Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

As soon as he entered, Shen Wandou felt extremely uncomfortable.

His ocean-like spiritual consciousness spread out recklessly, as if it was spying on him all the time.

He pursed his lips and made a seal with his left hand hidden in his sleeve.

"Huh!"

A soft exclamation came, and Luo Chen, wearing a loose white robe and with his hair loose, walked out of the quiet room.

He smiled apologetically and said, "Sorry, I'm practicing a technique, which makes my soul too active and can't be restrained in a short time."

While saying this, his eyes never stopped looking at Shen Wandou.

The other party's original realm was clearly revealed, about the third level of the Nascent Soul, and his spiritual consciousness was retracted as soon as it touched him.

But at that moment, he showed a strength of spiritual consciousness that was no less than Luo Chen's.

Afterwards, he used some unknown secret technique to hide all the aura around him perfectly, so that even in person, he could not detect it at all.

Shen Wandou also showed surprise in his eyes, because he was surprised by Luo Chen's overly young appearance.

In the world of immortal cultivation, there are secret elixirs that can keep one young forever, and a young appearance is never a criterion for judging age.

There are even those who look like young boys, but are actually old monsters who have lived for hundreds of years.

But no matter what, there is always some "oldness" that cannot be concealed in such people. When they speak and act, they are often old-fashioned, and they don't look young at all.

But he felt a strong "vitality" on Luo Chen's fair skin and beardless face.

This means that the other party is really young, and his specific cultivation age is definitely no more than four or five hundred years.

He exclaimed: "Daoyou is so young, but he has such a strong spiritual sense, which is really rare in the world!"

Luo Chen smiled slightly, "Daoyou Shen is too flattering. With your ability, the strength of your spiritual sense is no less than mine. You are worthy of being the great elder of the Beihai Tianyuan Merchant Alliance!"

Unexpectedly, Shen Wandou smiled bitterly when he heard this praise.

"The position of the elder of the Merchant Alliance, which you all respect so much, is just a hard job for us."

Luo Chen was surprised.

The elders of Tianyuan Merchant Alliance, whether in the East Wilderness or the North Sea, are respected and respected wherever they go.

They have countless cultivators under their command, a wide network of external contacts, and countless rare treasures and resources in their hands.

This can be seen from the fact that Fu Chaosheng easily helped him collect a large number of cultivation resources.

Placing a mortal country, how can it be considered a frontier official who governs a region!

Is this also a hard job?

Seeing Luo Chen's surprise, Shen Wandou shook his head and sighed: "Daoyou don't know, my Tianyuan Dao Sect is vast and rich, and there are many geniuses. The truly powerful people are all practicing in the sect. Only people like us with mediocre qualifications, ordinary family background, and no possibility of further improvement in the Dao at an old age will be sent to Tianyuan Merchant Alliance to deal with such lowly business affairs. Other people who don't know the details respect us, but people like Daoyou who will sooner or later become guests of my Star Gate don't need to do this."

Luo Chen was even more surprised.

He knew that Tianyuan Dao Sect was powerful, sitting in the essence of a world, overlooking the mountains and seas of the four states.

But how could a Yuanying cultivator be "exiled", right?

And...

"How did Fellow Daoist Shen know that I wanted to be a guest of your sect? And what about this Star Gate guest?"

Shen Wandou smiled, "This is normal. Our business alliance elders have this task, introducing some powerful people in the four states to Tianyuan Dao Sect. And within Dao Sect, Star Gate is where you go. I think Elder Fu invited you here to invite you to join our sect!"

"Star Gate?"

Luo Chen read the name with a serious face, "Please teach me, what kind of place is Star Gate?"

Before, Fu Chaosheng only said that he would recommend him to be a guest of Tianyuan Dao Sect after the matter was completed, but he did not mention the special place of Star Gate.

At that time, time was tight on the one hand, and the other party was probably reserved on the other hand.

At this moment, it is hard to say whether Shen Wandou and Fu Chaosheng are enemies or friends, but if he can get some information from the other party, he will be able to act better in the future.

Shen Wandou carefully looked at Luo Chen. He was calm and neither humble nor arrogant. He was at the first level of the Nascent Soul Realm, but his spiritual power was no less than his. He was indeed a rare person.

After a brief thought, he smiled and said:

"Xingmen is a special place in our sect, and its headquarters is located at Tiandi Peak."

