Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 189: Regaining Prismatic Hex

Successfully forming the flawless golden elixir means that the most difficult step in the entire breakthrough process has been overcome.

But Xiao Chen still couldn't relax, because there were three very important steps to follow.

They are to condense true essence, strengthen spiritual consciousness, and cast a golden body.

One of the reasons why Jindan cultivators have an overwhelming advantage over foundation-building cultivators is because they possess true essence that is more condensed and more powerful than liquid magic power.

Just as a foundation-building cultivator can use liquid mana to cast the same spell with triple the power.

Jindan cultivators can rely on their true essence to gain up to five times the power.

Therefore, even if one has just broken through and has not had time to learn the third-level spells or obtain a spiritual weapon, he is still a beginner in the Golden Core realm.

You can also rely on the increase of your true essence to easily kill those who have reached the great perfection of foundation building.

It is precisely because of the absolute power advantage that the Jindan Zhenren can be at ease and be the boss without worrying about betrayal.

On the other hand, if one is forced to interrupt the breakthrough due to some unexpected reasons before reaching the stage of condensing the true essence, then he cannot be considered a true Jindan Zhenren.

In order to condense true essence, one first needs a huge amount of spiritual energy.

In order to quickly extract the spiritual energy from the surrounding area, many cultivators often cause the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth within dozens or even hundreds of miles to flow back.

This creates various strange phenomena in the heaven and earth, or the phenomena of Dan formation.

At the same time, it will expose your location and you may be targeted by the enemy.

However, Xiao Chen chose a very good location for this breakthrough. There was no grass growing within a radius of ten thousand miles, ensuring that no one could disturb him.

As for spiritual energy, that is not a problem at all.

As soon as he thought about it, the fake pill in the air began to emit bright light.

The magical Tai Chi circulation surrounding the fake pill suddenly generated a powerful attraction, drawing out the spiritual energy from the surrounding spirit stones.

Basically, one spirit stone was drained every breath.

This lasted for a full six hours before all the magic power in Xiao Chen's body was transformed into true energy.

No more, no less, exactly one hundred and eight, which coincides with the number of the Zhoutian.

The moment the true essence transformation is completed, a strong attraction naturally arises on the golden elixir in the dantian.

All the true energy was absorbed into the golden elixir without leaving a trace.

From now on, all the true essence of the cultivator will be stored in the golden elixir, not in the dantian.

You can use the true essence to nourish the golden elixir, or you can use the golden elixir to purify the true essence.

If you practice the secret method of golden elixir in the future, you can get more benefits.

However, this also means that once the golden elixir is damaged, the total amount of true essence of the cultivator will decrease, and even the level of cultivation will regress.

If the golden elixir is completely destroyed, even if one can survive with the help of elders or spiritual creatures, he or she will become a disabled person.

After the condensation of true essence is completed, the next step is to strengthen spiritual consciousness.

According to the description in "The Secret Book of Huangquan Zhenjun's Judgment of the World", the newly formed golden elixir is the aggregation of essence, energy and spirit.

However, if the divine essence cannot be absorbed quickly, the cultivator will have to work hard to cultivate his spiritual consciousness in the future.

The specific amount of divine essence is related to the cultivator's qualifications before forming the elixir.

As a low-grade spiritual root, Xiao Chen did not hold much hope for this.

He methodically probed his spiritual consciousness into his dantian, concentrated his mind highly, and then crashed into the golden elixir.

"Like~!"

It was as if it had penetrated an invisible film and fell into the deep lake.

Xiao Chen felt that his spiritual consciousness seemed to become countless times lighter in an instant, and suddenly expanded rapidly like a bubble.

The original range of detection of the spiritual consciousness of the foundation building great perfection was only nine hundred feet.

He was slightly stronger, but he could only barely reach a thousand feet.

But at this moment, Xiao Chen felt as if he had separated from his original body, and his vision kept rising.

Two thousand feet, three thousand feet, four thousand feet...

Until every grain of sand and stone within a radius of thirty miles appeared before his eyes in full detail.

