Longevity begins with alchemy master

Within the vast sea of ​​consciousness, as Luo Chen's grand voice resounded, waves of turbulent waves surged forth.

Amidst the rolling golden waves, a black sphere of light curled up tightly, trying to hold itself together and avoid being swallowed by the surging waves.

Seeing the other party's stubbornness, Luo Chen did not get angry, but calmly said:
“Back in the Mirage Dragon Cave, when my soul took over everything of yours, when the seal on the Netherworld Spring was broken, you should have understood that I am you, and you are me.”

"Now that your soul is complete, it is time for you to return."

"Resisting is useless. Although you have created a soul shell through demonic secrets, you know very well that with my abilities, I can destroy this soul shell in a little time."

Upon hearing Luo Chen's words, the black sphere of light trembled slightly, as if it were shaking.

He understood and could tell that what Luo Chen said was true, and there was no deception involved.

Because the two are inherently one; lies and truth cannot be hidden from oneself.

But he was unwilling to give up!
"Why!"

"Hmm?" Luo Chen questioned in a deep voice.

The black orb of light trembled violently, emitting a sharp and intense sound.

Why should I come back to you?

"Just because you want to reach the Nascent Soul realm?"

"I, Zhou Fuyou, learned to read and write from a young age, entered the Dao at six, and established my foundation by the age of twelve. While mediocre people were still pursuing foundation establishment, I had already formed my core, and even more remarkably, I formed my nascent soul at the age of one hundred, a speed unimaginable to most!"

"With my talent, why should I return to you instead of taking the lead?"

Faced with this questioning and his repeated statements, Luo Chen remained extremely calm.

He could hear the anger and even fear beneath the other person's outward resentment.

Luo Chen simply said, "Because all of this is my doing."

"You're lying to me. All of this is the result of my arduous cultivation. It's the result of giving up any fun or rest and meditating and cultivating in every cold and lonely night."

Luo Chen didn't explain, but his divine sense stirred slightly.

Within his sea of ​​consciousness, golden waves slowly rippled outwards, and a scene suddenly took shape.

That was once a house in the White Egret Marsh on the southern continent.

On the bed, a pregnant woman slept soundly.

Beside the bed, two men, one old and one young, whispered to each other.

Finally, the old man left the house, while the young man in black stepped forward, inscribed a formation, and planted a seed of divine soul in the spring.

Seeing this, the black orb of light trembled even more violently.

He recognized her; she was his ancestor, his mother, and he could clearly hear their conversation.

Especially a part of it!

"Not only are they twins, but they are also fraternal twins."

"One man and one woman, one yin and one yang, complement each other perfectly."

"This technique is called the Life-Saving Technique!"

"What about the child whose innate energy was drained?"

"If one becomes a useless or mediocre person, it will be difficult to cultivate oneself throughout one's life."

"Fine, I won't let her support my clone for nothing. I'll give her another way out, even though it will be very difficult, it's still a way."

……

Everything was arranged for him by someone else.

The Xuanming Dao Body, a rare find in the world, originated from that spring.

The lotus seeds bestowed by our ancestors came from the young man in black.

Even though he was strong and healthy from a young age and entered the Dao with ease, he still devoured the foundation that should have belonged to his younger sister!

No wonder my sister, who is my own sister and equally intelligent, has such poor aptitude and no spiritual roots.

It turns out that I was the one who ruined her life.

Do not!
It wasn't myself, it was the man in front of me!

Zhou Fuyou cried out in a pitiful voice, "Why me? Why did you choose me?"

Luo Chen said indifferently, "If it wasn't you, it would have been someone else from the Zhou family. To achieve the Nascent Soul stage, I had to make some sacrifices, and Zhou Yunshen had to protect his family. If others can make sacrifices, why can't you?"

"Then you should have asked me first!" Zhou Fuyou said angrily.

Luo Chen's clearly visible main soul twitched at the corner of his mouth; those in power never need to listen to the voices of ants.

But this time, he was willing to give the other party a chance.

"The Zhou family is already under my protection. Are you willing to open your soul shell and ensure their safety for a thousand years?"

"I don't..." The answer that came out of her mouth was something Zhou Fuyou herself hadn't expected.

At that moment, he felt a pang of shame.

The promises once made to our ancestors became utterly insignificant in the face of our own lives.

"hehe."

