[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster":3,"chapter-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-169":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Immortality Starts with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1899573,2534,"Chapter 169","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-169",169,"\u003Cp>Early the next morning, Luo Chen put on the white fox fur coat from last year and, with his hands in his pockets, went out early to inspect his territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Winter had fully set in, and heavy snow was falling in a scattered manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Xieyue Valley, there was accumulated snow everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From afar, Luo Chen saw a little brat building a snowman at the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen walked over to take a look and couldn't help but laugh out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So ugly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qu Lingjun tilted his head, said nothing, and rushed into the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was stunned for a moment; it shouldn't be that bad, right!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I gave you an elixir yesterday, why are you so impolite today!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the next moment, he saw Qu Lingjun run out with a small flowerpot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"President, President, this is my birthday gift for you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the plant in the flowerpot that had just sprouted new buds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen opened his mouth; is it my birthday?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qu Lingjun proudly boasted, \"This is a Soul-Nurturing Tree; the seed was something you gave me casually before. I used some demon beast blood that the uncles didn't want and cultivated it for a while before I got it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about it? I'm very amazing, right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen pinched his chubby little face and laughed, \"So after all this time, you're borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qu Lingjun gave a silly smile, then straightened his chest, \"Ordinary people can't grow this Soul-Nurturing Tree.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, the Soul-Nurturing Tree is very difficult to raise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it is not difficult to cultivate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difficulty in raising it lies in the fact that a Soul-Nurturing Tree takes a full thousand years from rooting and sprouting to growing to a usable stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of which, the seed of this Soul-Nurturing Tree was given to him by Feng Xia on his birthday last year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had been in his storage bag, and Luo Chen hadn't paid any attention to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Qu Lingjun reciting and understanding the \"Hundred Herbs Illustrated Manual\" before, he simply gave it to him to let him operate on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't expect that he would actually grow it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, I already know you've grown it. Don't give it to me; you help me raise it first, and give it to me when it grows up later!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm-hmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qu Lingjun nodded repeatedly and carefully carried the flowerpot back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen lowered his body, scooped up a large handful of snow, and began to patch up the ugly little snowman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Qu Lingjun joined in too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is this snowman, and why does it have a beard?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's my dad! His beard is very stiff and prickly, so I used pig hair to stick it on as a beard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then aren't you calling your dad a pig?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He really is stupid; he's not even as smart as my mom... no, no, my dad isn't this handsome; I look more like my mom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they built it, Qu Lingjun's nose turned red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up at Luo Chen and sobbed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"President, I miss my dad and mom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen pursed his lips and gently rubbed the little boy's hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One big and one small, standing in the wind and snow, built an ugly snowman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ghost General?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Haoyue Hall, the cultivators were gathered around the stove roasting fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen listened in surprise to the news that Zeng Wen had gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeng Wen clicked his tongue in wonder, \"Yeah, no one expected that a ghost creature at the Ghost General level would appear in the Ghost City. The Nangong family, who charged the furthest, suffered heavy losses this time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Yin Ghost lineage has many classifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those who transform into spirits from Yin energy, those who fall from their path and turn to the Ghost Dao, those who die in Yin-Sha lands and become fierce ghosts, and even the most classic zombies can all be counted as part of the Yin Soul Ghost lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The classification standard is not the conventional Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But rather Ghost Soldier, Ghost General, and Ghost King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason for this classification is that higher-level Yin ghosts have a natural suppression over lower-level Yin ghosts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Ghost King, as strong as it is, can even transform a place into a Ghost Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All ghost cultivators within it, while gaining benefits, will also be controlled by the Ghost King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The battle for the inner city of Dahefang broke out at noon, and there were many cultivators within it, at least five thousand or more!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After it broke out, some people died on the spot, and some were trapped inside by the formation activated by the Yuding Sword Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only a very small number of lucky ones managed to escape at the very beginning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the battle ended, the three Ghost Kings were blasted apart by the Jin Dan sword cultivator Pang Renxiong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The essence ghost energy accumulated over hundreds of years shrouded the inner city on the spot, completely turning it into a Ghost Domain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were just like this, one would only need to wait for the arrival of a large sect to eliminate the ghost energy within, and the righteous path of heaven and earth could be restored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, three months had passed, and there was still no sign of the Yuding Sword Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, a Ghost General-level existence had appeared in that Ghost City now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Ghost General, although unable to control a domain of Yin ghosts like a Ghost King.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it has already been born with a bit of intelligence and retains some of the behavioral habits from its lifetime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to the fact that it is in a Ghost Domain, its combat power is greatly enhanced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to Foundation Establishment cultivators, it's unclear who is stronger or weaker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Qi Refining stage cultivators, it is absolutely impossible to resist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did it appear?\" Luo Chen asked curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeng Wen said spiritedly, \"It is said to be in the area of White Stone Square, where the Nangong family had penetrated the deepest, wanting to enter the Yuding Sword Pavilion in advance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As a result, they encountered the Ghost General as soon as they reached White Stone Square.