Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

”They will help me continue to spread it.”

This is Luo Chen’s groundwork for continuing to cultivate the ”Soul Splitting Technique” in the future.

Splitting the soul affects the current strength of his main soul, causing him to fall into a period of weakness.

But there is another drawback, which is why Luo Chen refrained from increasing the number of divided souls.

That is, the Great Soul Pill!

Without a complete doctrine for the ”Soul Splitting Technique,” he cannot quickly elevate the realm of his divided souls and must rely on the Great Soul Pill as an aid.

And refining the Great Soul Pill requires the use of precious soul essence.

The current amount of soul essence he possesses is more than sufficient to support the cultivation of the main soul and two divided souls.

But if the number of divided souls increases to three, four, five...

By then, he might end up with a large pile of divided souls but unable to enhance their overall quality, becoming a burden to him.

This can already be seen in Han Zhan’s case.

Han Zhan began to learn the ”Soul Splitting Technique” in the Foundation Establishment Realm and possessed nine great divided souls after a hundred years in the Nascent Soul Realm.

They seem powerful but are actually ”unable to withstand a single blow.”

As Luo Chen’s realm grows, he becomes increasingly aware of the superficiality of those nine divided souls of Han Zhan — each appearing to have an early Nascent Soul stage level, yet they fell one after another under his Slaying Dragon Technique, without any resistance.

Clearly, the strength of those divided souls doesn’t truly count as Nascent Soul souls.

They are far inferior to the two carefully nurtured divided souls of Luo Chen.

In light of this, Luo Chen began to prepare in advance.

He spread the method of making the Yuan Mo Sect’s soul essence obtained from Fu Chaosheng outwards, using the war as a grand environment to let those desperados make soul essence for him.

Once the production of soul essence increases, there will inevitably be people who will come out to sell it.

Perhaps many high-order cultivators will be interested in soul essence, but they do not have the correct usage methods.

By that time, Luo Chen can begin to harvest openly.

As for why Luo Chen personally disguised himself to do this, instead of letting the Luo Tian Sect cultivators handle it?

Even going to great lengths to mimic the Hundred Craft Mountain Master’s method to make the beast skin book look ancient?

The reason is simple, the ”Soul Absorption Technique” is ultimately a secret technique of the Path of Demon!

Using the souls of beings as materials is extremely malicious and harmful to the order of the heavens.

Even the Yuan Mo Sect issued it to affiliated forces back then, instead of personally engaging in such acts, indicating its harm.

Compared to the Yuan Mo Sect, the Luo Tian Sect is incredibly fragile.

If someone below takes on this task and gets discovered, it would bring endless calamities.

Even the hard-earned reputation of Luo Chen could easily become tainted.

”It might be somewhat unscrupulous, but for the sake of longevity, it is not worth mentioning.”

Luo Chen smiled slightly and temporarily put the matter aside.

His attention then turned to the refinement of the Heart Inquiry Mirror.

The Attribute Panel expanded.

With a thought, he spent ten Achievement Points to directly enter the beginner level!

In a faint sense, he again acquired some new experiences.

”I should take advantage of the recent leisure to refine this item; the necessary materials...”

Luo Chen squinted his eyes slightly, containing some plans in his heart.

...

Sometimes, when drowsiness comes, you might encounter a pillow.

And just, now many people are thinking to offer him a pillow!

On this day.

Jueqing Fairy had just sent off a Golden Core Cultivator and returned, holding an invitation letter.

With a somewhat helpless expression.

Another Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator sent an invitation through a disciple.

In the past five years, there have been many such invitations, some of which she couldn’t afford to offend easily.

Especially today’s one.

”True Master Lu of the East Sun Sect, directly stating an old acquaintance, specifically came to invite. But he is in closed-door cultivation, and it’s difficult for me to agree on his behalf.”

As Jueqing Fairy was pondering, suddenly the clouds covering the mountain dispersed.

She was stunned for a moment, instantly realizing something, and immediately rode on the magic cloud, flying up.

...

Inside the cave mansion, Luo Chen reviewed the invitation letters one by one.

[Luo Tian Supreme Pill Sect’s Lord: Having frequently heard of your great name, proficient in pill refinement, and skilled in all aspects... If you have time, I hope for a meeting and earnestly seek your guidance. From Yao Ping, Leader of Red Pill Peak, Seven Cave Mountain]

Seven Cave Mountain, one of the early Nascent Soul Ascendant Sects in the Thirty-six Realms of the Eastern Wasteland.

The founding time is roughly the same as the East Sun Sect, and it also participated in the ancient Human-Demon War.

But up to now, it had long been in decline, no longer boasting the grand spectacle of all Seven Peaks’ leaders being Nascent Souls.

However, the head of the Red Pill Peak, Yao Ping, had quite some pill refinement skills and was respectfully called Mr. Yao.

