Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 419 The Wonderful Uses of the Ancient Magic Treasure: Jade Lotus Seed
The Moon Witches had a large harvest of prey, so they held a grand ceremony with singing and dancing, which benefited the entire tribe.

However, before they could finish celebrating, an uninvited guest arrived.

The ceremony was halfway through, and the entire tribe was filled with a joyous atmosphere.

Suddenly, a rainbow light appeared from the southeast side. Upon closer inspection, it was clearly a human cultivator who had arrived on a sword.

He was dressed in a white robe, which was gilded with a silvery glow under the moonlight, making him look as white as a snowman.

Xiao Chen had already met all the major forces in the Sea of ​​Compassion.

However, he could not tell which sect the other party belonged to from their clothing or flying sword.

Judging from the appearance, this must have happened a long time ago.

The sword light hovered above the tribe, and only one person had arrived.

The Moon Witches below were immediately on high alert, and the old, young, women and children hurriedly hid in all directions.

The able-bodied warriors, armed with weapons or magical artifacts, were ready for battle.

Xiao Chen noticed that there were almost no priests or shamans specifically in charge of directing operations.

However, the entire Moon Witch clan seemed to understand very clearly what they should do.

Although there was some panic, no riots occurred.

Judging from this emergency response, although the Wu tribe lacked preparation for the sudden event, its mobilization speed was extremely fast.

Clearly, they have accumulated a wealth of war experience through years of foreign campaigns.

After making preparations, the high priest, holding his magical implements, addressed the monks in the air.

Since there was no sound, Xiao Chen could only judge from the expressions of both parties that the negotiations were not going smoothly.

Sure enough, in the next moment.

The high priest of the witch tribe flew into a rage and hurled his staff like a javelin.

Suddenly, a burst of silvery-white light shot straight up to the sky, like a rainbow piercing the sun.

However, the monk seemed to have anticipated this.

Seeing the witch clan make a move, he simply raised his sleeve and stretched out his right hand, instantly revealing a gourd that was completely bright and golden.

That gourd was a truly remarkable object; it was completely free of any impurities or flaws, as if it were carved from the finest yellow jade.

The newcomer raised the gourd high with his right hand, removed the gourd's mouth with his left hand, and gently waved it towards the silver light below.

It immediately absorbed the silver light.

Immediately afterwards, several warriors from the Moon Witch Clan also joined the attack.

However, whether it was a bow and arrow or a boulder, a sharp knife or a grappling hook, none could escape the bright yellow gourd.

In the blink of an eye.

The cultivator was still unharmed, but a small portion of the various magical artifacts below were missing.

Throughout this process, Xiao Chen kept his eyes glued to the gourd.

The more I looked at it, the more inexplicably familiar the gourd seemed.

Finally, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he remembered one of the twenty-four ancient magical treasures he had seen in the "Records of Travelers' Visits: The Chapter on Magical Treasures".

The Treasure-Collecting Yellow Gourd is a special ancient magical artifact designed to collect various offensive magical weapons, spiritual artifacts, and talismans!

This thing, of course, disappeared a long time ago.

Xiao Chen had also thought that he wouldn't encounter these ancient magical treasures for a while.

I never expected to see the Treasure-Collecting Yellow Gourd in the inheritance footage of the Moon Witch Clan today.

The white-robed cultivator possessed such a magical artifact and deliberately maintained a certain distance, preventing the Wu Clan from launching an attack on him.

Several witch warriors tried to split up, but he intercepted them all by casually tossing down a talisman.

But at the same time, he was very measured in his actions.

Despite having the advantage of the magic weapon and seemingly possessing considerable cultivation, he never made a move to harm anyone.

Although the two sides seemed to have been fighting for quite some time, the white-robed cultivator was actually holding up his gourd for defense most of the time.

This self-restraint only made the high priest and the witch warriors below extremely irritable.

Now that things have come to this, it seems they have no chance of defeating their opponent unless they resort to forbidden witchcraft.

