Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1090: Chapter 429: Ice Prison_2

Toward the end, some details of the Battle of Burning Incense Valley were revealed, and they had no choice but to reluctantly believe.

The specifics of that battle were clearly seen by many.

When the Lei Xian Bead struck Qin Tairan, Luo Chen himself also suffered from the aftermath.

Even if his Body Refinement Technique was strong, could it really surpass the natal magic item of a Golden Core Ascendant Master?

Keep in mind, Qin Tairan’s natal magic item, the Taiyang Tripod, was shattered in front everyone’s eyes.

In the Yu Ding Realm now, there are quite a few Qi Refinement Foundation Building Cultivators who possess one or two fragments of the Taiyang Tripod’s magic item.

The might of the Lei Xian Bead is terrifying indeed!

Besides that.

Qin Tairan’s counterattack just before his death also inflicted severe damage on Luo Chen.

How could a Golden Core strike be easy to withstand?

Initially, under the watchful eyes of the masses, many clearly witnessed Luo Chen being blasted into the ground.

When he emerged, he was carried away by Jueqing Fairy in an ice coffin.

If it weren’t for Jueqing Fairy assuring others to calm their hearts by saying Luo Chen wasn’t dead,

some people almost thought that Luo Chen had indeed died.

After this news was released, following it for two or three years, the trend of praising Fire Spirit Lord Luo Chen and attacking Ice Castle gradually subsided.

Because, indeed, Luo Chen hadn’t been seen by anyone for a long time.

...

In the far north of the Yu Ding Realm, adjacent to the Great Snow Mountain, there is a mountain forever covered by ice and snow.

This mountain is called Tianshan!

It is precisely the location of the Ice Castle within the Yu Ding Six Sects!

Atop Tianshan.

A stunning figure wrapped in a white fox fur coat lets the heavy snowfall drift upon her.

Her graceful gaze fixed on the towering ice castles below, as if piercing through the ground, looked deep into the underground.

Her crystalline earlobes suddenly moved.

She revealed a faint smile.

”Xiao Rou, you’re back!”

Jueqing Fairy walked out from behind, looking helpless.

As her figure became visible, the surrounding heavy snow seemed to lessen slightly.

”Senior Sister, your divine consciousness is too sharp, even my ice escape couldn’t deceive you,” said Ascendant Master Cang Long with a faint smile, ”Do not be discouraged; this ice escape is a Fourth Order Escape Technique. That you could glimpse its basics at the Fourth Layer of Golden Core is already an extraordinarily impressive feat. Once you reach minor accomplishment, combined with your Path of Talisman, even if you face the Yu Ding Sword Cultivator or Luo Yun Puppet Master, you will not be inferior.”

Jueqing Fairy shook her head; she herself admitted having a natural talent in techniques.

Thus, learning by analogy, she also cultivated in the Path of Talisman.

But it was always easy to begin and difficult to master.

Not like that one person.

Even though they were merely ordinary First Order and Second Order Techniques, he always cultivated them to the peak of perfection.

In his hands, effortlessly executed, they possessed vast power!

A Second Order Fierce Sun Technique in his hand could achieve Ten Days Across the Sky, comparable to a Third Order Technique.

Thinking of him,

Jueqing couldn’t help but ask, ”What exactly is Luo Chen’s condition now?”

Faced with this question, Cang Long’s smile grew even wider.

”He is naturally safe and sound; you didn’t believe the fake news we spread ourselves, did you?”

Jueqing Fairy shrugged her shoulders lightly and walked up to Cang Long.

”I can’t help it, who knew that Luo Chen’s condition was indeed frightening three years ago.”

Cang Long lamented, ”How could it be not frightening? He was affected by the aftermath of the Lei Xian Bead and also suffered a strike from Qin Tairan’s Golden Core. If it had been an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator, they would have been long gone, leaving no trace; only he, with his strong physique, forcefully endured it. It would have been enough if it ended there! But audaciously, he went on to forcefully absorb the Prosperity and Decline Fire, which had been passed down for three hundred years within the Flame Alliance... tsk tsk, I have never seen such audacity in my life.”

”Audacity?” Jueqing Fairy scoffed, ”I think it’s ignorance of life and death. If I hadn’t been there, under the backlash of the Prosperity and Decline Fire, no matter how strong his physique, it would have been incinerated.”

”But he clearly knew you were there and was very aware that you would save him,” said Cang Long.

Jueqing Fairy furrowed her brow.

Cang Long pursed her moist lips and smiled, ”Not only that, he even knew you had the Ice Divine Talisman that settles the mind and spirit, and the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Coffin that Golden Core Ascendant Masters from our sect carry when they leave. Both of these are enough to save him and bring him back to the Ice Prison of our Ice Castle. There, it’s the perfect Spirit Land to refine the Original Source True Fire!”

Upon hearing this,

Jueqing Fairy’s eyebrows furrowed even more tightly, she couldn’t understand how a mere Rogue Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment could know so much secrecy.

