Immortality Begins With The Alchemical Master Chapter 125: Golden Core Relic, Ghostly Divine Valley's Supreme Elder - Novel Cool

Chapter 125: Golden Core Relic, Ghostly Divine Valley's Supreme Elder

Chapter 125: Golden Core Relic, Ghostly Divine Valley's Supreme Elder

"I'm older than you."

"Hmm."

"My realm is also higher than yours."

Luo Chen looked at Duan Feng, who was staring blankly, and chuckled: "So, don't call me Little Duan."

"Okay!"

Luo Chen sighed and waved his hand: "Now that the Dao Forum Platform is closed, what are your plans, Little Duan?"

Duan Feng's face stiffened, but when he saw Feng Xia, his worried expression turned into a smile.

Luo Chen didn't bother to correct Duan Feng's title and instead asked: "What are you going to do now that the Dao Forum Platform is closed?"

Duan Feng sighed and said: "I'll just have to find another way. I can't just sit around and do nothing."

Luo Chen's eyes lit up as he said: "Why don't you join the Mountain Breaker Gang? Come to my Alchemy Hall and live a life of luxury."

Duan Feng was taken aback by the offer. "I'm not sure if that's a good idea."

Luo Chen waved his hand: "Don't worry, I'm the first Alchemist of the Mountain Breaker Gang. With me backing you, no one will dare to bully you."

Duan Feng hesitated: "I need to think about it."

Luo Chen smiled: "Take your time, and when you're ready, let me know. I'll talk to Brother Qin and Sister Murong, and we'll vouch for you."

Luo Chen's invitation to Duan Feng was not just a casual remark. He had been thinking about it, and it was a win-win situation. With Duan Feng's skills, he could help Luo Chen's Alchemy Hall and increase his own influence within the Mountain Breaker Gang.

As the night wore on, the conversation turned to the recent closure of the Dao Forum Platform. The impact was enormous, affecting many small businesses that relied on the platform's large customer base.

Luo Chen's tea shop was affected, but he quickly adjusted by offering discounts and promotions. However, many other businesses were not as prepared and were struggling to survive.

Luo Chen didn't have time to worry about them, but he was concerned about the increasing number of attacks on his business. A group of cultivators, including a man named Feng Yijian, had been terrorizing the area.

Luo Chen's bodyguards, including Zhou Yuanli, had easily defeated them, but Luo Chen was concerned about the growing trend of violence. With the Dao Forum Platform closed, many cultivators had lost their source of income and were turning to robbery and violence.

Luo Chen suspected that these cultivators were former regulars at the Dao Forum Platform, and with their skills and equipment, they were a formidable force. He knew he had to be careful and protect his business and people.

The outer city had almost reached a state of constant chaos.

Some middle and early-stage independent cultivators were suffering greatly, and many of them sought refuge in the Mountain Breaker Gang, the Great River Gang, and the Mystic Meeting, just for a bit of protection.

As the first alchemist of the Mountain Breaker Gang, the wealthy and influential Luo Chen naturally fell into the sights of those independent cultivators who lived by fighting.

Perhaps those at the Ninth Level of Qi Cultivation would still have some reservations.

But those with shallow knowledge and overconfidence at the Seventh and Eighth Levels of Qi Cultivation had no such qualms.

They had attacked Luo Chen several times during his commute, either in groups or alone.

If this continued, it was hard to ensure that a Ninth Level Qi Cultivator wouldn't personally intervene.

"Are they really treating me like a fat sheep to be slaughtered?"

Luo Chen cursed and sent people to clean up the battlefield.

A medium-grade magic robe was damaged, and the storage bag was shattered in the explosion. Only a medium-grade magical weapon in his hand and a high-grade flying sword in the air were preserved.

"Li Qiang!"

Li Qiang looked up.

Luo Chen waved his hand, and the flying sword spun in front of Li Qiang.

