Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1160: Chapter 453: Fenghua Palace Provocation, Rotten Stalemate Wind-Calming Wave_2

Rumors had it that after Yu Ding Sword Cultivators advanced to the Golden Core Period, they could often nurture their Sword Pills to the level of a Magic Item.

So such matters all confirmed that Sword Cultivators would practice some doctrine that strengthens their own Consciousness.

”Wind-Calming Wave” also had a similar effect.

The stronger the nurtured object chosen, the closer its connection to oneself, the better the final effect!

Yu Ding Sword Cultivators naturally often chose Sword Pills that accompanied them in life and death.

Luo Chen faced difficulties.

If he were to choose an external object, he had many treasures at hand.

But they were many and not refined.

The Official’s Cauldron could have been the best object—a Lower Grade Magic Item, and also alchemy equipment, closely related to his Pill Refinement Technique.

If he used it to practice ”Wind-Calming Wave”, Luo Chen dared not imagine how good the results could be.

But!

This thing was a damaged version!

And it had also once been the Natal Magic Item of the Pill Refinement Grandmaster Shang Hu.

Yes, Luo Chen had already found out; the damaged Official’s Cauldron that Ascendant Master Jueqing gave him was precisely her former Dao Companion Cultivator Shang Hu’s Natal Magic Item.

So, the Official’s Cauldron was not a choice.

What about the Xuanhuo Sword?

This treasure provided a decent boost to Luo Chen’s battle strength, especially by employing the Art of Tool Command with this Magic Item, which was used to its fullest extent.

Moreover, ”Wind-Calming Wave” originated from ”Wisdom Sword Art” and naturally matched well with sword-class treasures.

But!

This thing was of too low quality.

It was a low-quality Magic Item produced by the Flame Alliance, even less reliable than those from Tian Fan City.

Over the years, Luo Chen had fought many battles, and this treasure had already been damaged numerous times, occasionally requiring Duan Feng to repair it using the Tool Casting Technique.

Luo Chen truly feared that the Xuanhuo Sword might suddenly disintegrate in the next battle.

He definitely did not want to play the game of the Sword Cultivators, where the sword exists as does the cultivator, and if the sword perishes, so does the cultivator.

Apart from these two items, Luo Chen indeed possessed some high-quality Magic Items.

Even among the Lower Grade Magic Item Tier, they could be considered excellent.

The Soul Snatching Jade Flute of Rogue Cultivator Xiao, the Flying Sword of Song Fengzi, the Fire Fan of Zheng Xian, the Sky Moon Purple Gold Wheel, a relic of Mi Shuhua, and even those eighteen Thousand-Year Thunder Blossoms he held could all be used as the ”defined object”.

But after some research, Luo Chen ultimately gave up.

”These things, either do not match my nature or I haven’t earnestly Sacrifice Refined them, lacking a close connection, none of these is the most suitable.”

”The most suitable...”

Luo Chen murmured, pointing a finger at his forehead.

A halo of black light slowly emerged.

When the halo dissipated, unexpectedly, it was an ancient black chess piece.

”Actually, I had the answer long ago.”

Looking at this black chess piece, Luo Chen’s hesitations gradually dissolved.

Lan Ke Black and White Chess— one of the three Sect Stabilizing Magic Items of Ghost God Valley (damaged version).

Though it was damaged, it was not completely damaged.

It only lacked the White Chess that could be used for physical defense to complement it.

Without the White Chess, the Black Chess had become a Lower Grade Magic Item.

But this item was indeed once of a Medium Grade Level and had never been fully recognized and Sacrifical Refined by the predecessors of Ghost God Valley.

He knew that both Lan Ke Black and White Chess and Ghost God Heart Inquiry Mirror were alternately managed by the Supreme Elder and Dao Transmission Elder of Ghost God Valley.

They were used for Sect Heritage, essential for advance from Foundation Establishment to Golden Core.

”Not to mention its limitless potential, and ever since my Foundation Establishment, it has been nurtured and Sacrificially Refined day and night, already sharing an extremely close relationship with me.”

”And such a Magic Item, less exposed to external show and conflict, greatly reduces the risk of damage.”

”Using this as the defined object to practice Wind-Calming Wave would indeed be the best!”

Once he made the decision, Luo Chen completely cut off those traces of hesitation.

With a thought, the black chess piece drifted away, suspending in midair above his head.

Luo Chen stared at it intently, then slowly closed his eyes.

At the same time, his fingers continuously formed signs, streams of Spirit Power, and Spirit Consciousness surged from him, heading towards the Lan Ke Black Chess.

Wrapping around, sweeping over, enveloping, and outlining the spirit patterns.

In this practice, Luo Chen suddenly had a slight epiphany.

This simplified version of ”Wind-Calming Wave” Secret Technique by Miao Wen might not have been simplified.

With his capabilities and insight, how could he simplify a Secret Technique created by predecessors of the Sword Sect?

What he did, instead, was addition!

In ”Wind-Calming Wave”, he mixed in the technique of magic item refinement, incorporated some Buddhist principles of meditation, and the core was still the Core Formation Technique.

Spirit Power and Spirit Consciousness, with the help of the defined object, intertwined together.

Isn’t this another form of ”Bead Curtain Lock”?

Only, the spirit beads formed by ”Bead Curtain Lock” were too dangerous, too prone to imbalance, hence Miao Wen took a shortcut, chose a middleman, allowing Spirit Power and Spirit Consciousness to buffer and negotiate compromises.

If it were the original ”Wisdom Sword Art”?

Using the Sword Pill, which Sword Cultivators revere day and night, as the defined object, letting the cultivator’s Spirit Consciousness and Spirit Power interlace within it, causing each sword filament that formed the Sword Pill to be imbued with each part.

Wouldn’t that also mean forming another ”Golden Core”?

Therefore, when Sword Cultivators achieve Golden Core Formation, they often can also advance their Sword Pills.

Similarly, if the Sword Pill is destroyed, the Sword Cultivator himself will also suffer grievous injury, or even perish similarly.

This way, the rationale is explained.

The Sword Pill is indeed the second Golden Core of the Sword Cultivator!

Years of extensive reading and his exceptional talent in Technique cultivation had unknowingly accumulated profound insight for Luo Chen.

When he first practiced ”Wind-Calming Wave”, he saw through the surface and discerned its nature.

He even traced back to the original Yu Ding Mystery Art, glimpsing a corner of the truth.

He faintly felt that ”Wind-Calming Wave” had many aspects that could be improved.

Even if not tracing back to the original ”Wisdom Sword Art”, he could also take a different path, moving towards another route.