Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 123: Chaos gradually arises, a big deal (please subscribe)

Wang Yuan completed the last sentence.

However, just four words shocked Luo Chen.

“Since the physical practitioners in ancient times were as famous as the Qi practitioners, how could they not live forever?”

“I don’t know the specific reason.”

Wang Yuan sighed, "Perhaps the true method of body refining has long disappeared in the long river of history. Today, Qi refining and true cultivation have occupied the mainstream of the world of immortality. Even if there are some body refining practitioners occasionally, they mostly practice it concurrently."

“Or maybe the body refiner who was extremely powerful for a while had no way to live forever, otherwise how could he be lost in the long river of history.”

 Next, in Wang Yuan’s explanation, Luo Chen finally understood why the current path of body refining would not lead to immortality.

Monks who focus on refining Qi will gradually strengthen their souls as they continue to break through levels.

 In the end, the body is just a shell that carries the soul.

The body is perishable, but the soul is immortal, so one can live forever for thousands of years.

 But body training is somewhat contrary to that.

 It does not focus on refining the energy, but feeds itself back with a large amount of spiritual energy, making the body stronger and stronger.

This path is actually very similar to that of monsters.

However, the human race's physique has inherent limitations. Unlike some powerful monster beast races, they are born with long lifespans of hundreds of thousands of years.

 Hence, even if human body refiners train their bodies to an extremely tyrannical level, they will ultimately be unable to escape the established lifespan limit.

Moreover, during the body training process, various extreme methods are used, which greatly damage the essence of the body.

 The longevity, which is not long in the first place, will become less and less.

 When the end comes, the body that has reached its peak may even collapse in an instant.

“Perhaps, true body refiners have a way to increase longevity, but I haven’t found any of the body refinement methods that I have come across so far.”

Listening to Wang Yuan's words, Luo Chen couldn't help but ask: "If that's the case, why don't you focus on refining your qi?"

 “Because the progress is fast!”

Wang Yuan seemed to take this matter very seriously. He smiled and said: "As long as the will is strong enough, the corresponding methods are available, and the resources can keep up, the speed of the body refiner's practice is unimaginable."

indeed.

Wang Yuan’s current cultivation speed has exceeded the cognition of ordinary people.

 In a short period of time, he was exposed to the physical strength close to the foundation building level, and the speed was extremely fast.

If you are a cultivator like Luo Chen, even if you have the correct skills and a lot of resources, your cultivation will still be a grind.

 “I’m anxious because time is tight.”

“Furthermore, I am not a pure body refining practitioner, but I focus on body refining and qi refining as a supplement. After all, my eighth level of qi refining lies here.”

Luo Chen thought thoughtfully and tried: "You want to first increase your physical strength to a level comparable to foundation-building combat power. Then, you can use this to seek a breakthrough as an immortal cultivator, so as to gain longevity after breaking through. ?”

Wang Yuan nodded, "That's true. You and I have both participated in the auction, and naturally we have seen clearly the face of the big sects. Without the strength of Foundation Establishment and above, it is impossible to participate in the normal competition of Foundation Establishment Pills."

　　The original auction of the Foundation Establishment Pill is still vivid in my mind.

There are five in total, but there is only one available for bidding by casual cultivators.

 Furthermore, in general small auctions, Foundation Establishment Pills may not appear every time.

 Large-scale auctions are bound to happen, but they only happen once every ten years.

 For a Qi Refining monk, how many decades can a life last?

Luo Chen very much supported Wang Yuan’s decision.

 If I were myself, I would probably do the same thing if I had no choice.

 After all, ten birds in the forest are worse than one in the hand.

Of course, Luo Chen is not in this predicament yet.

He still longs for the immortality of traveling to the North Sea at dusk and watching the sun rise and the moon float.

 The main purpose of today's meeting is the Blood Burning Pill.

Now that he now knows the approximate effect of the blood-burning pill on monks, Luo Chen quickly adjusted his overall strategy for this first-order pill.

