Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

From three months for each strand, it has now been raised to one and a half months, about forty-five days for each strand!

Therefore, Luo Chen saw the hope of achieving perfection in this Sword Scripture in his lifetime.

”According to this pattern, will perfection level be twenty days per strand? And at the grandmaster level, can it be refined in ten days per strand?”

”If this is really the case, I might not even need a hundred years to cultivate this Sword Dao Divine Power!”

”The only constraint, however, is the quantity of Nine Heavens Qi.”

Luo Chen’s gaze fell on the storage ring.

Previously, Deng Taiyue, using his Nascent Soul Formation Pill as a lure, held a high-level auction, collecting a considerable amount of Nine Heavens Qi for him.

A total of two hundred strands!

On average, one Nascent Soul Formation Pill was exchanged for twenty strands of Nine Heavens Qi that met Luo Chen’s requirements.

This price was somewhat inflated.

Collecting Nine Heavens Qi is not difficult, but very time-consuming, requiring a Nascent Soul True Master to spread their divine consciousness in the Nine Heavens daily, seeking and capturing it, which is both time-consuming and labor-intensive.

Generally, Nascent Soul True Masters would not deliberately do such laborious and thankless tasks, often picking it up casually while searching for suitable materials in the Nine Heavens.

This time, the reason why so much was harvested is largely due to the Nascent Soul True Masters from Eastern Wasteland giving Luo Chen face.

Giving face to the Alchemy Sect!

During the two hundred years of the Human-Demon war, Eastern Wasteland suffered heavy losses, and Nascent Soul Formation Pill was the top-notch resource for rapidly enhancing the high-end combat power of various sects. And Luo Chen can refine Nascent Soul Formation Pills and is willing to trade them, even at premium prices, and everyone is willing to make this mutual transaction.

Just to befriend Alchemy Sect Luo Chen.

”Two hundred strands, not enough to break through to the grandmaster level, but enough to increase proficiency to perfection level.”

”After consuming this amount, I’ll need to personally collect Nine Heavens Qi.”

Regarding future matters, Luo Chen knows it will be troublesome, but he has not lost confidence.

He had begun planning for this very early on.

The true device he borrowed from Jiuling Sect was specifically for this purpose!

Of course!

Before that, he must arrange the most important matters first.

The flying shuttle continued to move forward, deviating from the direction of East Yuan Continent, towards the Tian Nan Continent.

...

One year later.

Luo Chen woke up from closed-door cultivation.

”Master, we have arrived!”

Bai Meiling’s voice carried a hint of weariness; she had been handling the Frost Eagle Shuttle for a year, consuming a great deal of her Divine Soul Magical Power.

Thus, the journey, which initially took three years to cross East Sea, was reduced to just one year.

”You’ve worked hard, take a rest inside the Soul Nurturing Banner!”

Luo Chen took out a white banner and placed Bai Meiling inside, then shrunk the banner and tucked it into his sleeve.

After storing the Frost Eagle Shuttle, Luo Chen’s feet finally landed firmly on the ground.

Looking around, seagulls circled in the sky, and greenery dotted the horizon in the distance.

”Is this the former southeastern area of Zhongzhou, now the Tian Nan Continent?”

Murmuring softly, Luo Chen closed his eyes.

His divine soul power, like a vast ocean, transformed into divine consciousness, slowly radiating outward from his center.

The divine power was like a sea, but when it fell upon this continent, it was as gentle as the wind, without anyone being able to detect Luo Chen’s arrival.

Even when there were a few Nascent Soul True Masters, there was still no reaction.

The gap between them had long become like an unbridgeable chasm.

Luo Chen’s divine consciousness spread quickly and over a vast distance.

In just an instant, it surpassed the Nascent Soul limit, spreading across ten thousand miles!

It’s known that the Great Elder of East Sun Sect, known as Nascent Soul Finalization, has a divine consciousness range of just eight thousand miles.

Yet Luo Chen easily spanned over ten thousand miles.

Moreover, the trend of divine consciousness extending farther showed no sign of stopping, indicating further reach.

One wonders how far a normal Divine Transformation Great Power’s divine perception can extend?

This thought appeared for a fleeting moment but was quickly suppressed.

Because Luo Chen found his target!

”Old friend, so you’re here!”

Luo Chen smiled slightly, took a step forward, reappearing at a distant location.

