Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 102: Seventh level of Qi refining, go find the city manager!

 Familiar steps, familiar places.

In this cramped cave, Luo Chen once again activated the Changchun Gong.

The aroma of soothing incense, quiet and elegant, calmed down his excited and expectant mood.

 A large amount of spiritual energy enters the body, absorbs, devours, and refines it, and eventually becomes part of his spiritual power.

 But this is not enough!

Luo Chen swallowed the Qi-nourishing Pill in his mouth with a groan.

 The more powerful medicinal power washes through the meridians and finally returns to the Dantian.

 Suddenly, there was a feeling as if the silver bottle had been broken, and it disappeared in a flash.

Luo Chen's mind fluctuated slightly and he had missed that feeling.

 But he was not angry. According to Mi Shuhua's "Qi Refining Experience", the late stage of qi refining and the early stage of qi refining are two completely different realms.

 The upper limit of the spiritual power contained in the former's body is almost the sum of the first to sixth levels, or even more.

 Monks in the early and middle stages of Qi refining have very little spiritual power in their bodies, which makes them very lacking in means of fighting.

Even if you have enough magic weapons in your hand, you can't actually use them.

 However, once they reach the later stage and their spiritual energy capacity increases, they can get rid of this shackles.

Just like when he was on the Taoist discussion stage, Zeng Wen frequently used various methods. Talismans, spells, and magic weapons almost perfectly displayed all the methods that a monk in the Qi Refining Realm could use.

 The reason for this change.

 It lies in the principle that quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.

The monks in the late stage of Qi refining have almost opened up all the meridians they can open.

 The capacity of Dantian has reached a certain level and cannot be expanded any further.

 Therefore, monks in the later stage of Qi refining focus more on the purification of spiritual energy.

 With the same Dantian volume, spiritual power can be purified several times that of the previous state.

It is said that if the floating spiritual power can be purified into a liquefied state, the monks will have an opportunity to break through the realm of foundation building.

Luo Chen didn't know the principle, but he was currently following Mi Shuhua's experience in practicing qi, trying to run the Changchun Kung Fu over and over again, using the characteristics of the Kung Fu to circulate around the sky, to purify the spiritual power in his body, and use this huge spiritual power to Strength, to impact the Dantian.

Another Qi-nourishing Pill entered his stomach, and Luo Chen's mind became calm again.

 After a long time, that sudden feeling emerged again.

This time, Luo Chen caught it perfectly.

The silver bottle was broken, and the spiritual power suddenly exploded.

 Click! Click! Click!

　　A crisp sound erupted in the body, as if a bamboo joint was cracking.

 Suddenly, Luo Chen's face turned pale and he opened his eyes instantly.

 A contradictory aura of weakness and strength emerged on him at the same time.

 Seventh level of Qi refining!

 “It took more than two months, and finally we have a breakthrough!”

 Looking at the attribute panel, he smiled happily.

 However, there was no time to be happy, and all his attention fell on the meridians in the body.

“In the later stage of Qi refining, when the Dantian is solidified and the meridians are opened, the focus is on purifying spiritual power.”

“But to break through to the later stage of Qi refining, the main thing is to open the upper limit of Dantian and open more meridians.”

“My situation is different from others. Grandmaster-level Changchun Gong has already opened up all my meridians. But I didn’t expect that this innate advantage would almost lead to bad things when I got here.”

 “However, it was a success in the end.”

 To break through the later realms, more meridians should have been opened up.

But Luo Chen already had all the pulses, which caused all the huge spiritual power to rush out of the developed Dantian in an instant.

 Without the relief of the congenitally blocked meridians, these flood-like spiritual powers circulated unscrupulously in his body.

 Now, he has taken back these spiritual powers into his Dantian.

 But those meridians that had been ravaged were in a state of fragmentation.

“Damage to the meridians is a trivial matter. There are many ways to make up for it, so I don’t have to worry about it.”

