Chapter 455: Yudan!
Bead Curtain
The secret art of the Dharma!
Coming from the Falling Cloud Sect, cultivation is extremely difficult, and it is accompanied by unimaginable pain.
Luo Chen has been in his hands for nearly 30 years.
Study day and night, and keep your hands on it.
Every word on it had been carved into the depths of his mind.
Every sentence has been constantly scrutinized and verified by him.
There is also a secret art cultivation experience that was traded from the Luoyun Sect as an auxiliary.
In addition, he even did not hesitate to spend a huge amount of resources to help Chu Kui practice this technique, so that he could be a pioneer and practice this technique in advance.
It can be said that Luo Chen's attention to this secret technique is far greater than that of the other three secret techniques.
Even in "Fixing the Storm", he only used it as an auxiliary method.
Even those few Immortal Yuan Pills in the storage bag are just spare pill resources.
Only in the upper law, the chance of knot is the greatest!
Chu Kui almost succeeded in marrying Dan, which can be seen.
You must know that Chu Kui just cultivated the "Lock Bead Curtain" to the realm of Xiaocheng.
Dacheng's lock bead curtain is not a condensation of thirty-six spirit beads, but three hundred and sixty-five, achieving the number of stars in the sky that week!
Now Chu Kui has verified the feasibility of this secret technique.
Luo Chen's preparation has been sufficient to the extreme, and it is time to start cultivating.
The first step is to cut and divide the soul.
Luo Chen closed his eyes, and his consciousness went deep into his mind.
In that darkness, it was like a golden ocean, rippling slightly.
This is the sea of knowledge!
In the depths of the sea of knowledge, a cyan light cluster stood still, and a slowly halo of light emanated from its body.
Falling into the sea of knowledge is the waves.
When it is separated from the body, it is the spiritual consciousness.
As Luo Chen's spiritual sense returned to the sea of knowledge, a large wave rolled towards the light cluster.
When you get to the side of the light cluster, you slowly stop.
Luo Chen was staring at his soul, as if he was facing a piece of meat, looking for the texture of the knife.
After a long time, Luo Chen's mind moved, and he used the method of "Lock Bead Curtain" to turn into a knife and gently slash towards the corner of the light cluster.
"Hmmm......"
A muffled snort couldn't help but come out of Luo Chen's mouth.
Pain!
But not intolerable.
However, Luo Chen found that his knife was not sharp enough.
The speed at which the main god soul is cut is especially slow.
It felt like cutting meat with a blunt knife.
A continuous muffled snort came from Luo Chen's mouth, and cold sweat continued to ooze from his forehead and eyebrows.
Later, the voice in his mouth was almost in a state of low roar.
But even so, Luo Chen still didn't stop this action.
If you don't complete this step, let alone knotting the pill, you won't be able to do it just by condensing the spirit beads.
In the pain of cutting his flesh with a blunt knife, Luo Chen's will was like steel, and his spiritual sense was like a knife, unswervingly cutting a corner of the light cluster.
One day, two days......
In a trance, it seemed as if many, many years had passed.
But when Luo Chen opened his eyes, he clearly knew that only nine days had passed.
"Huhuhu......"
In the cultivation room, Luo Chen gasped heavily.
He was soaking wet, as if he had just been fished out of the water.
This was unimaginable for the monks.
After the I Ching cut the marrow, the body of Zhuji Zhenxiu was no longer inferior to the body cultivation of Xiaocheng.
What's more, Luo Chen's physique is not just as simple as refining the body in a small realm and becoming a big one, but a third-order physique comparable to that of an ancient demon beast!
In this realm, the control of the body has reached the extreme, and it is not so easy to sweat.
In this way, you can also imagine the extent of the pain.
But the results were gratifying.
Feeling a green silk wandering alone in the sea of knowledge, Luo Chen was comfortable.
"The first time Chu Kui completed the cutting of the main soul, he failed seven times, and the eighth time was successful."
"And the first time I took a little longer, it was a direct success!"
"What a joy!"
There is such a gap, according to Luo Chen's speculation, it is probably related to the fact that his overall quality is stronger than Chu Kui.
Today's Divine Soul Essence has surpassed Chu Kui, not to mention Chu Kui, who was only the ninth layer of the foundation and had just cultivated the "Lock Bead Curtain".
Another difficulty is the tolerance for pain.
From the time of the Qi refining period, he has cultivated the "Ming God Breaking Evil", from the initial spiritual power to stimulate the acupuncture points, to the later evil qi refining body, and even the thunder refining body.
It can be said that under Yuan Ying, Luo Chen is confident that he is the most tolerant of pain.
The most important thing is!
Luo Chen cultivated "Fixing the Storm".
Luo Chen has practiced this technique for three years and has reached the state of Xiaocheng.
Luo Chen didn't know what the other effects were, but his current willpower had indeed improved a lot.
Judging from the external performance, it is in the face of Jindan Venerable people such as Haoranzi and Fengyue, and they have become more and more calm.
Internally, he is more calm, even if a blunt knife is added, it is enough to endure it and not change his original intention.
In one sentence, that is, Mount Tai collapsed without changing color, and the turmoil did not waver.
"And there's one more thing that I overlooked before."
"When the proficiency of "Myojin Breaker" reaches the Great Perfection, there is no derivative divine soul attack and defense effect, but an additional dual-purpose skill."
"That single-mindedness and three-purpose are quite similar to this dividing soul!"
All this made Luo Chen "easy" to complete the first step.
If Chu Kui was to judge in person, he would probably describe it in two words!
Heritage!
Luo Chen's heritage is too deep.
Now, it's just the simplest accumulation of cultivation in a secret art.
After completing the first step.
Luo Chen was not in a hurry to proceed to the second step.
Instead, I had a good rest for two days.
Although he could endure that pain, cutting the soul of the Lord did damage to his soul.
The necessary recovery time is still to be given.
Of course!
After two days of rest, the basic cultivation still did not stop.
The thing in front of Luo Chen was not just about cultivating secret arts.
And push the realm to the state of Great Perfection!
Three years have passed since he stepped into the ninth floor of the foundation.
In the past three years, with the assistance of the second-order Upper Grade Cave Mansion and the Superb Blood Enhancement Pill and the Dust Reduction Pill, he has maintained a stable cultivation speed.
That kind of cultivation speed is extremely terrifying in the eyes of outsiders!
