Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 981: Chapter 397: Third Order Humanoid Monster Luo Chen!

[Foundation Establishment Sixth Level 30/100]

Since Luo Chen’s return from Qingdan Valley, four years had passed.

In the first two years, he had been cultivating in seclusion at Tianlan Peak, with his realm steadily progressing, the progress bar at one point reaching into the twenties.

This was not far off from his initial estimate of breaking through to the Late Stage Foundation Establishment within ten years.

However, in the nearly two years since he stepped onto the battlefield, the progress bar had only risen by a few points.

There was no choice, after all, the battlefield was not a suitable place for cultivation.

Prolonged combat also impeded the accumulation of Spirit Power.

The slight improvement in his cultivation progress was thanks to the Ascendant Grade Dragon Rise Pill supplied by Tao Wen.

If it had been any other Foundation Establishment True Cultivator, it’s likely their cultivation wouldn’t have advanced an inch.

”Battle is indeed not the first choice for us Qi Refiners!”

”Instead, it’s someone like Brother Wang, a Body Refiner, who could leverage battle to accelerate his understanding of the changes in qi and blood.”

Luo Chen was always aware of his realm’s improvement.

He had expected the war to slow down his progress.

So, he turned his attention to mastering techniques.

He practiced three Third Order Techniques related to Flying, Illusion, and a Secret Technique that was easy to learn but hard to master.

Apart from the Ninety Thousand Miles one, the other two weren’t suitable for grinding proficiency.

As for Second Order Techniques, he had achieved significant gains.

Mountain Collapse, Glass Sky Canopy, and Fierce Sun Technique Finalization were his staunch advantages that allowed him to roam freely on the battlefield!

In particular, when combined with the Art of Tool Command, even a Late-Stage Great Cultivator within the Foundation Establishment Stage would be nothing to fear, and he could emerge victorious in a battle!

The finalization of the Spring Breeze Rain Technique was unexpected, but at the same time reasonable.

This technique was originally learned to cure Gu Caiyi’s Foundation Establishment injury.

But on the battlefield, this healing technique shone brilliantly.

Whether it was healing Li Yingzhang or Luo Tian Creed Cultivators, it played a significantly important role.

In the end, it was during the year at the Divine Transformation Relics that Luo Chen frequently activated it, refining it to completion.

It could be said that Luo Chen’s body didn’t collapse under the intense Body Refinement of the thunder and lightning forces, and this technique, along with the Healing Technique, contributed greatly to that.

Otherwise, even if he had hastily completed ”The Flow of All Things,” he wouldn’t have been able to persevere.

As for other Second Order Techniques, Luo Chen didn’t pay much attention to them.

Water Mirror Technique, Flower Fairy, Divine Bewilderment Technique were all just pre-requisites for the Illusion Technique of Mirror Flower, Water Moon.

To max out their proficiency would require a lot of time.

As of now, Luo Chen has no need to delve deeper into them.

Illusion Techniques were a bit awkward.

In matches against peers of the same Order, he could forcefully win.

In cross-Order battles, Illusion Techniques were easily countered by High Order Cultivators due to soul strength limitations, and he dared not use them carelessly.

Even on his way back, when dealing with Feng Laogui, he only briefly used the Divine Bewilderment Technique and Divine Intimidation Technique.

This Third Order Illusion Technique was somewhat superfluous.

In the pill technique column, most of his accumulation came from the two years before going to the battlefield.

During those two years, he refined numerous elixirs for the Jueqing Fairy and became a beginner in the Pill Technique of Star Taking Hand, which he’d learned from Qingdan Valley.

The only thing that caught Luo Chen’s attention was the ”Cleanse Origin Pill Formula.”

This method of refining detoxifying elixirs seemed to correlate with what Huo Hu had described at the Taishan District auction.

At that time, it was described as taking one year to become a beginner, three years for minor accomplishment, five years for completion, and ten years for perfection.

But counting the time, nearly twenty years had passed.

And he still hadn’t achieved perfection, nowhere near enjoying the described effect of absorbing the maximum medicinal efficacy from elixirs.

”Could the description be wrong?”

”The difficulty in cultivating this technique far exceeds the description, could it be a misrepresentation?”

Luo Chen knew his own abilities well.

He had a unique talent for the Magic Way!

And this detoxifying pill technique relied on practice.

Fittingly, he had ingested elixirs several times more than other cultivators of the same Order.

Based on the number of times practiced, he ought to have reached perfection, but he was still stuck at [900/1000].

Even being able to advance to nine hundred in one go was due to him recklessly consuming a variety of elixirs for Body Refinement in the Divine Transformation Relics and forcefully raising the level.

”Wonder how much longer it’d take to reach Finalization for this technique,” Luo Chen mused, shaking his head, unable to fathom this pill technique.

But he didn’t intend to delve deeper.

Even without the extra effect of enhanced absorption of medicinal efficacy, the current detoxifying effect was sufficient.

Finally, he turned to look at the quantity of his Achievement Points.

”22 points, sigh...”

There was a time when he had accumulated up to sixty-something points.

But because he had expended over forty points deducing and completing ”The Flow of All Things,” it became the largest consumption of Achievement Points in his history.

Even the initial crossover breakthrough with Emperor Liquor hadn’t cost so much—back then, it was only about twenty-something points.

The current 22 points included two extra ones provided for his rapid advancement to Mastery level in ”The Flow of All Things,” based on his previous accumulations.

”Although it’s a bit less, I don’t have any new pill formulas to learn recently, so there’s no rush,” Luo Chen said.

After sweeping through the Attribute Panel,

Luo Chen had a clear and direct understanding of his current state.

Next, what he needed to do was very simple.

First, he needed to recover Spirit Power.

With the support of the Ascendant Grade Dragon Rise Pill and Second Order Upper Grade Spirit Land, along with a stronger physique, he should be able to recover quickly.

Second, it was time to make good use of his current body!

A body comparable to a Tier 3 Savage Ancient Monster Beast, surely equivalent to the realm of a human Golden Core.

It would be unreasonable not to put it to use.

But, having a strong body without corresponding techniques

Would only allow him to fight crudely with brute force.