Chapter 692: Source Power Reappears, the Dan World Is Shaken
Dan is divided into nine grades, and the first three grades are commonly known as panaceas.
Grade 4 and above are called golden elixirs because of their magnificent and unique medicinal properties.
Even if the grade is as high as grade 9, it can be called a nine-turn golden elixir!
Among these many grades, only the fifth-grade elixir is quite different and has a "sacred" symbol.
Or a divine elixir, or a holy medicine, it contains the creation of heaven and earth.
Therefore, there is a person in Zhongzhou of the Mountain and Sea Realm who is called the Alchemy Saint because he can refine the fifth-grade holy medicine.
When he first entered the alchemy path, Luo Chen had a lot of fantasies and once boasted that he would be on par with the Alchemy Saint one day.
But that was just a boast after all.
But he didn't expect that one day he would really try such a feat.
However, the reason why a feat is called a feat is that this kind of thing is not something that ordinary people can do.
A month later.
On the top of the peak, there was a burst of explosions in the Hunyuan Cauldron.
The powerful medicinal power broke through the restraints of the pill ban, forming a circular ripple that swept in all directions.
Boom!
Luo Chen's sleeves rolled wildly, fanning away a large amount of impact, but a small amount of aftermath hit him, still sweeping him hundreds of feet away.
On the ground, the Qi armor rose up fiercely. It was the Xuanchen Armor that spontaneously generated the Qi armor and blocked the aftermath.
Luo Chen slowly flew back with a gloomy face.
Failure came faster than he thought.
And the degree of failure was even more unacceptable.
There was a mistake only in the first stage of decomposition and fusion of medicinal materials.
The main material, Yaochen Zhuguo, although not spiritual, contained an incomparable power, and it was that power that blocked his refining.
Coming to the Hunyuan Ding, waving his sleeves to dispel the nauseating smell of the pill, Luo Chen personally entered the cauldron.
After a while, a pile of burnt medicinal residues were brought out by him.
Spreading it on the jade disk prepared in advance on the ground, Luo Chen studied it carefully.
A few days later, Luo Chen looked a little relieved.
"The technique and steps are correct, but there are mistakes in the details."
"Sure enough, since the system has given me the entry, it has determined that I have the ability to successfully refine. Then I may have to carefully study this detail."
Luo Chen fell into deep thought.
...
Half a month later, the alchemy work started again.
This time, Luo Chen's movements of decomposing and melting the medicinal materials slowed down a lot.
Not only that, he also opened his spiritual eyes, making sure not to miss any details.
It must be said that this spiritual eye technique that he cultivated to perfection at a young age played a big role in Luo Chen's life practice. Whether it is alchemy in formation or practice fighting, it has repeatedly had miraculous effects.
At this point, when refining the fifth-level divine pill, Luo Chen was even more powerful.
In this way, it took Luo Chen three months to succeed in the first step alone.
For this, the price brought was swelling of the eyeballs and bloodshot eyes.
Once the Yanfa Pill is refined, the alchemy process cannot be interrupted.
Even though Luo Chen's eyes were uncomfortable, he still insisted on the next steps.
This pill refining method is not a single method in the conventional sense, but a three-method method, with water and fire working together, and the Qi method finishing.
Fire method pill refining is Luo Chen's specialty.
As for water method pill refining, he has been able to refine Emperor Liujiang and Black Emperor Paste in recent years.
Therefore, everything seems to be a natural outcome.
Three months later, Luo Chen was full of expectations.
"The fusion of medicinal power is just one step away. Next, I should use the Qi control technique to perform Qi method pill refining."
At this time, a low hum came from the pill cauldron when his mind was relaxed.
"This..."
In his surprise, Luo Chen realized that something was wrong.
As expected, in his perception, the pill in the cauldron was not formed and could not absorb Qi and gather spirits.
"The last step, just this last step!"
Luo Chen gritted his teeth, full of reluctance.
But no matter how much reluctance he had, he could only break it and swallow it.
Cleaning the alchemy cauldron, collecting the medicine residue, studying the remaining pills, and reflecting on himself, Luo Chen did it step by step, not getting tired of the familiar process for hundreds of years.
He was more skilled than anyone else in doing this from the beginning.
...
It was still the peak.
It had been fifteen years since Luo Chen entered the Land of Fallen Demons. It had been fourteen years since he entered the Alchemy World. It had been two years since he entered the fifth level.
And it had been more than a year since he began to refine the Yanfa Pill.
In this more than a year, he opened the cauldron to refine the pill seven times.
Seven times, all failed!
The reasons for each failure were different.
Either the main material was not handled properly, or the medicinal power was not well integrated, or the mind was lost under long-term tension, and a single misstep led to eternal regret, and there was also insufficient mana, and the connection between the Jindan and Yuandan was not proper, so it was stopped in shock.