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tsk tsk, it was miserable! Nine out of ten late-stage Qi Refining cultivators of the Nangong family died on the spot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, \"Nine?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, only Nangong Qin survived.\" When Zeng Wen said this, he glanced at Qin Liangchen, who was drinking. \"The kid was lucky; he had a set of treasures aimed at Yin ghosts, and a magic treasure bestowed by his Foundation Establishment father.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Relying on the time delayed by the nine people, he activated that magic treasure and fled the White Stone Square area in a sorry state.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this result, Murong Qinglian couldn't help but feel it was a pity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grudge of Nangong Qin leading people to surround and kill Qin Liangchen back then was still remembered by their Qin family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Liangchen was noncommittal and didn't express any opinion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, take it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice came to his ear, and Luo Chen smiled as he took a handful of shelled hazelnut kernels from Gu Caiyi's hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Swallowing them whole, Luo Chen asked vaguely,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Nangong family shouldn't be talking about such things publicly, right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You speak so detailedly, how come it's like you were watching it on the spot?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zeng Wen gave a cheeky smile, \"I wasn't on the spot, but someone from the Li family was!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Li family?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, at that time Li Ao led a team, and they had just groped to the periphery of White Stone Square, relying on that Green Fire Lantern magic treasure to witness this scene with their own eyes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did the Li family also send people to explore the Ghost City?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was thoughtful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seems that during this period, the focus of all major forces has been placed on the Ghost City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's right, the resources left inside are extremely abundant, and even if you transport some out, it's faster and more than struggling to manage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention anything else, Luo Chen especially wanted to loot the Xianzhu Residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an industry of Mount Ailao, the various spiritual materials in the Xianzhu Residence are all hard currency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially the Earth Fire Sha!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beside him, Zeng Wen was still talking eloquently about his knowledge of the Ghost City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These were all things he had heard from other guests when he worked at Jintang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Li family cultivators witnessed the Nangong family's miserable defeat and return with their own eyes, and after coming out, they publicized it extensively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The purpose was nothing more than to strike at the Nangong family, this foreign cultivation family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, when the two families were competing for the resources of the Beast Hall of the Poshan Gang, they really caused quite a lot of trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Zeng Wen's narration, everyone gradually understood the current situation of the Ghost City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most dangerous place is the area of White Stone Square.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is a Ghost General patrolling, and no one can enter it safely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, once out of the range of White Stone Square, that Ghost General will no longer pursue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why Nangong Qin and the Li family cultivators were able to escape by luck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shops of the five major outer-domain sects had long been empty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The various treasures within that could be taken were taken, and those that couldn't be taken were destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the shops of some local small sects, they all had formation protections to varying degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, all major forces were trying to find ways to crack them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mentioning formations, Luo Chen thought of the character Min Longyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person seems to belong to the Dajiang Gang, but in reality, he should be a cultivator of the Lianyun Commercial Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very skilled in formations!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when fighting, he mostly uses formations to deal with enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Lianyun Commercial Alliance also has the heart to explore the inner city, as long as they send Min Longyu, the harvest will inevitably far exceed everyone else's.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If only my Luotian Association also had such a person skilled in formations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen thought with regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The talent of the Luotian Association is still too scarce, mostly consisting of production cultivators and combat cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These production cultivators are not freeloaders either; they are all playing their respective roles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spiritual rice planted before, under the auspices of Yuan Dongsheng, has grown quite vigorously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next year, perhaps they can harvest a small crop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other medicinal herbs have also benefited from the eruption of the inner city spiritual veins, and the scattered spiritual energy has made some medicinal herbs grow well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that winter has arrived, and the formation that must maintain spring all year round consumes quite a bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the things produced by production cultivators also need someone to protect them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, what if they are snatched away by others?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combat cultivators might be able to hold their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if a battle really breaks out and spreads, these crops will likely be a waste of effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By comparison, a formation cultivator like Min Longyu would be very useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With such a person presiding over the Small Five Elements Formation, as long as Foundation Establishment cultivators don't make a move, the crops planted in Xieyue Valley will be safe and sound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the Luotian Association doesn't have one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only one who knows a little about formations is Duan Feng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the formations he knows are mostly related to magic treasure casting, and they are all small-scale formations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recently, besides practicing, he has been busy bringing up apprentices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He plans to follow Luo Chen's previous plan to bring out a batch of casting apprentices and form a Casting Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To develop and strengthen the Luotian Association, there is still a long way to go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen shook his head and continued to chat with everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The topic gradually shifted from the sights and sounds of Dahefang to cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the hall is basically a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for those like Zeng Wen and Granny Yuan who have long since looked past it, most still hold a glimmer of hope for Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under Luo Chen's auspices, everyone chatted about the problems encountered in cultivation, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen also benefited a lot from the cultivation insights of others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps just one or two points of realization could save him from taking many detours in cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This tea party lasted until evening, and everyone gradually dispersed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After everyone returned home, Luo Chen returned to the alchemy room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Alchemy Hall didn't refine elixirs today, and gave everyone a holiday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen rested for a day, and the slight meridian damage he had received before had also recovered as before under the conditioning of the meridian-moistening fluid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Added to the day of banter and chatting, his state had reached its peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's try my hand with a furnace of Blood-Burning Elixirs first!