Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1644: Chapter 606: Do You Really Wish to Die?

The expanse of Peng Island is vast, its forests dense, and water birds circle overhead.

Even after Luo Chen took residence, the island retained its original untouched appearance, with only a few palaces built upon it.

Aside from the Star Dou Palace where Luo Chen lived for his cultivation and Tian Xuan’s personal quarters, only another palace, the Qingyang Palace, was constructed.

This Qingyang Palace was the side hall where Luo Chen conducted his daily Pill Refinement and Tool Casting.

At this moment, within Qingyang Palace, the Primordial Chaos Tripod stood tall, with the Original Source True Fire blazing intensely within.

Clad in black robes, Luo Chen fixed his gaze on the great cauldron, his hands weaving Spiritual Secrets as streams of basic mineral materials flew into it like streaks of light.

”Choosing the Primordial Chaos Tripod as my Natal Magic Item back then truly was a wise decision.”

”This treasure isn’t just suitable for Pill Refinement; it’s equally adept for Tool Casting, saving me the trouble of collecting auxiliary tools for forging.”

Luo Chen remarked emotionally, focusing entirely on the reactions of the minerals inside the tripod.

Suddenly.

His brows furrowed, and with a flick of his hand, a palm-sized chunk of golden stone flew out from the tripod.

”Was this Meteorite Stone poorly prepared?”

”I knew it—cheap things never come with good quality.”

Muttering to himself, Luo Chen tossed the Meteorite Stone into the Prosperity and Decline True Fire, subjecting it to extraordinarily high temperatures for calcination.

After approximately half an incense stick’s time, he summoned the Meteorite Stone again, placing it on a massive stone block within Qingyang Palace.

Then, with a twist of his wrist, a small hammer appeared in his hand.

This was none other than the Flowing Flame Hammer, obtained from a Hundred Craft Mountain Golden Core Cultivator.

Despite being a Lower Grade fire attribute Offense Magic Item, its excellent compatibility with Fire Attribute Qi Power made it highly practical.

Upon erasing the original owner’s Divine Consciousness Imprint, Luo Chen had refined it, using it as a replacement for the Xuanhuo Sword.

In battle, its offensive potential was relatively mediocre, primarily due to its slow flying speed, making it hard to hit enemies.

But for Tool Casting, it shone brightly.

With the hammer in hand, Luo Chen shed his black robe, revealing a physique of taut muscles.

As the muscles in his arms rippled, Luo Chen swung the Flowing Flame Hammer, striking the Meteorite Stone repeatedly.

Amidst the shower of sparks, the impurities within the Meteorite Stone dwindled with each strike.

Simultaneously, the proficiency of the Tool Casting technique—the Flowing Fire Hammer Technique—on the Attribute Panel increased steadily, bit by bit.

”Why do I feel that in a few years, once my Flowing Fire Hammer Technique reaches the Completion Stage, I’ll be able to wield this treasure even better than its original owner?”

Tool Casting was unmistakably Qi Power-intensive.

To Luo Chen, it felt even more cumbersome than Pill Refinement.

However, it was not without its merits.

At the very least, while refining High Order Magic Tools, the daily exercise of hammering minerals provided exceptional training for his physique.

The potency of the Four-Order Black Emperor Ointment was truly overwhelming!

Even though Luo Chen continuously operated the perfected ”The Flow of All Things” while simultaneously using Prosperity and Decline True Fire for Physique Training, he still couldn’t perfectly absorb the Four-Order Black Emperor Ointment.

Yet through high-intensity Tool Casting, he discovered that his body gradually absorbed the remaining ointment within him, accelerating his Body Refinement progress.

It was precisely due to this realization that Luo Chen’s frequency of Tool Casting and production of Magic Tools increased significantly in recent years.

How could one ignore something with dual benefits?

The hammer’s shadow danced, sparks fell like rain.

Clang!

As the final strike landed, Luo Chen gazed at the Meteorite Stone, now reduced to a third of its original size, and revealed a satisfied smile.

”This quality should suffice to forge the Youlan Xuan Armor.”

Had any renowned Tool Casting Crafter been present, they might have been puzzled by Luo Chen’s words regarding the ”Youlan Xuan Armor.”

Isn’t that a Third Order Defensive Array?

How could it become the name of a Magic Tool or Magic Item?

In reality, this was merely Luo Chen taking a creative liberty in naming it.

The Defense Treasure Refining Method provided by Yu Gao from the Penglai Immortal Sect was a synthesis of ancient Artifact Refining techniques and contemporary mainstream forging doctrines.

Its complexity was multifaceted, whether in material selection or the demands on Tool Casting Techniques.

Luo Chen had spent years attempting to overcome each challenge, one by one.

Although he couldn’t directly refine the Demon Emperor’s Metamorphosis, he could experiment with the intricate details of Penglai’s set method for refining treasures.

Luo Chen firmly believed that once he perfected each part individually, the success rate of directly refining the Demon Emperor’s Metamorphosis would significantly increase!

Among the many difficult challenges, the toughest aspect was the Fourth Order Array required to refine the Magic Item!

Its name: Yin Yang LiuJia Array!

When Luo Chen first encountered it, he couldn’t help but curse aloud: what sort of Magic Item necessitates inscribing a Fourth Order Array? It’s not as if he were refining the Primordial Chaos Tripod!

Nevertheless, after years of study, he discovered that the Yin Yang LiuJia Array concealed subtle intricacies.

Although categorized as Fourth Order, it was essentially a combination of seven Third Order arrays.

At its core was the Taiji Formation, which was relatively straightforward—whether Yin and Yang, Heaven and Earth, odd and even, rigid and soft, mysterious and bright, or the shifting of clarity with water and fire. As long as it involved opposing pairs, the formation carried the essence of Taiji.

Han Zhan was quite proficient in this!

Luo Chen naturally mastered it with ease.

The difficulty lay in the so-called Liu Jia!

Six sets of Third Order Defensive Arrays.

The Youlan Xuanjia Formation was one of these, a renowned Water Type Defensive Array among Third Order formations.

Beyond that, formations like the Minghuang Rock Armor Formation and Yimu Qingjia Formation also existed.

Each one stood out as an exceptional Defensive Array among Third Order arrays, challenging for ordinary cultivators to learn.

Comparatively, the Youlan Xuanjia Formation was the simplest among them.

After years of study, Luo Chen had already reached the Beginner level.

Now his imminent goal was to use Penglai’s refining doctrine to forge a Defense Magic Item!