However, the tribe was not in danger of extinction, and had not even suffered any casualties.

There seems to be no reason to give up one's life and fight to the death, resulting in mutual destruction.

After the fight, the high priest waved his hand to stop the battle again, and then negotiated with the white-robed monk once more.

A moment later, he turned back into the tribe and obtained three blood crystals from the saintess.

Then, with a face full of reluctance, he tossed the blood crystal to the other party.

The white-robed cultivator accepted the blood crystal with a smile, then waved the treasure-collecting gourd back at them, returning all the magical artifacts he had previously collected.

Then he bowed to the ground below before calmly stepping back on his sword.

This caused many of the witch warriors below to turn red in the face, staring fiercely at his departing figure.

Even in the inheritance scene, the style of the white-robed cultivator's clothing and the design of the flying sword were deliberately enlarged.

They clearly considered this a great humiliation and hoped that future generations would learn of the situation and help them take revenge.

However, after so many years, the Moon Witch Clan has long been wiped out, and the sect of that white-robed cultivator probably did not survive either.

This old grudge between them could only be left unresolved.

After witnessing this scene, the sky in the east began to lighten with the first light of dawn.

As dawn broke and the moonlight faded, the lunar eclipse came to an end.

Su Li seemed to be thinking of something. She tilted her head slightly, her gaze sweeping over Xiao Chen's white feather robe, and stared at him with a smile.

Under a sky that had not yet completely lost its inky blackness and was still faintly dotted with a few stars, her eyes looked brighter than the stars themselves.

The morning breeze gently lifted her long hair, revealing a section of her white and pink ear tips.

It makes you feel like she secretly ran out of the painting.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

Xiao Chen curiously reached out and touched his cheek, somewhat puzzled.

Su Li suddenly released her hands, took a step back, and then gently shook her head: "It's nothing, thank you for helping me again."

He then took the blood crystal from his chest: "Would you like to absorb it now?"

"Let me save them up for you first."

Because it absorbed the power of the moonlight, but only for a short time, the blood crystal is the same size as before, but its color looks noticeably deeper.

"Okay, you can keep it for now."

Xiao Chen thought for a moment: "Saving up a few more and absorbing them all at once should be more helpful in mobilizing qi and blood to break through the bottleneck."

The main reason is that his blood and qi concentration is already quite high, so the effect of absorbing a single blood crystal is very limited.

Since it doesn't significantly improve immediate combat power, it's better to save it for later.

Xiao Chen also had Su Li save the large blood crystal that had absorbed the power of the moonlight for him, so that they could use it together in the future.

That's why she just asked if she should continue saving them.

Anyway, now that there are magical artifacts to store blood crystals, leaving them for a short period of time, as long as it's not too long, won't cause any loss of effect.

There are actually more than ten days left until the end of the year.

For the next period of time, Xiao Chen planned to stay on the island and stock up on some Qinglu Foundation Building Pills.

Save up a lot and sell them all together next year.

He wandered around the island and finally arrived at the mountain in the middle of Ji'e Island where he had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, intending to set up this place as his temporary alchemy room.

The alchemy furnace and the like are all readily available.

Although considering Xiao Chen's current cultivation level, the grade might be a bit low and not high enough.

But since it's just refining a second-tier spirit pill anyway, it's fine as long as it works.

It is worth mentioning that, due to its completely new design, the Qinglu Foundation Building Pill is entirely different from traditional Foundation Building Pills.

Therefore, its main ingredient was changed from the Five-Colored Golden Lotus to five relatively rare spiritual objects of the Five Elements, each with some side effects.

During the refining process, these five spiritual herbs will fuse together to form a power of the five elements, which will then be amplified by the auxiliary herbs to suppress the side effects of the Soul-Startling Grass.

Xiao Chen could even vaguely discern a hint of the five elements generating each other from it.

This is also the main reason why he firmly believes that the pill formula definitely came from a high-level cultivator.