But under Luo Chen's huge foundation, progress has been quite slow.
In three years, Luo Chen's realm progress has only increased by four or five points.
[9th Floor: 5/100]
This is Luo Chen's current state.
At this rate, it would take him at least fifty or sixty years to achieve perfection.
The Fengyue Fairy's eyesight was very vicious and accurate, and she did indeed judge that it would take Luo Chen about fifty years to become a Dan.
But this judgment ignores Luo Chen's use of resources.
The second-order upper grade cave house?
No!
Luo Chen had already rented the third-order lower grade cave mansion of Tianlan Peak Jia San for himself in advance.
And this time, Luo Chen didn't use the formation to restrict the weakened third-order cave mansion as before.
Instead, with his strong physique, which is comparable to the divine soul essence of the early stage of Jindan, he directly uses the normal third-order lower spiritual cultivation ground.
As a result, his cultivation speed skyrocketed again!
It is no longer eight or nine times as much as before, but ten times as much!
In this way, the time for Luo Chen's foundation building realm to be completed could be shortened by ten times.
Maybe in just five or six years, he will be able to cross the last realm of the foundation building period.
After two days of Luo Chen's practice, he completely affirmed his judgment.
In the training room.
Luo Chen woke up from a night of practice.
Feeling the huge aura growing in his body, in the huge sea of aura of the Nine Heavens, the pure spiritual liquid that the aura clouds kept falling.
It was like rain.
He nodded in satisfaction.
"As long as the body can withstand it, exchanging resources for time is always the fastest shortcut!"
In fact, he can say this sentence.
In other words, even if it is a wealthy person like Chu Kui, he does not dare to boast.
Because they don't have that many resources!
A year's cultivation environment of millions of spirit stones, let alone foundation building, Jindan monks can't afford it!
Even if it was the Daozi of the Jindan Sect, he didn't dare to say that.
Even if the sect would provide them with a suitable weak third-order spiritual land, their bodies would not be able to withstand it!
Tao Juan has already built the ninth layer of the foundation, and it has been a long time since he became a Taoist.
But it was only twelve years ago that it was able to achieve Jindan Avenue.
Lots of trivia? Bad qualifications?
No, it's just that he doesn't dare to use the third-order spiritual land for long-term cultivation.
This time, to sum it up, it's still the same word.
Heritage!
Luo Chen's internal and external accumulation of huge foundation can allow him to act so recklessly and explode his potential when he was building the ninth layer of the foundation.
After determining the current cultivation speed, Luo Chen also had more confidence in the future.
Then the next step is the second step of "Lock Bead Curtain".
β¦β¦
A month later.
Luo Chen's attention cautiously stared at the drop of cyan spirit bead in the sea of qi.
It's like one of his most common pills.
But on the surface, it's a constant flow of liquid.
Such a peculiar sight is dazzling.
Suddenly!
A drop of spiritual liquid is about to fall off the cyan spirit bead.
In this regard, Luo Chen was not in a hurry.
In the spirit bead, a wisp of green silk jumped out like a swimming fish, and directly strung the spiritual liquid that was about to fall off.
The first spirit bead is done!
"It is recorded in the classics that after the monk advanced to the golden pill, the spiritual power was converted into mana. The essential difference between the two is that mana is a mixture of energy after spiritual power is contaminated with the soul. β
"It's more powerful, and at the same time it's more controllable."
"And a golden pill is the condensation of countless mana. In this way, there is the saying that if a golden pill is swallowed in the stomach, my life is up to me. β
"Now it seems that my spirit bead does have some mana characteristics."
"If I use this to absorb all the spiritual power in the Qi Sea and let it continue to expand and compress, I should be able to completely achieve the Golden Pill!"
Countless thoughts pop up in my head.
But in the end, Luo Chen still suppressed that impulse.
And that's just the first one!
A spirit bead does not have that much attraction at all, and it swallows all the spiritual power in the sea of qi.
"There's still a long way to go!"
Luo Chen sighed.
After a little rest, I started to do another thing.
Practice "Fixing the Storm".
The more you practice this secret technique, the more comfortable you feel.
Even though Luo Chen's thoughts kept popping up like mushrooms after a rain during his cultivation, and all kinds of distracting thoughts made waves from time to time, he was always able to calm down in the end.
Although it can't be done to the extent that the sword cuts the love thread and obliterates other distracting thoughts.
But there is indeed the kind of wonder that all thoughts do not exist, and the mind is determined by the turmoil.
"Cultivating together, the road is long. There are demons inside, there is a catastrophe outside, and there are countless temptations on the long road of immortals. β
"Even though I have a firm heart and a solid foundation for my own questions, I often fall into the obsessive obsession."
"Even under the temptation of such beautiful clothes as Hui Niang, there are uncontrollable actions, not to mention other revenge, compassion, and anger thoughts."
"A lot of practice in Fixing the Storm, even if it is useless for the Yudan, but it is very beneficial to my overall cultivation."
A few words to himself strengthened Luo Chen's determination to continue practicing this secret technique.
In this way, his daily routine was completely stabilized.
majoring in "Locking Bead Curtain", minoring in "Fixing the Storm", daily practice, increasing the spiritual power in the body, and insisting on not falling behind.
Time passes slowly in this kind of penance.
β¦β¦
"It's coming!"
"It's really fast!"
In the cultivation room, Luo Chen's spirits were uplifted.
He found that the speed at which he cut the main soul and connected the spirit beads was getting faster and faster.
It would take another month to complete the first and second steps before condensing a spirit orb.
But as he became more and more proficient at cutting himself, the spiritual liquid of the Divine Soul Silk Thread became more and more stable and ruthless, and this time was constantly shrinking.
Now, it only takes twenty days to condense a spirit bead.
Moreover, Luo Chen feels that there is still huge room for improvement.
As for the pain of cutting off the soul?
"I'm used to chopping and chopping."
Luo Chen laughed at himself, looking unconcerned.
But in fact, how easy is it to get used to?
It's just that his willpower is getting stronger and stronger, and he actively ignores that pain.
"Perhaps, when the foundation is completed, I can cultivate the "Lock Bead Curtain" to the state of completion?"
Luo Chen began to imagine the future, and he had beautiful hopes.
β¦β¦
However, Luo Chen's hope encountered difficulties two years later.
Luo Chen's eyes were closed, and his whole body was trembling.
A large area of spiritual power fluctuated, and it fluctuated endlessly from him.
