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Chapter 804: Cang Lang's Injury, Refining the Ghost God Heart Mirror Again?
Chapter 804: Cang Lang's Injury, Refining the Ghost God Heart Mirror Again?
How can Cang Lang be saved?
This was an extremely difficult task for a Golden Core Cultivator.
The reason was that Cang Lang's injuries were caused by a failed breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage, damaging her three treasures of essence, energy, and spirit.
To survive, Cang Lang had forcefully sealed herself using a secret Ice Fortress technique.
To undo this sealing technique, one must possess strength beyond Cang Lang's current realm.
In other words, the Nascent Soul Stage!
This alone blocked any self-rescue attempts by Heartless Fairy and her companions.
Furthermore, Luo Chen also noticed an additional restriction blocking outsiders from probing with their divine sense.
"This was left by Han Zhan!"
Within the inner mansion, Luo Chen released his divine sense, gently penetrating the ice coffin.
Although he hadn't learned the sealing technique called 'Ice Extremity Seal', he couldn't temporarily undo Cang Lang's seal, forcing her to wake up. However, he could already use his powerful divine sense to examine her condition.
Han Zhan's soul restriction was immediately recognizable to Luo Chen.
This restriction wasn't difficult to undo; it could be released with the Open Sky Technique.
The challenge was that after undoing the restriction and seal, how should Cang Lang proceed?
"Her Dantian is damaged, and her Golden Core is dormant. It can be repaired with the Sea of Cang Dan, supplemented by other gentle elixirs, slowly restoring it."
"Her spiritual power is not lacking, and there is indeed a hidden, vast spiritual power in her mind. Once Cang Lang regains her consciousness, she can instantly revive her Golden Core."
"The real limitation is her soul injury."
In Luo Chen's perception, Cang Lang's sea of consciousness seemed to contain two faint souls.
It appeared similar to the soul division technique he cultivated, but in reality, both souls were incomplete and fragmented.
The reason for this situation was clear to Luo Chen after a moment's thought.
When a cultivator breaks through to the Nascent Soul Stage, they must unify the three treasures and shatter the Golden Core to form the Nascent Soul. These three treasures emphasize balance.
In Luo Chen's case, when his physical body reached the fourth level and his Golden Core was fully condensed, his spiritual power was almost on par with those who had just entered the Nascent Soul Stage. His soul was also exceptionally powerful among his peers. All three aspects achieved an extreme balance, resulting in an incredibly powerful Nascent Soul.
However, for ordinary cultivators, the so-called balance of the three treasures places the lowest demand on the physical body.
The real challenge lies in the balance between divine sense and spiritual power.
Cang Lang's spiritual power was too strong, but her soul was slightly weaker, disrupting the balance between the three treasures.
Additionally, the environment during her Nascent Soul formation was unsafe, with the threat of the Bone Demon Snake outside, which added to her concerns during the process.
To forcefully control her spiritual power, her soul was split under the impact of thunderous power.
Under normal circumstances, a cultivator in this situation would undoubtedly perish.
However, with Han Zhan, an expert in soul cultivation, present, he forcibly gathered her fragmented soul and placed her in the ice coffin, allowing her to survive until now.
After understanding this, Luo Chen had a clue to treat Cang Lang.
Repairing her soul was the solution!
In this aspect, Luo Chen indeed had experience! He had saved Black King.
But now, a problem arose. The real savior of Black King was the remnant soul of the Savage Beast Stone Dragon, and where could Luo Chen find another remnant soul to use? Even if he had one, Cang Lang was a human, and Luo Chen wouldn't dare to fuse it with her casually.
For a moment, Luo Chen was in a difficult situation.
However, as his divine sense swept through the woman's brain in the ice coffin once more, Luo Chen suddenly remembered something.
When treating Black King, Han Zhan had mentioned his attempt to research a method to cure Cang Lang.
Unfortunately, when they reached the Northern Sea, that method could only be used on Black King.
