Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 456 Crimson Lotus: Investigating the Sutra Repository

Normally, even when handling soft objects with great care, it is easy for them to bend slightly.

However, even though Xiao Chen had realized that this thing seemed to be different from others, he exerted a little force.

The feather in his hand remained unchanged.

He continued to increase his strength until he was using tens of thousands of kilograms of force.

However, the feather remained completely still.

"Heh, interesting!"

Xiao Chen immediately went all out, grabbing one end with both hands and bending it forcefully.

Finally, the feather couldn't hold on any longer and was successfully bent into a crescent shape.

But as soon as you let go, it bounces back, demonstrating even more amazing resilience.

It's important to know that if it's something like a steel pillar, although it's quite sturdy, it can't straighten itself after being bent.

However, this feather was not only exceptionally stiff, but also remarkably resilient.

It's hard to imagine what kind of monster it came from.

But Xiao Chen was certain that it was definitely a fifth-order great demon, and might even have a special bloodline.

Of course, this feather itself must be quite special; it most likely came from a special part of the body, such as a tail feather or a plumage.

If any one of these conditions were missing, it would be impossible to explain why a mere feather could be so powerful.

"It's a pity, the colors all match, but there aren't enough."

Xiao Chen sighed slightly: "If only I had a thousand or eight hundred feathers, I could just change into a new feather robe."

"It's all the fault of the Corpse Sect! Why couldn't they have collected more?"

But having one is better than having none.

Xiao Chen was actually a fairly easily satisfied person, and happily put the feather away.

Then, after taking a deep breath, he solemnly opened the last Spirit-Nourishing Treasure Box.

At the moment it is turned on.

An exceptionally strong aura of anger rushed towards me.

Xiao Chen suddenly felt as if he were in a desert, with the scorching sun making the surrounding air feel hot.

He certainly didn't come to the desert.

However, the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth had already become restless.

A blazing, purifying, and rising aura wafted out of the treasure box and suddenly collided with him!

"Hi~!"

Even though there was no light coming from inside the box, Xiao Chen seemed to see dazzling flames surging within it.

The pulsating crimson flames were so powerful that even his divine sense felt slightly hot.

It seemed that if we got any closer, it would be ignited.

"Holy crap, what the hell is that?"

Xiao Chen was a little unsettled. He stared intently inside.

Inside the Spirit-Nourishing Treasure Box, crimson crystal sand gathered like a lotus platform, with petals overlapping, resembling a red lotus blooming in a raging fire.

Golden light shimmered within the lotus heart, reflecting the fiery patterns on the petals.

At first glance, it looks as if it is still burning fiercely.

Just looking at this crimson lotus makes one feel as if they can see the Azure Feather Burning Heaven, the erupting volcano, and the spectacular sight of the Sea of ​​Ashes.

The Big Dipper Spirit Fire within Xiao Chen's body seemed to have been stimulated in some way.

It actually swelled up on its own, seemingly unwilling to be outdone.

However, in reality, the Crimson Lotus inside the Spirit-Nourishing Treasure Box was not a spiritual fire at all, and it did not actually burn.

"The Corpse Sect actually possesses such a treasure?"

Xiao Chen was genuinely surprised: "And he didn't even carry it with him; he left it in the warehouse."

If it were him, he would definitely keep such a thing in a storage ring for protection.

"But what exactly is this treasure?"

A sense of curiosity arose in Xiao Chen's heart: "I don't think I've seen any related records in the ancient books before."

It doesn't matter if he can't tell. He simply reached out and grasped the Crimson Lotus, wanting to bring it closer for a closer look.

However, just as his fingertips touched the lotus leaf, a strange change occurred.

The delicate, crimson lotus leaf, as thin as a cicada's wing, actually melted away!

Not only that, the entire red lotus instantly vanished completely.

"Boom~!"

Xiao Chen seemed to hear the sound of a large ball of flames exploding.