Dressed in black bamboo and white, there is no wind and automatic, and the hunting sounds.
"Chu Kuicheng doesn't deceive me!"
"Thirty-six is the limit!"
In the sea of his qi, thirty-six spirit beads swirled drippingly.
The powerful momentum seemed to form the unique spiritual pressure of the Jindan monk, and the spiritual liquid in the entire sea of qi was suppressed to the limit.
Each one is spinning wildly, trying to absorb and devour more spiritual power and strengthen itself.
But the consequences of doing so are ...... The balance is going to be broken!
"How so?"
"According to the records of the secret arts, the small into thirty-six, the middle into one hundred and eighteen, and the big into three hundred and sixty-five, and all of them have been reached."
"Why can Chu Kui and I only cultivate to the realm of Xiaocheng?"
"That's not going to work, either I take the initiative to disperse the spirit beads, or I'll have to try to form a pill. But in that case, the former will be wasted, and the latter is far from reaching the best opportunity to tie the knot. β
One question after another, came to mind.
It made Luo Chen irritable.
At this moment, the rotten Ke black chess hidden in his body emitted layers of halos, which calmed Luo Chen.
This is the magic of using the secret technique of "Fixing the Storm" for five years, refining the rotten Ke black chess, and cultivating to the master-level proficiency.
There is no need to actively excite it, and when Luo Chen's thoughts are complicated, he will be passively stimulated.
The turmoil gradually subsided.
Even though some thoughts still came to him, Luo Chen was relatively calm.
A guess came to mind.
"Luoyun Sect, keep a hand!"
This speculation is not unwarranted.
The cultivation experience obtained through the trading of Tianxingzi was written by the Venerable Master of Jindan, Ling Huji.
He had briefly mentioned the origin of the secret technique of "Lock Bead Curtain".
"The first technique of locking the bead curtain is obtained by the ancestor of my sect from a secret realm, equipped with three skills and two techniques, so that the ancestor lays the inheritance of the Luoyun Sect. Practicing this technique is extremely painful and difficult. If you also cultivate another Divine Soul Inheritance Secret Technique of our sect, it will be the best ......"
Yes!
Three skills and two skills!
Although I don't know why, the "Lock Bead Curtain" does have to cooperate with another Divine Soul Inheritance Secret Technique.
"If that's the case, maybe the Xiaocheng realm is the limit that we can reach if we don't have a supporting secret technique to forcibly cultivate."
Luo Chen opened his eyes and smiled bitterly.
In this way, it makes sense, why the Luoyun Sect would be so generous to take out the secret technique of the Shangfa Knot Dan and exchange it for the scattered cultivation on the battlefield at that time.
In the absence of supporting secret techniques, the effect of the lock bead curtain in the state of Xiaocheng is at most equal to the secret technique of the Chinese and French knots.
At least, in his current feelings.
If these thirty-six spirit beads are used to form a pill, the effect is almost the same as that of the spirit vortex after reversing the "Qingyuan Miao Dan Method".
"If it's just like this, I'm not reconciled!"
Luo Chen's face was gloomy, looking for a remedy.
Now you don't have to think about it, just veto it!
Disperse one spirit bead, maintain the state of thirty-five, and then cultivate to the Great Perfection of Foundation Building, and then make up for the number of thirty-six small Zhou Tian, so as to impact the Jindan period?
Can be considered.
"Actually, there's another way. I scattered all the thirty-six spirit beads, and then continued to cut the main soul every day, making up three hundred and sixty-five silk threads. Then, when the foundation building was successfully impacted, he directly condensed three hundred and sixty-five spirit beads in one breath and impacted the Jindan period. β
This idea, I have to say, is extremely audacious.
But there is a hint of feasibility.
It's just that the risks are too great.
Just when it was knotted, it was extremely difficult to make up the number of spirit beads of Zhou Tian and stars in one go.
Luo Chen shook his head suddenly, suppressing this dangerous thought.
Is there any other way?
Luo Chen started his little brain, and with the accumulation of knowledge from many years of reading books, he kept thinking of solutions.
"Perhaps, I can also try to disperse the thirty-six spirit beads, and then continue to condense and connect every day, brushing up on mystic proficiency. After the proficiency of the "Lock Bead Curtain" reaches the Great Perfection, the system may be able to derive a complete cultivation method? β
This is the system loophole.
After thinking about it, Luo Chen felt that this method had a certain degree of feasibility.
The only problem is that the secret technique itself is complete!
It's not been cut, it's just that it's missing another companion Divine Soul Mystic.
There is a high chance that the system will not complete it.
Silent!
If that's really the case, then after completing the proficiency, it is very likely that Luo Chen will greet empty joy.
Instead, it will drag down his time to get married.
In the long silence, Luo Chen looked inward at the sea of qi again.
The thirty-six spirit beads that were extremely pure, as if they were about to be solidified, were still spinning.
The devouring power generated by each other made the sea of qi churn, and countless spiritual liquids were about to flow backwards, surging towards each spirit bead.
But in its current state, it is already the limit.
If more spiritual fluid was swallowed, the balance would inevitably be broken, and even the thirty-six spirit beads would collide with each other, causing unimaginable damage to Luo Chen.
Look at it.
Suddenly!
Luo Chen had a whim.
"Being in the same sea of qi and balancing each other can have the number of small weeks. But because they each devoured spiritual power, they caused an imbalance. β
"What if I divide and isolate these spirit beads?"
"Doesn't that create a separate situation? With my powerful main soul, I can easily suppress it, and after waiting for the future to be completed, I can directly fuse it together! β
This abrupt idea is not whimsical.
Because, Luo Chen really has an environment to isolate the spirit beads!
Other monks, maybe not, but Luo Chen really can!
Because, he's enlightened!
The human body has acupuncture points, the size is seven hundred and two, and it is a number of biweekly days.
When Luo Chen was in the middle of foundation building, after the completion of the pulse, he began to open his mind with the method of refining the body.
First open the body with spiritual energy, then open the body with evil energy, and finally in the ruins of the gods, with the help of the power of thunder to open all the points around the body.
These tricks are not useless, and they can store a large amount of spiritual energy on a regular basis.
Even Luo Chen regarded it as the second sea of qi.
Otherwise, his spiritual power would not be far superior to that of his peers.
"Those tricks of mine have been impacted by spiritual energy for a long time, polished by evil qi, and forged by the power of thunder."