  Advantages, strong explosiveness, can be used as a trump card.

 Disadvantages: high cost and obvious sequelae.

 In this case, it is not suitable for large-scale refining and sales as regular elixirs.

 But after all, it cost ten achievement points to get a first-level elixir, so he was not willing to give up like this.

 Hence, he planned to secretly refine some from time to time and then find another channel to sell it.

Well, the channel he was thinking of was actually very simple.

 Auction, black market!

 In these two places, elixirs with unique effects can often be sold at sky-high prices.

 This strategy cannot be said to be completely correct. There are definitely many shortcomings in it.

 However, Luo Chen still planned to do it.

 The reason is simple, others do it too.

 The Elf Pill of Yaowang Sect is also a kind of pill with unique effects and high cost.

 Normally, they are not sold in the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion, and can only be encountered occasionally at auctions.

Luo Chen is learning from them.

 When leaving the main altar, Luo Chen suddenly thought of Deacon Miao, whom he had just met briefly.

“If nothing else goes wrong, the Poshan Gang’s backstage, or partner, is this Jade Cauldron Sword Cultivator.”

 …

 After returning to the inner city, Luo Chen visited his two small shops as usual.

Luo Chen frowned when he saw the lower flow of people in Baishi Square than usual.

 “How do you feel, there are fewer people than before?”

Yuan Xiaoyue stood aside, "In recent days, there have indeed been fewer people."

"What happened?"

“It’s nothing. Even with the arrival of the Golden Pill Master, the combat rewards provided by the Taoist Forum are even better.”

 Are there more rewards?

Shouldn’t there be more people participating and the atmosphere would be better?

 Luo Chen couldn't figure out this problem.

He didn't realize anything until the next morning when the bodyguard Dongfang Liang mentioned that someone was killed in a nearby courtyard.

 “Where is the law enforcement team?”

“They sent someone over to take a look, and then nothing more happened.” Dongfang Liang said.

Luo Chen wondered: "Is the law enforcement team not doing anything?"

 The inner city is not absolutely safe, this is something Luo Chen has known for a long time.

 But with the opening of the Taoist Forum and the establishment of the Jiange Law Enforcement Team, such incidents of murder and robbery in the inner city have become less and less.

 Even if it happens occasionally, the murderer will be found quickly and the punishment will be punished.

Dongfang Liang did not give a specific answer. He was just a casual cultivator at the seventh level of Qi refining who was not taken seriously.

 Even among Luo Chen's bodyguard team, he is still the weakest one.

 The usual things he does are either checking sentries behind the palace, or running errands for Luo Chen, transporting goods to two small shops.

In response to Luo Chen's questioning, he could only smile bitterly and said: "I don't know what the situation is, but the law enforcement team is not idle. They seem to be very busy recently. They just don't care much about public security."

 Very busy, but don’t care about public order?

 Luo Chen was thoughtful.

 When he arrived at Dantang, he heard from other people that the situation was even more serious than in the inner city.

“The outer city area is becoming more and more chaotic now, and there are Jie Xiu in the alleyways in the evening.”

"How dare you go out at night? I always keep the doors and windows closed, and I dare not sleep to death."

“In the past, when there were fewer people, it was never this serious. If you ask me, it’s all to blame on the casual cultivators who came from other places. A group of outsiders ruined the atmosphere.”

"Not only does he bring bad vibes, but he also steals jobs. My brother works at the dock and was fired two days ago. He said he hired cheaper casual cultivators."

“Actually, Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion started this trend. But in the past, the law enforcement team suppressed it, and Jie Xiu didn’t dare to act blatantly. But recently, the law enforcement team has long ignored the outer city, and there are endless cases of natural killings and treasure grabbing.”

“Humph, if this continues, sooner or later someone will run to a safer city.”

 At lunch, after Luo Chen brought up this topic, he heard many complaints.