The most serious time, even the Yanfa Pill that had been formed exploded directly, and the terrifying and surging medicinal power made his Hunyuan cauldron vibrate endlessly.
If it weren't for the excellent material of the Hunyuan Ding, any magic weapon-level alchemy cauldron would have been shattered to pieces just by that explosion.
Although there were spare alchemy tools left by the Demon Lord Liantian in the fifth level, Luo Chen was still used to his own life-saving magic weapon.
And the most serious one happened not long ago.
Luo Chen rested for more than half a month, not only to recover his magic power, but also to cultivate and nourish the Hunyuan Ding.
He sat cross-legged on the top of the mountain, still reflecting.
Not only reflecting on the reasons for past failures, but also counting the gains from alchemy in the past year.
For him, cross-level alchemy, even if it failed, was full of gains.
First of all, the spirituality of the withered and flourishing fire spirit became more and more lively!
With a thought, a flame emerged from the top of his head, and finally formed a green fire tree.
The fire tree spewed flames as it waved, and formed wisps of branches as it waved.
The flames were diffused, like a green canopy, hanging down and covering Luo Chen's head.
Feeling the vigorous vitality of the fire tree, Luo Chen himself felt very happy.
After swallowing a large number of sourceless fire spirits in the Blazing Purgatory, the spirituality of the withered and flourishing true fire increased dramatically, but Luo Chen had a hard time controlling that kind of withered and flourishing fire, so that its power was not condensed enough.
At this moment, after more than ten years of alchemy in the Dan Realm, and even the refining of the derivative pill, Luo Chen gradually restored his control of the withered and flourishing true fire to the level of sending and receiving as he wished.
He pinched a seal with his fingers, and the branches of the fire tree gently brushed down.
There were layers of ripples in the void.
Seeing this scene, Luo Chen was extremely satisfied.
"This is the true power of my withered and flourishing true fire!"
"If I were to face the Mermaid Emperor Liujun at this moment, even without the help of the Blazing Purgatory, with the withered and flourishing true fire alone, I would have a 40-60 chance of winning or losing. If it were any other normal Yuanying Zhenren, the withered and flourishing true fire would be a killer move!"
The seal spread out, and the green fire tree sank into Luo Chen's body.
And this was only the first harvest.
The second harvest was in Luo Chen's sea of qi.
One red, one pure white, two golden pills, like the two yin and yang of Tai Chi, echoed each other and rotated endlessly.
The Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Sutra was running, and the two streams of mana entered and exited at the same time, or each of them flowed out from the pill.
This kind of indistinguishable and connected mana output was exactly what Luo Chen gained from a failure in mana connection.
In the past, he never cared about this shortcoming.
The mana of the second Yuandan was used up, so he just changed to the natal golden pill, why bother to consider the connection.
It was after that failure that he slightly transferred the mana between the two golden pills, so that they could be indistinguishable from each other.
So far, although there is a difference between the main and the guest of the natal golden pill and the second Yuandan, there is actually no difference in essence.
If Luo Chen can be promoted to the Nascent Soul stage, he is very confident that he can condense the second Yuanying according to the Yuandan technique taught by Han Zhan!
By then, Luo Chen may have a very strong combat power when he first enters the Nascent Soul stage.
At least, it is not weaker than Han Zhan's Yuanying puppet!
The third gain is the natal magic weapon Hunyuan Ding!
Seven times of refining the Yanfa Dan, seven times failed, and each time the Hunyuan Dan was more or less slightly injured.
After Luo Chen nourished and repaired it, he unknowingly found that the Hunyuan Ding had further signs.
He even found that the power of this tripod in suppressing and capturing has doubled!
After careful analysis, Luo Chen vaguely realized that the materials of the Yanfa Pill were absorbed by the Hunyuan Ding, which led to such changes.
At this point, Luo Chen didn't know whether the Ding was refining the pill or the pill was refining the Ding.
After some reflection, Luo Chen came back to his senses.
He sighed faintly.
"What if I gain a lot?"
"If the Yanfa Pill is not made in one day, it will all be in vain!"
"Will it succeed next time?"
For a moment, he was not even sure whether the system law that he summed up in his early years would succeed once in ten times could be triggered.
It was just because the fifth-level divine pill was completely beyond his knowledge of the alchemy.
With this uneasy and humble mentality, Luo Chen started the eighth peak alchemy.
And this time, it was as if there was divine help!
...
When the pill was formed, Luo Chen felt relieved, but he did not dare to take it lightly.
Although the pill was made, it was only halfway through the journey of a hundred miles.
There was still a step to draw the qi into the pill.
According to the established plan, he performed the air control technique.
In an instant, streams of air, like angry dragons, rushed in from all directions!
