Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 217 Breaking through the middle stage of Golden Elixir
After rescuing the storage ring as soon as possible, Xiao Chen did not forget to collect the spiritual weapons scattered on the ground.

There is a bright silver spear with a red tassel, a splendid mountain and river seal, a dragon-carved golden sword, and a narrow-bladed spiritual knife.

Xu Gongtong’s spiritual weapon was not found at the scene, perhaps because he did not have time to use it.

The reason why they are all offensive spiritual weapons is that both the spiritual shield and the robes will inevitably be damaged during the battle.

Although due to the limitation of the total amount of true energy, Xiao Chen actually does not need many spiritual weapons for the time being.

But this thing is quite valuable, at least it can be exchanged for spirit stones.

Of course, it is best not to sell it directly in Nanlaohai. It would be safer to sell it in another place, such as in the open sea.

To prevent these spiritual weapons from being recognized by local monks and causing unnecessary suspicion.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen did not choose to stay on the island to refine the storage ring, but left directly to prevent other cultivators passing by and witnessing his appearance here.

However, halfway through the flight, he suddenly felt a strong tide of spiritual energy sweeping across.

Immediately afterwards, the sky and the earth changed color, and the area within thousands of miles around suddenly became gloomy.

A large amount of sea water seemed to be pulled by something and actually gathered towards the southwest.

The overflowing spiritual energy of heaven and earth also flowed back at an even faster speed.

"what's the situation?"

Xiao Chen was a little surprised. He adjusted his direction slightly and followed the current.

Such a big commotion, which affected tens of thousands of miles, first of all, we can rule out the possibility that there were cultivators fighting.

Although the sky was gloomy, there was no flash of lightning, so it could be ruled out as a thunderstorm at sea.

In this case, there shouldn't be any danger. It might even be a good thing.

"Could it be that some relic has been unearthed?"

Xiao Chen's heart moved, and the flying sword under his feet immediately became three times faster.

After walking forward for about five thousand miles, he saw a large cloud of fog covering the sea ahead.

The fog gathered on the sea surface, and from a distance it seemed to cover at least thousands of miles in radius.

It is estimated to be more than twenty feet high, and it is still growing higher with the passage of time, constantly expanding in all directions.

Xiao Chen moved a little closer, but the white fog in front was so thick that he couldn't see what was going on inside at all.

He expanded his spiritual sense and delved deeper into it, but found nothing unusual within the outer thirty miles.

But for the entire fog, this distance is just a drop in the bucket and nothing can be seen.

After a slight hesitation, the fog expanded by more than a mile in his direction, almost enveloping him.

"Let's rush in and take a look before the other monks arrive?"

Xiao Chen stepped back a little: "But isn't this a bit too risky?"

Many times, opportunity and danger are just a thought away.

If you choose the right one, you will become rich and powerful; if you choose the wrong one, you will die.

"Forget it, I have Hex here, why would I gamble on this?"

Xiao Chen took a deep breath and suppressed his curiosity.

Even though he seems impulsive sometimes, it’s because he is confident enough to back himself up most of the time.

But now he knew nothing about the situation inside the fog, and if he went in rashly, he might encounter unexpected danger.

Although Xiao Chen has the Night's Edge, such a big commotion will inevitably attract other cultivators soon.

Maybe it has already alarmed a nearby Yuanying Zhenjun.

Therefore, it is best to wait and see from the sidelines for a while, and keep your life-saving trump card in hand for emergencies.

As it turned out, Xiao Chen's speculation was correct.

Although there were few cultivators on the sea, the initial spiritual energy tide that spread over tens of thousands of miles still successfully attracted many cultivators nearby.

It's just that they were slower, so they arrived a little late.

In just two quarters of an hour, Xiao Chen saw a sword light coming from a distance about seven hundred miles to his left.

Faced with the completely different fog, the other party rushed straight into the white fog without any pause.

Another quarter of an hour later, a young man in a white robe came from more than a hundred miles to the right.

He first looked at Xiao Chen warily, and then took the initiative to move away a hundred miles.

Then he explored the periphery for a while, and after thinking for a while, he decisively opened the protective aura and rushed into the fog.

"Why are you all so brave?"

