Longevity begins with alchemy master

Chapter 741 True Fire Mutation, Dan Sheng Ascension (asking for monthly votes!)

The independent cultivators are not weak.

All famous independent cultivators have more or less some skills.

However, cultivators who meet the requirements to enter the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven must have been in the infant stage for less than 100 years.

In such a short period of time, cultivators in the early Nascent Soul stage are often still in the stage of strengthening their foundation and exploring their own path.

If you have a master, that would be great. Whether it is the skills, magic weapons, or even auxiliary resources for practice, they have all been planned out.

For example, the protector that her good friend Yu Xuqi's family had found for her was the last leader of a Yuanying sect in southern Xinjiang. Even though he had fallen to the point where he had to join the Tianyuan Taoist sect, his skills in art were extremely solid.

But a casual cultivator?
To be honest, Fu Qinglan had no confidence at all.

For such people to exist, successfully forming a baby is already a great blessing, let alone other progress?
I am afraid that most of the hundred years will be used to consolidate my realm, and the rest will be used to search for spiritual places for cultivation, where resources and even techniques may be lacking.

In this case, how would one have the time to cultivate powerful magic weapons and improve one's fighting skills?

Unlike these Taoist disciples, the ones who will mainly fight in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven will be these protectors of the Tao.

Most of the other protectors are at the second or third level of the Nascent Soul stage.

The casual cultivator that my grandfather found said in the letter that he was only at the Nascent Soul stage. Could he really do it?
As for Qi Xiongcheng, the man Yu Xu mentioned who was born a slave of the Shi family, he was brought up in a wealthy family and after he formed his Nascent Soul stage, he put all his energy into improving his fighting skills. Even though he is at the same Nascent Soul stage, he is obviously more reliable.

But, the Shi family...

Fu Qinglan secretly shook his head in his heart. The Shi family's gift must have a price. He wanted to revive the Fu family and could not afford that price.

Just as her heart was in turmoil, the man who had been following her silently suddenly spoke.

"Senior sisters, I will go ahead now."

Fu Qinglan hummed.

Yu Xu was a little surprised. Looking at the direction the young man went, she asked in confusion, "Why did he return to Tiandi Peak again? I remember that Xiao Linzi's protector was a member of his family's collateral clan specially trained by his family. He has nothing to do with Xingmen's guest official!"

Fu Qinglan was also a little confused. She subconsciously looked up at the majestic and lone peak that connected the sky and the earth.

"Maybe he admires Dan Sheng!"

Yu Xu suddenly realized, "That's right, Xiao Linzi has liked refining pills since he was a child. Now that the Pill Saint is leaving, he naturally wants to stay longer in the place where he practiced in seclusion. Maybe there will be some opportunities."

Then, Yu Xu smiled.

"I heard that the seven sons of Mu Yuan came to the Hall of Fame and wanted to challenge the famous Dao Yin today. Qinglan, let's go and take a look!"

Upon hearing the news, Fu Qinglan's eyes suddenly lit up.

"But today's game?"

"Yes, Senior Brother Daoyin will most likely play one-on-seven. This is definitely a rare chess event in recent years. You have always liked playing chess, so how can you miss such a grand event?"

"go!"

……

Wangwu Mountain Range, in the cave of Wangwu Peak.

Luo Chen's eyes were tightly closed, his face was purple, and as his lips opened and closed, hot air rolled out, making the quiet and secluded secret room extremely hot.

As he continued to exhale hot air, the purple color on his face gradually disappeared.

After a long time, Luo Chen slowly opened his eyes.

Sensing the more solid Nascent Soul body and the restless surging magic power, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

It is worthy of being a top-grade Taihe Pill!

Just one pill was enough to greatly increase his magical power.

At this moment, the progress bar in the realm column on the system panel has reached [Nascent Soul Level 25 100/], getting closer and closer to the Nascent Soul Level .

According to Luo Chen's estimation, the medicinal power of the top-grade Taihe Pill refined recently is about three times that of the lower-grade Hongyuan Pill, and is slightly better than the middle-grade Hongyuan Pill.

However, compared with the powerful applicability of Hongyuan Dan without any side effects, Taihe Dan has too many disadvantages.

The elixir poison will corrode the barrier of the purple mansion, and the elixir power will make the body of the Nascent Soul complicated, so a lot of effort must be put into refining it bit by bit.

In particular, the medicinal power of this top-grade pill is only slightly better than that of the mid-grade Hongyuan Pill. I think it is much worse than the top-grade Hongyuan Pill.

"Even so, this pill is still a high-quality pill."

There are very few elixirs in the world that can work on Yuanying Zhenren, and the effect is so significant. It can be seen that the Taihe Pill used by Tianyuan Taoist Sect in the early years is not in vain.

As a result, Luo Chen admired the Alchemy Saint Chu Yan even more for being able to improve the shortcomings of this pill recipe.

With his current alchemy skills, he can easily make it as long as he has the corresponding recipe.

