Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 162: The land of spiritual prosperity, here and now (please subscribe for more updates!)

The battle between the Jindan monks in Dahefang turned the once most prosperous inner city into a ghost town.

Thousands of monks were buried in it, which was truly a tragedy.

 But for the remaining casual cultivators who survived, it was indeed a great opportunity!

Those who can live in the inner city are mostly those with high status and wealth.

 These beings, in addition to having special skills, often run industries in the outer city or in the ancient mountains.

 When they die, these resources are freed up.

　Countless people began to compete for these things.

 Furthermore, the most important opportunity is not yet here!

 Aura!

 As time went by, the casual cultivators discovered that the spiritual energy near Dahefang was getting stronger and stronger.

 The concentration is almost no less than renting an ordinary house in the inner city.

This strange change surprised everyone.

According to a certain family monk, the elders of the clan judged that the spiritual energy blocking formation set up by the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect was destroyed, which caused the first-order spiritual veins in Luofeng Mountain to be released unscrupulously.

 Thus creating a place thousands of miles away that is filled with spiritual energy.

 Such a judgment has high credibility.

 Because it is rumored that most sects’ holy places have such a concentration of spiritual energy.

The powerful people of the sect will confine high-level spiritual veins and create an environment suitable for high-level monks to practice.

 However, first-level spiritual veins are often not imprisoned, but released to provide training for lower-level disciples.

 The first-order spiritual vein of Dahefang covers an extremely wide area and has a rich spiritual energy foundation.

If it were within the sect, I'm afraid it would be released.

 It's a pity that this is not the place of the sect, but the place where casual cultivators gather.

 So, in the past, the Jade Cauldron Sword Cultivator used formations to imprison and block it, trapping it in the inner city.

Now that the blocking formation has been destroyed by a great battle, the rich aura of this spiritual vein has finally been enjoyed by all the powerless cultivators.

 Due to this change, some late-stage Qi Refining monks who originally planned to leave Dahefang also stayed.

Where can I find a spiritual place that costs nothing?

 Are there millions of mountains in the Eastern Wasteland?

 No one is a fool. In addition to daily activities, everyone is seizing the time to practice.

Because everyone knows that when the sword cultivators from the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect come back, they will definitely confine the huge spiritual energy again.

 At that time, they will have to spend spiritual stones to enjoy such benefits.

 …

Luo Chen is also one of those who seize the time to practice.

 It took him several days to finally reach an agreement on the supply of medicinal materials with Elder Zhou of the Lianyun Merchant Alliance.

 In this way, Luo Tianhui can restart the refining of chalcedony elixir.

 After handling these trivial matters, Luo Chen’s practice time became regular.

Inside the cave, Luo Chen walked out of the copper furnace naked.

 While replacing the spirit stones in the spirit gathering array, he sighed.

“Fortunately, I have purchased a large amount of resources before, so I don’t have to worry about the supply of cultivation resources in the short term.”

 He has made two large-scale resource purchases before.

 Once, after Pang Renxiong arrived, Dahefang fell into chaos. He was afraid that the prices of various things would increase, so he spent 5,000 spirit stones to buy a large amount of resources.

 The other time, it was about planning an escape.

 Once you run from the underground mine tunnel to Changyin Mountain and fall into the deep mountains and swamps, safety and practice are the most important things.

 So, he spent thousands of spiritual stones to buy dust-transforming pills, calming incense, Peiyuan spiritual liquid and many other things.

 Later, after reaching cooperation with Miao Wen, these hoarded resources were not consumed too much.

Now that the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion and other sect properties have left, others may have to worry about training resources, but he doesn't have to worry at all.

“These resources should be enough to support my practice for half a year.”

“In half a year, order will be almost restored, and the people from the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect should also be back.”

 Dahefang is very important!

 This is inferred by Luo Chen from information collected from many people.

Whether it is the establishment of the Taoist platform, the resources of millions of mountains, or the geographical advantage of the bridgehead.

These are the reasons why the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect attaches great importance to this place.