"Just a spirit bead, it should be able to be stored!"
"If I carry each newly condensed spirit bead to the acupoint for storage, and then separate and isolate it, won't there be no imbalance?"
When this idea came to him, Luo Chen couldn't help it anymore.
After continuous derivation, experimentation.
He was sure it would work!
Without hesitation, he began to carry the spirit beads that day.
When he transported a complete spirit bead to the largest acupoint, and successfully sealed it with the spiritual power prohibition.
Luo Chen couldn't help but be ecstatic!
It worked!
My own assumption is right.
He didn't know how to deal with the Falling Cloud Sect's supporting secret technique, but his method directly solved the current problem.
"In this way, I can continue to condense new spirit beads in series."
"Dacheng's "Lock Bead Curtain", three hundred and sixty-five on Sunday, is just around the corner!"
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Time passes slowly.
It is getting closer and closer to opening up the fifty-year preparatory period for the war.
As the forefront of the Jade Ding Domain, it is also becoming more and more lively.
Every day, there are countless anecdotes happening.
There are people in small places who are promoted to build a foundation, and there is a foundation building in Daxian City.
The Jade Emperor Mountain Sword Debate also ended a few years ago.
I thought that the Jade Ding Sword Sect, which had been in civil war with the Luoyun Sect for decades and had declined, showed its strong strength in this sword discussion.
Jade Ding Sword Cultivation, Combat Power Dominates!
Many monks who relied on the ranking of the top ten immortal cities to participate in the Jade Emperor's Sword Discussion were shocking in the end.
There were only seven monks, and they achieved good results in sword discussions.
And among those seven people, there were five true disciples from other Yuanying Sects.
Through this sword discussion, the monks from outside the territory had to pay attention to the local overlord of the Jade Ding Sword Sect, and some of the rash provocations were also slightly restrained.
The Jade Ding Sword Sect showed its muscles, and the Luoyun Sect was not far behind.
They directly disregarded their faces, and completely showed their cooperative relationship with Tianfan City.
A powerful puppet, under the refining of the master caster of Tianfan City, was sent to the Falling Cloud Sect.
And the thirteen sons of Luoyun, who were famous before, also began to marry one after another.
As a result, the number of Jindan monks in the Luoyun Sect began to increase.
On the contrary, the Ice Castle, which was once famous because of Luo Chen, seemed obscure in such a stormy atmosphere of preparation.
What people know is probably that only one of the five female cultivators in the Ice Castle who have successfully reached the Golden Pill Stage has successfully attained the Pill.
The remaining four, one died, two were seriously injured, and the other had their foundations destroyed, completely cutting off the possibility of knotting.
The outside world is turbulent.
Tianlan Peak is in the three caves, but it is still as quiet as ever.
Ten years have passed in a flash.
For the first time, Luo Chen left the cultivation room and came to the living room.
There was only one reason for him to do this.
The foundation building period is complete!
It took twice as long as the original calculation of five or six years.
The reason is that Luo Chen spent a lot of energy on the secret technique of "Lock Bead Curtain".
But the results are also gratifying.
Ten years, three hundred and sixty-five spirit beads!
As Luo Chen took a step, his whole person looked extremely heavy.
Even a third-order physique can't seem to withstand that kind of pressure.
"The pressure brought by the number of spirit beads in Zhou Tian is really extraordinary."
Luo Chen sighed.
Standing at the gate, looking through the heavy clouds, it seems to overlook the magnificent fairy city under the mountain.
One by one, the monks, like ants, walked under the corners of his eyes.
Standing at the door, Luo Chen, who had no waves in his heart, opened the attribute panel after many years.
A transparent light curtain like a waterfall of Tianlan Peak slowly unfolded in front of him.
[Shouyuan:90/200]
γSpiritual Root: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earthγ
[Realm: Foundation Building, Great Perfection, Ancient Third Order 10/100]
[Exercises: The Great Perfection of the Immortal Immortal Sutra, the Perfection of the Confluence of Ten Thousand Paths 301/500, the Sutra of Ten Thousand Beasts 15/100]
[Spell: Third Order: Mirror Flower Water Moon Mastery 201/300, Intercepted Finger Entry 15/100, Innate One Qi Great Mudra Introduction 87/100, Lock Bead Curtain Grandmaster 999/1000, Dingfeng Bo Grandmaster 950/1000
Second Order: Flower Fairy Perfection 327/500, Confusion Grandmaster 527/1000, Kusanagi Gengjin Sword Mastery 260/300, Five Elements Returning to Viscera Perfection 375/500]
First Order: Great Perfection of Divine Deterrence, Mastery of Bone Restoration 239/300, Introduction to Limb Continuation 15/100
Great Perfection Spell (click on it to find details)γ
[Danshu: The scales change hands perfectly 400/500, and the star picking hand is complete. Dzogchen Danshu (click to find details)γ
[Martial arts: Exploring the Cloud Divine Claw Grandmaster 590/1000, Flame Miasma Grandmaster 521/1000, Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers Great Perfection, Opening Mountains and Breaking Monuments Palm Great Perfection]
[Occupation: Third-Order Alchemist, Second-Order Physician
Third-Order Elixir: Immortal Pill Entry 6/100
Second-order elixir: Tongyou Dan Great Perfection, Emperor Liquid Pulp Entry 12/100
Dzogchen Pill (click to open for details)γ
[Achievement Points: 52]
"This panel seems to have not been fully opened in a long time."
Luo Chen muttered.
He found that as he got higher and higher, he opened the panel less and less.
In the past, after every breakthrough in the realm, I would take a look, summarize the past, look at the present, and plan for the future.
But the last time I opened it was when the foundation was eight floors.
Looking at it now, he has already built the foundation period of great consummation.
Even at the age when I always thought I was still young, I was unconsciously ninety years old.
"I'm old!"
Luo Chen laughed at himself.
If outsiders hear about it, they are afraid that they will stab him to death with a sword.
The ninety-year-old Foundation Building Period Great Perfection, what a crazy cultivation speed!
It is estimated that only the Heavenly Spirit Root Monk who is known as a ten-year foundation building and a hundred-year-old knot can be compared.
Luo Chen was a little complacent, he knew how much he had paid for this kind of cultivation progress.
After making a joke and laughing at himself, Luo Chen glanced at the upper limit of Shouyuan.
Two hundred years old!