Looking at the choices made by the others, Xiao Chen felt a little unsure: "Am I being too cautious?"

Fortunately, at this time another sword light came from behind and approached him.

"Fellow Daoist, nice to meet you. I am Yu Fu San Ren from Nan Lao Hai. I think something is amiss here, but I don't know why."

Xiao Chen glanced sideways.

The man appeared middle-aged, his black hair tied back with a seemingly ordinary wooden hairpin. He had a high nose bridge, thick eyebrows, and a neatly trimmed beard. He wore a long yellow robe embroidered with mysterious golden runes, making it clear at first glance that it was no ordinary item.

There was an embroidered talisman bag hanging around his waist, emitting faint spiritual fluctuations, and it also looked like a spiritual weapon.

Just from the way he's dressed, you can tell he's definitely not a simple person.

Although most independent cultivators have a hard time, there are a few who can stand out and are even no worse than disciples from big forces.

It is obvious that the Yufu Sanren in front of him should be the best among the casual cultivators.

"Friend Yufu Daoyou, I am Jinguang Sanren."

Xiao Chen bowed in return, then shook his head slightly: "It's a pity that I was a step too late before, and didn't see what was happening in the fog."

"That's why I stayed outside."

As they were talking, seven more monks came from nearby.

Two of them rushed into the white fog in a hurry, while the remaining five chose to stay outside.

They first introduced themselves and inquired about the situation, then each of them stepped back a little and took the initiative to maintain a certain safe distance.

For Jindan cultivators, being separated by more than a thousand feet, or more than six miles, can allow both parties to relax.

Xiao Chen had also come to his senses by now.

As expected, the majority of cultivators were relatively cautious. This was the cultivation world he was familiar with.

The reason why the two monks in front were so brave was probably because this place was located in the sea, and the people who usually moved around nearby were not good people, so they dared to take the risk.

At this time, the monks who were active nearby had all come over.

Xiao Chen noticed that one of them sent a spiritual sword to transmit sound, which seemed to be conveying information, but he didn't know which side he belonged to.

But it doesn’t matter, he is now called Jin Guang San Ren, and he is not afraid of anyone.

Everyone waited patiently for about three hours.

The white fog, which had grown to a height of more than seventy feet and occupied an area of ​​about ten thousand miles in radius of the sea, finally stopped expanding.

But it just stopped expanding and showed no sign of dissipating.
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after one day.

City Lord Huo arrived at the scene first, and with him came True Lord Momei.

The two were much more cautious than Xiao Chen. They stopped fifty miles away from the fog and used their spiritual sense to sense the changes in the fog from afar.

Then he directly cast a detection spell from a distance, summoning a butterfly and a small snake that rushed into the fog.

After a while, when there was no response, he calmly switched to other methods.

From beginning to end, there was no intention of getting closer to take a look.

hiss~!

Xiao Chen retreated silently, imitating others and keeping a safe distance of fifty miles.

It looks a bit weird. How come even Yuanying Zhenjun doesn't dare to get close?

Not long after, Master Momei seemed to have discovered something, and his lips moved slightly as if he said something to City Lord Huo.

It’s just that the people around were a little far away, and no one dared to use spiritual sense to monitor.

Immediately afterwards, City Lord Huo looked around and said loudly, "The changes here have been temporarily confirmed to be caused by the Yin spirit. Everyone, please retreat immediately and do not linger."

As soon as these words were spoken, the dozens of monks watching outside were all shocked.

"Hi~!"

Xiao Chen took a deep breath. Those monks who had rushed in before were most likely dead by now. This was the price of taking risks.

Although he couldn't recognize it at first, he had actually heard of the disaster caused by the Yin spirit.

This is also one of the several famous maritime disasters in the Eastern Region.

Xiao Chen had read records about ghost fog and mirages in some ancient books before.

The disaster caused by Yin spirits is a fusion of these two disasters.

According to rumors, the disaster of evil spirits always appears before a certain relic is opened, especially six months to a year before the birth of a new relic.

The two do not need to have a strong connection, and may even be millions of miles apart, but they will form a mirage-like situation.

From the outside, it is very easy to mistakenly think that there are ruins opened.