“But after the Dantian is expanded, it can almost carry double the spiritual power of the sixth level of Qi refining.”

 After some observation, Luo Chen finally felt relieved.

 Put away the alchemy furnace and the dust on the ground, and take it outside to throw away later.

 The time it took to achieve a breakthrough was not long.

If it were before, Luo Chen would definitely continue to practice.

 But today it is no longer possible. The meridians were injured and I need to take a good rest before recovering.

 It was still early, and Luo Chen didn't feel sleepy for a while.

 After all, he had just made a breakthrough, so he was still a little happy and excited.

After walking around the cramped cave, Luo Chen finally sat down on the original piece of spiritual stone.

 Click!

 A transparent piece of raw spiritual stone was gently broken off by him.

With the blessing of spiritual vision, he can easily detect the remaining traces of pure spiritual energy in the transparent ore.

"Huh?"

Luo Chen was startled.

He originally thought that the spiritual energy in the mineral veins could be absorbed directly because it was filtered through layers of filters when it overflowed.

 But now that I open it, it doesn’t seem to be the case?

 Obviously, the spiritual energy in the veins is so pure that it can be absorbed directly!

"Then why is the spiritual energy in our spiritual stones so full of impurities? Once it is inhaled into the body, it will run wildly?"

Luo Chen took out a standard low-grade spiritual stone.

He tried to break it, but he couldn't break it.

 Thinking about it for a while, I tried it with a jade knife, but it didn’t work either.

 “It’s quite hard!”

Luo Chen lost his temper and took out the Soul-Breaking Nail.

It is a high-grade magic weapon, and it is not engraved with any first-level formation, but is engraved with a second-level armor-breaking formation.

go!

With a flick of his finger, the Soul-Breaking Nail brushed against the diamond-shaped crystal.

 A gap opened.

 At the same time, the spiritual energy contained in it was vented wildly toward the outside.

Perhaps the distance is too close, most of them are directly accumulated in the Lingshi raw mine.

 But there are still a small number of them floating in the outside world.

Luo Chen's spiritual eye technique was operating to its maximum, and he stared at the spiritual energy of the spiritual stone spilling nearby.

 “What are these black wandering airs?”

Suddenly, Luo Chen saw traces of free black energy in those auras.

 They are very contradictory to the state of Reiki, and they are compatible, but mutually exclusive.

As soon as it was released, it ran towards the outside world, still carrying some of its spiritual energy with it.

Staring at this strange scene, Luo Chen's mind was racing with thoughts, and various speculations emerged.

“Is this the unique way that large sects can make spiritual stones?”

“Anti-counterfeiting mark? Exclusive mark?”

“Is it a method to stabilize the solidification of spiritual energy into spiritual stones? Or is it a method specifically used to prevent monks from directly absorbing it?”

Luo Chen tried to use his spiritual power to catch the free black energy, but he couldn't catch anything.

You can obviously see it with your eyes, but why can’t you catch it?

Luo Chen frowned and watched the black energy dissipate into the air.

 “Will it disappear directly?”

 “Kind of like some kind of disposable consumable.”

Luo Chen stared at another low-grade spiritual stone he took out.

 He hesitated for a while and then put it back.

 Forget it, now I have no means to capture this black energy, even if I destroy more spirit stones, it will be just a waste.

But if one day, I can master the method of eliminating or controlling this black energy, then I can also absorb the spiritual energy from the spiritual stone while fighting the enemy.

It is said that monks in large sects have similar methods.

It is also true that it is difficult for ordinary casual cultivators to face off against sect monks, and it is even more difficult to think about a protracted battle.

“However, if you no longer practice here in the future, you can consider taking this raw ore away and using it as a backup energy source!”

Luo Chen stared at the raw spiritual stone ore, making plans to cut off his foundation.

 ….

 After a night's rest, Luo Chen's complexion was much better than before.

 But at first glance, he still felt weak and pale.

When Mi Shuhua came here, he saw Luo Chen like this.