Somewhat unexpected.
When the foundation was built eight layers before, it was only one hundred and seventeen, and two small realms were raised later, so it should only be twenty years to add.
"Maybe it has something to do with the time I absorbed the vitality of a large number of low-level demon beasts during the time I was recuperating from my injuries?"
Luo Chen made a reasonable guess, but he didn't dig deeper.
Shou Yuan ceiling or something, as long as it is not the danger line, he is no longer so concerned.
At least, as far as he knew, the monks of the Mountain and Sea Realm, even if they were powerful in the Transformation Stage, could not achieve immortality.
Keep working hard to cultivate, that's it!
His gaze slid down, and he paused on the three orders of the Ancient Refinement Realm, as well as the two entries of "Ten Thousand Dao Confluence".
Since his return from Jilei Mountain, his body refining realm and this body refining technique have made little progress.
The reason for this is simple.
Lack of external force required for body refining.
The power of thunder is hard to find, and the occasional thunder is born, and it does not last.
That's why it's the embarrassing situation that we're in now.
However, Luo Chen has already had a solution to this situation.
That is to use the Origin True Fire Refining Body!
At the beginning of the creation of "Ten Thousand Ways Confluence", the core concept was real fire and fake thunder, and the body was refined by thunder.
Now that thunder is hard to find, it is completely possible to return to the essence, cultivate the true body of Huo Peng, and refine the body with fire.
And the withered fire does have another mystery, which can incinerate the vitality of living beings and devour them.
However, there is no need to rush at this time.
The top priority is to get married.
The matter of refining the body will be talked about after the failure or success of the knot.
After spending a lot of achievement points and absorbing the excellent exercises accumulated and deduced by Luo Chen, Luo Chen will not let "Ten Thousand Ways Confluence" be buried.
Even, he already had a lot of good ideas that occasionally came up to perfect the specific cultivation steps of this set of exercises.
The previous effect was good, but it was a little rough.
When it comes to Yudan, I have to talk about those two secret arts.
Ten years of majoring!
"Lock Bead Curtain" and "Fixing the Storm" have both reached the grandmaster level, and they are one step away from the Great Perfection.
But it's just this step away, and you can't cross it.
In particular, "Lock Bead Curtain" has been stuck in [999/1000] for a while.
Even if Luo Chen took the initiative to disperse the spirit beads and then continued to rebuild, he still couldn't improve.
In this regard, Luo Chen's conjecture is estimated to be related to Yudan.
Only by completely fusing those three hundred and sixty-five spirit beads into a golden pill can the secret technique be considered complete.
After all, this technique is divided into three steps, and Luo Chen has only achieved the first two steps to the limit.
The third step is integration.
Luo Chen hasn't tried it yet.
He didn't dare to try it rashly, which meant that he had to take the last step completely.
Not only the last step of the secret art, but also the last step of the foundation building period!
After paying attention to these, there is nothing else to say.
It's just the accumulation and improvement of the previous decades.
Spell proficiency increased, Danshu was completed, and a new third-order spell was learned.
Oh!
His alchemist level, after successfully cultivating the third-order Immortal Yuan Pill, was promoted to a third-order alchemist!
That's the good news.
It is also expected good news.
Finally, there are the achievement points.
Previously, in order to get started with the Immortal Yuan Pill, forty achievement points were consumed in one go.
But after years of replenishment, it is back to the safety of 52.
With rich achievement points, Luo Chen is full of confidence.
After thoroughly browsing the attribute panel, Luo Chen had a clearer understanding of his current state.
"Whether it's physique, divine soul, or spiritual power reserves, I have completely surpassed the true cultivation of the foundation building, and I am infinitely close to the early stage cultivators of Jindan."
"In terms of the cultivation of the secret art of the Dan, it has also reached the point where there is no way to advance."
"All the preparations, you're ready."
"Next ......"
Luo Chen took a deep breath of the air outside the cave with a little greed, and then closed the door of the cave no longer with nostalgia.
β¦β¦
"Failed again!"
"How can this be, I have done my best!"
"I asked myself if my preparation for the knot pill, even if it is the Daozi of the Yuanying Shangzong, it can be a long and short time, and this will fail?"
In the training room.
Luo Chen's face was as black as ink, gloomy as water.
Holding a cracked bronze mirror in his hand, he made an unbelievable sound from his mouth.
Yutan failed, and twice!
Of course, it's not that Yudan failed in reality, but that he used the ghost god to ask the heart mirror to simulate Yudan's failure.
As the three great inheritance magic weapons of the Ghost God Valley, this mirror was originally used to simulate the foundation building Dzogchen monks.
Luo Chen is carrying treasures, so naturally it is impossible to waste them.
Therefore, when he decided to close the death and attack the Jindan period, he took the initiative to drive this thing.
With the support of Rotten Ke Black Chess, plus the cultivation of the third-order illusion mirror for many years, he has a certain resistance to illusion.
Therefore, even without the protection of the elders of the sect, Luo Chen dared to simulate alone.
But both times, the results were not satisfactory.
For the first time, he used Dacheng's "Lock Bead Curtain" secret technique to knot Dan, and failed.
The exact reason for this is unknown.
Luo Chen only remembered that at the last step, after the three hundred and sixty-five spirit beads were fused together, they suddenly exploded violently.
After a boom, he woke up groggily.
After resting for a month, he urged the ghost god to ask the heart mirror again.
This second time, he used the Immortal Yuan Dan Jie Dan, but the result was still a failure.
The reasons for this failure are even more ambiguous.
After swallowing the pill, there seemed to be a huge feeling of swelling in the body, and then ...... There is no then.
It was as if a gust of wind was blowing, leaving nothing behind.
He woke up naturally, and he didn't even feel any fatigue in his spirit.
With a gloomy look, Luo Chen forced himself to calm down and summarized the reasons for the two failures as much as possible.
"The monk's knot pill is a natural transformation, even if you don't use auxiliary resources such as secret arts, pills, etc., you still have a certain chance of succeeding in the pill."
However, the probability of success is too small, and the sages of the past have summed up and created some methods to improve the probability of knotting. Such as the secret technique of knotting, such as the pill of breaking the realm, such as some strange things in heaven and earth. β
"The Lock Bead Curtain is a secret technique of the Shangfa Knot, and I have cultivated it to the realm of Dacheng, and on the basis of my original success in Knotting, it has increased the possibility of three percent out of thin air."