"There are a total of 19 elders in it. Among these 19 elders, 12 are from the 12 great families, 2 are from the 36 noble families in turn, and the remaining 5 are recommended by strong outsiders."

"But the overall composition of Xingmen is actually composed of strong outsiders like you. The minimum standard for recruitment is that they are all Yuanying cultivators. Once they enter, they are divided into three levels, namely ordinary guests, Tianyuan worshippers, and Tiandi Peak elders."

"Do you know Dan Sheng Chu Yan?"

Luo Chen was stunned and nodded subconsciously.

This one, his name is well-known, and he had heard of it when he was in the Qi Refining Stage.

It is rumored that he came from the Mingyuan Sect of the Eastern Wilderness Holy Land, but for some reason, he went far away to Zhongzhou and joined the Tianyuan Dao Sect.

It is rumored that he is also the only Dan Dao master in the world who can refine fifth-level elixirs in the Yuanying Stage!

The other party mentioned him at this time, could it be that?

"He is one of the nineteen elders of Tiandi Peak Star Gate, and has been an elder of Tiandi Peak for five hundred years!"

Luo Chen was shocked and asked in confusion: "What is the benefit of Tiandi Peak Star Gate that can attract so many powerful people from the Mountain and Sea Realm to join?"

"Benefits?" Shen Wandou smiled, "That's too much."

Then, he told the story.

Yuanying Zhenren from the outside world cannot directly join Tianyuan Dao Sect. The taboos in this regard are similar to those of other sects, in order to prevent those who bring skills to the master from causing trouble in the ancestral temple.

Therefore, the Star Gate is specially set up to accommodate foreign strongmen.

Once joined, ordinary guests can directly enjoy the fourth-level spirit veins for free without spending any spirit stones.

If after becoming a guest, there is any special contribution to the Dao Sect, or the realm is upgraded to the late Yuanying, then they can become Tianyuan worshipers.

At this time, some resources within the Tianyuan Dao Sect will be opened to worshipers.

As for the five elders of Tiandi Peak, they are even more qualified to participate in some major decisions of the Tianyuan Dao Sect.

In addition, there are two other benefits that are difficult for outsiders to know.

One is that after joining the Star Gate for 500 years, you can recommend your descendants and disciples to join the Tianyuan Dao Sect and officially become a member of the Dao Sect.

The other involves the secret of ascension!

Shen Wandou did not elaborate on the last point, but even if it was mentioned before, it was enough for Luo Chen to digest.

There are so many benefits to becoming an elder of the Star Gate, no wonder all the strong people in the world are flocking to it.

"Now the North Sea is in chaos, monsters are in full swing, and many North Sea strong people have no place to stand. This time, Shen also introduced several North Sea real people to join the Star Gate. Huang Sanren, if you are free, I can organize a party to introduce you to each other, and by the way, we can also exchange cultivation experiences. It is always not good for our generation to work in isolation." Shen Wandou stroked his beard and smiled.

Luo Chen took a sip of tea and still declined.

"Thank you for your kindness, Taoist Shen. You have seen my current situation. The secret technique is not yet complete, and the spirit is active and scattered. It is not suitable to communicate with others. Sorry."

"That's right!"

Shen Wandou looked at Luo Chen, feeling the omnipresent spirit, and vaguely felt a needle pricking his skin.

He knew that the other party did not mean it, but it did make the cultivators of the same level unhappy and not suitable for communication.

"That's fine."

Then, he changed the subject, "No wonder you are so interested in puppetry. Such a powerful spiritual consciousness is indeed suitable for practicing puppetry. I happen to have such an ancient puppetry book in my hand, maybe it can help you."

Luo Chen hesitated, "I wonder how much it is worth?"

Shen Wandou laughed, "What's the point of talking about gold and white things? Today you and I have a good chat, so I will give it to you as a gift!"

Seeing that Luo Chen was still a little hesitant, he said generously: "It's just a copy, and it's useless to me, so don't refuse it."

Luo Chen had to accept the jade slip with the puppetry copy.

They talked about the customs and customs of Zhongzhou, and then Luo Chen personally sent Shen Wandou out of the cave.

On Xiaoqiong Mountain, Luo Chen held the jade slip, with a smile on his face, but a heavy heart.

He only considered the trip to Zhongzhou as an episode, and fulfilled his promise to Fu Chaosheng.

Now it seems that the place to go is a huge monster, even if it is just the tip of the iceberg, it is a bit overwhelming.

