Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

”But you’ve spent too little time on cultivation, your mental state isn’t sufficient, so how will you condense your Primordial Spirit?”

Qing Shuang pursed her lips at this point.

”It doesn’t matter. As long as I refine the Jikong Flower, everything will fall into place naturally.”

Can it really work?

Youquan was half-believing and half-doubting.

But seeing Qing Shuang’s determined expression, she couldn’t persuade her anymore. Perhaps Yuan Jun had given her some secret techniques before going into closed-door cultivation.

She just turned her gaze back into the distance.

For some reason, compared to Qing Shuang, she had more faith in Luo Chen.

That kid’s cultivation progress was just too fast!

...

High in the sky, a streak of light traveled leisurely from east to west.

A figure stood firmly at the bow of the boat, his gaze like a torch watching the indistinct scenery below.

Once, this scenery was familiar to Luo Chen.

But under the influence of battles, Jiang He changed course, mountains collapsed and rose again, and over time, it gradually became unfamiliar.

Recalling the intelligence Youquan had sent, and thinking of the current miserable state of Zhongzhou described in it, Luo Chen couldn’t help but feel a pang of regret.

The destructive power of High Order Cultivators on this world was simply too great!

The collapse of a city or a region was just ordinary.

When the battle reached its peak, even the destruction of an entire domain was not surprising.

Especially those Divine Transformation Great Powers, uncontrolled, causing continents to sink and the firmament to shatter, that was truly terrifying.

If such wars happened a few more times, no matter how rich in Spirit Mechanism and abundant in Spirit Qi the world might be, it couldn’t withstand such reckless squandering and would eventually become unsuitable for cultivation!

Of course, these lamentations were just fleeting thoughts.

At least for now, they didn’t affect Luo Chen.

His gaze fell on a certain territory, and he made up his mind.

”Wait for me here for a moment; I’m going down to meet an old acquaintance.”

”As you wish, Hall Master!”

Two voices came from within the boat, and then the flying boat stopped in mid-air, two complex gazes watching Luo Chen descend below.

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Hehuan Realm!

Once the region of the Hehuan Sect, one of the Six Sects of the Far East.

In the early years, due to the invasion of a Demon Emperor, it was devastated.

But with two hundred years passing swiftly, even the greatest wounds gradually healed.

Especially with the Nascent Soul Ascendant Sect, Jiuling Sect, taking residence, under its cultivators’ nurturing, this realm gradually showed signs of vitality.

Though it couldn’t match the prosperity of when the Hehuan Sect was stationed here, it still had a sense of thriving vitality.

The once shattered Hehuan Sect’s main peak was also, with the grand means of Jiuling Yuanjun, realigned with the Earth Vein and Spirit Qi, standing tall in the world again, becoming one of Jiuling Sect’s symbols, now named Nine Elements Peak.

The Nine Elements Peak, shrouded in mist all year round, seemed somewhat different today.

Amidst the swirling clouds, a figure gradually entered.

Midway, a low, muffled voice came from within the mountain.

”Who?”

Luo Chen, in his ornate feather robe, smiled faintly, releasing his breath.

”Friend, an old acquaintance returns, is there no welcome?”

Inside a cave mansion on the mountain, Jiuling Yuanjun suddenly opened his eyes, his face showing uncertainty.

”Luo Chen?”

Luo Chen’s lips curled slightly upward, ”It is I!”

With those words, the cloud sea in front floated aside slowly, as if having spirituality, creating a wide path.

Luo Chen walked forward calmly, and soon saw at the mountain top, a figure standing against the wind, watching him from afar.

It was Jiuling Yuanjun, whom he hadn’t seen in years!

Ascending the peak in one step, Luo Chen cupped his hands, ”Daoist Jiuling, long time no see.”

Jiuling Yuanjun’s eyes were filled with amazement, and he spoke slowly, ”I thought you were already dead.”

Luo Chen laughed heartily, ”Do you think I’m such a short-lived person?”

Jiuling Yuanjun shook his head, ”Indeed, when the Three Great Demon Emperors besieged you, you still survived. Few in this world can rival you, but still, I heard you had a life-and-death battle with Demon Emperor Qing Shuang and both disappeared in the Netherworld Sea, so I thought you had perished.”

At this, Jiuling Yuanjun couldn’t help but scrutinize Luo Chen up and down.

The Three Great Demon Emperors were surely strong, but not united, and he was there to restrain the Bull Demon, so they couldn’t wholly join forces against Luo Chen.

But Demon Emperor Qing Shuang, was a top powerhouse of the Eastern Wasteland, reputed to be the number one below Divine Transformation.

Luo Chen’s life-and-death battle with her, yet he survived.

Moreover...

Jiuling Yuanjun cast aside his thoughts, after all, the one in front of him was the living Luo Chen.

He extended his hand invitingly, ”Please come inside!”

Luo Chen, with a smile on his face, followed him into the cave mansion. Behind them, the cloud sea gradually closed, and no one knew that Luo Chen had come to Nine Elements Peak.

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An encounter with an old friend naturally led to a session of reminiscing.

Conversing about past events was one aspect, and discussing the present was another.

”After you destroyed the Five Elements Divine Sect and left, the Human and Demon War erupted again. But this time, the intensity was much lower than the previous one.”

”Although lower, our Eastern Wasteland sects still suffered considerable losses. Because Tianyuan Daoist Sect almost treated us as cannon fodder to use, and the Demon side had strong warriors like Qing Shuang, who was almost unmatched, leading to continuous defeats.”

”Until the upheaval in Zhongzhou came!”

”At the time, Chun Yuan, who was guarding the Eastern Wasteland, unhesitatingly personally took action, capturing Qing Shuang alive and driving back the Demon army.”

”Thus, the war was declared temporarily halted, giving us a chance to breathe.”

”Afterwards, all Tianyuan Daoist Sect cultivators stationed in the Eastern Wasteland returned to Zhongzhou, leaving only a few Nascent Soul True Masters behind. They used the East Sun Sect’s power to remotely control the Eastern Wasteland, demanding hefty resources from us each year.”