Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Especially, the ancestor of the Zhou Family actively befriended him, and he also took in a young female cultivator who was not of the Zhou Family. That female cultivator named Zhang Jingqing had a significant connection with the Zhang Family on Lotus Picking Island in Penghu. And the Zhang Family once served as vassals to the Demon Monarch Qingyang.

Under the investigation of clan member Chang Feng Zi, that young female cultivator, along with another maid, now reside in the territory of the Fu Clan in Zhongzhou.

Based on various intelligence, it’s highly possible that the Huang Independent Cultivator is indeed the Demon Monarch Qingyang!

And Luo Hai, naturally, is Luo Chen.

Chang Feng Zi tentatively said, ”The tremendous changes he underwent might be related to his visit to the Land of Fallen Demons?”

True Master Longyuan furrowed his brow, ”That’s possible. After all, to come out alive from the Land of Fallen Demons, one is bound to have gained something.”

Chang Feng Zi lamented, ”If the Land of Fallen Demons truly holds such great fortune, Family Head, if you had ventured there back then...”

After returning to Zhongzhou, True Master Longyuan had already completely taken over the Han Gate Liu Family’s power, becoming the current Family Head.

Facing the clan’s regret, he shot a sharp glare over.

”What do you know? That place is one that anyone may enter, but not our Tianyuan Dao Sect disciples!”

Chang Feng Zi was taken aback.

True Master Longyuan gave little explanation.

First, it was because he disdained gaining the Refining Heaven Demon Monarch’s inheritance from the Land of Fallen Demons, as the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven had its own fortune for him.

Second, some secretive insights given by the lineage of the Dao Sect master and disciple warned him to absolutely avoid entering the Land of Fallen Demons.

But these matters were unnecessary to tell the clan members.

”If it truly is the Demon Monarch Qingyang, you should thank him for saving the three of you in the Oblivion Sea back then.”

Chang Feng Zi nodded instinctively.

Back then he, Guan Xiaoping, and Wu Tao went to the North Sea for training, intending to emulate their clan uncle True Master Longyuan, leveraging the North Sea’s resources and life-and-death trials to achieve advancement to the Nascent Soul Stage.

But later, with the Demon Union breaking free from Beiji Yemo Sky, the situation became too perilous.

They, merely three Golden Core Cultivators, had hardly any influence under such major circumstances and had to first return to Zhongzhou.

He still vividly remembers that most dangerous training experience in the Oblivion Sea.

The Demon Monarch Qingyang had shown him kindness.

But the Huang Independent Cultivator...

”Now he is the Family Head’s enemy; how can I be grateful to him? After the grand competition, it won’t be too late for me to thank him.” Chang Feng Zi stated.

True Master Longyuan shook his head, ”You are narrow-minded.”

Chang Feng Zi persisted, ”Consider me narrow-minded then! But, regarding this person, Family Head, are you confident?”

True Master Longyuan pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled.

The smile was full of confidence.

”Both he and I formed our Nascent Souls in the North Sea. Before that, during the Golden Core Period, I was unbeatable. Now that we are both Nascent Soul True Masters, I advanced before him, so why should I fear him?”

”Moreover, I am unlike others; Ming Yan and I support each other. In the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, we fear no one!”

Hearing the name Ming Yan, Chang Feng Zi’s expression turned serious.

Although the lineage of the Tianyuan Dao Sect master and disciples had declined, they remained on par with the family lineage.

Uncle Master Ming Yan, as the most outstanding genius of the current master-disciple lineage, with her assistance, the Family Head will surely seize the opportunity of great fortune in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven this time!

”No need to worry about me, you should also prepare well! I hope by then, you can also achieve fame and make a name for our Liu Family in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven!” True Master Longyuan encouraged.

Chang Feng Zi nodded confidently.

Though he was born of a humble family, he also had the ambition to emulate his clan uncle!

Especially since he had trained in the North Sea, he’d seen blood; there was no guarantee that he would be weaker than those descendants of noble families and great clans when the time comes.

...

Zhongzhou became completely lively.

Whether it was due to the Alchemy Saint’s ascension or the five hundred-year grand competition, all the noble families and various powers were continuously flocking to the Rotten Stalemate Mountain Range.