Star Gate, Tiandi Peak...

At the foot of Xiaoqiong Mountain, Shen Wandou still smiled, and the corners of his mouth could not help but rise slightly.

"This trip is right."

"This deserter has great potential. He has reached such a realm at such a young age. After joining Tiandi Peak in the future, he will surely grow faster."

"But that is the future. For now, his Nascent Soul has just been formed, and he can't even control his consciousness freely. It can be seen that his combat power is average. In the 500-year competition in Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, he can't pose any threat to Liu Yuan."

"I just gave him a copy of puppetry that is useless to me, which can distract him from puppetry and prevent him from increasing his strength in a short period of time. He can also be grateful to me. When he achieves some success in the future, he can also be an external help to my Shen family."

"Speaking of which, Fu Chaosheng has a good vision. He can actually dig out such a genius!"

...

The fact that Shen Wandou visited Luo Chen cannot be kept secret.

Soon, all the high-level cultivators in Shenyuan City knew that a Nascent Soul cultivator had come to the city.

They wanted to visit, but basically they were turned away.

No one complained, because the explanation given on Xiaoqiong Mountain was that "a deserter has just formed a Nascent Soul and needs time to retreat and consolidate his realm."

The high-level cultivators understood very well, after all, the other party was a casual cultivator.

It was not easy to break through the Nascent Soul stage, and now that he had temporarily obtained a fourth-level spiritual vein, it was natural to seize the time to consolidate his realm.

But the real situation was not like this at all!

In the cave, Luo Chen took a big soul pill every month.

After only three months, his unrestrained consciousness was completely free to be released.

For him, this represented a great progress in his practice of "Soul Splitting Skill".

[Soul Splitting Skill Proficiency 1/100]

Luo Chen looked at the new entry on the attribute panel and felt relieved.

At this moment, in his sea of ​​consciousness, two soul phantoms, one main and one secondary, were silent.

In terms of size, although the split soul is far inferior to the main soul, its own foundation is no less than that of the main soul of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator.

"In just three months, I have grown so much. This Great Soul Pill is truly miraculous!"

As calm as Luo Chen is, he was also emotionally agitated at this moment.

Even though he did not have the complete "Soul Splitting Technique" and the method to speed up the practice of split souls, he finally made up for this shortcoming with the alchemy.

And the Great Soul Pill, one furnace can produce twelve pills, and as long as it succeeds once, it can be used for a year.

A bottle of soul essence for tens of millions of people is enough for thousands of times of alchemy.

Everything is developing in a good direction.

The only thing that makes Luo Chen doubtful is probably the newly born soul, which is strong, but a little weak.

It sounds a bit contradictory, but in fact it has an internal logic.

It is strong in "quantity" and weak in "quality".

This soul is not as good as his main soul. It has been baptized by the years and has not been tempered by the realm upgrade, not to mention the stage of Yin soul turning into Yang God after passing the Nascent Soul Thunder Tribulation.

Therefore, the soul seems to have the Nascent Soul level, but it is not enough to attack the enemy.

"In this way, it is understandable that Han Zhan lost to me that year."

Luo Chen said to himself.

Obviously, even Han Zhan, who practiced the complete "Soul Splitting Art", did not solve this problem.

Therefore, although he seemed to have nine souls, they were actually bloated and of varying quality, which led to Luo Chen's use of the Dragon Slaying Technique to defeat them one by one.

And this problem now also appeared on Luo Chen.

If he only pursued quantity, it would never be what Luo Chen wanted.

However, Luo Chen had already had a preliminary solution to this problem.

That was his natal magic weapon!

A small gray tripod appeared above Luo Chen's head.

Strands of silver-white arcs were ignited from time to time.

There was a trace of fear in Luo Chen's eyes, but also a bit of expectation.

"If I use the power of thunder to temper the soul, can I remove the dross and retain the essence, and strengthen the essence of the soul?"

"Even if it is not just the soul, but even the main soul, if it is feasible, it can be tempered in this way?"

The Yin soul is most afraid of masculine power.

And thunder is undoubtedly the most rigid and masculine thing in the world!

If the soul can withstand the power of thunder, then its strength is unimaginable.

Luo Chen carefully released his soul and distracted himself to let the Hunyuan Ding release a silver arc.

Crack!

When the two touched, Luo Chen was struck by lightning. Because of the connection between the soul and the main soul, his eyes rolled back subconsciously and he fell asleep.

