Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1292: Chapter 491 Grandmaster Level Illusion Technique, Visitors from the Luo Yun Sect_3

These few days, he planned to quietly cultivate in the Immortal City, waiting for his magic item to be repaired.

This time certainly couldn’t be wasted.

The cultivation of Mirror Flower, Water Moon was just a bit short of reaching the Grandmaster Level, requiring live creatures as targets for casting.

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”Finally, Grandmaster Level!”

Inside the Third Order Immortal Mansion in the Immortal City, Luo Chen looked at his Attribute Panel and took a long breath of relief.

It truly is one of the top water-type illusion techniques among the Third Order Techniques.

Cultivating it turned out to be so difficult!

You must know that his prerequisite techniques such as Water Mirror Technique, Flower Fairy, and Divine Bewilderment Technique, had already been cultivated to Perfection.

One could say his foundation was built to the utmost!

Under such circumstances, it still took him the better part of a year to barely bring the Perfection Level Mirror Flower, Water Moon to Grandmaster Level.

For this, the number of First and Second Order demon beasts he had driven mad was close to one hundred.

Luckily, it was during the time of Open War, where demon beasts were easy to find.

Otherwise, who knows when he would have been able to raise his proficiency.

Through this experience, Luo Chen also profoundly understood that techniques, cultivation techniques, pill techniques, and body techniques – the higher the initial rank, the more proficiency needed to raise a minor level.

Looking at the panel’s marked limits, they are still 100/200/300/500/1000, but in reality, it’s not so.

During the Qi Refinement Stage, casting Fireball Technique once could increase one point of proficiency.

But after reaching the Golden Core Period, he had to cast Mirror Flower, Water Moon four or five times to increase one point of proficiency.

”Actually, I should have noticed this earlier.”

”Back when I was in the Foundation Establishment Stage, ’Yi Mu Medicine King Sutra’ required twenty times to increase one point of proficiency, and ’Cleanse Origin Pill Formula’ needed even more attempts!”

”No wonder high-level cultivators with long lifespans, when dabbling in other arts they have no talent for, often only scratch the surface.”

”They can’t see the precise progress like I can, only feeling that each effort is like a mud oxen entering the sea, not seeing any significant improvement; or to say, even if they see some effects, compared to the investment, it’s a huge loss, so they scratch the surface.”

After reflecting on this, Luo Chen no longer dwelled on the matter.

Working hard to see actual returns is his happiness.

Even though he was accustomed to this happiness, every experience still made him very happy.

His attention was now on the Grandmaster Level Mirror Flower, Water Moon.

”I wonder how effective it will be after reaching Grandmaster Level?”

His eyes fixed on the cage, within which was a Second Order Demon Wolf standing two zhang tall.

Unlike other wolves of the Second Order, this one was actually leaner, but it had its specialties – a high level of intelligence!

It was the most spiritually intelligent Xuanjin Wolf among countless wolf clans in the Immortal Cultivation World.

Its entire fur was as if cast from gold, exceedingly splendid.

The Xuanjin Wolf was also one of the most valuable types within the wolf clans.

Because of its high intelligence, it’s very suitable to be tamed as a mount or a Guardian Mountain Spirit Beast. Its fur, bones, and blood had many uses too.

Even when it wasn’t the time of Open War, there would often be Demonic Beast Hunters who ventured into the mountains to hunt Xuanjin Wolves.

This resulted in the increasingly rare numbers of the Xuanjin Wolf clan.

For the Luo Tian Sect to obtain such a wolf from someone else had indeed cost a large number of Spirit Stones.

”What a pity, it will be wasted on me.”

Luo Chen pursed his lips and cast Mirror Flower, Water Moon on the growling Demon Wolf facing him.

As he formed the incantation, he vaguely sensed something was amiss.

”Two hundred seventy-one Dao Spirit Techniques seem too complicated. If I simplified them, could I increase the casting speed?”

Fortuitously, Luo Chen deliberately simplified the techniques.

And he succeeded!

Looking at the Xuanjin Wolf squatting on the ground, its eyes full of confusion, Luo Chen pondered.

”The power increase of the Grandmaster Level Mirror Flower, Water Moon is hard to define, but just in terms of casting speed, it has been improved by three times!”

”If I cast this technique following the previously simplified spiritual secrets,” Luo Chen mused to himself, ”and after I become proficient, I feel I can still improve.”

”Does that mean, if this technique reaches the finalization level, there’s a chance to achieve instantaneous casting?”

Instantaneous Illusion Technique!

Just thinking about this realm made Luo Chen’s breathing quicken uncontrollably!

If it were really so, then in battles against peers, he would possess an immense advantage!

The advantage of striking first, the advantage of surprise attacks, the advantage of breaking the status quo, even a decisive, battlefield-defining strike!

After all, even a Great Cultivator in the late Golden Core Stage, if not careful and ensnared by an illusion, would show a weakness.

All he needed to do was to add a finishing blow.

And the ”fragile” bodies of cultivators...

He violently shook his head, took a deep breath, and suppressed this wonderful fantasy deep in his heart.

The path of cultivation is long and distant!

To cultivate this technique to Grandmaster Level, he didn’t know how much energy and resources it had taken him.

Finalization?

It was still early days yet!

”It’s about time for my magic items to be repaired.”

Luo Chen meditated for a while to regulate his breath, and then released the Xuanjin Wolf from the Illusion Technique.

After being released, the wolf’s aura clearly weakened a lot, its ferociousness greatly diminished, crouching and shivering in front of Luo Chen like a small dog.

”Has its Spirit Intelligence been damaged?”

”It seems that the Mirror Flower, Water Moon at Grandmaster Level has also increased in power, and it’s not just about causing illusions.”

”After all, this Illusion Technique inherently carries a slight effect of Divine Soul Attack, and as the cultivation deepens, the main effect begins to shift towards Divine Soul Attacks.”

Luo Chen made his judgment and then lifted the Xuanjin Wolf out of the Immortal Mansion.

First, he would return it to Xu Huanzhen and see if it could still be sold at a high price.

It would be a waste not let it be used.

Then he turned towards the nearby Wanbao Pavilion.

As expected!

In just ten days, Hu Yan Zhuo had repaired two magic items for him.

In front of the other, Luo Chen gave them a little stimulation, indeed there was no longer the odd feeling from before.

”After all, it’s been repaired, and some materials have been added, you should cultivate them properly when you get back.”

”Thanks for the reminder, Master.”

Luo Chen was satisfied and put away the two magic items.

Then, without staying much longer, he flew towards the direction of the Luo Tian Alliance.

His sudden Glint of travel attracted the attention of some lower-order cultivators, but that was all.

In the current Xiao Yue Mountain Range, Golden Core Cultivators were no longer as mysterious as before, and most lower-order cultivators had encountered one.

When Luo Chen just rushed back to the Luo Tian Alliance, Chu Kui actively sought him out.

”Why are you out looking for me instead of undergoing Closed-Door Cultivation to remove the Residual Poison of the foreign Golden Core Qi Power from your body?”

Luo Chen asked with a smile.

His magic items were repaired, and he was in a good mood!

So he was also casually concerned about the situation of a former comrade-in-arms.

The Third Order Cave Mansion that appeared on Snow Wolf Flat was now being used by Chu Kui.

One could imagine that once he completely cleared the Residual Poison from his body, he would surely attempt to breakthrough to the Golden Core Period again.

Chu Kui wasn’t young anymore!

Faced with Luo Chen’s question, Chu Kui did not answer directly but looked extremely solemn.

”People from Luo Yun Sect are here!”

The smile on Luo Chen’s face vanished in an instant.