Only then did Xiao Chen feel that his sea of ​​consciousness was beginning to feel burdened. He came to his senses and retracted all his scattered spiritual consciousness.

"Why are there so many?"

According to the description in the Huangquan Secret Book, the range of the spiritual awareness of an ordinary demon cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core should be between twenty and thirty miles.

As a low-grade spiritual root, he originally thought that it would be great if he could reach the passing line of twenty miles.

Unexpectedly, it reached the maximum level.

Xiao Chen immediately understood in his heart that this was also the benefit of having a solid foundation.

The outside world believed that he relied on various spiritual objects to practice, and was using external objects to force growth.

But in fact, with the help of Hex, his cultivation is equivalent to that of hard practice, and he has a good foundation like the Heavenly Dao Foundation.

Of course, you can obtain the maximum range of spiritual awareness.

"Okay, okay. This way, when facing ordinary Jindan cultivators, I won't be at a disadvantage in terms of spiritual awareness range."

"Also, in the future, it will be much easier to catch up with those geniuses with natural spiritual roots."

Xiao Chen had a smile on his face, but he did not slow down his actions.

Since he didn't have a suitable third-level technique, he temporarily activated the "Spirit Cultivation Technique" to drive the true energy to circulate in his body.

Use the true essence to complete the last step of forming the elixir - casting the golden body!

From foundation building to golden elixir, it is not just a difference of one golden elixir, but also a leap in the level of life.

The simplest and most direct manifestation is that the upper limit of a cultivator's lifespan will increase from two hundred years to five hundred years.

At this level, many of the ups and downs and grudges in the mortal world have nothing to do with them.

Some Jindan Zhenren who are more introverted or live in remote areas may even gradually become indifferent or irritable, ruthless or promiscuous over a long period of time, and regard mortals and even low-level cultivators as livestock or even grass.

Relatively speaking, in places like the Eastern Region, similar situations are less common due to the large number of golden elixirs.

In addition, there are rumors that if a Jindan cultivator combines with a Qi-refining or foundation-building cultivator, it will be extremely difficult for them to give birth to offspring.

There was once a Jindan Zhenren who kept hundreds of concubines and had sex with them every day.

As a result, after three hundred years, there were only dozens of children.

You know, if it were a mortal family or a Qi-refining family, three hundred years would be enough to expand to thousands or even tens of thousands of people.

It was originally written on the white jade disk: A golden body forges longevity, an ageless face and immunity to disease.

It means that in addition to immortality, the Golden Elixir True Person also has a certain effect of preserving youth.

As long as the monk is willing to maintain his appearance, even if he is two or three hundred years old, he can look like he is in his twenties or thirties.

Only after exceeding the aging limit of 400 years will people begin to look old.

At the same time, some difficult and complicated diseases that are difficult for ordinary people to cure will not become a problem for Jindan Zhenren.

This last step of casting the golden body is also the most time-consuming.

Xiao Chen patiently manipulated his true energy, flowing it through his entire body over and over again.

Until a faint golden light gradually appeared on his body.

Wrapped in the golden light, the original skin quickly aged and faded, and new fair skin grew out.
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Outside the crater where Xiao Chen broke through.

Although the spiritual energy was very thin, a bit of golden light still began to spread within a radius of ten miles.

Immediately afterwards, wisps of spiritual energy gathered above the crater, and a spiritual energy cloud slowly appeared.

As the cloud grew larger, it also sank lower and closer to the ground.

At a certain moment, perhaps it finally reached its limit, and drops of spiritual rain fell.

The rain lasted for three days and three nights.

After the clouds cleared and the rain stopped, if someone passed by, they would see tiny patches of grass sprouting within a ten-mile radius of the crater.

And at the top of the crater, there is even a bright purple morning glory quietly blooming.

In other words, this place is too remote. If there is a breakthrough in the family, all the members with wood spiritual roots can gain considerable benefits from the spiritual rain.

"The golden body has been cast!"

Inside the crater, Xiao Chen suddenly opened his eyes, and a look of joy finally appeared on his face.