Especially when he learned from Sima Xian that Dahefang was very likely to be built as a fairy city model, he became even more certain of his inference.

The Jade Cauldron Sword Sect will never give up on Dahefang!

 The time of half a year was estimated by Luo Chen based on the response time of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect to Fei Bowen's death last time.

　　Whether it is the time for the sect to make a decision or the time to come on the road.

  half a year is a very appropriate number.

“However, these have little to do with me at the moment.”

Everything is ready, and the surging Qi and blood in his body are enough to support him to perform Changchun Gong many times.

“Ming Shen has been through the evil spirit for a long time. In addition to tempering the will, it also has a slight benefit to the soul.”

“Coupled with my physical growth, now I can perform the Changchun Gong at full strength four times a day even without the Anshen Incense.”

"If you add the five times of Anshen Incense, it will be nine times!"

 Nine times of full operation, half an hour each time, means that it takes at least five hours.

 In the middle, you still need to pause and rest.

It takes so much time to practice the natal skills every day. If it were put in the past, Luo Chen would only feel that there was not enough time.

 Because at that time, he still had many spells to practice.

 But now, most of the spells have been perfected.

 The only thing that needs attention is optimizing the fireball spell, as well as the earth and mountain spells and wave spells.

 The former is his current strongest trump card, but the latter two are preparing for the second-level spell "Landslide".

“Think of it this way, after refining the elixir, the time is barely enough.”

Luo Chen smiled slightly, took out a jade bottle from the storage bag, and poured out a pill.

The color is bluish and the smell is light.

Suddenly it is the Elf Pill from the Miao Dynasty.

 When I see the elixir, I think of Miao literature.

Luo Chen couldn't help laughing.

This one is miserable enough!

He also stepped forward to protect Xieyue Valley, gave him the best formation, the Small Five Elements Formation, and also helped to ask Luo Tianhong to heal Qin Liangchen.

 In the end, Luo Tianhui didn’t even receive one month’s dividend.

If you add these five bottles of elf pills, the opponent will be at a huge loss!

If he loses money, he will gain money!

“However, this elixir is of the second level, and I still need to break it down with my plain hands.”

Luo Chen gathered his mind and made a secret with one hand with his right hand, and traces of light blue spiritual power emerged.

The green elixir in the air was stimulated and began to spin.

 Suddenly, the outermost layer of the peel cracked, and a wisp of medicinal liquid seeped out.

“Is this the semi-finished spiritual fruit that Pang Renxiong mentioned?”

“I don’t know what kind of strange spiritual fruit the main ingredient is, but it can actually integrate the medicinal power into the fruit.”

With these thoughts in his mind, Luo Chen raised his head, opened his mouth, and took a gentle breath.

That wisp of medicinal liquid, like nectar and jade liquid from the sky, trickled down and fell into Luo Chen's mouth.

 “One-tenth, that’s almost it!”

Make the secret again with one hand, and the light cyan spiritual power thread wraps up the remaining elf elixir layer by layer to prevent its excess power from evaporating out of thin air.

 This is the wonderful use of Su Xin Shou.

 It can decompose various herbs and medicinal materials, and can also seal part of the medicinal power.

 It plays a great role in alchemy.

 Unexpectedly, the elixir for semi-finished spiritual fruits is also effective.

 Pack this Elf Pill separately.

With the help of Anshenxiang and Moonlight Grass, Luo Chen fell into deep cultivation.

 The whole person is as motionless as a big tree.

 About half an hour later, Luo Chen opened his eyes, a look of joy on his face.

 “Mi Shuhua sincerely won’t deceive me!”

 At the beginning, Mi Shuhua said that the Elf Pill refined by Yaowang Sect had an excellent auxiliary effect in purifying spiritual power.

 The magical effect is no less than the complete version of the sect's technique.

Now it seems that the other party may have underestimated the effect of the elf pill.

Just when he used the Changchun Kung just now, he felt that the spiritual energy he had absorbed was quickly refined to the extreme by the power of the Elf Pill after it was transformed into spiritual energy.

The speed was so fast that even Luo Chen didn't expect it.