Luo Chen chuckled lightly, the meaning of which was unclear.

To Zhou Fuyou, it sounded so ironic.

So, if you already know the answer, why bother asking?

"Well, your soul shell must be a technique you comprehended from cultivating the Yuanmo Sect's 'Cicada's Dawn Technique,' which has the meaning of a cicada shedding its shell. It seems you had a warning in advance, otherwise ordinary people wouldn't bother to cultivate a soul shell. But unfortunately, with my soul cultivation comparable to a Nascent Soul expert, such tricks are ultimately no match for me."

Verbal persuasion proved useless, and Luo Chen was beginning to grow impatient.

But this impatience is built upon centuries of forbearance.

He could scheme and endure for a hundred years to seize the soul, so why force the other party to open the soul shell on their own? At worst, he could just spend more time forcibly obliterating and devouring it.

Luo Chen can do it!
Golden waves rippled and surged in, enveloping the black orb of light.

The eight divided souls simultaneously unleashed a beam of light, shooting it towards the black orb.

A feeling of impending doom washed over Zhou Fuyou.

This time, he knew he was really going to die.

Zhou Fuyou's emotions fluctuated wildly: fear, anger, resentment, hatred... until finally, she accepted reality.

"Stop. I'm willing to open my soul shell and merge with you to save you time, but you must agree to three conditions!"

hum!
The wind suddenly subsided, and the waves abruptly calmed.

Luo Chen stopped what he was doing.

This divided soul is not as important to him as the previous incomplete life soul, and it will not affect his breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage.

However, this divided soul is different from other life souls.

He embodies the understanding of the origin of water and is also the vessel of the Xuanming Dao Body.

Inside the Mirage Dragon Cave, Luo Chen detonated the Netherworld Spring. If he wants to re-condense the Netherworld Spring and control the Netherworld Abyss in the future, he must retrieve this fragmented soul.

Therefore, he was willing to spend a lot of time absorbing and integrating Zhou Fuyou.

But he would be happy to save some time.

There are still many things to do: recuperate, refine elixirs, cultivate, and break through to a higher realm. All of these require time.

"Three is too many."

"two!"

Are you trying to bargain with me?

"There are only two, which are nothing more than a piece of cake for you. The first condition is to fulfill your agreement with the ancestor, protect the Zhou family, and ensure that the Zhou family gains another Nascent Soul cultivator!"

Luo Chen remained silent.

After subconscious selfishness, was it Zhou Fuyou's final choice to sacrifice herself after careful consideration?
"You don't need to tell me, I will do that."

Zhou Fuyou breathed a sigh of relief, then said impatiently, "The second condition is that my sister Zhou Qingyu truly embarks on the path of cultivation!"

"Didn't I leave her a Spirit Root Pill?"

"Not enough, that's far from enough. Artificial spiritual roots can only last forty years. After forty years, although Foundation Establishment can continue cultivation, the efficiency is too low, and it's impossible to reach the next realm. Back then, you used my little sister's foundation to nurture my talent; this time, you should return it to her! Luo Chen, you must promise me!"

Luo Chen stared quietly at the black ball of light.

half an hour.

He nodded slightly.

"Yes!"

After those two words were uttered, the black ball of light paused for a moment, then slowly cracked open with a slight fissure.

Inside the ball of light, Zhou Fuyou's soul was exposed to Luo Chen.

The soul had no tears, but its expression was sorrowful.

"bring it on……"

With a gentle gesture, Luo Chen sent the soul slowly flying toward his main soul, eventually merging with it.

The eight surrounding split souls also merged into the main soul.

After a long while, Luo Chen's enormous main soul, which was like a giant, suddenly trembled.

Whoosh whoosh!
One by one, the fragments of the soul manifested once more.

However, unlike the previous eight divided souls, this time there is an additional divided soul.

The nine divided souls are the mark of reaching the minor success level in the cultivation of the Soul Splitting Technique.

Because of the loss of his life soul in the past, even though Luo Chen cultivated the Soul Splitting Technique left by Han Zhan to the Great Perfection, he was still unable to condense the Ninth Soul.

He could only focus his energy on nurturing each of his fragmented souls.

Especially with the nourishment of numerous elixirs and soul stones, each of his eight divided souls possessed terrifying potential, far surpassing those at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage. Now, with his soul intact, he finally condensed his ninth soul using Zhou Fuyou's soul body!

