Longevity begins with alchemy master

Chapter 749 The gap between heaven and earth! (asking for monthly ticket)
Swish!
Luo Chen appeared in the misty square.

As soon as he landed, disciples of Dao Sect came forward.

Before he could speak, Luo Chen showed him a jade card.

The jade token was glowing, and the Jindan cultivator understood Luo Chen's identity at a glance.

"So you are a guest of Star Gate, please come this way!"

Luo Chen nodded, followed him, and stepped into the clouds. The moment he entered the square, it was as if he was passing through a thin film.

At that moment, his strong body actually felt a little cramped.

"Is this a defensive formation?"

The monk who led the way blinked his eyes. "Senior, you have good eyesight. This is indeed the defensive formation naturally generated by Tiandi Peak. It is not activated at ordinary times. This time, the ascension of Dan Sheng is the top priority of our sect. Although our sect is not worried about any mistakes, we still need to be more thoughtful in doing what we should do."

It turned out to be the case.

Luo Chen subconsciously looked back at the invisible and intangible defensive formation.

Is it a defensive formation naturally generated by the Tiandi Peak which contains a fifth-level spiritual vein?
He could feel the inherent terror!
Even his own powerful physique, comparable to that of a fourth-level wild beast, felt a little uncomfortable.

This is still a half-activated state, not fully activated.

If the formation is fully activated, I am afraid that even if I attack with all my strength, I may not be able to break it.

Of course, it was also because of his overly strong physique that caused him to be too sensitive. If it were anyone else, they probably wouldn't realize that such a formation had been activated on Tiandi Peak.

"I wonder what it's called?" he asked.

The Jindan cultivator was stunned. As a guest of Star Gate, could it be that this senior named Luo Chen didn't know the name of this formation?
But soon, he remembered that there were two additional words "Foreign Affairs" on the other party's identity jade card.

I think it’s because I don’t have enough authority and I don’t understand many things.

He hesitated for a moment, but still gave Luo Chen an answer.

"Absolute knowledge of heaven and earth!"

Luo Chen was stunned. What kind of name is this?
Tiandi Peak is so high that its top cannot be seen. Even the huge Yunhai Square only looks like it is halfway up the mountain when viewed from the outside.

It can be said that Tiandi Peak, this ancient and unique mountain, really has the charm of connecting heaven and earth.

But his naturally generated defensive formation is called "Jue Tian Di Tong"?
He wanted to ask again, but it was obvious that the Jindan cultivator didn't want to say more, or maybe he didn't know the true effect of this formation at all.

After all, since the Tianyuan Taoist Sect opened up Zhongzhou tens of thousands of years ago, and established its capital in Zhongzhou three thousand years ago, this formation on the Tiandi Peak has never been activated.

How can the world know the wonders of the great formation that connects heaven and earth?

Luo Chen suppressed his doubts and came to the southern corner of Yunhai Square.

Before I got close, I heard the sound of bustling noise.

"Senior Luo, we're here. The Xingmen monks are arranged to watch the ceremony here. If you need anything, you can tell the Dao Sect disciples around you at any time."

"Well, you go ahead!"

Luo Chen waved his hand and walked in.

As he appeared, many eyes turned to him.

Luo Chen remained calm on the surface, but his heart suddenly tightened.

Without him!

Because at this moment, among the thousands of gazes looking at him, the owners of nearly a hundred gazes were at the Nascent Soul stage!

And each of them is at a much higher level than him!

If he is weak, he is at the third or fourth level of Nascent Soul, and if he is strong, he is at the sixth or seventh level of Nascent Soul.

This is still actively emitting magical fluctuations.

Most of them chose to hide their own cultivation level, and unless Luo Chen took the initiative to spy on them, it was impossible to tell their specific realm.

“Is this the power of the Tiandi Peak Star Gate?”

Luo Chen swallowed.

