Longevity begins with alchemy master

Chapter 726: Five Hundred Years Competition, Protector Luo Chen (asking for monthly ticket)
"Fellow Daoist Luo Chen, you won't blame me for repaying a favor, right?"

Fu Chaosheng said with a smile, his small eyes sparkling with brilliance as he kept looking at Luo Chen.

Luo Chen smiled awkwardly, which was a bit unexpected.

Han Zhan had indeed analyzed with him back then that Fu Chaosheng must have some ulterior motive for being so friendly to him.

However, he did not expect that the other party would be so straightforward and climb up the pole directly without any roundabout bargaining like a businessman.

But now that the matter has come to an end, Luo Chen can't possibly push it away.

"How could that be? Where did you say it was? Why don't you just tell me what it is? If it is within my ability, I will definitely help you with all my strength!"

Well, it’s within our reach!
Fu Chaosheng cursed inwardly. He knew that the Demon Lord Qingyang, whom he had hurriedly met back then, was definitely not someone who would practice diligently.

I wouldn't say that he is well versed in worldly affairs, but he is as knowledgeable about human nature as these experienced businessmen.

With a serious expression, Fu Chaosheng put away his smile and said seriously:

"This matter has nothing to do with me, but with one of my granddaughters. I would like to ask you to protect her for a while."

Be a bodyguard?
Luo Chen frowned, "What is your granddaughter's cultivation level?"

"On par with you."

"This..." Luo Chen's face became more serious. "You are at the same level as me, and you are a disciple of the Holy Land. I think you must have some skills. Moreover, you are a disciple of the Tianyuan Dao Sect, and you have countless powerful people to help you. As an elder of the Merchant Alliance, you have been doing business in the North Sea for many years, and your network of contacts is extremely extensive. Not to mention me, I am afraid that even a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul can be invited. What kind of thing actually needs the support of a small new Nascent Soul cultivator like me?"

When he said this, Luo Chen had already started to back down in his heart.

Fu Chaosheng sighed and said quietly, "Have you ever heard of the Tianyuan Competition?"

"The sect competition?" Luo Chen nodded. "Of course I've heard of it. It's said that it happens once every hundred years. Every time, strong men from the five states come to watch the ceremony to celebrate the birth of a new generation of Tianyuan Dao Sect's genius. This scale of competition is top-notch even among the countless internal competitions among the sects in the world. But, I'm just an outsider..."

"Have you heard of Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven?"

Luo Chen was at a loss.

Fu Chaosheng acted as if he had expected this and told the origin of the Mirage Dragon Cave.

In ancient times, wild beasts were everywhere in the mountains and seas, and they were the real masters of this world.

At that time, the human race was weak, scattered all over the place, and left to be slaughtered by beasts.

Until the five holy places appeared, an ancient war that lasted for ten thousand years began. One powerful wild beast after another was either killed, suppressed, or forced to retreat into the wilderness.

Fighting for every inch of land, in the vast world of mountains and seas, the five holy places opened up the five most essential and most suitable places for human cultivation.

The five holy places have overcome all difficulties and made great contributions!

That battle was called the ancient war between humans and demons. The reason why it was not a war between humans and the wilderness was that in the middle and late stages, many weak wild beasts changed to the path of demon cultivation in order to speed up the improvement of their realm. Only later did they change their flags and consider themselves demons.

Even now, many monsters in the Mountain and Sea Realm can decide whether to transform when they reach the fourth level. They can either become monster cultivators or shatter their monster pills and return to their original form.

The Black King is the product of this choice. Without his demon pill, he was forced to become a wild beast.

Not to mention the differences within the demon clan and the wild beasts.

In that battle alone, Tianyuan Dao Sect paid the greatest price and achieved the most brilliant results, so after the war, they obtained the essence of the essence of the Mountain and Sea Realm - Zhongzhou!
There, there is neither the threat of endless monsters from the Eastern Wilderness and the Northern Sea, nor the erosion of poisonous insects and toxic fog from the Southern Border. The richness of resources far exceeds that of the barren Western Desert.

The Mirage Dragon Cave is one of the results of the ancient war.

"Mirage Dragon, one of the top Great Wildernesses. It swallows up clouds and spits out mist, transforming into the sun, moon, and stars, and its interior is a cave of its own."