The invitation he sent seemed like he wanted to consult Luo Chen about pill refinement, but the tone in the letter wasn’t very cordial.

It went to great lengths to praise Luo Chen, yet implicitly seemed to want to compete with him.

Luo Chen merely glanced at it twice before setting it aside.

Given his current status and reputation, he was uninterested in competing with others in pill refinement.

Winning would be expected, while losing would ironically enhance the reputation of the declining Seven Cave Mountain.

He opened another invitation.

This one was very familiar; it was a request from a faction asking Luo Chen to refine a certain sect-lost cultivation pill.

Luo Chen would usually decline such requests.

Cultivation pills often couldn’t be made in just a batch or two.

They required large and stable production, which was too time-consuming for him.

Even if the faction was willing to offer a large number of Spirit Stones and the Chi Xiao Qi he needed,

Luo Chen still carefully studied the invitation, rubbing his chin, revealing a thoughtful expression.

Sky Qi, a resource only Nascent Soul True Masters could collect, was incredibly precious, yet it didn’t seem that rare?

Most Nascent Soul True Masters could produce one or two.

He even later discovered that Jiuling Yuanjun’s major technique, the light river, was formed by the condensation of nine kinds of Sky Qi and Qi Power.

Thus, the technique was so domineering, it even ground the physical body of the Thunder Prison Divine Roc to dust.

The Jiuling Sect, where Jiuling Yuanjun hailed from, wasn’t considered ancient, yet they had amassed enough Sky Qi for him to master the technique and even had surplus to trade some with Luo Chen.

So, what about more ancient places like Seven Cave Mountain, East Sun Sect, or even the Divine Transformation Holy Land?

Were his past associations somewhat limited?

As Luo Chen pondered this, he casually asked: ”Wasn’t it usually Xu Xiao Liu who delivered the letters, and you who handled the visitors? Why did you personally come today?”

Even though now Jueqing Fairy had joined the Luo Tian Sect and accepted the reversal of roles between her and Luo Chen, she would often still unconsciously meet him.

Personally delivering the letter today was quite unusual.

Unexpectedly, upon hearing this, Jueqing Fairy’s cold face showed a hint of complexity.

The woman spoke softly: ”He has already left.”

Luo Chen was startled, his hand momentarily pausing.

”When?”

”In the third year of your closed-door cultivation. He passed away peacefully in his sleep, accompanied by his wife and daughter, with his body buried in Baili Qingchuan. Sect Leader Li made an exception to have his spirit tablet enshrined in Luo Tian Sect’s ancestral hall as an Elder.”

Luo Chen opened his mouth, but in the end, just let out a slight sigh.

Five years, for someone at his level, was just an insignificant retreat.

It was more about breaking through the bottleneck between the Nascent Soul Third Layer and Fourth Layer, not real cultivation.

Yet even so, a close associate quietly reached the end of his life and passed away.

If he had to break through a major realm in the future, which could take decades, even centuries, when he emerged again, how many familiar faces would be there to welcome him?

Shaking his head, Luo Chen quietly picked up the next invitation.

And this one was exactly what he needed.

”East Sun Sect, True Master Lu!”

Jueqing Fairy explained by his side: ”This person claims to have an old acquaintance with you, so even though his note is simply inviting you to a gathering, I picked it out.”

Luo Chen gave a nod of acknowledgment.

True Master Lu indeed had an old acquaintance with him, even if it was just a one-time meeting.

Back when he used the teleportation formation from the East Sun Domain to the White Crane Domain, it was True Master Lu from East Sun Sect that Gu Zuokai, the intermediary, had found.

Back then, Luo Chen had specially gifted a bottle of high-quality Fourth-order Hong Yuan Pills to him.

He recalled that True Master Lu was quite enamored at the time and kept asking if Luo Chen had any plans to continue selling the elixir.

”The East Sun Sect has deep ties with the Dark Abyss Sect, to the extent that it can be considered a direct vassal of the Dark Abyss Sect.”

”Hence, when Elder Lu arrived at the Lingtian Pass, he received substantial support from the Lingtian City Lord, conducting various affairs without obstacles.”

”He advocated for the formation of the Lingtian Trade Fair, established related rules, and dispatched people to maintain order. He has a great reputation among Lower Order Cultivators. Not only that, but he also occasionally hosts Golden Core and Nascent Soul True Master level exchanges in the name of East Sun Sect.”

”He earnestly wishes for your personal attendance at one such event!”

As Jueqing Fairy narrated, Luo Chen came to understand the full story.

Such exchange gatherings were ideal settings for High Order Cultivators to share and trade what they needed.

Luo Chen, without much hesitation, immediately asked:

”When is the next gathering?”

”In three days!”

”Good! Please reply on my behalf, that I, Luo, will attend punctually.”