Chapter 103 One Year
After one year, a new group of disciples joined the sect.
Chen Luo and his group of disciples gradually became senior brothers and sisters. The senior brother Hu Qiudao, who was responsible for receiving them, completed his three-year term and failed to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining and left the mountain.
The old ones leave and the new ones come in.
This is the unchanging rule of the Shenhu Immortal Sect, which rotates continuously like reincarnation.
The Immortal Gate is still the same Immortal Gate, nothing has changed. The only difference is the people.
Wudao Peak had more than a dozen newcomers this time, which was much better than when Chen Luo and his team were there. But compared to the huge Wudao Peak, it was still a little small.
The main peak was deserted. Apart from some people who could be seen at the Transmission Platform, no living people could be found anywhere else.
"Brother, how do I get to the library?"
A new disciple with a childish face nervously asked Chen Luo for directions.
The first level of Qi Refining.
Chen Luo saw the strength of this new disciple at a glance. The two people behind him were the same, both were at the first level of Qi Refining.
"Go straight and turn left and it's the third house."
Chen Luo replied with a smile.
It was the same when he first went up the mountain a year ago, but before he knew it, a year had passed and he had gone from being a junior brother to a senior brother.
"Thank you, Brother."
The disciple who asked for directions hurriedly thanked him, and the remaining two did the same. The three stood there, watching Chen Luo leave before they breathed a sigh of relief.
"This senior brother is so strong."
"Unfathomable, I feel he is even stronger than Brother Ding who introduced us."
Several people turned and walked towards the library.
The expression on his face gradually turned into excitement and anticipation. He hoped that one day in the future, he could become as strong as his senior brother, even build a foundation, form a pill, sing all the way, and become a legend passed down by others.
The power transfer platform.
"Brother, we need to continue drawing the search talisman."
Huang Ying put the talisman paper drawn by Chen Luoxin into the storage bag and looked at the senior brother in front of her with a dazed look in her eyes.
"Brother has become stronger again. This is probably the only thing a person with a natural spiritual root can do."
She could no longer see through Chen Luo's cultivation level. After he broke through the sixth level of Qi Refining, her slightly proud mentality immediately returned to normal.
Compared with her senior brother, her progress is really too ordinary.
Refining the sixth level of Qi in one year was not considered slow among the new disciples of Shenhu Xianmen. Most of the disciples with medium spiritual roots were still at the fourth and fifth levels of Qi Refining, and would not enter the sixth level of Qi Refining until the end of the second year. Huang Ying was able to break through so quickly thanks to the fellow disciples who went to the secret realm.
It was their continuous purchase of spiritual talismans that allowed her to earn enough spiritual stones. During this year of cultivation, she had consumed more than a dozen Qi-nourishing Pills alone, and recently she had been considering whether to use a higher-level Qi-gathering Pill.
"The joint mission hasn't ended yet?"
Chen Luo was a little surprised.
According to his estimation, the relic mission would take about half a year.
Under the leadership of the foundation-building elders, half a year is enough to flatten a medium-sized relic.
"I heard from my senior brother who came back that the ancient sect is divided into two layers, inner and outer. In addition to the discovered area on the outer side, there is a core secret realm inside, but this core secret realm is protected by a formation. The formation techniques of the ancient formation masters are very different from those of today. The fellow disciples who explored in the past were unable to break it for a while and were stuck here."
Huang Ying is very well-informed, which is also related to her personality.
All the disciples who came to her to buy talismans would chat with her to some extent, and as more people chatted, the information could be pieced together.
"It is said that the chief senior brother from Xingdou Peak has been conducting research there for three months."
Xingdou Peak is the main peak where Shenhu Xianmen practices formation.
The Xingdou Peak's chief disciple's attainment in formations must be quite high, and he might already be a first-class formation master. The fact that he has not been able to break through it for such a long time proves that this ancient sect has something special, and there might really be something good inside.
"Okay, I understand."
After taking the spirit stone from Huang Ying, Chen Luo did not return to the cemetery in the back mountain, but went to the sect market at the foot of the mountain.
After passing the pharmacy, Chen Luo came to the shop run by Yu Beast Peak next door.
There are many monster cubs in the store. If they are trained well, they will be able to form combat power in ten or twenty years, become a helper to cultivators, and transform into real monsters.
"Boss, how is the matter I asked you to inquire about last time?"
After Chen Luo entered the store, he asked the shop owner.
"No."
The bosses also know Chen Luo.
Since half a year ago, this disciple from Wudao Peak has been visiting him from time to time, but his requirements are too high. He asked for a finished monster beast right away, so where can he get it? It is true that their store is under the name of Yushou Peak, but what they sell are hybrid monster cubs. It takes time and effort to cultivate them into first-level monster beasts.
He didn't want to spend time and wanted a finished product right away. This was the first time he had seen such a request.
Finished monsters are wild and difficult to tame. If they are not tamed from childhood, they will not be able to form combat power and may even turn against their masters. He has been doing business in the mountains for so many years, and he has only heard of people who dislike monster cubs being too big. This is the first time he has seen the opposite.
"There really aren't any for sale. If you want to buy a finished monster, you have to go to the auction house."
"I don't want a finished monster. Bones of monsters that died in the past will do."
Chen Luo had already gone to the auction house to ask. There were indeed live monsters for sale there, but the prices were too outrageous, and he couldn't afford them with the few spirit stones he had.
"It's hard to deal with the dead ones."
