Longevity begins with alchemy master

In front of the dam, Luo Chen stood with his hands behind his back, silently watching Manager Yan and his group descend the mountain.

Soft footsteps and a woman's hesitant voice came from behind.

"Are you leaving?"

"Ah."

Luo Chen responded.

He had already accepted Steward Yan's invitation, but there was no rush to set off. They would travel together to the Lost Immortal City only after the matters at Green Mountain Tobacco Shop were completed and Steward Yan returned at the end of the year.

Roughly speaking, it will take at least another six months.

Behind her, Jing Lan opened her mouth, but in the end, she could only sigh softly.

She knew this was bound to happen sooner or later; it was already destined from the moment the other party inquired about the outside world and even went to Qingshan Town.

But she never expected this day to come so soon.

After that, I will have to...

"You'll come with me then."

A calm voice, with an unquestionable tone.

Jing Lan was taken aback, then a look of surprise and delight appeared on her face.

She didn't refuse, but replied firmly, "Okay!"

"Take stock of the things that Steward Yan sent. Pick out the useful ones, and distribute the surplus to the villagers."

"it is good!"

Luo Chen stopped watching Master Yan and the others leave, turned around and smiled at Jing Lan, then went into the house.

……

"The Great Method of Transforming Power?"

Luo Chen opened the booklet and began to study it carefully.

After a long while, a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.

It's more accurate to call this a secret technique than a martial art.

Its purpose is not to fight enemies or even cultivate, but rather it is a secret technique that consumes magical power.

This technique can reverse the process of refining essence into qi, and achieve the transformation of qi into essence.

In layman's terms, it means gradually melting away one's magical power and transforming it into the purest form of qi and blood. This process involves significant losses, a result that cultivators absolutely cannot accept.

After all, who would be willing to give up the power they have cultivated for hundreds or even thousands of years and transfer it to their physical body?

But what if it were a place like the Great Cataclysm Realm?

If cultivation becomes unsustainable, magical power cannot be released, and even lifespan will gradually decrease as magical power disappears and one's realm drops drastically, then what is the point of having such immense magical power?
It transforms into surging vital energy; even if some is lost, it will ultimately benefit the rest of one's life.

If it were someone with a strong will, they might be able to use this opportunity to embark on the path of body tempering again!

"No wonder Steward Yan said this technique might be useful to me. In fact, this technique is of great use to any cultivator who has fallen into the Great Destruction Realm. Perhaps this technique was developed by a senior under duress."

Luo Chen sighed softly, as if he could see the predecessor who created this technique in his eyes. In the face of helplessness and despair when he was stranded in the Great Destruction Realm, he completely dissipated his magical power and gave up the Dao fruit of a lifetime of cultivation.

However, this technique was indeed of little use to him.

This is because he didn't have much magic power left in his body.

All that can be relied upon is this terrifyingly powerful physical body and the source blood accumulated drop by drop.

Based on this alone, even those Nascent Soul stage experts and even True Monarchs who have reversed their magical power and lost their cultivation are far inferior to him.

But Luo Chen wasn't particularly proud; instead, he felt a silent sense of crisis.

The reason he was able to dominate the world of mountains and seas and stand out among his peers was because of his comprehensive strength, which had almost no weaknesses.

He possessed a triple-core driving force of magic power, divine sense, and source power, along with an indestructible physical body and numerous supernatural abilities, spells, magical treasures, and artifacts. But now, he has lost too much, and his abilities are less than one-hundredth or one-twelfth of what they were at his peak.

This was bound to create a sense of crisis for Luo Chen, who always possessed immense power.

Especially since this Great Destruction Realm is too bizarre, he desperately needs powerful strength to protect himself.

Physical injuries cannot be healed overnight; they rely entirely on the source energy transformed from source blood to heal little by little, but that is too slow!

Moreover, while consuming source power, Luo Chen was also damaging his fundamental source.

"It can't go on like this!"

Luo Chen's expression was resolute, and another idea gradually formed in his mind.

His use of source power has always been crude, perhaps because there is no precedent for this power, or perhaps because he previously focused on refining his magical power.

In order to avoid excessive loss of the source blood, Luo Chen must use more sophisticated methods to utilize it, and even restore and strengthen it later, and even re-condense the true spirit blood!

In Luo Chen's view, the most sophisticated method was none other than the orthodox path of body refinement that had been trodden by predecessors.

How can the ability to transform pure qi and blood into strength and qi not be considered exquisite?

"While there's still some time before we leave, we can try switching to the orthodox body-refining method."

Luo Chen thought to himself.

For him, switching to repair work was not difficult.

Having memorized many extraordinary skills and techniques, the best starting point is the "Divine Qi Battle Formation" compiled and written by Wang Yuan.

This book represents the culmination of Wang Yuan's martial arts skills.

Originally, the orthodox path of body cultivation in the Mountain and Sea Realm was almost extinct, with only the Western Desert Buddhist sect having some inheritance.

Wang Yuan relied on his own talent, the strong support of Luo Tianzong, and the occasional help from Luo Chen to gradually learn and absorb the knowledge, eventually creating the book "Shen Gang" and cultivating himself to the fourth stage of body refinement, the flawless golden body.

The text describes the basic body-refining methods, as well as numerous taboos and personal insights in great detail.

This is the best way for Luo Chen to get started!
As for how to continue after reaching the fourth level of cultivation, Luo Chen had a vague plan in mind.

However, for now, let's take the first step carefully.

Luo Chen closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then his decision was clear!

Within the powerful physical body, a drop of incomparably pure source blood suddenly shattered, then transformed into a surge of vital energy that washed over the entire body.

In terms of orthodox body refining, Luo Chen was actually only at the peak of the first stage of body refining, the Vajra Realm, and at the beginning of the second stage, the Blood River Realm.

What he is doing now is to use the power of qi and blood to cleanse his entire body, so that every part of his body can be infused with the power of qi and blood.

This is what is meant by "blood flowing through the long river"!
In the quiet room, only a muffled groan could be heard.

When Luo Chen opened his eyes, his originally thin body had swelled up, giving him a more robust appearance.

Step one is complete!

Next, the vast energy of blood and qi is gradually transformed into a delicate and subtle force.

This step requires understanding.

Understand the changes in Qi and blood, and master the application of the four forces of light, darkness, transformation, and elixir.

Luo Chen used to find it troublesome and gave up at this point, instead focusing on cultivating immortality and refining qi. But now, no matter how troublesome it is, he will continue step by step.

“Ming Jin…”

As he murmured, Luo Chen tried to compress and blend a powerful surge of blood energy, and gradually a more refined yet more powerful force was born.

Is this what is called "manifest strength"?
Luo Chen looked at the energy swirling around his fingertips and suddenly realized what was happening.

Turns out, it's not that difficult after all!
At the same time, a faint light flickered on the long-dormant attribute panel. (End of Chapter)