However, once one goes deep into it, they will be besieged by the evil spirits lurking inside. If a Jindan cultivator rashly enters it, they will almost certainly die.

Although it doesn't sound like a hopeless situation, you should know that some people are destined to succeed and can turn misfortune into fortune.

That glimmer of hope is left for them and has nothing to do with ordinary monks.

So Xiao Chen immediately turned around and left, quickly covering a distance of hundreds of miles, and then made a big circle and returned to Nanlaohai.

On the way, he saw many cultivators from Baicao City heading towards Jianhai in groups.

When I returned to the city and asked around, I found out that all the talismans and thunder beads that could restrain evil spirits had been sold out, and all new stock within a month had been pre-ordered.

The disaster caused by the Yin spirit is both a disaster and an opportunity.

It is said that the fog will go through two to four rounds of expansion, but will eventually have a clear boundary.

After the maximum range of the mirage stabilizes, the monks can try to sweep the outer edge of the fog to hunt down evil spirits and collect their hearts.

But this will take at least ten days, so there is no need to rush.

With Xiao Chen's speed, it would only take three days to return there.

He now had a more important thing to do first, which was to go back to the courtyard and check the storage ring.

It took him a day and a half just to break the restrictions of these five storage rings.

Fortunately, the final harvest was quite rich.

The first thing he got was the small Cloud-Piercing Spirit Shuttle that was two meters long and two feet wide.

The Xu family uses a customized model, which consumes 30% more spirit stones than ordinary spirit shuttles, in exchange for a larger space that can carry up to five people.

If Xu Gongtong's plan goes well, the five of them can come back together.

However, for Xiao Chen, this spirit shuttle has little practical use.

After all, his escape technique is no worse than the spirit shuttle, and it does not require spirit stones to drive, which is more cost-effective.

However, there is also a corresponding benefit, which is that it can provide him with a space to meditate, rest and restore his true energy when he needs to travel long distances.

Then, adding up, there are more than 378,000 low-grade spirit stones and 2,200 medium-grade spirit stones.

Among them, Ge Dongyan alone contributed more than one-third.

However, it was precisely because the Xu family lacked spirit stones that Xu Gongtong had evil thoughts and ended up bringing disaster upon himself.

"No, how come there isn't a single demon pill?" Xiao Chen's consciousness swept over the storage ring, and he was a little speechless: "It really is a complete lie, right?"

It can be seen that from the very beginning, the other party was not prepared to conduct a normal transaction.

Fortunately, although there were no demon pills, there were four bottles of Huiyuan Pills, two bottles of Buyuan Pills and one bottle of Dongcao Huiyuan Pill.

The effects of Dongcao Huiyuan Dan and Buyuan Dan are the same, both can help cultivators quickly condense true essence.

But it's about three times more effective and five times more expensive.

"If you don't have the demon pill, then use this instead. Although there are only three pills in a bottle, it should be almost the same when combined with the Yuan Dan."

Xiao Chen is not picky about food and can eat anything.

He had taken the demon pill before just for the sake of cost-effectiveness, but it didn't mean he couldn't practice without the demon pill.

Now that I have the Dongcao Huiyuan Pill, I still have hope of cultivating to the perfection of the initial stage of the Golden Elixir before setting off in May.

"Hey, there are still some techniques?"

After putting away the pills, Xiao Chen also found two thin booklets.

He opened them curiously and found that they were "Summary of Jinyuan Dan" and "Four Tips on Refining Huiyuan Dan".

"My goodness, is the third-level pill formula so complicated?"

Compared to the densely packed pages of low-level pill recipes, one page of third-level pill recipes is obviously not enough.

In order to describe the refining process in detail, especially some techniques, the former is written on four pages on both sides, while the latter takes up a full nine pages because of the illustrations.

However, after reading it, Xiao Chen found that the explanatory content took up too much space.

The recipe itself only had a few more spiritual herbs, and it didn't become particularly complicated all of a sudden.

On the contrary, detailed instructions can also help low-level alchemists learn better.

In addition, after removing all the miscellaneous items from the storage ring, there are still two soul treasure boxes left.

Xiao Chen has always been very patient when it comes to good things.

It took a day and a night to deal with the complicated restrictions above.

He took a deep breath and said, "Open!"

