Longevity begins with alchemy master

"Kongchan, you stay in Beihai and find out about the Black Demon and the Gu siblings for me."

After leaving those words behind, Luo Chen hurriedly departed amidst Kong Chan's bewildered gaze.

The super teleportation array on Cangwu Mountain is interconnected, and the teleportation points it set up cover almost all five continents of the former Mountain and Sea Realm.

As far as Luo Chen knew, there was one place in the Xintian Sea of ​​Beihai and two places in the Buddha Mother Temple of Ximo.

Not far from the North Sea, in a secluded place near the Central Plains, there is also a teleportation point.

This information was only obtained after Luo Chen became the master of the Duzhen Palace.

At that moment, He Qingzi sent a message, and Luo Chen prepared to use the teleportation array without hesitation.

During his journey, Luo Chen's face was gloomy, and he was filled with confusion.

Regardless of what rumors circulate about Qixia Yuanjun, in his opinion, her condition is definitely not good!

Having gone through several major battles, each one a confrontation with a complete holy land, the terrifying power of the Holy Land had left her with extremely serious injuries.

Especially the battle at Broken Soul Cliff!
The Five Elders of Tianyuan used the Spiritual Treasure Burial Umbrella to set up a great formation and fought a life-or-death battle with it. At the last moment, they even awakened the Soul-Lamenting Wilderness of the Refining Void Great Wilderness!

That was something powerful enough to harm the soul of Qixia Yuanjun.

Now, after only a little over a hundred years of recuperation, he's completely healed?
It can even withstand the pressure during ascension?

Luo Chen had great doubts about this.

Luo Chen, disregarding the loss of his magical power, sped at full speed and found the teleportation point in less than half a day. It was hidden in a trench on the seabed, making it extremely secretive.

After checking and confirming that there were no problems, Luo Chen held the Great Seal of Crossing Truth and activated it in an instant.

Just like the last time he used the North Sea teleportation array, he remained conscious during the teleportation process.

Moreover, I could see more clearly than before how I was traversing the void, with one spatial node after another appearing before my eyes, and layer upon layer of spatial fluctuations spreading out like ripples.

"Short-distance teleportation has never happened before. This kind of transcontinental teleportation allows me to clearly perceive the changes. It seems that the spatial talent that Qing Shuang bestowed upon me has grown again."

However, at this moment, Luo Chen had no intention of caring about these trivial details.

If you keep your mind focused, when you reappear, it will be a completely different world.

As soon as I stepped out of the teleportation array, an enormous force crashed down upon me.

Before Luo Chen could react, he instinctively staggered two steps.

This horrified him!
What kind of pressure could cause him to lose his composure like this? You must know that not long ago, he had faced the powerful Liancheng directly.

Moreover, an invisible pressure filled the surroundings, preventing even his divine sense from extending too far.

"Could it be that the ascension has already begun?"

Luo Chen's expression turned solemn as he quickly headed towards the ground.

As soon as they stepped out of the Duzhen Hall, they saw a group of demon cultivators sitting cross-legged on the ground, gazing at the distant sky.

Luo Chen advanced step by step, his movements swift and agile, causing the demon cultivators to widen their eyes in astonishment.

Under the terrifying pressure before ascension, they couldn't even stand, let alone walk, but Luo Chen could move with incredible speed.

But thinking of Luo Chen's heroic deeds twenty years ago, it seemed perfectly natural.

As Luo Chen moved forward, he looked up at the sky, his brows furrowing more and more, his eyes filled with doubt.

wrong!

Totally wrong!

He had personally witnessed the ascension of Nascent Soul cultivators, and more than once.

However, the situation above Cangwu Mountain at this moment felt very strange.

"He Qingzi!"

Luo Chen's footsteps stopped in the empty square in front of the Duzhen Hall, where He Qingzi was sitting cross-legged with difficulty.

Upon hearing Luo Chen's voice, He Qingzi exclaimed with delight, "Palace Master, you're back!"