These five spiritual items are usually used as auxiliary medicines or poisons, so their quantity on the market is naturally not high.

However, compared to things like the Five-Colored Golden Lotus, which are priceless and hard to find, it's still much easier to buy.

After tidying up the alchemy room, Xiao Chen went to the nearby Cangming Market.

They easily gathered all the spiritual herbs needed for alchemy.

They also swept up all the related spiritual items on the market, helping the vendors pack up early and take the spirit stones home for the New Year.

In any case, Xiao Chen didn't have to worry about buying too much and not being able to use it all, nor did he have to worry about refining it but not being able to sell it.

Once all the spiritual materials are gathered, there's not much to say about the refining process.

As long as he has the heart of an alchemist, and doesn't encounter any outrageous accidents during the refining process, such as a sudden earthquake, he can achieve 100% success.

Moreover, if a knowledgeable alchemist were to witness this scene, they would likely be utterly astonished.

Because Xiao Chen's movements and timing were even more precise and graceful than those of Alchemist Zhao.

However, only Su Li is on Ji'e Island, so no one else has the chance to see her.

"Didn't you say you wanted to practice witchcraft?"

Xiao Chen looked curiously at Su Li, who had been staring at him all day: "How do you still have so much free time?"

To be honest, he's been on the island for three days already.

But we never saw her practicing.

The only difference from before is that it was moved from the reefs on the coast to a large rock platform inside the mountain.

Then he still spent most of the day there just spacing out.

The remaining time was used to study the ultimate question—what should we eat tonight?
Xiao Chen brought back a lot of fruits, vegetables and seasonings from the market, so now on the island, you can not only eat grilled fish and stewed fish, but also make some proper dishes.

Su Li tirelessly changes the dishes every day, which takes her about two hours.

Upon hearing Xiao Chen's question, she first calculated the time.

Realizing it was only noon, he remained seated on the rock platform without moving: "I've temporarily stopped practicing witchcraft these past two days, so I have more time."

Xiao Chen asked curiously, "Oh? Why?"

In cultivation, the worst thing is to be inconsistent in your efforts.

Especially when you first start practicing, you can't relax for even a day.

Generally speaking, unless there are unavoidable reasons, cultivators will always find time to ensure their cultivation continues uninterrupted, no matter how busy they are. Therefore, Xiao Chen was very curious as to why cultivation was suspended when there was nothing else to do on the island.

"because……."

Su Li was about to answer when she heard this, but suddenly blushed: "It can't be explained in a few words, but there is a reason."

Her thinking was actually very simple.

That means taking advantage of the fact that Xiao Chen is currently on the island, we should make the most of the time to spend together a little longer.

Once he goes out to be busy and you're left alone on the island, you'll naturally have plenty of time to cultivate.

But how could I possibly come up with such a reason?
So Su Li had no choice but to give a vague answer and deflect the question.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen did not ask any further questions. Instead, he turned around and continued refining the next batch of spirit pills.

Although he occasionally has curiosity, he can control it most of the time.

He wouldn't do things he shouldn't do; for example, since the Holy City was likely dangerous, he wouldn't go there.

He didn't ask questions he shouldn't ask. For example, since Su Li didn't seem to want to talk about it, he didn't ask.

Xiao Chen has always believed that this is a good habit that should be maintained, as it can reduce a lot of unnecessary trouble for himself.

Of course, he did more than just refine pills every day.

Instead, he also set aside a small portion of his time to practice magic.

After all, he had previously obtained a bottle of jade lotus seeds, a specialty of Pudu Temple, from Zen Master Jinghua.

This thing is quite effective in assisting in the practice of magic.

Taking just one pill a day can significantly increase the efficiency of your practice over the duration of the practice.

Afterwards, a lingering aftertaste will remain in the mind, helping to consolidate the gains from spiritual practice.

