Becoming an Immortal and Ancestor, Starting from the Clan-protecting Divine Beast

101: Chapter 101 Yuan Feng’s Decision and Recruitment of Alchemy MastersFor a time, the radiance of Magical Artifacts illuminated the surroundings, dazzling and overwhelming the eyes.

The entire platform was divided into three areas: the Qi Refining area, the Foundation Establishment area, and the Purple Mansion area.

Among them, the Qi Refining area was where the young First-stage Artifact Refiners were located; they were basically refining First-stage High Grade Magical Artifacts, while some with formidable skills chose to refine First-stage top-grade Magical Artifacts.

To refine top-grade Magical Artifacts, one’s Artifact Refining skills must reach the Peak of the current stage, that is, the pinnacle of perfection; only then can one refine the top-grade Magical Artifact of the current stage.

This was a test of the Artifact Refiners’ skills, as well as an assessment of their abilities.

As for the Foundation Establishment area, most were Artifact Refiners at the level of Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators. The Magical Artifacts they refined were no lower than Second-stage Medium Grade; swords, spears, halberds, armor, bracers, and other weapons and protective gear were all present.

As for the Purple Mansion area, it was quite explosive. Various Artifact Refiner Great Masters at the Purple Mansion level displayed their unique methods, and the Spiritual Artifact-level refining furnaces whipped up firelight thousands of feet high, causing the Cultivators around the platform to gasp in amazement.

Yuan Feng looked toward the Purple Mansion area with great interest. Refining a Spiritual Artifact was no simple matter; just nurturing its spirituality required counting in years, and three months was simply not enough.

”Brother Yuan, the Golden Cudgel you want to refine would take over a decade to complete without using essence blood. I’m afraid three months wouldn’t even be enough to refine the blank,” Chen Fufeng, who was watching from the side, said, scratching his head in confusion.

Yuan Feng rubbed his chin, watching a busy Purple Mansion Middle Stage Artifact Refiner Great Master with a thoughtful expression.

”So that’s how it is. The Spiritual Artifacts they are refining have probably already been mostly completed, with only the final step remaining. These three months are the critical time for them to put the finishing touches on their work.”

”Spiritual Artifact, Spiritual Artifact—as the name suggests, it is an item with spirituality. Putting aside the Artifact Materials, the most important thing is that spark of spirituality.”

”Old Chen, in my opinion, this Purple Mansion-level Artifact Refining competition likely values the level of spirituality in the refined Spiritual Artifact. The more sufficient the spirituality, the higher the level of Artifact Refining skill.”

Chen Fufeng nodded as if he understood, then sighed: ”I wonder when my Chen family will be able to produce a Third-stage level Artifact Refiner Great Master.”

The Chen family currently had Yuan Feng, that illustrious Purple Mansion Demon King, holding the fort at the top, and he and Chen Zhuxiao, two Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators, at the bottom; their core strength was still too weak.

As the number of Chen family Cultivators increased, some chose to also study the hundred arts of cultivation, with Artifact Refining, Alchemy, Formation, and Talismans being the most common.

But this was just the beginning; to form a certain scale, it would take at least twenty or thirty years.

To put it plainly, the Chen family’s foundation was too weak, and the time since its rise was too short; it had not yet formed any considerable accumulation.

This could not be accumulated overnight; it required the sedimentation of time and the baptism of years to possess the aura of a great cultivation clan.

”Old Chen, there will be such a day. The Chen family will become an immortal clan in the future, with its own blessed land of caves, overlooking the vastness, never falling for eternity.” Yuan Feng thought about it and comforted him this way.

After the Artifact Refining Assembly concluded, once his natal Spiritual Artifact was finished refining, he would enter long-term seclusion to engrave his third Divine Ability, seeking to step into the Purple Mansion Middle Stage Realm.

Although he was currently still of the so-called ordinary Spirit Beast Bloodline, when he was undergoing the evolution from Yao Beast Bloodline to Spirit Beast Bloodline, he dreamed back to the primordial era and saw a supreme existence that stood tall, as if it were creating the world.

That was the source of the Battle Spirit Ape clan’s Bloodline, a terrifying existence beyond measure; a Golden Core True Monarch would likely be like an ant in front of such an existence.

