Longevity begins with alchemy master

"Apologize!"

The chilling words that came from Zhou Fuyou's mouth seemed to cause the surrounding temperature to drop significantly.

His gaze was fixed on the boy who was being fawned over by many people.

Zhou Fuyou recognized him.

Zhou Yuhao's father is a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

But the real reason why so many people fawned over him was because of the other party's grandfather.

Seven years ago, Zhou Yuhao's grandfather received personal guidance from the ancestor and broke through to the Golden Core stage in one fell swoop. Now he is an important figure in the family.

It was precisely because of this that his lineage suddenly became prominent.

Although Zhou Yuhao is not very old, he has clearly been aware of his family's difference since he was a child, and often flaunts his power.

Startled by Zhou Fuyou's intimidation, he instinctively took a step back, but then came to his senses surrounded by his companions.

What is my identity, and what are the identities of Zhou Fuyou and his sister?
Why should I be afraid of him?

Zhou Yuhao scoffed, "Isn't what I said the truth? Even if this sickly person is found to have spiritual roots in the future, he probably won't be able to cultivate. Why waste energy here? If you ask me, it would be better to move to Coral Town as soon as possible, which would save the family some resources."

As soon as he said this, his companions around him echoed his sentiments.

"Yuhao is right!"

"A person should know their own limitations. Our Zhou family doesn't have many resources to begin with, and all of them should be used wisely. Giving them to such a sickly person would be a waste."

"I heard that in addition to receiving a pension, their family is now enjoying the same benefits as Foundation Establishment cultivators?"

"Zhou Qingyu is not worthy of cultivating with us at all!"

……

The voices were loud and the gazes were sharp.

Zhou Qingyu's face was pale, and her lips trembled slightly.

Especially when she looked at a few friends her age, but they avoided her gaze, her eyes filled with tears.

Instinctively, she gripped the sleeve of the boy in front of her.

"Brother, let's go back!"

Zhou Fuyou felt as if his heart was being clenched, and he gently released his sister's hand.

As her younger sister was confused, Zhou Fuyou stood firmly in front of her.

I'll say it one last time: I apologize!

Instead of apologizing, Zhou Yuhao on the other end made a face.

"No, no, you can't take me..."

Boom!
A sharp, piercing sound seemed to explode in the square.

Before anyone could react, a figure took several large steps and rushed directly in front of Zhou Yuhao.

Zhou Fuyou grabbed Zhou Yuhao, who was shorter than him, with one hand, and slapped him across the face with the other.

Snapped!
"Apologize!"

No one had time to react; no one expected Zhou Fuyou to be so fast.

Zhou Yuhao, the person involved, was stunned by the slap and didn't have time to say a word.

Snapped!
"Apologize!"

Only after the second slap landed did he suddenly realize what had happened, and he roared in fury, "You dare hit me?"

Snapped!
“My father is a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and my grandfather is a Golden Core cultivator.”

Snapped!
"Help me! Help me!"

Snapped!
Three teeth fell to the ground.

Zhou Fuyou's cold gaze swept over the surroundings, and the people who originally wanted to step forward involuntarily stopped in their tracks.

With a cold snort, Zhou Fuyou used one arm to lift Zhou Yuhao up by the neck in full view of everyone.

"I'm asking you one last time, are you going to apologize or not?"

Zhou Yuhao was already shorter than Zhou Fuyou, but now he was being lifted up to be the same height as him.

Meeting those eyes that seemed to look at a dead man, he finally became afraid, his face turning a deep red, and his mouth twitched.

"Yes...I'm sorry."

Pfft!
Zhou Fuyou let go of her hand and turned to leave.

Zhou Yuhao collapsed to the ground, making a sound like a broken bellows coming from his throat. His pants were already wet and smelled fishy.

He stared at Zhou Fuyou's retreating figure, his eyes filled with fear.

Everyone instinctively made way for them, watching as Zhou Fuyou led her sister away from the square.

……

On the path paved with bluestone slabs.

The brother and sister walked along at a leisurely pace.

"Brother, I don't want to go to the square to exercise tomorrow."

"No, you must go. With your brother here, no one will dare to bully you."

"But they..."

"Other people's opinions don't matter, as long as we live well. And exercising and strengthening ourselves are the only things we can rely on."

"Okay, Mao Mao will listen to her brother!"

I heard hurried footsteps behind me.

Before long, Zhou Yuqi caught up, panting.

“Mayfly, how dare you hit Zhou Yuhao just now? Their family has a Golden Core cultivator. You've offended them, and in the future…”

Zhou Fuyou stared coldly at Zhou Yuqi, "Am I just going to let him bully my sister?"

Zhou Yuqi hesitated and said, "But..."

Zhou Fuyou interrupted him directly, "No buts. No one can bully Mao Mao unless I'm dead!"

Those last five words were spoken with absolute certainty, leaving no room for doubt.