At this moment, he had completely achieved the Golden Core Realm and truly stood at the pinnacle of the Southern Region.

Under normal circumstances, looking at the vast Southern Region, there is almost no place that cannot be visited.

"Unfortunately, there are still threats from the demonic sect outside."

Although Xiao Chen doesn’t know yet, what is the situation of Lingyuan Sect?

But he could tell from the back of his head that the situation must be very grim.

The Divine Fire Sect already had the upper hand, and with the arrival of the White Skeleton Demon, Hezhou was truly plagued by disasters.

Especially the white bone demon body, if not handled properly, it will cause a catastrophe to the people of the entire southern region.

"Considering the current situation, I'll probably have to choose a Hex that increases my combat power this time."

Even for self-protection, Xiao Chen cannot allow the demonic body to grow.

Wow, three cards suddenly lit up in front of me.

Each one sparkled with a diamond-like prismatic light.

[Forest Illusion: Create nine perfect clones with all your strength! When you break through a realm, the clones' strength will also increase simultaneously. If the clone dies, it will respawn next to you after twelve hours.]

[Worth the Wait II: Obtain a random fifth-tier spirit beast cub. Every ten years, it will break through a small bottleneck until it reaches the Great Perfection of Spiritual Transformation.]

[Featherweight Contestant III: Increases the training speed of Yellow-level techniques tenfold, and increases the power of spells tenfold. Calculated independently, can be stacked.]

"Sure enough, it's Prism Color again this time!"

The second breakthrough to a higher realm allowed Xiao Chen to verify his previous guess.

The reward for breaking through a great realm is the highest level of Prismatic Hex!
Xiao Chen checked them one by one as usual: "Let me see, the first one is, the enhanced version of the forest illusion?"

He vaguely remembered that the forest illusion seemed to be a copy of an avatar, but he didn't expect it to be directly strengthened to as many as nine.

Including himself, they could form two basketball teams.

The three major sects in Lizhou only have three Jindan each.

If Xiao Chen had chosen this, he could have established his own sect and instantly become the number one sect in Lizhou, and the only dominant sect.

And according to the description, the clone has all the strength and there is no need to worry about death, which is equivalent to having an endless supply of death warriors.

"Come to think of it, if it's a perfect copy, could I put together a small formation by myself?"

Some formations must be activated by multiple people at the same time, and some more complicated ones require everyone to master the formation.

With the perfect clone, it is undoubtedly much easier to set up.

However, Xiao Chen frowned slightly: "But this Hex doesn't seem to be able to deal with the Skeleton Demon Body, right?"

Although it can indeed greatly improve combat power, the forest illusion improves quantity rather than quality.

This is very subtle. The ancient texts originally wrote: No one can defeat this enemy unless they have several Jindan Great Perfection masters working together.

It has not been made clear whether the demonic body can be defeated by sheer numbers.

He then looked down and saw that the second Hex was Worth the Wait II.

"Fifth-level spirit beast?"

Xiao Chen opened his eyes wide: "Great perfection of spiritual transformation!"

hiss~!

He immediately took a deep breath. This was truly standing at the pinnacle of the cultivation world.

It is recorded in many ancient books and various legends that the state of transformation into a god is the ceiling of the spiritual world.

If he could obtain a spirit beast in the Spirit Transformation Stage, he could then follow people and rely on the beast's power, bullying others and walk all over the cultivation world.

If that blind person is causing trouble, just close the door and release the spirit beast.

"And this randomness is quite interesting."

Xiao Chen remembered that he had read a rumor in a miscellaneous book. It was said that when a demon beast reached the Spirit Transformation Stage, it could also perfectly transform into a human form.

It's not some kind of sleight of hand, transformation, or other such tricks.

Instead, they truly transformed into human form and were even able to marry and have children with other Divine Transformation cultivators.

That miscellaneous book originally contained 250 illustrations, describing the stories of various cat demons, rabbit demons, fox demons and humans.

There are many postures.

"The only pity is that the waiting time is a little bit longer."