This terrifying existence had its head in the Nine Heavens and feet stepping on the netherworld, its whole body permeated with ancient Chaos Qi, with ancient and boundless stars clustering around it, as if it were the center of a primordial Universe.

It stood there, as if representing a certain Dao, branded in the vastness of heaven and earth, spreading across the heavens and myriad domains, existing forever.

The first moment he saw this source of his Bloodline, Yuan Feng received an unparalleled impact. A torrent of memories, like a vast river, surged toward him, and various memory fragments were absorbed into his mind.

He not only learned the Dao patterns for the Battle Body Divine Ability, but also learned the Dao patterns for another Divine Ability.

The refining of his natal Spiritual Artifact would take about a year or more. By then, his clan destiny points should be able to accumulate some more, and at that time, he could use the clan destiny points to accelerate the engraving speed of the Divine Ability Dao patterns, allowing him to leave seclusion as quickly as possible.

During the engraving process, the number and Realm of the Chen family Cultivators would not remain unchanged; they would continuously provide him with clan destiny points, forming a virtuous cycle.

Furthermore, a few days ago, Chen Zhuxiao had an epiphany in public; while comprehending Sword Intent, he broke through to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage in one go, providing Yuan Feng with a considerable amount of clan destiny points.

This was enough to serve as his startup capital.

”Three Divine Abilities—I wonder if they will allow me to contend with or even defeat a Great True Person of the Five Dharma Manifestations?” Yuan Feng’s gaze was deep, making a Purple Mansion True Person sitting in front of him feel somewhat uncomfortable, with a sense of unease as if sharp blades were pricking his back.

”This Fellow Daoist, do you have an issue with me?” This person turned around, cupped his hands, and said.

Upon seeing Yuan Feng, the hair on this person’s body stood on end, as if he had seen some terrifying existence. He gave a sheepish smile: ”Fellow Daoist, it’s a misunderstanding. I was just too sensitive.”

Yuan Feng curiously looked the person over. He wore a light blue Daoist robe, had a long beard, looked to be in his forties or fifties, and carried a very strong scent of ’Medicinal Pill’ on him.

”Are you an Alchemist? May I ask how to address Your Excellency?”

The man in the blue Daoist robe heard this, perked up, straightened his back, and said: ”I am but a Loose Cultivator, with the Daoist name [Feng Cong]. I was lucky enough to obtain an Alchemy Legacy, and currently, I can barely refine Third-stage Medium Grade Spirit Pills; it is not worth mentioning.”

”So it is Great Master Feng Cong. Excuse my lack of respect, excuse my lack of respect.” Yuan Feng said a polite phrase.

Chen Fufeng, who was beside him, respectfully bowed: ”The current head of the Liming Chen family, Chen Fufeng, greets Great Master Feng Cong.”

The latter heard this and laughed heartily, his mood brightening significantly.

”Family Head Chen, please rise.” Great Master Feng Cong waved a hand, and an invisible wind lifted Chen Fufeng up. At the same time, a Medicinal Pill that glowed with fluorescence and emitted a light fragrance fell into his hand.

”I see that Family Head Chen has only broken through to Foundation Establishment a few years ago. This is a high-quality Foundation-Building Pill, which can help Family Head Chen consolidate his Realm and increase his Qi.”

Chen Fufeng bowed again: ”Thank you, Great Master Feng Cong.”

Great Master Feng Cong waved his hand, his gaze falling on Yuan Feng, and said in a deep voice: ”This must be the recently illustrious Dou Zhan Demon King. Truly, hearing of you is not as good as seeing you; you live up to the might of Dou Zhan.”

He spent his years in seclusion practicing Alchemy and rarely paid attention to other matters. This time, he came out of seclusion for a Spiritual Artifact Pill Furnace he had his heart set on.

”Great Master is too kind.” One does not hit a smiling face; since the other party was polite, Yuan Feng naturally would not put on a cold expression.

”Great Master mentioned earlier that you are a Loose Cultivator? I wonder if Great Master has any thoughts of joining a faction?”

Great Master Feng Cong was taken aback, then thought about it: ”To be honest with the Dou Zhan Demon King, I have been accustomed to traveling alone, my personality is solitary, and I am not good at communicating with others; it is truly difficult for me to integrate into a faction.”

