Mortal Alchemy

"Junior Brother Chen, let me introduce you. This is Senior Brother Liu, the chief alchemist of the Pill Hall."

Chen Ping cupped his fist and said, "Greetings, Senior Brother Liu."

Senior Brother Liu's hair was completely white, resembling a seventy-year-old man.

His eyes were somewhat cloudy, and upon seeing Chen Ping, he said with a smile, "You must be Junior Brother Chen."

"That's me."

Xu Fengshan introduced, "Junior Brother Chen, when I entered the Pill Hall decades ago, Senior Brother Liu taught me alchemy step by step."

"Now, Senior Brother Liu has been in the Pill Hall for sixty years and has repaid the Mu family's immortal grace."

"So, the three of us are of the same lineage."

Senior Brother Liu looked at Chen Ping's youthful face and sighed, "When I entered the Mu family sixty years ago, I was just as young. In a blink of an eye, it's been a lifetime."

"Junior Brother Xu, I have escaped the sea of ​​bitterness. In the remaining time, I will stay at home and enjoy the happiness of my grandchildren."

Xu Fengshan looked envious, "Senior Brother Liu, I still need more than ten years to leave the Mu family. Don't worry, Junior Brother will definitely take care of Senior Brother Liu's descendants when they enter the Mu family."

Senior Brother Liu nodded and laughed:

"Okay, Junior Brother Xu, I will wait at home. When you escape the sea of ​​bitterness, we will drink together, ride a flying boat, travel the world, and see the vast world of cultivation."

Xu Fengshan nodded solemnly, "Definitely! When that day comes, I will definitely visit Senior Brother Liu."

Chen Ping, who had just entered the Pill Hall, couldn't help but be moved.

This was the carefree freedom they sought in their pursuit of immortality, but once you enter the Mu family, it's like entering a deep sea, and your whole life is spent here.

Senior Brother Liu smiled sadly, "Sixty years of cultivation, it's difficult to hope for Foundation Establishment. I've refined pills for the Mu family for a lifetime, but what am I doing it for..."

Xu Fengshan said with emotion, "Senior Brother, the road to immortality is bitterly cold, so we need to find Dao partners to keep each other warm."

"That's right, the most correct thing I've done in my life is to get married and have children. Junior Brother Xu, I'm leaving, ahahaha!"

Senior Brother Liu hurriedly left the Pill Hall without looking back. Although he was a seventy-year-old man, he walked like the wind, like a teenager.

He didn't dare to look back, as if he regretted it himself.

He didn't want to stay for a moment in this place where he had placed his life's hopes, but ultimately gained nothing.

Xu Fengshan's eyes were full of envy, and he patted Chen Ping on the shoulder:

"Let's eat."

"Once you enter this Pill Hall, you either establish your foundation or become a slave for sixty years before you can escape the sea of ​​bitterness."

Foundation Establishment was a luxury. The Mu family's Pill Hall hadn't seen a Foundation Establishment cultivator for hundreds of years.

Chen Ping nodded slightly, "Senior Brother is right."

Chen Ping and Xu Fengshan ate at the same table in silence.

Senior Brother Liu reminded him of Senior Sister Meng Huang'er, his guide to immortality.

When they were young, they fantasized about Foundation Establishment, worked hard, and had lofty ambitions.

But as the years passed, until their hair turned gray and wrinkles appeared on their faces, they would give up such delusions.

Perhaps, decades later, the few people in their Jiazi Courtyard would also be hopeless for Foundation Establishment, only talking about leaving the Mu family, this sea of ​​bitterness?

"Can I establish my foundation in this life?"

Chen Ping suddenly understood. Most of the people who could enter the Mu family had three spiritual roots. They couldn't establish their foundation. Could he, a five-element mixed spiritual root, establish his foundation?

Decades later, would he also become as worldly as Xu Fengshan, find a wife and have children?

Then, when he was seventy or eighty years old and of no use to the Mu family, would he leave the Mu family and wait for death to arrive?

"No! I have the Bloodline Pill Dao inheritance. I will definitely establish my foundation in this life!"

Even if it's a five-element mixed spiritual root, I must establish my foundation!