Longevity begins with alchemy master

The Shouyang Daoist Forum has concluded!
When they arrived, dozens of streaks of light converged like a stream of stars.

When they left, they scattered in twos and threes with the wind.

Luo Chen stood atop Shouyang Mountain with his hands behind his back, gazing at the departing lights. His expression no longer held the confident air of before; instead, it was somewhat melancholy.

Behind him, Canglong and Gu Caiyi gazed at his tall figure with admiration.

The list of attendees from the previous meeting is now in Canglong's hands.

"Thirteen senior sects, plus the rogue cultivator Bo Hanjun, a total of twenty-five people, all of whom have signed their names have agreed to help senior brother this time."

"In addition, there are four Nascent Soul cultivators from the Dongyang Sect who remain at the mountain gate. The Grand Elder of Dongyang has also promised to take them with him when the time comes."

"Senior brother, we're sure we'll succeed this time, right?"

Luo Chen did not reply, but simply paced slowly along the edge of the cliff.

Gu Caiyi was very good at reading people's expressions, and when she caught a glimpse of Luo Chen's gloomy profile, she was puzzled.

"Husband, why are you unhappy after I brought this together? Is there some unexpected change in the situation?"

variable?

Luo Chen paused, letting out a soft sigh.

Of course, there are variables involved!
What truly convinced everyone to agree to this plan were the two Nascent Soul stage beings!
Whether it was Deng Taiyue's ruthless killing of two Daoist masters as a pledge of allegiance, the powerful alliance between the human and demon races in the Eastern Wilderness, or the allure of the Nascent Soul opportunity offered by the Enlightenment Pill, they were all ultimately just triggers.

The presence of Li Canghai from Beihai and Qingshuang from Cangwu Mountain is what truly puts everyone's minds at ease.

The number of human cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage and the fifth-order ancient demons of the demon race is no less than that of the Tianyuan Dao Sect, which currently only has one Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

It is precisely because of this direct comparison that it instantly overwhelmed everyone's wavering thoughts.

however!
"Li Canghai and I are merely nodding acquaintances; any so-called tacit understanding depends on the other party's wishes."

"As for Qing Shuang... she didn't give me a straight answer as to whether she would take action or not."

Ultimately, you still have to rely on yourself!

Luo Chen thought to himself.

But he didn't say these things aloud.

Instead, he turned around and looked at the two women with gentle eyes.

"Canglong, how's the refinement of that white tiger puppet going?"

Canglong smiled slightly, "I have completely mastered it. Although this puppet is extremely ingeniously crafted, the control method is more in the style of Luoyun Sect. I had a good relationship with Han Zhan in my early years, so I received guidance from him. A hundred years is enough time for me to refine it to perfection."

Luo Chen hummed in agreement and said with some surprise, "With your current mid-Nascent Soul stage, you should be able to fight for a long time by controlling this puppet. In addition, I will give you fifty fourth-tier talismans, which you can use in critical moments."

Luo Chen actually possessed a substantial fortune: a vast number of fourth-tier talismans!

Those were byproducts of his efforts to comprehend the true meaning of the fire element law when he used talisman-making in the Blessed Land of Pill Saint. They were mostly the two fourth-order spells, Fire Phoenix Spreads Across the Plains and Fiery Dragon Descends, which he had kept hidden away without ever having a chance to use them.

These talismans are not cheap imitations; they are the finest of the finest!

It should be noted that Luo Chen had cultivated those two spells to the Great Perfection level, and their power was unmatched below the Nascent Soul stage. Even ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators could not withstand a single one.

Luo Chen knew that Ice Fortress was skilled in making and using talismans from the early days of the Heartless Fairy.

He believed that with these talismans and a white tiger puppet at the late Nascent Soul stage, Canglong's combat power would be no less than that of any great cultivator.

Gu Caiyi, who was standing nearby, was taken aback. "You're in the mid-Nascent Soul stage?"

Canglong nodded slightly and smiled at Luo Chen: "This is all thanks to Senior Brother's kindness. I have refined most of what you left in my body over the past hundred years, and reaching the mid-Nascent Soul stage is just a natural progression."

