Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

After returning, he immediately started alchemical refining.

Three months was the conservative time he had given.

In fact, two months later, Luo Chen succeeded in refining a batch, obtaining nine Wind Acupoint Pills.

At this point, he could already deliver them.

However, Luo Chen felt confident and decided to put the remaining two sets of materials into the Primordial Chaos Tripod for refining.

Unexpectedly, he succeeded in another batch, obtaining another nine Wind Acupoint Pills.

A total of eighteen pills!

When Ling Fengzi came, Luo Chen handed over nine pills, and the other party, unaware, was overjoyed.

Exclaiming that Luo Chen’s pill refinement technique was unmatched in history!

The Piaomiao Sect’s predecessors once refined Wind Acupoint Pills, and the best attempt only yielded five pills from a batch.

This time, he only hoped for one pill.

Never did he expect that Luo Chen actually gave him nine Wind Acupoint Pills.

Luo Chen merely smiled, attributing it to good luck and a good feeling.

Ling Fengzi naturally did not believe him, and upon his return, reported to the Lingtian City Lord that he needed a period of closed-door cultivation, promising to emerge at the latest in half a year, requesting not to be disturbed during this time.

The Lingtian City Lord agreed.

However, the news of Ling Fengzi’s brief closed-door cultivation reached the other Nascent Soul cultivators with a different significance.

It represented the Dan he had dreamed of, refined by Luo Chen.

As a result, the name of the Luo Chen Dan Sect became even louder.

More and more homage letters were sent to him, and the realm of visitors seeking audience grew higher.

Xu Xiao Liu, who was temporarily the gatekeeper, initially enjoyed it greatly, but soon struggled under the pressure of those significant figures, no matter how well they tried to conceal it and behaved warmly.

In the end, Jueqing Fairy replaced Xu Xiao Liu, temporarily becoming Luo Chen’s gatekeeper, to receive homage letters and host visitors.

Unfortunately for the masses, Luo Chen did not agree to refine pills for anyone next.

The news released claimed that while refining pills for fellow cultivators, he occasionally had insights, leading to breakthroughs in his pill refinement technique, and he wished to contemplate quietly for a period.

This way, others naturally could not push him further.

After all, the stronger Luo Chen’s pill refinement technique became, the higher the success rate would be when he agreed to refine pills for them in the future.

In reality, the truth was naturally not like this.

There was no doubt that Luo Chen’s pill refinement technique had improved; he was previously an authentic Fourth Order Pill Refiner and had even refined a Fifth-Order Yefadian Pill in the Land of Fallen Demons!

But after refining a Fifth Order Elixir, he still hadn’t reached the level of a Fifth-Order Alchemist.

To put it plainly, that was lucky, achieved by leveraging the system’s power.

However, as Luo Chen successively refined a large number of Detoxification Pills, Hong Yuan Pills, Great Soul Pills, as well as successfully refining Nascent Soul Formation Pills, Nine Li Pills, and Wind Acupoint Pills—these numerous Fourth Order Elixirs, each with different styles and difficulties—his level as a Fourth Order Pill Refiner became unquestionably solid.

Even without relying on the system for beginners, as long as he was given enough time, he was confident of refining any type of Fourth Order Elixir.

Thus, the name of the Dan Sect was genuinely justified!

One of the major reasons Luo Chen stopped accepting pill refinement commissions was influenced by Ling Fengzi’s words.

He had his subordinates collect abundant intelligence, all illustrating an increasingly deteriorating situation.

Under such circumstances, continuing to strive for fame would benefit the future but offer little current advancement.

Ultimately, people must rely on themselves.

Therefore, he also began closed-door cultivation.

Chi Xiao Sword Qi, one thread every six months—even with some delays caused by various matters, he unknowingly refined eight threads.

He wished to refine two more threads in the remaining time to reach the Minor Accomplishment Realm.

Simultaneously, his realm polishing was nearing perfection, just short of a final push.

All of this required a relatively quiet environment, allowing no distractions.

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During Luo Chen’s closed-door cultivation, the world kept turning.

The cooperation with the Tianyuan Business Alliance initiated its first step under Li Yingzhang’s promotion.

In Lingtian Pass, a new tall building rose from the ground at the previously selected location by the Tianyuan Merchants, with even the signboard hung up.

Its name was [Luotian Treasure Pavilion].

By merely glimpsing, outsiders knew it was a property of the Luotian Sect and the Alchemy Sect Luo Chen, and due to the location’s uniqueness, many speculated its relation to the Tianyuan Business Alliance.

However, Luotian Treasure Pavilion’s initial business did not cause much of a stir.

The various resources put up for sale mostly targeted low-order cultivators, scarcely involving Golden Core Cultivators’ businesses.

This decision was made by Li Yingzhang.

He was more cautious than Luo Chen, worried about opposition from the City Lord Mansion and suppression from other legacy sects, so he didn’t wish to take large steps.

Even among the numerous tasks commissioned by the Tianyuan Merchants, he chose only to purchase demon beast corpses.

This kind of business was also being conducted by many forces within Lingtian Pass, making Luotian Sect not stand out.

Gu Zuokai was slightly dissatisfied, but understanding Luotian Sect’s prudence, they agreed to proceed gradually.

They provided funds and premises, while Luotian Sect provided manpower, slowly constructing the framework.

The low-order cultivators in the city gave face, perhaps admiring the name of the Luo Chen Dan Sect, or perhaps appreciating the conduct praised by many strong individuals, and they began trading some demon beast corpses they harvested with Luotian Sect.

Even if it was just a portion, for the not-yet-large-scale Luotian Sect, it was considered a stable revenue.

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A year later.

With only over half a year left in Luo Chen’s three-year term.

Outside Luo Chen’s Cave Mansion, the Luo Tian Sect cultivators living around him were gathered together, chatting about various matters.