In an instant, a massive amount of fire energy and fire spirit power surged forth, along with an indescribable and inexplicable sensation.

It all flowed directly into his body through his fingers, wrists, and arms.

Three different sensations followed one after another.

First, every inch of skin, every muscle, and every drop of blood along the way is as if it has been thrown into a furnace, receiving a baptism of fire.

This launched a new round of impact and strengthening on Xiao Chen's body.

It also brought him pain no less intense than what he had endured in the Body Tempering Hall.

Then, highly condensed, almost semi-liquid, semi-solid fire elemental energy instantly filled his eight extraordinary meridians, causing him to feel bloated and painful.

Moreover, the excessive fire elemental power severely compressed Xiao Chen's true essence.

The two influence each other, burning away impurities in the true essence while absorbing spiritual energy to replenish themselves.

However, in this clash of absorption and tempering, the meridians responsible for containing them were the first to be unable to withstand it.

Finally, a feeling of intense heat also immediately rose from the bottom of my heart, rushing straight to the top of my head.

It turns out that this crimson lotus can greatly enhance a cultivator's affinity for fire elemental power and help the user comprehend the Great Dao of Fire.

But at the same time, all sorts of distracting thoughts and desires in Xiao Chen's mind seemed to be magnified several times over.

Then it all rushed into his mind, disturbing his thoughts and making it difficult for him to concentrate on his comprehension.

"A fifth-tier Enlightenment Spiritual Object!"

Xiao Chen instantly realized that this should be a treasure normally used by a Nascent Soul cultivator.

The problem is that this special fire-type spiritual object can be absorbed directly through physical contact alone.

Or rather, given the opportunity, it will actively invade the body of living beings.

Of course, this poses no danger.

After all, with the Blade of Night present, any problems can be avoided directly.

However, doing so would be tantamount to wasting a precious spiritual object.

Therefore, Xiao Chen would not choose to do that unless absolutely necessary.

He immediately began to rack his brains for a solution.

The more unexpected the event, the more necessary it is to handle it calmly.

There are two urgent tasks: first, to control distracting thoughts and desires, and to maintain a calm mind and stable spirit.

Secondly, the invading fire energy and fire spirit power should be properly dealt with, whether by absorbing and digesting them or expelling them from the body, but they must not be allowed to continue to cause harm.

But if you choose to expel it from your body, it's like wasting something.

"Since we've already eaten it, there's no reason to waste it!"

Xiao Chen's eyes flashed, and he immediately made up his mind to absorb and digest the information.

Since the goal is to absorb fire elemental power, the best way is naturally to practice fire-based techniques to convert it all into one's own true essence.

The second method is to cultivate fire-based spells or martial arts, directly expelling fire energy from the body, and using fire spiritual power instead of true essence to quickly improve proficiency.

Although Xiao Chen has mastered many fire-based techniques, he is now at the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, making it inconvenient for him to switch to another cultivation method.

As for spells or martial arts, the former is at the fourth tier, while the latter is currently only at the third tier, so there is naturally no need to hesitate.

Therefore, he decisively chose to settle for second best and directly chose to cultivate the "Crimson Sky Mountain-Splitting Palm".

Previously, Xiao Chen had only just begun to learn this spell and had not pursued further cultivation.

At that time, it was obviously more worthwhile to get a basic Hextech spell and then learn more other spells.

Later, when I wanted to choose a specialization spell, I also considered the environment and chose "Azure Wave Penetrating Needle," which was more suitable for the situation in the Eastern Region.

Fortunately, Xiao Chen had a good habit of frequently reviewing his spells, and he also often used the Soaring Palm technique.

Over the years, instead of becoming rusty from ceasing in-depth practice, he has become more and more skilled and adept at using it.

Now that I've started practicing again, I feel much more relaxed, as if I've accumulated a lot of knowledge and experience that is now finally being put to good use.

Of course, this feeling is also largely related to the fact that the Crimson Lotus enhanced his affinity for fire elemental power.

