Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 171: Diverting troubles to the east, building foundation and soul

 Spell of intimidation, a non-grade spell.

 The power depends on the strength of the caster's own soul.

If the caster reaches the level of foundation building and his spiritual consciousness is released, he can absorb the enemy's soul in one roll.

If the level is not enough to build a foundation, you can only use your eyes as a medium to use it on the enemy.

 At this time, the ingestion effect of the Deterrence Technique is greatly reduced, and it only has the effect of shocking and intimidating.

Of course, if the difference in soul strength is too large, you can also barely absorb the souls of others.

 Hence, when Gu Yue used to refine souls and disperse people, he usually severely injured his enemies, or when he killed them, he would forcibly ingest the souls of the monks before they were dispersed, and then merge them into his own body.

Luo Chen is only at the beginning level now.

The green light in his eyes shone brightly, and the pheasant flapping opposite him instantly became silent.

At the same time, Luo Chen also felt that his head had become heavier.

It was as if something was hanging on his soul and pulling him outward.

 Both sides are like "tug of war" at this moment.

But the pheasant is just an ordinary beast, with undeveloped intelligence and weak spirit.

He took the initiative in the tug-of-war with just a thought.

"come out!"

Muttered silently in his heart, and the next moment he felt an illusory object being extracted from the pheasant.

The moment we came out, the temperature around us was a little bit cold.

 But it was still the middle of winter and it was already extremely cold, so Zhou and Liu nearby did not notice it.

 At most, it was thought that a cold wind blew over.

They couldn't see the soul of this extremely weak beast, but that didn't mean Luo Chen couldn't see it.

 Dzogchen’s spiritual vision is enough to allow him to see such invisible things.

 “So weak?”

 “Even, shapeless.”

 In his sight, there was a small transparent light group in front of him.

It's very weak and doesn't even give people the slightest sense of threat.

 But the trembling and bewildered look is clearly the soul of the pheasant.

A slight pulling force came from the pheasant's body lying on the ground.

 Luo Chen was thoughtful.

 He knew that if he released the magic of intimidation, the soul would be able to return to the pheasant in a short period of time.

 In this way, the pheasant may become stupid and stupid, but at least it can continue to live.

“It’s a pity that the mountains are closed due to heavy snow and we are short of food, so I have no choice but to treat you badly.”

Luo Chen raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and as soon as his mind moved, his eyes slowly fell into the small flowerpot he took out.

As his eyes moved, the small light ball of the pheasant's soul slowly fell into the flowerpot.

 In the flowerpot, the soul-nurturing tree with only three sprouts seemed to sense something.

　　Stretching out new shoots based on instinct.

That light group instantly merged into one of the buds.

Soul-nurturing tree, a yin spiritual plant.

Generally growing in cold and cold places, they will naturally absorb and devour nearby ghosts.

This tree has many uses, such as making soul magic weapons, nourishing souls, housing lonely souls and wild ghosts, etc.

But to have these effects, the tree must be at least a thousand years old.

 So when Feng Xia gave him the soul-nourishing tree seeds, he didn't take it seriously.

How many thousand years does a person have in his life?

 Most of the time, there is none.

 Therefore, he randomly gave the seeds to Qu Lingjun to play with.

 Unexpectedly, he actually planted it.

I don’t know how it was done.

At this moment, Luo Chen can be considered a waste.

  The soul absorbed by the divine magic cannot be absorbed and melted unless he has practiced the true soul refining skill.

  It is better to put it into the soul-nurturing tree to help it grow.

After the pheasant soul light group entered it, there was a faint bud of the soul-nurturing tree, and a stream of light flashed away.

 It wasn’t until he was sure that the pheasant soul had been absorbed that Luo Chen breathed a sigh of relief.

 Close your eyes and open them again.

 He no longer had the feeling that his soul was being pulled.

I took a look at the attribute panel and saw that I was still in the entry-level stage and my proficiency had not improved at all.

“It seems that the proficiency that a mere pheasant soul can improve is extremely limited.”

“However, a little adds up to a big thing, so let’s get familiar with the process step by step.”

Luo Chen was not discouraged and nodded to Liu Qiang next to him.

Liu Qiang was stunned for a moment and then suddenly realized.

 He opened his pocket without thinking and took out another pheasant.

 “Come again!”

Luo Chen did not shy away from the two of them, and his eyes glowed green again.

