Chapter 125: Ripening the Immortal Wood to Prepare for the Condensation of the Infant, the Giant Bronze Coffin

After arranging the matters of the secret realm, Chen An naturally did not need to worry too much, as the Chen family would be busy with building the foundation.

However, just in case, he still sent Chen Kebao to escort the tribesmen to the secret realm. After all, it would take the joint efforts of two Jindan masters to open the door to the secret realm.

Even though there were two from the Qingyun Sect alone, plus Zhao Hu who formed the Dan almost at the same time as Chen Kebao, there were three in total, but the trip to the secret realm was after all a matter between the two families.

What’s different from the last time is that after years of exploration, Master Qingshan has optimized the method of opening the portal, and it can last up to several months.

Shortly after.

Led by Chen Kebao, the group from Kuxiu Mountain turned into a stream of light and headed towards the secret place in the Cloud Valley in the north.

The journey was only a few dozen miles, so Chen An was not worried at all.

"Brother, thank you for saving me several times. If you need anything in the future, please let me know. I will never refuse."

Chen Weiyang glanced at Chen Shusheng, whose face was slightly flushed, bowed to Chen An and expressed his gratitude.

"We are all family, so why be polite?"

Chen An put away the Blood Soul Immortal Essence that he had just collected from Chen Shusheng's body and waved his hand.

After the fifth treatment, the Blood Soul Fairy in Chen Shusheng's body shrank by half, and his body's Qi and blood recovered a lot.

Although it has not been completely cured, just from the appearance, he is a completely different person from when he first came to Kuxiu Mountain, and he has a lot more vitality.

If you don't look closely, at least you can't tell from the outside that there is any serious illness.

"If you come here once a year, and you can do it seven or eight times, you should be almost cured."

After Chen An treated the other party, the black-haired beast led the way quite skillfully and brought Chen Weiyang and his grandson out of the mountain.

After watching the two leave, Chen An looked at the spiritual field full of lush spiritual plants and walked into it.

At present, the most eye-catching thing in the spiritual field, apart from the eight spiritual treasure trees, is Yu Linglong.

The petals of the jade plant are layered from the outside to the inside, shaped like a lotus, but the difference is that the petals are much thicker and delicate and translucent like colored glaze.

And the graceful figure sitting next to Yu Linglong was still practicing hard and tirelessly.

Looking around, the spiritual plants and people in the spiritual fields are no different from before.

The only difference is that there are two more spiritual seeds under the soil in a corner of the spiritual field, which are dragon blood ginseng and resurrection grass.

Dragon Blood Ginseng likes monster feces, among which third-level monster feces are the most suitable. However, the conditions in Kuxiu Mountain do not allow it, so Chen An had to get second-level monster feces from the Wang family and Qingyun Sect and bury it under the soil.

Although the effect is much worse, it can still be done. With the help of the Soul-Snatching Technique to ripen the seeds frequently, the growth is not too slow. At present, the seeds are about to burst out of the soil and grow into a seedling.

What gave Chen An a headache was the resurrection grass.

Different from the requirements of other spiritual plants, the Resurrection Grass requires a wisp of dead air within seven days of a person's death to grow.

After an ordinary person dies, his soul will slowly dissipate and then transform into death energy.

The so-called soul and spirit is another name for the spirit and soul. The living are called the spirit and soul, and the dead are called the soul and spirit.

On the seventh day after an ordinary person's death, the soul completely dissipates. This is also when the death aura is the strongest, and then it will quickly dissipate.

As the deathly air gathers into a ball, it can vaguely form the deceased's appearance before his death. Some ordinary people with extraordinary talents can see this scene and think it is the dead person's soul coming back to life. Therefore, there is a saying among ordinary people that the seventh night is the night of the dead person's soul returning.

However, this is the case for ordinary people who have no cultivation. Cultivators possess the power to control the heavens and the earth, but it is hard to say what will happen to them after death.