The ninth soul sat quietly behind Luo Chen's main soul, its expression serene, silently cultivating the "Soul Splitting Technique." All memories of Zhou Fuyou had been erased, leaving only Luo Chen's consciousness as the dominant force.

For some reason, beneath the serene expression of the Ninth Soul, there was a hint of sadness.

"Next, I need to focus on recovering from my injury."

……

Time flies, and years pass quickly.

In the blink of an eye, twenty years have passed.

The bald monk, who was quietly cultivating in a certain place in Dansheng Blessed Land, suddenly felt a twitch in his ear.

He opened his eyes, got up, and walked out of the cave.

A Taoist priest in white robes stood quietly, gazing at the somewhat empty blessed land in the distance.

"Owner!"

"Kongchan, come with me to Beihai!"

Kong Chan nodded, then asked with concern, "Master, have your injuries healed?"

"A powerful divine ability is not so easy to heal, but it no longer affects my movements." Luo Chen rose gracefully and flew out of the blessed land.

His gaze lingered, occasionally sweeping over the scenery along the way.

The blessed land of Dansheng is much quieter now than before.

A large number of low-ranking disciples moved out under the leadership of Sect Master Li Yingzhang.

The current Shangyou City has been transformed into the temporary mountain gate of the Luotian Sect, which facilitates the activities of its disciples and also makes it easier for the Luotian Sect to recruit new talents with outstanding abilities.

Those who remain in the blessed land to cultivate in seclusion are actually people of profound spiritual attainment.

Kong Chan followed behind, full of doubts, wondering what Luo Chen was doing in Beihai at this time.
After leaving the blessed land, the two traveled through the deep abyss of the netherworld.

The once fearsome Mingshui could not be eroded in the slightest by a protective shield casually cast by Luo Chen.

Having grasped the essence of water and possessing the experience of controlling the Mingshui spring with the Xuanming Dao Body, the Mingshui could no longer pose a hindrance to Luo Chen.

While passing a large underwater mountain, Kongchan was suddenly surprised by its excellence.

"That mountain has such a rich spiritual energy!"

Luo Chen smiled slightly, "You have quite the vision. That is Yanfu Mountain, the cultivation ground of the Nascent Soul Ancestor of the Holy Land Mingyuan Sect."

Kong Chan's eyes widened. "Could it be a fifth-order spiritual vein?"

Luo Chen nodded.

Yanfu Mountain is indeed the main vein of the fifth-order spiritual vein. Even if it falls from the sky into the abyss, its essence remains unchanged. Otherwise, it would not have been able to condense such a treasure of creation as the Mingshui Spring.

This is also one of the places where he prepared to transform into a god.

The reason it was a backup plan was that Luo Chen hadn't made up his mind yet.

Before his death, the Heavenly Abyss Ancestor of the Mingyuan Sect attempted to perish together with the Qixia Yuanjun, which depleted a large amount of spiritual energy from Yanfu Mountain.

Even after nearly two hundred years, the recovery has been extremely slow.

This is of little help in breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

At this moment, ghostly energy permeated Mount Yanfu, and a beautiful figure materialized.

"Owner!"

It's Ghost Emperor Xiaobai.

Luo Chen waved his hand, "No need for formalities, I was just passing by and taking a look."

Xiao Bai, curious, glanced at Kong Chan and asked, "Is Master going on a long trip?"

Luo Chen said, "Okay, go to the North Sea. You guard Yanfu Mountain and don't let the little devils break in and mess up the mountain's layout."

Xiao Bai had no objection to it, and she was happy to cultivate on Mount Yanfu.

However, she was quite curious about Luo Chen's purpose for this trip.

"What is Master going to the North Sea for?"

This is also something that Kong Chan is quite curious about.

At this juncture, shouldn't Luo Chen be focusing on recuperating and cultivating?

Luo Chen smiled without saying a word, greeted them, and then leisurely left.

……

Twenty years is but a fleeting moment in the countless years of the cultivation world.

But in the past twenty years, the power structure of the Mountain and Sea Realm has undergone earth-shattering changes!
Luo Chen, the strongest human in the Eastern Wilderness, led his troops to attack the Tianyuan Dao Sect and forcibly killed the sect's only powerful figure with his astonishing divine power.