The monks in Dantang are mostly ordinary casual cultivators who are not good and do not like fighting.

 They are particularly sensitive to the things around them that involve killing people and seizing treasures, because those things will affect their survival.

  But because of financial resources, I have to live in the outer city.

 The outer city area at the beginning is actually only more dangerous at night.

 Later, with the opening of the Taoist Forum, Yudingjian Pavilion set up various policies to benefit casual cultivators. Coupled with the safe practice environment, it attracted tens of thousands of casual cultivators from outside the city in just over half a year.

The more people there are, the more things will happen.

 However, there are law enforcement teams to suppress them, and some lawless elements can only hold back.

 But recently, the law enforcement team has been idle.

 The hidden dangers brought about by the population explosion have begun to emerge little by little.

“Dahefang now feels like a powder keg, and all it takes is a fire to detonate it.”

 Luo Chen felt more and more anxious.

However, he has just broken through the eighth level of Qi Refining. It is absolutely impossible to be promoted to the ninth level of Qi Refining in a short period of time.

 “I must have enough strength to protect myself!”

“If your level cannot be improved quickly, then you should pay more attention to the methods of fighting.”

Luo Chen looked at the transparent attribute panel, his eyes fell on several spells, and he fell into deep thought.

 …

 …

In the dense forest, air waves are rolling and murderous intent is everywhere.

Two figures kept fighting each other, gold and green criss-crossing each other. Wherever they passed, large trees that were hundreds of years old fell down with a rumble.

 One is as immobile as a mountain, and his movements are like thunder.

One is like a ghost. Even if the opponent's spiritual vision is used to the extreme, it is difficult to catch the opponent's tail.

Suddenly, a ghostly figure jumped into the sky and paused.

Seven green and green streams of light were scattered around and merged into one place, turning into a storm of blades under the hood.

Qin Liangchen's expression was solemn, and the golden giant sword hovering above his head suddenly slashed upward.

　　Boom!

 The blade storm, withstanding only two breaths, collapsed instantly.

 But the trend of collapse does not mean that the attack momentum has collapsed.

It took seven flying knives to be knocked away. Under the control of the ghostly figure, they attacked Qin Liangchen from different angles. Not only that, the figure disappeared, leaving shadows everywhere it passed, and it was not known who was real and who was fake.

Seeing this scene, Qin Liangchen's eyelids jumped wildly.

 “No more fighting, no more fighting!”

“Your method of controlling this magical weapon is too outrageous. I have never seen in my life that a set of medium-grade magical weapons can be used as well as a high-grade magical weapon.”

 In the sky, the ghostly figure that was about to start moving suddenly stopped. Several phantoms gradually dissipated, leaving only the farthest true body.

Luo Chen put away his serious expression and smiled.

“Brother Qin, please show mercy!”

 Qin Liangchen curled his lips and flew out of the dense forest.

 He swore that he really had no mercy before.

 Even if there is no life-and-death struggle, the methods used are still at a normal level.

 After all, he also needs to be familiar with the high-grade flying sword he just obtained.

 In fact, Luo Chen's control of the magic weapon has reached an unimaginable level.

Qin Liangchen has never seen such a genius in his life.

Facing Qin Liangchen’s strange gaze, Luo Chen smiled and said nothing.

 After practicing hard for half a month, he finally reached the Dzogchen level of proficiency in the traction technique.

It is precisely because of this that he dared to fight Qin Liangchen with a medium-grade jade sword.

The Dzogchen-level traction technique has no special effect. It just makes the monks more comfortable in controlling the magic weapon.

This kind of ease may not be so obvious on a single magic weapon.

But a set of magical weapons such as the Jasper Knife has extremely outstanding effects.

It can be said that the Dzogchen-level traction technique can completely combine the middle-grade magic weapon into a set, and exert the power that is not inferior to the high-grade magic weapon.

 And in the past half month, his gains did not end there.

