Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

But the assassination intent came quickly and disappeared just as fast, like that eerie flame flickering for an instant.

Luo Chen took a deep breath, forced a smile.

”Thank you for telling me these matters.”

”Compared to you saving my Zhou family, it’s truly insignificant.” At this point, Zhou Yunshen appeared slightly hesitant, ”The Black King took that Zhang family orphan from my family members; I wonder how she will be arranged in the future?”

Zhang Jingqing?

Luo Chen replied without hesitation: ”Thank you for taking care of her these years. Her father once served me for many years, so naturally, she will be under my care in the future.”

Zhou Yunshen had a knowing expression and then fetched a storage bag.

”Since that’s the case, please hand these items to her for me; it’s compensation for these years.”

Compensation?

Luo Chen frowned.

Zhou Yunshen seemed reluctant to say more and excused himself to depart, citing that the family members had just arrived in Divine Yuan City and hadn’t settled yet.

Luo Chen didn’t insist on keeping him and merely scheduled a time to chat when free.

After Zhou Yunshen left, Luo Chen stood quietly in the pavilion for a long time before returning to the cave mansion.

Upon returning, he saw a beautiful woman standing there elegantly, her eyes full of worry as she looked at the curled-up Black King on the ground.

Luo Chen glanced at him, then with a flick of his finger, a wisp of azure-gold flame suddenly appeared, enveloping the Black King.

Instantly, the azure-gold flame intertwined with the dark blue flame on the Black King’s back.

”Is it Jiao Emperor Liu Jun?”

The Black King gritted his teeth, ”It’s him alright. Among the Three Great Demon Emperors besieging the Zhou family, one was the Jiao Emperor Liu Jun we previously encountered. Although we’re both in the sea, I’m not afraid of him, but that flame from his oil lamp poses too great a threat to my desolate beast body.”

Luo Chen understood.

He had witnessed the might of Jiao Emperor Liu Jun’s oil lamp.

Even Luo Chen back then, with his Fourth Order Ancient Desolate Body, couldn’t withstand those dark blue flames, having to sever his arm and use Prosperity and Decline True Fire to isolate the blue flame’s erosion.

The Black King’s current physique was similar to Luo Chen’s from those days; even with his naturally indestructible body, without true fire as support, he naturally wasn’t a match for Jiao Emperor Liu Jun.

It was rumored that the Jiaoren were once slaves to the Savage Beasts, later rising to power.

The blue flame lit with Jiaoren fat was designed specifically to counter savage beast bodies.

The remnant blue flame on the Black King’s body was somewhat wasteful to directly extinguish.

A thought arose, and Luo Chen wrapped all the dark blue flames with Prosperity and Decline True Fire, returning them to the Purple Mansion.

Afterward, he looked toward the woman whose appearance seemed somewhat familiar.

The woman, no longer the youthful and innocent spirit she once was, now bore a hint of sorrow in her expression, resembling her mother even more now in both form and essence.

All are people of misfortune!

Under Luo Chen’s gaze, the woman appeared somewhat uneasy.

She hesitated for a moment, then finally made a graceful salute.

”Xiaoqing, greets True Master.”

”From now on, follow me!”

Luo Chen said gently, and the woman’s visible tension loosened.

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”Is it truly so generous?”

Luo Chen looked at the storage bag Zhou Yunshen gave to Zhang Jingqing; its resources were not something an Early Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator could match, rivaling the wealth of an average Golden Core Cultivator.

The Black King, lying next to Luo Chen, sneered.

”Xiaoqing was quite oppressed in the Zhou family, especially after the Demon Beasts besieged the Coral Sea. She, merely a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, was even sent to the battlefield. These things are merely compensation.”

Luo Chen shook his head, ”If she was truly oppressed, why did ten thousand of the Zhou family cultivators die in battle, yet Xiaoqing survived?”

The Black King paused, realizing there was indeed some truth to this?

Luo Chen handed the checked storage bag to the Black King, asking him to eventually hand it to Zhang Jingqing, and then inquired about the battle back then.

”Although the Zhou family had no natural fortresses to rely on, they managed the Coral Sea as if it were Copper Wall Iron Barriers. The blood-sucking coral filling the entire sea area caused great suffering to the Demon Beasts.”

”According to your words, it should have formed into an array, allowing it to hold out for so long.”

”The reason I was able to break in and disrupt the Demon Beast formation was thanks to the batch of Dragon Qiu I brought from Longyuan Island.”

”That old man Zhou Yunshen was truly formidable. After deciding to abandon the Coral Sea, he no longer suppressed his realm and exhibited his full power, subduing two Nascent Soul Demon Emperors by himself. However, I could feel that his age truly advanced, and such fierce action was a significant burden for him.”

After keenly understanding the situation in the Coral Sea battle, Luo Chen gained further insight into Ancestor of the Zhou Family, Zhou Yunshen.

This person had a restrained temperament, never acting rashly unless absolutely necessary.

Yet once he made a decision, he executed it decisively.

And his strength was not to be underestimated.

However, now he’s become a ”homeless dog.” What will his future hold?

Not fleeing to the current largest power in the North Sea, the Canghai Righteous Alliance, but coming to Divine Yuan City, his intentions were clear without further explanation.

Also planning to go to Zhongzhou?

Luo Chen’s eyes slightly narrowed.

With a move of his Divine Consciousness, Sang Jinghe came in from outside.

The person’s eyes were red, presumably having learned about the Tusang Gate’s situation from Zhang Jingqing.

”True Master, any instructions?”

”Go ask Fu Hongzhang when their family head will return to Divine Yuan City?”

Sang Jinghe was taken aback, inquiring about when Fu Chaosheng would return, the purpose was clear: to know when they could set out to Zhongzhou.

However, once they leave the North Sea, the grudge of Tusang Gate, the grudge of the Lotus Picking Island Zhang family, and the revenge for those friends of the True Master.

Seemingly guessing what Sang Jinghe was thinking, Luo Chen didn’t provide any explanation.

After he left in a dim mood, only then did Luo Chen sigh softly.

Now in the North Sea, the situation threatened and dangerous, with countless people seeking a way out.

Revenge?

Not to mention whether he is now a match for the Moon Independent Cultivator, he has no clue where she is.

Some matters are just so helpless.

However!

This world, vast as it is, is only so for lower-order cultivators.

When my Dao cultivation achieves completion, I’ll seek her out, no matter earth or heaven, and have a reckoning!