Gu Caiyi's eyes widened. What did she mean by "things left in the body"?

Luo Chen coughed awkwardly and explained in detail, "It was a portion of the primordial energy of heaven and earth, plus the transformed water-attribute primordial power. Back then, I was too eager to achieve success and when I tried to comprehend the origin of water, it triggered a clash between the two primordial elements of water and fire, which even caused a change in the heavens and earth. Caiyi, you should know about this. The situation was extremely critical at the time. Although I managed to avoid it using a secret technique, my body was filled with too much primordial energy of heaven and earth. It was Canglong who sacrificed her purity and used her special physique, combined with the dual cultivation method, to save my life. After the matter was resolved, I left some of the excess primordial energy of heaven and earth in Canglong's heart aperture. That's roughly it."

After this explanation, Gu Caiyi finally understood why Canglong had made such rapid progress in just a hundred years, leaping from the Nascent Soul stage to the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

At the same time, she was also very grateful to Canglong for sacrificing her innocence... to save her husband.

Wait, what is this method of sacrificing one's purity for dual cultivation?
Gu Caiyi suddenly realized why Canglong had stayed by her side and accompanied her without any hesitation after she reunited with her husband.

Even when the Shouyang Daoist Conference was held, she sat behind her husband.

To maintain a magnanimous demeanor, she wasn't really angry, simply assuming it was her husband trying to "put on a show."

Looking back now, I realize that during the hundred years I spent focusing on breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage, I unknowingly overlooked a lot!
Luo Chen pretended not to see the seemingly resentful gaze that Gu Caiyi cast at him, and instead opened his mouth and spat out a ball of five-colored light.

With a flick of his wrist, the multicolored light dispersed into five individual sword pellets.

Canglong exclaimed in surprise after just one glance.

"Is it the batch of sword pellets that you specially forged with heavenly lightning when I was undergoing my tribulation?"

Luo Chen nodded slightly, then looked at Gu Caiyi solemnly.

"These are the Five Elements Sword Pills, each one a genuine artifact, painstakingly crafted by my husband."

"When separated, they are incomparably sharp; when combined, they possess immense power. Furthermore, they can form the Great Five Elements Sword Formation, making it no problem to dominate the Nascent Soul realm!"

"Caiyi, you have just formed your Nascent Soul, and the foundation of your magical treasures is insufficient. They haven't been tempered into true weapons through the tribulation of lightning, so they won't be of much help to your current battles. I will temporarily give you these five sword pellets, and leave you with a formation diagram and a large amount of mana. At that time, you will be able to forcibly activate the Great Five Elements Sword Formation to deal with any enemy!"

Gu Caiyi hesitated and did not reach out to take it.

She looked at Luo Chen in confusion: "Such a powerful treasure should be even more powerful in your husband's hands, why give it to me?"

Luo Chen smiled gently and said, "Do you still remember that old man who went to Luo Tian Sect?"

Gu Caiyi subconsciously said, "Zhou Yunshen?"

Luo Chen smiled, as if reminiscing about the past, and said, "Yes, he is the patriarch of the Zhou family in Zhongzhou. I met him before Zhongzhou, when his family was still in the North Sea. I secretly formed a cooperative relationship with him. Once I attack Zhongzhou, the Zhou family will inevitably be affected. Therefore, you need to do something for me. When we attack Dongyuan Continent, you need to go to Tiannan Continent and bring back important members of the Zhou family to Donghuang."

Gu Caiyi nodded subconsciously, then went to catch the five-colored sword pellet.

Then, the instant she grasped the sharp sword pellet in her hand, she abruptly raised her head.

"Husband, are you deliberately trying to get rid of me so that I won't participate in the main battle?"

Luo Chen smiled and shook his head. "How could you think that way? This is my promise. If the Zhou family suffers, wouldn't I be breaking my promise? Besides, Zhou Yun Shen traveled a great distance to Luo Tian Sect before his death, which shows how important this matter is. There aren't many people I can completely trust. Caiyi, you won't let me down, will you?"