Even though he had repeatedly overestimated the strength of the Star Gate, repeatedly calculated the number of the Star Gate's Nascent Souls, and even included normal birth, aging, sickness, death, and passing away at the end of life, he still did not expect that there would be nearly a hundred Nascent Souls.

This force alone, if released to the outside world, would be enough to rule a continent!
And this is the accumulation of Star Gate over the past 3,600 years, and is also part of the vast foundation of Tianyuan Taoist Sect!

"Fellow Daoist Luo, this way!"

When he was shocked, the familiar Elder Seven Lamps took the initiative to wave to him.

Luo Chen walked over immediately.

On the way, he simply nodded to Winter Mountain Man and Lu Qiuzhen who were looking at him.

Obviously, they arrived earlier than him.

After all, they are official guests of Star Gate, and the ascension of Dan Sheng is the top priority of Star Gate. Naturally, they were notified earlier and made preparations early.

Luo Chen's gaze narrowed and fell on Elder Qideng. The four old men gathered together.

The realm of each person is not obvious, but the calmness of each person gives Luo Chen a pressure as deep as the sea and as high as the mountain.

Could it be that these are the four of the five great elders from the outer continent of Tiandi Peak?
He couldn't recognize them clearly. After all, when the seven elders in the Star Gate made the decision, everyone's face was very blurry. Even Dan Sheng was only remembered by him because of his frail figure.

When Luo Chen arrived, two of the four people had left early.

Only the Seven Lamps Elder and an old man in a gray robe were left.

"Let me introduce you to Luo Chen, a deserter. He has just joined Star Gate."

Luo Chen bowed to the gray-robed old man as a sign of politeness.

Then Elder Qideng introduced the identity of the gray-robed old man to Luo Chen.

"Gray Yuanhong's offering..."

Is it just an offering?
It seems different from what I imagined!

But Elder Qideng didn't finish his words, he continued: "After Dan Sheng ascends, one of the five elders in Xingmenwaizhou will be vacant. At that time, Hui Gongsheng will take over."

Luo Chen suddenly realized.

But at this moment, Hui Yuanhong was looking at Luo Chen with great interest, constantly sizing him up.

"You are the first foreign affairs guest official who was specially hired by Dan Sheng to enter the Star Gate of Tiandi Peak?"

Before Luo Chen could answer, Elder Qideng said helplessly, "Why are you going around in circles? Didn't I say this before?"

Hui Yuanhong laughed, "Don't mind, Brother Luo, we are just getting acquainted. From now on, we will practice together on Tiandi Peak. I hope you can support each other on the road to immortality."

Luo Chen smiled and nodded, saying modestly, "I am just a guest official in foreign affairs, and I don't deserve such kindness from Elder Hui. With your high level of cultivation, you should help me more. It's not a matter of mutual support."

What a Gray Elder!
Hui Yuanhong was very happy. He hadn't even become one of the nineteen elders of Tiandi Peak yet, but he was already called like that. How could he not be happy?

Elder Qideng was a little surprised that this Huang Sanren was very well versed in the ways of the world!

Hui Yuanhong smiled and said, "Being a guest official in foreign affairs is not worth mentioning. Daoist Luo only needs to do something for Tianyuan Dao Sect and make some contributions. Then he can be turned into a formal guest official. It will only take a word from us."

"Working for Dao Sect?" Luo Chen was curious. "What is there for a holy land on a continent that still needs me to come?"

"It's almost there, it's almost there!" Hui Yuanhong patted Luo Chen on the shoulder, "You're here at the right time!"

He didn't say anything specific. He patted Luo Chen's shoulder affectionately, then said goodbye and left, blending into the crowd.

Apparently, he was keen on making more connections in preparation for his upcoming promotion to the position of elder.

Luo Chen is just one of them, and he is also relatively the easiest one to win over. After all, Luo Chen is the last foreign cultivator to join Tiandi Peak.

After he left, Luo Chen twisted his shoulders unnaturally.

He hasn't been so "respected" for many years.