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The successive failures yesterday were quite a blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen planned to refine some Blood-Burning Elixirs first, not only to give himself more confidence but also to prepare some goods for his next meeting with Tian Xingzi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before starting, Luo Chen glanced at the attribute panel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Blood-Burning Elixir Entry 97\u002F100]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he succeeds in one more furnace, he can advance to the proficient level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, the elixir success rate can be increased from ten percent to twenty percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can also be considered a small breakthrough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I've accumulated several failures before; this time, refining four portions of raw materials at once, I should be able to succeed in at least one!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Luo Chen had already explored this system very clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called probability is actually not as simple as it looks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, during the entry period, it seems that one is bound to succeed once in ten times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, that's not the case!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If every time you refine an elixir, you are not serious, focused, and do not do your best, it is possible to fail all ten times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Conversely, if you are well-prepared and are proficient enough in the elixir formula, alchemy techniques, and various methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is also possible to succeed in one go!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first time he refined the Blood-Burning Elixir was a good example.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't experience multiple failures at all, but instead succeeded on the first try.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Young man, every time you refine an elixir, you must go all out!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then will you have a chance for a guaranteed bottom line!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen silently cheered himself on, then added a piece of Green Grain Demon into the fire pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Using this demon beast body as alchemy fire can increase the number of elixirs produced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had no reason not to use it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before officially refining the elixir, he looked solemn, mobilized the spiritual power in his body, and stimulated the eighteen acupuncture points in his body one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A muffled groan sounded, and Luo Chen took a deep breath, suppressing the pain brought by the operation of the Spirit-Clearing Sha-Breaking technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed this pain!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not for refining the Blood-Burning Elixir, but to get familiar with this feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because, when he refines the Tongyou Elixir later, the Spirit-Clearing Sha-Breaking technique might be able to counter the hallucinogenic power brought by the snow fox demon blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a bit of inspiration he got while communicating with friends today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pain might be able to wake people up from hallucinations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And maintaining pain all the time has a high possibility of not falling into that kind of trance hallucination.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After making the preliminary preparations, Luo Chen added the medicinal herbs one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, the alchemy process of the Blood-Burning Elixir began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For all of this, Luo Chen was already familiar with the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About two hours later, Luo Chen put away fourteen Blood-Burning Elixirs with satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All were low-grade, but the success rate was two out of four portions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The proficiency of the Blood-Burning Elixir also reached the proficient level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, the achievement points lost from the previous entry into the Tongyou Elixir also increased by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nowadays, the number of achievement points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Spirit Eye Technique reached Great Perfection, the Earth Mountain Technique and Wave Technique both advanced to the perfect level, and the Blood-Burning Elixir advanced to the proficient level, four more were added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>28 achievement points!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During his rest, Luo Chen looked at these achievement points and couldn't help but have an impulse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he were to invest all these achievement points into those two complete second-tier elixir formulas, he wondered if he could reach the entry level?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason for this impulse to try is mainly because there are no first-tier elixir formulas on hand at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only three second-tier elixir formulas remain: Jade Dew Elixir, Blood Sha Elixir, and Emperor Flowing Pulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, he is relatively most confident in the Blood Sha Elixir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, it lacks the main material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he reaches the entry level, he cannot refine it for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jade Dew Elixir has the greatest value!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it is incomplete, and the achievement points required to deduce and complete it might be an unimaginably huge number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Emperor Flowing Pulp...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen shook his head; it hadn't reached that point yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he advances to the Foundation Establishment stage, whether it's entry or deduction, he won't need to spend too many achievement points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because at that time, it will be the corresponding realm, and the achievement points required for entry will be no different from entering a first-tier elixir formula now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a simple rest, Luo Chen stood up and stepped into another alchemy room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the bronze cauldron, Luo Chen smiled slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although the Shenmu Cauldron is only a first-tier middle-grade, it has an additional benefit for refining herbal elixirs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One of the two main materials for the Tongyou Elixir is Huanyou grass.