Given this characteristic, Xiao Chen would take one pill every morning when the spiritual energy was at its peak, in order to quickly improve his spell proficiency.

Then refine three batches of pills to obtain nine Clear Dew Foundation Building Pills.

If you include the "buy one get one free" offer, then it's eighteen pieces.

Finally, they arrived at the beach, where Su Li and he enjoyed a meal and chatted around the campfire, thus concluding their day of training.

This quiet and peaceful life lasted for more than twenty days.

Xiao Chen even rediscovered some of the feelings he had when he was cultivating diligently in the Southern Region.

With the help of Qingyu Lotus Seed, he successfully advanced both the Azure Wave Penetrating Needle and the Four Symbols Mountain Suppressing Cover to the minor completion stage.

The former, having accumulated enough experience, was already only slightly behind.

However, due to the short cultivation time, the latter had remained at the initial stage of understanding the basics, which allowed Xiao Chen to experience the powerful effects of the Jade Lotus Seed.

It's no exaggeration to say that using the Jade Lotus Seed was like adding wings to a tiger.

It should be noted that spiritual objects used for cultivation usually provide spiritual energy or possess medicinal properties.

Both of these effects help accelerate a cultivator's practice.

However, for Xiao Chen, the former can be replaced by absorbing spirit stones, although the cost will be a little more expensive, it doesn't matter.

The latter, because Hextech can accelerate the cultivation speed, often exhausts the medicinal properties prematurely.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with that.

What others take several hours, or even two or three days, to absorb, he can do in just a short time.

This saves a lot of time, which can be used to do other things.

But the jade lotus seeds are different.

This substance increases the activity of a cultivator's spiritual sense and true essence, so it does not involve medicinal effects.

Xiao Chen can cultivate for a full three hours every day!

Therefore, in such a short period of time, he was able to advance the Four Symbols Mountain-Suppressing Cover from the initial glimpse to the advanced stage, and then from the advanced stage to a slight achievement.

The only thing that Xiao Chen felt was a little regretful was that...

After realizing the effects of the jade lotus seeds in the first few days, he even planned to go to Pudu Temple to get a few more.

However, it was only later that it was discovered, to everyone's dismay, that this thing, unlike the Spirit Tea, did not have the best effect only on the first drink; subsequent drinks were almost just for tasting.

However, the effect still diminishes with each dose.

In fact, almost all similar spiritual objects have the same problem.

After consuming more than twenty jade lotus seeds over the past few days, Xiao Chen felt that their effects had diminished by half.

It's probably more than half; compared to the first time you took it, it should have been reduced by more than 60%.

It's just that because it changes every day, it doesn't feel like it's decreased by much.

In other words, when Xiao Chen eats the last jade lotus seed, its effect may be reduced to less than 30%.

From a cost-effectiveness perspective, he should stop now.

Give the remaining lotus seeds to other relatives and friends in need, or sell them.

However, since Xiao Chen didn't expect to earn spirit stones from this, he naturally didn't plan to keep it to sell.

Secondly, even if only 30% or 20% remains, his 20% is completely different from others.

With the amplification from Hextech, even if only 20% of the effect remains, it is still far more effective than the effect experienced by someone else on their first use.

Therefore, for Xiao Chen, the best and most efficient method is still to eat one lotus seed every day until all the jade lotus seeds are consumed.

However, this special situation also gave him an idea.

That means collecting more spiritual items with similar effects to Jade Lotus Seeds, and then getting extra Hextech boosts for free.

The cultivation world is so vast that there must be more than just the Azure Jade Lotus Seed that can increase the activity of a cultivator's divine sense and true essence.

In fact, Xiao Chen had seen several kinds of rare and precious materials with similar effects in ancient books from various sects before.

Unfortunately, there are already few fourth-tier spiritual objects, and wild natural treasures do not have fixed locations.

However, there's nothing that can be done about it. Any spirit creature with a fixed location wouldn't remain now; it would have been collected by the author of the book long ago.