The Seven Lamps Elder was standing nearby and spoke slowly, "Don't mind. Gray Worshiper has been too happy recently, so it's normal for him to act beyond the rules."

Luo Chen hummed, indicating that he didn't mind.

Obviously, the other party's violation of the rules was not only physical. Isn't it a way to exercise the authority of the elders of Tiandi Peak in advance by promising Luo Chen to become a formal guest official?

Luo Chen looked around and couldn't help but sigh.

"So many people!"

"A lot?" Elder Qideng stroked his long beard, "This is only half of the power of Tiandi Peak."

Luo Chen's pupils shrank, and he said in a lost voice: "Half?"

Even in this corner, there are still Nascent Soul cultivators entering from time to time, but there are only barely over a hundred of them.

But if this is only half, does that mean that Star Gate has as many as two hundred Nascent Soul cultivators?
What a joke!

Elder Qideng knew that he had misunderstood, and immediately explained: "The composition of the Star Gate is not just for cultivators from other continents. This can be seen from the establishment of the Nineteenth Elder of Tiandi Peak."

There are nineteen elders, twelve of whom are from wealthy families, two from aristocratic families, and five are monks from other continents.

In other words, the Zhongzhou family also occupies a part of the position in the Star Gate?
Sure enough, Elder Qideng’s subsequent words confirmed this conjecture.

"Some Nascent Soul cultivators from various clans will voluntarily join the Star Gate after their life span reaches a certain level."

“However, most of them do not practice at Tiandi Peak normally. They only come to Tiandi Peak when they are about to pass away, and choose a cave to wait for death.”

"The reason why we didn't see these people today is because their families would also come to watch the ceremony, so they each went to their respective viewing platforms."

It turned out to be the case.

Luo Chen now understood everything completely.

Not only that, he also learned some other information about the cultivators outside the Star Gate from Elder Qideng’s subsequent introduction.

Many times, the foreign monks who join the Star Gate are not alone, but come with their families.

However, those younger generations were not allowed to practice on Tiandi Peak, but were arranged by Tianyuan Dao Sect to other places in Zhongzhou.

If these descendants were previously in a family model, they will continue to exist in the family model.

If they were originally a sect inheritance model, they would be broken up and separated to form small immortal cultivation families. Or, they would be integrated into some local families in Zhongzhou through marriage.

From this point of view, it is very difficult for the younger generations brought over by the Nascent Soul from other continents to integrate into Zhongzhou.

But Tianyuan Dao Zong gave them a chance.

That is, they stay in Zhongzhou for five hundred years. After five hundred years, they will have the opportunity to let their descendants enter Tianyuan Dao Sect to study.

The reason why there are more than a thousand people on the viewing platform in this corner of Star Gate today is that many of them are descendants of Star Gate's guest officials, and they are taking this opportunity to reunite.

Luo Chen was curious and asked if there was any successful precedent.

Got the answer in the affirmative.

It seems that Tianyuan Dao Sect is not just talking big, but really putting things into practice.

After understanding all this, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel deeply moved.

"No wonder the Star Gate can absorb so many Nascent Soul masters from other continents. It not only gives them the hope of being promoted to the God Transformation Realm, but also solves their worldly worries." With such emotion, he couldn't help but daydream.

"If I go back and bring my old friends from Luotian Sect to Zhongzhou, will I also have the opportunity to enjoy all this?"

Zhongzhou's cultivation philosophy is certainly not in line with Luo Chen's path.

But no one dislikes the peace of Zhongzhou for thousands of years. Even if there is competition, it is only healthy competition within the sects and between families, and there will be no fighting and killing.

Such a place fits the traditional description of a holy place for spiritual practice.

The more he understood, the less proud he felt of being just a "passerby" in Luo Chen's heart, and he even began to have some thoughts of settling down here!

Just when Luo Chen was daydreaming.

The clouds and mist in the field trembled, and white chairs composed of cloud patterns, mist, and majestic spiritual energy rose up.

