Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

In the former main hall of the Ice Extreme Sect, the young Daoist wore a solemn expression, silently pondering.

Li Canghai did not disturb him, sipping his tea at his own leisure.

After a long while, Luo Chen finally came back to himself from his contemplation.

”Many thanks for informing me of this matter, Senior. I will personally go and verify it!”

Li Canghai put down his teacup and smiled faintly. ”It’s a trifling matter. In fact, this isn’t much of a secret. As long as one understands Arrays a little and pays more attention to the changes in the lay of the land and the shifts of Spirit Veins, one can perceive some clues.”

Luo Chen gave a wry smile. The other party was an Array Dao Great Power; what he called ”understands Arrays a little” was probably a standard so high that ordinary people could never reach it.

Although he himself had barely stepped into the category of an Array Master, it was purely by raising Proficiency bit by bit; his natural talent was relatively average. If there was no need, he rarely used an Array-related perspective to observe the changes in the great trends of heaven and earth.

”I quite forgot that you are an Alchemy Concoction Grandmaster. For you to have such a Peak Mastery Realm in the Dao of Alchemy at such a young age is already exceptional; how could I demand too much from you in the Path of Array?” When Li Canghai saw Luo Chen’s helpless wry smile, he also realized this. Earlier, he had been somewhat misled by Luo Chen’s performance when he forcefully broke through the Fog Concealing Mysterious God Array. Now it seemed that, in breaking through that Array, he had relied more on that pair of eyes.

At this thought, a sudden idea stirred in Li Canghai’s heart.

With a casual wave of his hand, a sheet of black sheepskin flew to the front of Luo Chen.

”This is?”

Luo Chen grabbed the sheepskin. It felt icy cold to the touch, rough at the end, with fully half of it missing.

At the first glance, Luo Chen’s eyes lit up.

”’Yun Shen Pill’?”

Li Canghai chuckled. ”Yes. I obtained this Pill Formula by chance. According to the description, it should be at the Fourth Order Level, but unfortunately the latter part was destroyed. It has lain idle in my hands for many years. The world says that the East Desolate Pill Sect is, after the Central Continent Pill Saint, the number one person in the Dao of Alchemy in the world. I wonder if they can complete this Pill Formula?”

”The world has exaggerated somewhat, but I do indeed have some understanding of the Dao of Alchemy.” Luo Chen replied modestly, while his gaze had already fallen onto the sheepskin.

With just a rough glance, joy arose in Luo Chen’s heart.

This ’Yun Shen Pill’ formula was indeed half destroyed, but the first part was perfectly intact.

Especially regarding the main ingredient and the key auxiliary ingredients; even the corresponding ratios of the ingredients were recorded.

As for the part that was destroyed, it should have been some common auxiliary ingredients, as well as refinement conditions, taboo requirements, and so on.

With Luo Chen’s Alchemy Dao Accomplishment, as long as he was given enough time, completing a Fourth Order Pill Formula was no problem at all.

In fact, after roughly reading this incomplete Pill Formula, he had already thought of at least three different completion routes.

For no other reason!

This Pill Formula had several subtle similarities with the ’Great Soul Pill’ from the thirty-six pill formulas of the Refining Heaven Demon Monarch.

One strengthened the soul, the other nurtured the spirit—both emphasized nourishing and strengthening the Divine Soul.

Even among the main ingredients, there was a material in common—Soul Essence!

”Soul Essence?”

Luo Chen’s expression shifted slightly as he looked at the somewhat expectant Li Canghai, and a thought flashed through his mind.

Cradling the sheepskin, he silently pondered for a moment, then spoke frankly: ”Senior Li, this Pill Formula should come from the Yuan Mo Sect!”

Li Canghai smiled. ”You are truly keen-sighted, little friend, to recognize the origin of this Pill Formula at a glance. Correct, this ’Yun Shen Pill’ formula does indeed originate from the North Sea Sacred Land Yuan Mo Sect, and from none other than one of its three main lineages—the Soul Refining Lineage. That lineage pursued the strengthening of the Divine Soul; in cultivation they relied on Soul Nurturing Banners, and in combat they relied on Soul-Refining Flags. As for soul-path methods in this world, they could claim to be the foremost. And this Yun Shen Pill was the favorite Elixir of the Soul Refining Lineage’s Nascent Soul True Masters.”

As expected!

Luo Chen’s guess had been confirmed.

Soul Essence, this utterly heartless yet incomparably precious material, was produced only in the North Sea in the entire Mountain Sea Realm.

And the method of refining Soul Essence in the North Sea had its origin in the Divine Transformation Holy Land Yuan Mo Sect!

If there existed in this world a Doctrine that could make perfect use of Soul Essence, it would certainly also come from the Yuan Mo Sect.

Unfortunately, after the Yuan Mo Sect was destroyed, large amounts of Soul Essence had nowhere to be sent as tribute; and since North Sea Cultivators did not have the corresponding Doctrines, much of the Soul Essence could only become collectibles of local powers.

It was not that no one had tried to research methods of using Soul Essence, but anything involving a cultivator’s Divine Soul was simply too dangerous.

A single misstep, and it was easy to injure oneself.

For example, Elder Minghuo, one of the Twelve Sect Masters of the Mo Luo Sect, had once attempted such a thing.

He had even been very cautious, not using it directly on his own Divine Soul, but merely using Soul Essence to nourish his own True Fire—yet this still caused his True Fire’s Spirit Intelligence to soar and turn on its master, nearly causing Elder Minghuo’s Dao Cultivation to suffer a great decline.

But this was all a digression.

Basically, once Luo Chen noticed Soul Essence as the main ingredient, he had already guessed the origin of this Yun Shen Pill Formula.

”Can it be completed?” Li Canghai looked at the sheet of sheepskin. ”If it can, that would naturally be best. If not, it does not matter. I simply do not wish for this rare soul-path Pill Formula to be lost to the world.”

A Fourth Order soul-path Pill Formula was indeed of little use to a Divine Transformation Great Power.

The reason he took it out was very simple.

First, he did not want the formula to be lost; second, he wished to simply test whether Luo Chen’s reputation as an Alchemy Sect was undeserved.

From what he had seen so far, Luo Chen’s performance was not bad; he had quickly guessed the origin of this Pill Formula—but that was only ”not bad,” nothing more.

Yet unexpectedly—

Luo Chen smiled slightly and spread out the sheet of sheepskin.

”It is quite simple. I have at least two methods to complete this Pill Formula; it only depends on which one Senior prefers.”