Chapter 97 Four Options

Wuwei Zhenren was still practicing in the hall. Every time he came in, Chen Luo could feel the ocean-like aura of Wuwei Zhenren. He was very curious whether this master had ever left the house except for practicing.

Of course, this idea is just something I think about in my mind.

As the peak master of Shenhu Xianmen and a strong man in the foundation-building stage, he must have his own circle, but he, a Qi training disciple, cannot get in touch with it. Just like the teachers in the academy, they always have a solemn and old-fashioned image in front of students.

"I already know everything."

When Master Wuwei opened his eyes, he saw him casually stretch out his hand.

Two jade slips flew out from the bookshelf next to them and automatically fell into the hands of Chen Luo and Fang Shan.

"This is the reward for your mission."

"Didn't you choose it yourself?" Fang Shan couldn't help but ask as he looked at the jade slip in his hand.

This is not what I said when I accepted the mission.

It was just that Master Wuwei obviously had no intention of explaining to them.

After distributing the things, he began to practice. As he practiced, the aura of the "heart demon" in the hall gradually became stronger. Seeing this, Chen Luo and Fang Shan had no choice but to retreat.

"It's a huge loss. If I had known it would be this kind of reward, I wouldn't have taken the risk."

Fang Shan stood at the door and looked at the jade slip in his hand with a worried look on his face.

The jade slip records the "Ginseng Planting Technique", while the jade slip in Chen Luo's hand records the "Fire Control Technique", both of which are knowledge related to alchemy.

Just like what the mission said, it is the knowledge of Yaowang Peak.

But this kind of knowledge is not what Fang Shan wants at all. He will go down the mountain next year, and this time he took the risk to do the joint mission, and he also wanted to earn some resources that could be used to break through the realm. As a result, after all the hard work, he was rewarded with a book "Spiritual Ginseng Planting Technique", which has no value except for reselling.

"It's better to be optimistic than to fail the mission."

Chen Luo consoled him.

They completed the mission this time with some difficulty, and it was already good enough to get these benefits.

"Knowledge related to alchemy can also be sold for a few spirit stones, and reselling it can also be exchanged for a lot of resources."

"Spiritual ginseng cultivation is the knowledge of spiritual farmers, and it is not as good as the fire control technique in your hand."

Fangshan has also accepted the reality.

From the attitude of Wuwei Zhenren, it can be seen that this master does not think highly of him. Otherwise, he would not have given Chen Luo the fire control technique and the spiritual ginseng planting technique.

"I wish I had your qualifications."

A hint of envy flashed across Fangshan's eyes.

In less than a year, he has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. He can now build a solid foundation and have a bright future on the path to Immortality!

"I only have three spiritual roots. There are countless people in the sect who are stronger than me." Chen Luo replied silently. Only he knew his situation.

"I was just talking casually. The most important thing in alchemy is pharmacology. It is the ability to identify the medicinal properties of various spiritual materials. Only then are those things valuable." After Fang Shan complained a few more times, he said goodbye to Chen Luo.

Chen Luo returned to the cemetery on the back mountain alone.

After the grave-keeping brother left, the place became quite quiet.

Sitting in the room, Chen Luo's heart finally calmed down, and he began to review the experience of going down the mountain.

"It's a bit risky to accept this mission."

Chen Luo's original plan was to follow the team down the mountain to gain some experience, and then come back to exchange for magical skills from other main peaks. However, the mission went awry, and the reward became the fire control technique from Yaowang Peak.

"On the path of spiritual practice, one should keep one's mind firmly in mind and not be swayed by external things."

"This time, I was lured by the reward of the mission and ignored the danger behind it. This is not a wise thing to do. I will be more careful next time."

After secretly warning himself, Chen Luo began to recall the several battles he had encountered during the mission.

The first time was a battle between Chu Hongye, the senior sister of Gu Wangfeng, and Bao Yue Witch of Jiu Dugu. When the two fought, the field was almost entirely filled with Gu insects and poisonous insects. It was completely different from the straightforward fighting of warriors.

The second time was when Xianhe Chengfeng fought against Tieshi of Yangshi Sect in the foundation-building period.

After the foundation is established, the power of competition becomes magical power and mana. The cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage have almost no ability to fight back against the cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage, and the fighting style is mana suppression.

The last time was the scene where Chen Luo killed the robbery cultivator himself.

He had improved his soul technique in advance and killed the cultivator with absolute advantage. The opponent didn't even touch him from beginning to end. He maximized the advantage of the Wudao Peak technique.

"The direction of the soul technique is correct, the only thing missing is defense."

Thinking of the bats and spiders controlled by the Witch of Baoyue, he still hasn't thought of any good way to deal with them.

There are too many of them, and he can’t hold on for long with his spiritual power.

"Practicing another defensive magical power will be a bit distracting. I should prioritize improving my realm and solve this problem after I build my foundation. When my strength is different, I will definitely have more choices."

The most important thing in spiritual practice is the realm of cultivation.

After figuring this out, Chen Luo put the issue aside.

I will solve this problem after I have built the foundation. Maybe there will be a more perfect solution by then.

He picked up the fire-controlling technique he had acquired from Master Wuwei and infused his spiritual energy into it skillfully. He quickly mastered the relevant knowledge.

This time, more than a dozen of the external brains gave feedback, and many of them had learned fire control techniques in their lifetime.

Those who aspire to become immortals have more or less come into contact with knowledge related to alchemy.

Who doesn’t have a dream of becoming an alchemist!

"It's time to start practicing alchemy. With the help of elixirs, you can go further on the path of cultivation."

