Longevity begins with alchemy master

Evil spirit!

A foul and malevolent aura!

The character 煞 (shà) is the same as 杀 (shā), meaning extremely fierce and evil, and that nothing of interest will survive.

Where there is an extremely malevolent place, evil energy often arises.

If there is a corresponding malevolent energy, then apart from the things that generate malevolent energy, nothing else will exist in this place.

Furthermore, some beings who commit heinous acts of slaughter will naturally accumulate a large amount of malevolent energy in their physical bodies.

How could Luo Chen be unfamiliar with such a special existence?

During his time in the Mountain and Sea Realm, he had seen and even handled a great deal of malevolent energy.

Such as the Yellow Spring Yin Sha, the Earth Fire Sha, etc.

Even when he first came into contact with body refinement, he relied on the Earth Fire Fiend Body Tempering to break through to the Blood River Realm.

However, cultivators who value purity and spiritual clarity will always try their best to avoid contact with such filthy things.

This includes Luo Chen.

When he reached the pinnacle of his cleansing technique and developed methods to eliminate strange energies from his body, he also actively removed the malevolent energy that had clung to him.

Little did I expect that I would one day actively come into contact with evil energy.

"That's a bit of a waste."

Luo Chen muttered something to himself.

If he hadn't persisted in removing the evil energy from his body, the quality and quantity of evil energy accumulated over hundreds of years would likely have been astonishing.

Of course, that's not entirely true.

If he hadn't constantly removed his malevolent energy, he wouldn't have possessed such pure and domineering magical power.

Chu Zhaonan, who was responsible for delivering the malevolent energy, looked puzzled when he heard Luo Chen talking to himself.

He simply asked humbly, "Sir, are you satisfied with the quality of this batch of malevolent energy?"

With a flick of his wrist, Luo Chen sent the murderous aura obediently returning to the large urn.

Turning around, Luo Chen looked at Chu Zhaonan and asked curiously, "In just half a month, you've found so much malevolent energy for me. It seems that Yixian City is not lacking in this kind of thing?"

Chu Zhaonan nodded. "Indeed, there is no shortage. Not only Yixian City, but every one of the seventy-two cities is rich in evil energy. If you are not satisfied with this batch of red flower evil energy, we can find you a better one, but it will take a little longer."

Luo Chen raised an eyebrow, realizing he had somewhat underestimated the abundance of resources in the Great Destruction Realm.

But upon further reflection, it seems perfectly reasonable.

The more dangerous the place, the more likely it is to attract malevolent energy.

This place is known as the Great Destruction Realm, where natural disasters and calamities frequently occur, so it is only natural that it is rich in malevolent energy.

Luo Chen glanced at the large urn in the courtyard, pondered for a moment, and then slowly said, "This batch of Red Leaf Fiends is of decent quality, enough for me to practice for a year and a half. But if you could find me the Nine Tribulations Earthly Fiends recorded in the classics, that would be even better."

"Nine Tribulations Earthly Fiends?" Chu Zhaonan's face showed a troubled expression.

"What's wrong?" Luo Chen asked curiously, and casually said, "I saw in the ancient books in the library that the Nine Tribulations Earthly Fiend is the best of all fiendish energy, and there have been many of them before!"

Chu Zhaonan sighed and said, "Nine Tribulations Earthly Fiends have indeed appeared quite a few times, but in very small numbers. The main reason is that even a little bit of this kind of fiendish energy can greatly increase the power of a weapon. Now it is a special resource controlled by Worry-Free City, and it will be very difficult to find even a wisp or two for you, sir."

"Worry-Free City?"

Luo Chen never expected this turn of events.

He pondered for a moment, then took out an item.

Chu Zhaonan looked up and saw a token. He exclaimed in surprise, "This is the legendary Worry-Free Token!"

“Yes!” Luo Chen nodded and said, “This token was given to me by Envoy Wuyou before he left. You should take this token and communicate with Wuyou City. Perhaps you can trade some Nine Tribulations Earthly Fiends for me.”

That's what he said, but Chu Zhaonan still didn't dare to take the token.

The Worry-Free Order represents Worry-Free City's recognition of experts at the Unblemished Realm. Among the seventy-two cities, it can also be seen as the orthodox legal system.