After half a day, Luo Chen woke up faintly, his pale face full of fear.

In the world, those who dare to use thunder to refine their bodies are rare.

Those who use the power of thunder to refine their souls like him are unprecedented and will never be seen again.

It can be said that he is willful and audacious!

But at this moment, Luo Chen's face, which was full of fear, had a bit of ecstasy.

"It's feasible!"

"It's completely feasible!"

"It's just that the power of the thunder was too great before. If it can be reduced by half, my soul will be able to bear it."

The Hunyuan Ding is his life-long magic weapon. He has some experience in how to control the output of the power of thunder.

Next, just a little bit of experimentation and good control of the degree is enough.

Even if the split soul is destroyed due to improper operation, Luo Chen will not regret it.

He has learned the "Soul Splitting Skill" and mastered the method of refining the Great Soul Pill. As long as the main soul is still there, the worst thing is to start over.

And if he can figure out such a set of soul refining methods, he may surpass Han Zhan's attainments in soul refining, and from then on, the shortcomings in the soul will be completely turned into strengths.

When the soul is strong, he can also study and learn the corresponding soul attack and defense methods!

"The future is bright!"

Luo Chen smiled and put the Hunyuan Ding into the Purple Mansion.

You have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to do things step by step. If the split soul is injured, you have to take the Great Soul Pill to supplement it.

...

That day, Luo Chen lived alone in the cave.

In front of him was still the chessboard made of the demon king's leg bones, but it was obvious that his attention was not on the simple endgame of Go, but on the jade slip in his hand.

He has been studying the puppetry technique given to him by Shen Wandou for some time.

The ancient puppetry technique is not much different from the current one. After all, it is a niche school and has not changed much.

With Han Zhan's occasional tips over the past hundred years, Luo Chen already has the corresponding foundation of puppetry.

Therefore, he got started quickly.

He was not very interested in making puppets, and in his opinion, making puppets and refining weapons are the same, the only difference is that weapons such as swords, spears, and halberds are changed into more complex puppets.

He is interested in the aspect of "controlling puppets".

After a while, Luo Chen put down the jade slip, and his face showed a thoughtful look.

If you want to perform well in puppetry, the most basic condition is to have a strong soul, and it is best to be able to do multiple things at the same time.

This is a commonplace topic.

But there is some truth in saying this, because to control a puppet, you must have a strong consciousness.

This is especially true for some powerful puppets that contain spirits.

There are four levels of puppet control.

Controlling puppets with hanging threads is not a good idea, but spiritual power traction is just the beginning. The spiritual consciousness can be controlled freely, and the soul seal is unpredictable!

"This "Cangli Puppet Technique" records the complete method of puppet control, and even the method of making soul seals is not omitted."

"Shen Wandou really gave me a great gift!"

After sighing, Luo Chen fell into deep thought again.

With the method of planting soul seals, can the white tiger puppet comparable to the late Nascent Soul be controlled?

Can this method really touch the sword spirit in the blood sword and refine it to recognize the master?

He really has too little experience in this area.

Especially the powerful weapons like the White Tiger Puppet and the Blood Sword, which are not like his life-saving magic weapon, the Hunyuan Ding, which he can use at will, so he must be careful and not allow any mistakes.

Otherwise, if the two things get out of control, he will have to bear the consequences.

Just as Luo Chen was thinking hard, his expression changed slightly.

"Tianxuan, come in!"

Outside the cave, Tianxuan responded and came in.

As soon as he came in, he shook his sleeves.

"Master, the Black King is back."

A coiled dragon fell to the ground, with its skin and flesh torn, and faint blue flames burning on it.

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, "Black King, why are you so embarrassed?"

The Black King said hatefully, "I met an enemy, these injuries are trivial, but this fire, I have to trouble you to help deal with it."

Looking at the blue flame, Luo Chen vaguely felt a sense of familiarity.

Adding the word "enemy" mentioned by the Black King, Luo Chen instantly recalled a person.

And the next moment, his eyes were like lightning, looking through the cave.

"Black King, you brought someone back!"

The Black King was stunned, "Master, how do you know I brought... No, that old man also came with me!"

He turned back suddenly, his dragon tongue hissed, and his eyes were fierce.

Luo Chen waved his hand and stood up.

"An old friend came to visit, why be so fierce, you stay well, I'll go see my old friend."