Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 104: Auction, magic weapon appears

 Winter every year is always the most difficult period in Dahefang.

The Lancang River froze and the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, which directly cut off the direct source of income for most monks.

In addition, for some casual cultivators living in the outer city, there is even the danger of hungry monsters from the mountains emerging to eat people.

But this year, it seems a little different?

Walking on the streets of the inner city, Luo Chen suddenly discovered that the crowds of people were far more lively than in the previous autumn.

Gu Caiyi explained to him considerately: "It's because of the Luofengshan Taoist Forum."

Luo Chen is also a smart person, and he roughly understood the reason after a few simple suggestions from the other party.

 The opening of the Luofengshan Taoist Forum set off a wave of fighting among monks.

 On weekdays, only some masters in the late stage of Qi refining and some family monks work on it.

 But as the weather got colder and colder, and the income in the mountains became worse and worse, some monks who really couldn't survive finally decided to compete on the Taoist platform.

As long as you go up and play a game, you will get an appearance fee no matter you win or lose!

And with the foundation-building monks watching over him, at least his life would not be in danger.

And if you win, you will get additional rewards, such as spiritual stones, elixirs, magic weapons, etc.

It is also true that in this winter, Dahefang is not so deserted, and everyone is ready to show off their talents.

 In this regard, Yudingjiange is of course happy to see its success.

 They can select players with high level and strong fighting ability from a large number of monks who signed up.

 Then list the highlights of each battle.

What kind of fight is there for the top master in the middle stage of Qi refining, what is a fight for resources, or a fight between the same sects.

 Even conflicts between neighbors cannot be reconciled, and there are fighting scenes such as talking about right and wrong through discussion.

If there is a "death match" like that, it will even set off a viewing frenzy.

 Not to mention anything else, Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion has already made a lot of money just from the ticket fees.

“If I didn’t have any skills, I might as well try my luck on the Taoist stage!”

Luo Chen smiled, but he understood the casual cultivators who were swarming on the stage.

According to Gu Caiyi’s news, even some monks from the three fighting halls of the Poshan Gang have signed up to compete.

Unexpectedly, the "monks are good at fighting" culture that Yudingjian Pavilion wanted to create would actually help them in this winter season.

It is conceivable that when the winter is over, those monks who are accustomed to making a living from the forum will not give up this habit.

“Let’s go see one when we have time!” Luo Chen said casually.

 The entrance fee to Lundaotai is now not as expensive as it was in the past.

  After all, it is not every day that there are monks fighting to the death, or foundation-building masters, and second-level monsters.

 Most people can afford the spiritual stone ticket fee of one to ten yuan.

Gu Caiyi blinked and said sweetly: "Okay, but you are responsible for buying snacks!"

Luo Chen rolled his eyes, "Would you like to buy milk tea?"

 “Milk tea? What is that?”

Gu Caiyi was stunned.

Luo Chen was also startled, and then grinned.

 “Chenyue Food Stall has new products!”

He has thought about the advertisement. The first cup of milk tea in winter will warm your cold Taoist heart!

 …

 Braving the wind and snow, Luo Chen came to Xieyue Valley with two bodyguards who would be there regardless of rain or shine.

 As soon as we entered the valley, we noticed some changes in the valley.

The few medicinal fields were covered with sheds.

 The spirit planter Yuan Dongsheng whom I knew was even walking along, releasing a spell from time to time.

Seeing Luo Chen looking over, Yuan Dongsheng stopped what he was doing.

 “Curious about this spell?”

“Hmm, aren’t the medicinal materials in this medicinal field only able to be grown when the climate is mild?”

“Don’t you understand this? With the spiritual planting technique, you can feel like spring all year round, and you can also plant seasonal medicinal materials in winter. Do you want to learn? I’ll teach you!”

 Luo Chen shook his head quickly.

 As he left, he was still mumbling something about greenhouse cultivation.

 As he lived in the world of immortality for longer, he found more and more that the people here were not that primitive.

 Large sects will engage in monopoly business and will leverage their best strengths to expand their business.

 Little people also have their own cleverness. Recently, there are some casual cultivators who have plagiarized his ideas and followed suit to make various snacks.

 As for magic, it is not so static.

In addition to normal Tao-protecting techniques, some life spells and professional skills and spells have also been well studied.

“Perhaps I have always underestimated the people in this world.”