"Last time, you protected me well and were severely injured. This high-grade flying sword is yours as a reward."

Reward me?

Li Qiang was stunned for a moment, then he happily accepted it.

A high-grade flying sword, worth at least two thousand spirit stones.

With the recent chaos, the price of magical weapons had risen. It would cost at least three thousand spirit stones to buy one from the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower.

"Hall Master is generous. Li Qiang thanks you for the reward."

Luo Chen didn't mind and gave another medium-grade magical weapon to Dong Fangliang, the cultivator with the lowest realm.

He received another round of gratitude.

The other three bodyguards had no complaints. In the previous ambushes, Luo Chen had taken the spirit stones and pills, but most of the other spoils were shared with them.

This time, it was Li Qiang and Dong Fangliang's turn.

Luo Chen's actions were quite generous.

But he had no choice.

With more and more cultivators robbing and plundering, his security became increasingly important.

Of the five bodyguards, only Zhou Yuanli and Li Qiang were somewhat valued in the gang. The other three were not highly regarded.

They didn't have good magical weapons.

To enhance their strength, Luo Chen decided to be generous and give them better weapons.

"But when will this chaos end?"

Luo Chen sighed, harboring some resentment towards the Golden Core cultivator.

The root of all this chaos was that guy.

Unfortunately, the chaos Luo Chen hoped would end soon showed no signs of stopping.

Because even greater chaos was on its way.

"Ancient ruins have been discovered in the Ganyuan Mountain Range, confirmed to be the remains of a Golden Core cultivator."

As soon as he arrived at Crescent Moon Valley, Luo Chen learned this news from Murong Qinglian and others.

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"Confirmed?"

"How was it confirmed?"

In the crowd, Luo Chen asked curiously.

This time, it was Sikong Shoujia who explained.

"The array surrounding the ruins is the famous Heavenly Craft Spirit Seizing Array."

"Only the Golden Core cultivators of the Ghostly Divine Valley could set up this array; ordinary Golden Core cultivators couldn't."

Luo Chen became even more curious: "Ghostly Divine Valley? I haven't heard of this sect in the Jade Cauldron Domain!"

Sikong Shoujia stroked his beard and said calmly, "It's normal for you young ones not to know this name."

Luo Chen and others' faces froze. What kind of senior are you pretending to be?

We're all of the same generation. You're in your seventies and still at the Qi Cultivation stage.

Yes, in our world of cultivation, we don't follow traditional ethics; we determine generations by realm!

"Back then, the sixteen sects jointly launched the Opening War, led by the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, with the support of the other five major sects. You should know their names."

"Among the sixteen sects, the other ten were also famous. For example, the Falling Cloud Sect and Ailao Mountain. The Ghostly Divine Valley was a major sect in array formation."

"During the Opening War, the Ghostly Divine Valley played a significant role, setting up arrays on mountains and driving away demons in water."

"Unfortunately, during a confrontation with a Fourth-Rank Demon Beast King and its horde, the Ghostly Divine Valley's camp suffered a massive blow. The Jade Cauldron True Man couldn't reach them in time, leading to the near-total annihilation of the Ghostly Divine Valley."

"Later, an old Golden Core cultivator from the Ghostly Divine Valley rushed to gather the remaining forces and withdrew from the Opening War in silence."

"Four hundred years later, that old Golden Core cultivator had already passed away. The Ghostly Divine Valley had no successors and gradually declined. Now, only a branch remains, existing as a cultivation family under the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect."

Listening to Sikong Shoujia's explanation, everyone was captivated.

The Opening War!

What a grand spectacle.

The sixteen sects jointly attacked the Lianxia Mountain Range, killing through a million demons, and finally established the Jade Cauldron Domain, opening new cultivation grounds for the human race.

In this vast war, there were those like Cloud Crane Upper Man who rose to prominence, but also tragic cases like the Ghostly Divine Valley.

