Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

”I was wondering why Yan Qianji was fighting with others, and it turns out he discovered this mountain!”

”Yanfu Mountain, the Ming Shui Spring Eye within the Netherworld Abyss, is inside, isn’t it?”

”If the rumors are true, it should be!”

”The Mingyuan Sect has been able to suppress the Netherworld Abyss for three thousand years solely relying on the Ming Shui Spring Eye. The Three Great Ancestors attempted to subdue and refine the Qinghe Immortal also using the Ming Shui Spring Eye. If we obtain it, we can become the masters of the Netherworld Abyss!”

”If not now, then when indeed!”

”Be cautious, though. Since someone was able to seriously injure and chase away that old monster Yan Qianji, there might be another old monster lurking in the Netherworld Abyss for millennia.”

”Cautious? We’ve been lying low for so many years. Are we supposed to continue hiding?”

”You’re right, even Yan Qianji is poking his head out, why should we be more cowardly than him?”

”Let’s go!”

After some discussion, several figures charged in without hesitation.

Not just them, as time progressed, more and more ghost creatures began to gather outside Yanfu Mountain, and they mostly entered without much hesitation.

However, most enter but never come out.

A rumor slowly spreads among the vast group of ghost cultivators in the Netherworld Abyss.

Yanfu Mountain appears, Ming Shui Spring Eye emerges.

If one can wield the Ming Shui Spring Eye, they can become the master of the Netherworld Abyss, replace the Mingyuan Sect, and control this perilous ocean!

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Back in the Heavenly Dan Sanctuary, Luo Chen handed over Bai Meiling and the offenders to Li Yingzhang.

Punishing those who deserve it, confining those necessary.

However, Luo Chen still left a way out.

”The sanctuary is good, but cultivating in isolation is ultimately misguided.”

”The remnants of the Divine Transformation Holy Land within the Mingyuan site conceal many resources. If we can obtain a fraction, my Luo Tian Sect will have hopes for the future.”

”I leave behind a doctrine for controlling the Xuan Turtle and a map of the Mingyuan Sacred Land, for you to periodically send people to explore the ruins around the sanctuary, digging out useful resources for us.”

”Each time, have Bai Meiling lead the team, also letting the sect disciples gain experience.”

”Lastly, find a suitable place outside for Bai Meiling to cultivate. It can be a place for cultivation as well as a second base for our Luo Tian Sect in the Netherworld Abyss.”

Li Yingzhang, though worried, thought Luo Chen’s words made sense and respectfully accepted the task.

The Heavenly Dan Sanctuary is good, but there is ultimately only one exit.

If someone blocks the entrance, then hundreds of cultivators of Luo Tian Sect will become trapped like turtles in a jar.

If we can develop a second, or even third base, then we can advance and retreat with assurance.

As for Yanfu Mountain?

After discussing with Luo Chen, they both thought it was not something the Luo Tian Sect could explore right now.

Might as well let those ghost cultivators explore first, act as the vanguard.

Once something tangible comes out of it, the Luo Tian Sect could get involved later.

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After handling these trivial matters, Luo Chen returned to his usual routine.

Consuming Five Temple Immortal Brew to refine his organs, dropping two drops of Jade Emperor Clear Pupil Liquid each day to enhance his pair of Red Eyes Golden Pupils.

Cultivation was also kept up with, a morning and evening lesson each day, his Qi Power gradually advancing.

The previously postponed talisman making plan was restarted after acquiring a large amount of high-level talisman paper from Han Yang Mountain.

As time passed, Luo Chen produced more and more Fourth-Order Talismans.

Correspondingly, the proficiency of his stalled high-level Fire Type Technique on the attribute panel started rising quickly.

Three years later!

On this day, in the Elixir Mountain Cave Mansion.

Luo Chen was meticulously drawing the technique ”Fire Phoenix Scorches the Plain” on talisman paper.

His movements were incredibly gentle, his divine consciousness completely focused.

The ordinarily domineering Fire Attribute Spirit Power was as obedient as a child, as he slowly infused it into the talismanic pattern.

When he finished the last stroke, Luo Chen felt relieved.

He raised the talisman containing immense power, his eyes filled with delight.

Another successful one!

Additionally, the proficiency of ”Fire Phoenix Scorches the Plain” on the panel, which had been stuck for over a century, finally advanced to the Great Perfection level.

Indeed, his early assumptions were correct!

Talisman making requires profound technique skill.

Conversely, mass talisman making can also promote a cultivator’s technique proficiency.

With mutual enhancement, even without deliberately practicing techniques, ”Fire Phoenix Scorches the Plain” can be gradually pushed to Great Perfection.

After all, the focus required to draw fire talismanic patterns is more challenging than merely casting techniques, so progress is natural.

”Next, it’s time to trigger Heaven and Earth Qi to supplement the talisman.”

Fourth-Order Talismans are different from ordinary ones.

They not only contain a cultivator’s own Qi Power but also incorporate outside Spiritual Qi.

Thus, when someone activates the talisman, they can replicate the power of Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators who draw upon Heaven and Earth Qi.

Luo Chen smiled slightly, his divine consciousness spread out, his domain released, starting to guide a large amount of Fire Attribute Spiritual Qi into the talisman.

This process requires caution, lest the master become the servant and destroy the carefully crafted stable talisman.

Luo Chen wasn’t worried, as he was already familiar with this process.

But this time, it only took a moment for Luo Chen to sense something special.

”Why does it feel so much easier to draw external Spiritual Qi compared to before?”

Puzzled, Luo Chen suddenly had an epiphany.

Qi Power infused into his eyes, Origin Force flowed upward.

Instantly, his golden eyes flashed, blood filled his vision.

His Red Eyes Golden Pupils stared into the void.

Amongst the vast airflow, there were faint presences hard for cultivators to sense.

”That is... Spirit Essence!”

Luo Chen suddenly realized, quickly sitting down and starting to operate his Natal Qi Technique, actively drawing Spirit Essence into his body.

Within his Sea of Consciousness, the golden ocean began to boil.

His vast Divine Soul fully immersed in his Purple Mansion Nascent Soul body, beginning to absorb Heaven and Earth Qi.