Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

”It is indeed formed!”

”Time to inscribe the array.”

He took a deep breath, pulled out the prepared Mozhen Liquid, and under the stimulation of Qi Power, his right hand immediately turned bright red.

When it came to inscribing arrays on the Magic Item Embryo, Luo Chen had his own unique system.

And that was the Iron Refining Hand of Hundred Craft Mountain!

Using this to dip in Mozhen Liquid to draw arrays was far more precise than the talisman pen or ink cone available in the field.

After all, those things were merely external objects, whereas one’s own hand could move freely at will, feeling the depth of the experience.

The only drawback of the Iron Refining Hand was probably the extreme pain when using it!

This was why few cultivators from Hundred Craft Mountain practiced this Artifact Refining Technique.

Pain could be distracting, and if one lost focus at a crucial moment during artifact refining, the consequences...

But such a small pain meant nothing to Luo Chen, he didn’t even need to frown or clench his teeth.

”First, draw the nine basic Illusion Arrays, then six Second-Order Illusion Arrays. For those of the Third-Order, I’ll use my specialty, Mirror Flower, Water Moon, which is also the most fitting array for the Heart Inquiry Mirror!”

”As for the Fourth-Order array... let’s go with the Dream Bubble Shadow!”

When making this decision, Luo Chen’s emotions were somewhat complex—there was both apprehension and anticipation, and subtly more so a sense of luck.

This illusion array was not something he’d possessed before; it was documented in ”Stone Chamber Immortal Mechanism,” a book gifted by Fu Chao Sheng.

Though complete, it was not entirely whole!

The reason for incompleteness was that the original grade of this array should have been higher, and it likely originated from the West Desert Buddhist Sect. For reasons unknown, much of it was destroyed.

However, a predecessor from Tianyuan Daoist Sect acquired this broken array, then supplemented it back according to his own understanding.

In the end, although the grade dropped significantly, only reaching the Fourth-Order, the array became complete and flawless.

Luo Chen building this array on the Heart Inquiry Mirror had undoubtedly placed high expectations on this Magic Item.

”Hopefully, it won’t disappoint me!”

After making the perfect final stroke, the magical multicolored light enveloped the formed elliptical stone mirror and slowly returned it to the Primordial Chaos Tripod.

The Qi Power lid once again covered it.

The faint Prosperity and Decline True Fire surged violently again.

Luo Chen breathed a long sigh of relief.

”After this, it’s up to you.”

Luo Chen glanced at the Red Dog Puppet, exchanged no further conversation, and left.

The Art of Fire Control was something engraved in the soul, even for soul-splitting, hence even if operated by a puppet, there would be no deviation.

Besides, now that the Prosperity and Decline True Fire had birthed a Fire Spirit, understanding human nature and knowing Luo Chen’s thoughts.

In this way, Luo Chen no longer had to guard persistently like the year he refined the Xuan Chen Armor, needing to watch over for three years.

Returning to his room, Luo Chen had a good, long rest.

After waking up feeling refreshed and energized, the first thing he did was to release the array and summoned Gu Caiyi, Wang Yuan, Jueqing Fairy, and others over.

...

In ordinary times, a year was hardly anything for cultivators.

But now the situation was different, changing rapidly; who knew how the outer world’s situation would develop in a year’s time?

Therefore, Luo Chen very much needed these active cultivators outside to report back on the situation.

”Due to the array, outsiders knew Dan Sect had no intention of receiving guests, so last year few disturbed us, save for two invitations from Shouyang Mountain Man.” Jueqing Fairy reported.

Luo Chen asked for the invitations, took a cursory glance, and set them aside.

Still invitations to the Shouyang Discourse, though the scale was limited to within ten people.

Luo Chen sneered lightly, the scale was small, but wasn’t it too frequent? Wouldn’t this directly degrade the status of the Shouyang Discourse Conference?

If he were to handle it, during wartime it would be calculated in terms of several years, in peace-time by decades or a century, only then could high status be maintained.

Shouyang Mountain Man was quite anxious and eager to achieve quick success!

Amidst his contemplation, news from Gu Caiyi’s side had also been delivered.

”Thanks to my husband’s reputation, Luotian Treasure Pavilion has been developing favorably over the years, and we’ve amassed a large number of returning customers.”

”Within the sect, the output of elixirs and talismans to the outside remains stable...”

”But these are just the smallest part of the profits; the bulk still comes from the Demon Beast corpse acquisition business in cooperation with the Tianyuan Business Alliance. After every large-scale transaction, we can earn considerable commissions.”

”The issue now is that the Tianyuan Business Alliance isn’t satisfied with mere Demon Beast cooperation; they want to expand the cooperation scope, leveraging Luotian Treasure Pavilion to sell some Zhongzhou specialties. Sect Leader Li has hesitated to decide and left it to my husband.”

Zhongzhou specialties?

What could be special except the various resources needed by Immortal Cultivators?

Perhaps their quality was more refined, but these businesses were all carried out by the rear Sixteen Domains and the Dark Abyss Sect. How dared Luo Chen interfere?

After a brief moment of pondering, Luo Chen had made a decision.

”The cooperation scope can be broadened, but only to the extent of elixirs.”

Gu Caiyi nodded, taking this matter down.

Luo Chen understood very clearly; with the prestige of the Dan Sect supporting him, even if the elixirs originated from Zhongzhou, no one would question the source. Other factions wouldn’t stoop to dispute with him, an Alchemy Concoction Grandmaster at the peak of his fame.

But if it were other resources, it might indeed stir up great trouble.

Luo Chen was not interested in stirring up trouble now!

Lastly, it was Wang Yuan’s turn.

He was in charge of war affairs!

Under everyone’s gaze, Wang Yuan slowly began speaking.

”Now the situation is escalating ever more intensely, with the four great commanders watching Lingtian Pass like tigers eyeing their prey, harassing incessantly every day.”

Another one added?

Frowning, Luo Chen asked, ”Which four commanders?”

”Huang Man, Centipede, Bull Demon, Ao Kuang!” Wang Yuan uttered each fearsome name, chilling to ordinary people, word by word.