Chapter 243: Refining the elixir in one day, unprecedented in history After
hearing Lu Chen's explanation of Gu cultivation, Yi Hanqing couldn't help but sigh: "Gu cultivation, Gu cultivation, first Gu cultivation and then cultivation, the methods of this true immortal are indeed beyond the imagination of ordinary people."
Because if Lu Chen's inference is correct, then the entire Daying Dynasty is a huge gathering place for poisonous insects.
He was able to gather so many poisonous insects together and let them identify themselves as human beings.
This is definitely not an easy thing to do.
And it would be fine if these people could maintain their human form.
If something unexpected happens, these people will reveal their original poisonous insect bodies.
Then they will be trapped in a vast sea of poisonous insects.
By then, even if they want to leave, it won't be easy.
As soon as this idea came out, Yi Hanqing and others felt nervous.
Because once you are trapped in a sea of tens of thousands of poisonous insects, there is no way to escape unscathed unless you are at the Nascent Soul stage.
In addition, Yi Hanqing and others thought of other situations.
That is the inheritance of the Immortal Gu Yue. If it is also based on these poisonous insects, it means that they have to give up their human bodies and practice the way of poison.
This really means nothing to most people present.
Yi Hanqing looked at Lu Chen and said, "Junior Brother Lu, the reason you told us this, besides the fact that the inheritance is useless to us, there must be other reasons, right?"
Lu Chen nodded, and then gave another reason for gathering everyone together.
"The inheritance is not suitable for one reason. The real important reason is that I think this inheritance may not be prepared for us from the beginning, but for the real Gu worms."
"Once you accept this inheritance, the result... may be much worse than what Junior Brother said."
"Of course, all of this is just my guess. You can use it as a reference. You can decide for yourself what to do. I am just sharing my guesses with you."
After hearing this, Yi Hanqing and others were silent for a long time.
Some of them even looked conflicted.
After all, the inheritance of true immortals is a rare opportunity that only comes once every hundred years or even a thousand years.
The opportunity to inherit and become an immortal is right before his eyes, even though he knows it is full of dangers.
It is also difficult for someone to give up personally.
However, after listening to Lu Chen's suggestion, some people made a decision immediately.
"Since you said so, Fellow Daoist Lu, I'll go back sooner rather than later. After all, if Master hadn't forced me to come, I wouldn't have gotten involved in this mess."
After saying this, Shangguan Yunmeng expressed his attitude.
In fact, she didn't really understand what Lu Chen had just said.
But this did not prevent her from understanding what Lu Chen wanted to express.
To sum it up, it can be summed up in one sentence.
The trial means nothing to them, so they leave if they can.
For Shangguan Yunmeng, who considers himself a "smart man", the main thing he does is to listen to advice, especially smart advice.
In her eyes, Lu Chen was undoubtedly smart.
After Shangguan Yunmeng expressed his attitude, Yi Hanqing also said: "I specialize in swordsmanship, and this True Immortal inheritance is really not very useful to me."
"As the saying goes, if you don't make a decision, you will suffer the consequences. Now is indeed a good time to leave."
"Besides, the trip to the mountain of books and the sea of learning some time ago has already brought me a lot of gains. This time, I can say that the trip was worthwhile."
The Meow King licked his paws and said nonchalantly, "I don't have much to pursue. No matter who inherits the immortality, it will never fall on me. I don't care whether I leave or not. Since everyone wants to leave, then let's go."
After hearing their analysis, some people chose to follow Lu Chen's advice and prepared to leave in the near future.
But some people just can't give up.
"Junior Brother Lu, even though you said so, I still want to give it a try."
"Me too. I know you are doing this for our own good, but the True Immortal inheritance is right in front of me. If I do nothing, I will feel a little unwilling."
"But don't worry, Junior Brother. If it's really impossible, I won't force it."
Lu Chen was not surprised to hear these words.
But out of friendship, Lu Chen kindly said, "It is human nature for you brothers and sisters to make this decision."
"If you believe me, then you should not go out casually during this period. Just wait in the academy for half a year. Within half a year, everything should have a result."
After hearing this, several senior brothers and sisters who wanted to stay finally nodded and listened to Lu Chen's opinion.
After saying this, everyone left Lu Chen's cave.
