Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Grinding through the acupoints is not considered difficult for Luo Chen.

This is due to the solid foundation he established during the Foundation Establishment Stage.

If not for Xiang Fei fearing that his speed might be too quick, causing his realm to become unstable, Luo Chen’s grinding speed might have been beyond imagination.

Even so!

Under the meticulous control of the Blood Refining Divine Gang, this phase still progresses at a slow yet firmly fast pace.

Within a year, thirty-six acupoints were ground, averaging ten days for one.

The second year was even faster, reaching ten days for two, completing seventy-two large and small acupoints.

Such progress drew continuous praise from Xiang Fei.

However, for some reason, Luo Chen actively slowed down the pace of grinding acupoints starting from the third year onward.

Gang Qi quantity!

In other words, it can be understood as resources.

A martial artist’s Gang Qi comes from the conversion of Qi-Blood, and Qi-Blood is not generated from thin air, but gradually refined from drawn resources from the Outer World.

Resource scarcity in the Great Destruction Realm has long been a common talking point.

Even with Yixian City’s full support and Luo Chen’s influence siphoning resources from surrounding major cities, it is still a drop in the bucket compared to the massive Qi-Blood required for Luo Chen’s True Physique.

The polished acupoints cannot be left unused.

A portion of pure Gang Qi needs to be allocated to reside within them to enable smooth opening and closing and to ensure the whole body remains leakless.

Especially since Luo Chen’s Blood Refining Divine Gang is of such high quality, the amount of Qi-Blood required for conversion is even more immense, which slowed down his cultivation speed.

At this point, Luo Chen finally understood why martial artists in the Great Destruction Realm, once they cultivated to the Leakless Realm, would go to Wuyou City.

They were not only forced but also had the willingness to go voluntarily.

Converting resources through food supplementation is extremely inefficient.

However, chaotic energy containing various properties, although perilous to martial artists, can easily be converted into a large amount of Qi-Blood, serving as a powerful supplement!

After understanding this, Luo Chen had no choice but to accept it.

But he was not anxious.

The Leakless Realm is not his final destination; a higher realm sufficient to leave the Returning Ruins is the summit he aspires to climb.

Therefore, Luo Chen is not pressing for immediate gain.

Additionally, the arrays in Red Leaf Valley still need time to mature before taking shape.

Thus, let him cultivate and wait!

Time in Luo Chen’s inefficient cultivation life flows by slowly like water.

Until twenty years later.

Yixian City welcomed the seventieth birthday of the current City Lord Jing Lan.

During the birthday banquet, guests were overwhelming, and gifts piled up like mountains.

The star of the celebration, Jing Lan, sat at the head, her face kind yet dignified, calmly enjoying the congratulations from various great figures.

Seventy years old, she had never married, and naturally, she had no descendants.

Yet, having ruled Yixian City for thirty years, despite having no martial skills herself, she accumulated sufficient prestige.

This is evident from the great figures from the Seventy-two Cities who came voluntarily to offer their congratulations.

And amidst the bustle, a naming voice suddenly stunned everyone.

”Wuyou Envoy Fang Zhibai is here to congratulate City Lord Jing on her grand birthday!”

This surprise was filled with countless emotions.

It was shocking that Wuyou City sent an envoy personally, signifying their emphasis on Jing Lan.

And the fear of Wuyou City’s reckoning against Jing Lan!

After all, Jing Lan rose to the position of City Lord by leveraging Luo Chen’s power, despite being a mortal.

In terms of legal procedures, there were loopholes.

If Wuyou City intended to hold her accountable, the forces that allied themselves actively with Yixian City over the years would likely not fare well.

Unexpectedly, Fang Zhibai, after arriving, merely congratulated Jing Lan on her birthday without mentioning anything else.

Does this mean Wuyou City has acknowledged Jing Lan’s role as City Lord for the first time?

Some wanted to probe Wuyou’s envoy for insight.

But midway through the banquet, the young yet immensely authoritative envoy had already disappeared.

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Weichen Pavilion!

Luo Chen’s solitary abode.

Two white-clad individuals sat facing each other, with tea aroma wafting between them.

Fang Zhibai looked at Luo Chen with slight wonder, expressing continuous admiration.

”After fifty years apart, Brother Luo’s progress is swift, advancing from the Blood River Realm Peak to now being only a step away from the Leakless Realm.”

Luo Chen’s expression remained calm, ”I am not as advanced as you, the envoy, who is already truly leakless.”

Fang Zhibai smiled wryly, ”Brother Luo praises too highly. When we first met, I was actually close to a breakthrough. Touring the Great Destruction Realm was merely a journey before breaking through, honing my will.”

Breaking through to the Leakless Realm seems to require merely the accumulation of Gang Qi and the grinding of acupoints, but in reality, there’s a heart demon barrier similar to Golden Core cultivators breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

However, Luo Chen never considered this.

Such scenarios, he had experienced countless times in his five hundred years of cultivation in the Mountain Sea Realm.

It was not something he needed to concern himself with.

Luo Chen poured a cup of tea, pushing it towards Fang Zhibai.

”Have some tea!”

Fang Zhibai took a sip from his cup, his eyes still indiscriminately looking at Luo Chen.

When he placed the cup down, he expressed again, ”After leaving Yixian City, I went for closed-door cultivation, breaking through successfully. Fortunately, luck was with me, and with the guidance of the ancestor, I successfully broke through to the Leakless Realm. At that time, I felt quite satisfied. Yet unexpectedly, upon emerging from cultivation, I learned of Brother Luo’s feat of battling one against six, annihilating five Leakless Realm experts in one stroke. My sense of pride vanished instantly.”

Luo Chen asked, ”So the envoy is here at Yixian City today to seek an explanation for that battle?”

”An explanation?” Fang Zhibai sneered, ”Just a bunch of failures; to have died at Brother Luo’s hands is their honor, and worthy of me seeking an explanation?”