As a Third-stage Medium Grade Alchemist, there were naturally quite a few factions that tried to recruit him. Even large Purple Mansion Factions with Five Laws Great Zhenren sitting in charge had approached him, but he had rejected them one by one.

He possessed an exquisite heart and saw things quite clearly. Furthermore, when he was young, a Fortune Teller Great Master had told his fortune, saying that he was destined to be a Lone Star of Heavenly Evil, and those who walked close to him would inevitably be implicated and harmed by him.

But correspondingly, his talent in Alchemy was very high. Relying on an incomplete Third-stage Alchemy Legacy, he had forcefully become a Third-stage Medium Grade Alchemist.

However, besides the line about the Lone Star of Heavenly Evil, the Fortune Teller Great Master’s prediction had one more line.

”When you reach your sixth sixty-year cycle, you will meet a noble person. If he invites you to join, you can ignore the Lone Star of Heavenly Evil fate and agree to him.”

Great Master Feng Cong had asked why back then, and that Fortune Teller Great Master had chuckled, not saying much, but instead saying a profound and mysterious sentence.

”The Lone Star of Heavenly Evil is a baleful fate, but in front of a True Dragon soaring through the Nine Heavens, it must still bow and submit, unable to stir up any waves.”

Now, he had lived exactly six sixty-year cycles; as of today, he had just turned three hundred and sixty years old.

If it weren’t for Yuan Feng asking, he would have almost forgotten what that Fortune Teller Great Master had said.

”Is the Dou Zhan Demon King inviting me to join the Chen family?” Great Master Feng Cong asked proactively.

”Yes and no,” Yuan Feng shook his head slightly and explained: ”I want to invite Great Master to become an Alchemy Guest Elder of the Chen family, to hold the fort at the Alchemy Hall. As for the compensation, naturally, it will not be lacking for Great Master.”

He had killed several Purple Mansion Cultivators, including two at the Purple Mansion Middle Stage. Coupled with the resources given by the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion and the Great Qi Imperial Family, supporting a Third-stage Medium Grade Alchemist was not a problem.

If there was an Alchemist like Feng Cong holding the fort, the Chen family’s development speed would accelerate by a large margin, achieving a corner-cutting overtaking and catching up to those old-school Purple Mansion Factions at a very fast speed.

How much energy a Third-stage Medium Grade Alchemist had, naturally, went without saying. At the very least, in terms of Medicinal Pills, the Chen family would not have to worry.

Even, they could spend some precious Spirit Materials to ask this Alchemist to take action and refine Spirit Pills that were effective even for the Purple Mansion Realm.

If a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator were to take such Medicinal Pills, it could completely shorten the time needed to accumulate Qi and condense the Profound Image by a great deal, allowing the Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators in the clan to advance at a fast pace.

”Since the Dou Zhan Demon King is so cordially inviting me, Feng Cong is not a pretentious person. I am a good fit for the Chen family, so I will agree to the Dou Zhan Demon King and become the Chen family’s Alchemy Guest Elder,” Great Master Feng Cong said, making up a reason.

He just agreed like that?

Yuan Feng was also stunned for a moment. He had intended to pester and persuade him for a while, but he didn’t expect Great Master Feng Cong to agree just like that; it truly exceeded his expectations.

Chen Fufeng was even more dumbfounded, standing rooted to the spot. An Alchemist agreeing to become the Chen family’s Alchemy Guest Elder—was he dreaming?

Afterward, the two humans and one ape discussed for a long time and finalized quite a few terms.

Just like that, a Third-stage Medium Grade Alchemist joined the Chen family, becoming a Guest Elder and holding the fort at the Alchemy Hall.

After recruiting an Alchemist, Yuan Feng’s mind became active. His gaze swept over the crowd of Artifact Refiner Great Masters in the Purple Mansion area, considering whether to recruit another Artifact Refiner Great Master to take back.

In this way, the Chen family would be able to be self-sufficient in Alchemy and Artifact Refining.

Furthermore, with two Great Masters of the hundred arts of cultivation present, the Chen family’s Luoyun Market would reach an unprecedented scale.

There is naturally no doubt about how much energy an Artifact Refiner and Alchemist at the Great Master level possess; even Purple Mansion True Persons would have requests for them.

Time passed bit by bit. Three months flew by, and the Artifact Refining Assembly neared its end.