Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1560: Chapter 578: The Art of Origin Core, Nascent Soul Formation Pill Prescription, Black Green Treasure Basin, Mobile Spiritual Vein!

Soul Nourishing Wood!

A unique kind of Spirit Plant.

Originating from the tree core of the Soul Nourishing Tree.

Soul Nourishing Trees are not rare; in places where Yin Energy is dense and ghosts accumulate, they are often found growing.

Even in some secular burial grounds and ancient battlefields, there are more or less Soul Nourishing Trees growing.

Moreover, Luo Chen himself had personally cultivated a Soul Nourishing Tree in his early years. At that time, he took Tongyou Pills to augment his Divine Soul Endowment, and at the same time, he cultivated the Soul Absorption Technique, drawing numerous souls from wild animals and Lower Order Demon Beasts. As he could not utilize them at the time, he invested them all into that Soul Nourishing Tree.

Later on, when he was busy with external affairs, the care of that Soul Nourishing Tree was mostly left to Bai Meiling.

Now it might be either on Danxia Peak or transplanted to the new Sect residence of the Xiao Yue Mountain Range.

Who knows how well it has grown?

But the commonness of Soul Nourishing Trees does not mean that Soul Nourishing Wood is common.

Because, only when a Soul Nourishing Tree reaches a thousand years of age can it produce a piece of tree core that can be used.

A full thousand years!

How many cultivators can have such a long lifespan?

Many Soul Nourishing Trees, before reaching a usable stage, will be cut down and used to make Low Order Soul magic tools.

Even if there is a thousand-year-old Soul Nourishing Tree, it has long been claimed by cultivators or Demon Beasts.

It can be said that — while Soul Nourishing Trees are common, Soul Nourishing Wood is also famous, but it is rarely circulated on the market.

Now, the sudden appearance of a piece of Soul Nourishing Wood with a lifespan of three thousand years at the auction will definitely attract everyone’s attention.

Foundation Establishment Generation, Golden Core Ascendant Masters, or even Nascent Soul True Masters, may all be tempted.

Hearing the hint of difficulty in Luo Chen’s words, Han Zhan said urgently: “This piece of Soul Nourishing Wood is not large in size, and it comes from the Oblivion Sea, so it is likely to be a damaged piece. Ordinary Nascent Soul True Masters will surely not take notice of it. The auction list also describes the wood as tainted with ominous air, which makes it useless for Golden Core Cultivators. You have a great chance of winning it.”

Luo Chen retorted: “If it is a damaged piece, tainted with ominous air, would it be of use to you?”

“With my accomplishment in Spirit Refining, even a damaged Soul Nourishing Wood can be utilized to some extent,” confidently said Han Zhan, and then added: “As for the taint of ominous air, you have a way to cleanse it, do you not?”

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow.

The Slaying Dragon Technique!

The only Fourth Order Technique among the many he had cultivated, originating from Five Elements Divine Sect Jin Buque.

It was originally obtained for Chu Kui.

However, over the years, to remove the fire poison from the True Flame Pill Power, he had occasionally used this technique as well.

His proficiency reached Grandmaster Level years ago, and he is only a step away from Finalization.

He believed that even the powerhouse of Five Elements Divine Sect who developed this technique might not be better than him if they personally used it.

Unexpectedly, Han Zhan was aware of his proficiency in this Technique and had such confidence in him.

“However…”

Luo Chen still hesitated.

Seeing his hesitation, Han Zhan suppressed the impatience in his heart and offered a condition.

“Didn’t you recently obtain a piece of Third-Order Perfection Hidden Dust Sand?”

Luo Chen’s heart skipped a beat.

“I know you have been thinking about how to make use of that Hidden Dust Sand. It would be too wasteful to use it in medicines, and crafting a one-time Magic Tool is not very beneficial to you. It’s top-grade material yet it’s like a chicken rib in your hands.”

Luo Chen tentatively asked, “Could it be that Senior has a method of utilizing this treasure?”

Obviously, Luo Chen wouldn’t count his chickens before they hatch.

Or rather, the mode of interaction between him and Han Zhan had been set from the very beginning.

It’s conditional!

Luo Chen provided Han Zhan with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner as a dwelling, so Han Zhan gave the Black Emperor Ointment Pill Formula to Luo Chen.

This counts as a trade, just that it was not stated so bluntly.

And now, for Han Zhan to want a piece of Soul Nourishing Wood with a lifespan of three thousand years, he needed to offer a comparable condition.

There was no such thing as a free lunch in this world.

Their relationship wasn’t close enough for Luo Chen to spend hundreds of thousands, or even millions of Spirit Stones for nothing in return.

Han Zhan reluctantly said, “I indeed know the methods of using Hidden Dust Sand, and 99% of High-Order cultivators are unaware of it. Once the method I teach you is cultivated, it will greatly benefit your cultivation and could even become the equivalent of a second life.”

A second life!

Luo Chen’s heart shook, and he blurted out, “Could it be Senior’s Puppet’s method of substituting for death?”

He had personally witnessed Han Zhan’s Nascent Soul Stage Puppet incarnation.

It could form the Taiji Five Elements Sword Array and during battle, could transfer the injuries Han Zhan received from enemy attacks. It could even give him an extra life when near death.

If it wasn’t for the piece of Nirvana Sacred Fire that had burned the Puppet on their escape from Cangwu Mountain, rendering it completely useless, Han Zhan wouldn’t be in such a dire situation now, seeking shelter under Luo Chen’s roof.

The body of a Nascent Soul Stage Puppet, combined with a complete Nascent Soul, was no different from a genuine Nascent Soul True Master!

Even if it wasn’t as powerful as a same-order cultivator, it was more than enough to roam the North Sea.

For a moment, Luo Chen’s eyes burned with desire, his heart ablaze.

And Han Zhan’s reply made him even more elated.

“My Puppet was made from the corpse of an actual Golden Core Cultivator, with great power, hardly comparable to a piece of Hidden Dust Sand.”

“However!”

“If you use the method I teach you, and you cultivate that technique, its potential will be even greater than my Nascent Soul Puppet.”

“Even more, if you want to successfully achieve Nascent Soul Formation, you might have another chance at creating a true External Incarnation!”