He originally came here full of joy because Sikong Shoujia brought him a medium-grade chalcedony pill yesterday.

 This represents a breakthrough in Luo Chen's alchemy.

 Low-grade and medium-grade are completely different!

 A bottle of low-grade chalcedony pill can only be sold for ten spiritual stones, and many monks will hesitate because of the side effects.

 But a bottle of middle-grade chalcedony pill has sufficient potency to support the cultivation of early- and mid-term monks, and the price can be raised to forty or fifty spiritual stones!

 This means that Dantang will usher in huge profits.

Far more benefits than Zhongmiaowan!

 That's exactly what happened. The delighted Mi Shuhua didn't come empty-handed.

 He had people bring a large amount of monster meat and spiritual rice to reward the internal monks of the Alchemy Hall.

 After all, one person was killed and one injured yesterday, so don’t lower morale.

 For Luo Chen, he even prepared a big gift, and only hoped that the other party would continue his efforts.

However, when he saw Luo Chen's sick appearance, his heart felt as cold as the coming winter.

 “Xiao Luo, Xiao Luo, what’s wrong with you!”

 Lying on the bed, Luo Chen opened his eyes "weakly", "Master Mi, I'm afraid I won't survive."

"Well…"

Mi Shuhua couldn't hold himself any longer and released his spiritual consciousness. With just one glance, he knew Luo Chen's situation.

"What nonsense are you talking about? It's just the meridians that are damaged. I have a bottle of pulse-replenishing and moistening liquid here, which is specially used for foundation-building monks. Mix it with water and drink it. The medicine will cure the disease in a month."

Whoosh!

The bottle of elixir was already in Luo Chen's hands before Mi Shuhua finished speaking.

 Sitting up, Luo Chen looked at the elixir curiously.

 “Multiple-replenishing fluid?”

Mi Shuhua said helplessly: "Yes, once a monk breaks through the foundation, his Dantian will be solidified and indestructible. It is rare for Qi Refining monks to have their Dantian broken."

“In this case, the foundation-building monk will try to open all the meridians and acupuncture points in the body, and use these extra places to store spiritual power.”

“If you rashly open the meridians or acupoints, there will naturally be some slight damage. This is the pulse-replenishing and nourishing liquid specially sold by Lingyao Pavilion, and the effect is very good.”

 After hearing this explanation, Luo Chen felt as if he had found a treasure.

Holding the jade bottle in his arms, Luo Chen said with emotion: "Master Mi, you are so kind to me. If you weren't too old, I would have considered you a foster father."

Who is old!

I still have a hundred years left to live!

 Mi Shuhua had a vein in his forehead and did not pick it up smoothly.

Luo Chen’s words meant that he didn’t want to recognize him as his adoptive father.

He was not in that mood either. Luo Chen's value lay in refining alchemy, but the opponent's qualifications were too poor and it would be difficult for him to be promoted to foundation building throughout his life.

 My current investment is almost enough.

If you become the opponent's cheap daddy, you won't have to bleed a lot!

 When it came to qualifications, Mi Shuhua realized something was wrong.

“Have you reached the seventh level of Qi refining?”

Luo Chen's heart skipped a beat. He was still not fooled by the interference caused by his words just now.

Has it really been discovered?

The perfect level of Breath Condensation Spirit Art cannot resist the prying eyes of the Foundation Establishment monks.

But it didn't seem to be ineffective, at least when Mi Shuhua checked his injuries for the first time, he didn't find any.

Luo Chen smiled helplessly and said, "Yes, this injury was caused by forcibly breaking through the seventh level of Qi refining."

 “Why are you in such a hurry?” Mi Shuhua frowned.

"How can we not be in a hurry? The gang needs me to make alchemy, and everyone in the alchemy hall is also working hard, even at the cost of their lives."

"Little Luo only hates that he is of low status and cannot contribute more to the gang." "I hate it!"

