Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

The concept of the Heaven and Earth Furnace was not a sudden fancy of Luo Chen.

It was a hypothesis proposed by Wang Yuan in the book ”Divine Firmness Fighting Qi” after reaching a high realm.

Reflecting on his past journey, Wang Yuan discovered that each significant realm he had achieved still had shortcomings, and thus, he proposed various perfect hypotheses for each realm.

For instance, the Furnace Realm of the Third Realm of Body Refinement!

Back then, Wang Yuan, in pursuit of a longer lifespan, groped his way forward without predecessors to learn from and made a breakthrough.

Only later did he realize that his Furnace Realm had many flaws.

Therefore, Wang Yuan envisioned a more perfect breakthrough method, intended for the gifted disciples of future generations.

Unexpectedly, it was Luo Chen who was now experimenting with his idea.

This perfect breakthrough method requires three extreme conditions!

These are a willpower capable of enduring all pain, an indomitable Great Vajra Physique, and an enormous amount of Qi-Blood Power.

With strong willpower, Luo Chen suppressed the Pill Vigor converted from the massive Qi-Blood Power, then embraced the elixir to become Gang, bursting instantly to form the ”Heaven and Earth Furnace.” During this process, the Great Vajra Physique is needed to withstand the instantaneous burst.

And Luo Chen indeed met these three conditions.

It could even be said that his physique was stronger than the Great Vajra Physique, being a genuine Fifth-tier Wild Beast Flesh Body.

Enough to withstand the instantaneous burst of all Qi-Blood within the body.

”This can also be considered a kind of cultivation of internal power within the physical body!”

In moments of leisure, Luo Chen thought this way.

Previously, his Ancient Desolation Refining focused on external training of the body.

Now, switching to the authentic Body Refinement Method, it’s focused on the internal Qi-Blood Path.

One external, one internal, complementing each other, filling the current gap in Qi Power and Divine Perception.

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After the incident with the bandits last time, the caravan became even more cautious, and their pace increased significantly.

Master Yan’s visits to Luo Chen became noticeably less frequent.

Luo Chen also took pleasure in this, devoting all his thoughts to his own cultivation.

While to outsiders, cultivation seemed like a very tedious affair, for Luo Chen, it was a very interesting activity.

Things he once wasn’t good at now came naturally, with a bright future ahead; how could he not be full of fighting spirit?

However, for Jing Lan, as they moved farther from the small mountain village, she became increasingly silent, occasionally showing some inexplicable emotion.

One day.

Luo Chen guessed they were nearing their destination, so he paused his cultivation.

Finally, after days of hesitation, Jing Lan approached Luo Chen.

”You want to cultivate?”

Looking at the woman with a determined gaze and eager expression, Luo Chen asked.

Jing Lan nodded heavily, her eyes full of longing, ”I can endure hardship, and I also want to cultivate, not wanting to be a burden. Brother Luo, you’re not an ordinary person; you should be able to guide me!”

However, Luo Chen straightforwardly refused this request.

”You’re too old.”

This caught Jing Lan off guard.

Before making this request, she had privately consulted Master Yan.

Although starting late with an older age made cultivation more difficult, it wasn’t impossible.

Given Luo Chen’s willingness to take her away from the small mountain village, how could he refuse with such a reason?

Yet, Luo Chen indeed used this reason to reject her.

This left Jing Lan in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.

Luo Chen did not explain much; he was a person who repaid kindness, otherwise, he wouldn’t have taken Jing Lan out and planned to give her a life of prosperity.

But cultivation?

Jing Lan truly wasn’t suitable.

With Luo Chen’s insight and the length of time he spent with Jing Lan, he had long noticed Jing Lan’s physique was different from ordinary people.

Simply put, Jing Lan possessed a ”Moonstone Body.”

This physique was innately solidified in the meridians, with blocked acupoints.

For the body-refining practice that highly valued meridians and acupoints, a Moonstone Body was the least suitable.

Perhaps this was one of the reasons Jing Lan was abandoned as a child.

If Jing Lan were still young, with her meridians and acupoints not yet fully solidified and blocked, using an appropriate cultivation method and assisted by Luo Chen’s Dao of Alchemy skills, perhaps she could have embarked on the body refinement path.

But now, she truly is ”too old.”

Moreover, it was also very difficult for Luo Chen to recreate the peak-level Pill Refinement Technique in a short time.

Therefore, Luo Chen refused decisively, without sparing any mercy.

Seeing the woman’s silent heartbreak, Luo Chen couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

”It’s a pity she wasn’t born in the Mountain Sea Realm but instead in this spirit qi-less Great Destruction Realm.”

While the Moonstone Body is a wasted physique for body refinement, for the Qi Refining System, it’s an exceedingly rare and excellent physique.

With Divine Consciousness maneuvering Spirit Qi, it allows unimpeded passage. The solidified meridians and acupoints can also be slowly nourished and expanded through the power of moonlight. Additionally, she could even, like plant monsters, absorb the power of moonlight essence to master unique Magic Powers.

In the carriage, a silent stillness ensued, with only the sounds of wheels and neighing outside.

Until the somewhat excited voice of Master Yan came from outside.

”Senior Luo, we’ve arrived!”

Jing Lan woke up from her daze, stood up voluntarily, and lifted the curtain.

Then she gazed into the distance, stunned at the sight.

It seemed as if a giant beast charged into her eyes.

A fully snow-white city wall, stretching for dozens of miles, with no beginning or end in sight, resembling a giant python biting its tail.

Atop the towering hundred-zhang walls, hard to see the top even when looking up.

Flags fluttered high on the walls, silhouettes moving about.

At the gates, people bustling, carriages and horses like dragons, full of liveliness.

The sunset spilled its afterglow, bathing the snow-white walls, creating a dreamlike scene.

Compared to it, Qingshan Town was utterly insignificant.

To a woman who had always been in the mountain village, it was an enormous shock.

If she could live a good life in such a prosperous city, perhaps her life wouldn’t be in vain?

Behind her, a voice softly admired.

”Not bad at all.”

Luo Chen stood with hands behind his back, expression calm, showing no particular surprise, only slight appreciation in his eyes.

This amazed Master Yan who had come in advance to inform them.

Yixian City’s grandeur ranked among the top three of the Seventy-Two Cities, anyone seeing it for the first time would be captivated, even exceptional experts of the Furnace Realm!

Yet Senior Luo only gave it a calm ”not bad” assessment.

From this reaction alone, it indicated either he was accustomed to such sights, or he had extraordinarily strong nerves, able to remain unmoved even before a mountain collapse.

Or maybe, it was both.

After all, Master Yan had long suspected he was a powerful Immortal Cultivator from the Outer World, with rumors of those Immortal Cities being more peculiar and magnificent. Compared to them, Yixian City seemed ordinary.

At this moment, Luo Chen had only one thought in mind.

”In this place, what kind of enemy are such towering walls meant to defend against?”

The caravan temporarily halted, beginning to organize people and goods, preparing to enter the city.

In the distance, fast horses galloped from inside the city.

As they approached, a Mystic Armor Knight dismounted from the horse.

Master Yan greeted him proactively, ”General Chu!”

The Mystic Armor Knight referred to as General Chu scanned the surrounding area, then fixed his gaze on the black-robed man in the carriage.

”Are you Luo Chen?”

Luo Chen glanced at Master Yan, then nodded slightly.

The black-robed man clasped his hands in salutations, ”The Young City Lord has already arranged a banquet. Please!”