Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

The sunlight outside the house was blazing, and inside the hall, there were only a few scattered shadows.

However, even though there were few people, the aura they emitted, whether visible or hidden, was as overwhelming as a vast ocean, making it hard to breathe.

Luo Chen glanced around, then smiled and walked in openly.

In the face of such a surging aura, he felt nothing.

Because he was also a Nascent Soul True Master, no longer the young junior who had to tread carefully lest he misspeak in front of a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator.

”Daoist Friend Luo Chen, please have a seat!”

The Lingtian City Lord gestured with a hand, inviting him.

The position pointed to was, surprisingly, the seat to his immediate lower left in the hall.

Such attention drew eyes.

But no one questioned it, for just that previous moment when Luo Chen instantly refined the Lifebound Magic Artifact of Old Ghost Mo Tian was enough to warrant such a seating.

Luo Chen sat down calmly.

The atmosphere in the hall eased a little after he took his seat, and with a hearty laugh from the Lingtian City Lord, it relaxed even more.

”Friend Luo, you have just... returned to the Eastern Wasteland not long ago, and might be unfamiliar with the people and affairs here. If you don’t mind, let this City Lord introduce them to you!”

Luo Chen had already learned from True Master Xian He that the Lingtian City Lord was a gallant and chivalrous figure with a broad social network.

It was precisely because of this character that the Dark Abyss Sect appointed him as the Lingtian Pass City Lord, to lead the heroes.

At this moment, as the host, he intended to make introductions, and Luo Chen certainly would not refuse.

”I trouble the City Lord.”

”Haha!”

The Lingtian City Lord laughed heartily, then pointed to an elderly man with his right hand.

”This is Elder Fu, the ancestor of the Shen Fu Sect, you should have heard of his great name.”

The former master of the Shen Fu Realm of the Six Realms of the Far East?

Luo Chen cupped his fists, ”Elder Fu’s great name was already thunderous in my ears when I was still a rogue cultivator.”

Elder Fu, with a curious expression, kept watching Luo Chen. Hearing Luo Chen’s tribute, he couldn’t help but shake his head and smile lightly.

”I’ve just lived a few more centuries. But as for you, True Master Luo... when you made your name, it was less than a hundred years ago, and you were only at the Foundation Establishment Realm!”

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow, ”Elder Fu has heard about my story?”

”The first in Yu Ding Foundation Establishment, I’ve heard a bit. Now, seeing you in person exceeds the fame. At the age of two hundred, to achieve the Nascent Soul Realm, your genius is rarely seen in the world!”

As these words were spoken, everyone’s expressions in the hall changed.

One by one, their gazes involuntarily shifted to Luo Chen’s exceedingly youthful countenance.

Indeed!

Even though Luo Chen’s eyes were deep and his demeanor was sophisticated, indistinguishable from those like them, that overly young face and sharp aura still clashed with everyone present.

Such presence could only belong to the legendary peerless prodigies!

Luo Chen met everyone’s gaze openly.

When he decided to return to the Eastern Wasteland, he had already prepared for everything.

He could have used an old face to conceal certain things.

But there was no need!

As long as someone with intent dug deep enough, they would know the years he had achieved the Nascent Soul Dao; covering it up would only seem petty.

On the contrary, the more outstanding he appeared, the more it would cause certain obscure figures lurking in the shadows to be cautious.

”I merely survived a great difficulty, and good fortune was as vast as the sky,” Luo Chen said, being both humble and subtly hinting at something.

Sure enough!

The Old Ghost Mo Tian, with a pallid complexion, eagerly asked, ”How did you survive Cangwu Mountain and make your escape?”

Luo Chen glanced at him but did not explain.

Everyone simply assumed he was angry about Old Ghost Mo Tian secretly plotting against Wang Yuan, hence his unwillingness to respond.

The Lingtian City Lord took the opportunity to introduce the others.

”The Great Palace Master of Fenghua Palace, Fenghua Fairy!”

The world had long forgotten Fenghua Fairy’s real name; ever since becoming the Supreme Elder of Fenghua Palace, she inherited the Dao name Fenghua.

Seeing Luo Chen’s gaze, she was about to speak when Luo Chen stood up first, bowing solemnly to her.

”True Master Luo, what are you doing...”

”I thank the Fairy for taking care of the Luo Tian Sect Cultivators while I was away,” Luo Chen said.

Enemies were enemies, favors were favors, and Luo Chen always distinguished them clearly.

Even under the gaze of everyone, he didn’t feel demeaned by expressing his gratitude and respect.

The others also realized that beneath Luo Chen’s sharp and ruthless exterior, he was not devoid of human sentiment.

The Lingtian City Lord, observing this, became even more pleased.

”Lingtian Pass permanently stations five Nascent Soul True Masters. During times of invasion, peers can be summoned from the Five Domains, sometimes reaching over ten individuals. Unfortunately, many are absent today, or I would have introduced them all to you, Daoist.”

”This one, like you, Friend Luo, is also a rare genius in the Eastern Wasteland. Now under three hundred years of age, he has already condensed a Nascent Soul and stepped onto the Supreme Sword Dao.”

As the Lingtian City Lord pointed to a middle-aged man with a somber demeanor, like a dusty treasure sword, Luo Chen smiled.

Despite the change in aura, the face still had faint traces of familiarity.

”Daoist Friend Lin, it’s been a while!”

Lin Qingxuan, the previous first in Yu Ding Realm Foundation Establishment Stage, frequently held the first position in the Foundation Establishment Realm on the Jade Tripod Genius List.

After Luo Chen achieved Core Formation, the two got acquainted during the Open War.

However, once Luo Chen headed to the Great Snow Mountain, they completely lost contact.

A hundred years later, the Yu Ding Realm fell, and the Yu Ding Sword Sect was fragmented.

Lin Qingxuan, along with the surviving sect disciples, lived a wandering and difficult life.

Perhaps seeing too many around him perish, his Sword Heart became purer, and his progress in the Path of Sword was swift.