"Those top monks often live for thousands of years. How can they be less wise than the world before they traveled through time?"

“This can actually be seen from the fact that the original person has mastered the Cleansing Technique from the very beginning. After all, many people know this kind of magic that is not beneficial to the Dao. It can be seen that the improvement of the magic has been popular for a long time.”

Thinking of the Cleansing Technique, Luo Chen remembered the proficiency of this spell and was about to reach the master level.

Perhaps you can take the time to get it right in one step, or see what changes will happen when you reach the master level?

  No matter how bad it is, it won’t be worse than Xiaoyaoyou!

With these thoughts, Luo Chen came to the Alchemy Hall.

Today it is still alchemy, a job that everyone has become accustomed to.

 The fire was started, the furnace was opened, the medicinal materials were placed, and Luo Chen personally took charge of the alchemy work.

 Now that there are only two alchemy rooms in operation, his work has become much easier.

Luo Chen was also curious. Wasn't Mi Shuhua very interested in Chalcedony Pill?

 How come it’s been almost a month and I still haven’t bought a new alchemy furnace?

He won't be bald by himself, right?

 No, buying a brand new low-grade alchemy furnace only costs a few hundred spiritual stones, and he will definitely be able to get it.

 Why is that?

 “Collect the elixir!”

  Putting away those side ambitions, Luo Chen opened the alchemy furnace.

 Forty round, white chalcedony pills came into view.

 Ten pieces of low quality and thirty pieces of medium quality.

 As expected, it is not that simple to hide the true level without being promoted to the master level proficiency level.

Luo Chen sighed, and then secretly packed up ten middle-grade chalcedony pills.

 “Come in and collect the pills!”

After saying hello to Danshi Yang outside, two people walked in.

One person is holding a plate, and the other is wearing plain white gloves.

 The alchemist wearing gloves couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he saw those elixirs.

“The hall master’s alchemy skills have improved again, and this time he actually made twenty middle-grade chalcedony pills!”

Luo Chen waved his hands. He couldn't bear to hear these sincere flatteries.

 He was worried about how to hide his alchemy skills.

 After leaving the alchemy room, Luo Chen thought of something and grabbed Sikong Shoujia who was passing by.

“Where’s last month’s dividend? Hasn’t it been sent over by the Honor Hall yet?”

　　I will participate in the auction soon, and I am sure that the more spirit stones I have on my hands, the better.

“No, it’s said that the payment will be delayed this month. Everyone is like this.”

“Ah, it’s such a winter, I’m still waiting for Lingshi to buy rice for cooking.” Luo Chen complained bitterly.

Sikong Shoujia rolled his eyes. In this alchemy hall, only Luo Chen has gained the most, and he still said such a miserable thing.

Only Luo Chen could say such shameless words casually.

“Do you know how many spiritual stones Zhongmiaowan and Chalcedony Pill sold last month?”

 “I know this!”

Sikong Shoujia reported the number, and Luo Chen calculated that he could probably get six hundred spiritual stones.

 Mainly from Zhongmiaowan.

But after another calculation, I felt it was wrong.

“There were a lot of middle-grade chalcedony pills released last month, why shouldn’t they be this number?”

Luo Chen is angry, someone above is corrupt!

That greedy one is my spiritual stone!

 At the time of the low-grade chalcedony pill, the Poshan Gang must have suffered losses.

There is no doubt about this, the cost is there, and low-grade elixirs cannot be sold at high prices.

 But during this period of time, Luo Chen did indeed refine hundreds of middle-grade chalcedony pills, and his proficiency reached the perfect level.

　　Although some of them were secretly embezzled by him, the hundred pieces he took out could be sold for several thousand spirit stones.

 You can more or less get some spiritual stones.

 But he did a rough calculation just now, and there were no spiritual stones in the dividends.

 “It’s not good to be greedy for someone else, the greed is on me!”

 Immediately, Luo Chen went to find Mi Junping angrily.

 Only when I arrived at the Xuantang, I not only met Mi Junping, but also Mi Shuhua.

 “Are you talking about the benefits of Chalcedony Pill?”

Mi Shuhua pointed to the row of shelves opposite with a smile.

Luo Chen glanced over and realized that they were all the middle-grade chalcedony elixirs he had refined.

 “Hey, you didn’t sell it?”

“This kind of cultivation elixir, which is barely considered mainstream, is not easy to sell.”

