
Chi Zhong, flattered, smiled and humbly replied, "It's not about me. I estimate that this senior has cultivated some extraordinary technique or secret art. He's actually quite amiable, not as intimidating as you make him out to be."
Then, he waved his hand.
"Continue your patrol. I need to report to Senior Uncle Lu. A Nascent Soul cultivator has arrived from the Central Province. Oh, his name was Luo Chen, right?"
"Yes, he introduced himself as Luo Chen, and his identity is that of a Star Gate guest scholar!"
(End of Chapter)
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