Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Anyway, he plans to strive for the cause until his last breath.

”Supreme Elder, any instructions?”

Luo Chen smiled slightly and asked, ”Have there been many invitations this past year?”

Xu Xiao Liu replied without hesitation, ”A lot! I have sorted them out. Among them, there is one from True Master Xian He, three from the Nascent Soul forces, belonging to three different sects. Furthermore, the invitations from Golden Core cultivators are countless. With your permission, I looked through them, and most of them want to request pill refinement from you.”

”None from Ling Fengzi?” Luo Chen was a bit surprised.

Over a year had passed, and the other side was surprisingly capable of such patience.

Xu Xiao Liu shook his head.

Luo Chen did not press further but instead brought up another matter.

”Have the shops of the Tianyuan Business Alliance been opened within Lingtian Pass?”

Regarding this question, Xu Xiao Liu hesitated.

He said perplexedly, ”Half a year ago, it was heard that the Tianyuan Business Alliance had chosen a location within Lingtian Pass to prepare for building shops. But for some reason, just a few days into the construction, the matter was unilaterally halted by the City Lord of Lingtian City. That Great Elder of the Commercial Alliance still visits the City Lord Mansion from time to time, seemingly wanting to continue promoting this issue.”

”Oh?” Luo Chen blinked, feeling quite curious.

But obviously, given Xu Xiao Liu’s level, he was unaware of the secrets and couldn’t provide an answer.

Luo Chen took the four invitations from the Nascent Soul level but didn’t even ask about those from the Golden Core cultivators.

With his limited energy now, he could not afford to continue favoring those at the Golden Core level.

Having obtained the four invitations, Luo Chen sent Xu Xiao Liu away.

First, he opened the invitation from True Master Xian He.

It’s good news!

The Fourth Order Spiritual Crane Emperor of the White Crane Gate successfully transformed after using Luo Chen’s Transforming Pill!

The other party is grateful and wants to meet Luo Chen.

But because it was inconvenient to come to Lingtian Pass personally, they asked True Master Xian He to notify him and invite him to visit the White Crane Gate.

”Invited by He Huang, but it’s a pity, it’s not the right time now.”

Luo Chen’s three-year patrolling task was not yet due, so it was not suitable to leave Lingtian Pass recklessly.

Back then, when Jiuling Yuanjun came to ask him for pill refinement, they were also in a hurry, not daring to delay this patrol task.

Then, Luo Chen opened the other three invitations.

They all came from Nascent Soul Ascendant Sects, and the purpose was also to request pill refinement.

The levels ranged from Third Order to Fourth Order.

Two of them were sects from the rear of the Five Domains of Lingtian, attracted by his fame.

And the remaining one slightly surprised him.

”Does the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion, which belongs to traditional sword cultivators and has always practiced without relying on external things, also covet the benefits of elixirs?”

Mumbling to himself, Luo Chen did not reply to these invitations.

Instead, he tidied up a bit and straightforwardly went out.

Heading straight to the City Lord Mansion!

...

At dusk.

A slightly disappointed figure emerged from the City Lord Mansion.

Gu Zuokai was quite dejected, having returned without success once again.

Suddenly, a light laughter came to his ear.

”Elder Gu, you promised to find me when you have time, yet almost two years have passed, and there’s been no visit.”

Gu Zuokai was slightly taken aback. He turned to see a white figure standing under the shade of a tree, smiling at him.

It was Luo Chen!

Gu Zuokai was moved. Although he did not release his divine consciousness out of respect for the City Lord of Lingtian, he should still have noticed someone of the same order being so close.

However, Luo Chen just appeared silently nearby.

”Since we last met three years ago in the East Sun Domain, his Dao cultivation has improved, and his mana fluctuations have become impressively restrained!”

He marveled inwardly but showed a look of surprise at reuniting with an old friend.

He walked towards Luo Chen.

”Friend Luo, what brings you here?”

Luo Chen smiled and said, ”Nominally, we both belong to the Tianyuan Daoist Sect. Now that you’re here in the Eastern Wasteland, I barely count as a host. I was planning to entertain you after you came to visit, but since you haven’t, I had to come greet you personally.”

Gu Zuokai said helplessly, ”Now that you’re esteemed as an Alchemy Sect, your gates are bustling. How can I have the heart to disturb?”

”Haha, it’s all just empty fame!” Luo Chen extended his hand in an inviting gesture, ”Let’s talk somewhere else. Today I’m the host, please!”

Gu Zuokai certainly wouldn’t refuse; he wanted to relax as well.

Under the setting sun, the two figures gradually walked away.

Meanwhile, in the City Lord Mansion, Ye Lingtian slowly withdrew his divine consciousness.