"The Immortal Yuan Pill is a third-order Stygian Sea Pill born from the Divine Earth Mingyuan Sect, and it comes with a chance of increasing the Twenty Percent Formation Pill."
"Even though it's two separate simulations, they shouldn't both fail."
"Why is this happening?"
Luo Chen asked himself.
In my mind, I kept searching for possible answers.
After a long time, I came up with a plausible answer.
Back to the basics, it's still that old topic.
Aptitude!
Wulinggen's qualifications dragged him down.
It's just that, unlike his previous poor qualifications, this time he changed his thinking direction.
Use the evaluation of the Venerable Master to take a correct view of his qualifications.
"Bad, certainly not bad."
"Even, under my cultivation, this qualification is actually excellent. It allows me to have a wider sea of qi, containing several times the spiritual power of the same level, and the ability to fight far exceeds that of the same level. In contrast, the disadvantage of slow cultivation speed can actually be compensated for by using massive resources. β
"I, Luo Chen, am also an excellent person in another sense!"
"But it is precisely because of this excellent, even terrifying qualification, that when you break through the realm, the more help you need!"
If you think of spiritual practice, it is like building a house.
That qualification is the foundation.
The fewer the spiritual roots, the smaller the foundation, and the faster and more beautiful the natural house will be.
With a little help, they can build it all the way they go.
But the more spiritual roots there are, the bigger the foundation, and the more materials are needed to build a house.
Naturally, when it comes to building a big house, the more help is needed.
"Shangfa, it's not enough!"
"Shen Yuan Dan, it's not enough!"
"I also have the reversal spirit vortex of the "Qingyuan Miao Dan Method"!"
"No, next time, I'm going to use all the methods together and try it to see the effect."
Since one method can only increase the chance of knotting a few points alone, what if they are used together?
Unconsciously, a slightly crazy thought filled Luo Chen's mind.
It's crazy, but it's not impossible.
Because, Luo Chen has a sharp weapon in his hand, you can give it a try!
Looking at the ghost and god mirror full of cracks, Luo Chen rested for a few days, and then put his soul into it without hesitation.
In the mirror.
A Taoist sitting, cross-legged.
β¦β¦
The third failure came as promised.
Along with the failure, there is also the complete scrapping of the ghost and god heart mirror.
This is to be expected.
It's a broken magic weapon.
Over the years, Luo Chen has used his conscience many times, not only for himself, but also for Gu Caiyi, Luo Tianhuimen to build the foundation.
With such frequent urging, coupled with the fact that Luo Chen has no corresponding maintenance and repair methods, the natural situation will get worse and worse.
The last time in Yuanci Valley, he used the Ghost God Mirror to find himself for Miao Wen, and this treasure had already shown signs of imminent damage.
Today, he can barely support Luo Chen's three simulated knots, which is already the limit of the limit.
Luo Chen looked at the fragment of the bronze mirror in his hand with a little pity.
This is a rare magic weapon of the divine soul type!
After a faint pity, Luo Chen's face showed excitement, and even a slight smile.
Why can he still laugh when the misfortune is not alone?
The reason, naturally, lies in the last simulation, although he failed, he is already infinitely close to the success of Yudan!
"I'm right!"
"Although they belong to different paths, they have their own mysteries."
"As long as I solve the conflict and take the essence, I will be able to help me soar to the sky!"
"However, relying on these two secret techniques alone, there is still something missing."
Luo Chen's thoughts turned, and the blue light flashed in his hands.
Three pieces of jade slips appeared in his hand.
It is the secret technique of "Dragon and Phoenix Tribulation", "Escape from Fan Cage", and "Mixed Yuan Method".
"If I fuse these three secret techniques with the Lock Bead Curtain, can I tailor a secret technique for myself?"
Luo Chen has this confidence!
He has been mastering these secret techniques for many years, and he has studied them extremely carefully, and it is not difficult to get started.
It is even said that for each of these secret arts, he has more or less met some conditions.
The Ascending Dragon Pill and Ice Phoenix Pill needed for "Dragon and Phoenix Tribulation", he had ready-made ones in his hands.
"Escape from the Fan Cage" requires a strong physique and a strong third-order realm-breaking elixir, and he also has it.
"Mixed Yuan Method" is even simpler, his "Qingyuan Miaodan Method" is the same origin as it, and even the grade is even higher than it.
If you fuse the four methods, you will create an original technique.
It may increase the chance of Yudan to the maximum!
Even if you can't make one plus one equal two, as long as it is greater than one!
Four secret techniques, three elixirs, and solid three treasures of essence and spirit.
If this is the case, he will not be able to break through the Jindan stage, Luo Chen will doubt whether the Five Spirit Roots are Heavenly Dao outcasts, and he will even doubt whether the existence of the Five Elements Divine Sect is reasonable.
As for the method that was fused later, is it suitable for cultivation?
Although there is no ghost and god asking the heart mirror, he still has the plug-in of the system, and when the time comes, try to use the achievement points to get started, and you can identify one or two.
Do what you think!
Luo Chen has no way back now.
β¦β¦
With a solid foundation, a wide range of knowledge, and a super talent for the cultivation of magic.
Luo Chen began to practice the three secret techniques of knotting.
One-year, two-year, three-year ......
In the end, it is just a secret technique of the Dharma Formation Pill, and the practice is not too complicated, and it is mostly dependent on external forces to form the Pill.
However, in three years, Luo Chen cultivated the three secret techniques to the grandmaster level.
After this point, he didn't continue to practice.
Instead, he began to try to merge with "Lock Bead Curtain".
However, the process of integration was not very smooth.
After all, they are completely different methods from the four sects, and there are also conflicts between them.
It took a year, and Luo Chen's progress was slow.
But in the fifth year, Luo Chen also tried to integrate "Fixing the Storm" into it.
The four secret arts, which were originally incompatible, showed a strange balance after the addition of "Fixing the Storm".
this day.
In the training room.
Luo Chen pulled out the system attribute panel and held a bamboo slip that he had personally written between his hands.
This is the secret technique that he has created with his own knowledge in the past five years.
He named it "Dust Elemental Art".
If a person is a fine dust, his heart is towards the universe, and the word yuan has the meaning of heaven and earth, and all things in the universe.
With this technique, even the lowest qualifications have a chance to lead to the Great Dao.
The name of this secret technique contains Luo Chen's ambition to aspire to the Great Dao of Immortality.