 Not easy to sell?

How can this be!

 Luo Chen is very confident in his alchemy skills.

Moreover, he is the first person to experience the middle-grade chalcedony elixir, and its effects are genuine without any discount.

“I thought it was wrong at first. The profit from low-grade chalcedony pills was too low. From now on, we have to focus on middle-grade chalcedony pills.”

“So, how to sell this thing requires long-term planning.”

Mi Shuhua said this, but the expression on his face seemed to be confident.

Luo Chen pondered the meaning of his words and suddenly thought of a key point.

 Perhaps it’s not that no one buys the elixir, but that some people refuse to sell it!

 The first to bear the brunt is Lingyao Pavilion, which mainly deals in elixirs, and even the Yaowang Sect behind it!

Regardless of what Luo Chen was thinking, Mi Shuhua said with a smile:

　　"You go back first, don't worry about anything else, just concentrate on refining the elixir."

“The dividends that are due to you will not be less when the time comes.”

“Oh, by the way, the auction will start in the morning two days later and will be held at Luofeng Mountain.”

 …

 The auction is about to be held, and Luo Chen is rushing to see the world and broaden his horizons.

 But it doesn’t mean that I don’t have any ideas.

 There are two types of auctions in Dahefang.

 One is a large-scale auction held once every ten years, which mainly targets foundation building and golden elixir monks.

 One is a small auction held once a year, mainly targeting monks in the Qi refining and foundation building stages.

Logically speaking, Lundaotai opened half a year ago and has already been held once.

  But that was a special case and did not take into account some monks who regularly participated in auctions.

 Therefore, as usual, this year's small auction was still held at the beginning of winter.

To say it is a small auction, we can take into account the increasing number of casual cultivators in Dahefang and the increasing number of cultivating immortal families nearby.

 In fact, the scale will definitely not be that small.

This kind of auction is mainly aimed at groups, including monks in the Qi refining stage.

 Therefore, there is no guarantee that something Luo Chen needs will not appear. In order to take action when the time comes, Luo Chen first took stock of his net worth.

 After counting, he sighed a little.

 I am still a poor man indeed!

His entire net worth is only fifteen hundred spiritual stones.

 This amount of spiritual stone is enough to buy an entry-level high-quality magic weapon.

 Actually, Luo Chen was already prepared before calculating his net worth.

 In the past few months, he has been buying soothing incense and cultivating spirit liquid like crazy, and he also needs to replenish qi-nourishing pills from time to time. His monthly expenditure is about 500 spirit stones.

 The dividends given to him by the Poshan Gang only left a little bit every month.

 The reason why she still has this wealth now is because of Yuan Xiaoyue’s food stall.

 Oh, that food stall already has a real stall, and the signboard is all up.

 The naming is very simple, just Chen Yue, taking one character from the names of Luo Chen and Yuan Xiaoyue respectively.

 In order to encourage Yuan Xiaoyue to work hard, Luo Chen gave her an additional 5% dividend in addition to her fixed salary.

It’s not that Luo Chen is kind, but that Yuan Xiaoyue does her job conscientiously and supports the Chenyue snack stall by herself.

 In comparison, Luo Chen doesn't care about sales or production now, and the people from Dantang have done the production for him.

 He would come up with a recipe for making snacks, bring the goods there every month, and then count the spiritual stones and that would be it.

Such a good thing even gave Luo Chen the idea of ​​opening a chain store again.

“It’s a pity that the dividends from the Alchemy Hall have not come down. Otherwise, I could scrape together two thousand spiritual stones and buy a high-grade offensive magic weapon, which would be barely enough.”

Luo Chen sighed. It seems that after two days, he will really be just a spectator.

 …

  Time always passes slowly when there are expectations.

 But if you know that you will only be a spectator, then time will pass very quickly.

 Two days later, it will arrive in the blink of an eye.

Early in the morning, Luo Chen hurried out the door despite the snowflakes.

 When they arrived at the Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion, Mi Shuhua and others had already arrived first.

 At first glance, they are all acquaintances.

 Mi Junping, Sikong Shoujia, Luo Wudi, and Wang Yuan.

If Luo Chen is included, then basically all of them are monks in the late stage of Qi refining.

Seeing Luo Chen, Luo Wudi smiled and said, "It's so cute, but we are incompatible with you."

