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Chapter 913: Black Obsidian Lotuses, Leaving Mingyuan Sanctuary
Chapter 913: Black Obsidian Lotuses, Leaving Mingyuan Sanctuary
February 13, 2025
While the outside world was in turmoil, the Dan Sheng Paradise remained as serene as ever.
A figure swiftly crossed the sky and suddenly stopped, descending into a lake.
The white-clad man surveyed his surroundings, his eyes filled with suspicion.
His golden eyes flashed, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly.
His fingertips moved slightly, and he cast a series of incantations towards the void, causing a set of formation flags to fly out from his sleeves and sink into the lake.
The calm lake surface rippled due to his actions.
After completing all the preparations, the white-clad man let out a low shout.
"Open!"
In the next moment, black lotuses emerged from the tranquil lake, reflecting the blue sky and white clouds.
They bloomed on the clear lake surface, bathed in the mist, absorbing the purest water-attributed spiritual energy.
As if sensing an outsider, these black lotuses simultaneously retreated beneath the water's surface.
They possessed remarkable spirituality!
Witnessing this scene, Luo Chen's face revealed a mix of surprise and joy.
"Black obsidian lotuses!"
"I never expected that in this realm, there would exist such high-level spiritual herbs!"
"No wonder when I passed by here earlier, I felt that the spiritual energy in this place was different from other places."
The black obsidian lotuses were a type of high-level spiritual herb mentioned in one of the seventy-two volumes of pill scriptures of Lian Tian Mo Jun.
They grew in untainted places, free from impurity.
Absorbing spiritual energy, they retained only the purest essence.
It could be said that wherever these spiritual herbs existed, the land itself would be nurtured into a spiritual realm.
However, their true purpose was that when used in pill concoction, they had a significant nourishing effect on cultivators' Yuan Ying, allowing their Yuan Ying to become more solidified and immune to external demonic influences.
Even many water-attributed Hua Shen cultivators would cultivate these herbs to refine their Yuan Shen.
"Didn't the token mention this type of herb?"
Luo Chen muttered to himself, wondering why Dan Sheng had concealed this information.
Then, he gradually considered a possibility.
The herbs specifically marked by Dan Sheng were likely the ones she had personally cultivated.
As for these hidden high-level spiritual herbs, they were probably cultivated for others.
As the inheritor of Dan Sheng's insights, it was only natural for him to automatically receive the things left behind by Dan Sheng. However, the items entrusted to her by others were a different matter.
"Then, who is the true owner of these black obsidian lotuses?"
The answer was self-evident.
Only the three Ancestors of the Mingyuan Sect, who had the status to have Dan Sheng Chu Yan Hua go to great lengths to set up a spiritual realm and establish formations specifically for cultivating herbs, could be the owners of these lotuses.
Among the three great powers, Yu Ming Old Ancestor specialized in wind-attributed cultivation methods.
Therefore, the owner of these black obsidian lotuses could only be Tian Yuan Old Ancestor and He Ze Old Ancestor.
Luo Chen leaned towards the latter.
Tian Yuan Old Ancestor had achieved the Hua Shen stage earlier, and his Yuan Shen was already solidified.
Only He Ze Old Ancestor, who had recently reached the Hua Shen stage, had a Yuan Shen that was not yet powerful enough and required external assistance.
This was evident from Yuan Tu Jian's ability to swallow his Yuan Shen.
Luo Chen glanced at the empty lake surface once more and retracted the formation flags he had cast.
With the removal of the formation concealing this place, it reactivated.
Luo Chen's sharp eyes remained fixed on the lotuses, and after a long while, the black lotuses with remarkable spirituality resurfaced.
He turned and left!
It wasn't that he couldn't take these black obsidian lotuses or that he didn't have the corresponding pill formulas, but rather, it wasn't the best time to use them yet.
Although Luo Chen often borrowed strength from the future to enhance his short-term power, he usually did so when forced into a corner.