[Dust Yuan Technique, to the secret technique of the Dharma Junction Pill, is it an entry? ] γ
When the system gives a cold text prompt.
Luo Chen turned off the system with a smile on his face.
Of course, you don't need to get started!
He knows better than anyone else the various know-how of the method he created, and even the foundation has been laid.
There's no need to waste achievement points at all.
Next, just sort it out and practice it step by step.
And how long does this process take?
Luo Chen thinks that it won't be too long!
β¦β¦
Two years later!
Luo Chen left the cultivation room and went to the living room.
A piece of the resources needed for the knot were taken out by him.
Three Immortal Yuan Pills, Shenglong Pills, Ice Phoenix Pills, Tianshan Huiyang Water, Solid Barrier Charms, Pure Heart Incense, Canghai Pills......
Dense resources.
Some of them were collected by Luo Chen himself.
Some of them were driven by Sima Huiniang to the monks of Luo Tianhui to auction for him as much as possible from the large and small auctions in the Jade Ding Domain over the years.
For this reason, countless manpower and material resources have been spent.
Looking at the well-prepared resources, there was a hint of excitement in Luo Chen's calm eyes.
Bathing, changing clothes, burning incense, crowning.
When you return to the ashram, sit upright, wait for your heart to be quiet, and wait for your sincerity.
For a full month, Luo Chen adjusted his state to the peak.
At this time, the qi is vigorous, the aura is mellow, the mind is ancient and there are no waves, and the sky is not shocked.
Fifty years ago, he first got the ghost and god mirror to ask the heart, simulating the failure of the knot.
Fifty years later, three simulations in succession failed.
But with each failure, it gets closer and closer to success.
In this process, he gained several experiences of his predecessors, and personally witnessed the process of Chu Kui's marriage.
He had prepared too much for this day, and had waited too long and too long.
"I have done everything to the extreme, and success or failure is here!"
Luo Chen's lips opened slightly and he took a deep breath.
In the cultivation room, the incomparably rich aura turned into a white qi dragon and poured into his body.
As if there was a sense.
In the sea of qi filled with countless pure spiritual liquids, there was a sudden change.
The two pills that had been swallowed in advance suddenly tore through the spiritual power prohibition, and the two good medicinal powers immediately fell into the sea of qi.
One is cold, the other is scorching.
The two medicinal forces collided with each other, outlining the power of water and fire in the sea of qi, and suddenly, the gap was reversed, and they rushed to the sky.
Under this extreme collision, the sea of qi suddenly boiled.
Countless spiritual fluids converged towards the center, and faintly there seemed to be a pill generated.
Damn!
The slightly rudimentary pill was suddenly shattered!
The moment it shattered, before it could condense again, it was manipulated and turned into a tiny vortex.
This aura vortex is extremely small at the beginning.
But as it keeps rotating clockwise, it gets bigger and bigger.
In the Nine Heavens of the Sea of Qi, countless spiritual powers poured into the spiritual energy vortex, and they were sifted over and over again like a sieve.
I don't know how long this process lasted.
It seems like a moment, and it seems like thousands of years.
When this step is complete.
The vortex was supposed to rotate smoothly, but when it reached a pole, it strangely began to rotate counterclockwise.
The changes brought about by these completely different directions of rotation are earth-shattering!
Before, it was just a slightly gentle sieving spiritual power, filtering impurities, and removing erysipelas.
But with a counterclockwise turn, a huge devouring force surged out in an instant.
The whole sea of qi boiled in an instant!
Countless spiritual liquids surged towards the reversal spirit vortex.
The whirlpool grew bigger and bigger.
In the blink of an eye, it was like a tornado in the depths of the sea, stirring the ocean.
It doesn't seem to be lively enough!
An elixir suddenly dissolved.
A terrifying medicinal force that was extreme to the extreme, suddenly fell into the ocean.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
At the moment when the medicinal power exploded, a series of nine terrifying thunders rumbled and exploded in Luo Chen's body.
Every time there was a thunderclap, his body trembled.
The body of the third order of the Desolate Ancient, in such a shock, was actually blown out of the slightest crack.
It's as if there are nine thunder dragons that want to escape from his sea of qi and get out of this body.
However, Luo Chen did not allow it!
The body is like a cage, and the heart is like a prison.
If I have not escaped, how can I see the avenue?
In this terrifying thunder, the terrifying medicinal power had no choice but to pour into the sea of qi.
As soon as he entered, he was sucked into it by the dragon tornado that had expanded to the limit.
With the addition of the medicinal power of the Immortal Yuan Pill, the water and fire in Luo Chen's body at the moment were combined, and the balance of the gold and wood was completely broken.
The sea of nine days broke in an instant.
Endless spiritual power, from above the nine heavens, rumbled down, smashing the ocean and shaking endlessly.
If it continues, I am afraid that before the golden pill has condensed, this sea of qi will be completely shattered.
That's when it happened!
"Definitely!"
In the darkness, the mighty divine sound fell into the sea of air.
Subsequently.
A spirit bead as bright as a star broke away from the acupoint confinement and suspended above the sea of qi.
At this moment, the sea of air was quiet.
But the next moment, it began to shake again.
"Not enough!"
"Come again!"
The voice of the divine soul was resounded, and it was the spirit bead entering the sea of qi again.
If there is a powerful person who penetrates Luo Chen's body and sees the scene of his qi sea at this moment.
An unimaginable picture can be seen.
In the majestic ocean, water and fire collide, gold and wood rise and fall, and the terrifying body turns into solid soil and thick walls to block the leakage of spiritual energy.
A giant tornado, spinning counterclockwise, frantically devouring the aura in the boundless ocean.
It even swept the ninefold weather sea to pieces.
In the cave outside the sky, there are spirit beads, like stars, falling like rain, with great power, to freeze the turbulent turmoil set off by the boundless ocean.
I don't know how long it has been.
The voice of the huge divine soul broke out again.
"Melt!"
Three hundred and sixty-five stars were suspended in unison above the empty sea of qi.
Then it turned into a meteor and rushed towards the tornado, a moth to a flame.
The bumps are upside down, the water and fire are combined, the gold and wood are up and down, and the avenue can be expected.
The sun and the moon in the furnace, the creation is self-evident, there is something out of nothing, and the dragon and tiger converge.
The essence of heaven and earth, the yin soul and the yang, the stars of Zhou Tian, all the universe.
