Fire clouds stretched for thousands of miles, covering the sky.
The blazing heat was far away, but the cold hair almost seemed to be on fire.
A messy training ground.
Chu Kui looked at Luo Chen in admiration.
"Your method of weapon control is really mysterious. Did you learn it from Danyangzi during the dispute between Taoism and Taoism?"
Luo Chen nodded.
"I was touched. After I came back, I searched for the classics privately and figured it out."
Chu Kui once again praised, "It's very good. Your power is not weaker than that of Danyangzi. It seems that your attainments in magic are indeed worthy of the name!"
Luo Chen frowned.
"That's all? Didn't it mean that your sparring also includes services such as pointing out shortcomings and looking for ways to improve?"
"I don't believe it. When I first learned this technique, it was perfect."
Chu Kui laughed.
Then, his face turned slightly serious.
Looking at Luo Chen, Chu Kui said seriously: "Your methods are very strong. I can see that you at least leave a lot of leeway. With all your strength, even ordinary great monks may not be your opponent."
Luo Chen didn't hide it and nodded directly.
It was just a sparring exercise, how could he use up all his cards and give his best.
In the previous training, he only used 30% of his strength at most.
"but!"
Chu Kui changed the subject and looked at Luo Chen with a slight frown, "I found a shortcoming in you!"
"Um?"
"In other words, it's not a shortcoming, but that you didn't use your strengths."
"Tell me more!" Luo Chen listened attentively without any anger at all.
Chu Kui pointed to the large piece of fire aura left on the training ground.
"You are too pursuing the powerful explosive power of fire spells. Although you are indeed the best at the same level, your own strengths are not above fire spells."
"According to my observation, your spiritual power is actually dominated by the wood element."
"For spells of the same level, if you use wood spells to fight against the enemy, the burst of power should be several times higher than that of other systems!"
"Your path has gone astray since the Qi refining stage."
After hearing these words.
Luo Chen, who had been a little disapproving before, felt his heart sink at this moment.
indeed!
Just as Chu Kui said, along the way, the techniques he majored in were all based on the wood element.
"Eternal Spring Gong"
"Yi Mu Yao Wang Jing"
"Eternal Youth Sutra"
Successfully promoted step by step, he has developed a rich and pure wood spiritual power.
But the various methods he uses in normal battles are actually based on the fire element.
Fireball, Sun, Landslide.
Even the main magic weapon for sacrifice is the Xuanhuo Sword!
His own path, in the eyes of outsiders, is very deformed.
Luo Chen occasionally doubted himself, but he felt that there was nothing wrong with his use of fire magic, and its power was also very powerful.
So I just ignored it.
At this moment, Chu Kui pointed out this flaw very clearly, and it seemed that he couldn't find any good solution for a while.
"Brother Chu, do you have any suggestions?" Luo Chen asked sincerely.
Chu Kui didn't hide his secrets and said bluntly: "Either you can supplement the wood element, or you can switch to the fire element or the wood and fire dual elements."
After listening, Luo Chen fell into deep thought.
The former is actually not difficult.
He also knows a lot of wood spells.
The entanglement technique, the healing technique, the spring breeze transforming into rain technique, and the flower fairy that I just learned recently.
But these spells have little combat power.
Most of them are auxiliary.
Well, the auxiliary effect, blessed by the spiritual power of Jingchunmu, is outstanding!
But if you want to complement the attack methods of the wood type...
The wood type is not known for its attacks!
As for the latter, it is even more impossible.
It took a lot of effort to deduce the "Sutra of Immortality and Evergreen" to the master level, but how can it be so easy to convert the natal skills?
Otherwise, will this avenue still be cultivated?
For a while, it seemed like there was no solution to the situation.
Chu Kui patted Luo Chen on the shoulder, "Of course, you don't have to think too much. At least with what you can do now, it is absolutely no problem to dominate at the same level. Sometimes, it is better to strengthen your strengths to make up for your shortcomings."
"As long as your fire magic is so strong that it is unrivaled, a little dissatisfaction is not a big deal."
"Furthermore, foundation-building monks mostly use external objects to fight their enemies. Spells and the like are actually not that important."
Luo Chen hummed.
Thanks for his advice.
If the path goes astray, it will go astray. Forcibly correcting it will only waste a lot of energy and time.
Along the way, there weren't many things he could choose from.
He can only do his best within the scope of his abilities.
Moreover, if you can practice the art of weapon control to the point of incomparable proficiency.
When the time comes, use the magic weapon Xuanhuo Sword to perform fire magic.
Although he dare not say that he is invincible at the same level, he has the ability to protect himself against any foundation-building cultivator!
After all, his fire spell just didn't have a corresponding increase in spiritual power.
But the power is not inferior to that of fire monks, or even more powerful!