It takes thirty years to build the foundation, sixty years to form the elixir, ninety years to form the infant, and the fastest one hundred and twenty years to become a god.

Although judging from the final effect, it is indeed as its name says - worth waiting.

After all, the lifespan of a cultivator who has established his foundation is 200 years, and Xiao Chen, who has now achieved the Golden Core stage, can live for 500 years.

Even if it takes a hundred and twenty years to wait, it will be totally worth it.

Moreover, theoretically speaking, after ninety years of formation, this spirit beast should be able to play a significant role.

Not to mention the distant future, at least there is not much pressure to unify the southern region.

By then, Xiao Chen can easily become the lord of the Southern Region with it.

Moreover, the lifespan of monsters is long. If they can be passed down within the family, their value can be multiplied by dozens of times.

Basically, he chose Hex and hid away to establish the Xiao family. Then, within tens of thousands of years, the Xiao family would be one of the top families in the entire cultivation world.

"But for me, establishing a family or something like that is totally unnecessary."

Xiao Chen's goal is to become an immortal, seek the truth, and live a long and healthy life.

"And then again, it's more reliable when all the power belongs to oneself."

Even if the spirit beast is powerful, it may not be able to protect his safety. After all, it is a "random" spirit beast, and the spirit beast drawn may not be good at protection.

When facing other Jindan cultivators, it would be more practical to have strong fists.

There is another most critical question.

That is, if this Hex is chosen, it will be of no help in solving the two major problems currently faced: the Skeleton Demon Body and the Divine Fire Cult.

Not to mention sixty years of golden elixir, it is estimated that the battle between good and evil will be decided in less than six years.

If the righteous side loses the battle, everyone will be affected and no one will have a good life.

It is said that there are no eggs left behind when the nest is overturned.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen turned his gaze to the last Hex.
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"Fuck!"

Seeing the words "Featherweight Contestant III", Xiao Chen was immediately excited: "Finally, there is a repeating Hex."

All the Hexes that have appeared before are completely different.

He once worried that if he missed a certain type, he would never have the chance to choose it again in the future.

And he is very familiar with the featherweight fighter Hex.

The effect is simple and direct, and the practicality is maximized.

And it takes effect from the moment you get it, and it has very powerful performance without having to wait for a long time.

The only flaw is that as his realm improves, he becomes a little out of date.

As the cultivator's magic power turns into liquid, it condenses into true essence.

The gap between the different spells belonging to the world of heaven and earth is also getting bigger and bigger.

Originally, Xiao Chen was a little confused. He didn't know where to seek advanced skills after breaking through the Golden Core stage.

But now that he saw this Hex, his thoughts seemed to become much clearer.

The yellow-level skills are easy to obtain and understand when practicing, and are most suitable for people like him who have average qualifications and understanding.

He has always been very self-aware on this point.

And this time, there is an additional note after Hex - "Independent multiplication, can be added!"

Xiao Chen stared at the extra note and read it out loud.

Suddenly, a huge wave of emotion was stirred in my heart: "My goodness, if I understand correctly, this is a hundredfold bonus?"

At least from the literal meaning, it should be a hundredfold bonus!
Such a huge increase is enough to fill the gap between different levels of skills and put him far ahead.

"This can basically push the heaven-level skills out of the way by two or three levels, right?"

If this Hex is captured, it would appear that he is practicing yellow-level techniques, while the other geniuses are practicing heaven-level techniques.

But in terms of actual power, it is equivalent to him practicing a heaven-level technique, while the other geniuses are practicing a mysterious or even yellow-level technique.

This is not a question of transcendence, but a direct reversal of the status of both parties.

And the biggest advantage of choosing this Hex is that it can take into account both development and combat power.

It can not only speed up Xiao Chen's training, but also allow him to obtain the next Hextech sooner.

It can also provide combat power to deal with the threat of the Divine Fire Cult.

"The only question is, can choosing this Hex help us solve the problem of the Skeleton Demon Body?"

He currently doesn't have any third-level skills, except for magic skills.

