[{"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-22":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Immortality Begins from an Alchemy Grandmaster",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1899426,2534,"Chapter 22: Why Are a Bunch of Paupers Risking Their Lives?","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-22",22,"\u003Cp>The night wind was hunting, and the killing intent was soaring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure ran hurriedly through the small woods, looking back from time to time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did I shake them off?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muttering to himself, his gaze froze, then he gritted his teeth, mobilized his remaining spiritual power, and continued to run wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperial Wind Technique blessed on his body didn't bring him a feeling of coolness, but rather a panic of burning from within.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because behind him, a cultivator in blue was chasing at high speed, stepping on a flying disc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhou San, you can't run!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou San turned a deaf ear, rushing madly toward the Xiaoyue Mountain Range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he entered the Xiaoyue Mountain Range, he could rely on the complex terrain to shake off Gao Tinge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The speed of imperial flight was much faster than the lotus leaf flying disc magic tool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the spiritual power consumed by casting spells must be far higher than a transportation flying tool like the lotus leaf flying disc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Tinge’s face was gloomy, following far behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he sensed the distance was pulled far enough, he would urge his spiritual power to speed up and catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, not running to the Poshan Gang headquarters, but instead running blindly to this desolate wilderness; you are truly courting death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sneering, Gao Tinge held a talisman in his hand, ready to activate it at any time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the scenery around gradually changed, Gao Tinge’s face became somewhat uncertain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, he wants to run into the mountains!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people of the Poshan Gang were far more familiar with the nearby mountain ranges than those of them who walked the big rivers and lakes all year round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he really let him run in and hide for two or three days, he really wouldn't have any way to deal with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, this God-Speed Talisman can only be wasted on you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Tinge didn't hesitate, put away the lotus leaf flying disc, and took out an earthy-yellow talisman and stuck it on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spiritual power was injected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, a figure rolled up a yellow-misty light, like an earth dragon, whistling over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance to the enemy in front was also getting closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing this scene, Zhou San’s soul flew away, but no matter how he urged his spiritual power, he couldn't pull away the distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperial Wind Technique also had a limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhou San, die!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amidst the light shout, a flying sword flew from hundreds of meters away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou San staggered, didn't fall, but ran even more desperately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Tinge summoned the flying sword back; it was stained with a layer of fresh red blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually quite able to carry; I don't know how many rounds you can carry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Tinge continued to chase, the night wind hitting his face, actually feeling a bit refreshing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist, save me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cry for help came, incredibly shrill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen’s face was ugly to the extreme, hiding behind the door, a stack of talismans hanging at his waist, holding a Soul-Breaking Nail in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Save your mother, don't come to my side!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His inner monologue, Zhou San definitely couldn't hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the contrary, Zhou San rushed straight toward his house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dajiang Gang is doing business, bystanders get out of the way!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a loud explosion, a huge fireball suddenly lit up in the pitch-black night sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the crack in the door, Luo Chen’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn your mother, what are you doing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the big fireball smashed down like a meteorite, aiming not only at Zhou San but also at Luo Chen’s courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Tinge landed gracefully, the yellow light on his body disappeared, and the God-Speed Talisman was completely scrapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the firelight of the house next to him that had collapsed halfway and was burning fiercely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the corpse lying on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still quite able to pretend to be dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the words fell, the corpse on the ground just turned over, and a flying sword passed through his body, hard-inserting him into the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sneering, Gao Tinge glanced sideways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you going to roll out yourself, or do you plan to be burned alive inside?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Answering him was a fireball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Small tricks, dare to show off in front of me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Tinge raised his hand, and an earthy-yellow light shield covered his body; that fireball hit it, rippling a layer of earthy-yellow halo, and then annihilated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He reached out and summoned, and the flying sword on the ground returned to his hand with a swoosh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior, show mercy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Tinge looked at the man who had crawled out of the window in a sorry state, shaking his head in disdain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a piece of trash at the fourth layer of Qi Refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he shouted angrily: \"How dare you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another fireball hit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fireball wasn't scary; what he was angry about was that the other party, a mere fourth-layer Qi Refining, dared to strike at him after seeing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a rage, he wanted to strike with his flying sword.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for that fireball, he didn't take it to heart at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Xutu Shield had the best defensive power among most low-grade spells; let alone the Fireball Technique, even a meteor fire rain couldn't break it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the next moment, his face changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the fireball annihilated, a black light broke through his Xutu Shield like a knife cutting tofu, and then went straight toward his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Soul-Breaking...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom! Boom! Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the night curtain, a figure moved like a ghost, hands continuously forming seals, and fireballs were fired madly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao Tinge once wanted to unfold the Xutu Shield again, but in that non-stop fireball attack, he couldn't get the slightest breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His spell-casting speed is so fast!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Gao Tinge’s only thought before falling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen stood two hundred meters away, staring dead at the fallen corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s possible he’s pretending to be dead; I’ve used this move, and the previous person also used this move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, I have to test it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without hesitation, Luo Chen fired another fireball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corpse didn't react, as if it were dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen still wasn't sure; the distance was so far, if the other party was really pretending to be dead, he still had a chance to run.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he wasn't really on the verge of death, why would he pretend to be dead?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen’s eyes lit up, he recited a small section of the incantation, and his fingers moved suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only to see a cyan light flow on the ground in the distance winding out like a vine, wrapping around the cultivator’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zheng!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sword sound rang out, Luo Chen was shocked, then increased the injection of spiritual power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That vine twisted the neck tightly until the head was twisted two turns before it gradually dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It really was pretending to be dead; it’s a pity this move is useless in front of me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relieved, Luo Chen walked to the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the face with a strange expression like a twisted neck, Luo Chen’s mood was very calm this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No anger at being caught in the crossfire, no pride in killing a great enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, adapting to a trend is a very easy thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen’s adaptability had always been very good!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just sighed that the Entanglement Technique could really kill people; he would never mock a certain God King again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking his... forget it, looking at this twisted neck, the action of shaking his head was really a bit creepy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen started looting the corpse with ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A swallow-shaped flying sword, what grade it was, he would see later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lotus leaf flying disc, he knew this one, a low-grade flying magic tool, sold for 150 in the Wanbao Pavilion, half more expensive than ordinary first-order low-grade ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The magic robe was destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eh, there was also a close-fitting inner armor; no wonder it didn't die after being hit by my Soul-Breaking Nail and a dozen fireballs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, it was also mostly scrapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No spirit stones? No cultivation techniques? And no storage bag?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, what a pauper!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Picking the Soul-Breaking Nail from the chest, Luo Chen cursed and went to loot the other corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he only got a set of flying knife magic tools and a small bag of spirit stones; there was nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, another pauper!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A bunch of paupers, why are you risking your lives every day!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Muttering, Luo Chen looked back at his house that was burning fiercely, wanting to cry without tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The local gangs are really too impolite!\" ===== CHAPTER 23 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1458,"2026-06-12T10:35:51.239Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4eeb7255d82ea9f760a081b49e7f02843040fe8e44ce93a9524d2b695044421a","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-23","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-21",1090,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-cover.jpg"]