Longevity begins with alchemy master

Chapter 1151 Kneeling in Submission, Great Power Bestowed

Of the five masters, one has fallen.

They died so quietly, as if an ant had been crushed to death.

But Xiao Zirui is no ordinary ant; he is a genius among the younger generation of the Xiao clan, second only to the Xiao brothers, Xiao Feng and Xiao Yun.

Otherwise, Xiao Feng wouldn't have gone to such lengths to win the other party back after their betrayal, disregarding past grievances.

Even such a genius, when Luo Chen killed him with a flick of his finger, didn't even blink.

Just imagine, what weight do the others hold in Luo Chen's heart?

They are nothing more than furnace realm beings.

They weren't even related by blood to Xiao Zirui and Xiao Feng.

If Xiao Feng doesn't submit soon, who will Luo Chen kill next to establish his authority?
For a moment, the people kneeling on the ground were filled with panic.

Luo Chen seemed oblivious, his fingertips still tapping the heart meridians of the four masters, while his energy was locked in the distant ruins, indicating that Tie Xiong was still alive.

He simply gazed at Xiao Feng with a calm expression.

However, for Xiao Feng, although the gaze was peaceful, he dared not meet it at all.

It was as if just one glance was enough to glimpse mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

He had known before that Luo Chen was not someone to be trifled with, but he never expected that the other party would turn on him so decisively.

If I keep making excuses, hesitate, or waver...

Pfft!
Xiao Feng bent his knees and knelt on the ground.

Xiao San Niang, standing to the side, was stunned and couldn't believe it, but she didn't say anything. Now that the situation was against her, it was only natural for her to bow her head.

Xiao Feng knelt down, bowing his head.

"Xiao Feng is willing to serve you, sir!"

"hehe."

Luo Chen chuckled softly, and the protective energy threads tightly gripping everyone's hearts slowly dissipated, while his laughter grew louder and louder.

Laughter spread, stirring the lake water and echoing in everyone's hearts.

Even without the Life-Locking Threads restraining them, the group of experts still couldn't muster any thought of resistance under that laughter.

Since Luo Chen arrived in Yixian City, his two single actions have left an indelible and powerful impression on their minds.

Who would dare to try and shake a giant tree?

The laughter gradually subsided, and Luo Chen walked over to Xiao Feng with his hands behind his back.

"You're still in charge of this Immortal City, so don't manage it poorly."

Xiao Feng, who was initially uneasy, was taken aback upon hearing this.

Did Luo Chen have no intention of seizing his position as city lord?
"But from now on, if I need anything, you must do everything in your power to find it for me, without the slightest negligence."

Xiao Feng, who had managed to retain his position as city lord, was inexplicably pleasantly surprised. He hurriedly replied, "Please give your orders, sir!"

"If only you had been this sensible earlier, you wouldn't have ended up like this today." Luo Chen scoffed and continued, "Alright, I have a list here. Use the power of Yixian City to find everything on it for me. Also, the top-grade goods in the Mi Xian Yan don't need to be traded anymore; keep them all for me. Finally, I didn't find Tie Xiong's secret technique for breaking through to the Wulou Realm in the library, nor did I see your father's cultivation experience for breaking through to the Wulou Realm. I suppose they're both with you; hand them over!"

One condition after another—no, it should be called an order!
These orders, which would have sounded extremely unreasonable in the past, came out of Luo Chen's mouth, and Xiao Feng didn't find them particularly hard to accept, so he readily agreed.

Luo Chen smiled and shook his head, looking down at Xiao Feng.

"I hope you can continue to behave this way in the future."

After saying that, he calmly left.

After he left, the once noisy Guanchao Pavilion became extremely quiet, even somewhat eerie.

Xiao Feng stood up, facing the gazes of Tie Futu, Chu Zhaonan and others, and looking at the heavily injured Tie Xiong that Xiao San Niang was helping out of the ruins, his expression became extremely awkward.

But in the end, his gaze fell on the corpse on the ground.

Only helplessness remained on his face.

The others also lowered their heads and remained silent.

The enemy is too strong, what can we do?

……

under night.

Luo Chen strolled alone down the long street, a smile never fading from his lips.

He was in a good mood, not just because he had suppressed Xiao Feng and others and gained a group of tools to serve him.

In fact, Luo Chen had already had similar thoughts in his mind when he arrived at the City of Lost Immortals.

If you want to cultivate quickly, whether it's cultivating immortality or refining your body, it's absolutely impossible to do it alone.

Especially for the lower levels, where only the accumulation of resources is valued!
Back when Luo Chen was in the Mountain and Sea Realm, whether it was the Broken Mountain Gang, the Luo Tian Sect, or even the Eight Hundred Mile Penghu period, he never lacked people to collect resources for him.

He will definitely replicate a successful path that has been proven before.

This time, however, he didn't want to build his own faction.