Overall, he was a person with a long-term vision.
However, most of the time, he was compelled by circumstances and had no choice but to focus on the present.
Now that no one was pressuring him, and Dan Sheng's Paradise was relatively safe, why waste these black obsidian lotuses?
After he achieved the Hua Shen stage, refining a pill to solidify his Yuan Shen would save him centuries of effort!
That would be the best time to use them.
Luo Chen rode on his escape light, wandering through the Dan Sheng Paradise, which was not small but still not considered vast to him.
Following the guidance on the token, Luo Chen found a spiritual realm dedicated to cultivating herbs.
Especially the Hong Ling Grass he needed for his cultivation, he also located the corresponding location.
The Hong Ling Grass was growing exceptionally well, and its age was quite high, making it the best batch Luo Chen had ever seen in terms of quality.
This time, Luo Chen didn't hesitate to harvest it!
By refining pills with this, he would undoubtedly obtain a large number of high-quality and even top-grade Hong Yuan Pills, significantly increasing his cultivation efficiency.
Considering the upcoming challenge of crossing the You Ming Deep Abyss, he couldn't afford any shortcomings in his Fa Li.
Luo Chen naturally wouldn't waste anything.
Of course, he also left some seeds for the Hong Ling Grass and replanted the scattered and less mature ones.
Luo Chen had some knowledge of the art of cultivating spiritual plants.
After harvesting the Hong Ling Grass, Luo Chen carried a medicine basket larger than himself and headed back towards his cave abode.
At this moment, Luo Chen missed the Penglai Octagonal Pavilion.
The freshly harvested Hong Ling Grass was not suitable for storage in a ring, and only a true treasure-level space storage artifact like the Penglai Octagonal Pavilion, capable of communicating with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, would not affect the herbs.
...
In a vast mountain range, a colossal dragon, measuring hundreds of feet in length, leisurely swam through the air. Sensing a familiar presence, it climbed up a mountain peak and gently spoke to a young boy, "Little master, your master has returned."
Luo Lingxi paused in his work and followed the direction indicated by the Black King.
Although he hadn't cultivated any immortal techniques, Luo Lingxi's vision had already surpassed that of ordinary people. This was thanks to Luo Chen, who occasionally gave him diluted Jade Emperor's Clear Pupil Liquid.
In his sight, his young father, with a medicine basket on his back, resembled an old farmer returning home after a hard day's work, bathed in the golden glow of the setting sun.
A smile appeared on his face, but he pursed his lips, suppressing his joy. He began practicing a set of boxing techniques on his own.
Luo Chen moved swiftly, and his brief pause earlier was merely to observe the feeding process of the Nirvana Sacred Flame.
Upon his return, seeing his son's actions, Luo Chen's eyebrows furrowed.
"Did you teach him that?" he asked, his eyes fixed on Luo Lingxi, but his question was directed at the Black King.
His tone was calm, but there was an underlying hint of reproach.
The Black King shrugged, "Yes, I taught him."
Luo Lingxi stopped what he was doing and nervously explained, "The Black King saw that I was tired from climbing up and down the mountain, so he taught me this basic technique for climbing and crossing high places. It's not some profound cultivation method."
Luo Chen tugged at the corners of his mouth. This was not just a basic technique for climbing and crossing high places.
Hidden within it were elements of the martial arts essence he had cultivated during his eight hundred li journey to Penghu Island in the Ten Thousand Immortals Assembly, with the only difference being the absence of the requirement for Fa Li.
If Luo Lingxi possessed great strength and used this technique, the power he unleashed would be beyond imagination.
Luo Chen turned to the Black King and spoke softly, "You've put a lot of thought into this."
It was unclear whether he was praising the Black King for modifying his technique or for specifically teaching this method to Luo Lingxi.
These words made the Black King tense up.
But Luo Chen had already entered the cave with the medicine basket on his back, leaving behind the words, "Come back early for dinner."