As Luo Chen's hand gestures changed frequently, these angry dragons of spiritual energy sank into the Hunyuan Ding one after another, and then were absorbed by the Yanfa Pill one by one in different orders.
At this time, Luo Chen's mood fluctuated.
"According to the records on the pill recipe, this finishing work only takes three months. After three months, the pill will be completed!"
He held his breath and concentrated, and the two golden pills in his body continued to release mana to help him attract the external spiritual energy.
Gradually, Luo Chen found a clue.
In the void, the spiritual energy was like a swallow returning to its nest.
On the ground, the spiritual energy burst out.
Countless spiritual veins planted with exotic flowers and plants were vibrating and releasing.
It seemed that the entire pill world was providing assistance for the birth of the Yanfa Pill.
Under this vast power, Luo Chen's two golden pills prying the majestic spiritual energy from the outside world were like a child lifting a hammer, and they were so powerless.
He gritted his teeth and held on, one day, two days... one month, two months...
When three months passed, he looked at the Hunyuan Ding with a pale face. The pill that was still spinning was shining like a star inside.
A feeling called hunger and thirst arose spontaneously.
"It's not enough!"
Luo Chen smiled bitterly and released the seal of the Qi Control Technique.
At this moment, the spiritual energy frenzy retreated.
He stomped in the air, and a bang sounded. He was already a hundred feet away.
Looking at the Hunyuan Ding nervously.
It was calm, just like the dead silence in his heart.
There was no explosion.
There was no success.
Luo Chen, whose mana was almost exhausted, slowly returned to the Hunyuan Ding and stretched out his hand to summon the Yanfa Pill.
It was yellow and golden, like the Nine-Turn Golden Pill in the legend of the immortals.
But Luo Chen knew that it was a broken and useless pill.
It did not absorb enough spiritual energy from heaven and earth, and could not achieve the effect of allowing Yuanying Zhenren or even Huashen Zhenren to merge with heaven and earth.
With a long sigh, Luo Chen carefully put away this "waste pill".
He patted the Hunyuan Ding and sat down on the top.
Under him, there was spiritual energy weakened by the formation, slowly surging up.
While absorbing spiritual energy to restore his mana, Luo Chen was looking for the reason for the failure.
"Three months!"
"I have persisted for three months, why did I still fail?"
Luo Chen was puzzled.
...
Until Luo Chen's mana was completely restored to perfection, he found the answer.
"Those three months were at least the three months of Yuanying Zhenren, not the three months of Jindan cultivators!"
Under the night sky, looking at the dreamy stars in the bright night sky, Luo Chen murmured in a trance.
The same spell, in the hands of cultivators of different realms, has completely different powers.
Just like the simplest fireball spell!
Although it is the first level, can an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator perform the same as Luo Chen in the Golden Core Stage?
The answer is obvious.
If Luo Chen performs the Fireball Technique, not to mention the Qi Refining cultivator, even the Foundation Establishment True Cultivator can kill him in a snap.
Similarly, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that can be controlled and pulled by the Qi Control Technique will also be affected by the cultivator's realm.
Even if Luo Chen has practiced this technique to the master level, his own hardware cannot reach the level of Yuanying Zhenren.
"Am I going to stop here?"
While muttering, Luo Chen was full of distress.
...
In the following days, Luo Chen did not open the furnace to refine the elixir.
If he could not solve the last step of the end in one day, no matter how many times he refined it, it would fail, so why bother.
He just practiced the Qi Control Technique day after day.
Trying to hope that he could practice this technique to the great perfection, maybe there would be changes at that time.
However, on the panel, the increase in the proficiency of the Qi Control Technique was like a needle picking sand, and the increase was almost zero.
Luo Chen knew that this was due to his realm.
Grandmaster level was the limit of his realm.
"Could it be that even this road would be blocked?"
When another day ended, Luo Chen lay on the green rock, looking confused.
"But since the system has given me the entrance, it is certain that I have a chance to succeed. Where is that chance?"
"The art of controlling the air... three months..."
Gradually, Luo Chen seemed to understand something.
...
This day.
Luo Chen pinched the familiar seal and flew between heaven and earth, with spiritual energy circling around him.
Suddenly.
He had a thought and cut off the supply of mana to the sea of qi.
Those spiritual energy were about to scatter like birds and beasts.
At this moment, Luo Chen shouted in a low voice, and another force burst out from him.
It was a force as red as blood!
Its name is source power!
It was a kind of power that appeared after Luo Chen's body refinement was promoted to the fourth level of the ancient before he left Penghu.
It lurked in his body, waiting for the right time to move.
The last time he used it was when his left hand was cut off, and he used it to perform the method of reattaching a broken limb.