"Hmm." Luo Chen lowered his head and asked, "Tell me what happened?"

Without hesitation, He Qingzi recounted the changes that had occurred in the past few days and even over the past few decades.

“A few days ago, Vice Hall Master Youquan told us frankly that they were about to ascend to immortality and that we should not wander around recklessly in the near future.”

"We were all caught off guard when we heard this news."

"But in reality, over the past few decades, there have been subtle changes in Cangwu Mountain. The spiritual energy within a radius of tens of thousands of miles has been drawn into Tongxuan Hall. Yuanjun and the others must have already made preparations."

Luo Chen kept a straight face and listened carefully to He Qingzi's words.

suddenly!

He captured the key words.

"they?"

Before He Qingzi could answer, Luo Chen suddenly looked up at the void, his eyes blazing with golden light, having fully unleashed his crimson golden pupils.

boom!
Mount Cangwu suddenly trembled.

An ancient aura permeated the air, as if the great mountain that had stood in the Eastern Wilderness for countless years had come to life.

An extremely domineering aura suddenly erupted from the Tongxuan Hall.

Amidst the swirling clouds and howling winds, an incredibly solid figure appeared before everyone's eyes.

That was an incomparably magnificent phoenix!

Its entire body is covered in colorful feathers, enveloped in a red halo, and above its head is a circle of golden flames.

She merely hovered in the void, without much flapping of her wings, yet gave the illusion that she was about to ride the wind away.

But at this moment, Luo Chen had a strange feeling.

Yes!
At this moment, Qixia Yuanjun's primordial spirit was projected outward, reaching the limit that Luo Chen could comprehend.

Whether it was the Pill Saint Chu Yan who had just entered the Nascent Soul stage, or the Divine Lord You Li who had taken a half-step into the Void Refinement stage, their primordial spirits were far inferior to that of the Qixia Primordial Lord at this moment.

But?

"No idea!"

"Why is there no inspiration!"

Luo Chen stared intently at that spot, his golden eyes bloodshot as if he wanted to see everything.

However, in his observation, the most illogical anomaly appeared.

When a Nascent Soul cultivator ascends, whether it is an active ascension or an ascension forced upon them due to reaching their cultivation limit, the world they reside in will attract a large amount of spiritual energy to aid their ascension.

Its name is Xiaju!
The same applies to Dan Sheng Chu Yan, and also to You Li Shen Jun.

However, after Qixia Yuanjun released her primordial spirit, it did not attract any spiritual energy. In fact, wisps of lightning began to spread across the heavens.

Thunder disaster!

"Why are there signs of tribulation lightning again?" Luo Chen bit his lip, his face furrowed. "When Chu Yan ascended, everything was going smoothly. But because Mo Shouzhuo, the master of the Dao Sect, forcibly intercepted a portion of the spiritual energy and entered the Mirage Dragon Cave Heaven, it also triggered signs of tribulation lightning. Why is Qixia doing this now?"

Just as Luo Chen was pondering frantically, another strange change occurred in the outside world.

hum...

A hazy blue light spread out from the Tongxuan Hall.

The azure light was so faint, like roadside weeds, that it was easily overlooked.

But as it continued to spread and rise, the azure light became increasingly firm and dense, until it filled the entire world and even covered Qixia Yuanjun.

The divine fire phoenix offered no resistance and was still enveloped and covered by the azure light.

After this action, the signs of lightning in the sky seemed to lose their target and began to dissipate in a daze.

"This bluish light?"

Luo Chen was utterly astonished.

"It is Immortal Qinghe." He Qingzi's eyes rarely showed reverence. Even when facing Qixia Yuanjun, she only felt fear, but under that azure light, she was full of respect. To be able to cultivate step by step from the weakest Qinghe grass in the millions of mountains to the Spirit Transformation Realm, even if the combat power was not strong, was still worthy of respect.

He Qingzi shifted her gaze to Luo Chen's raised chin.

"Didn't you want to ask who they are?"

"The answer is right in front of you."

"This ascension was not by one person, but by three!"