 The Wind Control Technique is about to reach perfection.

The proficiency in the entanglement technique has also been improved a lot, and I am not far from Dzogchen.

 He has not given up on other skills such as spiritual vision, healing, and cleansing.

 The price he paid for this was the high-grade chalcedony pills he usually embezzled, most of which were used to replenish the loss of spiritual power.

“I asked you, why are you so keen on fighting recently?”

Qin Liangchen said depressedly, this is already the tenth time Luo Chen has challenged him to fight in half a month.

“I don’t think so! Dahefang is actually becoming more and more chaotic now. I must have some means of self-protection!”

Luo Chen sighed.

　　Without refuting his words, Qin Liangchen sighed in agreement.

 As an elder, he is actually the most leisurely one.

It is not like Wang Yuan and Luo Wudi who are in charge of the hall alone, nor is it like Sikong Shoujia who is busy with the affairs of the Dan Hall.

 He has been concentrating on meditation, and most of his family affairs are left to Murong Qinglian.

 But recently, he has gradually become busier.

The three war halls have been in trouble a lot recently, and he must help one and two.

"Xuan Yihui has gone too far. Before, he was just going into the mountains to fight monsters and hone himself."

“But now, their manpower is expanding rapidly, and they seem to be interested in getting involved in the business in the mountains.”

 Luo Chen frowned, "The old thing is happening again?"

"No!" Qin Liangchen shook his head, "They are much more aggressive than the Dajiang Gang. After all, they have already blazed their own trail before."

“There won’t really be a fight in the future, right?”

 “This kind of thing is impossible to say for certain.”

　　Xuan Yihui is much more powerful than the Dajiang Gang.

Behind the scenes are five immortal cultivating families. Among them, the apparent foundation-building cultivators include the ancestors of the Duan family, Nangong Jin of the Nangong family, and the ancestors of the Li family.

Although these three are only in the early stage of foundation building, they are not as good as Mi Shuhua in the middle stage of foundation building.

 But there is strength in numbers!

 The other two Immortal Cultivation Families have no guarantee that they do not have the foundation-building methods left over from their ancestors.

 If a fight really breaks out, the Poshan Gang will be in danger.

For this kind of battle involving foundation building, both Luo Chen and Qin Liangchen were powerless.

 All they can do is protect themselves as much as possible.

 If it doesn’t work out, then you will either surrender or run away!

The world is so big that it can always accommodate monks like them in the Qi Refining Stage.

“By the way, Mi Shuhua is very concerned about the output of Chalcedony Pill recently. If you drag me to fight every day, don’t make him angry.”

 “Get angry?”

Luo Chen chuckled, and Mi Shuhua would naturally not be angry with him.

 Lately, he has not relaxed about alchemy matters.

 In other words, he showed a little more of his alchemy attainments.

 The rate of elixir formation is much higher than before, and the output of medium-grade chalcedony elixirs has increased by 10% compared with before.

 In this case, it was too late for Mi Shuhua to be happy.

The two of them returned to Xieyue Valley, called Gu Caiyi and Murong Qinglian, and returned to the city together.

Zhou Yuanli and other bodyguards also followed from a distance.

 The more tense the atmosphere, the more difficult it is for bodyguards to do their job, and they have been working very hard recently.

Luo Chen privately gave them some middle-grade chalcedony pills.

 As for whether this kind of thing would spread to Mi Shuhua, he was not worried.

 A small act like corruption can be done occasionally without being discovered.

 But after such a long time, Mi Shuhua must have known everything he should know.

 The left and right are just some middle-grade chalcedony pills, which are beneficial to the early and middle stages of Qi refining. As long as it does not affect the overall situation, Mi Shuhua will not be entangled.

On the way back to the city, the four of them were talking and laughing.

 Suddenly, Luo Chen stopped.

Seeing this, the other three people also stopped.

On the ground in front of me, I saw two figures chasing each other wildly, activating the talisman and magic weapons to attack each other from time to time.