“So I learned from the pain last night and used the whole bottle of Qi Nourishing Pill you gave me to force a breakthrough.”

Luo Chen said sadly, and then his face became desolate again.

"It's a pity that my qualifications are too poor. I only tried once and got myself covered with bruises. Alas...the road is hopeless, the road is hopeless!"

 When he spoke to the end, his tone was bleak and his face looked tired, as if he was not interested in anything at all.

Mi Shuhua started to listen and felt that the words were a bit familiar, as if he had heard them somewhere.

 When he saw Luo Chen later that he looked more sad than his heart was dead, he became anxious.

 “How come you are so discouraged when you have suffered such a setback at such a young age?”

 “And you succeeded, didn’t you? You should be proud of yourself!”

 “Cheer up, I won’t allow you to fall!”

Luo Chen opened his big eyes and asked, "Gang leader, can the five spiritual roots really build a foundation?"

Mi Shuhua said earnestly: "As long as there are enough resources, even a pig can become the king of monsters. You... Of course, I don't mean that you are a pig."

After thinking for a while, he said seriously: "You can now refine the middle-grade chalcedony elixir. In the future, the income of the elixir hall will be better and better, and the dividends will be more and more. You are also very hopeful to build a foundation."

"I can rest assured that!"

Luo Chen got out of bed very neatly.

  There is no sign of weakness at all.

 After all, one’s level has been improved and one’s strength has increased. A slight internal injury does not affect freedom of movement.

 Actually, what he wanted was Mi Shuhua's last sentence just now.

With Mi Shuhua's words, it will be difficult for others to control the dividends of Chalcedony Pill in the future.

Looking at Mi Shuhua with a smile, Luo Chen spread his hands and said, "I heard that you are here to reward everyone today. Do you have my share?"

Mi Shuhua's face twitched, this guy is waiting for him here!

With a flick of his right hand, a piece of paper fell in front of Luo Chen.

“Here, take a closer look, it should be of great help to your alchemy.”

Luo Chen unfolded the paper curiously. Why did this paper look so familiar?

 Wait a minute, isn’t this the paper for “Qing Yuan Dan Jie”?

 Good guy, you gave me some advice in this regard before!

 …

 …

Mi Shuhua went to reward the monks in the Alchemy Hall.

With his noble status as a foundation-building monk, doing this kind of thing personally can have a very good effect on improving the morale that was originally affected.

Luo Chen was behind, holding the piece of paper and studying it.

 He confirmed that this was a page from "Qing Yuan Dan Jie".

 The reason why I didn’t notice that a page was missing before is because the things recorded on this page have nothing to do with the previous ones.

 Instead, it looks like an alchemy technique that the author Qing Yuanzi added later.

 Yes, alchemy!

Just like a spiritual planter, there are some specific spells that are useless for combat, but they are very useful for cultivating spiritual plants in daily life.

 What are the Xiaoyunyu Jue, Binghuo Burning Desolation Technique, Taiyin Yimu Biogas Technique, etc.

 They alchemists actually have some auxiliary spells, which are called alchemy by the world.

 For example, Luo Chen learned the Jade Hand and Su Xin Hand before, which are the most basic alchemy techniques.

 It has outstanding effects in processing mineral materials, vegetation, flowers and fruits.

 This separate piece of paper records an alchemy technique called "Qing Yuan Yang Alchemy Technique".

This kind of alchemy has no effect on processing raw materials and refining alchemy, and it has no benefit in fighting between monks.

However, if you practice this technique, you will have the opportunity to forcibly upgrade the elixir that has been fixed to a different level to another level.

“Is there such a kind of alchemy in the world?”

Luo Chen’s eyes fell on the alchemy room, where there was a group of alchemy practitioners he had trained.

Although the name also has the word "nourishing elixirs", what they usually do is to store and take care of the elixirs to prevent the elixirs from losing their potency due to improper placement.

But the Qingyuan Pill Nourishing Technique is completely different.