Luo Chen melts the upper, middle and lower three methods, and is extremely poor.
Jindan Avenue is in front of you.
"If you don't marry at this time, when will you wait!"
With a low roar, the three hundred and sixty-five spirit beads that merged into the dragon scroll began to merge continuously under the traction of the main divine soul.
Not only that, but the dragon tornado, which has expanded to the extreme, creates a huge pressure and urges it to merge from the outside.
Hazy, chaotic.
There is a faint glazed pill, emitting colorful light, generated in the chaos of lightning and thunder, wind and rain!
β¦β¦
Tianlan Immortal City.
There are only ten years left before the opening of the war.
As one of the three immortal cities closest to the Xiaoyue Mountain Range, the number of monks gathered in Tianlan Immortal City had already exceeded one million.
There are countless qi refining in it, and the number of foundation building true cultivation is casually tens of thousands.
Even the Venerable Jin Dan didn't see one or two as occasionally as before.
According to the estimation of people with a heart, there are at least two Jindan monks in Tianlan now.
And that's just the daily settlement, not counting those who pass by occasionally.
In such an environment, the lively atmosphere has long been agitated to the extreme.
Everyone, waiting for the opening of the war in ten years.
However, with so many high-level cultivators gathered, the demand for the Spirit Land Cave Mansion naturally reached the highest.
The number of caves on Tianlan Peak was not enough before, but now it is even more difficult to find.
Especially Brother Jindan!
They have a more urgent need for high-grade cave mansions.
From time to time, someone would go to the rotating sect to ask when the Jiasandong Mansion would be available for rent.
But every time, you will get the answer that there is a master in the cave.
this day.
A Venerable Jin Dan from the Outer Regions couldn't help it after all.
In front of the Jindan monk of the Luoyun Sect, he asked angrily.
"Why did a mere foundation-building monk occupy the Jiasan Cave Mansion for twenty years?"
That Luoyun Sect Jin Dan's eyelids drooped, "Because he has paid enough spirit stones." β
The foreign monk shouted angrily, "But twenty years have passed, and this is more than three years, so should you still rent it to him?" β
Luoyun Sect Jin Dan said lightly: "The people under his command have paid for him for three years, so I can't drive people out!" β
The Outland monks were speechless for a moment.
After a while, he couldn't help but say, "Can't Qu Daoyou be accommodating?" I urgently need to cultivate a major means now to deal with the opening up war, and that third-order spiritual land is indispensable. For a foundation monk, it is really a tyrannical thing. β
"In this way, how many spirit stones he produces, I also produce, how about it?"
Is this a soldier before a salute?
Luoyun Sect Qu's surname Jin Dan monk pursed his lips.
In the fairy city, it is not based on cultivation, but on spiritual stones, and under the same bid, it is said that it is a first-come, first-served.
What's more, your realm is higher than him, but that person's relationship with the Luoyun Sect is better than that of you, a foreigner.
However, he doesn't explain much.
Just as he was thinking about what method to use to send this person away, his face suddenly changed.
Without waiting to be rapped, he went straight out of the main hall and looked dead in the direction of Tianlan Peak.
The Outer Land Jin Dan was angry at first, and then suddenly realized something.
When he stepped out of the main hall and looked in the direction of Tianlan Peak, he couldn't help but glance at the monk surnamed Qu who couldn't take his eyes off it.
It is rumored that the monk of the Luoyun Sect is proficient in refining gods.
The strength of the divine sense is far beyond the same level.
The other party discovered the vision before himself just now, which shows that the rumors are true.
Before, was it a little too rude?
Just when he was worried, he suddenly heard a soft sound.
"Isn't it just Yudan, what's there to be surprised about?" Outland Jin Dan was puzzled.
But when he paid close attention to the vision of Tianlan Peak, he couldn't help but blurt it out.
"Immortal Venerable, this is a Daozi-level figure of which Jindan Sect, and he is married here!"
The monk surnamed Qu glanced at him and snorted coldly: "Lonely and unheard, how can such a formation be available to the great sect Daozi?" β
Jin Dan of the Outer Regions was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned slightly pale.
Like them, there are not a few Jindan monks who have noticed the vision of Tianlan Peak.
Even, later, when Tianlan Immortal City went up to the Jindan Venerable and down to the Qi Refining, they all noticed the vision of the Jie Dan.
Without him, it's too terrifying.
The wind howls and the clouds gather.
The sound of the dragon and the tiger roaring is endless.
There is also the tornado that goes through the sky, reversing the sky.
The aura in all directions converged towards that tornado.
And that's just the beginning!
About a stick of incense after that.
Instead of shrinking, the tornado grew bigger and bigger.
The mighty momentum swept the entire Tianlan Peak.
Countless first-order and second-order caves shook in unison.
The aura that was detained in the cave house involuntarily surged towards the direction of the Jiasan Cave Mansion.
Even!
The third-order spirit veins under this immortal city have all been affected.
The face of the monk surnamed Qu changed from curiosity at the beginning, to surprise later, and at the end, he was already hesitant.
"Something is wrong!"
"This son has a terrible background."
"The man-made third-order spiritual veins are not enough to help him. If he is allowed to swallow like this, I am afraid that he will ruin the layout of most of the cave mansion. β
After some hesitation, he finally made up his mind.
"That's it!"
"A true man has a word, and do good to him."
"I'll help him!"
With a thought in his mind, the monk surnamed Qu gave up the foreign golden pill and flew towards the central hall of Tianlan Immortal City.
Soon after he left.
The entire Tianlan Immortal City suddenly shook with a bang.
Jin Dan, who was still in the same place, had an unbelievable look on his face.
"Is this the spiritual vein forbidden that has opened the Immortal City?"
When he was shocked, a large stream of spiritual energy suddenly poured out of the entire immortal city.
Its richness directly raised the Immortal City, which was only of the first level, to the second order!
And the entire Tianlan Peak, in an instant, directly turned into a third-order spiritual land!
The dragon tornado in the sky, with the help of this force, became more and more huge.
The act of devouring the aura of heaven and earth became more and more cheerful.
How to describe it?
Only the word whale swallowing!
Also in this process, suddenly a figure stepped up from the hazy wind and clouds.
The body is tall and the face is psychedelic.
Only a black hair fluttered behind his back, reflecting the black eyes that were clear to everything, like a god and a demon!
(End of chapter)