Lu Chen watched the backs of everyone leaving, and finally looked in the direction outside the academy.
At this moment, outside the academy, a dark cloud quietly covered the distance.
It looks like a storm is about to come.
"I have almost mastered the Creation Pill Technique. The only thing I lack now is the right materials for refining the pill."
"If my guess is correct, this time I should be able to gather at least enough medicinal materials to refine a fourth-level elixir."
"In this way, I should have the hope of reaching 50 million spiritual power before returning and meeting the conditions for breaking through the Golden Core Stage."
"Everything... is almost over."
After saying that, Lu Chen started meditating again.
But unlike in the past when he was concentrating his energy, Lu Chen at this moment did not seem to be practicing, but more like preparing for the upcoming battle.
Three months later, it was September, golden autumn, late at night.
The walls of the imperial city are towering and majestic.
Under the autumn moonlight, a faint paleness was reflected on the city wall, giving people an inexplicable feeling of solemnity and depression.
On the city wall, Daying soldiers were holding spears and looking serious.
Although they seemed to be guarding the imperial city normally, their eyes were not looking outside the city. Instead, they were looking in a certain direction inside the city, as if they were on guard against something.
The Daying Palace on the other side was also strangely quiet at this time.
Many court officials walked towards the hall, and each of them walked very slowly.
Inside the spacious palace, there was no other sound except the sound of footsteps and breathing.
After entering the imperial palace, these people did not leave for a long time.
In the corridor, the palace guards patrolled back and forth. Their words and actions were very rigorous and serious, and they did not dare to deviate in the slightest.
After an unknown amount of time, the palace door that had been tightly closed slowly opened.
Emperor Zhao Zhongming of Daying, wearing a golden battle armor, walked out with steady steps.
The armor was golden in color, and had many complex patterns engraved on it. It was obvious that it was not an ordinary item.
Behind him, a group of Daying Gu cultivators followed him out.
The first few people who followed him were all cultivators in the third realm, including the heads of the four major cultivator families of the Daying Dynasty.
At a glance, there were actually seven third-level Gu cultivators gathered around Zhao Zhongming.
Including Zhao Zhongming himself, there are currently eight third-level Gu cultivators in this palace.
Such a force is almost unstoppable unless a cultivator at the fourth level of the Nascent Soul stage appears.
What allowed Zhao Zhongming to gather so many third-level Gu cultivators to accomplish was naturally not an easy task.
Zhao Zhongming looked at Cui Shouye and the others, and said with a smile: "My dear ministers, are you ready?"
Cui Shouye and others half-knelt on the ground and said in unison: "We are willing to obey your majesty's orders!"
"Then let's go."
"yes!"
Following Zhao Zhongming's order, the originally quiet palace suddenly became noisy.
In addition, the Daying army outside the palace was also mobilized at this time.
After entering the city, these troops immediately headed towards the direction of the Bailu Academy.
Many people closed their doors and windows immediately when they saw soldiers passing by outside.
Although they didn't know what was going on, they instinctively knew that there would be no peace in the imperial city tonight.
"Are you here..."
Inside the cave, Lu Chen, who was originally in seclusion, slowly opened his eyes and looked in the direction outside the academy.
Although it was very quiet outside the academy at this time, there didn't seem to be anything unusual.
But he could sense a strong murderous intent from it.
These murderous intentions are not directed at any particular person, but are a special kind of momentum that is condensed together.
Lu Chen had known about this scene three months ago, so he was not surprised.
Although he didn't know what happened to Zhao Zhongming.
However, Lu Chen saw the attitude of the Daying Dynasty towards them, the trial-takers.
And the special 'Dragon Son' who was in the Demon Suppression Division of Huaiyang Prefecture at that time roughly deduced Zhao Zhongming's general plan.
First of all, after Lu Chen killed Longzi in the Demon Suppression Division of Huaiyang Prefecture, he obtained a special skill called "The Immortal Thief".
The most significant feature of this technique is that it can achieve the level of stealing things and becoming an invisible thief.
Specifically, this technique can forcibly steal other people's "talents", "bloodlines" and other things that were originally impossible to steal through immortal methods, and transform them into one's own power.