But when it comes to improving this pill recipe, it may still be a bit difficult.

Shaking his head, Luo Chen stopped thinking about these things.

Although Taihe Pill is good, it is just a supplement. This pill should not be taken frequently and is far inferior to Hongyuan Pill.

After finishing the bottle in his hand, he had no intention of looking for more Taihe Pills.

At that moment, he turned his attention to the bottle of Flame Marrow.

Looking at the crimson bottle in his hand, Luo Chen probed his spiritual sense into it.

A red, viscous liquid that looked like bone marrow was flowing inside.

As the bubbles popped, waves of flames appeared and disappeared.

"The withered source fire marrow is born in the withered source land after the sourceless fire leaves. It has the magical property of breeding new fire. For cultivators, if they absorb it with the source true fire, there is a great chance to increase the power of the source true fire, or even advance!"

In my mind, I recalled all the information recorded in the alchemy book.

In the Purple Palace, the True Fire of Withering and Flourishing seemed a little restless, and the branches of the fire tree stretched out, showing a strong desire.

Judging from the unusual movement of the Kuruo True Fire, the records in the alchemy book did not lie to him, and Fu Chaosheng did not use fake goods to fool Luo Chen.

This bottle of flaming marrow is indeed the withered fire marrow mentioned in the legends.

However, Luo Chen looked at the bottle with a look of regret in his eyes.

"That volume of alchemy book records several wonderful uses of the withered fire marrow. One of them is to refine it with a special spiritual liquid from the demon world into an elixir. There is a chance that a Yin-Yang extreme flame with both water and fire attributes can be refined."

"Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of spiritual fluid."

"It's just a bargain for you."

While muttering to himself, Luo Chen opened his mouth and spit out the entire withering and flourishing true fire.

In mid-air, it transformed into a three-foot-long lapis lazuli tree.

The branches are green and the roots are golden.

At the same time, Luo Chen opened the bottle.

The fire tree did not hesitate. It stretched its branches into the mouth of the bottle. Strands of crimson marrow fluid were extracted and flowed along the branches into the trunk of the fire tree.

Looking at this scene, Luo Chen looked expectant.

His original true fire itself was not that surprising. It was merely the flame used by a Jindan master to forge tools.

At that time, the Yanmeng wanted to upgrade the fire, so they constructed the terrain of the Fenxiang Valley and cultivated it to the fourth level bit by bit.

Logically speaking, this is the limit of the withering fire.

But later, after Luo Chen refined it, it devoured a large amount of the vitality of monsters, laying a good foundation for it, which gave it greater potential.

In the Burning Purgatory, it successively devoured seven kinds of low-level sourceless fires, and even devoured a fourth-level sky-burning fire spirit.

At this point, the Withering and Flourishing True Fire had taken physical form.

But to talk about spiritualism is far from enough.

It was not until he swallowed a trace of the essence of the Holy Fire of Nirvana in the Dan Palace that his spirituality was awakened.

Now, with Luo Chen's advancement to the Nascent Soul stage, the suppression on him was released, and his spirituality changed almost every day. Whether it was swallowing the nether fire or suppressing the inherited blue fire of the Mermaid Emperor Liujun, it was easy.

I wonder what kind of changes will happen to him after he absorbs this bottle of withered fire marrow?
Luo Chen is looking forward to it!
……

A month later.

Fu Chaosheng's eyes lit up when he saw Luo Chen coming out of seclusion.

"Your demeanor is becoming more and more magnificent. It seems that you have made a lot of progress in just one month!"

Luo Chen smiled slightly, "Thanks to you, the Taihe Pill is indeed a rare holy medicine for cultivation in the world, and it has benefited me a lot."

Fu Chaosheng stroked his beard with a smile, "Of course, even if it is an elixir that our sect has discarded, it is still a first-class elixir in the other four continents. If you want it again in the future, I can't say you can get the top-grade ones after the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, but I can still find a lot of ordinary Taihe Pills for you if I spend some time."

Luo Chen blinked and smiled without saying anything.

Here is the hook!

He first gave him the high-quality Taihe Dan for free, which not only showed his courage but also made him grateful, so that he would do his best in the subsequent competitions.

If things go well, according to what he meant, he could also find a way to supply some ordinary Taihe Pills to Luo Chen.

But by then, it will definitely no longer be free.

After all, he is a businessman and he thinks everything through carefully.

Unfortunately, Luo Chenzhi is not interested in this.

He has the Hongyuan Pill in his hand. As long as his proficiency continues to improve, he will be able to refine a higher-quality pill in the future, and the effect will be better than the eliminated Taihe Pill.

Seeing that Luo Chen didn't take the bait, Fu Chaosheng was a little surprised, but he didn't ask any more questions in a hurry. Instead, he asked about another question.

"I wonder if you have tried the Flame Flowing Marrow?"

When this matter was mentioned, Luo Chen's expression became a little strange.

"tried."

"How's the effect?"

"It's hard to say. My true fire is almost extinguished."