"Practitioners, please take your seats!"

The same old, weathered voice echoed in my ears again.

"It's Sect Master Mo!"

Elder Qideng said this and then floated up.

Luo Chen was no exception. Following the mysterious guidance, he floated down onto a cloud chair high in the sky.

At this altitude, the vast clouds and fog can no longer block the view.

Looking from the south, on the north side, there are fifty chairs facing each other.

At first glance, Luo Chen's eyes fell on the two chairs in the corner.

The reason for this was that on one of the two chairs, there was a Jindan cultivator sitting awkwardly.

This is also the only Jindan cultivator among the many Nascent Soul cultivators sitting high in the clouds.

"One of the two representatives nominated by the countless poor families in Zhongzhou?"

The basis for Luo Chen to make this judgment was that on another chair sat the Yuanying early stage Taoist Long Yuan!
The other party had not yet had time to promote the humble Liu family to the ranks of aristocratic families, so they were still treated as humble. Then the neighbors should naturally also be humble cultivators.

At this moment, facing the gaze from Luo Chen, Master Long Yuan felt it instantly.

He said nothing, just nodded slightly.

Luo Chen frowned. What did the other party's nod mean?
Without thinking too much, Luo Chen looked around and scanned the other forty-eight chairs one by one.

These people should be the representatives of the twelve great families and thirty-six aristocratic families.

……

And in the Yunhai Square, there was a dense crowd of people standing, from Qi Refining to Golden Core, representing all realms.

Obviously, these people are the younger generations brought by the major families to watch the ceremony.

At this moment, three of them stood together, looking up into the sky, searching for something, and finally found their target among the immortals in the south.

"There he is! Senior Brother Chang Fengzi, is he really that person?"

"The appearance is very different, and the temperament is completely different. Is your information true or false?"

In response to Guan Xiaoping and Wu Tao's questions, Chang Fengzi nodded with difficulty.

Can’t go wrong!

The information collected by the Shen family is extremely accurate!

Huang Sanren is the Demon Lord Qingyang, and Luo Hai is naturally the Luo Chen who is now sitting high in the clouds.

Faced with Chang Fengzi's affirmation, Guan Wu and the others were in a trance and couldn't control themselves.

He was just a casual cultivator who led them the way, but now he has come to this point?
And after decades, their cultivation has only improved to a not-so-insignificant level, from the early stage of the Golden Core to the middle stage of the Golden Core.

Is the gap really that big?

It can even be said that the other party did not even respond to their gaze by lowering his head.

There is a difference between the Golden Elixir and the Nascent Soul, as different as heaven and earth.

……

Among many family representatives, Luo Chen accurately found Fu Chaosheng.

After the two sides smiled knowingly, there was no telepathic communication.

Luo Chen continued to look at the others, especially the representatives sent by the twelve wealthy families.

They are all Yuanying Zhenren with profound cultivation and high Taoism.

Then, he looked towards the west, which was also the outermost corner.

There, there also rose up cloud chairs with intricate and noble patterns.

The people sitting on it were not beyond Luo Chen's expectations. Some of them were the ones who had appeared in Taoyuan before.

The high monk from the Western Desert, the black-robed man from the Southern Frontier, and the young man from the Mingyuan Sect from the Eastern Wasteland.

As for the others, Luo Chen had no impression of them.

There are more than a dozen of these people in total.

After looking around the place, Luo Chen had a general idea in his mind.

"Hundreds of real people, Zhongzhou families, and representatives from the three continents together form the viewing group for this Ascension Ceremony. The standard is already very high!"

"This also shows the importance that Tianyuan Dao Sect attaches to the ascension of Dan Sheng."

“If I or other foreign cultivators in the Star Gate were to achieve Divine Transformation and ascend to Heaven, would we be treated like this?”

Luo Chen was definitely not the only one who had such thoughts.

On the southern viewing platform, every Star Gate Immortal sitting high in the clouds had his emotions in turmoil and all sorts of distracting thoughts.