The shop owner was really at his wits' end.
There are not many finished first-level monsters, even on the Beast Taming Peak. Each one has a number, and you will be held accountable if you lose one.
For Chen Luo's matter, he had specially asked his elder brother at the Beast Taming Peak for help, but his elder brother gave him the same answer. Dead monsters didn't need to be buried, and there was no monster cemetery at the Beast Taming Peak.
"After the monsters die, they are sold to Xingdou Peak and Shenhuo Peak. Yaowang Peak will occasionally take some. There won't be any extra ones left on the market."
These are his eldest brother’s exact words.
"If it doesn't work, I'll return the deposit to you."
The boss reached into the cabinet next to him and took out five spirit stones.
"No need, just keep keeping an eye out for me. If you find any, remember to leave a copy for me."
Chen Luo was a little disappointed. He didn't expect that the Beast Taming Peak was so poor.
The bottom line is that there are too few monsters in total. When one dies occasionally, it is cut into parts and divided up.
Xingdou Peak needs animal bones to set up the formation, Shenhuo Peak needs animal skins to refine weapons, and Yaowang Peak occasionally needs animal blood to prepare medicines. There are only so many in total, how can there be enough to share?
After understanding the interest chain involved, Chen Luo gave up this formal purchasing route. He planned to go down the mountain and fight on his own later.
Kill and take immediately, the integrity of the brain is guaranteed!
Return to the Back Mountain Cemetery.
Chen Luo took out a talisman pen from the cabinet and drew a few search talismans.
The fact that the joint mission was not completed was good news for him. This meant that the business of searching for talismans could continue, and he would not have to worry about spirit stones in the short term.
After putting the talisman away, Chen Luo pushed the door and went to the back room.
He renovated the house where the grave-keeping brother lived. He used the front part for drawing talismans and the back part for making elixirs.
The inner room was clean. Apart from the herbs and the alchemy furnace, there was only a bamboo and rattan woven cushion.
Chen Luo sat on the cushion and raised his hand to cast a spell.
The alchemy furnace on the ground flew out by itself and hung in the air. The spiritual fire was ignited, and the medicinal materials were put into the furnace. Under the effect of the fire control technique, they quickly melted into liquid medicine, and then condensed into pills.
The whole process went smoothly, and was many times more skillful than it was half a year ago.
Chen Luo now refines all the pills he needs for cultivation. After refining the Qi-nourishing Pill for half a year, his alchemy skills have officially surpassed those of his "senior brothers" in his external brain. Combining the advantages of everyone, he has summed up a set of alchemy techniques that belong to him alone.
After a moment, the alchemy furnace fell to the ground.
The furnace lid opened, and five pills flew out from it. Four of them were top-grade pills with a rosy red color, and one was of slightly lower quality, dark red in color, and was of medium quality.
He took out a top-grade pill and swallowed it, and put the remaining four into the gourd next to him.
In half a year, he refined nearly two hundred Qi-nourishing Pills.
He divided these pills into three grades: high, medium and low. He kept the high-grade ones for himself, and sold the medium and low-grade ones to independent cultivators after he got down the mountain. Even though these inferior pills were worthless in the mountains, if they were thrown outside, those independent cultivators would fight over them.
“Is it going to break through again?”
After the pill was digested, Chen Luo changed the formula for cultivation, and the ninth level of Qi Refining's mental method emerged. After two times, the eighth level of Qi Refining was instantly broken through.
The ninth level of Qi Refining!
His strength had broken through the eighth level of Qi Refining three months ago.
The time wasted on refining pills, drawing talismans, and purchasing skills in the early stage has all become a help at this stage. His practice is going smoothly, and breakthroughs are as easy for him as eating and drinking.
With Chen Luo's current strength, he is qualified to become an inner disciple of Wudao Peak.
He planned to go see his master, Wuwei Zhenren, in two days.
First improve your status and position so that you can better enjoy the sect’s benefits.
The next morning.
Chen Luo came to the Transformation Platform as usual.
I don’t know if they came too early or for some other reason, but there were a lot fewer people on the Transmission Platform than yesterday. Occasionally, there were a few people who came to trade, and they all had worried looks on their faces, as if they were worried about something.
"Brother, you are finally here."
Huang Ying, who was setting up a stall today, also seemed absent-minded. She sat there and kept looking around until she saw Chen Luo, then she quickly stood up.
"What happened?"
After Chen Luo came over, he first took out the talisman paper and then asked.
"Something bad has happened."
Huang Ying lowered her voice and said.
"The formation in the inner layer of the secret realm was broken by Senior Brother Xingdou Peak, and Senior Uncle Su Tianyao from Shenhu Peak found a complete formation inheritance inside. It involves the inheritance of a third-level formation master!"
The uncle Su Tianyao mentioned by Huang Ying was the one who obtained the foundation-building spiritual object in the secret realm half a year ago and luckily broke through to become a foundation-building cultivator. According to the rules of Shenhu Xianmen, as long as one becomes a foundation-building cultivator, his seniority will be automatically upgraded and he will enjoy the treatment of an elder.
Level three?
Chen Luo's eyelids twitched.
He is no longer a white-handed newbie.
In the world of cultivating immortals, the first level is the Qi Refining Stage, the second level is the Foundation Establishment Stage, and the third level of inheritance involves the knowledge of the Golden Elixir Ancestor!
Without asking, just by hearing the news, Chen Luo knew that he was in big trouble.
(End of this chapter)
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