Those who possess secret techniques and supernatural powers related to the soul can either switch to the path of the ghost or take over the body of another person, and if successful they can continue to live in the world.

Of course, encountering a demonic cultivator who was extracting one’s soul and refining one’s spirit was another story.

Ordinary cultivators who have not reached the Nascent Soul stage or do not have any secret methods will become like ordinary people after death, with their souls slowly dissipating until they disappear.

However, there are few monks and their lifespan is long, so it is not easy to collect death energy. Chen An plans to go to Chenjia Town not far from Kuxiu Mountain when he has time. The population there is densely populated, and many people die every day, so he can slowly collect death energy.

After checking the spiritual fields, Chen An came to a cave in the North Mountain.

He waved his hand to remove the ban and walked in.

"You devil, if you have the guts, just kill me. What kind of ability is it to torture people like this?"

Before they reached the depths, Wu Jianquan inside seemed to hear some noise and started cursing at the entrance of the cave.

Compared to ten years ago, the other people haven't changed much, except Wu Jianquan, who has the Blood Soul Immortal planted in his body. He is thin, pale and bloodless, and his appearance is not as good as before.

Chen An glanced at the four people. Except for Wu Jianquan, the other three trembled and huddled together when they saw him, fearing that they would also be infected with the Blood Soul Immortal.

"You still have the energy to curse. It seems that the progress of the Blood Soul Immortal is still too slow."

Chen An smiled contemptuously, waved his sleeves and threw out a ball of plant essence, which flew into Wu Jianquan's mouth.

This was not the Blood Soul Immortal Essence just extracted from Chen Shusheng, but the essence of the Golden Crow Grass. It would be a waste to use the former on him.

After swallowing the essence of the plants, Wu Jianquan howled in pain and rolled on the ground, looking quite miserable.

The essence of plants is useless to cultivators without special processing. It is obvious that the Blood Soul Immortal in his body is being nourished and is growing faster.

Although the three people nearby had seen this kind of scene more than once, they were still frightened. They glanced at Chen An secretly and did not dare to step forward to check on Wu Jianquan's condition.

Not long after the Blood Soul Immortal was planted, Chen An also came to give birth to the Blood Soul Immortal in Wu Jian's entire body.

However, the other party is not a physical cultivator. Even if he has achieved perfect Dan formation, he cannot withstand the long-term torture of a fourth-level spiritual plant.

Although even Chen Shusheng, who had just entered the Jindan stage, could last for decades as long as he was properly taken care of, it was not like using the essence of plants to deliberately ripen him and take his life prematurely.

Chen An gave him some pills to restore his qi and blood to maintain the body's qi and blood consumption.

After all, the four of them couldn't die for the time being.

People like Wu Jianquan, as high-ranking members of the Lihuo Palace, usually have items such as soul tablets left in the sect. If they die outside, the sect will definitely know about it first.

Chen An still wanted to practice peacefully. Although after advancing to the late stage of Jindan, he had the strength to kill an early stage of Yuanying, there was no need to cause trouble for himself. It should be avoided if possible.

The only point is that Chen An does not have the means to separate the Blood Soul Immortal from the human body.

If things continue to mature at this rate, Wu Jianquan may not be able to hold on in a few years, and there will still be a risk of being exposed.

It seems that before there is a way to separate the Blood Soul Immortal, the cultivation of the Blood Soul Immortal cannot be rushed.

"Spare your life!"

Wu Jianquan struggled for a long time, but finally ran out of strength. He lay on the ground, gasping for breath. His sweat had already soaked the ground.

As he begged for mercy, tears of pain and humiliation flowed from the corners of his eyes.

Chen An shook his head gently and said, "I still like the way you were so unruly just now."

"But I'm not a heartless person. Since you beg for mercy, I won't feed you plant essences for the time being."

Upon hearing this, Wu Jianquan's eyes showed gratitude, his lips trembled and his face was slightly humiliated as he said, "Thank you very much."