After making an appointment with Chu Kui for the next training time, Luo Chen returned home.
Now that Gu Caiyi's injuries have healed, he has also initially mastered the incomplete magic weapon of the Ghost Mirror.
For a time, apart from alchemy and cultivation, I had a lot of free time.
Luo Chen's arrangement was to use all the extra time on strengthening his fighting methods.
under multiple simulations.
He has seen that the scope and extent of the civil war in Yuding will expand.
He had to work hard to become stronger as much as possible for a future that might be even more chaotic.
…
Time keeps passing.
A few months later.
Inside a second-level low-grade cave.
Luo Chen took out many foundation-building elixirs in front of Gu Caiyi.
Top-grade Yang-returning water, high-quality glazed ointment, second-grade top-grade pulse-protecting elixir, soothing incense, and an imperial liquid containing Xuanyin energy!
Looking at the dazzling array of foundation building resources, Gu Caiyi couldn't help but say:
"Even a large number of disciples don't have such good resources to support them when building the foundation!"
Luo Chen paused and couldn't help but laugh.
indeed!
When he first built the foundation, how could he have such good resources and treatment?
Ordinary Yang Shui, ordinary soothing incense.
Even the second-level spiritual land was forcibly constructed by relying on the ice and fire springs of Xiaohuan Mountain, combined with formations and spiritual stones.
At that time, he relied solely on five foundation-building elixirs to build the foundation.
Gu Caiyi is different.
In addition to these resources, I also read through the foundation-building experiences written by all the foundation-building practitioners of Luo Tianhui.
Not only that, he pushed the palace pulse for her and showed her the steps of foundation building many times.
She even used the Mirror of Ghosts and Gods to ask her to simulate foundation building herself.
So many kinds!
Not to mention the great sect's true inheritance, it is estimated that even the core Qi-refining period disciples of the Yuanying Sect will definitely not have such conditions.
"If I can't build a foundation now, I'm afraid I'll have to find a piece of tofu and kill myself!" Gu Caiyi said playfully.
Luo Chen ruffled her hair and said, "Don't put so much pressure on yourself. Whether you succeed or not, I will support you."
"Humph, I don't want you to raise me."
Gu Caiyi raised Xin Chang's neck.
Although she said this, she still held Luo Chen's hand and said softly: "Thank you."
"It's unnecessary. As the old saying goes, when one person attains enlightenment, chickens and dogs ascend to heaven. Although I have not yet attained the golden elixir path, I can take care of you for a while, which is more than enough."
"Okay, don't think about other things, adjust your state, put away your distracting thoughts, and prepare to build the foundation!"
Luo Chen let go of his hand and prepared to leave.
But unexpectedly, there was a gentle touch from behind.
Gu Caiyi hugged his broad and thick back and murmured: "Wait until I come out of seclusion!"
"Um!"
After a heavy hum, the other party stopped hugging her tightly.
Luo Chen came out of the cave, looked at the woman inside, and waved.
The Broken Dragon Stone rumbled down, and Luo Chen sighed.
It's not that he's worried about Gu Caiyi's foundation building failure.
But every time he saw this scene, it always gave him a strange feeling.
It feels like farewell, like leaving, and also like heaven and man being separated forever.
Now it's just about refining Qi and building foundation.
If in the future, after he becomes the Golden Core Nascent Soul, he will be in deep retreat for decades at a time, how many relatives and friends will he still see after he comes out?
This is also the reason why he was reluctant to be tempted by others in the early years.
If you can't keep up, even if you don't give up on your own initiative, the opponent will slowly fall behind.
Maybe after a retreat, what you see when you come out is a handful of loess!
"hope everything is fine!"
…
The top of Tianlan Peak.
Chu Kui and Luo Chen sat together, drinking wine.
Occasionally, I will also talk about some cultivation experiences.
During the first few sparring sessions, Luo Chen treated him well.
But later, he found that he had less and less to teach Luo Chen.
He felt that he deserved the high fee for sparring.
Therefore, from time to time, I would share some of my experience in the later stages of foundation building with Luo Chen, which was considered compensation.
"Do you still remember what I told you before about how the soul's foundation is crucial when forming pills?"
"I'm not fooling you, but it's true."
"According to rumors, there are three methods for forming pills. The first one relies on the power of the soul!"
"For example, let's take you alchemists. When making a pill, you often need to use spiritual power to control the tempered pure medicinal power from a distance and knead it into pills."
"It's probably the same for forming pills!"
"It's just that the spiritual power is replaced by the power of the soul, and the medicinal power is replaced by spiritual power."
Hearing these words, Luo Chen couldn't help but be stunned.
Is there such a metaphor?
Chu Kui shrugged, "I heard it from hearsay, it's up to you to believe it or not."