However, the cultivation went very smoothly in any case.

More importantly, as Xiao Chen entered a state of cultivation...

His clear mind immediately came into play, helping him to directly discard distracting thoughts and eliminate desires, allowing him to concentrate on comprehending magic and experiencing the Great Dao of Fire.

And there is another, even more crucial point.

The power of the Heart Constellation can not only eliminate distracting thoughts, but also enhance his perception, allowing him to more clearly experience the laws of heaven and earth during cultivation.

With the help of this effect, the Crimson Lotus's beneficial effect on the Path of Fire is also amplified.

Ultimately, it achieved almost double the effect.

Since embarking on the path of cultivation, Xiao Chen has never been able to experience the Great Dao of Fire so closely as he is now.

The whole world seemed to have shed a veil, revealing a face as passionate as fire.

All the flames he had seen in the past began to flash through his mind, and it seemed that there was a consistent pattern running through them all.

Xiao Chen even had a sudden feeling that if he could fully grasp that rule, he could ascend to immortality in one step.

However, on the other hand, the idea of ​​fully mastering the Great Way of Fire is something that can be confined to just thinking about.

Let alone a Nascent Soul cultivator, even if you replaced him with a Deity Transformation Venerable, he wouldn't have this ability, and the difference would be enormous.

It's more reliable and more in line with reality to practice the "Crimson Sky Mountain-Severing Palm".

"First move, Soaring Palm! Second move, Blazing Palm..."

With the blessing of his enlightened mind, Xiao Chen began to repeatedly perform the Crimson Sky Mountain-Splitting Palm.

Such an option is naturally not as fast as directly expelling the fire and fire spirit energy from the body, and it is also more harmful to the body.

Fortunately, he also cultivated the body, making his skin, blood, lungs, and meridians incredibly strong.

Even when subjected to the heat of fire and the scorching power of fire, it did not collapse directly.

Although it hurts a bit, I can still manage to keep going.

Moreover, to be honest, since Xiao Chen had already experienced almost the same level of pain once before in the Body Tempering Hall, he was actually feeling much better now, far less unbearable than the first time.

Many things are like this: once you've gone through something and successfully overcome it, the next time will be easier.

In a way, this can be considered one of the benefits gained from the Black Iron Cave.

You can even think of it the other way around.

Since Xiao Chen will have another chance to temper his body in the future, and he will most likely choose to enter the bottom layer of the giant cauldron at that time.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will suffer far greater pain than those in the upper echelons.

Even more painful things are yet to come.

What's a little pain?
Thinking about it that way, I suddenly felt much better.

In short, Xiao Chen comforted himself and persevered through sheer grit.

He withstood the intense impact of the fire and fire elemental power.

By repeatedly practicing the "Crimson Sky Mountain-Splitting Palm," one can gradually absorb the fire elemental energy in the meridians and expel excess fire energy bit by bit.

This continued for a full six hours until the effects of the Crimson Lotus finally wore off.

During this process, the heat alone that escaped made the entire warehouse feel like a steamer.

Even some of the walls were charred black.

The ground near Xiao Chen even had some glass-like patterns on it.

This was even with the warehouse doors wide open, allowing for normal ventilation both inside and out.

If it were in a more enclosed place, it might have melted the house.

But it was in this short half-day that Xiao Chen successfully progressed from a novice to a master of the Crimson Sky Mountain-Severing Palm technique.

It's important to understand that there are two levels of understanding between these two: mastering the art and achieving some initial success.

Looking back before the New Year, even with the help of the Jade Lotus Seed and a fourth-tier water-type spiritual object, it was still difficult to achieve anything.

Xiao Chen also cultivated for almost half a month before he advanced the Azure Wave Bone-Penetrating Needle from the initial stage to a slight level of mastery.

Later, he went to the Cangming Immortal Sect, listened to the cultivation experiences of many other True Monarchs, and went into seclusion, which enabled him to achieve a comprehensive understanding.