”Both belonging to the Tianyuan Daoist Sect?”

He tugged at the corner of his mouth, with a hint of mockery.

...

As a wartime state, Lingtian Pass was not entirely solemn and cold, and there were also places for leisure.

After all, a group of escaped cultivators had been forcibly drafted to the front line and even formed into the Death Placement Army, causing them significant psychological pressure.

Therefore, there were quite a few places in the city for cultivators to relax.

The Battle Platform was one of them.

Wine shops and tea houses were also not uncommon.

And there was another place called the ”Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion,” something of which immortal cultivators were naturally tacitly aware.

This place, both men and women could enter!

Inside, there were not only various beautiful female cultivators but also a large number of handsome men.

They were not only skilled in flattering and compliance but also in the art of dual cultivation.

As long as one could afford the price, one could enjoy a night of pleasure.

Such a place was something Luo Chen was also particularly familiar with.

Standing in front of a fourth-floor window, Luo Chen gazed at the festive courtyard below, with people coming and going, and felt a sense of sighing emotion.

”The places of pleasure that I couldn’t afford in my youth, I never thought I’d make up for the regret at this time.”

Indeed, this Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion was the very same famous Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion from The Great River District back then.

The same name, the same origin!

They all came from the Hehuan Sect!

Ever since Qing Shuang Demon Emperor invaded the heart of the Human Clan and forcibly killed the remaining Nascent Soul experts of the Hehuan Sect, this once wildly successful major force which was almost branching out suddenly disintegrated.

Numerous Hehuan Sect cultivators scattered and fled.

Some degenerated into Calamity Cultivators, like the Hehuan Sect Golden Core encountered by Jueqing Fairy, who intended to fish in troubled waters and take Jueqing Fairy as a dual cultivation Furnace Ding.

Others changed their appearances and names, mingling among the common folk, no longer calling themselves remnants of the Hehuan Sect.

The largest group of Hehuan Sect cultivators fled with the crowd to Lingtian Pass, huddling together for warmth.

However, they dared not walk the world under the name of Hehuan anymore, instead borrowing the name of the old Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion.

Today, this Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion was also their base camp.

Knock! Knock!

A knocking sound came.

Luo Chen turned around and saw a group of beautiful female cultivators filing in.

Today, to entertain the two Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, the master of the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion had gone to great lengths, gathering all the most beautiful female cultivators.

Even she and several Golden Core elders were willing to offer themselves.

”Two True Masters, these are the finest female cultivators of our Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion; please choose one or two to accompany you. Later, I will arrange for songs and dances to entertain you.”

Luo Chen casually said, ”Brother Gu, would you like to go first?”

Gu Zuokai drank his mug of wine silently and waved his hand, signaling Luo Chen to proceed.

Luo Chen smiled, although it was his first time as a guest in such a place, he didn’t act coy.

His gaze swept across the crowd, with each female cultivator standing straight and proud, all different in beauty, yet not unworthy of the title.

He spotted the most enchanting one among them and pointed.

”You, go to Brother Gu’s side and serve him well!”

The woman had no objections, moving gracefully and happily towards him.

If she could win the favor of Master Gu, she might escape this nightmare life and stay away from the chaos of demons and beasts; how could she not serve well?

”You, go too!”

Luo Chen pointed to another, although not as stunning as the previous one, she was voluptuous with her own charm, standing out among the crowd.

This showed his regard for Gu Zuokai.

Then he waved his hand.

”Leave us!”

The pavilion master of Heavenly Fragrance was taken aback, ”True Master, what about you?”

Luo Chen was about to decline, but his gaze inadvertently fell on a female cultivator in the second row who was keeping her head down.

All the women tried to show off their exquisite bodies, hoping to catch a True Master’s eye, but this one kept avoiding his gaze.

Strange?

Luo Chen gestured, ”You, come here!”

The female cultivator shuddered and stepped out from the crowd.

Luo Chen frowned, ”Raise your head!”

The pavilion master of Heavenly Fragrance also sensed something amiss and scolded, ”Yuxiang, how can you be so bashful before a True Master?”

The feeling of familiarity with the name, coupled with the face that bore some resemblance to a white jade, clicked in an instant.

The female cultivator offered a graceful salute to Luo Chen, her voice quivering slightly, ”Yuxiang, pays her respects to True Master Luo!”

She was Yuxiang, the former Inner Sect Disciple of the Hehuan Sect at the Heavenly Fragrance Pavilion of The Great River District.

Luo Chen maintained his usual expression, ”You stay, just pour the wine for me.”

He then sat down, not caring about her thoughts, and raised his glass towards Gu Zuokai.

”Brother Gu, please!”