That would be too troublesome, and Luo Chen is a man of principle and bottom line. If he were to build such a force, he would have to take responsibility for it to some extent.

Therefore, this time his approach was more decisive and straightforward; he simply used force to suppress the other party, without caring whether the other party was willing or not.

The reason why Luo Chen did not make a move earlier, but instead went into a brief period of dormancy, was because he did not understand this world well enough.

However, after coming into contact with the world's advanced military forces and gaining some understanding of the Great Destruction Realm and the Seventy-Two Cities, they no longer had any concerns.

That's why we have this sudden attack today.

What truly put Luo Chen in a good mood was his performance in that battle just now.

There's not much to say about defeating Tie Xiong; just like when the fight was decided, it relied on pure physical strength.

However, the move that suppressed Chu Zhaonan and the other four demonstrated exquisite skill.

The Great Perfection of Immortal Return to Penglai Island unleashes several bursts of finger energy, incorporating a spiral technique that can forcefully break through the protective barrier of qi.

Moreover, Luo Chen instantly grasped a technique similar to Granny Yu's method of transforming qi into silk from a cursory reading of the book "Thousand Gang Hundred Turns," and put it into practice.

All of this is due to Luo Chen's superb comprehension and his battle skills honed through countless trials.

At the same time, he also glimpsed the profoundness of the path of martial arts body refinement from these exquisite martial arts techniques!

If you continue down this path, your future achievements may not be inferior to those of cultivating immortality and refining qi!

At that time, leaving this place will no longer be a pipe dream.

"Next, I just need to wait for Xiao Feng to deliver the resources I need to me one by one."

As Luo Chen thought this, he arrived near the Luo residence.

Jing Lan stood at the door, smiling as she waited for him.

"Brother Luo, you're back!"

"Hmm, why are you here so early today? Isn't Renjitang busy?"

"Renjitang is a long-established brand. After I got to know the business, it wasn't as busy as when it first opened. Brother Luo, are you hungry? I learned some new dishes from someone, and they're ready."

"Alright, let's try it!"

……

The next day, Xiao Feng sent someone to deliver some of the items that Luo Chen had specifically requested.

A secret technique for breaking through realms called "The Hundred Evils Technique," and a cultivation manual written by Xiao Feng's father.

Luo Chen first read the cultivation manual.

As a renowned martial arts fanatic in the Seventy-Two Cities, Xiao Feng's father had conducted in-depth research on the path of martial arts. This cultivation manual not only recorded knowledge related to breaking through realms, but also contained complete cultivation insights for the Furnace Realm.

Luo Chen spent a day carefully studying the text, comparing and verifying it with Wang Yuan's records in the book "Divine Qi".

Gradually, he gained a complete understanding of the cultivation of the Furnace Realm.

The Furnace Realm, the third stage of Body Refinement, seems to correspond to the Golden Core stage in Qi Refinement, but the two have fundamental differences in cultivation, apart from the accumulation of energy.

The cultivation of the Golden Core stage focuses on external matters!

This sounds counterintuitive. The most important thing in the Golden Core stage is clearly the fusion of the three treasures of essence, qi, and spirit into one. This is internal cultivation!
However, Luo Chen, who had experienced the complete Qi refining system, would not look at it so one-sidedly.

The cultivation of Qi and spirit focuses on the path of the soul.

During the Foundation Establishment stage, the divine soul is released outward, forming spiritual consciousness. During the Golden Core stage, divine consciousness is formed, capable of searching the heavens and the earth, revealing everything. These are all changes that occur after the divine soul becomes powerful.

A crucial aspect of Golden Core stage cultivation is the refinement of one's natal magic weapon.

During that process, if conditions permit, any Golden Core cultivator would try to fuse some lightning-attribute materials into their own natal magic weapon.

For example, the thousand-year-old thunder spirit that Luo Chen valued most in the past!
This thing not only enhances the quality of one's natal magic weapon, but also, through daily nurturing, gradually transforms one's originally yin-oriented spiritual consciousness into a yang-oriented one by influencing it with the extremely yang and powerful lightning.

Therefore, there is the saying that the Yin soul in the Nascent Soul realm can transform into a Yang spirit.

In contrast, the cultivation of the Furnace Realm is quite extreme in terms of internal focus!
Using the transformed Qi and Blood, one continuously refines the acupoints opened in the Blood River Realm, allowing them to open and close freely.

Once all the acupoints in the body have been tempered, one can completely lock in one's vital energy, preventing any leakage.

Therefore, after the Furnace Realm is perfected, the next realm is aptly named the Realm of No Leakage.

After Luo Chen understood the difference between the two cultivation methods, his thoughts began to wander.

Qi Refining... Body Refining...

The path of Qi cultivation begins with refining spiritual energy into the body and then progressing step by step. In reality, it is all part of the process of cultivators exploring the world.

In this process, the higher one's spiritual realm, the less important the physical body becomes.