But today, with the help of this exceptionally powerful fifth-tier enlightenment artifact.

Xiao Chen achieved in half a day what he had taken almost two months to cultivate.

It's incredibly fast; calling it lightning speed wouldn't be an exaggeration.

If this were told to outsiders, it's unlikely that you could find a single person in the entire cultivation world who would believe it, since it's simply too outrageous.

Ask any other True Lord who cultivates magic, who hasn't painstakingly studied it for years or even decades?

How could anyone achieve such a triple jump in less than a day? No matter how talented they are, it doesn't make sense.

Even Xiao Chen himself was taken aback when he came to his senses from the meditative state of his enlightened mind: "Holy crap, I'm actually this amazing!"

"Oh dear, judging from this, I should have started learning fire magic a long time ago."

"I'm clearly a fire-type genius whose potential has been wasted by the Azure Wave Bone-Penetrating Needle!"

Although he borrowed external tools, had the blessing of Hextech, and had accumulated years of experience, he also absorbed the cultivation insights he had heard at the Cangming Immortal Sect.

But he did cultivate very quickly.

Even if the original creator of the "Red Sky Mountain-Splitting Palm" were to personally re-examine it, he probably wouldn't be able to progress from a novice to a master within half a day.

In this way, Xiao Chen not only mastered the second move of this spell—the Burning Sky Palm.

He also learned the third move – the Mountain-Breaking Palm, and the fourth move – the Mountain-Burning Palm.

He even felt that if he was willing to continue studying, it would only be a matter of time before he mastered the final fifth move—the Shattering Sky and Melting Mountain Palm.
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"I happen to have plenty of fire-type Dao-nurturing crystals and some fourth-tier fire-type spiritual items."

Xiao Chen had a sudden thought: "Why don't we just go all out and perfect the 'Crimson Sky Mountain-Splitting Palm' technique?"

He still had two portions of Azure Phoenix Feather Ashes on hand.

If used in conjunction with the Purple Gold Bodhi, it is entirely possible to master the Shattering Sky and Melting Mountain Palm in a relatively short period of time.

Normally, water should overcome fire.

In the Eastern Region, where water-based magic is everywhere, practicing fire magic seems like asking for trouble.

However, in reality, the relationship of restraint between water and fire is not so absolute.

When all conditions are similar for both sides, water-based magic does indeed have the advantage.

However, if the side that masters fire-based techniques gains the upper hand, the situation can be reversed, achieving the remarkable effect of fire overcoming water.

You should know that Xiao Chen has the power of Hextech.

Unless they are truly evenly matched, with no difference whatsoever.

Otherwise, even a slight lead would turn into an absolute advantage under the amplification of Hextech.

The boost brought about by mastering the technique perfectly matches this point.

"Then it's decided."

Xiao Chen kept this in mind, but he didn't rush to start cultivating immediately.

Instead, he walked out of the sect's warehouse and went directly to the Scripture Pavilion.

Even if we're in a hurry, there's no rush. Let's see if we can find anything else we can gain.

Even just obtaining ancient books or insights that could help with cultivation from within the library would be beneficial.

As the saying goes, sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood.

Midway through, Xiao Chen also took the opportunity to use his divine sense to re-examine the situation within the Yin Corpse Sect.

But by this time, he was the only living person left in the huge mountain gate.

Apart from the thousands of corpse puppets that wander freely in the open ground because they have lost their masters.

The other disciples either died in the infighting during their escape or successfully escaped.

"Ow~!"

Just then, a corpse puppet passed by the entrance of the Sutra Repository.

Upon sensing the approach of a stranger, it roared angrily and pounced.

Meanwhile, its cries startled the other corpse puppets nearby.

Surprisingly, three other corpse puppets also changed direction, no longer walking slowly, but running directly towards them at top speed.

They immediately sensed Xiao Chen's presence halfway there, as he wasn't concealing his aura.