"Besides the Ghostly Divine Valley, other major sects like the Bright Emperor Sect and the Vastly Righteous Sect also suffered heavy losses."

"Stop, stop, stop, you're going off-topic!"

Luo Chen interrupted Sikong Shoujia's lengthy explanation, getting straight to the point.

"Didn't the Ghostly Divine Valley's camp get completely destroyed? How could anyone from there set up an array in the Ganyuan Mountain Range, thousands of miles away?"

Sikong Shoujia shrugged, "How should I know? Back then, they didn't find the body of the Ghostly Divine Valley's Supreme Elder. Everyone thought he was still alive, but he never returned even as the Ghostly Divine Valley declined. Only then did they believe he might have been eaten by demons."

"But now it seems that the Supreme Elder was quite resourceful, managing to escape to the Ganyuan Mountain Range."

Through his explanation, everyone learned that the Heavenly Craft Spirit Seizing Array was a top-tier third-stage array, which only a Golden Core array master could set up.

If given enough time, its power could rival a fourth-stage array, capable of resisting a Fourth-Rank Beast King.

Moreover, this array had a unique feature: it didn't require spirit stones to be set up. It could form using the mountain's and river's energy, absorbing free-floating spirit qi from the environment.

Even after many years, the array could remain intact.

Therefore, it was deduced that the ruins discovered in the Ganyuan Mountain Range belonged to a Golden Core cultivator, and specifically, the Ghostly Divine Valley's Supreme Elder.

"Apparently, someone from our gang managed to enter the outer perimeter of the array and found several herbs over five hundred years old."

"If it's inside, there might even be thousand-year-old spirit herbs!"

Sikong Shoujia marveled, clearly eager to explore.

Someone nearby was skeptical. "Isn't it something from four hundred years ago? How can there still be five hundred or thousand-year-old treasures?"

As soon as he spoke, the others looked at him as if he were an idiot.

He was taken aback for a moment, then realized his mistake, his face turning red instantly.

The Supreme Elder of Ghostly Divine Valley passed away four hundred years ago, but the things inside the Ganyuan Mountain Range were not just four hundred years old.

Under the protection of the grand array, the resources inside could easily grow to a much higher age.

Forget a thousand years; even ten-thousand-year-old treasures were not out of the question.

"Hold on, do you mean that the ruins were discovered by our Mountain Breaker Gang?" Luo Chen deduced from the old man's words.

Sikong Shoujia nodded. "Of course! The Ganyuan Mountain Range has always been our main area of activity. It's quite normal for our cultivators to be the first to discover such a large-scale relic."

With this, the cultivators from the Alchemy Hall and Medicine Hall became excited.

If the ruins were discovered by the Mountain Breaker Gang, shouldn't the harvest belong to the Mountain Breaker Gang?

Even if they couldn't share in the harvest, they should at least have the advantage of being on-site if they volunteered to explore.

For a moment, the cultivators from both halls were all stirred up.

Seeing this, Luo Chen, who was initially a bit excited, gradually calmed down.

There are no secrets in the world, and the Mountain Breaker Gang is not an extremely cohesive sect.

If even they knew, how long would it be before everyone in the Great River Market knew?

Perhaps, those with better information channels already knew!

And with the Golden Core Relic, especially the place where a Supreme Elder of a sect passed away, the treasures it might contain are unimaginable.

It's hard to believe that they, ordinary scattered cultivators, would get a chance at this feast.

Luo Chen's calmness didn't mean others could remain calm.

Especially over the next two days, the news coming from the Ganyuan Mountain Range became increasingly outrageous, making everyone restless.

The Li Mountain Seed, a second-rank spirit fruit seed, can assist Foundation Establishment cultivators in their cultivation, and is particularly effective for Earth Dao cultivators.

The eight-hundred-year-old Heavenly Root, one of the main materials for the Foundation Establishment Pill, has an extremely high age, and its medicinal power is almost on par with a regular low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.