After slightly ripening the Blood Soul Immortal, Chen An threw a few blood and qi recovery pills to Wu Jianquan, letting him recuperate on his own.

Immediately, the seals on the four people were reinforced. With Chen An's late Jindan stage cultivation level, it would be difficult for the four people to break it even if they had all the means.

Moreover, they could not mobilize even a trace of magic power in their Dantian. Apart from their slightly stronger physical bodies, they were not much different from people with no cultivation at all. There was no possibility of escape.

After leaving, he sealed the entrance to the cave, and only then did Chen An feel completely relieved.

After thinking for a moment, Chen An walked back to the spiritual field.

Looking at the tall and green fairy tree, Chen An felt that now was the time to ripen it and use the fairy tree fruit to prepare for the infant formation. He took out most of the Golden Crow grass on his body, activated the Soul Seizing Technique, and drained it one by one.

In a short while, a large mass of verdant liquid condensed, exuding a rich scent of grass and trees. It was about three or four hundred years old in total.

For a moment, all the spiritual plants in the entire spiritual field moved without wind, as if they were attracted, and swayed towards Chen An's direction.

Chen An ignored it and injected his essence into the roots of the fairy tree in front of him.

The fairy tree was nourished and grew slowly at a speed visible to the naked eye, stretching out its branches and leaves.

But this process only lasted for two or three breaths, and the short growth came to an abrupt end.

"It has grown for about thirty years, but even so, the age of the fairy wood has only reached one hundred and five years. Judging from the progress, it will probably take another five hundred years to mature. There is still a long way to go to ripen the fairy wood!" Chen An sighed.

One hundred and fifty years, fifty of which were contributed by the Blood Soul Immortal in Chen Shusheng's body.

Generally, a fourth-tier spiritual plant will mature in 200 years. As the Eight Treasures Spiritual Tree is an immortal tree, it will take a little longer to mature. This had already shown signs during the previous three ripening processes, so Chen An was not too surprised.

However, in addition to cultivation, I will probably have to spend more energy on ripening more Golden Crow grass.

After all, among the current third-tier spiritual plants, only the Golden Crow Grass has the lowest ripening cost. Apart from the Soul-Snatching Technique, it only needs sufficient sunlight to grow.

Chen An has been practicing for more than seventy years since he reached the stage of Dan formation. Such a long time has passed, so he is not in a hurry.

After taking care of the Golden Crow Grass, he turned around and went back into the cave.

Time flies, and four months pass in a flash.

Suddenly, from the quiet Beishan Mountain, there were several roars of black-haired beasts, echoing throughout the entire mountain area.

Chen Shuang, who was practicing in the spiritual field, seemed to have gotten used to it. He was unmoved by it and continued to practice hard, growing stronger together with Yu Linglong beside him.

I'm afraid no one in the entire Kuxiu Mountain can match this kind of perseverance except Chen An.

Soon, several people followed the black-haired beast, led by Master Qingshan and Chen Kebao, and hurriedly came to the North Mountain.

Chen Kebao suddenly stopped and said to the Chen family's foundation-building people, "You are tired from the trip to the secret realm. Go back and rest first. Grandpa, Master Qingshan and I will report this matter to you."

"Yes!"

Several foundation-building cultivators from the Chen family responded and turned to leave.

"This time we have a good harvest, much better than the previous trip to Black Wind Mountain."

"Of course. If I hand it over to the family, I'm afraid I can get a lot of merits. Add to that what I've accumulated before, it's enough for me to go to the third-level spiritual land to practice for a while."

"You have so many merits? Lend me some!"

"Dream on! I have to practice hard and strive to form a pill as soon as possible to surpass my eldest nephew."

Everyone in the Chen family who was building their foundation had a delighted look on their faces as they headed towards the second-level spiritual land.

Compared with them, Chen Kebao and the other two had more serious expressions. Led by the black-haired beast, the three of them entered a cave closest to the spiritual field.