 With specific techniques and specific environments, there is an opportunity to upgrade a fixed-level elixir to a higher level.

 The reason why Qing Yuanzi was able to refine the third-level elixir during the foundation building stage was because he used this elixir technique.

This alchemy is not difficult to learn. After reading it, Luo Chen was very confident that he could learn it in a short time.

 However, the "specific" methods recorded on the paper made him very difficult.

“At the very least, it must be a first-grade high-grade elixir furnace. The best is the best, and the magic weapon elixir furnace is the best!”

“The selected elixir must be of the highest grade.”

“At least ten portions of raw materials must be kept in the furnace at all times to replenish the potency of the medicine.”

“The location of the alchemy chamber should preferably be a place with spiritual veins, and at the very least, it must be a special environment that is beneficial to the elixir.”

"The monks need to use the foundation-building true fire to temper the quality of the elixir all the time. If there is no true fire, they can also be replaced by various kinds of heavenly fire, earthly fire, and strange fire."

“The time limit for nourishing elixirs starts at least half a year and can reach up to a hundred years.”

 Scalp is numb!

After reading those "specific" methods, Luo Chen only felt his scalp numb.

None of these things are easy for him to do.

 Ten raw materials that seem to be the simplest, actually have a premise of "at least".

 In other words, if the raw materials are low, they must be replenished at any time.

 With a time limit of half a year, who knows how much raw materials will be consumed.

 Also, another "spiritual place" that he seemed satisfied with was actually whimsical.

 The spiritual vein cave that I discovered was just a branch.

 It is barely enough to support him in practicing alone.

 But if it is used to support the elixir, it is absolutely impossible.

“No wonder Mi Shuhua didn’t give me this piece of paper before, because he was afraid that I would be too ambitious and have too many whims!”

"It's no wonder he decided to give it to me now. It's probably because my chalcedony elixir was stuck in the lower grade and I couldn't break through it. He gave me this piece of paper because he wanted me to use the mountain stone to attack jade and research out Order something else.”

  Generally speaking, this Qingyuan elixir nourishing technique is useless to Luo Chen now.

 There are too many restrictions.

"Put it away first. I may not have the opportunity to use this technique in the future."

Luo Chen sighed, but still put it away happily.

 Anything that is beneficial to alchemy is an improvement for him!

Having been refining alchemy for so long now, the more exposure he has, the more profound he feels that the art of alchemy is profound and profound.

 In the past, it was all a small business in a small household. The real scenery is now just a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg.

Perhaps you will have to truly come into contact with the path of alchemy after being promoted to the foundation building stage.

Just when Luo Chen was thinking about it, Mi Shuhua had already finished processing the reward and came to him.

“The auction will start next month, are you sure you want to participate?”

Luo Chen patted the storage bag and said, "I'm quite wealthy!"

 The old man smiled, quite disdainfully.

Luo Chen blushed, "Even if you can't afford to buy anything, it's good to just take a look and gain some experience!"

“Okay, I’ll count you a spot, and then you can go with me to broaden your horizons.”

 …

Luo Chen did not stay in the Alchemy Hall after get off work today.

 Firstly, the meridians are damaged and are not suitable for cultivation.

Secondly, staying here every day will always arouse suspicion.

Moreover, the life in the Alchemy Hall is indeed relatively hard. Every day, I am either refining alchemy or practicing cultivation.

 For monks in the Qi Refining Stage who have not yet established a foundation, few can endure this kind of life.

It’s not that Luo Chen couldn’t bear it, but if he did it every day, sooner or later he would become obsessed.

  Sometimes, some necessary relaxation and adjustment are still necessary.

After returning to the yard, Luo Chen first used the cleaning technique to do a general cleaning, and then went out to do some simple shopping.

By the way, I also went to Yuan's house to find Mr. Yuan and Yuan Xiaoyue, and calculated the income of the food stall last month.