If a cultivator consumes it raw, it can increase the Foundation Establishment success rate by twenty percent.

If a master alchemist refines it into a Foundation Establishment Pill, it can at the very least achieve a medium-grade Foundation Establishment Pill, almost increasing the Foundation Establishment success rate from thirty percent to forty percent!

Besides these two spirit herbs, there were also various other valuable medicinal materials like the Purple Blue Flower and Yin Scale Grass.

Just these things alone were enough to stir everyone's hearts.

But this was only the wild treasures. It was rumored that the Supreme Elder brought a large portion of Ghostly Divine Valley's assets to participate in the war.

Among them were not only Foundation Establishment Pills but also resources for Core Formation.

With such huge profits, the entire Great River Market was in turmoil.

Every day, thousands of cultivators flooded into the Ganyuan Mountain Range.

Even the threat of demon beasts had been forgotten.

Luo Chen had been closely watching the situation, but he didn't expect the influence of the Golden Core Relic to reach his Crescent Moon Valley.

Standing on the cliff platform, Luo Chen's gaze fell on the valley.

Luo Wuji was negotiating with Murong Qinglian.

Their conversation was not hidden, and any cultivator who paid attention could hear the content.

"The Medicine Hall will send fifty people to accompany me into the mountains, responsible for identifying and digging up spirit herbs."

"Too many, taking so many people will disrupt the normal operations of the Medicine Hall."

"Not too many, and the cultivators can keep thirty percent of the benefits from the spirit herbs they find."

"But, there are already enough people going to the ruins, it's very dangerous."

"Dangerous?"

Luo Wuji's gaze fell on the cultivators watching from around, and he smiled lightly.

"Then ask them if they want to go?"

Murong Qinglian looked at the eager Medicine Hall cultivators and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Fine, do as you wish!"

Luo Wuji clapped his hands. "Those who want to go, sign up with me. Higher realms get priority!"

In an instant, eighty percent of the Medicine Hall cultivators rushed to him, each hoping to be selected.

Luo Chen ignored all of this.

When he turned around, he found that a group of Alchemy Hall cultivators were staring intently at the scene below.

"Looking at what!"

Suddenly, a loud roar echoed.

Luo Chen's gaze was cold as he stared at them. "A bunch of old, weak, and frail, do you also want to go to your deaths?"

Most people fell silent.

But someone still muttered softly, something about obstructing someone's path being as bad as killing their parents.

It was Luo Erduo!

Luo Wuji's nephew.

"Those who want to go, leave quickly! This Hall Master won't stop you!"

"But, once you leave today, don't come back!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Luo Erduo eagerly flew down to the valley.

A few other cultivators also hesitated before leaving the Alchemy Hall.

"You... sigh!"

Sighing was Qu Hancheng, because those who left were almost all fireworkers, and they were of higher realms.

Seeing Luo Chen still angry, Qu Hancheng could only smile bitterly.

The team's morale was scattered, making it hard to lead!

"Hall Master..."

"Are you also going?" Luo Chen turned around, his tone unkind.

Qu Hancheng was terrified. "I'm old and have a few young ones to take care of, how can I just go? But, with some people gone, should we still continue the alchemy work this afternoon?"

Luo Chen let out a sigh of relief and patted his shoulder comfortingly.

"Continue! Of course, continue!"

"Not only continue, but also intensify, specialize, and increase the quantity!"

"When they fight to the death, we will calmly refine pills. Uncle Mi, Tangquan, stop researching the Wondrous Pill for now. Give you a task, refine more Fasting Pills."

"When the time comes, Elder Sikong will send people to set up stalls at the entrances of the Ganyuan Mountain Range. They will get the meat, and we won't be left without soup!"

Upon hearing this, the Alchemy Hall cultivators were all stunned.

The smarter ones, like Gu Caiyi and Sikong Shoujia, had their eyes light up.

(End of Chapter)

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