Zhou Yuqi stood there blankly, as if she were getting to know her childhood friend all over again.

He returned home somewhat dejectedly.

His mother seemed to have heard about what had happened earlier, and she called him over to question him thoroughly.

Zhou Yuqi answered absentmindedly, but then suddenly realized what he meant at the end.

"Mother, why don't you adopt Mayfly and Momo?"

"Adoption?" Upon hearing these two words, Zhou Yuqi's mother couldn't help but smile. "Great! Tomorrow, I'll go to the head of the family to apply."

Zhou Yuqi felt she had helped her good friend and jumped up with joy.

……

In the dead of night.

In the desolate Drinking Green Pavilion, a phantom figure drifted in.

From a distance, she quietly watched the young man and woman inside, a strange look on her face.

"This clone of the master seems to have a completely different personality from the master?"

"He doesn't seem like a reckless person, but he doesn't care about the consequences of his actions at all. Moreover, he is very extreme, and I even sensed a bit of killing intent in him during the day."

"How can someone so young have such an extreme personality?"

"Furthermore, didn't Master say that he had already reached the Qi Refining stage? Why didn't I detect any spiritual energy fluctuations from him?"

Xiao Bai only arrived today.

The journey from the Western Continent to the Southern Continent was equivalent to traversing a small part of the Central Continent, and because of the sea separating them, it took her more than half a year.

However, upon first meeting Zhou Fuyou, she couldn't help but have many questions.

Just as she was deep in thought, she heard a soft sound beside her.

Tick ​​tock!

"It's raining?"

Xiao Bai looked at the sky in confusion. It didn't look like it was going to rain today!

As she lowered her head in confusion, a figure silently stood beside her.

"You've come uninvited, fellow Daoist; you're being rather impolite."

Xiao Bai's expression changed drastically as he stared intently at the weathered figure exuding a strong sense of age.

"who are you?"

"I should be asking you that!" The weathered figure turned to the side, staring at Xiaobai with a look of suspicion on his face.

"I am Zhou Yun Shen, the patriarch of the Zhou family. You carry the aura of an old friend; are you one of Luo Chen's men?"

Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the other party introduce themselves.

She nodded and said, "Luo Chen is my master. My name is Bai Meiling."

Zhou Yunshen confirmed his guess, and then his gaze fell on the two figures under the candlelight.

"Are you here to watch over the mayflies on behalf of your master?"

"Correct!"

"Didn't he say not to interfere with the growth of mayflies?"

Xiao Bai hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "That's none of your business!"

"Don't you want to talk about it?" Zhou Yunshen chuckled softly, not pressing for details, and simply looked at the night view in the courtyard.

This peaceful night scene was soon broken.

A dozen or so people, surrounding a richly dressed woman, barged into Zhou Fuyou's house, shouting, "Kill that brat!"

However, before they could even see Zhou Fuyou and his sister, they were stopped in the courtyard by a strong man.

"Get back!"

Those people stood there, stunned.

Someone recognized the muscular man's identity.

"It's the head of the house!"

Zhou Junxiao said sternly, "It's just kids fighting, how dare you adults get involved? Should I call Zhou Xiaocheng over?"

Zhou Xiaocheng is Zhou Yuhao's grandfather, and also the powerful background that this group of people rely on.

The group slunk away from the courtyard.

Zhou Junxiao looked displeased. When he turned around, he saw the boy standing under the eaves.

Zhou Junxiao forced a smile. "Don't be afraid. This is the Zhou family. Your parents died fighting for the family. No one dares to bully you. Tomorrow, come to the clan council hall. Your second grandfather has something to tell you."

The boy nodded slightly, the coldness and wariness in his eyes lessening considerably.

And in the distance.

Xiao Bai asked in surprise, "You guys are also interfering in Zhou Fuyou's growth?"

Zhou Yunshen chuckled lightly, "After all, he's surnamed Zhou!"

Then, Zhou Yunshen asked, "Fellow Daoist Bai, are you just passing through, or are you planning to stay for a long time?"

Bai Meiling hesitated for a moment, but finally said, "It might take a while."

Zhou Yunshen said "Oh", and then said, "In that case, I suggest you go live in Bailuze. After all, you are a ghost cultivator, and staying in the Zhou family's settlement for too long will easily affect these lower-level clansmen."

Bai Meiling's heart skipped a beat; she knew that her background had been seen through at a glance.

And how could she have been discovered when she had hidden herself so well?
As the master had said before, unless a great cultivator deliberately searches for her, an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator would have no chance of finding her.

The master is absolutely right!
There's only one possible explanation for this unexpected turn of events: the old man in front of us, whose time is almost up, has undergone some unforeseen change.

Xiao Bai quietly cast a spell, focusing his divine sense on the old man.