With this order, even if Luo Chen kills Xiao Feng and takes the position of city lord, he will not be punished by Wuyou City.

In fact, this was the main reason why Xiao Feng was so wary of Luo Chen before.

At this moment, Luo Chen so easily gave out the Worry-Free Token, how could Chu Zhaonan know if the other party was testing him?
Perhaps sensing the other party's concerns, Luo Chen chuckled softly.

"Go ahead, if I want to sit in that position, why would I need a token as a crutch?"

Chu Zhaonan opened his mouth, but all he heard from the man in front of him was unparalleled confidence.

But upon reflection, the other party really doesn't care about these things.

If Luo Chen wanted to, he could wipe out all the top experts in Yixian City with a flick of his wrist.

Do not!
Ten years ago, after all the experts at the Unblemished Realm went to Worry-Free City, with Luo Chen's current strength, even in the seventy-two cities, he would be the best in the world.

With this in mind, Chu Zhaonan respectfully accepted the Worry-Free Order.

"Also, is there any progress on the matter of the Divine Wind?" Luo Chen suddenly asked.

Chu Zhaonan shook his head and said with a wry smile, "My lord, the thing you mentioned is too vague and ethereal. We have no news about it yet."

Luo Chen frowned, then waved his hand, "Hurry up and search, you can go now!"

Chu Zhaonan immediately took his leave.

After he left, Luo Chen immediately ordered someone to send a large urn into the cultivation room.

Luo Chen first meditated and regulated his breathing, and when he was in a very good state, he began to move.

With a flick of his finger, the lid of the urn was lifted, and wisps of red malevolent energy drifted out.

Red leaves are an omen of bad luck!
North of Yixian City, there is an ancient tree that blooms with red leaves that resemble maple leaves all year round.

A large number of living beings gathered here, and then died mysteriously.

Over time, a strong malevolent aura began to emanate from the vicinity of the ancient red-leaved tree.

Later, when the experts of Yixian City discovered this, they cut off human access, but this still couldn't stop wild beasts and livestock from actively seeking death.

This batch of Red Leaf Demons was retrieved from there by Xiao Feng after spending half a month sending people back.

Watching as wisps of malevolent energy actively eroded his physical body, Luo Chen seemed oblivious, merely examining the scene closely.

"The grade is good enough, but the quality is a bit lacking."

It's not that Xiao Feng and his group were incompetent; this world doesn't have the advanced material refining technology of the Mountain and Sea Realm. It was no easy feat to come up with the idea of ​​using a special large urn to retrieve these high-grade Red Leaf Demons.

Luo Chen had his own way of extracting the pure Red Leaf Essence.

He closed his eyes and mouth and took a gentle breath.

Instantly, the red leaf demons nearby and even inside the large urn transformed into two streams of air that entered his nose.

At the same time, the dormant Qi and blood furnace within his body began to slowly rotate.

As it rotates continuously, the Qi constantly compresses the Red Leaf Demon, and a large amount of impurities are also thrown out.

As Luo Chen's body trembled, those impurities were expelled from his body along with the swallowing and exhaling of his acupoints.

Luo Chen discovered that this process of refining evil energy using qi and blood in a furnace could also train the opening and closing of acupoints, which was an unexpected surprise.

After he purified the Red Leaf Demon to its extreme, his internal energy enveloped it in a simple and brutal way.

Within this package, the pure white protective energy and the bright red malevolent energy gradually merged into one.

Time passes little by little.

a few days later.

Inside the cultivation room, Luo Chen looked at the faint red aura at his fingertips, a thoughtful expression in his eyes.

In reality, the orthodox body-refining methods circulating in the Great Destruction Realm do not actively absorb external energy and integrate it into the Qi.

This damages the purity of one's own internal energy and makes it much more inconvenient to control.

Wang Yuan's self-created method, "Divine Qi Battle Technique," actually draws on and integrates a lot of knowledge from the Qi Refining and Immortal Cultivation system.

The methods of refining materials, the art of gathering spiritual energy in the Qi Sea, and even the means of controlling objects with divine sense have all been incorporated into it.

By using this advanced knowledge of cultivation, which had reached its peak, they avoided the drawbacks of integrating external energy.