The representatives from the three western continents also had different thoughts.

The Western Desert Monk seemed calm, but judging from the beads he kept ticking, he might not be so at ease.

The young man from the Donghuang Mingyuan Sect had a gloomy expression on his face and kept looking around, as if he was expecting something, yet also resisting something.

The cultivator from Southern Xinjiang, who was covered in a black robe, had no visible expression on his face, but his eyes would occasionally glance towards the group of cultivators from the southern Star Gate.

Suddenly, everyone's thoughts paused for a moment.

Everyone's attention was subconsciously directed to the east.

Three figures slowly emerged from the sea of ​​clouds.

Everyone ignored the other two and looked at the old man in the lead.

"See the sect master!"

I don’t know who spoke first, but then there was a roar like thunder and sea.

Even the representatives from the three continents who were watching the ceremony respectfully shouted "Greetings, Sect Master Mo."

Luo Chen was no exception and greeted respectfully along with everyone else.

Don’t be stupid!
The current leader of Tianyuan Taoist Sect!

Realm, the stage of transformation of spirit!

He alone represents the entire Tianyuan Taoist Sect!

But no one would ignore him when he was alone and helpless, not only because of his realm, but also because all the people present, except the representatives from the three continents in the north, were part of the Tianyuan Taoist Sect.

Amid the thunderous greetings, Luo Chen truly felt for the first time the power of the only master of Zhongzhou.

Since arriving in Zhongzhou, Luo Chen had come into contact with wealthy and powerful families, as well as aristocratic and humble families. All he saw were the cultivators from the Tiandi Peak and Xingmen. The name of Dao Sect, which was once widely circulated in the East Wilderness and the North Sea, was not so clear to him.

Even after Luo Chen walked through the Lankao Mountains, he didn't feel much.

But at this moment, he completely understood what Tianyuan Dao Sect was.

The Twelve Great Families are the Tianyuan Taoist Sect.

The thirty-six noble families are the Tianyuan Taoist sect.

Countless small and humble clans are also members of the Tianyuan Dao Sect.

The Tiandi Peak Star Gate is also the Tianyuan Taoist Sect.

But there is only one Tianyuan Taoist Sect. All the people and things added together, the hundreds of Yuanying added together, and even the Zhongzhou under our feet that is millions of miles long and tens of thousands of miles wide, together, is the real Tianyuan Taoist Sect!
“This is the real holy land!”

Luo Chen groaned inwardly, his eyes revealing infinite yearning.

At this moment, Dao Sect's leader Mo Shouzhuo raised his right hand and pressed down into the air.

Everyone was silent, not a sound was made.

He was the only one who said calmly, "Let's get started!"

As soon as the words fell, the Tiandi Peak shook violently.

At that moment, everyone felt that this ancient mountain that had stood in the world of mountains and seas since time immemorial seemed to have come alive.

An inexplicable momentum, from small to large, from weak to strong, began to rise wildly.

boom!
The mountain wind is blowing and the white clouds are floating.

A hazy shadow suddenly appeared in the void.

The shadow is hazy, but the facial features are crystal clear.

Her eyebrows are picturesque and her eyes are like autumn water.

The bridge of her nose was straight yet soft, as if it was a work of art meticulously crafted by an ancient sculptor.

The lips opened and closed slightly, like the first blossoming cherry blossoms.

The slightly rounded cheeks give her a delicate yet cute look.

Everyone looked up at the phantom face.

The young man from Mingyuan Sect clenched his palms, his fingertips digging deeply into the skin.

"It's Uncle Chu Yan!"

Luo Chen, sitting upright on the cloud chair, was in a trance.

"The soul of the underworld crosses the Yang, the Nascent Soul becomes a spirit, this is the Primordial Spirit!"

At this moment, even though he had cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage that he had dreamed of when he was young, he still felt the gap between heaven and earth.

In front of that phantom, he was as weak as an ant.

(End of this chapter)