Gu Caiyi put away the sword pellet with some skepticism, saying, "Caiyi will complete this matter perfectly and will certainly not disappoint my husband."

"Well, then hurry up and do a simple refinement of these five sword pellets and this array diagram. There are still three years left, which should be just enough."

Gu Caiyi took another array diagram from Luo Chen and then hurriedly left.

Canglong stood to the side, a hint of envy in his eyes.

She could sense that Luo Chen's favoritism towards Gu Caiyi contained a tenderness different from that between herself and Luo Chen.

This was something she had never seen between Luo Chen and Sima Huiniang; in Sima Huiniang, Luo Chen displayed more of a sense of responsibility.

However, Canglong felt a sense of familiarity with that array diagram.

The Great Five Elements Sword Formation?
In addition, it incorporates the distinct puppet control style of the Falling Cloud Sect from the previous White Tiger Puppet.

Canglong brought up Han Zhan at an inopportune moment.

"Senior brother, what about you and Han Zhan?"

Luo Chen said frankly, "There are some grudges and entanglements, but it's a long story."

Canglong said thoughtfully, "If that's the case, then there's no need to say anything more."

"It's alright, I can tell you about it." Luo Chen's gaze was distant as he began to recount the events of the past. From being imprisoned together on Cangwu Mountain, to the North Sea, and finally to their life-or-death struggle on Dragon Abyss Island in the Demon Sea.

Little by little, until the words were finished, the moon was already high in the sky.

Canglong fell silent as he listened. His former friend was actually such a cunning and treacherous person.

the end.

Canglong sighed softly, "You can know a person's face but not their heart. I never imagined this would happen."

Luo Chen waved his hand, "The tallest tree in the forest is bound to be felled by the wind. Some people take advantage of my alchemy skills, some covet my physical body, and some are eyeing my considerable combat power. I'm used to it all, truly used to it."

He took a step forward, standing between the cliffs, his robes fluttering in the mountain wind.

"But after this battle, no one will ever be able to disrespect me again!"

The woman gazed at the tall, imposing figure, who seemed to stand tall and upright, her eyes filled with reverence.

……

Once everyone in the Shouyang Hall agreed to help Luo Chen, the Dao discussion came to an end.

To prevent the information from being leaked, everyone made a solemn oath.

Only after the matter is over can the inside story be revealed to the outside world.

Before launching an attack on Zhongzhou, Luo Chen gave everyone two years.

In the past two years, they have been sent back to their respective sects to arrange matters large and small, so that if someone were to fall on the battlefield, the sect would be leaderless and in chaos.

In addition, Luo Chen also made a promise that was neither too big nor too small.

Aside from the Enlightenment Pill, if anyone dies in this battle, greatly weakening the sect's strength, Luo Chen and the Luo Tian Sect will protect the opposing sect.

This promise covers the thirteen Nascent Soul cultivators and will last for one thousand years.

As long as Luo Chen is still alive, as long as the Luo Tian Sect is still alive!

Only then did everyone feel relieved and leave Shouyang Mountain with high hopes.

With the return of these people, some relatively important information about the Daoist Conference also spread throughout the Eastern Wilderness.

With the strong support of the Pill Sect, the human and demon races finally reached a ceasefire agreement!
The great war between humans and demons, which lasted for two hundred years and then had a one-hundred-year gap in between, has slowly come to an end. The cultivation world of the Eastern Wilderness will then usher in a thousand years of peace.

A thousand years is a long period of time for any existence.

Even for a Nascent Soul cultivator, lifespan is only around a thousand years at most.

Therefore, no one thought about what would happen a thousand years later. People only knew that they no longer had to worry about sudden attacks by large groups of monsters and could live in peace.

The reputation of the Dan Sect rose once again because of this incident.

It was even elevated to an unimaginable level!

No matter if it's Elder Dongyang, who is said to have reached the Nascent Soul stage, or Tian Duzi, who is a master of array formations, or even the Nine Spirits Primordial Lord, whose combat power is unparalleled, none of them can compare to Luo Chen.