"Even after death, his cultivation has not dissipated, but has been left behind in Zhongzhou, causing endless troubles."

"The strong men of our sect could have removed it, but the first generation sect leader, against all odds, transformed the corpse of the mirage dragon into a secret realm. This is the origin of the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven."

Fu Chaosheng took a breath and continued, "After the transformation, the secret realm has its own creation. With the help of the power of the mirage dragon, it can allow Nascent Soul cultivators to merge with the heaven and earth and comprehend the true meaning of the laws."

Luo Chen showed a look of surprise, "The Nascent Soul cultivator's spirit is integrated with the heaven and earth, aren't they afraid that the heaven and earth will be assimilated?"

"Then weren't you also in the Shenrong Heaven and Earth just now?" Fu Chaosheng asked back.

Luo Chen explained: "I resonated with the true fire in my body by chance, and used the resonance between the true fire and the heaven and earth to touch the truth of the heaven and earth indirectly."

Fu Chaosheng smiled slightly, "What a coincidence, isn't it? The power of the mirage dragon is similar to your original true fire. Moreover, the mirage dragon itself is proficient in illusion, enough to achieve the point of being indistinguishable from the real thing, which can not only allow cultivators to comprehend the true meaning of the law inside, but also because the mirage dragon's body is a cave of its own, it has a natural barrier with the outside world, so it can avoid the cultivator's soul being assimilated by the world to the greatest extent."

Luo Chen opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know how to answer.

After he absorbed the Nether Fire from the Nether Fire Monster's body, his True Fire of Withering and Flourishing transformed between life and death, and by accident, he luckily entered that state of enlightenment.

However, I didn’t expect that this method has been “standardized” within Tianyuan Taoist Sect.

It can even be said that the target that the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven is facing may be more than one person, which means it is exaggerated.

Seeing Luo Chen's shock, Fu Chaosheng shook his head and continued:

"This kind of opportunity is a first-class fortune even within the Tianyuan Dao Sect, and countless people dream of it."

“But not everyone is eligible to enjoy it.”

"Because the power of the mirage dragon is limited, it takes hundreds of years to recover a little bit after each consumption."

"So, our Dao Sect has fixed the time to once every five hundred years. This time happens to coincide with our sect's competition, so every five hundred years, the internal disciple competition will be the most intense and rewarding one."

What kind of reward is the most generous?

Magical weapon? Pills and elixirs?
Do not!
Compared with these, merging the spirit with heaven and earth and comprehending the great Dao are undoubtedly the rewards that cultivators most desire.

Normally, the Tianyuan Dao Sect competition would be divided into three realms: Nascent Soul, Golden Core, and Foundation Establishment, with each realm having one test.

But in this five hundred year competition, almost all the participants were cultivators in the early Nascent Soul stage!
As for why there are only cultivators in the early Nascent Soul stage, and not those in the Golden Core stage, or cultivators in the middle or even late Nascent Soul stage?
Fu Chaosheng also gave a brief explanation on this point.

It was such a waste for the Jindan cultivator to use that opportunity, and there were also phantom beasts generated in the Mirage Dragon Cave, which were extremely difficult for the Jindan cultivator to resist.

As for the cultivators in the middle stage, due to years of practice, the purple mansion barrier becomes thicker and thicker. Unlike the cultivators in the early stage of the Nascent Soul, they still have a certain degree of resonance with the heaven and earth.

As for the great monk Yuanhou?
All of the great Yuanhou monks of Tianyuan Taoist Sect have more or less participated in a competition after being promoted to the Yuanying realm.

Even if one has not encountered the 500-year competition, it is not easy to compete with the younger generations for opportunities when one reaches that age.

"After the ancient war, over the past three thousand years, our sect has successively held six five-hundred-year competitions. The details of the rules have also been gradually improved. Up to now, it has been made clear that only those who have been promoted to the Nascent Soul stage or below within a hundred years can enter the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven."

"It is extremely dangerous inside, especially when the mind is merging with the heaven and earth to comprehend the Great Dao. There are attacks from fantasy beasts and disturbances from opponents. Therefore, all participants can bring a guardian who meets the restrictions of the rules."

"Luo Chen, you are the most suitable protector I have chosen for my granddaughter!"

He spoke slowly and finally explained the whole matter clearly.