In addition, when he transformed into Tianpeng's true body, he added it to those physical skills.
Subconsciously, he did not use this power as a force similar to mana.
But after searching in vain, he remembered this power.
"Wang Yuan's body refining, vigorous blood and qi, evolved Dan Jin, and after reaching the third level, Gang Jin was generated. The so-called Gang Jin is said to be on par with the mana of Jindan cultivators."
"In this way, the source of power I got from my body refining should also be considered a special energy!"
"It can even be said that because its rank is too high, it should be on the same level as the mana of Yuanying cultivators."
"If I use it to perform the Qi Control Technique, can I be comparable to Yuanying Zhenren's mana to control the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?"
Since this idea came to mind, Luo Chen has been experimenting with this feasibility.
It took him a full month to understand!
This time, a thin wisp of source power performed the Qi Control Technique.
Instantly!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Beside Luo Chen, spiritual energy surged, angry dragons rolled, and huge pillars of air rose from the sky to the ground with him as the center!
"So that's it!"
Luo Chen let go, and the light of clarity reappeared in his eyes.
...
On the top of the peak with the fourth-level spiritual energy concentration, the familiar figure once again began the usual steps of alchemy.
Setting up the cauldron, burning the fire, and pouring down the medicinal materials like rain.
Many alchemy techniques, at his fingertips.
The flow of mana, water and fire work together.
All the actions, over the years, have been simulated countless times in Luo Chen's mind.
Eight failures, each more profound than the last.
But it also means that each time is closer to success.
This is the ninth time.
It will definitely be the last time!
A few months later, the prototype of the pill emerged.
Luo Chen's finger seals fluttered like butterflies, and the Qi Control Technique reappeared.
Under the traction of mana, spiritual energy surged from all directions.
Three months later, when he felt that his mana was running low, Luo Chen's spiritual art suddenly changed!
Blood-red source power emerged from his body, and he continued to maintain the Qi Control Technique.
However, he did not open and close his hands and feet, but maintained the same strength as before, pulling the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
In this way, although it did not present the magnificent scene of the air column soaring into the sky when practicing the Qi Control Technique with source power before, it was better in that it was continuous and long-lasting.
With his eyes burning, he stared at the Hunyuan Pill, making sure not to miss any changes in the cauldron.
Time passed slowly with a law that did not tolerate the will of others.
Three months, five months, a year... Two and a half years had passed before he knew it.
At this point, Luo Chen could not believe why it was not over yet.
He spent almost ten times as much time to draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the Yanfa Pill, but it was still not completed.
At this moment, his Qi Hai magic power was insufficient, and the two golden pills were curled up.
In his body, the blood-red source power was almost gone.
Even when his eye sockets were dry, tears of blood fell.
His soul was exhausted, as if he would faint at the thought.
"Is it still not working?"
The fingertip seal was still struggling to hold on, and his fingers were shaped like dead wood, which was the result of the large-scale withdrawal of Qi and blood.
Luo Chen even felt that the vast vitality in his body was gurgling like a stream, almost cut off.
The source power comes from the great power of his body.
Once the vitality is cut off, there is no more source power.
"I won't give up!"
"This is the closest time to success, how can I fail!"
Luo Chen looked fierce, and stuffed a handful of pills in the storage ring into his mouth.
Among them, there are pills to replenish mana and pills to strengthen the body.
Even the three pills of stone skin, thunder bone, and mercury blood refined in the pill world not long ago are all contained in it.
Relying on this batch of pills, Luo Chen persisted for another two months.
Two months later, it still didn't work!
"I still have spiritual medicine to replenish vitality."
"Come again!"
Luo Chen's mind moved, and a huge white meat ball appeared in front of him, chubby, like jelly, but crystal clear.
It was the Tai Sui body!
He opened his mouth and bit off a large piece of Tai Sui in one bite.
As if it was not enough, he took four more bites.
He chewed with his sharp teeth as hard as magic weapons. This Tai Sui spiritual medicine, which was said to be as piercing as ice, immortal and immortal, was continuously refined by him and finally transformed into source power.
The Qi Control Technique, displayed again!
This time, Luo Chen was no longer cautious, and directly used all his strength.
He wanted to do his best and achieve success in one battle!
In an instant, the Dan Realm was shaken.
That familiar scene appeared again.
The sky was howling with wind and thunder, the earth was shaking, and the spiritual veins were cracking.
The vigorous spiritual energy rolled in like waves.
One day, two days... When another three months passed, Luo Chen's body suddenly stiffened.
Three years, so far.
His body fell unwillingly.
At the moment he lost consciousness, he saw a golden pill with a hint of blood slowly flying out of the Hunyuan Ding.
In his ears, there seemed to be a weak voice again.
Plop!
The water splashed, like falling into a cold spring.