Eternal Life: Talent Grows with Age-Chapter 321 - 200: Root Bone Rises Again!

Looking over at the Light Curtain Panel.

The Immortal Dao Root Bone had increased by 2 points again.

"Name: Lu Chang’sheng"

"Age: 70/155"

"Root Bone (Primary): 4/10[Immortal Dao Spirit Root, Inferior Quality, Next Stage, D Grade Lower]"

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"Technique: Cyan Essence Immortal Technique (Fifth Layer)"

"Skill: Qi Storage Pill (Perfected), Rejuvenation Pill (Great Success), Cyan Wood Fire Technique (Great Success)······"

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After counting the years, from the realm of Great Yuan to here, it’s been almost twenty years.

Time has no meaning in cultivation.

Lu Chang’sheng felt this more and more deeply. Whenever he went into seclusion for alchemy, it was at least counted in months. That was because his Immortal Technique was still low-level—if he reached Foundation Establishment, it’d probably be counted in years.

Cyan Essence Immortal Technique reaching the fifth layer meant he was at Qi Cultivation Layer Five. His magical power was much stronger than at Layer Four.

These days, Lu Chang’sheng looked noticeably more like an immortal than before. If only his hair weren’t so thin up top, affecting his looks, he could almost be called truly impressive in temperament.

In most of his magic skills, he’d made not-insignificant progress—the Barrier-Breaking Pill was the only one still stuck, not yet reaching Minor Achievement.

Luckily, it wouldn’t be long now.

The last few years, Fang Yuan had been searching for Barrier-Breaking Pill materials to the point he was ready to tear his hair out.

The top-tier ingredients aren’t just rare—the bigger problem is that there’s never much circulating in the market. If he hadn’t prepared ahead, he’d probably have lost his mind by now.

That night, Fang Yuan delivered the ingredients for Barrier-Breaking Pill right to the door.

"These were sourced from Supreme Profound Immortal City. Things have been a little turbulent lately, and plenty of materials are getting hard to find."

Fang Yuan sighed.

Looking at Lu Chang’sheng, a hint of regret flickered in his eyes.

He’d definitely underestimated how tough it’d be to refine the Barrier-Breaking Pill.

Lu Chang’sheng spotted his worry and reassured him, "No need to worry, Fellow Daoist Fang Yuan. I’ll be able to refine the Barrier-Breaking Pill pretty soon."

Fang Yuan let out another sigh but didn’t dwell on it—he’d heard this line more than five times already.

Still, after sinking so much in, if he bailed now, it’d just be too painful to accept.

He quickly switched topics to the current situation.

Half a year ago, Red Cloud Daoist reappeared in Liuyun Immortal City, reportedly snatching up a batch of Wang Family resources and enraging the Wang Family.

Lu Chang’sheng said in surprise, "Red Cloud Daoist still dares show himself in Liuyun Immortal City?"

This really took him aback.

Only a few years had passed since the last time Red Cloud Daoist snatched up auction goods from the Wang Family.

To cultivators, that span was just like a few months in the mortal world—there’s no way the Wang Family wasn’t still watching for Red Cloud Daoist.

Losing two Golden Core-tier treasures isn’t something anyone swallows easily.

So Red Cloud Daoist must have had no choice but to act.

Sure enough, Fang Yuan said, "It was for the Heart-Protecting Pill. Supreme Profound Sect auctioned off 10 Foundation Establishment Pills, and the Wang Family got some. They’ve been preparing Foundation Establishment for their prodigy, Wang Teng, and the Heart-Protecting Pill was one of the key items. Somehow, word leaked and Red Cloud Daoist caught wind, so he struck mid-way."

Red Cloud Daoist is going for Foundation Establishment too!

Lu Chang’ssheng’s heart skipped a beat, instantly grasping Fang Yuan’s worries.

Red Cloud Daoist is notoriously vengeful—if he glides smoothly into Foundation Establishment, Fang Yuan and his crew are definitely not sleeping easy.

Lu Chang’sheng couldn’t do anything about that, either.

"Just a few more days and the Barrier-Breaking Pill will be ready."

As he headed out, Lu Chang’ssheng emphasized it one more time.

It might shave off some stress for Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan waved a hand, "Fellow Daoist Lu, try to think of a way to speed up a little, would you?"

He was mostly immune to Lu Chang’ssheng’s promises by now. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

Lu Chang’ssheng didn’t put it to heart. Once Fang Yuan left, he headed home himself.

That evening, he left the house and went to White Cloud Pharmacy. To avoid getting caught up in the whirlpool, he’d barely been back to Yun’an Institute these last two years.

This time, he was hoping to exchange for some materials, prepping for the top-tier Barrier-Breaking Pill.

Main ingredients were out of the question—even if they did have them, he definitely had no right to buy. So all his stock came through Fang Yuan’s purchase channels.

Still, a lean camel is bigger than a horse—some supplementary ingredients he could still pick up.

"Resource share’s down quite a bit."

Lu Chang’ssheng checked the warehouse records. As a B-grade Alchemist, the monthly resources allotted to him had already dropped by about one-fifth.

His tightly-knitted brow slowly eased up.

This is what you pay for not picking sides.

Word was, the high-level struggle had lately settled into a more peaceful rhythm.

On the surface, things look stable, but everyone really split into two camps inside.

Basically, the White Cloud Cave Mansion’s resources got divided between two sides, and as a neutral, Lu Chang’ssheng’s monthly share was squeezed naturally.

Of course, the squeeze had its limit. If it got any tighter, no one would bat an eye if Lu Chang’ssheng just left White Cloud Cave Mansion for good.

Once he’d finished his purchases and returned to the pharmacy, Steward Yang strode over, face flushed with happiness.

He spotted Lu Chang’ssheng, nodded slightly, and kept walking.

That proud, cocky look made Lu Chang’ssheng a little annoyed, but he didn’t say a word.

Steward Yang’s choice of faction was obvious—since his backing hadn’t collapsed, he had enough swagger to snub a non-aligned Alchemist like Lu Chang’ssheng.

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"Nebula Flower, Five Rivers Vehicle, Cloud Demon’s Eye······"

Lu Chang’ssheng effortlessly loaded the herbs into the Pill Furnace, then began his pre-alchemy steps.

High-quality Barrier-Breaking Pills sure are complicated to craft—over the past few years, he’d burnt through over two hundred thousand lower-grade Spirit Stones’ worth of herbs.