Whether there are still reservations or not is not the point for now, but Luo Chen does have a preliminary idea of ​​this five hundred year competition in his mind.

Under the other party's gaze, he asked the first question.

"why me?"

"Can't it be you?" Fu Chaosheng asked back, then he cheered up and said, "Over the years, I have made many connections and found several suitable protectors, but compared to you, they are still inferior."

Then, he listed all of Luo Chen's battle records like the back of his hand.

In the battle of Lengguang Island, they were outnumbered and fought against opponents of higher levels, but they finally left calmly.

In the Gathering of Ten Thousand Immortals, he traversed the Sanyang defense lines, slew countless powerful monsters, and established the great reputation of Demon Lord Qingyang.

In the Land of Fallen Demons, Fei Yunzi was killed!
"And these are all the brilliant achievements you made when you were in the Jindan realm. Although it cannot be said that there will be no one to surpass you, it can also be said that there has never been anyone before you."

Luo Chen curled his lips, "Daoyou, you are quite concerned about me!"

"Ha ha!"

Fu Chaosheng laughed loudly, "Don't be angry, our Tianyuan Merchant Alliance has influence all over the North Sea, so we still have some advantages in intelligence."

The next moment, he suddenly changed the subject.

"The Golden Core Stage is just that powerful. Now that you have achieved the Nascent Soul Stage, you will only reach a higher level!"

"Nine days ago, the pure Nascent Soul realm overwhelmed the third-level Nascent Soul Master Lie Tianliu, which is enough to explain everything."

"You are the only one who can protect my granddaughter!"

Luo Chen was silent. Indeed, any one of the things he had done could be regarded as a legend.

For an ordinary Jindan cultivator, if he had achieved this, he would be able to brag about it for the rest of his life, but he had done many of them.

There were even some that even Fu Chaosheng hadn't found out.

After a long silence, Luo Chen asked the second question.

"Is there any danger in the Five Hundred Years Competition?"

“If I say no, then I would be too insincere, but it will definitely not lead to their demise. After all, even within our sect, Nascent Soul cultivators are very important talents, and we would never want to see them get killed easily during an internal competition.”

"affim?"

"Sure!"

Luo Chen fell silent again and lowered his head to think.

Fu Chaosheng didn't disturb him. Things like this always need to be considered carefully.

He had done Luo Chen a favor, but that was the relationship between a Nascent Soul cultivator and a Golden Core cultivator.

Now that everyone is at the same level, those favors can only be considered small favors.

If the other party denies it, there is nothing you can do.

You can't really repay a drop of kindness with a spring of gratitude!
Their relationship isn't that good yet.

After a long time, Luo Chen raised his head.

"I've been thinking about it for too long. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. But this matter is indeed difficult for me to decide. After all, if I decide to become your granddaughter's protector, I will have to confront the other geniuses of the Tianyuan Dao Sect. If I'm not careful, I might become enemies."

Fu Chaosheng's face changed slightly. "My Fu family is not considered a wealthy family in Dao Sect, but it is also a noble family with thousands of years of inheritance. Those grudges, I think..."

"If that's the case, why don't you choose a protector from within the family?" Luo Chen asked back.

Fu Chaosheng's face froze. These words were a bit hurtful.

If the wealthy family were really that powerful, there would definitely be no shortage of suitable strong people within the clan.

However, the position of elder of Tianyuan Business Alliance is extremely respected in the eyes of outsiders.

But if converted into a small sect, it is actually just a deacon who handles mundane affairs outside.

What kind of people and families would be assigned to such a mission?

Obviously, Luo Chen is not a fool.

This time, it was Fu Chaosheng's turn to remain silent.

Under Luo Chen's long gaze, Fu Chaosheng could only smile bitterly.

"I'm sorry to make you laugh, but my Fu family is indeed in a period of transition. Before my granddaughter, only I, a Yuanying Zhenren, could barely maintain the status of an aristocratic family. Now, my granddaughter has been promoted to the Yuanying stage. I want more. I hope that she can break through to the Shenhua stage in the future and elevate my Fu family to the rank of a wealthy family. For this, I have no choice but to sacrifice everything."

Having said this, he perked up.

"You seem to need this thing?"

A glazed treasure vase appeared in his hand.

Luo Chen took it, and it was the soul essence that the old monster Netherfire had handed over to him before.

