Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 1180: Chapter 457 Luo Chen Leaves Seclusion_2

Luo Chen had considered everything thoroughly.

Moreover, in his Sea of Qi, he had amassed a massive amount of Heaven and Earth Qi full of impurities, which he urgently needed a cultivation technique to refine.

The ”Evergreen Sutra” from the Foundation Establishment Chapter was too inefficient.

Only a Third Order Technique could quickly absorb and rapidly transform it into a higher level of Qi Power than Spirit Power.

Therefore, once he had made up his mind, Luo Chen immediately began to practice the ”Wood Burning True Technique.”

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It must be said that with Luo Chen’s talent for techniques, he was quite effective in studying cultivation techniques.

Additionally, with years of study, he had become very familiar with this technique.

In just four or five days, he had successfully mastered the ”Wood Burning True Technique.”

In this way, because he had ingested a massive amount of Spirit Qi into his Sea of Qi during Core Formation, it also began to be continuously refined.

Throughout this process, Luo Chen’s Divine Soul continuously merged into it, impregnating each portion of Spirit Power with the essence of the Divine Soul.

One year later.

Within the Immortal Mansion, Luo Chen stopped his cultivation and revealed a reflective expression on his face.

”No wonder in the Immortal Cultivation World, Qi Refining and Foundation Building cultivators are as common as carps swimming across the river, but the number of Golden Core Cultivators can never increase significantly.”

”Difficult breakthroughs are one thing, the complexity of cultivation at the Golden Core Stage is another.”

At the Qi Refinement Stage, the focus was mainly on simply absorbing external Spirit Qi.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage, each stage required constant purification and refinement of Spirit Power, turning it into a liquid form to ensure the limited Sea of Qi space could hold enough Spirit Power.

As a cultivator advanced to the Golden Core Stage, cultivation became even more complicated.

Treating external Spirit Qi required three steps: absorb, refine, and merge!

Absorbing external Spirit Qi, refining and purifying it, and finally enveloping it with one’s Divine Consciousness to achieve a simple amalgamation.

Only then could one complete the full transition from Spirit Qi to Spirit Power, and then to Qi Power.

The complexity of cultivation, even with the aid of a Third Order Technique, significantly taxed the cultivator’s mind and spirit.

In this way, one could understand why Golden Core Cultivators have such a high demand for Third Order Spirit Lands.

Just the act of purification and merging was strenuous enough. How could they expend too much effort on absorbing external Spirit Qi?

Third Order Spirit Lands are an essential resource for Golden Core Cultivators’ cultivation!

Upon realizing this.

A look of helplessness appeared on Luo Chen’s face.

He couldn’t monopolize this Jia Third Cave Mansion forever.

Whether the rest of the Golden Core Cultivators in Tian Lan Immortal City were willing was one matter.

His finances not being able to sustain this was another matter.

Before Core Formation, he had already exceeded his limit.

It was Gu Caiyi who forcefully collected payments from various branches, and Sima Huiniang coordinated the flow of funds within the Luo Tian Creed, thus gathering the extra three million Spiritual Stones for the additional three years.

This action was already tremendously damaging.

It could easily cause a deadlock in cash flow.

It was a strategy of self-destruction.

But there was no other way, the Luo Tian Creed, as large as it may be, couldn’t outweigh Luo Chen’s Core Formation event.

With Luo Chen’s successful Core Formation, and his reputation as a Golden Core Ascendant Master, it seemed possible to slightly alleviate this predicament.

But reputation, although it might resolve immediate crises, couldn’t act as a long-term solution.

In their last brief meeting, Luo Chen had handed over his remaining savings to Sima Huiniang—three million Spiritual Stones plus a batch of materials worth millions.

Along with the Luo Tian Creed’s revenue, this would temporarily cover the rent for the Third Order Immortal Mansion for the next ten years.

But what about after ten years?

Luo Chen fiddled with an iron thumb ring on his thumb.

This item was also a Storage Magic Item.

Originating from Qin Tairan of the Flame Alliance!

As the Law Enforcement Elder, after the great catastrophe that the Flame Alliance faced, he could rightfully be considered the leader of the Flame Alliance.

Presumably, inside his ring, there should be a significant inheritance!

So, for the next nine years, Luo Chen’s task was quite clear and straightforward.

First, and most importantly, to stabilize and solidify his current realm.

Given the commotion he had caused during his Core Formation, if he completely refined the massive Spirit Qi accumulated within his body, he could directly ascend to the First Layer of the Golden Core Stage.

This was exactly as Chu Kui had said, no different.

The Great Technique of Pill Formation was difficult to cultivate, but naturally came with corresponding benefits.

One was the relatively easier Core Formation.

The other was the relatively fast cultivation during the early Golden Core Stage.

After all, having already engaged in Golden Core Stage cultivation before Core Formation, the fusion of Spirit Power and Power of Divine Soul had already advanced beyond that of regular Early Stage Golden Core Cultivators.

The second task, then, was to erase Qin Tairan’s Divine Consciousness Imprint from the iron thumb ring.

This, too, Luo Chen found quite straightforward.

It wasn’t his first time doing such a thing.

In fact, he still had a batch of Foundation Establishment Cultivators’ storage bags that he hadn’t opened yet.

He planned to open these blind boxes later.

Perhaps it could alleviate the current financial distress faced by Luo Chen.

As for the third task?

That related to the two cultivation techniques Luo Chen had created himself.

”The Flow of All Things” and the ”Dust Origin Technique.”

The former was a Third Order Body Refinement Technique, following the lineage of Savage Beasts and Ancient Beasts, with infinite potential.

The latter was a Core Formation Secret Art that Luo Chen had developed by integrating various strengths and weaknesses, assessed by the system as a ”Supreme” level technique.

But during the Core Formation, Luo Chen still noticed various shortcomings within it.

Now, while the insights from Core Formation were still fresh, Luo Chen might be able to completely perfect it.

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Outside World.

Yu Ding Realm!

The war of expansion has been initiated!

Although the plan was set for a fifty-year preparation period, it wouldn’t necessarily stick to this exact timeline.

As the twenty-seven small and large sects involved in this war converged, some matters could already be advanced.