Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

The north wind howled, and snow blanketed the ground.

A lone figure stood by the thick, swamp-like Blood Lake, silently watching the massive Blood Cocoon in its center.

The Three Great Independent Cultivators were once the most distinguished among the North Sea’s Rogue Cultivators, looking down on those of the same order.

But with the disappearance of the Blood Independent Cultivator and the Moon Independent Cultivator enslaved, the glory of the Three Great Independent Cultivators had long since vanished.

As someone once ranked alongside them as the ”Huang Independent Cultivator,” Luo Chen never expected to meet the last of them, the Feng Independent Cultivator, in such circumstances.

Yet, the two never shared even the most basic verbal exchange, only a simple meeting of the eyes, everything unspoken.

At this moment, gazing at the thick Blood Cocoon, Luo Chen knew the Feng Independent Cultivator had reached the most critical juncture. If this stage could be passed, a new opportunity would surely arise. If not, there was only one fate awaiting the Feng Independent Cultivator: death!

”Good luck, my friend!”

After a long gaze, Luo Chen uttered these words and turned to leave.

After his departure, the Blood Lake became unusually agitated.

A large amount of blood and black qi surged continuously towards the Blood Cocoon, a vigorous heartbeat echoing, as if heralding the birth of a new life.

...

In the Buddhist Hall within Taohai City.

Kong Chan sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, chanting Buddhist scriptures, the surrounding atmosphere calm and peaceful, with no trace of the foul Demon Qi.

Suddenly!

The prayer beads in Kong Chan’s hand suddenly paused, and he instinctively opened his eyes to see a black shadow silently standing in front of the Mingwang Buddha image.

For some unknown reason, Kong Chan felt that the black-clothed Daoist before him bore a slight resemblance to the Mingwang Buddha image, even though the other was not a member of the Buddhist Sect.

”Master, you have emerged from closed-door cultivation?”

Kong Chan wanted to stand, but the figure gestured for him to remain still.

Then he heard the other’s leisurely voice.

”I am about to leave, will you come with me, or stay in the North Sea.”

Leave?

Kong Chan’s heart stirred, immediately understanding that the other’s departure was not just from Beiji Yemo Tian, but from the North Sea.

He hesitated instantly.

Luo Chen did not let him ponder for long, offering a condition.

”In fact, it doesn’t matter where you are, what’s important is that soon you need to help me once. Only once, and after succeeding, I will release you from the Divine Soul Restriction, and you will be free, with no one in the Outer World ever knowing you once served a Human Cultivator.”

Kong Chan’s eyes lit up instantly, he directly asked: ”Who does the master intend to confront?”

”Tianyuan Daoist Sect!”

The light words now felt like a mountain weighing down on Kong Chan’s heart, nearly suffocating him into silence.

”This...”

”Give it some serious thought, I hope to see you on the battlefield when the time comes.”

Luo Chen chuckled lightly, then turned and walked outside.

He did not force the other.

Unlike Little White with the Black King, the relationship between Demon Monk Kongchan and him as ”master and servant” was not deep. Even if he forcibly ordered the other to act, there was a great chance the effort would fall short.

However, if the other acted voluntarily, they would surely go all out!

He believed Kong Chan would make the right choice, after all, if he failed, the Divine Soul backlash Kong Chan would suffer wouldn’t be any better.

A troubled inquiry came from behind.

”Time? Place?”

”In ten years, the Daoist Ancestral Court on East Yuan Continent!”

With those words, Luo Chen’s presence had already vanished from the Buddhist Hall, leaving Kong Chan seated on the cushion, his expression wavering.

For a long time, the chanting and prayers echoed again in the Buddhist Hall.

Only now, compared to before, the chanting was rather heavy.

...

”Master, how will we return? Should we follow the original route back?”

Having left the Tao Hai Ruins, Little White asked this concerned question.

The Black King also emerged, speaking in a burly tone: ”That would be too slow, plus we must avoid the Tianyuan Daoist Sect’s eyes and ears.”

Little White snorted, ”Do you have a better way?”

The Black King’s tone faltered.

Unexpectedly, Luo Chen said, ”Indeed, there is a quicker way back.”

After speaking, Luo Chen released the Frost Eagle Shuttle and stepped onto it.

The shuttle turned, heading east.

This was a stance to cross the North Sea!

That journey was no faster compared to returning on the original route, after all, Beiji Yemo Tian was already in the far north of the North Sea.

Seeing this, the Black King seemed to have realized something.

”Master, do you intend to...”

”Yes.”

Luo Chen nodded lightly, confirming the other’s thought.

If they followed that path, at least half the time could be saved.

Only Little White didn’t understand why.

The Black King chuckled, not explaining to her, instead emerging to tell Luo Chen: ”Master, while you were in closed-door cultivation, we thoroughly explored the Yuan Mo Sect ruins and found a lot of good things.”

While speaking, he continuously spat out a pile of miscellaneous items like presenting treasures.

Luo Chen was not particularly moved, given his current strength and realm, ordinary precious items were hardly worth considering.

Moreover, when the Demon Clan was trapped in Ye Mo Sky for two hundred years, even if the Yuan Mo Sect left behind some rare treasures, they were likely looted clean by the Demon Clan’s experts long ago.

So the good things Black King mentioned could only be ordinary items.

However, as Luo Chen’s gaze swept over the pile of miscellaneous items, his eyes suddenly moved, and he reached out to draw in a certain statue.

”Oh!”

The Black King said proudly, ”Those little ones of the Demon Clan indeed searched thoroughly, but there were places they didn’t find. This statue was dug up from deep underground by me. When Little White and I studied it, it seems to record a set of Body Refinement Methods. I know the master loves collecting various Body Refinement Methods the most, so I especially kept it.”

”You did well.”