As if to confirm her words, the next moment, a loud cry resounded throughout the universe.

A beam of white light shot out from the sky, heading straight for the heavens.

boom!
With a single impact, the lightning tribulation, which appeared for reasons unknown, vanished without a trace.

The white light suddenly returned, revealing the somewhat ethereal and beautiful figure of a bluebird. She soared gracefully in the air, circling and dancing around the immovable giant fire phoenix.

As she danced and the blue light spread, the world returned to peace and tranquility.

Especially under Luo Chen's gaze with his crimson eyes and golden pupils, he sensed countless spiritual energies surging in from all directions, transforming into patches of rosy light that fell upon the soaring bluebird, upon the swaying grass, and also upon... the divine phoenix!
Luo Chen clenched his fist suddenly.

He seemed to understand something.

Qixia Yuanjun is not a native demon cultivator, but a great demon from the Xuan Realm.

She not only seized the power of this world, but also instigated several great wars, destroying mountains and burning seas, and causing the heavens and earth to turn upside down.

If such a being existed in the Mountain and Sea Realm had any latent consciousness, how could it have let her leave, let alone helped her ascend?

In Luo Chen's view, if Qixia Yuanjun were to launch another major attack, this world might unleash the most severe heavenly punishment, annihilating him completely.

But Qing Shuang and Qing He Xian are truly native creatures.

Their success is gratifying, and if they want to travel far, their parents will naturally provide them with "travel expenses".

A stroke of genius and the support of the rosy dawn are the greatest help.

It is unknown what methods Qixia Yuanjun used, but she managed to bind the two of them to her, confusing the heavenly secrets, and intending to ascend together.

"But, can the spiritual energy drawn by just two Nascent Soul cultivators help her escape this realm and ascend to the Immortal Realm?"

After the initial shock, Luo Chen began to doubt whether Qixia Yuanjun could succeed.

The amount of spiritual energy drawn in when a person ascends to heaven is indeed enormous, but it is often only enough for one person to use.

The ascension of Qing Shuang and Qing He Xian together might have some differences, but the scope wouldn't be that great.

From Luo Chen's current observation, the amount of spiritual energy outside the three primordial spirits was only two or three times greater than when Chu Yan ascended, far from reaching the point where it could support another person's ascension.

"and many more!"

"What if it's not ascending to the Immortal Realm?"

"Tongxuan Palace...Xuanjie!"

Just as Luo Chen made his bold guess, a ray of starlight came from afar and landed inside the Tongxuan Palace.

The starlight seemed to be drawn together, forming a huge pillar of light with the Tongxuan Hall.

Three figures sat facing each other inside, slowly rising.

Outside the pillar of light, the three enormous primordial spirits seemed to be summoned and flew back into their original bodies.

Bathed in the dazzling starlight, three figures slowly flew into the sky, and a gate had already opened a crack in the heavens.

Luo Chen uttered two words in a hoarse voice: "Star Gate!"

Yes, if he wasn't mistaken, that incredibly familiar starlight passage was the very passage formed by the star gate that appeared when the Pill Saint Chu Yan ascended to immortality.

Moreover, if he wasn't mistaken, Qixia Yuanjun's plan was actually quite simple: to use the spiritual energy drawn by Qinghe Xian and Qingshuang's ascension to help her escape the suppression of this world, and then have the Dao Sect's spiritual treasure star gate open a path to the Xuan Realm. In this way, Qixia Yuanjun could leave this small world cage that restricted her in every way, like a caged canary.

All of the past actions were for the purpose of seizing the Star Gate.

They stormed the Mingyuan Sect to rescue Qinghe Xian and nurtured Qing Shuang, all with the aim of using their power to ascend to immortality.

Luo Chen had anticipated the capture of the Star Gate.

But the latter, only now, suddenly realized what was happening.

only……

Luo Chen subconsciously touched his chest, feeling slightly wistful.

"Too anxious."

"I have not yet reached the Nascent Soul stage, and I have not yet had time to break the bond of life and death with Qing Shuang."