"what!"

Fu Chaosheng was extremely surprised.

Luo Chen waved his hand, "It's okay, I've restored it later."

Fu Chaosheng then breathed a sigh of relief, glad nothing serious had happened.

But he was also very surprised. The Flame Marrow was a rare and precious resource that was hard to find in the world. Not to mention its positive effects, it should not be enough to extinguish the original true fire of the Nascent Soul True Person.

Could it be that the bottle I found has expired?
"Never mind. I was not thoughtful enough. I hope you will not mind."

Luo Chen smiled, as if he didn't take it to heart.

However, in his purple palace, the withered fire tree that was originally growing vigorously was now sickly. Its branches no longer stretched out, but curled up, looking listless.

If it were in the past, Luo Chen would have panicked a long time ago.

But the Withered and Flourishing True Fire had already become spiritual, and when the branches curled up, it informed him of a message.

This is a good change!

A sign of advancement!
Even if it cannot be upgraded to level five after the advancement is completed, it will definitely be more powerful than before.

After briefly chatting about recent developments, Fu Chaosheng explained the purpose of his visit.

"It's time for us to set off for Lan Ke Mountain."

Luo Chen already knew that Lan Ke Mountain was the core mountain gate of Tianyuan Taoist Sect, but he was a little curious.

"Didn't you say that I would go there after I had practiced here for a full year?"

The main peak of Wangwu Mountain, after careful cultivation by the wealthy family, is full of abundant spiritual energy. It is indeed the first spiritual place for cultivation that Luo Chen encountered after he formed his infant soul.

It is far superior to the Diyuan on Longyuan Island and Xiaoqiong Mountain in Shenyuan City.

He is also very satisfied here.

But now, we have to go to Tianyuan Dao Sect in advance. Could it be that the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven is opening and the five-hundred-year competition is being held in advance?
Unexpectedly, Fu Chaosheng gave another reason.

"That person, the day of ascension is near!"

In an instant, Luo Chen's pupils shrank.

……

A month later.

In a majestic city, two people walked out of a deserted hall.

As Fu Chaosheng walked, he bowed to the people behind him from a distance with a slightly humble smile on his face.

He breathed a sigh of relief only after he was far away from the palace.

"It made you laugh."

Luo Chen was puzzled. They traveled day and night along the way, either taking a flying boat or relying on the teleportation array between the big cities, to quickly get to Lanke Mountain.

But there was no time when Fu Chaosheng was so respectful and humble.

"This is Zhigu City, the territory controlled by the Gu family, one of the twelve great families."

"As one of the twelve great families, the Gu family is far more powerful than we can imagine. Not only does the family have five great Yuanying True Immortals, but it also has the Cha family and the Qu family from the thirty-six noble families to command. Especially Gu Daoyin from the Gu family, who is only five hundred years old, but has already reached the middle stage of the Yuanying, and is known as one of the three people of this generation who have the greatest hope of becoming a God."

"I have no choice but to treat such a great clan with respect."

Luo Chen suddenly realized that it was one of the twelve great families!
He is now becoming more and more familiar with the power structure of Zhongzhou.

Apart from the Tianyuan Taoist Sect, there are no other sects, but families are everywhere.

Apart from the cultivators in the family, there are no independent cultivators. Even though every place is suitable for cultivation, there are no independent cultivators!

If one wants to practice in those spiritual lands, a lone person must join one of the major families.

Either as slaves or servants, marrying into the wife's family was a common occurrence.

The big families are not rigid, they give these people another way. If they have achieved success in Taoism, they can apply to set up a new family. After passing the assessment of Tianyuan Taoist Sect, they can join the ranks of the poor families of the aristocratic families.

For example, the Cha family and the Qu family mentioned by Fu Chaosheng are the new families among the thirty-six families.

The patriarch of the clan came from the wealthy Gu family.

Luo Chen was even more interested in the proud son of heaven, Gu Daoyin.

The reason why the other party was called the Seed of the God Transformation was not because of his outstanding talent, but because he was good at playing chess.

He himself is also a well-known chess figure in Zhongzhou, and is as famous as Tianyuan Linxian and chess saint Ke Lianshan.

Yes, in Zhongzhou, all the arts of cultivating immortals are of inferior quality, and only the art of playing Go is the highest.

Unless one can practice a certain skill to the level of a Dan Saint, people will look at him with admiration and treat him with courtesy.

But in this world, how many people can reach the level of Dan Sheng?
There is only this one person left, and soon, there may not be another one like him in the world.

Luo Chen's eyes were dim as he turned away from the prosperous Zhigu City and gazed at the towering peak that could be seen from hundreds of miles away.

Faintly, there were misty rays of light that passed through the blue clouds and disappeared into it like mayflies.

"Dan Sheng, is that where you are going to ascend to the upper realm?"

Fu Chaosheng showed envy on his face and also looked towards that place.

"Yes, there it is, exactly one year later!"

(End of this chapter)