 …

 Two hours later.

Luo Chen finished practicing the magic of intimidation and took the two of them back leisurely.

 Not flying, but walking slowly, like a walk.

 Zhou Yuanli and Liu Qiang followed closely behind him, looking at him with vague awe.

Luo Chen doesn't care about this.

 Practicing the art of divine awe is full of dangers, both internal and external.

 So, he needs someone to protect him.

 For now, there is no doubt that Zhou and Liu are loyal to him.

 In addition to his character, the treatment he gave was beyond what other forces could give the two of them.

 So, he was not worried about the two of them talking about this matter.

 He looked down at the flower pot in his hand.

 After absorbing the souls of several pheasants and a hyena, the green light of the soul-raising tree became more intense.

Even the young shoots are slightly thicker by three points.

If it weren’t for the Dzogchen spiritual vision technique, it would be difficult for Luo Chen to detect this growth.

 He nodded slightly, it seemed that the soul-nurturing tree could indeed absorb and devour the ghosts.

Although I will rarely use this tree in this life, it is okay to keep it.

Flowers and flowers cultivate your sentiments!

 He is now more concerned about his own changes.

 The proficiency level of the Divine Deception Technique has been improved very little. After using it six or seven times and absorbing seven souls, it only improved by one level of proficiency.

  I don’t know how long it will take to get from entry level to proficiency level.

 The change that surprised him was not the improvement in his proficiency in the magic of devastation.

 But the improvement of his soul!

　　I took Tongyou Pill last night, and my spirit soared!

 But that kind of surge made him feel dizzy and dizzy for a while.

 Even when practicing and refining elixirs, it is difficult to concentrate.

The feeling is like a person feeling too full after eating a lot of food suddenly.

 The body cannot adapt for a while, and I cannot concentrate on anything, let alone exercise learning.

But after practicing the magic of intimidation, Luo Chen keenly discovered the skyrocketing spirit.

 It feels less frivolous and becomes more solid.

 “Tongyou Pill increases the foundation of the soul.”

 “The art of intimidation is polished and tempered, and the skyrocketing soul is polished to perfection.”

“In this way, the side effects of taking Tongyou Pill can be quickly eliminated, and my soul can become stronger.”

 After coming to this conclusion, Luo Chen couldn't help but be ecstatic.

 This means that the frequency of swallowing a Tongyou Pill that he originally expected to take half a month can be reduced to once every ten days.

 Increasing the frequency of taking elixirs seems to be of little use and consumes a lot of elixirs.

 But in fact, the effect is too great.

 Take Qi Nourishing Pill and Dust Transforming Pill as examples.

 At first, Luo Chen could only digest one pill a day.

At that time, he had little money, and this speed was even too fast.

 But as his wealth became more and more abundant, this speed actually hindered his practice.

 It was only later that I reached the master level of Changchun Gong and opened up my meridians, and was able to digest two pills a day.

 For now, Luo Chen even feels that it is too slow.

 It would be good if it could be increased to three or four pills a day.

 Generally speaking, Luo Chen’s way of practice is “exchanging resources for time”!

For each practice, two dust-transforming pills are worth forty spiritual stones, one soothing incense is worth twelve, and one spiritual essence-building liquid is worth ten. In addition, using the spirit gathering array to draw wood-type spiritual energy consumes five more spiritual stones. , which took away sixty-seven spiritual stones.

Not to mention that he had swallowed high-grade chalcedony pills from time to time, which was worth ten spiritual stones.

If auxiliary cultivation resources such as moonlight grass and spiritual vein cave are added.

 The resources Luo Chen consumes every day, converted into spiritual stones, are almost as high as 80 spiritual stones.

 In a month, it’s more than 2,000, and in a year, that’s 20,000 to 30,000!

Even the elf pills used to enhance the soul, body, eyes, and refined spiritual energy, the deficiency moisturizing liquid used to repair the damage to the meridians caused by excessive practice, and so on!

He hasn't even counted these pills yet.

If you really want to add more, he is just a monk in the Qi refining stage, and in one year, he consumes tens of thousands of resources!

  What is this concept?

This amount of spiritual stone is enough for a monk with normal qualifications to practice from scratch to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining!

 Looking at Luo Chen, he looked like a victim.

 But in fact, it would take decades for a normal monk to take this money and practice to the perfection of Qi refining. And Luo Chen, it only took less than two years!