This reflects both Wang Yuan's insight and methods as a martial arts master, and his unavoidable predicament.

In the realm of mountains and seas, the body-refining practitioners have declined.

It's not just the cultivation system that's incomplete; the combat system is also severely lacking.

Even the strongest body-refining cultivators are often at a disadvantage when facing cultivators who use magical treasures and artifacts.

Therefore, Wang Yuan tried every means to continuously strengthen his own internal energy so that it could withstand the power of magical treasures and artifacts.

During this process, Luo Chen actually gave a lot of advice.

But at that time, he was still an outsider to the field and couldn't see things clearly enough.

Moreover, he only provided some assistance in the early and later stages. He wasn't present when Wang Yuan was drafting the book "Divine Qi Battle Techniques," as he was in the cultivation world of the North Sea. Therefore, Luo Chen didn't quite understand why Wang Yuan insisted on fusing Divine Wind and Earthly Fiends to strengthen his Qi.

Only now, as he personally began cultivating, did he realize its necessity.

"The malevolent energy is turbid, fierce, and domineering. Once it merges into the protective energy, it becomes powerful but lacks agility!"

"The Red Leaf Evil I'm currently merging with is actually a relatively light and ethereal kind of Yin Evil."

"But the Red Leaf True Qi that has been refined is still not light enough. In close combat among martial artists, its lack of speed is a major drawback."

"Integrating with the divine wind is now a necessary step!"

Thinking of this, Luo Chen's expression darkened slightly.

Within the Great Destruction Realm, malevolent energy is easy to find, but divine wind is hard to come by.

Or rather, it's not that they're hard to see, but rather that they're hard to capture and preserve.

In this world, martial artists focus solely on honing their own skills, making little use of external objects, because they themselves are the best means of attack.

Unlike cultivators who rely on magical artifacts and weapons, they naturally put a lot of effort into the materials used in forging their artifacts.

In this way, even if there are divine winds within the Great Destruction Realm, it would be difficult for martial artists to preserve them intact.

Luo Chen even began to miss the Mountain and Sea Realm.

The so-called divine wind has another name there: the immaculate wind.

He had seen many before, such as Qingping Youfeng and Jiuyou Wugou Feng.

For a time, he even possessed a magical artifact called the Nine Winds Banana Leaf Fan, which contained nine pure winds.

Oh, and there's also a junior brother named Lingfengzi, who possesses a wind-attribute spiritual root and is skilled at using the Immaculate Divine Wind in battle.

If one were to cultivate the "Divine Qi" there, the results would surely be twice as good with half the effort!

"Sigh, in the end it all comes down to the scarcity of resources."

Luo Chen shook his head, but he wasn't too discouraged.

Let's take it one step at a time and see!

He doesn't rely on his internal energy much these days; he mainly fights using his powerful physical body.

Moreover, if I can really break the seal on my divine sense, then when I use my divine sense to control my internal energy, this lack of dexterity will not be unavoidable.

To break the seal on divine sense, the state of perfection is an essential condition!
The most urgent task is to continue practicing!

Luo Chen suppressed the restlessness in his heart and continued to hone his own internal energy.

……

Since Luo Chen arrived in Yixian City, he has been quite high-profile for a while.

Not only was his amazing performance in the martial arts arena known to many, but the great battle inside the city lord's mansion was also widely known.

But the high profile only lasted for one year.

Since then, Luo Chen has truly lived a secluded life, rarely appearing in public.

He was completely absorbed in his arduous training.

In his first year, he tried the book "Divine Qi Strike" and cultivated the Red Leaf True Qi.

In the third year, Xiao Feng sent Chu Zhaonan to deliver a gourd filled with the Nine Tribulations Earthly Fiends.

At the time, Luo Chen was somewhat shocked.

The reason was that the gourd contained the Nine Tribulations Earthly Fiend Technique, which was clearly a method used by immortals!

And that gourd originated from the City of No Worries!

In other words, there may still be cultivators in Worry-Free City, which is hailed as the leader of the seventy-two cities and a holy land of martial arts!
Luo Chen was very curious about this, but he didn't delve into it too much.

Because it's not the right time yet.