The dragon son of Huaiyang Prefecture had his fate stolen by Zhao Zhongming using the "Immortal Steal", which gave Zhao Zhongming a long life and talent for cultivation that he did not originally have.
If that were all, Lu Chen might not have thought too much about it and would have just thought that Zhao Zhongming was an emperor seeking immortality.
But after a conversation with Yun Zhonglu, his guess was confirmed.
Lu Chen's view of Zhao Zhongming is no longer that of the dynasty emperor who is obsessed with seeking immortality.
Instead, he is an ambitious man who is not satisfied with being a frog in a well and wants to seek a wider world.
If it's just about lifespan, Zhao Zhongming can theoretically obtain infinite lifespan by relying on the Immortal Thief.
There is no need to continue setting up the formation in the Demon Suppression Division that can intercept the dynasty's luck.
This only shows that Zhao Zhongming's ambition is far greater than he imagined.
Lu Chen put himself in the other person's shoes and thought about it.
If I were in Zhao Zhongming's position, what exactly would I have to accomplish to make him not satisfied after reaching the third level of cultivation and mastering the immortal methods, and to intercept the dynasty's luck and further improve his strength.
There is no doubt that the only possibility is to break the shackles and break out of this world.
If Zhao Zhongming really wants to achieve this result, he has only two choices.
One is to go one step further and reach a place above Daying, such as Wentian Palace.
Another one is to find a passage to leave the Daying Dynasty, such as the Bailu Academy.
If Zhao Zhongming chooses the former, he will not have any influence on Lu Chen and other trial participants.
But if it is the latter, then the problem is very serious.
Because the three questions Lu Chen asked Yun Zhonglu included this part.
Although Yun Zhonglu did not answer in detail, Lu Chen got the answer he wanted.
He concluded that if Zhao Zhongming wanted to leave the Daying Dynasty, there was only one way, and that was to leave as a 'True Immortal Trialist', or with the help of the trialist's boundary gate.
As for why he didn't choose to break through the four realms, enter the Wentian Palace and then seek a way to leave this world.
Lu Chen deduced that this should be related to the special system of Gu Xiu itself.
Although he had never seen a fourth-level Gu cultivator, after he understood the nature of Gu cultivators, he naturally compared them with Nascent Soul cultivators.
The Nascent Soul of a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage is essentially the 'true spirit' after the true self is clarified.
The true self of the Gu cultivator is obviously the Gu worm in their body.
But if the poisonous insect awakens its true self, it will be hard to say whether it is the poisonous insect or the practitioner himself that controls the body.
This is also one of the reasons why Lu Chen asked Yi Hanqing and others to leave the True Immortal Trial.
In fact, Lu Chen had thought about Zhao Zhongming taking over the body of a trial-taker and then using the other person's body to leave this place.
But Lu Chen felt that if things were really that simple, Zhao Zhongming would not have planned so many things.
Immortal method of longevity, great array of dynasty luck, seizing the fate of offspring...
Everything Zhao Zhongming did undoubtedly showed that he had great ambitions.
Therefore, Lu Chen felt that if the other party really wanted to break free from the constraints of this world, the biggest possibility was to kill his way into the academy and force other trial-takers to let Yun Zhonglu open a channel to leave the trial.
Zhao Zhongming then took advantage of this opportunity to leave the Daying Dynasty.
Of course, Lu Chen didn't dare to say that his inference was definitely accurate.
But there is nothing wrong with preparing for the worst in everything.
Half a year is a reasonable time that Lu Chen inferred based on the situation of the True Immortal Trial.
And the development of things was pretty much as he expected.
The large army gathered outside the Bailu Academy at this time illustrates this point.
Lu Chen stood up, and four flying swords flew out from his soul and surrounded him.
After these flying swords appeared, they slowly hid around the academy and quietly spread out the sword domains contained within them.
After doing all this, Lu Chen looked up at the sky palace of the academy.
Under the night sky, thick dark clouds covered the originally bright moon, shrouding the entire academy in gloom.
Facing this scene, Lu Chen whispered: "To refine the elixir with the energy of one day is an unprecedented feat."
"I hope the final result won't disappoint me, otherwise my arrangement will be a bit superfluous..."
After saying that, Lu Chen pushed open the door of the cave and walked towards a certain direction in the academy...
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(End of this chapter)
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