 This is exchanging resources for time.

Only Luo Chen can do it, no one else can even think about it, even the disciples of the sect find it difficult to do it.

 No one else, because Luo Chen is a "distinguished alchemist".

He has this strength and wealth, which allows him to cross the dual spiritual roots with low qualifications, even comparable to the cultivation speed of the Tianlinggen monks.

At this point, Luo Chendu still disliked that his resource utilization rate was not high enough.

It would be better if the frequency of refining elixirs in a day could be increased again.

 …

When Luo Chen returned to Luo Tianhui, he happened to have a guest come to his door.

 It is Nangong Qin, the young master of the Nangong family.

Gu Caiyi is greeting him.

"Didn't we agree that we would deliver the goods to your door? Why bother fellow Taoist to come in person?"

 “Ahem…”

Nangong Qin’s face looked a little pale, he shook his head and said:

“The Nangong family has been under martial law recently and may be closed for a period of time, so the amount of chalcedony pills needed is a bit large, so I can only go there in person.”

 Outside the hall.

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows when he heard this.

　　The Nangong family is under martial law?

 In the hall.

Gu Caiyi said in embarrassment: "Each of your families has a predetermined share of chalcedony pills. If it suddenly triples, it will be very difficult for us!"

"There's nothing difficult to do." Nangong Qin took out a bag, "We don't want discounts, just buy them at the original price."

 For several foundation-building families, Luo Tianhui directly gave them the treatment of gilded VIPs.

Not only does it provide door-to-door delivery services, it also offers a 20% discount on purchases.

In other words, a bottle of Chalcedony Pill costs fifty spiritual stones on the market, and several foundation-building families can buy it for only forty spiritual stones.

 This move is not only a plan to occupy the elixir market, but also an intention to show goodwill to the major families.

 Now that the Nangong family doesn’t want the discount, the loss is not just ten spiritual stones.

 Fifty bottles per month, and now it suddenly requires 200 bottles, and the loss is a full 2,000 spiritual stones!

Gu Caiyi was a little moved.

 However, the demand for elixirs on the market is also very high today.

 The Qi-nourishing pills circulating on the black market are very expensive, which is a great opportunity for them to consolidate the market.

 While she was hesitating, Luo Chen stepped into the living room.

 He laughed heartily and said: "Since we are so sincere, why don't we behave like adults?"

“Caiyi, send someone to get two hundred bottles of chalcedony pills.”

 It’s great if someone else makes the decision.

Gu Caiyi nodded to Luo Chen, then turned around and left in a hurry.

At this moment, Luo Chen and Nangong Qin were the only two people left in the hall.

Looking at each other, Luo Chen smiled and said: "Fellow Taoist Nangong, you are welcome and well!"

Nangong Qin smiled bitterly, and just as he was about to speak, he couldn't help but cough violently.

 Cough cough cough…

After coughing violently, he said bitterly: "Make President Luo laugh."

Luo Chen shook his head, "Being able to lead people into the ghost city and escape with one's life from the ghost generals, I can only respect, not laugh at."

 Afterwards, he asked curiously: "What is the situation in the ghost town?"

 Now I have something to ask for from someone, and the other person’s attitude is still so good.

 Coupled with the scandal a while ago, word has spread throughout Dahefang.

Nangong Qin had nothing to hide, so he sighed and told the story of the ghost town.

The two of them chatted for a long time. It was not until Gu Caiyi got all the chalcedony pills that Nangong Qin said goodbye and left.

 Luo Chen personally delivered it to the gate.

　　Looking at the monks from the Nangong family, they hurried away using the escape light.

Luo Chen said softly: "The Nangong family needs to rest for a while."

“Recuperate?” Gu Caiyi was puzzled, “But didn’t they just gain a few pieces of territory from the Poshan Gang?”

“No matter how much land there is, someone still needs to run it!”

　　What the Nangong family needs most now is people!

Luo Chen smiled and said no more.

The Nangong family is originally an outsider.

At first, I was not doing well in Xuelianfang, and it happened to be that Dahefang opened the Dao Forum, so I decided to move here.

 They spent a lot of effort to gain a foothold here.

Join Xuan Yihui and send the strongest junior member of the family to make a name for himself on the Taoist forum.

 Later, he participated in the carve-up of the Poshan Gang.

