Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

”It’s nothing, just saw you sleeping soundly and decided to wake you up.”

”Uh...”

Black King was stunned when a jar of wine fell in front of him.

”Drink with me!”

Luo Chen faintly smiled, raising the wine gourd in his hand.

Black King didn’t understand why he suddenly had to drink with his master; was Luo Chen in a bad mood?

However, after opening the seal and smelling the aroma, Black King’s eyes lit up.

It was the Sweet and Bitter Wine!

The favorite from the batch of spirit wines he had obtained back then.

And when the master said to drink a cup with him, he gave him a whole jar!

Well, considering his size, a jar might just be a cup.

Licking his lips, Black King was ready to take a deep drink.

As he was about to drink, he instinctively said, ”Wishing my master eternal blessings and longevity as high as the heavens!”

Luo Chen was momentarily taken aback, then laughed heartily.

”Cheers!”

Bumping cups from a distance, a mouthful of bitter wine went down the throat.

In an instant, both Luo Chen and Black King wrinkled their faces.

But soon after, there was an endless sweetness, filling the taste buds on their tongues.

”Hic!”

Black King hiccuped, showing an expression of enjoyment.

This jar of Sweet and Bitter Wine was enough for him to reminisce about for a long, long time.

”Continue to sleep; I’ll call you if anything comes up,” Luo Chen said.

As Black King obediently returned to his left arm and continued to sleep, a trace of wistfulness crossed Luo Chen’s satisfied face.

This drink had its significance.

Because today was a very important, yet not so important day.

He was three hundred years old!

For cultivators who have reached a certain realm, especially those at the Nascent Soul Stage, major birthdays are often measured in centuries.

The birthday banquet held by the Ancestor of the Zhou Family in the North Sea back then was his eight hundredth birthday.

But at this moment, Luo Chen was in a desolate and lonely cultivation room, with no beauties around, no friends offering congratulations, only the ignorant Black King drinking with him.

Of course, even if he was not avoiding the Ancient Demon Emperor, he might not have held a so-called birthday banquet outside.

Simply because, in the knowledge of those familiar with him, he was far from three hundred at this moment.

At most, two hundred fifty to sixty, roughly the lifespan limit for a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

This different understanding existed because Luo Chen had experienced fifty more years in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven.

”Little Black’s blessing was quite apt,” Luo Chen chuckled lightly and then glanced at the attribute panel.

As he expected, the lifespan column indeed showed three hundred.

And as for the realm he was concerned with, it had unconsciously reached [Nascent Soul Fourth Layer 10/100]

Faced with this result, Luo Chen was both satisfied and a little dissatisfied.

Having been back in the Eastern Wasteland for a full twenty years and having experienced several great battles, his realm had not regressed but advanced. This would be considered a matter worthy of celebration in anyone’s eyes.

This included Luo Chen, who was quite proud.

But there were also imperfections.

Given Luo Chen’s outstanding talent, coupled with the aid of Fourth-Order Superior Grade Elixir, his realm only advanced by 10 progress points.

According to his estimation, it would take at least another forty to fifty years to reach the Nascent Soul Fifth Level!

For other cultivators, this was already exceptionally fast.

But for Luo Chen, it wasn’t fast enough—far from fast enough!

The middle stage of Nascent Soul had three minor levels, and the late stage had three more levels.

Even with simple multiplication, it would take three to five hundred more years to achieve Nascent Soul Finalization.

This was far from what Luo Chen had envisioned when forming his Nascent Soul.

A powerful divine soul, a terrifying physique, a thick Purple Mansion Barrier, plus the consistent supply of supplementary cultivation resources—his cultivation setup surpassed ninety-nine percent of the Nascent Soul beings in the world.

Where exactly was the problem?

Was the Spirit Land insufficient?

Did the self-created ”Withering and Flourishing Dao Scripture” not work?

Or was he disturbed by mundane affairs?

There was no answer; perhaps each was part of the answer!

Luo Chen sighed; once things settled, he would address them one by one!

He glanced at the Body Refinement Stage.

Seeing this, Luo Chen beamed with joy.

After reaching the Mid-Fourth Order of the Ancient Desolation, the Body Refinement Stage had stagnated and was unable to advance.

However, unexpectedly, with a substantial batch of Thousand-year-old Five Temple Immortal Brew, the previously stalled progress in body refinement began to improve slowly.

In just a few years, it had risen to [Ancient Desolation Fourth Order 50/100].

Although it was only a mere five progress points, it was already a tremendous surprise.

At this moment, Luo Chen’s Qi Power was fully restored, his Nascent Soul was full, origin force permeated his body, and his organs pulsated vigorously.

Compared to three years ago, Luo Chen had made great strides!

Most importantly, he had created his own unique Fire Escape Technique!

In the future, he had acquired another means of safeguarding his path.

Just as Luo Chen was feeling pleased, his expression suddenly tensed.

With a flip of his hand, a Jade Jue appeared in his palm.

Infusing it with power, the Jade Jue slowly melted, transforming into a jade wall, standing upright before him.

On the jade wall, words were slowly emerging.

[The battle at Lingtian Pass, Ancient Demon Emperor, and Mingyuan Heize Ancestor exchanged brief blows with no decisive result. After setting a three-year agreement, they retreated leisurely.]

[The vast beast tide receded, leaving the Dead Spirit and Bikong Nine Domains as a buffer zone for the human and demon clans.]

[Three years, all is well.]

[During this period, there were occasional attempts to visit you, including Mingyuan cultivators; we all diverted them with the excuse of you retreating to heal after a great battle.]

[Recently, the Lingtian City Lord personally came to Fenghua Palace, conveying a message for you to visit the Heize Ancestor at Lingtian Pass.]

[Return quickly!]

Crack, crack...

The jade wall shattered inch by inch, and the transmitted words gradually dissipated.

The precious ten-thousand-miles Sound Transmission Jade Pendant was thereby rendered useless.

Luo Chen showed no sign of distress, his face only bore a look of seriousness.

”They want me to visit the Heize Ancestor?”