"However, this kind of rumor is indeed somewhat credible. After all, it is said that the golden elixir monk's magic power is condensed into a golden elixir. If there is a foundation-building monk, the infinite spiritual liquid in the Qi Sea can be kneaded into a whole A great pill."
"Tell me, does this count as forming a pill?"
Luo Chen fell into deep thought.
After a while, he released the liquefied spiritual energy in his body in front of Chu Kui.
One drop, two drops, three drops...
He tried to merge it all.
It's not difficult at first, but when the number reaches nine drops, it becomes unsustainable.
There were faint signs of losing control.
"Don't try!"
Chu Kui shook his head, "I tried, but it doesn't work!"
"This is a rumor about magic pill formation. How can it be so simple?"
"Instead, we need to form an elixir. First, condense a smaller ordinary golden elixir, and then use the power of the same source to attract other spiritual powers in the sea of qi, slowly fuse them, and finally create the golden elixir avenue!"
The golden elixir is slipping, and the sea of qi is floating?
Speaking of which, he came up with a concept.
"This method of forming elixirs will create a unique realm, which is called the false elixir realm."
Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, "Fake elixir realm?"
"right!"
Chu Kui pointed in the direction of Tianlan Peak, but he went beyond Tianlan Peak and talked about the monk on Peach Mountain.
"Taoshan Xuanyu, the following method failed to form the elixir before, and now it is stuck in the realm of fake elixir."
"Of course, the fake elixir realm is still counted as the foundation building stage of perfection, but it may be slightly stronger."
"But the consequences are also serious. If he wants to try to form pills in the future, it will be even more difficult!"
Luo Chen took back the spiritual liquid that failed to condense into his body.
He muttered the terms Foundation Establishment Dzogchen, False Elixir Realm, and Golden Elixir.
What I was thinking about in my mind was the three methods of elixir formation mentioned in the Nanshan people's elixir formation experience.
There are different methods of forming elixirs, and there is only a difference between before and after forming elixirs.
Unexpectedly, forming an elixir through magic would create such an existence as a false elixir realm.
"Okay, let's end the conversation today. Don't ask me for training in the future. I have nothing to teach you."
Chu Kui stood up.
Luo Chen looked up at him and said with a smile: "How could it be possible? Brother Chu has extraordinary skills. In my opinion, he is still above that of Danyangzi. He has a lot to teach me."
Chu Kui curled his lips.
He could still feel complacent about other compliments, but he knew his strength better than anyone else.
In his opinion, Danyangzi from Qingdan Valley is really not that strong.
But the prerequisite is not to use the Ziji Skyfire thing.
Stretching, Chu Kui yawned and said, "It's not that I don't want to teach, it's that I'm going on a long trip recently and don't have time to be your training partner."
Far away?
"Where to go?" Luo Chen asked subconsciously.
But then, he said: "I'm taking the liberty, I guess Brother Chu has taken on some big job again!"
Chu Kui sighed, "This time, I really didn't take any job."
"Actually, there's nothing you can't say to others."
"I plan to go to Ji Lei Mountain battlefield to hang out and see if I can get anything useful for forming pills."
Luo Chen was surprised and said: "Ji Lei Mountain battlefield? Brother Chu, do you want to go through this muddy water? As a casual cultivator, there should be no one who can force you to do it!"
The mountain wind carrying water vapor blew by.
Lifting up Chu Kui's thick black hair that was scattered behind.
The tall, strong man had a rare look of self-mockery on his face at this moment.
"Although casual cultivators are free and easy, under the carefree scenery, it is a hardship that only one knows."
"In the early years, I could still make ends meet from time to time."
"But after the ninth level of foundation building, only the pill-forming resources can tempt me. It's time for me to take the initiative to do something for my own practice."
This time he joins the fight.
He doesn't work for anyone, he only fights for himself!
How could Luo Chen not know the hardships of being a casual cultivator? He also survived the period of being a casual cultivator.
He thought for a while and then asked: "Which side are you going to join?"
"Whoever gives you more and better things, I will help them kill people!" A stern look appeared on Chu Kui's face.
"If you have any spare energy, if you meet me, a monk from the Luo Tianhui, please give me a hand."
"How many spirit stones will you give me?"
Luo Chen was startled, then cursed loudly.
"roll!"
Chu Kui laughed and left.
After he left, Luo Chen felt empty in his heart.
Although he and Chu Kui have a relationship of interest, after getting along over the years, they can be regarded as both teachers and friends.
Now, another friend wants to take the initiative to get involved in the quagmire of war.
"Just like what was simulated in the Mirror of My Mind, as long as this war does not end, sooner or later everyone in the Jade Cauldron Territory will be involved."
"I don't know how long my Ansheng life will last?"
(End of chapter)