"Now, we've parted ways without even saying goodbye in person."

As if by telepathy, just as Luo Chen was feeling melancholy, the woman in blue who had been sitting silently in the starlight passage opened her eyes and looked at him with a serene gaze.

Though separated by a thousand miles, our eyes met, and everything was understood without words.

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow, then bowed with his hands clasped.

"May you ascend to the Upper Realm, fellow Daoist. We shall meet again in the Immortal Realm someday!"

The others, unaware of the truth, began to offer their congratulations.

"May the Primordial Goddess ascend to heaven in a rosy cloud!"

They assumed the three of them had been lifted up by the legendary rosy clouds and ascended to the celestial realm.

But in reality, they simply went to a larger mystical realm.

As the starlight passage gradually dissipated and the three figures finally vanished, the terrifying pressure that had accumulated over tens of thousands of miles around Cangwu Mountain suddenly disappeared.

Everyone was relieved.

Countless birds chirped joyfully, forming a grand procession as they soared over Mount Cangwu.

All birds pay homage to the phoenix, but alas, the phoenix has already gone far away.

As He Qingzi's excitement gradually subsided, she stood up and said, "Palace Master..."

Please wait here!

Luo Chen left behind these words, then floated up and headed towards the towering Tongxuan Palace.

Behind them, a group of demon cultivators exchanged bewildered glances, a sense of unease creeping into their hearts.

Qixia Yuanjun has ascended to heaven, and with her went two great beings, Qingshuang and Qinghe Xian.

In this way, Cangwu Mountain will no longer have a Nascent Soul level expert, so who should they serve as their master?
He Qingzi seemed to sense the restlessness of the others, and suddenly turned around to glare at them.

"With the Lord of the True Palace still alive, do you all harbor disloyal intentions?"

"From now on, Luo Chen will be the master of Cangwu Mountain!"

"Who among you dares to disobey?!"

Under her glare, everyone lowered their heads.

Or rather, what made them bow down was Luo Chen's formidable martial prowess, which he had demonstrated on more than one occasion.

……

Whoosh!
The clouds dispersed like cotton wool, and a figure landed in front of the Tongxuan Hall gate.

His gaze fell on the woman kneeling in front of the gate.

Even when kneeling, she exudes a graceful figure, especially her round, full buttocks, which are quite different from her slender waist.

"Yuen Slave greets Lord Du Zhen!"

Luo Chen narrowed his eyes, staring at the woman.

"Keep your head up."

The woman slowly raised her head, revealing an incomparably pure face, like that of a fairy from the moon palace. This was in stark contrast to her naturally alluring and incredibly voluptuous figure. However, at this moment, the woman's eyes were filled with fear.

"Yue Sanren, you were Yuanjun's moon-viewing maid. Now that Yuanjun has ascended to heaven, you could leave Cangwu Mountain. Why are you still here?"

"Without orders, Yue Nu dares not leave."

"Is it that you dare not, or that you are reluctant to?" Luo Chen asked with a half-smile.

Yue Sanren lowered his head in fear, "Palace Master is overthinking it."

"Humph!"

Luo Chen snorted coldly, too lazy to argue with her any further.

With a forceful push of both hands, he opened the heavy door.

Without any hesitation, Luo Chen strode inside.

Behind her, Yue Sanren cautiously raised her head, but only slightly, so that she could vaguely see Luo Chen's back.

The fear in his eyes had vanished, replaced only by a trace of greed and jealousy.

The main hall of Tongxuan Palace was already deserted.

Even the secluded spring that Luo Chen thought he knew wasn't here; perhaps it had left with Qixia Yuanjun and the others.

Above the main hall, on the table in front of the soft couch, a blue feather sat quietly.

Luo Chen sat upright on the soft couch, took a deep breath, and picked up the blue feather.

The information contained within flowed into his mind like a cool spring stream.

[Luo Chen, by the time you see this, I will have already left the Mountain and Sea Realm...] (End of Chapter)