If everything goes well, with the young and powerful foundation-building cultivators in the clan and the talented Qi-refining juniors, it will be enough to open up the situation in Dahefang.

 However, this process has not been smooth.

The first was the battle to stop Qin Liangchen, which resulted in the loss of a group of tribesmen.

 Later, there was a conflict with the Li family, an established local cultivating family, and many people died.

Now I do n’t know how much the ghost city is harvested, but I died nine in the late period of gas.

　　It can be considered a serious loss of vitality!

 In this case, the many territories that were previously fought for have become overwhelming.

　　If you try to manage those territories by force, you will easily be dragged into the quagmire by other forces.

 The Nangong family has people with far-reaching knowledge.

 Hence the decision to rest and recuperate.

 This large-scale purchase of chalcedony pills is a preparation for recuperation.

With this batch of elixirs, and given enough time, they can train another group of family monks in the middle or even late stages of Qi refining.

 At that time, they will be able to stand up again.

 The reason why.

Luo Chen figured it out as soon as he thought about it.

Perhaps it’s also because of the increase in spiritual soul foundation!

 His attention was still focused on the information Nangong Qin mentioned before leaving.

 “Ghost town, maybe there is more than one ghost general?”

Squinting his eyes slightly, Luo Chen felt a sense of urgency.

If the ghost is about to leave the city, there will definitely be a **** storm.

There is no such thing as weighing interests and disadvantages, and the interests of interests and interests.

If you really meet a ghost general, even if Luo Chen can refine second-level or third-level elixirs, the opponent may not care.

 After all, this kind of ghost that suddenly formed is not an orthodox ghost cultivator.

 There is no way to reason with him.

“So, we still need to increase our strength!”

 …

“From what you say, this Luo Chen is quite extraordinary!”

 The former Mi family’s land is now the headquarters of the Nangong family.

 In the quiet room, Nangong Jin opened his eyes and looked at his rosy-faced son.

At this moment, Nangong Qin no longer looked like a consumptive ghost like before. Although his energy and spirit were not very strong, he didn't look like he was always coughing.

He nodded and said: "Luo Chen got a lot of information about the ghost town from me, but even in the end, he didn't reveal the slightest idea of ​​entering the city."

“In this case, it was our Meng Lang who did it at the beginning.”

Nangong Jin sighed.

 The death of nine late-stage Qi Refining monks was also a huge blow to their Nangong family.

 The benefits of the ghost town were really too great, and he got a lot of magic weapons against ghosts from the Zhenlong black market, so he started to think about exploring the ghost town.

 The result was unexpected…

On the other hand, this Luo Chen, who cultivates himself through Qi refining and is in charge of a power, can still resist his greed.

 It really impressed him.

 This time he is willing to show favor to the Nangong family and give out a large amount of pills, which further shows his popularity.

“Not only his knowledge and bearing, but also the feeling he gave me was completely different from before.”

"oh?"

Nangong Qin frowned deeply and said with a hint of uncertainty:

“In front of him, I actually felt like I was facing my father, and it was quite stressful.”

Nangong Jin raised his eyebrows, "Is this true?"

“Well!” Nangong Qin seemed to be recalling the previous meeting scene, and he said with a slightly unnatural expression:

 “In front of him, I seemed to have a feeling that my whole body was being seen through.”

“Not only that, but when I think back, the rhythm of the conversation has always been dominated by him.”

"It's like...I'm facing a foundation-building cultivator!"

 After hearing these words, Nangong Jin fell into deep thought.

 After a long while, he breathed a sigh of relief.

“It doesn’t matter, the more Luo Chen stands out, the more beneficial it will be to us.”

 “Several other people have always been jealous of his alchemy skills.”

“If he is there to attract attention, it will help us share the pressure and get through the difficulties ahead.”

 Speaking of this, he looked at Nangong Qin with pity.

 “You should rest for some time!”

“The ghost town and his entourage, although they did not harm the origin, still caused you serious injuries.”

“Take advantage of this period of time to practice hard and reach the perfection of Qi refining as soon as possible. I will keep that Foundation Establishment Pill for you.”

Nangong Qin was overjoyed and bowed.

 After he retreated, Nangong Jin thought about it silently before suppressing his uneasiness.

“No matter what, the family must not be cut off in my generation.”

"Even if the disaster is diverted to the east... Luo Chen..."

 (End of this chapter)