And furthermore, grasp her psychology just right.

An elegant voice reached her ears.

”In this situation, Luo Chen must have been guided by a master!”

A master?

Jueqing Fairy was startled; someone who could cause her nearly Golden Core Completion Senior Sister to call them a master...

”Could it be True Master Han?”

Cang Long’s smile gradually faded, ”Although I do not know how he became involved with them, the only person who knows so many secrets of our sect is Han Zhan. It was he who borrowed the Ice Prison of our sect to practice the Divine Soul Secret Art, and thus he came to know these things. Luo Chen, in the Battle of Burning Incense Valley, had intricate knowledge of the Flame Alliance, from the number of enemies to the geographic details of Burning Incense Valley, and even the existence of the Prosperity and Decline Fire, among other things. Someone must have helped him, and the most knowledgeable about these matters would only be the Luo Yun Sect.”

The Jueqing Fairy’s face showed a look of shock.

At that initial battle, she hadn’t thought much; it was merely entering the battlefield to fight.

Now it appeared that Luo Chen had indeed made a significant move.

He had actually united the three Great Golden Core Sects and the Nascent Soul Ascendant Sect Luo Yun.

”Let’s not worry about Luo Chen for now, he can stay in the Ice Prison as long as he likes!”

Cang Long cast this matter aside and inquired about another issue that concerned her more.

”Have you discovered who released the false praise of my Ice Castle?”

The Jueqing Fairy quickly nodded, ”Some clues have been found. It seems to have been released by Qingdan Valley.”

”Qingdan Valley?” Cang Long’s brow furrowed slightly.

But in just a moment, her expression eased.

”It makes sense if it’s them. They fear that the two Great Nascent Soul Sects might target them again, so they want to divert disaster and shift the sects’ attention to my Ice Castle!”

The Jueqing Fairy nodded, ”I think so too. Senior Sister, should we...”

”No need!” Cang Long waved her sleeves, ”Let them be, these matters are no longer important.”

”Hm?” Jueqing was puzzled.

People targeting Ice Castle from the outer world is not important?

Then what is important?

Just at that moment, her pupils suddenly constricted, she looked at Cang Long in astonishment, and even stepped back several paces.

”Senior Sister, you!”

Cang Long glanced at herself and then let out a self-deprecating laugh.

”Sorry, I’ve finally reached perfection. When the Dan forms its embryo, sometimes the aura cannot be controlled.”

What is meant by Dan forming?

The achievement of Golden Core Completion and stepping into Perfection is called Dan forming.

What is meant by the embryo moving?

When the Spiritual embryo is constructed, awaiting only the shattering of the Dan to form the Nascent Soul, it is known as the embryo moving!

At this stage, the only thing left to do is one thing.

To cross the Thunder Tribulation, condense the Nascent Soul, and attain the status of a True Master of Pure Yang!

The usually taciturn Jueqing Fairy couldn’t help but become agitated now.

In the entire Yu Ding Realm, there are only two Nascent Soul True Masters and dozens of Golden Cores, with nearly ten thousand Foundation Establishments, but those at the stage of Golden Core Great Perfection are few and far between.

Even the Supreme Elder from Qingdan Valley, who has lived over five hundred years, is just said to be infinitely close to Golden Core Great Perfection.

No one had thought that the seldom seen Senior Sister Cang Long would unexpectedly reach this step.

What remained to be done...

”Senior Sister, when will you form your Nascent Soul?”

Cang Long shook her head, ”Still need to wait.”

”Wait?”

”Yes, wait for the right time, the right person, the right opportunity!”

...

The snow was deep and the ice thick.

In the depths of that icy plain, a thousand zhang underground.

There lay a labyrinth-like place.

This place is one of the most important forbidden areas of Ice Castle.

The terrain inside is complex, with many thousands of years of Profound Ice growing, blocking the Spirit Consciousness Release, and ordinary cultivators who enter would simply get lost.

It’s like a prison, without the method, there is no exit.

Hence, the Ice Castle Cultivators call it the Ice Prison!

And in this vast Ice Prison, a young Daoist with grey hair has been sitting quietly for three years.

Suddenly!

A deep greenish-blue flame emerged from his body and expanded outward.

Just as it was about to touch the nearby ice wall, it was forced back again.

Then, it appeared and was retracted again.

This cycle repeated until, after the ninth time, the greenish-blue flame completely died down, suppressed by the young Daoist within himself.

A breath of Turbid Qi was expelled from his mouth, mingling with the cold air outside and transforming into a white dragon of breath.

The young Daoist slowly opened his eyes.

The moment he opened them, there seemed to be a flicker of firelight in his eyes.

The gloomy and cold Ice Prison seemed illuminated, creating an instant, daylight-like scene.

This person was none other than the Fire Spirit Lord Luo Chen, who had disappeared three years ago!