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During his mortal period, he advanced by leaps and bounds, achieving the innate martial arts stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, he abandoned the Four Symbols Cauldron and chose the Shenmu Cauldron, which has a lower grade but special benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hopefully, he can succeed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spirit-Clearing Sha-Breaking technique was activated, and the sharp pain emerged again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen's expression remained unchanged, as if he felt nothing, and he added the raw materials one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A long time later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen walked out of the alchemy room with a calm face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Failed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not angry; the elixir formula for the Tongyou Elixir was also incomplete, and he had completed it himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was forcibly entered through the system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All failures are forgivable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in this failure, it was confirmed that the Spirit-Clearing Sha-Breaking technique has a significant resistance effect against the hallucinogenic power of the snow fox demon blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This point, on the contrary, is the greatest harvest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next time, I will definitely succeed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next time, he still didn't succeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until five days later, when Luo Chen stopped refining the Jade Marrow Elixir and spent a whole day refining the Tongyou Elixir alone, that he barely succeeded once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It took a full nine times to usher in a harvest!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen looked at the three pills in his hand that were as white as ice and snow, feeling extremely emotional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three pills, only three pills!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Luo Chen had been mentally prepared, he still couldn't quite handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that besides the main materials being complete, half of the auxiliary materials for the Tongyou Elixir were missing, and he had spent a lot of time completing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also knew that without the reverse deduction of a second-tier elixir formula like the Blood Sha Elixir, the completed elixir formula might be congenitally deficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he didn't expect that the number of elixirs produced would be so small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The cost of one portion of raw materials is as high as fifteen spirit stones, far exceeding the eleven for the Blood-Burning Elixir and five for the Jade Marrow Elixir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the end, there were only three pills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't spread it out and calculate it based on the total actual cost, wouldn't it take one hundred and fifty spirit stones ten times to get three first-tier low-grade Tongyou Elixirs?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This data made Luo Chen unable to hold it together again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had never been so wasteful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to see what kind of heaven-defying effects you have!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clutching the three snow-white pills in his palm, Luo Chen entered the spiritual vein cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Full of spirit and energy, with no injuries at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen took a deep breath and resolutely swallowed the snow-white pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After refining the violent-natured Blood-Burning Elixir, Luo Chen didn't dare to take it easily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he knew the direction of the medicinal properties, he needed to test the elixir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the direction of the medicinal properties of the Tongyou Elixir was to increase the foundation of the soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cost was so high that he couldn't bear to find small animals to test the elixir.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since that was the case, it was better to experience it himself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The elixir entered his body and then melted in his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An icy, cool feeling rushed straight to his crown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen couldn't help but shiver from the cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And it was in this shiver that his consciousness became hazy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a kitchen full of smoke and fire, a young man was lying in front of the stove, grabbing a large handful of black medicinal dregs, his demeanor insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Failure?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Failure!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why, still failure!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I risked my entire net worth to gather these ten portions of raw materials, but now I still can't succeed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be that I have no talent for alchemy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I don't believe it; there are three portions of raw materials left, I will definitely succeed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man put away the medicinal dregs and went to the stream to wash the iron pot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He practiced spells, cultivated techniques, and constantly adjusted his state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the second day, he continued to refine the Zhongmiao Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Failure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third day, still failure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on the fourth day, which was the last portion of raw materials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He held all his expectations and, with the most focused and even fanatical mindset, staked everything on one throw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It failed again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man opened his mouth, and his self-talking voice carried a sob.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifty spirit stones were his entire net worth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In order to refine the Zhongmiao Pill, he had invested everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, not a single pill was made, which meant that his years of accumulation had gone down the drain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it was all a waste of effort!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So where should he go from here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen looked around; the house was bare, and there wasn't even half a catty of spiritual rice left in the rice jar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps I am not naturally suited for alchemy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shouldn't I have had this dream of becoming an alchemist and living a life where I never have to worry about spirit stones again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He fell into deep self-doubt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting withered in the kitchen, letting the burnt smell of the failed medicinal dregs spread over his body, as if he himself were a failure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know how long it had been.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When day broke, he slowly got up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen glanced at the situation at home, then poured out the medicinal dregs and tidied up the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a simple wash, he left the house and went to the outer city area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He came to a building complex with beautiful mountains and clear waters, shaded by bamboo buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who comes there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Loose cultivator Luo Chen, wanting to join the Poshan Gang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",3996,"2026-06-12T10:35:51.239Z","2026-06-18T03:42:36.771Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","e4a7525a91d128b02c6813e474d9d2f535c2c4801aa05f80d93cdfcef24995e4","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-170","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-168",1090,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-cover.jpg"]