"came back."

When Chen An saw Taoist Qingshan, he smiled and said, "Daoist Qingshan, how come you have time to come to my place?"

Seeing that the faces of the men were serious and they did not look like they were returning in triumph, he had a bad suspicion in his mind.

Taoist Qingshan sighed and said, "You haven't been to the secret realm yet, so you don't know the situation. We have made a major discovery deep in the secret realm!"

"Major discovery?" Chen An was surprised. What else could be inside besides spiritual plants and spiritual minerals?

"Elder, please look!"

Chen Kebao took a step back, making some space, and reached for the storage bag at his waist. A yellow figure flew out.

"boom!"

The next moment, a huge bronze coffin suddenly appeared and was slowly placed on the ground of the cave. An aura of vicissitudes of life filled the air.

Although Chen Kebao had controlled the force, the weight of the huge bronze coffin itself caused the floor underneath to slowly crack.

Chen An was stunned for a moment, and out of curiosity he slowly stood up and walked closer to observe for a few seconds.

The huge bronze coffin was covered with traces of time, and a halo of light circulated on its surface, repelling any external objects from approaching. It was obvious that someone had set up a ban to prevent others from opening it.

Chen An estimated that even with his current strength, it would take decades to open it!

The person who issued the ban must have at least reached the level of a Spiritual Transformation cultivator!

It is said that in the land of Dongzhou, there has not been a cultivator who has reached the state of Divine Transformation for many years.

Of course, considering the cultivation level and lifespan of such cultivators, a single retreat might take more than a hundred years, which is not easily seen by ordinary cultivators.

"This huge bronze coffin was discovered by us from deep within the secret realm."

Chen Qing explained, "There is a palace in the center of the secret realm. There is nothing inside except this coffin."

He glanced at the huge bronze coffin with a hint of fear on his face.

Qingshan Zhenren added: "After learning about this, Chen Kebao and I teamed up to enter and searched for a long time. Apart from this coffin, we did not find anything else unusual, no tombstone, and no writing."

Chen An touched his chin, frowned, and asked Master Qingshan: "When you discovered the secret realm, didn't you say it was a new secret realm? How come there is an extra coffin for no reason?"

Faced with this question, Master Qingshan was speechless. After a moment's silence, he said, "The three of us have discussed this before and think there are two possibilities. One is that someone had already put the coffin inside before we discovered it."

"Second, in the fifty or sixty years between the two times of entering the secret realm, there must be at least a Nascent Soul cultivator who sneaked in quietly."

Chen An nodded slightly. He felt that the first possibility was almost certain.

But the second possibility is not very likely.

"The secret realm is relatively close to Yunwu Mountain. Even if it is a Nascent Soul cultivator, it is difficult to conceal the power of space without revealing anything after breaking through the entrance. Therefore, it is very likely that someone had already put it in before we discovered the secret realm."

Chen An analyzed.

The few of them discussed for a long time, but since there were no more clues, they could only speculate to this point at best for the time being.

As for who put it in, no one knows.

Chen An immediately put away the coffin and ordered: "My Lord, do not disclose this matter to anyone for the time being."

He looked at Master Qingshan deeply and said, "Including Lihuo Palace!"

If it were leaked out, it might attract the attention of the Lihuo Palace. Before the infant is condensed, Chen An does not want to have a conflict with them.

After thinking for a moment, he took out a bottle of century-old Yuanshuilu and threw it to Master Qingshan, which made Chen Kebao drool.

"Don't worry, I won't reveal a single word."

Master Qingshan was delighted with the result and responded readily.

After a while, the matter was settled and the few people said goodbye and left.

Chen An left Chen Kebao alone and gave him three bottles of Yuanshuilu at once!

"Don't be envious, go back and practice well."

"Yes!"

Chen Kebao held three bottles of Yuanshuilu in his hands, his mouth almost reaching his ears.

(End of this chapter)