Although yellow-level skills are relatively easier to obtain, this is the Southern Region, and there are only a few third-level skills.

When I go to the Eastern Region to search for the Secret Realm of Hundred Herbs in the future, I should also take the opportunity to collect some third-level spells.

But back to the present, Hex's selection time is about to end, and he has to make a decision quickly.

In line with the idea that great power belongs to oneself, we first exclude "Worth Waiting II".

Of the remaining two Hextech items, the one with the highest future ceiling is definitely the "Forest Illusion" which can grow with you.

After comparing them back and forth, Xiao Chen still chose Featherweight Fighter III.

Compared with the quantitative advantage and future potential of Forest Illusion, he still wants to gain the quality advantage and immediate combat power.

Moreover, the cultivation speed of up to a hundred times was so tempting that it was hard for him to refuse.

As his mind moved, he made a choice.

He immediately felt that the speed of the true energy in his body had increased tenfold compared to the original speed.

The streams of true energy flowed through the meridians like wild horses running wildly.

It took Xiao Chen a quarter of an hour to get familiar with the new enhancement.

Looking around, the entire crater was filled with discarded spirit stones that had been drained of their spiritual energy.

A total of 66,666 yuan was completely consumed.

At the same time, the three hundred spirit stones in the portable spirit gathering array were used up again and lost their effect.

Xiao Chen took back his inner elixir, dug out the buried formation plate, and at the same time collected the formation flag in the crater.

Actually, this Yellow Wind Quicksand Formation has only been triggered once since it came into his possession.

The triggering didn't work, it was basically the same as not having any effect.

It was just noon, and it was a sunny day with no clouds in the sky.

Xiao Chen stood on the crater, letting the sunlight fall on his face and admiring the tender grass dotted around him.

"This breakthrough might take thirty days."

Although he is immune to cold and heat, judging from the temperature of the sunlight, it is probably mid-to-late June now.

After basking in the sun for a while after a long absence, he was not in a hurry to leave.

Instead, he leisurely took out the bone soul-calling banner and the ghost-faced black light shield from his storage bag.

After the other Jindan Zhenren have formed their elixir, they still have to worry about spiritual weapons.

Xiao Chen had no worries at all, because he had already prepared two spiritual weapons, one for attack and one for defense.

As soon as he thought about it, true energy flowed out from the golden elixir and poured into the spiritual weapon along his arm.

Completely different from the previous use of magic power for refining, as soon as the true essence entered the spiritual weapon, it immediately caused bursts of brilliant light to appear on the spiritual weapon.

"Wow, the demand is so high?"

As the initial rituals were completed, Xiao Chen was surprised to find that it was not easy to control these two spiritual weapons.

To simply activate the White Bone Soul-Calling Banner, at least thirty true essences are needed.

As for the Ghost Face Mysterious Light Shield, the amount is doubled, requiring a full sixty true essences.

And according to the records in the Yellow Springs Secret Book, spiritual weapons and magical weapons are completely different.

There is no very clear level difference between different spiritual weapons. Only the different amounts of true energy consumption can be used as a reference.

Requiring more true energy does not necessarily mean you will be more powerful, but requiring less true energy will definitely not make you that powerful.

Therefore, while many spiritual weapons are powerful, the amount of true energy they require is also extremely huge.

The requirements for some spiritual weapons can even reach as many as 270 true essences.

Under normal circumstances, a cultivator in the early stage of the Golden Core stage would only have 333 true essences at most, which was obviously not enough to use.

Not to mention that many third-level spells also consume a lot of true energy in pursuit of power.

In order to solve this problem, many spiritual weapons are designed with two forms during the refining process.

They are the normal form that can be activated after preliminary sacrifice and refining, and the spiritual form that can only be activated after complete refining.

Generally speaking, there will be at least double the amount of true energy required to reduce the burden of daily use.

However, after Xiao Chen recovered for a while and injected all his magic power into the White Bone Soul-Calling Banner, he found that he still could not completely refine it.

"Fuck, that's at least four times the difference."

Huangquan Dao really spent a lot of money to find this possible successor.

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