"If you agree to help, can I give you two more bottles?"

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, "Also the souls of tens of millions of people?"

"Don't underestimate me. The North Sea cultivation world has been slaughtered in recent years. I don't know how many evil thieves have secretly refined soul essence. With my position as an elder of the Merchant Alliance, I can still collect a few bottles of soul essence from tens of millions of people."

Luo Chen was somewhat tempted.

"Not only that, if you agree, I can also recommend you to become a guest official of my Dao Sect. By then, even if you offend other geniuses in Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, with this guest official status, they will not dare to deal with you blatantly."

Dao Zong’s guest official!

Luo Chen took a deep breath and made a decision in his heart.

However, now that the other party is begging him, rather than him begging others, he has to try his best to bargain.

"To be honest, I feel sorry for you and do want to help you. But now that I have just achieved Nascent Soul, I have so many things to deal with in my cultivation that I can't sleep at night. If you can help me solve some trivial matters and save me time, I will be able to concentrate on my cultivation, improve my abilities, and do my best in the Five Hundred Years Competition!"

Trivia?
Fu Chaosheng smiled slightly, "You can say whatever you want!"

Luo Chen also laughed, and immediately told the so-called trivial matters one by one.

Fu Chaosheng felt a headache after hearing this, but he realized that it was really not a big deal. With his power in the Chamber of Commerce, it was not difficult to accomplish these things.

What's more, Luo Chen was not just asking for things, but was willing to pay, he was just asking for help.

Rather than saying that the third thing is a condition, it is better to say that it is just normal business.

……

In a secret room in Mo Lanting.

Old ghost Nanqi rushed in.

"Lietian, you didn't do what you promised me before. This time, you must help me!"

As soon as he entered, he went straight to the source.

The Sky Splitting Master was not happy, "It's not that I didn't do it, but that Netherfire Old Monster didn't give me a chance at all."

"I don't care. My Wind Commanding Gu has been a great help to you in achieving what you have today. You should at least return the favor!"

The Sky Splitting Master took a deep breath and said, "Okay, just tell me what you think."

"This is a simple matter. You and I will find an opportunity to become that Huang Sanren! Everything on him will be yours, except for the bottle of soul essence of millions of people, which will be mine!"

Nanqi old ghost's face was sinister, "You are just a casual cultivator who has just achieved Nascent Soul, but you have such strength and financial resources. You can see how wealthy you are. Don't say you are not tempted. Moreover, in the square of Guiyuan Palace, you failed to establish your authority, and were instead used as a stepping stone by others. Don't say you have no resentment in your heart?"

Lord Lietian did not refute.

After some consideration, he nodded slowly.

"When will we do it?"

"When the war-stopping conference ends!" Old Ghost Nanqi was full of confidence. "By then, everyone will go back to their own homes and no one will interfere. If you and I join forces, Huang Sanren and Langya Zhenren will never be our opponents."

"It's a good time." Lie Tianliuzhu smiled, "I heard that the kid was treated for Nether Fire and his vitality was seriously damaged. I'm afraid he will have to stay in Mo Lanting for a while. This period of time is enough for us to plan the details."

Old Man Nanqi also smiled, as if everything was certain to be won.

However, what they didn't know was that Luo Chen had already left Mo Lanting.

In the deep sea, a candle flame slowly rises in the dark and smelly flesh walls.

"Is this the Black King's stomach?"

Looking at the horrible acid secreted from the flesh walls, goose bumps appeared on Luo Chen's strong body.

If he didn't defend himself at all, the acid would probably corrode and digest even his body!
"Master, where are we going now?" Sang Jinghe asked curiously.

Luo Chen smiled slightly, "Let's go to the designated Lengguang Island first, and then go to Shenyuan City to wait for Master Fu."

After saying that, he took out a chair and lay down comfortably.

A thin animal leather book appeared in his hands, and he was quickly immersed in it.

Sang Jinghe had no feelings about Lengguang Island, but he was very familiar with Shenyuan City, which was very close to the Wanxian Society!

It is also very close to his Tucson Island!

For a moment, I felt a little homesick.

I don’t know how my fellow brothers from Tusang Sect are doing now?
In the deep sea, a black dragon was carrying the water and rushing forward, bypassing the spiritual islands and moving quickly towards the Lengguang Island.

(End of this chapter)