Throughout the entire Eastern Wilderness, Luo Chen's fame and numerous deeds were being sung.

While the cultivation world of the Eastern Wilderness was celebrating the ceasefire, Luo Chen had already crossed the ocean and arrived in the "Central Continent" once again.

However, this time it's not the Tiannan Continent, but the ancestral home of the Dao Sect—the Dongyuan Continent!
This area was actually not unfamiliar to him.

In the past, he participated in the Grand Cave Heaven Competition in the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven below the Heaven and Earth Peak. And the Heaven and Earth Peak, going up along the Shi River, leads to the Rotten Axe Mountain Range.

Later, when he left Zhongzhou and returned to Donghuang, he also traveled along the direction of Dongyuan Continent.

Now it's just a matter of retracing our steps.

Infiltrating the Eastern Continent was not difficult for Luo Chen, as he was skilled in concealing his aura.

Furthermore, the Eastern Continent is currently hosting a grand competition, the first of its kind in 160 years, making it even more suitable for him to infiltrate.

Luo Chen found a Foundation Establishment cultivator from a poor, impoverished family and replaced him.

Through meticulous body refinement, one can alter their appearance to resemble the other's. After acquiring the other's cultivation technique and practicing it briefly, one can reach the level of a perfect grandmaster, possessing the exact same magical power and aura.

And so, two years later, Luo Chen finally entered the Dao Sect's ancestral home, the Rotten Axe Mountain Range!

The Jiazi Grand Competition is in full swing!
This grand competition comes 160 years after the last grand competition held every 500 years.

The event was originally scheduled to be held every hundred years, but it was delayed due to the great calamity in Zhongzhou. Sixty years passed before it was finally held again.

Under such circumstances, the Dao Sect attaches great importance to this grand competition.

It is both to select promising talents and to enhance the cohesion of the sect.

We need to demonstrate through martial arts competitions that Tianyuan Dao Sect is still powerful and remains the strongest human holy land in the world!

Therefore, from beginning to end, Tianyuan Dao Sect strived for perfection in this grand competition.

The process is divided into three major stages: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core.

Then, in these three major stages, the selection and competition of outstanding disciples were conducted separately on the three continents of Dongyuan, Tiannan, and Libei.

Ten people will emerge from each continent and each realm.

Ultimately, only the top ninety individuals can compete and vie for supremacy in the Rotten Axe Mountain Range.

The winner will receive a substantial reward.

Luo Chen didn't care about the ranking; he only cared about one person.

The white-clad man who decisively defeated an opponent on the ring was Zhou Fuyou.

This was the first time Luo Chen had seen his clone.

His appearance was completely different from mine, and his personality was also completely different from what Xiaobai had reported. Even his magical power was so profound and powerful, surpassing mine when we were at the same level back then.

The only similarity is probably their exceptional magical abilities!
"Unfortunately, he only reached the ninth level of the Golden Core stage and never reached the Nascent Soul stage."

Luo Chen sighed softly to himself.

But he knew he couldn't ask for too much.

All things considered, Zhou Fuyou is not even a hundred years old yet.

For an ordinary person to form a core at the age of one hundred is already a genius among geniuses, so how could it be possible to form an infant at the age of one hundred?

He secretly shook his head, and without paying any attention to the high-ranking experts of the Tianyuan Dao Sect above, quietly withdrew from the Lankeshan Mountains.

Alone, he walked to the banks of the ever-flowing river, waiting silently.

After an unknown amount of time, another figure appeared behind them.

"You came."

"Yes, I'm coming."

"I thought you weren't coming, senior."

"Young friend, why are you in such a hurry? There is still a year before the formation is activated. By then, Liancheng will be too weak to do anything, and all the Nascent Soul experts of Tianyuan Dao Sect will have to guard the various nodes of the formation. That will be the best time for us to launch our attack."

As they spoke, the owner of the weathered voice had already walked to Luo Chen's side, and together they gazed at the rolling, eastward-flowing river at their feet.

It was none other than Li Canghai, the powerful expert from the North Sea! (End of Chapter)