When others learn alchemy, they may have to consider the issues of qualifications and consumption, but Chen Luo doesn't have to worry about these things. Among the external brains he collected, several are junior alchemists. They can't make high-level elixirs, but some low-level elixirs such as Qi and Blood Pills are still easy to make. It's just that these brains are very incomplete, and he must learn the missing knowledge before he can use them.

By the time Chen Luo finished summarizing his gains from this trek down the mountain, it was already dark outside.

The cemetery is especially quiet after nightfall.

In the past, there was the snoring of the brother who was guarding the grave, but now there is nothing. It is so quiet that even the chirping of insects can't be heard.

"I just broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining. I will go outside and turn the soil for the seniors."

Chen Luo walked to the cabinet next to him, took out a shovel and deerskin gloves, turned around and went to the cemetery.

Holding a lantern in one hand and a shovel in the other, his movements were extremely skillful.

He did not lose even a single bit of the skills that his uncle passed on to him.

Half an hour later.

Chen Luo filled the grave with soil and heaved a long sigh of relief. The number of external brains he controlled now reached one hundred and twenty, and his thinking during cultivation became even sharper.

"The next step is to find an opportunity to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining."

Chen Luo's current cultivation has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining. There are many people at the sixth level of Qi Refining on Wudao Peak, but it is different at the seventh level. There are only a few people in the entire Wudao Peak, and from this step on, the gap in cultivation qualifications will be further widened.

Chen Luo's three spiritual roots also felt some pressure, but it was still within an acceptable range.

"I have already learned all the 'Enlightenment Techniques'. I have memorized all the levels from the first to the thirteenth level. What remains is to refine the spiritual energy."

Chen Luo sensed the amount of spiritual energy in his body.

When he broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining, the number of spiritual snakes in his body reached nine. However, after this point, the number of spiritual snakes no longer increased, and the number of 'nine' seemed to be the limit. This number must be broken to reach the late stage of Qi Refining.

"It takes one hundred little spiritual snakes to reach the foundation. This gap is too big."

Chen Luo tried to perform a dust removal technique.

The spiritual energy spread out, and soon cleared away all the impurities in the room. The spiritual energy in the body was not consumed much. Among the disciples of Wudao Peak, those who were at the sixth level of Qi Refining could be considered the leading group. They could apply for some positions on the mountain, such as Huang Bu Tong, who issued tasks, and Hu Qiu Dao, who received newcomers.

Holding the impurity ball in his hand, Chen Luo began to think about how to break through the realm.

The method is static, and you can't break through by just reading it. If it were that easy, there wouldn't be so few foundation-building cultivators.

"If I continue practicing at this speed, I will reach the limit of the sixth level of Qi Refining in half a month at most."

The effect of the spiritual ginseng is very good. As a spiritual medicine for the late stage of Qi Refining, it is worth one thousand spiritual stones. After it is fully digested, it can save Chen Luo three or four months.

But the effect of the spiritual ginseng only goes so far.

Most of the spiritual medicines in the Qi Refining Stage only have the effect of increasing spiritual power. The higher-level spiritual materials cannot be bought with a thousand spiritual stones. Any one of them is auctioned at a unit of "ten thousand". The spiritual medicines related to foundation building are even more priceless. The occasional ones that are circulated are quickly bought up, or they are traded in higher circles.

"The first step is to have ten spiritual snakes."

Chen Luo recalled the contents of the seventh level of the Awakening to the Spirit Art.

The beginning of the chapter talks about how to refine spiritual energy more effectively after the amount of spiritual energy is sufficient. As for how to reach this "satisfactory amount", the method only mentions one sentence.

'If you persevere in refining Qi and absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, you can enter the later stage of Qi refining.'

This is bullshit.

It's also true, those older casual cultivators in the late stage of Qi training have all reached their level this way by grinding their time, and there is no hope for them to build a foundation in their entire lifetime.

Chen Luo would definitely not use this method unless he wanted to go down the mountain and become a local rich man like his senior brother who was the tomb keeper.

'Extracting the essence and blood of monsters and purifying them can perfectly enter the late stage of Qi Refining and directly enter the ninth level of Qi Refining.'

'By taking away the spiritual power of others through the marrow extraction method, you can also break through the current realm.'

The mummy brain in my mind suddenly fed back two messages. I don't know if the increase in the number of external brains has restored some of the activity of the mummy brain, but it suddenly came back to life.

Chen Luo tried to call upon the two foundation-building brains again and quickly received feedback.

"Use the Soul Gathering Pill to break through."

'Eating red sunflowers can lead to a breakthrough.'

These two methods should be the methods used by the two foundation-building elders during their lifetime.

When Chen Luo further asked them how to refine the Soul Gathering Pill and where the Red Sun Flower grew, they all stopped responding.

Can't understand.

I lack knowledge, and the fact that I can remember his name is just a remnant of his life.

There are four options, and two given by the mummy brain are too far-fetched.

The first plan of using the essence and blood of monsters was very good. There was a monster on their Wudao Peak. The crane Chengfeng in the front mountain was a master uncle. If he used his small body to extract the essence and blood of the opponent, he would probably not even know how he died. The second plan was even easier. He didn't even know what the marrow extraction method was or where to learn it, let alone using this magical power to seize the spiritual power of others.

The most reliable method is the one given by the two elders from the Shenhu Xianmen.

"You can try to find out more about the Soul Gathering Pill. As for the Red Sun Flower, you can also ask Junior Sister Huang Ying to find out more."

Chen Luo was thinking about a feasible solution.

"Why not take this opportunity to learn how to make pills? I'll be making foundation-building pills in the future anyway."

After weighing the pros and cons for a moment, Chen Luo made a decision.

I'll go find Junior Sister Huang Ying to get an alchemy furnace tomorrow morning!

(End of this chapter)