Afterwards, Li Canghai, a powerful figure from the North Sea, seized the ancestral home of the Daoist sect, the Rotten Axe Mountain Range. Two powerful figures from the demon race also forcibly seized and plundered a large amount of resources.

Zhongzhou was once divided into three, but the Eastern Continent was submerged by a cataclysmic tsunami and is no longer suitable for low-level cultivators. The Northern Continent is too close to the Northern Sea and suffers from numerous attacks by demons, making it extremely dangerous.

Under such circumstances, the disciples of the once-first holy land lost their pride and were forced to crowd onto the small Tiannan Continent.

In particular, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; some families of Star Gate guest elders who were not fully integrated into the Dao Sect took the opportunity to break away.

This was both taking advantage of the situation and being squeezed out by the remaining powerful clans of the Daoist sect.

For a time, many low-level cultivators were displaced and lived in constant fear.

North Sea.

On an unnamed island.

A streak of light flew in, wobbling, and landed on the island.

The moment he landed, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

The young woman wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, looked around warily, and then quietly disappeared into the dense forest.

After entering the dense forest and navigating through winding paths, they finally slipped into a cold and damp cave.

Only then did the young woman's face show some relaxation.

She hurriedly took out a jade bottle from her storage bag, poured a few pills into her mouth, and then sat down to meditate and recover.

In this way, by the time night fell, her continuously declining breathing gradually stabilized.

"call……"

With a sigh of relief, the young woman exhaled a breath of turbid air, and with a flick of her wrist, a pill core brimming with demonic energy appeared.

"The inner core of the Crying Infant Beast can be used to form a fake core by borrowing a secret technique from the 'Cicada's Cry Technique'!"

Looking at the core, the young woman's face lit up with a bright smile.

However, that smile turned bitter after a while.

False elixir is a method of forming an elixir that is most despised by cultivators.

Even if one forms a golden core, one can only remain trapped in the early stage of the golden core for the rest of one's life.

If she were still cultivating at Tiannan Dao Palace, how could she have ended up like this?
But she can't go back!

According to the Daoist elder who survived from the Mirage Dragon Cave, his elder brother betrayed his brother in the face of battle and became a traitor.

He not only killed many fellow disciples, but also ruined the grand plan of the Tianyuan Dao Sect. He is now the one the Dao Sect most wants to kill!
His own family was also targeted by the wrath.

Those clansmen who remained in the palace all died tragically.

The hundreds of thousands of ordinary people in Bailuze were also slaughtered in one fell swoop, leaving no trace of their bodies.

If she hadn't been on a mission with her fellow disciples at the time, and hadn't had a bad feeling and made thorough preparations, she might have ended up in a miserable state.

They escaped, but there's no going back.

Now, in this state, it seems no different from being miserable.

"So be it. My aptitude is inherently inferior, and I will never be able to form a core normally in my lifetime. If I can form a pseudo-core, at least I will have some ability to protect myself in this North Sea where monsters roam."

"and……"

A resolute look appeared in the woman's eyes.

"My brother must still be alive! I must find him!"

With this unwavering resolve, the woman slowly drifted off to sleep under the protection of the array.

She needs to recover from her injuries and be in perfect condition so that she will have a chance to advance to the late stage of Foundation Establishment and then try to condense a pseudo-core.

The resources her brother left her before leaving Tiannan Dao Palace were running low.

This time, success is the only option; failure is not an option!
……

Bang!Bang!Bang!
Three blood flowers exploded in the air.

Kong Chan didn't even glance at him and walked to Luo Chen's side.

"The three enemies chasing that little girl have been dealt with. That little girl is too naive; she left such obvious traces that she was bound to be caught."

Luo Chen remained silent, only staring intently at the small island.

His gaze seemed to pierce through the dense forest, through the underground cave, and even across time, returning to a hundred years ago to the little girl who followed Zhou Fuyou.

Having been so well taken care of by Zhou Fuyou since childhood, how could he possibly have had extensive experience in fighting with others?
Kong Chan was incredibly curious.

"Did Master come all this way just for this little girl?"

In his opinion, Zhou Qingyu's aptitude was extremely poor, and he didn't know how she had managed to cultivate to the mid-Foundation Establishment stage.

Luo Chen traveled all the way to Beihai just to find her?

A night breeze blew as Luo Chen took a step forward.

In a daze, he found himself in a cold, damp cave. (End of Chapter)