Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Wuyou City!

The head of the Seventy-two Cities, located at the central zone of the Great Destruction Realm.

From the first glance upon entering this city, Luo Chen sensed something different from other cities.

The city walls lacked defensive constructions, and the relaxed expressions on the faces of the pedestrians stood in stark contrast to the struggles evident in other parts of this world.

The two words ”Wuyou” seemed to settle upon everyone.

After entering the city, Luo Chen walked on foot, personally feeling the local customs of Wuyou City with his own eyes.

When a man with flowing hair and an unrestrained demeanor, dressed in azure, passed by with a strikingly beautiful woman in his arms, Luo Chen’s gaze followed, revealing a slight hint of astonishment.

”Senior, what’s the matter?”

Xiang Fei, puzzled, then followed Luo Chen’s gaze and immediately understood.

”That must be an Immortal Cultivator.”

With Xiang Fei’s confirmation, Luo Chen was certain he hadn’t sensed wrongly.

That person just now, although his Qi-Blood was sufficient, showed no signs of having undergone any tempering or refining.

Yet through Qi Mechanism Sensing, Luo Chen could clearly detect the ”Golden Core” within the opponent’s Sea of Qi!

It was rather interesting, in situations where an Immortal Cultivator cannot shield themselves using Divine Consciousness, martial artists can clearly sense the opponent’s realm through Qi Sensing Technique.

However, Luo Chen was somewhat surprised.

”Without seeing you sense Qi Mechanism, how could you recognize it as an Immortal Cultivator at a glance?”

Xiang Fei naturally responded, ”In this Wuyou City, often only Immortal Cultivators would behave in such a manner. To say it nicely is to be free and unrestrained, to say it harshly is to be indulgent and willingly decadent.”

Luo Chen had to agree with Xiang Fei’s adjectives.

Throughout hundreds of years of cultivation, he indeed had encountered some Immortal Cultivators who acted differently, disregarding others’ opinions.

But to see someone flauntingly parading on the street with an ordinary woman in his arms was truly rare.

Only those who have given up on cultivation, knowing they had no hope of breaking through, and started to enjoy life, would behave like this.

And people like this, Luo Chen only occasionally saw in marketplaces back when he was at a lower realm.

To say they are ”willingly decadent” is rather apt.

”This person...” Luo Chen initially wanted to get acquainted, but after his gaze swept over another person drinking and swaying on a different part of the street, he changed his mind.

”Are there many such people in Wuyou City?”

Luo Chen’s tone was somewhat somber, seemingly imbued with a sense of lament over shared fates.

Xiang Fei was momentarily stunned, then seriously replied, ”Not many, but there is indeed a group of people like this. They mostly reside in Pingyang Lane, frequenting places like Exiled Immortal Tower and Drunken Immortal Residence.”

”Are they all Immortal Cultivators? Why are they like this?” Luo Chen murmured to himself.

Xiang Fei explained, ”Those who behave like this, to the keen-eyed, are easily recognized as Immortal Cultivators, and only they would do so. According to some seniors’ explanations, these Immortal Cultivators wandered into the Great Destruction Realm. The limitations of the environment rendered their Divine Abilities and Techniques unusable, and the absence of Spirit Qi further deprived them of normal cultivation opportunities. Over time, their mindset changed. Coupled with a prolonged lifespan and the wealth they carried, they gradually started to indulge in pleasures, reveling in things of sensual nature.”

Saying this, Xiang Fei sighed.

”Previously, that Divine Soul Attack Technique was exchanged for by using a premium packet of Mishan Smoke from an impoverished high-level Immortal Cultivator outside the Exiled Immortal Tower.”

Even though Luo Chen had heard Xiang Fei mention this before, he never really felt the depth of it.

After all, no matter how expensive a packet of Mishan Smoke is, it pales in comparison to a Secret Technique capable of attacking the Divine Soul.

The Immortal Cultivation system in the Mountain Sea Realm is so well-developed, yet Divine Soul Attack Secret Techniques are still very rare, showing their scarcity and preciousness.

Thus, just how destitute must one become to sell such treasured things cheaply on the street?

It wasn’t until now, witnessing these indulgent Immortal Cultivators firsthand, that Luo Chen truly understood.

Their Dao Heart has collapsed!

”Senior, let’s go! I’ve already arranged a place, in Leaping Dragon Alley, there’s a house that used to be a temporary residence for martial artists from Sanxiang City staying in Wuyou City.”

”Hmm.”

Arriving in Wuyou City turned out to be six months later.

The additional month over the original plan was due to the fog that forced Luo Chen and his companions to take a detour.

On the way to Leaping Dragon Alley, Luo Chen kept observing the local customs of the city, while Xiang Fei supplemented with introductions, occasionally talking about some of Wuyou City’s institutions.

This city, being located at the heart of the Great Destruction Realm, is the safest.

Ordinary martial artists simply cannot settle in this place.

The groups that can permanently reside in Wuyou City are generally divided into three types of people.

The city’s natives, like Fang Zhibai, and among such natives, the Fang Family, where Fang Zhibai belongs, is the most noble because the Master of Wuyou Realm is the ancestor of the Fang Family!

Secondly, there are the top martial artists invited every hundred years, along with their servants and family. However, among these, high-level martial artists are not often seen because they mostly cultivate in the Nine-layered Tower.

The third type of people is exactly those Immortal Cultivators Luo Chen had just seen!

”Top martial artists who are invited can reside in Wuyou City for free, and the Immortal Cultivators are the same. Although the two groups intersect, the interaction isn’t deep. From their residences being at opposite ends, one can tell.

”Moreover, there is a deep mutual prejudice in their views of each other!”

”Immortal Cultivators look down on martial artists with inherent disdain. Martial Artists look down on Immortal Cultivators with absolute overpowering strength.”