Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Along the way, Luo Chen’s Pill Refinement Technique was mostly self-taught, with little guidance from renowned masters.

A remark of ”wild path,” meant to be mocking, was indeed the truth.

This situation only slightly improved when Luo Chen came into contact with Qingdan Valley’s Pill Refinement Technique, and truly turned around when Luo Chen acquired the inheritance of the Refining Heaven Demon Monarch’s Pill Dao through the trial in the Alchemy Realm.

However, there were hidden drawbacks within.

The Pill Refinement Technique of Qingdan Valley was too low-level, mostly First Order and Second Order techniques.

The inheritance of the Refining Heaven Demon Monarch’s Pill Dao was too eclectic and ancient.

Though it spanned the three realms of humans, demons, and spirits, even the average Pill Refiner mastering one realm would be considered a Grandmaster; how could one master them all?

Even Luo Chen only sought out knowledge useful to himself, absorbing it bit by bit.

And when talking about ancient times, it was no joke.

The shortest instance of Pill Dao knowledge within the Refining Heaven Demon Monarch’s inheritance was separated by at least a millennium.

Immortal Cultivators are incredibly intelligent; the methods of Qi Refinement and the Path of Pill Refinement complement each other and have changed drastically, with tremendous transformations over time.

If Luo Chen clung to the old ways, he would inevitably be eliminated by the new mainstream Dao of Alchemy.

The Alchemy Scriptures left behind by Chu Yan were all from within the past thousand years, and after extensive reading, Luo Chen finally managed to compensate for his last weakness.

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Five months later!

Luo Chen walked out of the Side Hall, meeting Ye Lingtian as agreed, who was waiting outside.

”Do you have confidence?”

Luo Chen pointed to his own head, ”It’s all inside here.”

Ye Lingtian let out a sigh of relief.

But Luo Chen’s next words made his heart tense again.

”But whether it can actually work still depends on the specific trial content.”

Ye Lingtian could only smile wryly, ”I don’t know what Chu Yan’s junior sister was thinking; the last three stages are incredibly difficult, though the first stage is the simplest, it changes every time. Otherwise, it wouldn’t require you to study painfully for five months, using brute force to tackle the first stage.”

Luo Chen nodded, deeply agreeing.

If he had known before, he would never have believed the first stage’s exam would constantly change in the century-old trial.

How could ordinary cultivators have such means?

But after witnessing the Alchemy Saint’s Illusion Technique methods, no doubts remained.

The opponent’s Pill Technique had transcendent mastery, and the Illusion Technique could be realistic enough to deceive; combining the two, it posed little difficulty in setting up small Pill Refinement tests.

Of course, such arrangements must be meticulously crafted, unable to withstand brute force destruction.

This was probably why the inheritance remained within the sect, not forcefully taken by the Three Great Ancestors of the Mingyuan Sect!

”The previous three first-stage tests were on appearance, materials, and medicinal effect; who knows what it will be this time?” Luo Chen mumbled, his tired face showing a hint of curiosity.

Ye Lingtian waved his large hand, ”Go back and have a good rest; wait a few days till the time is ripe, and the trial fully opens, then you will know.”

”Hmm.”

Luo Chen nodded slightly, subconsciously glancing back at the Alchemy Saint Hall shrouded in mist.

Red Eyes and Golden Pupils flashed; a faint trace of Spirit Mechanism could be seen entering the Alchemy Saint Hall again.

It seemed that opening the trial left behind by the Alchemy Saint required this Spirit Mechanism as an essential component.

In retrospect, was the Alchemy Saint Chu Yan already capable of channeling Spirit Mechanism during the Nascent Soul Realm?

Thinking this, Luo Chen felt a silent awe.

The Universe’s Spirit Mechanism is obscure and elusive, even Divine Transformation Great Powers struggle to channel it easily; how could the Alchemy Saint Chu Yan, who had not surpassed the Nascent Soul Realm before leaving Mingyuan, achieve such a feat?

Suppressing his doubts, Luo Chen returned to Yingxian Peak.

After half a year, Luo Lingxi looked almost unchanged, still slender and fair, with barely any growth.

Under the gentle guidance of the woman from the Ye Family, Luo Lingxi joyfully called him ”Father.”

Luo Chen rubbed the little one’s head, the thought resurfacing uncontrollably.

”Should the Valley Immortal Feng Jiang method be implemented in the future?”

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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

As many secretly anticipated, the main hall of Alchemy Saint Hall opened in a cold and quiet setting.

When Luo Chen arrived, there were only a handful of people around.

At a glance, his heart knew whom they were.

The one in the white-striped black robe was Chen Mozi.

The one in the Golden Cloud Robe was Xinyi Sheng.

Surrounded by several dragon-and-phoenix-robed cultivators, like stars surrounding the moon, was Lu Chun.

Lastly, the woman who arrived late but wore an anxious expression, that must be Chu Yu.

Luo Chen’s gaze lingered on Chu Yu longest because she gave him a familiar feeling, reminiscent of the woman who crossed the Star Gate back then.

So, this was the descendant of the Alchemy Saint Chu Yan?

As he observed others, they naturally observed him too.

Chen Mozi thought silently to himself: ”So young!”

Xinyi Sheng revealed a smile, ”He stayed in the Side Hall for only five months; back when we were there, we stayed for at least a year. He probably hasn’t learned much. What’s the point in worrying about the last three stages; the first stage alone might make him retreat. This one is no threat!”

Lu Chun’s face showed undisguised shock because with the Alchemy Saint Hall open, dense Spirit Pressure surrounded the cultivators, making it impossible for anyone to hide their realm.

And the realm Luo Chen revealed was at least Nascent Soul Fifth Level!

Among the five Great Grandmasters present, he was the most outstanding!

For a moment, Lu Chun felt apprehensive, regardless of what others said; from his perspective, the trial of inheritance at the Alchemy Saint Hall greatly depended on the Pill Master’s realm.

Luo Chen’s realm was the highest; wasn’t this his best chance?

Facing Luo Chen’s gaze, Chu Yu immediately lowered her head; this was the subconscious reaction of Chu Family cultivators in front of Mingyuan Sect Disciples after their ancestor, the Alchemy Saint, had left.