It involved strengthening the injured person's soul, allowing them to heal themselves.
At that time, Luo Chen had no other resources, so he could only use the remnant soul of the Savage Beast Stone Dragon, hoping for a miracle.
But now, he actually had abundant resources!
The Great Soul Dan!
This elixir was specifically created by Luo Chen to strengthen his divided souls.
Both of his divided souls had been gradually cultivated since the Golden Core Stage.
Luo Chen's mind raced with ideas.
"At this moment, Cang Lang's main soul is split, just like me in the beginning, providing an excellent opportunity to cultivate the Soul Severing Art. If she can take advantage of this and sever a divided soul, with the help of the Great Soul Dan, she can not only repair her soul but also create an additional divided soul."
"Furthermore, once the soul is strengthened, she can perfectly control the vast spiritual power within her body."
"As long as her physical body remains intact, there's a chance that she can forcefully attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage again upon awakening."
Luo Chen's heart stirred at this thought.
But another problem arose.
Cang Lang was currently unconscious, so how could she cultivate a new technique? She might not even have the energy to refine the Great Soul Dan.
"Am I just daydreaming?"
Luo Chen couldn't help but feel dejected.
With a sigh, he waved his hand and cast a restriction, sealing the ice coffin securely.
The corresponding treatment plan would require careful research to ensure absolute success.
...
The surrender of the Ice Fortress members caused no additional trouble for Luo Chen.
Within the Lingtian Pass, many were willing to give face to him, let alone a mere ten or so female cultivators who were not yet accomplished.
On the contrary, with the addition of Heartless Fairy, the Heavenward Sect had gained much more than expected.
The reason was simple!
Didn't Luo Chen previously distribute a large batch of talismans?
These talismans were mostly allocated to low-level disciples to prepare for combat needs.
But talismans were not as simple as they seemed.
The art of creating and using talismans was filled with intricacies.
The Five Elements Divine Sect sold many talismans but still held an esteemed position in the art of talismans because they possessed a unique core technique for utilizing them.
This technique was something Luo Chen had always desired.
However, neither the Master of Lushan nor the Old Talisman Master would easily impart it to him.
But this time, Heartless Fairy took the initiative to teach the Heavenward Sect cultivators how to properly use talismans.
She was accustomed to dealing with Luo Chen based on a transactional model.
But this time, Luo Chen had saved her senior sister without asking for any reward, and she felt a bit restless.
Heartless Fairy was a talisman expert, and in the past, she had given Luo Chen a third-rank Ice God Talisman and a Profound Ice Talisman, demonstrating her abilities.
Under her guidance, the Heavenward Sect cultivators quickly learned some techniques and experiences for using talismans.
They learned how to activate talismans in advance without triggering them, how to release them quickly without damaging their power, and how to combine various talismans for optimal use.
The things Luo Chen had desperately sought in the past were now presented to him in this unexpected way.
"So it's this simple?"
Luo Chen looked at the Blazing Sun Charm in his hand, feeling the power it contained, ready to explode at any moment.
To activate a talisman, one needed to infuse it with spiritual power and control it with divine sense to direct it towards an enemy while minimizing harm to oneself.
But according to Heartless Fairy's method, one only needed to separate a seed of spiritual power and attach it to the talisman in advance. When needed, a simple movement of divine sense would activate it.
This process eliminated the seemingly short but actually lengthy step of infusing spiritual power during combat.
Of course, some things that appeared simple were like a thin layer of paper.
Without the guidance of an experienced master, one might never break through that layer of understanding for their entire life.
Moreover, attaching the seed of spiritual power required special techniques and was not as simple as just releasing a strand of spiritual power in advance.
"This is just Heartless Fairy's personal opinion. I believe the Five Elements Divine Sect must have even more exquisite techniques for controlling talismans!"
Luo Chen sighed, putting away the Blazing Sun Charm.
