Immortality begin with Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1610: Chapter 595: Longyuan Immortal City, Assessment Task

No, there must be no mistake!

The dilapidated mega-city that now lies before us is indeed the once renowned Longyuan Immortal City.

When Yuan Mo Sect was still around, it was a shining pearl among its sect properties.

It was said that back then, high-order cultivators frequented this city like clouds, and strong beings, like flood dragons in the abyss, were beyond count.

The reason for its decline to the current state was the great war a hundred years ago.

After the fall of Yuan Mo Sect, Blood Independent Cultivator was the first to take action, personally going to Longyuan and forcibly killing a Nascent Soul True Master stationed there.

That battle, although very brief, had tremendous destructive power and almost reduced most of Longyuan City to ruins.

In the hundred years that followed, cultivators from the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering continually rebuilt the city to what it is now.

Being rogue cultivators, their patching and mending way of doing things doesn’t have the comprehensive planning like that of top great sects; they only fix what they need to use.

Moreover, to rebuild a super immortal city of this scale, at least a fourth-order array master is needed to take charge of the overall situation!

Among rogue cultivators, there are many who are proficient in other skills, but when it comes to arrays, such individuals are extremely rare.

Fourth-order array master?

At least for now, nobody in the North Sea’s rogue cultivators has heard of such a presence.

Plus, the three great independent cultivators, who lead the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering, usually don’t manage affairs much and are as elusive as dragons, with only Moon Independent Cultivator showing up a bit more often.

As a result, the so-called main city of the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering has become the somewhat ”unprepossessing” sight it is today.

”Ascendant Master need not worry, the outside of Longyuan City might look raggedy, but inside everything’s complete with all sorts of facilities large and small,” Zhang Jiadi reassured.

Luo Chen looked around and seeing the bustling streets and the unfamiliar shops, he felt slightly more reassured.

Guess I was wrong.

”As for the Spirit Land Cave Mansions, the spirit vein of Longyuan City was destroyed during the battle of the Nascent Soul True Masters; even after experts were invited to repair it later, only one fourth order cave mansion was restored. The rest of the spirit qi was not contained and covers the entire city, resulting in scattered second order cave mansions.”

Luo Chen frowned, ”Then how are we Golden Core Cultivators supposed to cultivate?”

Facing this question, Zhang Jiadi casually pointed in a distant direction.

Luo Chen looked up, and even across the tall city walls, it seemed he could see a long mountain range winding and undulating, faint and obscure.

”What is that place?”

”The Hidden Dragon Mountain Range!”

Zhang Jiadi spoke with a hint of envy, ”That place was once an outward-facing palace location of Yuan Mo Sect; it contained several intertwined fourth order spirit veins, truly a land for immortal clan cultivation. Most of the high-order independent cultivators from our Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering, as well as demonic beast hunters of three stars and above, choose to cultivate in the Hidden Dragon Mountain Range.”

Upon hearing this, the heart that Luo Chen had been holding finally settled.

After all, it is a significant power; if it lacked a piece of spirit land of its own, it would be too much of a downgrade.

However, hearing Zhang Jiadi describe that there were several fourth order spirit veins inside the Hidden Dragon Mountain Range and yet it was only a palace of Yuan Mo Sect?

Such spirit lands would cause sects in the Eastern Wasteland to fight over them fiercely!

In response, Luo Chen could only lament that the Divine Transformation Holy Land indeed had vast wealth and resources.

Just some mere corners have become the foundation for the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering.

Probably the other leftovers scattered in the North Sea are also making everyone’s mouths greasy with indulgence!

”This Hidden Dragon Mountain Range, I am definitely going to visit.”

Luo Chen mused to himself, and then followed Zhang Jiadi and his wife to their residence in Longyuan City.

It was a two-entry courtyard house, exquisitely decorated, not as unbearable as what they had described previously!

After all, they are Foundation Establishment True Cultivators.

Even as rogue cultivators, they couldn’t be doing too poorly.

Moreover, the couple’s private business far exceeded the profits of ordinary independent cultivators. Having such a property in Longyuan City was not out of their reach.

Once they got home, Zhang Jiadi wanted to give up the cultivation room he used for Luo Chen.

But Luo Chen declined.

After all, the difference between second order middle grade and lower grade was not that significant for him.

In the evening, the couple specially arranged a feast to entertain Luo Chen and Tian Xuan.

During the meal, Luo Chen inquired in detail about Longyuan City and the Hidden Dragon Mountain Range.

”The current lord of Longyuan City is the rumored nine-star demonic beast hunter. After advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage fifty years ago, he has been in closed-door cultivation within the city’s fourth order cave mansion to consolidate his realm.”

”This person’s real name is unverifiable, and even the Daoist name he used as a demonic beast hunter, Longyuan Zi, seems to be a pseudonym he picked up casually after seeing Longyuan City.”

”It’s precisely because he is holding the fort that Longyuan City can stand firm in the North Sea without setting up a defensive big formation, and has become the main city of the Ten Thousand Immortals Gathering.”

”As for entering the Hidden Dragon Mountain Range, the conditions are rather strict.”

”Ordinary independent cultivators, even Golden Core Cultivators, must participate in the three ocean campaigns three times to qualify. And that’s just for qualification; the spirit stones needed to rent a place are also a huge amount. It’s said that even the weakest third order cave mansion requires 500,000 spirit stones per year. A Foundation Establishment ninth-level cultivator would have a hard time killing enough demonic beasts to earn that many spirit stones in a year, and they would also have to use up some of their own produced goods.”

”As for the third order lower grade cave mansion, which is standard for Golden Core Cultivators, it starts at 700,000 spirit stones, with the middle grade doubling that amount, and the ascendant grade cave mansion requires a full 3 million spirit stones per year, which is simply not affordable for ordinary independent cultivators.”