Wearing a snow-white plush coat, cloud boots on her feet, and a hosta on her head.

 Luo Chen was playing with the folding fan Qin Liangchen gave him.

Anyone who looks at it will only think that Luo Chen comes from a noble family or a high-ranking sect.

Luo Chen cupped his hands and asked curiously: "What are you doing?"

Sikong Shoujia explained it to him, and Luo Chen realized that everyone was selling resources.

The initiator of the auction is the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, and the main auction items also come from the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect.

 But it doesn’t mean that others just buy but don’t sell.

Foundation-building monks like Mi Shuhua had handed over the items to be auctioned to Jiange two days in advance.

 They Qi Refining monks don’t get that kind of treatment.

 Hence, he will list what he wants to sell before entering the market.

It is said that for this part of the resources, the auction will set up a separate auction after a brief evaluation.

Of course, as long as the auction is successful, Jiange will receive a handling fee.

 In this regard, Luo Chen could only lament "profiteers" again.

Luo Chen had nothing to put up for auction, so he could only watch everyone submit their items.

 Normally I don’t notice it, I think everyone is having a hard time haha.

 Unexpectedly, one of them actually came up with something.

Luo Wudi took out a large amount of monster materials, including many good things for second-order monsters.

Sikong Shoujia, a young old man who usually keeps his eyes open, unexpectedly took out a second-level spiritual grass. He didn’t know where he picked it.

 Mi Junping has nothing to say. Most of them are ordinary goods collected by the gang. The advantage is that they are large in quantity.

It was Wang Yuan, on the other hand, who wanted to consign something that attracted everyone's attention.

 Magical weapon! Magic weapon! It’s still a magic weapon!

 Each piece of magical weapon that was stained with blood or was incomplete made Mi Shuhua's eyelids twitch wildly.

Facing the shock of everyone, Wang Yuan just said a simple sentence.

“There are many tribulation cultivators on the newly opened waterway.”

 In other words, these magic weapons are basically the trophies he obtained on the waterway when he led Jiao Tang.

Luo Chen watched it with great interest. He usually stayed in the alchemy hall and lived an ordinary life.

 But the lives of others cultivating immortals will definitely not be as safe or even dull as mine.

From the things they took out, it can be seen that their practice must be accompanied by many thrills.

 “Okay, let’s go in!”

 After taking care of everything, Mi Shuhua waved his sleeves and entered the gate first.

 The auction venue was set up in Luofeng Mountain.

　　It is not a discussion platform, nor a Stanley Prison, but a huge ring-shaped palace that has been carved out separately.

Almost as soon as they entered the palace, the expressions of the five Qi Refining monks changed.

 One after another, spiritual consciousness scanned unscrupulously.

 Originally, low-level monks like them would not feel the existence of spiritual consciousness.

 But those spiritual masters were so presumptuous and there were so many of them that they naturally noticed it.

“Senior Mi, your box is at No. 8, please come with me.”

 Hearing the number "eight", Mi Shuhua frowned inadvertently.

 Led by a monk wearing sword pavilion attire, Mi Shuhua and his party stepped into the box.

 After entering, the discomfort of being swept away by spiritual consciousness from the outside world finally dissipated.

 Everyone's mood was relaxed.

Luo Chen sighed with emotion: "As expected of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, even if the people sent here are only outer disciples, they are still at the advanced stage of Qi refining."

 When we go out, the people in the gang lose so many barriers.

Mi Junping was also filled with emotion, "This is the case for the majority of disciples. Those of us who are in the later stage of Qi refining can be considered a figure in Dahefang. But within the sect, we are just preparatory disciples among thousands. There is no hope of being promoted to Zhuzhu. Basically, I can only go to the outer sect as a miscellaneous disciple."

“What if there is hope?” Luo Chen was curious.

Mi Junping sighed, "So what if there is hope, you still have to build the foundation! Even if you build the foundation, you are just an ordinary inner disciple. When you get older, you have to be released as a deacon. Perhaps, you can only become a true successor. Only by being included in the Golden Elixir Dao Seed can you stand out from the fierce competition.”

Preparatory disciples, outer sect chores, inner sect disciples, foundation-building deacons, foundation-building true inheritance, and golden elixir Tao seeds.

Hearing these distinct terms, Luo Chen’s head got big.

 It turns out that the sect is not that easy to stay around after all!