The nearby few Immortal Cities had long been overcrowded.

Various rumors continued to spread.

But the center of all these rumors—Heaven and Earth Peak—grew ever more peaceful, refusing all visits from outsiders.

The previous exit of Lin Niè Bufan was merely a trivial matter before the closing of the mountain.

Everyone knew that with the Alchemy Saint’s ascension imminent, even if she occasionally appeared, it was mostly a clone.

She was wholly committed to cultivation, striving for that final step!

Such a quiet atmosphere also prevented some potential troubles for Luo Chen.

He just practiced alchemy every day, took a Great Soul Pill each month, operated the ”Soul Cleaving Technique,” feeling the growth of his split soul.

In leisure times, he mostly read books.

All kinds of books!

Related to his Master Cultivation Technique, related to Puppet Technique, related to the Pill Refinement Classics, even some chess manuals sent by Fu Qinglan he would occasionally browse through.

Fu Qinglan also sent over a magic tool similar to the Lan Ke Spirit Treasure before Heaven and Earth Peak closed the mountain.

Luo Chen spent a day studying it and concluded that its power was very weak, but it indeed bore some resemblance to the Lan Ke Black and White Chess he had obtained from Ghost God Valley back then.

This made him increasingly certain that East Desolate Valley of Ghosts and Gods had some connection with the Central Continent Heaven Dao Sect.

As for what kind of connection?

Luo Chen inclined to think it was akin to the relationship between the Penglai Immortal Sect of the North Sea and the Tianyuan Dao Sect.

It’s just that the Northern Sea forces are relatively scattered, while the Eastern Wasteland seems to have dozens of Immortal Cultivation domains that don’t belong to each other, yet all are under the control of the Dark Abyss Sect. This can be seen when the Divine Transformation Great Power of the Dark Abyss Sect could mobilize three Supreme Elders of the Nascent Soul Ascendant Sect back then.

So the Tianyuan Dao Sect couldn’t implant a Nascent Soul Level major force in the Eastern Wasteland and could only slowly infiltrate it with a small force like the Ghost God Valley.

It’s even possible that such a plan was long noticed by the Dark Abyss Sect, unknowingly squeezing the Ghost God Valley, eventually driving them to open war and destroying them entirely.

This speculation even startled Luo Chen himself.

If it were truly like that, then the Tianyuan Dao Sect’s ambition would indeed be astonishing.

But based on the grand plan of Heaven and Earth Peak to absorb Nascent Soul True Masters from the Four Continents, his speculation is quite likely to hold.

”Forget it, ultimately it has nothing to do with me, I’m merely a passerby.”

Luo Chen thus comforted himself.

Then, he turned his attention to the changes in the Original Source True Fire within his body.

Since leaving the Fu family’s Wangwu Mountain Range, it had been a year.

After digesting the Dried Origin Fire Marrow, the Withering and Flourishing True Fire had been continually weakening.

Initially, the weakening was very slow, but Luo Chen found that after he came to Heaven and Earth Peak, the speed increased significantly.

Now a year later, the Withering and Flourishing True Fire in the Purple Mansion had weakened to its extreme, with only a wisp of flame tinged with gold remaining.

”After extreme prosperity comes decline, then should it be rekindled from the ashes next?”

Luo Chen thought to himself.

However, before the rekindling, he only heard a resonant sound of a bell and drum.

A single bell toll echoed throughout the world.

Nineteen drum sounds, and Heaven and Earth Peak opened.

A rich, aged voice, like a gentle spring breeze and light rain, reached Luo Chen’s ears, reaching the ears of everyone within tens of thousands of miles of Heaven and Earth Peak.

”Heaven and Earth Peak opens, all cultivators gather. Alchemy Saint ascends, Mountain and Sea celebrate!”

Luo Chen took a deep breath, without any hesitation, released a ”Cleaning Technique” on himself, and tied up his loose hair with a wooden hairpin.

He slowly stood, adjusted the corners of his garment that weren’t actually wrinkled, and then gracefully left the cave mansion, flying toward that Sea of Clouds Square above.

Everywhere he passed, Spirit Qi surged, cheering and leaping.

As far as the eye could see, countless Glints, like tiny Fuyou insects, converged towards the towering Heaven and Earth Peak.