So how many related spiritual items Xiao Chen can find next depends on his luck and personal opportunities.

How long will this take?

Su Li asked expectantly, "Is it also a quick trip back?"

Xiao Chen nodded: "Yes, if all goes well, it should only take a day or two."

Although he very much wanted to stay on the Isle of Silence for the full thirty-six days and, incidentally, experience another lunar eclipse.

But just yesterday, he finally remembered that Zhang Cunfu might have some new orders that needed to be processed.

Even though he ignored the Reverse Immortal Alliance, they had no choice but to continue trading with him.

However, such delays will undoubtedly affect the efficiency of earning spirit stones.

In addition, going there sooner would put Zhang Cunfu at ease, so he wouldn't have to wait anxiously.

Although it had actually been about twenty days before he finally remembered this matter.

There's nothing I can do about it; it's been so long since I've had this kind of immersive practice that I forgot about the less important things.

If it weren't for the fact that the only spiritual ingredient they had for alchemy had run out...

This allowed Xiao Chen to break free from his cultivation state and begin thinking about purchasing spiritual items.

He might only remember to go to the new cultivation world again after he has eaten all thirty-six lotus seeds.

"No, we need to take this matter more seriously."

After leaving Ji'e Island, Xiao Chen began to consciously mutter to himself, "Not being proactive in making money indicates a problem with one's mindset."

"Since we can earn spirit stones from the Reverse Immortal Alliance, we should make more trips."

I read it several times, which made a deep impression on me.

As usual, he found a deserted island, then activated the dimensional mage's emblem to travel through time, and once again arrived at that small ravine.

"Huh, is it New Year's celebration here too?"

On his journey, Xiao Chen saw many decorations that were clearly related to the New Year.

He had noticed before that the seasons on both sides were almost the same, but he didn't expect that even the dates would be so close.

To be honest, it's quite amazing.

Xiao Chen guessed that this might be because both sides were in the cultivation world, so they had certain similarities.

However, the truth may only be known when he has reached a higher level of cultivation or has acquired more relevant information.

Exploring the truth of this world is something that the Nascent Soul cultivators need to worry about.

As the saying goes, one should not concern oneself with matters outside one's jurisdiction.

Xiao Chen doesn't need to waste his brainpower on these things right now.

Therefore, he didn't think much of it and went straight to Guiyun Market.

As soon as I arrived, I saw a large crowd gathered at the entrance of the market, looking at the newly posted wanted posters.

Xiao Chen also went over to check on the situation.

They discovered that in just over twenty days, a total of six new wanted posters had been added to the site.

Five of them were in cahoots; it was said that they had been lying in wait outside the market before the New Year, taking the opportunity to rob the cultivators who were buying New Year's goods.

Many people carry some spirit stones with them these days, regardless of whether they buy anything or not.

Therefore, these five people hardly pick and choose their targets, and seize any opportunity that comes their way.

In just eight days, he committed more than forty crimes, harming a total of 124 cultivators.

On average, they robbed five and a half times a day, killing nearly sixteen cultivators.

This caused considerable panic in the vicinity, frightening many low-level cultivators in the wilderness into not daring to go out.

However, through the investigation by the market, the origins and names of these five people have been confirmed.

Their physical appearance, cultivation level, and other characteristics have been described and posted here as a warning to the public, and a reward has also been offered.

This is also one of the ruling strategies of the Guiyun Sect.

Instead of sending people to search for a needle in a haystack, it's better to spend a little money to have the more capable cultivators among the independent practitioners hunt down the real culprit for them.

In other words, let the rogue cultivators fight each other.

This last new arrest warrant is very special.

The text only states that he is a newly emerged spirit thief who stole a large amount of elixirs and sold them in various places.

There were no other clues.

Since we didn't know his name, we simply gave him the nickname 'Medicine Thief Rat'.

The reward offered is for information about the true identity of the drug-stealing rat, or for someone to capture him alive.

(End of this chapter)