Reaching out and opening it, he saw a piece of crystal lying quietly in the first soul treasure box.

Sealed in the translucent crystal is a faintly visible mysterious rune.

Xiao Chen looked at it carefully and found that it was different from the one he had encountered before.

This is also a good thing. After all, collecting crystals of different attributes will increase the chance of encountering wood attribute.

He rubbed his hands and picked up the second Soul Enriching Treasure Box: "Open!"

"Hey!"

I saw that there was another piece of Yundao crystal inside, and it was different from the previous two pieces.

However, Xiao Chen's gaze passed the crystal and fell below it.

At the bottom of the Soul Treasure Box, there is a thin biography.
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This biography has no title and the content is not very neat. It looks more like a memoir written casually by a monk.

It indicates the attributes corresponding to different runes in the Yundao Crystal.

At the same time, a special place is also mentioned - the Lightless Sea.

As far as Xiao Chen knew, if you walk eastward from the Jingkong Sea for about 2.4 million miles, you will reach the Wuguang Sea.

It is said that there is almost no order there, and it is a very chaotic and turbulent place.

The biography states that in the southeast of the Lightless Sea, there is an island with a unique shape that looks like a sunflower when viewed from the air.

This island is very large, with its longest point being over a thousand miles and its shortest point being over eight hundred miles.

There are several large mountains on the island, with hot springs and caves of various sizes distributed on the mountains.

These caves are intricate and intricate, some are interconnected, some lead directly to the seabed, and some are filled with strong evil spirits.

The fire-attributed crystal in the second soul-enhancing treasure box came from it.

"Evil spirit?"

Xiao Chen's focus was on the word "evil spirit". For him, collecting evil spirit was the primary goal of his trip to the Eastern Region.

Is there evil spirit in the Lightless Sea?

The location is also recorded very clearly. It should be easy to find such a big island.

Xiao Chen's eyes narrowed. If that was the case, he would definitely have to take the time to go check it out.

The Lightless Sea already belongs to the outer sea.

However, he just happened to have made an agreement with the Three Immortals Sect to set out together to search for new ruins in the open sea in early May.

In this case, after coming out of the new ruins, you can definitely go to the Lightless Sea for a walk.

Moreover, Feidu Sea is right on the edge of the inland sea, and is even closer to the Wuguang Sea than the Nanlao Sea.

Coming out of the Lightless Sea, you can also head straight northwest to the Feidu Sea.

Perfect plan!

"Huh, but having said that, the most urgent thing is to practice first."

Xiao Chen put away the biography, took out a Dongcao Huiyuan Pill and swallowed it. He then began to condense his true essence through a number of exercises, which was then transformed into a Buyuan Pill.

This continued until the second day of May, when he finally condensed the 333rd true essence and reached the small bottleneck of the middle stage of the Golden Elixir.

Xiao Chen tried to continue condensing his true energy, and indeed felt a layer of vague restriction.

Most of the monks are stuck in this place for several years or even decades.

Especially the Xuan-level and Huang-level skills are even more difficult to break through.

However, Xiao Chen was not unprepared for this. He decisively took out the Baizhuan Xuandan he had exchanged before.

Like the Jiuyao Xuandan, the Baizhuan Xuandan is also surrounded by a circle of fine elixir patterns, indicating that it was also made by a fourth-level alchemist.

He took it directly, and the Xuandan immediately turned into a spiritual liquid after entering his stomach.

This spiritual liquid seemed to have consciousness, and it went straight to the flawless golden elixir in the dantian, then wrapped up the golden elixir.

It took about two hours before it slowly seeped into the golden elixir.

During this process, Xiao Chen hardly felt any changes in his golden elixir, but the amount of true essence in it actually increased.

He took the initiative to rest for two hours before taking the second Baizhuan Xuandan, and then the third one.

This brought the total amount of his true energy to three hundred and thirty-six.

But don’t underestimate this change. The three most important treasures for a cultivator are essence, energy and spirit.

The total amount of true essence represents the amount of "qi" in it.

Similar to this is the concentration of Qi and blood, which corresponds to "essence", and the intensity of spiritual consciousness, which corresponds to "spirit".

It is not difficult to conclude from this that increasing the total amount of true essence can also help cultivators break through bottlenecks.