If we say that in the past, the speed of purifying spiritual power of ordinary casual practitioners was one, the speed of purification of Dzogchen Changchun Gong was almost five.

So with the blessing of the elf pill, Luo Chen's purification speed has reached ten!

 Furthermore, this speed is not as simple as just doubling.

 The purifying effect of Dzogchen Changchun Gong can only be produced when the exercise is in operation.

 It only takes half an hour to perform Changchun Gong once.

It also involves capturing the external spiritual energy, drawing it into the body, absorbing it, refining it, and finally purifying it.

 In other words, Luo Chen only had seven or eight minutes left for purification.

 With this little time, there is no time to purify all the captured spiritual energy.

 You can only keep the excess in the body and passively compress and transform it.

 After practicing for many times, a lot of unpurified spiritual energy will accumulate in the body. Only when it reaches its limit, Changchun Gong will take care of it.

 But now, the speed has doubled.

In other words, within a limited time, more spiritual power can be purified.

"Just once, all the spiritual energy I absorbed was transformed, and there is even still some power left!"

“This is just normal practice.”

“If I swallow the elixir and refine it with Changchun Gong, wouldn’t I be able to purify it even more?”

 Just do it if you think of it.

After resting for a while, Luo Chen took out a dust-transforming pill and swallowed it.

 With the help of the remaining elf elixir power, Luo Chen started practicing again.

 …

 Dawn breaks in the sky and the morning fog disperses.

Luo Chen flew out of the Spirit Vein Cave with a joyful expression.

 His cultivation speed has almost doubled with the blessing of Elf Pill!

If he had enough elven pills, the time he had previously estimated for five or six years to complete Qi Refining could be shortened again.

The premise is that there are enough!

 Luo Chen's joy gradually faded.

 Elf elixirs are not as easy to obtain as ordinary elixirs.

 Even when the Spiritual Medicine Pavilion was there, there was no such thing on the shelves.

 Only at auctions, some are occasionally revealed.

“There are four bottles of elf pills in my hand, forty pills in total, one tenth at a time. In other words, it is barely enough for me to practice for about four hundred days.”

 “I still lack a lot of elf pills!”

 “Then where is it?”

Wang Yuan had a bottle in his hand. He had given it away, so he was naturally embarrassed to ask for it back. Moreover, he has no shortage of elf pills in a short period of time.

 In the long run, there will be no shortage of one or two bottles.

 So, you need to find a relatively stable channel to purchase.

"Stablize?"

“While the order in Dahefang is still there, there is no stable elf pill to speak of.”

"So, you have to find a channel with this thing."

Luo Chen’s eyes flickered and he had some plans in his mind.

 Since you have decided to fight and no longer follow the crowd, some things must be considered in the long run.

　　Not just Elf Pill, but also other things.

 …

 At the Luotian meeting.

 A conversation was going on slowly amidst the abacus.

“Currently, there are only a few monks in the early stage of Qi refining in the guild, and they only spend 80 low-grade spiritual stones a month.”

“There are thirty middle-stage Qi Refining monks in the Alchemy Hall. According to their respective positions and contributions, the salary standard fluctuates around fifty spiritual stones. The monthly salary expenditure is one thousand and five."

"Over in the war hall, there are mainly seventh- and eighth-level Qi Refining monks, supplemented by a small number of mid-level elites. Their salary standard was also set by you, Luo Chen, at one hundred per month. Therefore, the expenditure is three thousand yuan for low-grade people. "Spiritual Stone."

“The Jintang and Xuntang have fewer people and a slightly lower level. They spent a thousand spiritual stones last month.”

Hearing this, Luo Chen frowned slightly.

He raised his hand, and Murong Qinglian stopped fiddling with the abacus.

 Actually, with the monk’s intelligence, there is no need for abacus at all.

 But it involves many inputs and outputs, and it must be combined with account books and abacus to make it clear and easy to understand.

 “The treatment at Jintang will be mentioned later.”

"Um?"

Murong Qinglian was surprised, but since it was Luo Chen who made the decision, she no longer questioned it.