However, even when they felt the pressure from the Nascent Soul, they didn't know the meaning of the word "fear".

Instead, its eyes turned bloodshot, and its movements became frantic as it howled and lunged to attack.

However, Xiao Chen was too lazy to use magic against these small fry. He simply used his divine sense to activate his true essence, which transformed into a large magical hand, and slapped it against these corpse puppets.

"Boom!"

A large pit, several meters in size, immediately appeared on the ground, burying all four corpse puppets inside.

"They are far too weak."

Seeing this, Xiao Chen shook his head: "These corpse puppets are not worthy of being used to test the power of new moves."

He had been thinking that since he had just learned three new moves, he could find a target nearby to practice them in real combat.

But faced with these walking corpses, I really had no desire to attack them.

Forget it, they're not even worthy of being called "Soaring Palm," they're completely useless for testing.

Upon entering the first floor of the Sutra Repository, Xiao Chen's first reaction was only one word—chaos.

Since the first floor was filled with worthless miscellaneous books, no restrictions were set up to protect them.

Therefore, the chaos was immediately affected by the battle between the Yin Corpse Sect disciples.

This situation improved considerably on the second and third floors, and completely disappeared starting on the fourth floor due to the powerful restrictions.

However, sects like the Yin Corpse Sect manage their disciples quite strictly.

The first three floors were filled with books of little value, and even the cultivation manuals were incomplete versions.

They can either pay sect contribution points to exchange for the skills in advance, or they can only wait until their cultivation level improves to gain the right to go to higher floors to learn subsequent cultivation techniques.

Therefore, even if Xiao Chen skipped over the first four floors, it wouldn't have any impact on him at all.

Because he found more detailed and complete information on the fifth level than on the fourth level.

"Sigh, this is boring."

Xiao Chen saw all the way to the seventh floor and felt quite disappointed.

At first glance, much of the content in the books here is different from that on the other side of the Ocean of Compassion.

However, upon closer inspection, they are actually just different names for different customs and habits, but the truly important content is all the same.

"I feel that ordinary books are no longer of much use."

Xiao Chen looked up at the eighth floor: "We should focus on checking those biographies and rare books, at least the content there is relatively new."

As the highest level, this place naturally has its own independent restrictions, but they are naturally unable to stop him.

The most crucial information of the Yin Corpse Sect is preserved here.

First, there is a biography written by the founder of the Yin Corpse Sect a long time ago.

Xiao Chen flipped through it and found that the main text was mostly trivial matters, except for the final instructions, which were quite special.

At that time, the Yin Corpse Sect was still relatively weak.

At the end, the other party specifically instructed the younger disciples to strive to accomplish two major tasks to revitalize the sect.

The first important thing is to learn more about the Flying General Manor in the Western Regions.

In the future, if conditions permit, it would be best to actually go there and learn from their strengths and experiences.

"It sounds like a powerful force from the Western Regions."

Xiao Chen silently memorized the name Flying General Manor, and then continued reading.

The second important matter is to send more disciples to get closer to the Yin Sha Immortal Sect in the Inner Sea.

While maintaining independence, try to get as close to them as possible.

Ideally, they should marry into the other party's powerful network to gain a foothold in the chaotic and desolate Sea of ​​No Light.

"what?"

Xiao Chen was a little surprised. He didn't expect that when the Yin Corpse Sect was established, the Yin Sha Immortal Sect had not yet been destroyed.

That happened a long time ago.

In other words, this sect did not oppose the demonic path from the very beginning, and even wanted to actively get closer to the demonic sects.

This is the opposite of what is meant by "true red blood" (or "pure and upright").

"No wonder the Corpse Sect has become like this; it turns out it was a remnant of the demonic path from the very beginning!"

Xiao Chen slammed the book shut: "Although I don't know why you were missed when we were purging the demonic path."

"But this time, I'll be the one to eliminate these stragglers."

(End of this chapter)