After he left, both the dragon and the boy breathed a sigh of relief.
Luo Lingxi smiled and said, "See, I told you my father wouldn't scold you."
The Black King sighed, "You don't understand. Your father doesn't express many things verbally; he keeps them in his heart. Who knows, he might scold me later. From now on, it's better if you don't ask me to teach you anything."
Luo Lingxi's eyelashes trembled, and his lively eyes revealed a hint of gloom.
Indeed, his father was the kind of person who didn't show his emotions easily.
Amidst the oppressive atmosphere, the Black King descended the mountain, and the boy resumed practicing the boxing technique he had been doing earlier.
It was indeed not just a basic technique for climbing and crossing high places.
With each punch and kick, a powerful force was unleashed, and although the boy had an ordinary mortal physique, his strikes sent sand and stones flying, attracting attention.
After completing the entire set of boxing techniques, he heard a voice calling him, and he ran back to the cave.
"Dinner time," Luo Chen said simply, then sat down in a chair.
On the table was a simple dish, stir-fried wild vegetables from the Province, the most common ingredient in the Province. Even the rice in their bowls was just ordinary rice.
It was a bit bland.
But there was nothing they could do about it.
This wasn't a bother for Luo Chen.
In his two lifetimes, he had spent most of his time alone, and cooking was second nature to him.
It was only during these three hundred years of cultivation that he had neglected this skill.
Father and son quietly ate dinner in the brightly lit cave.
A bite of vegetables, a bite of rice.
Since there was only one dish, the boy ate quickly, and his chopsticks often clattered together.
After finishing three bowls of rice, the boy put down his bamboo chopsticks.
"Father, I'm full," he said.
Luo Chen hummed in acknowledgment, "Since you're full, go wash up and sleep. Don't stay up too late reading my travelogues."
Luo Lingxi nodded obediently, but before leaving, he hesitated and said, "Father, you don't need to cook for me every day. It's too time-consuming for your cultivation. I can cook for myself, and the Black King will also help me gather ingredients."
Luo Chen stopped mid-motion, his chopsticks still holding some vegetables, and looked at Luo Lingxi.
The boy bit his lip and insisted, "I'm already sixteen, I've grown up!"
Amidst the silence, Luo Chen simply nodded.
"Then you can cook for yourself! When I have time, I'll cook for you."
Luo Lingxi felt relieved and returned to his room.
After he left, Luo Chen's expression became a bit dazed.
Sixteen already?
The little bundle of joy from before had grown up.
Aside from being slightly shorter than him, everything else seemed healthy.
This also meant that they had been in the Abyss Sect for almost six years and had spent a full year in the Dan Sheng Paradise.
In the past, he had never realized how quickly time had passed.
Often, a deep seclusion and a breakthrough in cultivation can take years or even decades.
However, when a child grows up right before your eyes, the passing of time becomes acutely apparent.
"Perhaps Lingxi is right, and we can't afford to delay any longer."
Luo Chen cleaned up the bowls and chopsticks and returned to his room.
Instead of cultivating, he first began processing the recently harvested Hongling Grass, which he would need for pill refining in a few days.
Then, until dawn, he started meditating and cultivating.
...
In the wilderness, a young man ran swiftly like a tiger or leopard.
Upon seeing a large tree, he charged straight towards it, then, aiming at a particular direction, dove like an eagle and landed in a mountain gorge.
In a short while, he emerged holding a rabbit.
"Da Hei, look, I told you I could catch these wild beasts without your help!"
Black Wang slowly crawled out.
The still-alive rabbit merely glanced at him and then fainted.
Black Wang sighed, "It's too much trouble."
Luo Lingxi insisted, "It's not difficult. In the future, I'll even catch tigers and leopards and shoot down birds."
Black Wang was curious, "Is this a way for you to train yourself?"
Luo Lingxi nodded subconsciously, then shook his head, "No, it's just that Father has been cooking vegetables for a year, and they're too bland."