He simply quieted down and spent a great deal of energy refining the Nine Tribulations Earthly Fiend bit by bit, transforming his own Red Leaf True Qi into the higher-quality Nine Tribulations True Qi.

In the blink of an eye.

Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye!

The long period of time and the lifestyle of staying at home almost made the entire Yixian City forget about Luo Chen.

If it weren't for the fact that Jing Lan could still be seen frequently at Renjitang's shops, ordinary people would suspect that Luo Chen had already left Yixian City.

For some, Luo Chen's lifestyle was too eccentric.

Inside the Xiao residence.

Xiao Feng listened to his subordinates' report on Luo Chen's unremarkable ten years of intelligence, his expression subtle.

"He doesn't go out, doesn't cultivate his own power, and doesn't indulge in power or women at all. Does he really want to pursue martial arts and immortality?"

Xiao San Niang looked bewildered. "Luo Chen's lifestyle is just like your father's!"

Xiao Feng frowned, looking rather displeased.

"How can the two be compared? Although my father is known as a martial arts fanatic, he still goes out from time to time and even invites experts of the same level to exchange combat skills. It is unwise for someone like Luo Chen to shut himself in to cultivate."

Xiao San Niang shook her head. "Perhaps, it has something to do with the fact that he was once a cultivator!"

Legend has it that cultivators are quiet and inactive, often spending hundreds or even thousands of years in seclusion in their caves.

For them, a mere ten years is but a fleeting moment.

Xiao Feng didn't want to discuss the matter anymore and changed the subject.

"Third Sister, you are in charge of the manor's accounts, so why does the Iron Pagoda say that you have embezzled their resources and tributes?"

Xiao San Niang gave a bitter smile, "It's not that I'm cutting back, it's just that we can't keep up with the supply!"

"How could it be like..." Xiao Feng hadn't finished speaking when he already knew the answer in his heart. "Is it because of Luo Chen?"

Xiao San Niang nodded. "In Yixian City, any good meat must be given priority to Luo Chen, and even the best Dragon Tooth Rice must be selected. At first, it was fine, but after ten years, we are already exhausted. I can only reduce the offerings to other guest elders to try to ensure the supply to Luo Chen."

Xiao Feng was somewhat incredulous. "He's just one person. How could our vast Immortal Remnant City be unable to supply him, and even affect others?"

Xiao San Niang remained silent.

Or rather, she didn't know why Luo Chen, a mere Furnace Realm martial artist, required such a vast amount of resources.

Every year, the list of supplies sent by the Luo family kept increasing.

Over time, she became unable to bear it any longer.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Feng's expression became uncertain.

Just then, footsteps came from the doorway.

Xiao Feng looked up and saw a middle-aged man in gray clothes walk in with one empty sleeve hanging down.

He was taken aback at first, then his face lit up with surprise.

"Uncle Tie, has your injury healed?"

Tie Xiong laughed and said, "Not only did I recover, but I also turned misfortune into blessing and cultivated a true flawless golden body, although the price was quite high."

As he spoke, the empty sleeve of his right arm swayed gently in the draft.

This is the price to pay.

"A truly flawless golden body..." Xiao Feng's eyes shone even brighter, and he suddenly asked, "Uncle Tie, if you were to face Luo Chen again, what would your chances of winning be?"

Upon hearing this question, Tie Xiong, who had been in a fairly good mood, immediately fell silent.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Feng's previously hard-won idea vanished instantly.

The psychological trauma Luo Chen inflicted on them was far too deep.

Moreover, no one knows whether the opponent used their full strength in that battle.

From beginning to end, no matter who he faced, it was only one move.

"That's enough." Xiao Feng slumped into his chair, listlessly instructing, "Just try your best to meet Luo Chen's demands. As for the other guest elders, I'll handle the explanations."

No sooner had he finished speaking than hurried footsteps sounded again outside the door.

Chu Zhaonan, his face weathered by the elements, beamed with joy. "Reporting to the City Lord, I have good news!"

……

half year later.

Luo Chen, who had just finished his cultivation and emerged from seclusion, heard a message from the City Lord's Mansion.

"Where Mofeng City is located, there is a desolate mountain with many wind caves, which may contain the Unforgivable Heavenly Wind."

In an instant, Luo Chen knew he had to make his move. (End of Chapter)