I have always thought that casual cultivation is difficult, but I did not expect that sect cultivation is also so difficult.

 Those who can stand out from such fierce competition will definitely be well-deserved talents!

 Inexplicably, he thought of those disciples who were on the Prodigy List.

Han Zheng, who is number one in qi refining, must have been trained as an inner disciple in Luoyun Sect, or even as a true disciple of Foundation Establishment!

 Lin Qingxuan, who is number one in foundation building, is, not surprisingly, a member of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect’s Golden Elixir Taoist Seed.

 As for Ren Pingsheng, who is the best in the golden elixir, it is no longer a problem to control the Jade Cauldron Territory without Nascent Soul.

These are all outstanding figures in the world!

While they were talking emotionally, Mi Shuhua coughed slightly.

Seeing everyone looking over, he nodded slightly and pointed to the boxes outside to introduce them.

“Eighteen boxes, six of which are occupied by six sects.”

“The remaining twelve are occupied by foundation-building monks from the Dajiang Gang, Lianyun Merchant Alliance, Duan Family, Nangong Family, and Li Family.”

"When you are doing things outside, be sure to keep your eyes open and don't offend these foundation-building monks."

"In addition, there are some hidden foundation-building monks from other cities in the venue. When you find them auctioning later, you should also write down their approximate physical appearance to avoid offending them in the future."

“The auction sequence to be discussed is divided into five stages. Two stages are exclusive to the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, one stage for casual cultivators, one stage for local forces, and one stage for large sects.”

“If you have something to auction, please hold up the sign for box number 8 and bid later.”

"If you encounter a deadlocked bidding situation, tell me the importance of the item to you, and I will decide for you whether to insist on bidding."

"like…"

Mi Shuhua talked a lot, one by one, like a nagging old man.

 But everyone listened very carefully.

Especially for Luo Chen, this was his first time participating in a formal auction. He had no idea what the taboos and hidden rules were.

 Mi Shuhua’s tips just kept him from being confused.

Even if you just open your horizons today and be a bystander, what about the future?

 One day, he will be rich enough to step into an auction venue like this.

In this atmosphere of talking and listening, the auction finally began slowly.

  The bottom and middle part of the circular hall.

 A platform made of white jade protrudes conspicuously.

 A man with a figure as tall as a sword walked onto the white jade platform.

“I, Luo Tianhong, the true master of the Jade Cauldron Foundation, will be in charge of this Dahefang auction. I hope you all can show your respect and bid kindly!”

“I won’t say much more, Luo, but the first lot is the Purple Gold Wheel of the Sky and Moon!”

"A low-grade magic weapon, engraved with five formations, the third-order rotating moon formation, the second-order armor-breaking formation, the second-order mysterious light formation, the second-order..."

"The product is in perfect condition and the power is intact. It can activate three hundred and sixty circling moon flywheels. It also has the function of self-repair. In addition, it also has some wonderful functions. I won't go into details one by one. Who is lucky enough to take the photo?" After reading it, you can think about it carefully.”

“The most important thing is that this magic weapon is produced in Tianfan City!”

“The starting price is 10,000 low-grade spiritual stones.”

Almost as soon as Luo Tianhong said the word "magic weapon", the entire noisy auction venue fell silent instantly.

 A stream of spiritual consciousness rushed towards the flywheel that Luo Tianhong took out in his hand.

“Fifteen thousand low-grade spiritual stones!”

　　Someone spoke in the private room where the Nangong family was.

Luo Tianhong smiled slightly and said nothing, because he knew that more people would speak.

 “Twenty thousand!”

 “Thirty thousand!”

 “Fifty thousand!”

 In box No. 8, Luo Chen was shocked.

 In the past, he was scrambling over a few or dozens of spiritual stones.

Even if his net worth has increased significantly recently, he still has to go to Mi Junping to argue for a few hundred spiritual stones.

 But in the blink of an eye, he suddenly came into contact with a big deal starting from 10,000 spiritual stones.

 This had a huge impact on his outlook on life.

Not only him, but almost all the Qi Refining monks present held their breath and looked at this scene in awe.

 Suddenly a sigh came to the ears of Luo Chen and others.

“Magic weapon, the only thing that can directly and greatly improve the strength of a foundation-building monk, this thing should belong to me!”

Mi Shuhua put away his usual approachable smile, looked solemnly, and softly uttered two words.

 “Eighty thousand!”

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