This was still the application of Sky Explosion Step’s body technique.

Compared to the great commotion of void explosions previously when deploying this technique, now Luo Chen executed it with no sign of fireworks, nearly reaching the realm of blending into the void.

As for why such improvement occurred, Luo Chen couldn’t clearly explain, but it might be related to Qing Shuang, with whom he forged a life-and-death contract.

...

Bailu Marsh.

Once a place in Zhongzhou abundant in water vapor, containing a Third Order Spirit Vein, occupied by a family surnamed Lu for generations.

With Zhongzhou’s collapse thirty years ago, Lu Family was annihilated.

Bailu Marsh also suffered greatly under Zhongzhou’s collapse, rivers changing course, miasma spreading.

But blessings and misfortunes come hand in hand; when Tian Nan Continent detached, earth qi flowed, and finally a spirit cave was formed beneath Bailu Marsh. The ordinary Third Order Spirit Vein, due to the appearance of the spirit cave, quickly advanced to the Fourth Order Level.

Later, various families of Tianyuan Daoist Sect divided the regions, and this place drew the covetousness of numerous Han Gate families, but surprisingly, Bailu Marsh came under the family of a Guest Elder from the Star Gate.

Even though some noble families and great clans were dissatisfied, under the surface rules repressing them, they ultimately conceded ownership of this place.

Thus, Bailu Marsh became Zhou Family’s territory!

But this isn’t fixed; if within a hundred years Zhou Family lacks a Nascent Soul True Master to hold ground, this place will still fall into the hands of other great houses.

Inside a simple great hall.

Old and nearly decrepit Zhou Yunshen looked at the three kneeling Golden Core cultivators, deeply wrinkled face exuding worry.

”Perhaps I made a mistake, bringing you here to claim this land, inviting misfortune instead.”

The three cultivators showed no displeasure, especially a stout man who spoke boldly: ”Ancestor, why such worry? As long as Brother Zhou Cang uses the Fourth Order Spirit Vein to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm, he can shelter our family for another five hundred years!”

Zhou Cang was the eldest among the three, his hair nearly half gray.

And his realm, was the ninth layer of Golden Core!

Yet Zhou Yunshen shook his head, ”Little Cang’s accumulation is still insufficient, especially thirty years ago when he injured his foundation to protect his family, making the chances of breaking through to Nascent Soul Stage very slim.”

Zhou Cang lowered his head, sighing softly.

Among the three, another was a young matron, her eyes full of concern.

”Ancestor, with you here, isn’t our Coral Sea Zhou Family as stable as Taishan?”

Zhou Yunshen whispered, ”Zhen Niang, do you still remember when my eight hundred-year birthday celebration was held?”

Zhou Shuzhen froze.

The memory of that grand, joyous birthday celebration had long become very fuzzy.

She was only at Foundation Establishment back then.

Now, she is at mid-stage Golden Core cultivation, a whole hundred seventy years have passed!

It is said that a normal Nascent Soul True Master has a lifespan of around a thousand years, even with life extension techniques, only about one thousand one hundred to two hundred years.

This is without suffering any serious injuries.

As for their ancestor, who led the family from North Sea, breaking out from demon beasts’ encirclement to reach Zhongzhou, then experienced the North Sea war, and recently fought briefly with three Nascent Soul True Masters, it is absolutely impossible to say he was not injured during these events.

Zhou Shuzhen, with a choked voice, said: ”Ancestor...”

Clearly, the other two Zhou Family Golden Core cultivators were not foolish either, noticing the key point.

The ancestor’s lifespan is already limited.

Once he passes away, the already extremely weakened Zhou Family, how could they occupy Bailu Marsh, this Fourth Order Spirit Land?

The somber atmosphere gradually spread.

At this moment!

Zhou Yunshen’s ancient eyes suddenly burst with surprise and joy.

”You three, leave now!”

”Huh?”

The three had yet to react.

Zhou Yunshen added, ”Cultivate well, do not slack off.”

Although puzzled, the three offered respectful bows before leaving.

Once they departed, Zhou Yunshen took a slight breath, looking towards the doorway.

Within the shifting light and shadow, a familiar yet unfamiliar figure reflected in his pupils.

Zhou Yunshen, with a complex expression, spoke: ”Friend Luo, should I call you Huang Independent Cultivator or Alchemy Sect?”