Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1754: Chapter 645: Tears of the Jiaoren, encountering Dao Lan again, Second Form of the Senluo Fire Prison - Part 2

”Among the many demon clans in the North Sea, the Jiaoren are considered one of the strongest. Especially upon advancing to the Third Order, they awaken their life-bound demon technique, Canghai Tears. This technique is not to be used easily unless at the brink of life and death. Once unleashed, its force is like a thousand pounds, and those struck by it are as if hit by an ocean wave. Our Human Clan’s Nascent Soul True Masters who cultivate Water Attribute techniques often collect the Canghai Tears condensed by this demon technique of the Jiaoren to create powerful attacks. Demon Monarch, you being able to easily block such a move is quite extraordinary.”

Are those the tears shed by the Jiaoren from the corner of their eyes at the moment of life and death?

Luo Chen seemed thoughtful.

Suddenly, Dao Lan shifted the conversation.

”However, Demon King Qingyang, you’ve gone too far. You’ve already snatched five of my Sharpening Stones along the way, causing me quite the distress!”

Luo Chen narrowed his eyes, ”Yours? I haven’t seen evidence of that!”

An invisible Qi Mechanism clashed fiercely between the two.

Dao Lan looked eager to engage, his Golden Saber emitting a trembling hum.

Luo Chen’s expression was stern, the Green Flame on his body surged and roared continuously.

Suddenly.

Luo Chen seemed to remember something and retracted all the Original Source True Fire.

Dao Lan was taken aback upon seeing this.

”Demon Monarch, you...”

”Dao Lan, do you know the rogue cultivator Ding Yi?”

Dao Lan’s face slightly changed, his battle spirit diminished a bit.

Luo Chen, seeing this, couldn’t help but smile.

Indeed, he had suspected that Ding Yi’s informant at the Three Oceans Defensive Line was Dao Lan.

Ding Yi had comprehensive knowledge of the Oblivion Sea’s intelligence, often claiming it was obtained from interrogating Yuan Mo Sect disciples.

But later, some intelligence clearly pertained to recent conditions of these years.

Moreover, that intelligence was generally inaccessible to the Lower Order Cultivators at the Three Oceans Defensive Line, only the stationed cultivators could know a bit.

Yet only just a bit.

To reach Ding Yi’s level of thoroughness, only those long stationed at the Three Oceans Defensive Line as powerful figures could possess such comprehensive understanding.

Among the guarding cultivators across the three defenses, only Dao Lan, a belligerent zealot, actively sought the movements of various Demon Beasts.

A friend’s friend barely counts as a friend.

In such a perilous place, why create strife?

Shaking his head, Luo Chen walked straight towards Dao Lan.

The other tightly gripped his saber handle, yet until Luo Chen brushed past, he ultimately did not engage, did not use Luo Chen to sharpen his blade.

When passing by, Luo Chen softly said, ”Rest assured, I won’t be targeting other Great Demon Kings for now. These fellows, each more troublesome than the last, if you’re interested, go ahead yourself!”

As the words lingered, upon further thought, the man had already completely departed.

Dao Lan’s expression was uncertain. With his speed, catching up to have a duel with Luo Chen was possible, but considering the other’s techniques, especially the bizarre aura encompassing a hundred-zhang radius, he was not fully confident in victory.

”Forget it, this Sharpening Stone is too hard. If it chips my blade’s edge, it would be bad, not to mention he knows Ding Yi.”

In a moment of dispiritedness, whether motivated by Luo Chen’s last words or genuine apprehension of him, Dao Lan hesitated.

But the next instant, Dao Lan suddenly had a realization.

”Fierce Flame Sawtooth!”

...

Within Taiping Fortress, inside a common Second Order Cave Mansion.

Luo Chen was reflecting on the five battles of the past few months.

The battle against the Overturning Sea Demon Flood Dragon, the Fierce Flame Sawtooth Shark battle, the Celestial Star Ox battle, the Blood Lantern battle, and finally the battle against the Jiaoren.

The strategy against the Demon Flood Dragon seemed overly grand, forcing the reveal of the Sky Roc True Body to take it down.

The subsequent battles, although perilous, were within expectations.

The battle against the Celestial Star Ox came as a bit of a surprise.

The Qi Power of this beast was astonishingly deep, defying common sense, even seemingly unmatched by a Great Cultivator at the Ninth Layer of Golden Core.

The Senluo Fire Prison had a certain suppressive effect but was far from completing the job.

It was during that battle that Luo Chen had a moment of insight, unleashing the Prosperity and Decline True Fire to strengthen himself. Coupled with the amplifying effect of the Senluo Fire Prison, it doubled his attack power!

Furthermore, it granted him a dominating presence within the Senluo Fire Prison.

Luo Chen named this move the Second Form of the Senluo Fire Prison — True Fire Form.

The Blood Lantern battle was relatively simple; this demon excelled at eroding enemy flesh and blood, yet posed no threat to Luo Chen under the comprehensive protection of the Xuan Chen Armor.

Especially since the Blood Lantern’s Divine Soul was exceedingly fragile, once Luo Chen realized this creature was of no use for trying out his sword, he easily slew it with one Mirror Flower, Water Moon to disorder its mind and one Senluo Fire Prison to suppress its Qi Power.

However, as for the last Jiaoren...

Luo Chen’s mind stirred, he took out that piece of flesh.

Injecting Qi Power into it, suddenly with a crash, a heap of miscellaneous items appeared on the ground.

There was the Coral Sea Horn, Shell Silk, a few Magic Tools and Classics, and even a fist-sized, deep blue Spirit Stone!

Immediately, Luo Chen’s gaze was drawn to that Spirit Stone.

”Such overwhelming Spirit Qi concentration, is it a Top Grade Spirit Stone?”

Luo Chen, amazed, grasped the blue crystal. In his perception, it contained a surging Water Attribute Spirit Qi within.

Evidently, this was a Water Type Top Grade Spirit Stone.

Typical Spirit Stones, whether Ascendant Grade or Lower Grade, are not particularly divided by Attributes and tend to be fairly balanced.

Only Top Grade Spirit Stones are sorted by Five Elements Yin Yang.

Or rather, this should be said as an extreme concentration of a particular Attribute filling the crystal mine, thus creating the so-called Top Grade Spirit Stones!

”What a pity, it’s not a Fire Attribute one.”

Luo Chen sighed, yet carefully placed it into the Ink Ring.

Just this one stone, its value surpasses a million Lower Grade Spirit Stones!

Looking at the other miscellaneous items now, they seemed dull.

Nevertheless, Luo Chen patiently examined them one by one.