As long as the soul remains, it can still coexist with heaven and earth.

Using magical power to manipulate the primordial energy of heaven and earth, comprehend the true meaning of the laws, and exercise the authority of the Great Dao on behalf of heaven and earth.

However, the path of body refinement takes a completely different and opposite turn once it begins at the Furnace Realm.

His body transformed into a furnace, devouring everything in heaven and earth, and all his power returned to himself.

In this process, nothing that is absorbed is given back to the world, not even a tiny bit.

When one reaches the ultimate level, the martial artist's physical body will transform into a world of its own, and the martial artist's will will become the so-called Heavenly Dao!
"Comparing the two, Qi cultivation and immortality cultivation are in accordance with the will of Heaven, and one can take control of the Great Dao and its creation. Body cultivation and martial arts cultivation, on the other hand, are against the will of Heaven, and one's own great power will be returned to oneself."

"The latter is extremely harmful to the world, so it's no wonder that the orthodox body-refining path has gradually declined."

"But why has martial arts training and body tempering become the mainstream practice in this resource-poor Great Devastation Realm?"

"Is it because there is no spiritual energy, or is this place itself special?"

Luo Chen had already put the books down.

But the look of confusion on his face grew even more intense.

The more he understands the principles, the less he can see the true nature of the world and the universe.

Luo Chen didn't know if this situation would occur to others, but he knew that this kind of "confusion" was acceptable, but it could not last forever, otherwise it would affect his Dao heart sooner or later.

Ultimately, the answer to everything lies in practice!

After adjusting his mood, Luo Chen resumed his study of "The Art of a Hundred Evils".

This is the secret technique that Tie Xiong relied on to break through to the realm of no leakage.

But after a cursory reading, Luo Chen lost interest.

To break through from the Furnace Realm to the Leak-Free Realm, there are two requirements.

One is to accumulate enough energy, also known as "罡气" (gang qi).

One method is to refine the major acupoints throughout the body, achieving a state of free opening and closing.

It sounds simple, but in reality, the Qi is domineering and fierce, while the acupoints are much more fragile than the thick meridians, especially some key acupoints related to the head, heart, and even the lower body.

One careless move could lead to the loss of all previous efforts, or even death and the annihilation of one's cultivation.

The purpose of this "Hundred Evils Technique" is to forcibly seal off some acupoints that are difficult to refine, thereby achieving "leak-free" in another sense.

However, this means that the acupoints that were forcibly sealed can only be closed but not opened.

When the Qi flows smoothly, it becomes blocked and difficult to move forward. In the eyes of experts of the same level, what is called "no leaks" actually has flaws.

Although Luo Chen's cultivation level was not yet at the Flawless Realm, his eyesight and even his method of sensing qi were able to see through the flaws.

In the battle at Guanchao Pavilion, Tie Xiong was unable to withstand Tie Xiong's full-force attack, which was also related to the fact that Tie Xiong's flawless golden body had a flaw.

Having understood all this, Luo Chen naturally looked down on this secret technique.

He prefers to focus his energy on advanced martial arts techniques such as "Folding Flower Finger" and "Heaven and Earth Reversal Wheel".

Moreover, the book "Thousand Gang Hundred Turns" records the various changes and wonderful uses of Gang Qi, which is of great help in the subsequent tempering of acupoints. Even after reading it once, Luo Chen still felt that it was necessary to read it again and study it in detail.

Aside from these classic texts.

Xiao Feng also brought a large amount of resources that Luo Chen needed for his martial arts training.

food!

Yes, it refers to abundant food resources.

Various kinds of meat containing surging blood and energy, as well as Dragon Tooth Rice, which can only be enjoyed by experts in the Furnace Realm, etc.

These things are the best backup resources for martial artists when they cannot refine the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

Luo Chen wasn't worried that he wouldn't be able to digest it.

Not to mention his physical strength, his newly condensed Qi and Blood Furnace alone is enough to refine all of this.

Xiao Feng was quite generous; the first batch of supplies he sent was of extraordinary value, far exceeding the hundredfold or even more of the provisions that Luo Chen's previous guest elders had offered!
It must have been a huge financial blow for him.

Luo Chen didn't care what Xiao Feng thought; he just indulged in his enjoyment, refining more blood and qi, and transforming it into more qi.

half a month later.

Xiao Feng sent another batch of resources that Luo Chen had specifically requested.

Those were huge earthenware jars!

It was sealed off completely, as if it were some kind of dangerous item.

In fact, these things are indeed very dangerous for ordinary people, even low-level martial artists.

In front of Chu Zhaonan, Luo Chen opened a large urn.

In an instant, a fierce aura swept over us.

"careful!"

Chu Zhaonan spoke up to remind him.

Luo Chen didn't care at all. With a flick of his finger, the fierce aura obediently wrapped around his finger.

This scene stunned Chu Zhaonan.