By the same token, increasing the concentration of Qi and blood can also help break through bottlenecks.

Xiao Chen took out the Heart Blood of the Traceless Elk that he had exchanged for earlier from the storage ring.

Then he pulled out the cork and drank it all in one breath.

"Boom~! Boom~! Boom~!"

As the blood went into his stomach, Xiao Chen immediately heard his own heartbeat, which became louder and louder, and more and more obvious.

After all, the Traceless Elk is a fourth-level monster, and its heart blood is the essence of its life.

If an ordinary Jindan cultivator dared to drink it directly like this, he would probably explode and die on the spot.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen practiced both physical and magical skills, and immediately activated the Life Pill to help him refine this heart blood.

At the same time, he immediately followed the mental method of "Nine Transformations into a Dragon" and mobilized the 108 acupoints in his body to work together to move his own qi and blood to reduce the burden.

Soon his entire body, from forehead to ankles, turned red, like a cooked prawn.

At the same time, wisps of white mist emerged from his body, and his whole body seemed to have turned into a furnace.

Although the fourth-level spiritual blood is powerful, it is ownerless after all, and was quickly refined into rich blood energy in the furnace.

It was then driven by the surging blood and energy in Xiao Chen's body, and finally was integrated and absorbed bit by bit.

"Hoo~!"

Xiao Chen suddenly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of foul air.

The foul air suddenly started burning out of thin air, and the fierce flames immediately engulfed the entire house.

"Damn, here we go again!"

I always end up damaging furniture when practicing, and this isn't the first time.

"Hey!"

Xiao Chen subconsciously wanted to put out the fire, but found that this time was different.

Because the house was protected by the Nine Apertures Chain Array he had set up, the flames were blocked by the power of the array and did not damage the furniture in the room.

"Fortunately, I was prepared in advance. I was indeed foresighted when I set up the formation."

Xiao Chen waved his hand to put out the remaining fire in the air, and then carefully adapted to the new power.

Then he made a final push, taking advantage of his abundant energy and blood, and directly broke through to the middle stage of the Golden Core.

And then of course it failed.

Fortunately, the consequences of failing to break through the small bottleneck were not serious. It was just a slight loss of qi and blood, and I would be fine after a short rest.

"Something's wrong. I clearly have enough energy and spirit, so why did I fail?"

Xiao Chen sat cross-legged on the ground, carefully reviewing his breakthrough process with the technique: "Could it be that it's because of insufficient comprehension?"

If there is anything he did not do well, it would be his lack of understanding of the Way of Wood.

In fact, he was right. Starting from the Jindan stage, cultivators must choose a path as their direction of progress.

It doesn't need to be very profound, but it must be there.

It is no exaggeration to say that a cultivator who can form a golden elixir is a genius picked among thousands.

Then why are they stuck in the early or middle stages of the Golden Core stage, and why are they stuck for decades or even hundreds of years?
The problem lies in comprehending the great way!
Although it does not require any profound knowledge, enlightenment is a very difficult thing for Jindan cultivators.

Xiao Chen thought about it and took out the Yun Dao Crystal from the storage ring.

He was lucky because, apart from the crystal belonging to fire, there was another crystal belonging to earth and another one belonging to wood.

The three-fifths probability is not distorted.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Chen took out a purple gold Bodhi fruit and swallowed it.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Bodhi's enlightenment, he injected all his spiritual consciousness into the Yundao Crystal to comprehend the Way of Wood.

He sat there for a full six hours, until the effect of the Purple Gold Bodhi wore off, and then he suddenly came to his senses.

I can’t seem to put into words what I have realized.

But just as he came to his senses, Xiao Chen suddenly felt a blessing coming to his mind, and he immediately started practicing his mental method.

As expected, he successfully broke through to the middle stage of the Golden Core!

　Well, I found out that I miscalculated the number again the day before yesterday (Chapter 214). I forgot to add the ten demon pills that I exchanged for the Xianzhi Soul-Soothing Pills, so the total amount of true essence at that time was not , but .

　　When I was about to use it today, I found something wrong. Why was there such a big difference?

　　Well, I only made digital changes, so there's no need to re-read it, so I'll explain it here.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)