“Six hundred and twenty spiritual stones, not bad. It seems that the monthly income has stabilized now.”

Luo Chen took the spiritual stone and made a simple calculation.

 Then he gave Yuan Xiaoyue thirty spiritual stones, which was her salary last month.

 He also took out an additional hundred spiritual stones, which was almost the purchase price of the batch of pineapple wine that Mr. Yuan paid.

After Yuan Xiaoyue took the spirit stone happily, she raised her oval face and said, "Actually, in the previous month, I earned more than 900 spirit stones. I feel that I can sell more."

"oh?"

Luo Chen was interested. He didn't expect that the market for a small snack stall could be so big.

 Should we consider making it bigger and stronger and create greater glory?

"But starting from this month, other people started selling various snacks." Yuan Xiaoyue pursed her lips and said unhappily: "Aunt Li next door launched a bean curd rice, which is said to be learned from Zhong Ding This simple recipe can help you replenish your spiritual energy.”

“There is also a small stall opposite me that sells all kinds of monster meat jerky. Although the spicy beef jerky you make is not as delicious as Brother Luo, it is better because there are more varieties.”

"besides…"

Looking at her chattering about those competitors, Luo Chen, who was originally feeling a little emotional that monks in this world would follow suit and start a business, couldn't help but laugh.

  He rubbed the little girl’s increasingly black and shiny hair.

“Xiaoyue, you can’t earn all the spiritual stones. Others have to earn them to practice life. We just need to sell our own.”

This little girl was weak and timid at first.

 After setting up the stall for many months, I have become more generous.

 It just makes me care more and more.

Yuan Xiaoyue broke away from Luo Chen's hand and opened her big round eyes, "But some of them obviously copied your secret recipe, Brother Luo!"

“Just like the guy selling monster meat jerky across the street, he bought beef jerky from me for half a month before setting up the stall. He was obviously trying to figure out the tricks inside.”

“There’s also the guy who sells popcorn beans, they look very similar to our fairy beans.”

Luo Chen laughed dumbly.

 After a long while, he shook his head and chuckled: "A secret recipe that can be copied is not a secret recipe."

 “And...did they pay protection money?”

"Well?"

 Yuan Xiaoyue was confused.

 Lao Yuan, who was sipping his wine silently next to him, also curiously put down the wine gourd.

Luo Chen tapped Yuan Xiaoyue's forehead and said, "Idiot, the wine I ask you to give to the monks of Jiange every month is not for nothing."

“Tomorrow, go find the monk from the Sword Pavilion and tell him that the square has been too dirty recently, which has affected the environment of the forum that the Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion has worked so hard to create.”

“Besides, I remember that the area in Baishi Square was full of stalls!”

“You would like to make a suggestion and ask the Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion to get a large stone slab to standardize the stalls. Each stall should receive one or two spiritual stones.”

“Remember to reserve the stall with the best location and the largest flow of people in advance, and we will also hand over the spiritual stones!”

 After hearing these words, Yuan Xiaoyue was stunned for a while.

Her grandfather next to her also looked confused.

Luo Chen didn’t say too much. The trick of “finding the city management” was enough for a long time.

 As for future competition?

 Have the best-located stalls and are already in an invincible position.

 If you take some time by yourself and research a few new snacks, won’t the product competitiveness rise again?

There are so many people in the alchemy hall, and the alchemy furnace usually has free time.

 It is just a piece of cake to ask the internal monks to help him cook some snacks.

I don’t believe it. How can individual retail investors compete with a manufacturer like him that provides one-stop services?

"By the way, I will have wine in the courtyard for my birthday next month. Will you come?"

Seeing the two people's hesitation, Luo Chen added.

“It’s not a big deal, just a few friends to have a meal and drink some wine.”

Yuan Xiaoyue felt a little moved, and her grandfather had already spoken.

"I, an old guy, won't go. Xiaoyue can go and have some fun. It's also a good thing to get to know a few seniors."

 (End of this chapter)