For his current cultivation level, these were merely minor paths, serving only as supplementary knowledge.
His focus remained on his previous plan.
There was no rush for Listening Wind Son's elixir.
His reputation had already spread, and if he refined it too quickly, others might invite him to refine elixirs for them, which would take up too much of his time.
By prolonging the elixir refinement process, he could also emphasize the difficulty of his task.
For now, he intended to refine Caiyi's Lifebound Treasure first.
With the blueprint and main materials, this task was not difficult for him, especially since he had the Chaos Cauldron in hand! This treasure had demonstrated its extraordinary abilities during the refinement of the Profound Dust Armor, achieving an incredibly high success rate.
Later, Luo Chen realized that this success was due to the drop of blood from the Refining Demon Lord.
After entering the Fallen Demon Land, he understood why the blood had such incredible effects. The Demon Lord was a genius, possessing heavenly skills in the art of artifact refinement.
In this regard, while Luo Chen had obtained the Demon Lord's alchemy inheritance, he had also inadvertently benefited from a tiny bit of the Demon Lord's artifact refinement legacy.
"The Netherworld Venomous Python is of the water attribute."
A strand of spiritual power seeped into the large tendon, faintly triggering the release of blood essence.
The blood essence had a delicious and intoxicating aroma that was pleasing to the senses.
"It emits a bewitching fragrance that can confuse a cultivator's sense of smell, and even their divine sense may be affected. This is just one of its large tendons. If the Netherworld Venomous Python were in its prime, even Nascent Soul Stage cultivators might be influenced by it."
Luo Chen praised, then took out a jade bottle from his storage ring.
His expression became solemn as he held the bottle, for it contained the legendary Abyss Water of the Abyss School!
Rumor had it that this water was the most extraordinary in the world, capable of corroding the flesh of living beings and even damaging spiritual treasures and artifacts.
Its mysteries surpassed those of Profound Origin Heavy Water, Ren Water, and Heavenly One True Water.
Even the yellow springs surrounding the Soul Severing Cliff and the black water in the Sinking Sea might pale in comparison.
The Abyss School possessed an abundance of this extraordinary water, an entire abyss surrounding their mountain gate, making it inaccessible to living beings!
From this perspective, among the five major sacred lands of the Mountain and Sea Realm, aside from the Heavenly Origin Sect in the Central Land, the other four were all established in perilous forbidden lands, making them easily defensible and difficult to attack.
The Demon Origin Sect's North Pole Night Mara Sky, the Abyss School's Netherworld Abyss, the Hanging Temple's Emerald Screen, and the Gate of Life and Death's... Gate of Life and Death.
The Gate of Life and Death is somewhat peculiar, as the forbidden land it occupies shares the same name as the sect itself.
Setting that aside...
Luo Chen gazed at the Abyss Water within the bottle, eager to test its capabilities.
"I wonder if my Primordial Cauldron can withstand the corrosive power of the Abyss Water?"
He was keen to compare, but in the end, he decided against putting it into practice.
If he damaged his Lifebound Treasure, he wouldn't have anywhere to go to cry about it.
"After the patrol mission is over, Caiyi should also finish her closed-door cultivation. When we return, I'll give her a Lifebound Treasure as a gift, which would be most fitting."
Luo Chen smiled slightly, no longer hesitating, and began the preparations for crafting a treasure.
...
Time passed slowly.
It had been over a year since Luo Chen arrived at Lingtian Pass in the blink of an eye.
This year, for the cultivators of Lingtian Pass, was relatively peaceful.
Although small teams on patrol outside the city occasionally encountered demonic beast attacks, they never encountered large-scale demonic beast forces.
In the hearts of high-level cultivators, they naturally didn't want to engage in life-and-death battles with those ruthless Demon Sovereigns.
Luo Chen rarely revealed his whereabouts within the city, and even some Nascent Soul cultivators were hesitant to disturb him.
