Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 260: Chapter 144: The Solo Soul Refiner, Path of Soul Foundation Establishment, An Unimagined Path_4

”Could it be that, in his despair, he also chose this path?”

”In other words, he possesses the technique for the Path of Soul Foundation Establishment!”

A jolt ran through Luo Chen as he quickly commenced searching through the pile of books.

That’s right, Gao Tingyuan had mentioned that he explored a secret realm with others.

Among them were Li Zixiong and Chen Xiao, amongst others.

Even the Soul Breaking Nail was acquired from there.

According to the ’Biography of Gu Yue’, the Soul Refining Expert Gu Yue discovered several good cultivation sites during his Calamity Cultivator life.

If his ultimate demise was indeed due to calamity, it must have happened in one of those places.

It would then be only natural that Gao Tingyuan went there to acquire the corresponding heritage.

”Sea-Covering Demon Art”, this isn’t it.

”Jade Ding Seven Schools Record” is a travel narrative akin to the ”Records of the Customs of Six Realms”.

”Introduction to Spirit Consciousness,” ah, this one seems likely.

Having flipped through a few pages, Luo Chen noted that the content was cryptic and unfathomable, leaving him unsure of how to comprehend it.

This book does not belong to the Qi Refinement Stage level; it can only be used and studied after the Foundation Establishment, with the release of Spirit Consciousness.

Luo Chen continued his search.

It had to be said, as the Great Lake Gang’s former second-in-command, Gao Tingyuan had amassed great wealth.

While it wasn’t shown in the form of Spirit Stones, there was an extensive collection of books.

From them, Luo Chen discovered several volumes that were suitable for study during the Qi Refinement Stage, with most connected to the Water Type techniques.

After thoroughly turning pages once, Luo Chen’s brows furrowed tightly.

”Is it not here?”

”Could it have been destroyed in battle, or perhaps he simply didn’t bring it out with him?”

In the battle at Crescent Valley last night, both sides had showcased their trump cards.

Although Luo Chen had not used the Top Grade Magic Tool and his perfected Fireball Technique, the explosion of ten thousand Jade Marrow Waste Beads had a power no less than the other two, even surpassing them from certain angles.

That was his last resort trump card, thought up specifically to escape.

The power of the Jade Marrow Waste Beads really was too weak.

However, the sheer quantity made the difference.

Anything, when accrued in such number, could cause a qualitative transformation.

Thus, over the past while, whenever Luo Chen had free time, he would process these Jade Marrow Waste Beads.

Having prepared ten thousand Jade Marrow Waste Beads in total, the final result was exceptionally striking.

It pulverized seven Late Stage Qi Refinement cultivators in one go, with even Gao Tingyuan sustaining heavy injuries among them.

In that destructive blast force, Gao Tingyuan surviving was surely the result of using up all his abilities.

His emptied-out storage bag, with few magic tools to be found, was testament to that.

”Could it be those two short spears?”

”Or was it his robe for cultivation?”

”Or perhaps that last defensive Magic Bead that burst?”

After much contemplation, Luo Chen couldn’t help but feel immense regret.

He seemed to have missed out on an alternate path for Foundation Establishment!

With a shake of his head, Luo Chen then prepared to put these items into his own storage bag.

But when his hand touched a dark wooden plaque, a thought struck him, and his spirit light-filled eyes fell onto it.

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”Luo Chen, these are all the spoils of war that we’ve seized... take a look...”

Luo Chen clearly heard the sound of someone swallowing their saliva nervously.

Looking at Murong Qinglian, he saw that her eyes were bloodshot, and her hand was trembling as she handed over the ledger.

Luo Chen, perplexed, took it from her.

However, what immediately met his eyes was a figure that involuntarily made him swallow his saliva.

”27,000 Lower Grade Spirit Stones, 98 Medium Grade Spirit Stones!”

Lifting his head, Luo Chen couldn’t help but ask,” Could there be any discrepancy in the counting?”

Murong Qinglian slowly shook her head, ”There’s absolutely no mistake. We’ve triple-checked it.”

In Luo Chen’s astonishment, she continued,” This considerable amount of spirit stones is actually quite normal. After all, over 130 of us died last night.”

”Out of those, just the ones in the Late Stage of Qi Refinement numbered around 30.”

”Moreover, of these spirit stones, 3,000 were from Lan Tianyun’s storage bag, which Duan Feng voluntarily handed over.”

”As for how to distribute it all, that’s up to you.”

Luo Chen looked dazed. Such a massive amount of spirit stones, he had never seen before in his life.

In reality, he had only been involved thrice in transactions involving tens of thousands of spirit stones.

Once was an auction organized by Yu Ding Sword Pavilion, and the other two had to do with his Jade Marrow Pill.

But back then, Jade Marrow Pill was merely an elixir, and he hadn’t seen its real profits.

In the end, all he received was a dividend of one or two thousand spirit stones at most.

And now, he was the one preparing to distribute the spoils?

”Aside from Spirit Stones, there are lots of Magic Tools, talismans, elixirs, medicinal materials, techniques, and various other strange small objects.”

”Luo Chen, take a good look. As for how they are to be distributed afterwards, we will all follow your instructions.”

After Murong Qinglian had finished speaking, the surroundings quieted down.

In reality, this is quite a strange occurrence.

Normally, the spoils of war belong to the individual cultivator.

Therefore, it’s rare to see such a spectacle of spoils all gathered together.

But in last night’s battle, a large number of Late-Stage Qi Refinement cultivators died.

Only a handful of experienced Middle Stage Qi Refinement cultivators managed to survive by exploiting the terrain, while most Early Stage cultivators perished.

As a result, the main force involved in the final battle were people like Luo Chen and others.

Among them, Sikong Shoujia had died. Aside from Min Longyu, Granny Yuan didn’t engage much in combat.

The entire battlefront was mainly directed by Luo Chen and Duan Feng.

When the battle ended, there were many spoils of war that belonged to the two of them.

Thus, the distribution of the spoils became an issue.