Black Wang was taken aback.
Cultivators naturally prefer light and simple food.
Even when consuming meat, it's often for the abundant spiritual energy contained in the flesh of demonic beasts.
It seemed like the master had somewhat overlooked his son's dietary needs.
Suddenly, he looked up at the distance.
"What's wrong?" Luo Lingxi asked curiously.
Black Wang spoke with a hint of surprise in his voice, "It seems like the master's new primordial true fire is almost complete."
Luo Lingxi subconsciously clenched the rabbit's ear that he was holding.
Had the master cultivated another great ability?
Even with his immense power, he continued to make progress without stopping!
Could his own insignificant training ever catch up to the master's footsteps?
...
In a volcano with flowing lava, Luo Chen stood atop a mountain peak, his face still being slapped by the hot waves.
His fiery gaze was fixed on the golden firebird soaring in the lava ocean.
The more he looked, the more familiar it felt.
"Phoenix!"
"Just like the time when Qixia Yuanjun fought on Mount Yanfu, and her Dharma image was accidentally revealed. How similar it is!"
"I still wonder if it was right or wrong to have the Fire Spirit devour the Nirvana Sacred Fire she left behind."
As he muttered, the golden firebird had already returned, circling around Luo Chen a few times before shrinking and landing on Luo Chen's shoulder, affectionately grooming its golden feathers made of flames with its sharp beak.
Luo Chen couldn't provide an answer to his own doubts.
But the Fire Spirit's affectionate behavior seemed to offer a response.
He only knew that he could try leaving the Dan Sheng Paradise and head to the Dong Huang Cultivation World.
...
In the evening, father and son reunited at the dinner table.
Unlike the usual single dish, this time, there was an additional soup and a dish of rabbit meat stir-fried with heavy oil and salt.
"Father, try my cooking?" Luo Lingxi invited proudly.
Luo Chen took a few bites and nodded with a smile.
"It's very good. The taste is almost as good as your mother's cooking."
"Really?" Luo Lingxi was delighted by his father's approval, but his expression soon turned gloomy, "It's been a long time since I last saw Mother."
Luo Chen put down his chopsticks and said solemnly, "Soon, you'll be able to see her."
Luo Lingxi exclaimed in surprise, "Are we going out?"
Luo Chen shook his head slightly, "I'm the one who's going out."
The young man was taken aback.
Luo Chen didn't explain; he just instructed, "I'll leave Black Wang here. You wait for me here. It might be a few months, or even a few years. If I don't... I'll be back."
After saying this, he left the living room.
Luo Lingxi bit his lip; his carefully prepared delicacy had only been tasted by his father.
More importantly, why wasn't he taking his son with him? Did he consider him a burden?
The night sky was clear, and the moonlight shone as the gentle breeze blew.
Black Wang asked curiously, "Why isn't the master taking me along? That deep abyss is quite dangerous. At least Little Black could carry you for a while."
Luo Chen sighed, "You know it's dangerous too! Even I only have a seven or eight out of ten chance of success this time. What if you also get hurt inside? Who will take care of Lingxi?"
Black Wang was speechless; indeed, it made sense.
Luo Chen's words drifted with the night wind.
"Moreover, I need you to stay in the Dan Sheng Paradise, guarding the entrance, to prevent any powerful evil spirits from breaking in."
As he spoke, a token fell in front of Black Wang.
Black Wang knew that this was the key to the Dan Sheng Paradise.
He solemnly put it away and asked, "Master, when are you leaving?"
Luo Chen's expression became solemn.
"Tomorrow morning!"
...
In the deep abyss where dark currents surged, evil spirits floated about.
Suddenly, a sword light burst forth from the darkness, silently slaying the evil creatures.
After clearing the evil spirits outside the paradise, a white-robed figure gradually appeared.
Luo Chen took a deep breath, his red eyes and golden pupils fixed on a certain direction as he calmly left.
(End of Chapter)
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