Everyone knew that he had accepted a request from Listening Wind Son and was wholeheartedly refining an important elixir for him.
To prevent Luo Chen from being disturbed, Listening Wind Son even took the initiative to take on a minor task, leaving the city to investigate the situation of demonic beasts in a fallen domain.
When Luo Chen later learned of this news, he felt a sense of guilt.
He still hadn't refined the elixir for Listening Wind Son.
Although the elixir formula had long been thoroughly studied by the Crimson Dog Puppet, Luo Chen's primary focus this year had been on refining the Crimson Heaven Sword Qi and crafting Caiyi's Lifebound Treasure.
On this day!
Luo Chen floated in mid-air, his sharp eyes fixed on the large cauldron below.
The firelight flickered, and spiritual energy rose.
The mouth of the cauldron seemed like a small world.
Within it, a long, dragon-like object constantly swam, occasionally spitting out wisps of demonic energy.
"If this treasure is to reveal the true form of the Demon Sovereign in the future, its demonic power must be preserved. But to ensure that cultivators are not affected by the demonic power during the consecration process, additional restrictions and array formations are necessary."
"For me, it's not difficult at all!"
Luo Chen smiled slightly and cast a series of hand seals, infusing them into the long object.
A large amount of blood energy was suppressed and sealed.
This long muscle seemed to retain some residual spirituality, unwilling to become a weapon for others. It suddenly erupted with a final burst of power.
Luo Chen, who was in the midst of casting hand seals, inadvertently inhaled a bit of it.
But he didn't think much of it; with his physique, this power couldn't affect him in the slightest.
The illusion in his eyes was about to disappear before it even appeared.
"Perhaps if I were to face the Netherworld Venomous Python's true form, I would have to be cautious. But for a mere remnant of a large muscle to try and induce hallucinations in me, disturbing my mental state... Hmm?"
Luo Chen's hand paused slightly.
In that instant, the long whip rose and revealed a colorful, giant python's shadow within the cauldron.
Was this the true form of the Netherworld Venomous Python? Luo Chen coldly snorted and cast the final restriction.
In an instant, all the array formations merged into one, generating a powerful pulling force that forcibly drew the colorful, giant python's shadow into the whip.
Luo Chen's thoughts moved, and the withering true fire dissipated.
He reached out and summoned the whip into his hand.
After a brief perception, he couldn't help but show a hint of disappointment.
Middle-grade!
Just a hair away from a superior-grade treasure! This shouldn't have happened.
In the past, he had used the remains of a primordial turtle to refine the superior-grade Xuanchen Armor.
This long whip, also made from the remains of a Demon Sovereign and even infused with the extraordinary Abyss Water, had only reached the middle-grade level.
The reason for this wasn't his lack of skill in treasure crafting.
It was because, at the last moment, he was slightly distracted, causing a deviation in the embedding of the restriction formations, which affected the treasure's grade.
What had distracted him was the demonic energy of the python that erupted from the muscle.
Logically, this demonic energy shouldn't have affected him.
And indeed, Luo Chen wasn't affected.
But at the moment when the illusion was about to appear, he felt a sense of deja vu, which sparked his imagination.
In that fleeting thought, his efforts were almost in vain.
Holding the scorching whip, Luo Chen captured the sudden inspiration that had just occurred to him.
Illusion... Illusionary realm.
Netherworld Venomous Python's demonic energy... Cloud energy of an illusionary beast! He waved his left hand, and a core shrouded in clouds appeared in his palm.
It was the spoils of the final battle before he left the Sea Dragon Cavern—a fourth-rank, mid-stage illusionary beast's core.
He had secretly brought this core with him, and neither the Heavenly Origin Sect nor Fu Qinglan had mentioned it to the sect.
Gazing at the core, Luo Chen fell into a long silence.
"If I use this treasure as the core, can I recreate the Divine Mirror of Soul Inquiry?"
(End of Chapter)
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