One of them was obviously outmatched. After resisting for a few rounds, he flew towards Luo Chen and the others.

 “Fellow Taoist, save me!”

"roll!"

Qin Liangchen roared low and took a step forward to block Luo Chen and the others.

 The golden giant sword shot out horizontally!

The figure was shot flying to another direction before it even got close.

The enemy chasing behind him was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the four people in front of him, three at the ninth level of Qi Refining and one at the seventh level, were not someone he could offend at all.

"excuse me!"

Hands up, he hurriedly chased the prey.

“Master, are you okay?”

 Zhou Yuanli and Liu Qiang hurriedly caught up and asked with concern.

 Luo Chen shook his head and looked down at the front with a distant look.

The outer urban area of ​​Dahefang, which covers an area of ​​hundreds of miles, has lost its peaceful atmosphere in the past and has become more and more restless.

Now the killings and treasure grabbing have all happened before his eyes.

 “Chaos is coming!”

Luo Chen sighed inwardly.

 On the next journey, the topic everyone talked about also fell on the chaos in the outer city.

 The arrival of Master Jindan not only failed to bring people a sense of security, but also aggravated the chaos.

 It gives people the feeling that he initiated it.

Of course, it is very dangerous to make irresponsible remarks about Master Jindan, and everyone just mentioned it briefly and vaguely.

 After returning to the yard, the more Luo Chen thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

“No matter what happens next, it can’t affect my practice!”

 As for cultivation, you cannot do without pills!

Early the next morning, Luo Chen hurried out the door.

 In the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion, Luo Chen saw an old acquaintance after a long absence.

 “Senior Liu, long time no see.”

The old man smiled slightly and said, "I still like you to call me Shopkeeper Liu."

 Liu Hecai, formerly the shopkeeper of Baicaotang, is now the shopkeeper of Lingyao Pavilion.

 He was also very happy to see Luo Chen.

“I can’t believe that I underestimated you before, but you actually have such superb alchemy skills.”

Luo Chen smiled awkwardly and said, "Shopkeeper Liu has promoted me."

"It's not a compliment!" Liu Hecai said seriously: "I have purchased the elixirs you refined later. Whether they are top-grade Zhongmiao Pills or middle-grade Chalcedony Pills, they are all unique. Especially the top-grade Zhongmiao Pills!"

 At this point, he paused.

“Do you still remember the foundation-building cultivator I introduced you to before?”

Luo Chen hesitated and said, "Are you talking about Senior Kang?"

Kang Dongyue, the master of Jinshi Pavilion in Taishanfang, is also the ancestor of a family that cultivates immortals.

"Yes, he asked me some time ago and asked if you were interested in supplying a batch of high-grade Zhongmiao Pills to sell to him at Jinshi Pavilion?"

 Elixirs such as Zhongmiaowan cannot be considered elegant.

Although Liu Hecai admired it, the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion he was in charge of definitely looked down on this kind of elixir.

 But family properties like Jinshi Pavilion are very attractive.

 If it were before, Luo Chen would be very happy.

 But now, he could only shake his head and smile bitterly: "The elixir refined by this junior can only be supplied to the Poshan Gang for sale, but it has failed to live up to the good intentions of that senior."

 Hearing what he said, Liu Hecai didn't force himself.

Although he is from the Yaowang Sect, this place is the Jade Cauldron Territory and is under the jurisdiction of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect.

After traveling thousands of miles to come here, he only has one fellow disciple of Baicaotang to rely on.

 It is unwise to offend a local monk who is in the middle stage of foundation building.

 “You came here so early, do you want to buy something?”

Luo Chen took a deep breath and said solemnly: "Twenty bottles of dust-transforming pills and ten boxes of soothing incense!"

 “Huh, what a big gesture!”

Liu Hecai blurted out and looked at Luo Chen with a bit of admiration.

 (End of this chapter)