 In fact, she did not agree with the salary standards set by Luo Chen for the monks in the guild.

 It’s not too low, it’s too high!

 The monks in the later period almost always had a salary of one hundred yuan a month.

You must know that in the past, large sect shops only had sixty or seventy spiritual stones per month.

 Considering that the war hall is related to life and death, it doesn't matter if you mention it a little bit, but one hundred spiritual stones a month is still too high.

 However, during this period, some talents from small forces were poached by major families and the Dajiang Gang, but few people from Luo Tianhui left.

 She realized deeply how wise the high salary given by Luo Chen was.

Without high salaries, Luo Tianhui will gradually fall apart even if there are no external enemies.

Where is this kind of good day, where the two of them sit quietly, drink tea and settle accounts.

 Reality is very skinny!

Monks in the early and middle stages have no choice, but monks in the later stages have more choices.

Those old men from the Broken Mountain Gang, unlike Murong Qinglian and Zeng Wen, had an extremely deep friendship with Luo Chen in addition to their interests.

 Just like Li Wanchun from Wanbao Tower, many people want to recruit him.

"Go on!"

Luo Chen poured a cup of tea, blew on the hot air and sipped it into his mouth.

"Um!"

 At present, there are nine monks in the Luotian Club who are at the ninth level of Qi Refining, except Luo Chen and Wang Yuan.

 Of these nine people, basically they all hold important positions in various halls.

 As a result, their salary once reached 300 spiritual stones a month, which was another huge expenditure.

“In addition, Caiyi and I’s salary is five hundred spiritual stones a month.”

“Finally, there is the cost of raw materials, which costs 2,500 yuan per month.”

After a quick calculation, Murong Qinglian finally let out a long sigh of relief.

 Calculated the final number for Luo Chen.

“Last month a total of 11,700 spiritual stones were spent.”

This huge number, when taken out, is enough to make any casual cultivator feel excited, red-eyed, or even murderous.

 But Luo Chen has been able to face it calmly.

 He asked: "How many spiritual stones are there currently in the meeting's books?"

 “Twenty-six thousand spiritual stones!”

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, "Why are there so many more?"

 In his calculations, there shouldn't be so many, at least they have to be folded in half.

Murong Qinglian smoothed his hanging hair and said with a smile: "You have forgotten that there is a batch of middle-grade chalcedony pills that were refined when you were still in the Poshan Gang. We don't need to bear any responsibility for that batch. Cost is pure profit!”

 “Haha, I forgot about this.”

Luo Chen remembered that during the battle in Xieyue Valley, he deliberately put away the batch of chalcedony pills.

 After careful calculation, that batch of elixirs is worth at least 15,000!

If you deduct the 15,000 yuan from prostitution, Luo Tianhui will be operating normally for a month now. After deducting all expenses, there will still be a surplus of about 11,000 spiritual stones.

“How do you plan to pay Hall Master Wang Yuan’s salary?”

 Faced with this problem, Luo Chen already had a secret in his mind.

 He said without hesitation: "Three thousand!"

"So high?" Murong Qinglian looked shocked, and her throat felt dry. "This is almost the same as the small sect's foundation-building period offering, right?"

 “He deserves this treatment!”

The decisive tone made Murong Qinglian startled.

She remembered what Lao Qin had said. In the battle to annihilate the Fu family, Wang Yuan broke the formation alone.

 Finally, she nodded.

“Then let’s follow the foundation-building period standard of three thousand!”

 Hooking her head, she recorded this amount in her ledger.

Luo Chen couldn't help but feel excited when he saw this scene. Everything was going in the right direction.

 In one month of running the Luotian Club, as the president, he can earn eight thousand pieces of low-grade spiritual stones.

This benefit is really great!

 Speaking of it is enough to make all Qi Refining stage casual cultivators and even Foundation Establishment cultivators jealous.

 But in fact, this is a very normal gain.

They are all high-grade chalcedony elixirs, which sell for 50 yuan per bottle. The monthly gross profit is more than 20,000 yuan.

 He doesn’t have to share the profits with others now.

