Chapter 2024: Chapter 744: Self-Created Dao Scripture, Divine Prohibition Seals the Nascent Soul
Under the Heaven and Earth Peak, the Zhe River roars and churns.
Just like the passage of time, slipping quietly away day and night.
Unknowingly, half a year has quietly passed by.
At Cave Dwelling No. Jia-78, Fu Qinglan looked worriedly at the tall phoenix tree. Even in the midst of snow, it couldn’t hide its lush green color.
What truly caught her eye, however, was the man in white sitting at the top of the tree.
"Grandfather, is he really okay?"
Fu Chaosheng stood beside her, equally worried.
Though he was quite old, he maintained himself well, with a rosy complexion and hardly any wrinkles.
Yet in just half a year, he seemed to have aged by decades, presenting the decline of a mortal.
"This is a state of Sudden Enlightenment, something a cultivator finds hard to come by and seeks to prolong once encountered. But at this time!"
The timing was too sensitive!
With the Alchemy Saint’s Ascension imminent and the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven about to open, if Luo Chen couldn’t wake from his Sudden Enlightenment soon, it would be a grave mistake.
Fu Qinglan felt a bit envious, "Sudden Enlightenment? Is his talent truly as you said, no lesser than the prodigies of the Holy Land?"
Fu Chaosheng nodded with a bitter smile.
He had no doubt about Luo Chen’s talent.
During the Middle Stage Golden Core, he was able to comprehend the Nascent Soul Formation Technique without a teacher.
Later, he condensed the Nascent Soul as a Rogue Cultivator.
Especially at the North Sea End Bluff Pavilion, he witnessed Luo Chen in a state of Divine Fusion with the World, entering a brief Sudden Enlightenment.
That time was extremely short.
But this time, it lasted a full half year!
"The unsettled wandering of his early years made it difficult for him to settle down for Purification. Now, having finally found a place to purify himself, he’s amassed and now released his potential."
"But this Sudden Enlightenment can be either good or bad, I’m just afraid he’ll stray onto the wrong path!"
Fu Chaosheng’s worry was not unfounded.
Because in the eyes of the grandfather and granddaughter, Luo Chen’s current state was not one of rising vigor but spiraling downwards!
The union with the world was tenuous.
His Qi Power was no longer filled with vibrant vitality but became deathly silent and low.
Even his seemingly youthful face began to wrinkle, shifting towards an elderly state.
His previously jet-black hair was now a mass of grey and white.
"Was I too hasty?"
Fu Chaosheng asked himself, feeling some guilt.
"If I hadn’t wanted to make him stronger, gifting him that old version of the Taihe Pill. If I hadn’t given him all the Fire Element Techniques I’d collected in one go, if that bottle of Flame Flow Marrow was given after success..."
Fu Chaosheng didn’t know where exactly he went wrong.
But he knew Luo Chen’s current change was definitely related to him.
This made him doubt himself.
"Was it my excessive boldness, or my eagerness for quick success?"
"Or am I really too old to discern..."
Just as Fu Chaosheng wavered internally, constantly questioning himself, a low call suddenly reached his ears.
"Grandfather, it seems he’s waking up?"
Yes, he was waking up!
Suddenly, a large amount of Spirit Qi surged frantically towards Luo Chen.
On the phoenix tree, that deathly still body, like a vortex, greedily devoured the Spirit Qi, forming a small Spirit Qi storm.
In the midst of the storm, Luo Chen slowly opened his eyes.
As his gaze swept over them, his deep black eyes inexplicably carried a touch of ancientness.
"Hoo..."
A breath of Turbid Qi expelled, and the Spirit Qi storm abruptly stopped.
Luo Chen stood up and landed gracefully on the ground.
As his grey-white hair fluttered, the lush green tree behind him inexplicably decayed, turning into a pile of ash.
Seeing this scene, Fu Chaosheng couldn’t wait to speak: "Luo Chen, are you alright?"
"What could be wrong with me? It’s just..." Luo Chen began with a smile, but as he spoke, his brows furrowed.
From the disbelieving expressions of the two facing him, he also realized the hoarseness in his voice.
"Ahem, ahem!"
After clearing his throat, Luo Chen spoke again.
"Just a brief nap."
This time, his voice was as usual, calm, gentle, yet firm and powerful.
Normally, such a voice would inspire great confidence, but the Fu family grandfather and granddaughter grew even more worried.
Changing one’s tone is something very easy for a cultivator.
Luo Chen’s transformation, on the contrary, seemed to conceal more than it revealed.
Especially since his Mana Fluctuation was almost nonexistent, standing there like a Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator.
No!
Still a Qi Refinement Stage Old Cultivator of advanced age!
"How could this be?" Fu Chaosheng muttered.
Luo Chen had little thought to explain, "I need to rest and summarize this deep cultivation session, so I won’t entertain you two. If you need to discuss anything with me, in three to five days would be best."
This was sending them away.
Fu Chaosheng didn’t linger, turning to leave.
But Fu Qinglan, upon leaving, frequently glanced back at the man standing between the mountain abyss, letting the breeze play in his grey-white hair.
"Grandfather, for some reason, now the Huang Independent Cultivator Luo Chen feels even more dangerous to me than before."
Still immersed in self-blame, worry, and confusion, Fu Chaosheng was startled upon hearing this.
"Truly?"
Fu Qinglan nodded slightly, with light but very earnest emphasis!
...
After being blown by the mountain wind for a while, Luo Chen’s hazy spirit from the half-year’s Sudden Enlightenment cleared up.
Returning to the Cave Mansion, he bathed, changed, and sat burning incense.
His grey-white hair was casually tied behind with a Wooden Hairpin, not forming any seals, he focused his spirit into the Purple Mansion.
The first scene that met his eyes was the shriveled Nascent Soul meditating beside a faint flame.