At that moment, even though his body was standing right in front of him, Zhou Yun Shen seemed not to be under his divine sense's observation; there was only an empty world.

To merge with heaven and earth?

Xiao Bai suddenly woke up with a start, staring at Zhou Yun Shen with a look of fear in her eyes.

She was familiar with this situation, as she had often seen it on her master before.

"you!"

Zhou Yunshen smiled slightly, "Thanks to your master, I have only gained a little. Fellow Daoist Bai, please go to Bailu Marsh. You don't need to worry about Zhou Fuyou here."

Xiao Bai gave the old man a deep look before leaving the Drinking Green Pavilion.

……

Deep in the Egret Marsh.

After settling in, Xiaobai hesitated for a long time before carefully activating the jade pendant that Luo Chen had given her.

Soon, a sound like metal came from the jade pendant.

"noob?"

"Master, it's me!"

"What's the matter?"

"Your clone has some unexpected circumstances. He lost both his parents and is in a bad situation within the clan, which has led to his current rather extreme personality. In Xiaobai's opinion, if he is not guided, such an extreme personality will not be conducive to cultivation, and he is likely to die halfway through."

"Well, I see."

"Furthermore, you said he has reached the Qi Refining stage, but I haven't observed any spiritual energy fluctuations in him, which is a bit strange."

"I see."

"Finally, Zhou Yunshen, the patriarch of the Zhou family, said that thanks to you, he has gained some insights. According to Xiaobai's observation, he has actually comprehended the true meaning of the law and quietly stepped into the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm."

"Oh? Is there any other news?"

"Gone."

"Cherish the remaining two opportunities; this jade pendant only allows three uses for transmitting sound."

"Ok!"

After the brief exchange, Bai Meiling looked at the jade pendant, which had dimmed by a third, and let out a soft sigh.

Although somewhat unexpected, everything is still under control.

at the same time.

In the Azure Netherworld, tens of millions of miles away from the Southern Continent, Luo Chen looked at the jade pendant in his hand with surprise.

The jade pendant he bestowed upon Bai Meiling was not an ordinary communication jade pendant, but one he made using special techniques and left behind three separate strands of divine thought, which enabled him to have a long-distance conversation across continents.

And this divine power is used less and less each time.

I had specifically reminded Xiaobai beforehand that the jade pendant should only be used in case of an unexpected situation.

Is there some special circumstance that caused this opportunity to be wasted so quickly?
With a thought, the corresponding divine thought returned to the sea of ​​consciousness.

In an instant, he learned the information that Xiaobai had sent him.

"Orphaned and with an extremely eccentric personality?"

"Can't detect any spiritual energy fluctuations?"

"Zhou Yun has comprehended the true meaning of the laws and entered the late Nascent Soul stage?"

Luo Chen muttered these three pieces of news, a look of interest on his face.

The clone clearly entered the Dao of cultivation, yet there was no fluctuation of spiritual power. Luo Chen pondered this for a moment and found the answer.

It must be caused by the Mingshui spring!
Even before Zhou Fuyou was born, he had already broken up the Mingshui Spring and incorporated it into the other's body.

With this extraordinary treasure by his side, as long as his clone is willing, it is the best way to conceal himself in the world. Apart from the Nascent Soul stage, no one can easily see his specific realm.

And the true meaning of the law that Zhou Yun deeply comprehended...

After thinking for a moment, Luo Chen also decided to focus on the Mingshui Spring.

Having mastered fire magic himself, he was able to comprehend the essence of water from the Mingshui Spring. Zhou Yunshen, who mastered water magic, naturally had a certain opportunity to comprehend the essence of water through close contact.

His judgment was correct. Ever since the birth of his clone Zhou Fuyou, Bailuze has been experiencing continuous rain all year round, which is due to the influence of the Mingshui spring.

As long as Zhou Fuyou's cultivation level continues to rise, this external influence will be brought under control to a certain extent.

Zhou Yunshen's ability to comprehend the essence of water was also influenced by his clone; in other words, it was indeed "thanks to Luo Chen's blessing."

However, this matter itself did not have a significant impact. After all, Zhou Yunshen was already old, and even though I had helped extend his lifespan by a few years, it was not enough for him to break through to the Nascent Soul realm.

On the contrary, it will be beneficial to the growth of the clone.

What Luo Chen really cared about was the personality of his clone, Zhou Fuyou.

"Extreme? Biased?"

"Was it caused by the great upheaval following the death of both parents, or is it simply due to his/her personality?"

"Will this extreme personality affect my ability to reclaim my life soul in the future?"

Muttering to himself, Luo Chen fell into hesitation.

Just in case, what he should do now is to subtly influence his clone using certain methods to facilitate the repossession of his life soul.

However, methods implemented later in life are easily detected.

In the end, Luo Chen decided to remain inactive.

"I can suppress and refine even ghosts and gods, let alone a mere clone!" (End of Chapter)