If Miao Wen had shared half of the profit according to the cooperation conditions he had reached with him, he would still have to spend four thousand.

Although the monthly income of four thousand low-grade spiritual stones is already two or three times higher than during the Poshan Gang period.

 But it was still too little, not worthy of his status as an alchemist.

 Eight thousand, no more, no less, very reasonable!

 Luo Chen did not take away all the spiritual stones in the book.

 The fifteen thousand spiritual stones were left as Luo Tianhui's working capital, and only the normal income of eight thousand for this month was taken.

 After receiving these spiritual stones from Murong Qinglian, Luo Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

 He had already accumulated a lot of wealth, and with the contribution of Gao Tingyuan's storage bag, plus this amount of spiritual stones.

 His net worth has soared to 20,000 yuan.

If this spiritual stone is in the hands of a foundation-building monk, you can even consider buying a magic weapon.

 No, maybe some monks who are new to foundation building have spent all their family wealth and still don’t have this deposit.

Luo Chen knows how difficult it is to practice casual cultivation.

The reason why Mi Shuhua still put so much thought into him after having the Poshan Gang, isn't the so-called long-term future?

It's just that he made too fast progress, and Mi Shuhua happened to be seriously injured, so he wanted to harvest early.

 It's a pity that Mi Shuhua didn't wait for such a big profit.

 The world is not going as planned, and it is not just for Luo Chen.

Out of all living beings, how many of them can have everything they want and have everything going smoothly?

 As strong as Pang Renxiong, both...

“If you do the math, Mi Shuhua, Miao Wen, and Pang Renxiong all ended badly.”

 “I can’t defeat the Lord, can I?”

 “No, I shouldn’t have a master!”

Luo Chen sneered, got up and left.

Murong Qinglian, who was left in the room, looked confused. Why was the good-looking Luo Chen sneering?

 …

 “Why did you pull me out?”

 “There is no shortage of bodyguards!”

 “Where are Zhou and Liu?”

"Zhou Yuanli has accumulated enough recently, and Dahefang's spiritual energy has become abundant again, so he plans to retreat and attack the ninth level of Qi refining."

Luo Chen stopped and spread his hands, "Besides, their strength is indeed a bit low."

“They are okay, they can deal with the ninth level of general Qi refining by joining forces.” Wang Yuan also stopped in confusion.

“But for the place I want to go next, my strength really can’t keep up.”

Luo Chen smiled slightly, and under Wang Yuan's gaze, he stretched out his hand and rubbed his face wildly.

 After a moment, a paradoxical face appeared in front of him.

Do you still need to disguise yourself?

Wang Yuan was helpless, his body trembled, and bursts of trembling sounds erupted from his joints.

The whole person is a bit shorter, standing shoulder to shoulder with Luo Chen, about the same height.

 He wiped his face with one hand and his face became lighter.

 After being fully prepared, Luo Chen took Wang Yuan into a familiar alleyway.

As he walked, he sent a message and asked: "How far have you progressed in your research on the means to deal with ghosts?"

 “Not yet perfect.”

“For people like me who have strong energy and blood, low-level ghosts don’t dare to get close, but in the eyes of powerful ghosts, they will become popular.”

“In other words, the exploration into the inner city must be postponed?”

 “Are you in a hurry?”

Luo Chen shook his head, "I'm not in a hurry, but other forces are already organizing their manpower and preparing to enter the inner city."

 “Then let them take the lead!”

Wang Yuan’s footsteps stopped.

Looking at the familiar doorway, he hesitated and said: "Zhenlong Black Market?"

Luo Chen nodded, "Now and then, in the current Zhenlong black market, you and I have to be careful."

 After saying that, he opened the curtain and walked in.

Wang Yuan did not hesitate and followed him in.

After getting the password right and showing the hydrangea magic weapon, the two of them once again stepped into the luxurious underground hall that was a hundred feet wide.

As soon as Wang Yuan stepped in, his whole body tensed up.

He finally understood why Luo Chen said this and that.

Just because there are quite a few people exuding the aura of foundation building in the black market right now.

 (End of this chapter)