Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 192: Chapter 120: Landslide, Avalanche, Perfect Completion of Changchun_1

”Yinling spring, Qiu Xue, Gushing spring, Da Dun, Xian Gu, Inner Courtyard.”

The six main acupoints on both feet have all been stimulated.”

Within the cave, Luo Chen was gritting his teeth and grimacing, a vein throbbing on his forehead.

The pain was such that, even though he’d somewhat gotten accustomed to it over the past few days, the simultaneous stimulation of these six acupoints was truly unbearable.

Still, Luo Chen bore it with gritted teeth.

Painful as it was, it posed no life-threatening danger.

Furthermore, he had enveloped his six main acupoints and their surrounding meridians (channels of energy in the body) with his spirit power, greatly reducing the chance of internal injuries.

And so, he bore the pain until the end!

He considered it akin to getting a foot massage in which the masseur applied extreme force in the kidney reflection zone.

Time dragged on, slowly.

It felt like an eternity, and eventually, Luo Chen who was drenched in sweat, finally stopped his cultivation of the Ming God’s Divine Cleanse technique.

After removing the spirit needles from the six acupoints, Luo Chen slumped against a wall.

”If stimulating six acupoints is already this painful, I can’t imagine what it will be like when it will be time to stimulate all thirty-six acupoints simultaneously!”

Luo Chen shivered at the thought, not daring to imagine the future implications when employing the full force of the Ming God’s Divine Cleanse technique.

He mused the time that had passed to be just as long as it takes to burn an incense stick.

But just now, it had felt like an eternity.

Reflecting on that near-death feeling, Luo Chen felt an inexplicable respect for Wang Yuan and the martial arts master who created this technique.

There are so many mortals out there, but it truly takes someone exceptional to rise above all and become one of the rare pre-heaven martial arts masters.

Forget about the rest, just their indomitable martial arts will alone is not something any ordinary individual can compare to.

Even the majority of Qi Refinement Stage Cultivators cannot be mentioned in the same breath as them.

And right now, Luo Chen was merely at the beginner level, only grappling with common negative emotions such as pain.

To develop an unbending will that remains undeterred in the face of life and death, he still has a long way to go.

”Today’s cultivation of the Ming God’s Divine Cleanse ends here. Next up is the cultivation of the Longevity technique.”

Compared to the unbearable pain endured while practicing the Ming God’s Divine Cleanse, the Longevity Technique seemed endearing.

Before, he could only practice a few times a day before his body and soul would become exhausted.

Even with the aid of calming incense and Nourishing Origin Liquid to assist his cultivation, Luo Chen would still feel tired.

But when he compared the two, he felt that the conditions for the Longevity Technique weren’t so bad.

Having already weathered bigger storms, how could a bit of wind and rain bother him?

After making all the necessary preparations, Luo Chen started carrying out the Longevity Technique as usual.

His body became like a whirlpool, capturing the wood-type spirit qi generated by the gathering spirit array. Every bit of it was captured, absorbed, and refined, until it became his own spirit power.

As dawn broke, Luo Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

On his attribute panel, a line was glowing brightly.

”[Cultivation Technique: Longevity Technique Finalization]”

There was no great surprise. This was within his expectations.

The day of finalization was bound to be closer, Luo Chen had been prepared for a long time.

He had earned another achievement point.

But Luo Chen wasn’t particularly interested in that. Instead, he took a deep breath and started the Longevity Technique again to detect any differences from before.

The efficiency in capturing and refining spirit qi remained unchanged.

Dantian (energy center of the body) capacity, remained unchanged.

Twelve Main Meridians and Eight Extraordinary Meridians also remained the same, resembling their original state.

The ability to recuperate automatically still remained.

Then where did the change lie?

Luo Chen ceased running the Longevity Technique and instinctively used a spirit power palm strike.

Bang!

A section of the stone wall turned into dust.

Noticing that the power had increased slightly from before, Luo Chen had an epiphany.

”As expected, my guess was right!”

”The finalized Longevity Technique has restored the method of pure spirit power that the Medicine King Sect had taken away.”

”Now, whenever I cultivate, there seems to be a faintly perceptible increase in the purity of my spirit power.”

The change was very subtle, but he noticed it under his ceaseless scrutiny.

It wasn’t a passive effect, but an active one.

You must be actively running it to experience this effect.

But even so, that was sufficient!

”Foundation Establishment, there’s hope!”

Luo Chen released a long sigh. Unknown fears and worries were seemly expelled with his breath.

According to Mi Shuhua’s ’Mastering Qi Refinement’, Foundation Establishment has three critical challenges!

They are Divine Soul, Body, and Spirit Power.

The Divine Soul influences the spirit consciousness during Foundation Establishment.

The stronger the Divine Soul, the stronger the Spirit Consciousness Foundation, leading to better control of spirit power during Foundation Establishment. After Foundation Establishment, the spirit consciousness that is released will also be stronger.

If a person’s innate divine soul was insufficient, they would almost certainly fail at Foundation Establishment.

Luo Chen wasn’t too concerned about this aspect.

He had overcome the Heart’s Test once before. Now his spiritual strength had already doubled compared to what it used to be.

The second challenge is the Physical Challenge.

This is quite straightforward and usually not an issue for cultivators.

Because any cultivator who has reached Qi Refinement Finalization, their physical body would not have any major issues.

The only complication is that if Foundation Establishment fails, a weak physical body could lead to severe injuries that are hard to heal.

Luo Chen wasn’t worried about this either. He had been eating plenty of demon beast meat and Spirit Rice.

He also used Nourishing Origin Liquid frequently to increase his vital energy.

Although most of the vital energy was used to assist in refining external spirit qi.

All the extra that remains was constantly laying a foundation for his growth.

The biggest concern Luo Chen had for a long time was the third challenge - Spirit Power Challenge.

All this while, his cultivation had been mainly dependent on elixirs.

For this reason, he had even developed a resistance to Qi Nurturing Pills.

Normally, relying on pills for cultivation shouldn’t be a problem.

But he had heard that even the Disciples from Great Sects, despite having excellent welfare, have their monthly consumption of pills strictly controlled by the sect managers.