Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 172 Tianfan’s Black Hand? Third level water method! (Want updates please subscribe)

“Luo Chen, the quantity of chalcedony pills this month is a bit low!”

At the end of the month, Gu Caiyi approached Luo Chen worriedly.

"How many?"

Gu Caiyi reported the number, which was almost 10% less than last month!

 It doesn’t look like much, but if it were sold, it would be two to three thousand spiritual stones.

No wonder Gu Caiyi is so anxious.

 In response to this, Luo Chen pondered for a while, then slowly shook his head.

 “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter if you make a little less.”

Gu Caiyi was surprised.

Isn’t it better to earn more spiritual stones?

 In the past, Luo Chen cared about income more than anyone else.

Luo Chen sighed, "If you make too much money, it's easy to make people jealous!"

 When he said this, Gu Caiyi somewhat understood.

 The current Luo Tianhui is no more complicated than it was during the Poshan Gang.

 The staff is streamlined and the structure is simple.

 The advantage is that personnel costs are greatly reduced.

 The disadvantage is that some things are easy for others to guess.

 For example, the cost of Chalcedony Pill!

 In the past, there were nine major halls of the Poshan Gang to cover the entrance, and the medicine hall was self-sufficient. It was difficult for outsiders to guess the cost of the chalcedony pill.

 But it’s different now.

 Most of the main materials and auxiliary materials are purchased from Dajiangbang and Lianyun Commercial Alliance.

 Those who are interested can calculate the specific cost with a little combination.

 Then based on the salary cost of Luo Tianhui monks, as well as the external sales price and quantity.

 You can easily figure out the profit of Chalcedony Pill.

Even if there is a difference, it is almost the same.

In this way, a small Luo Tianhui earns tens of thousands of spiritual stones every month, which can easily make people jealous.

“Is Luo Chen deliberately controlling the output of chalcedony pills in order to reduce others’ covetousness?”

Gu Caiyi thought this way.

Luo Chen chatted with her for a few words about the sales of chalcedony pills, and then hurried out the door.

 It’s time for delivery today.

 Zhenlong Black Market will be held as scheduled.

Luo Chen also sat in a familiar position under the guidance of Wang Yanchang.

Wang Yanchang was the monk named Wang who gave him advice when he first came to the black market.

 Having been together many times, both parties are quite familiar with each other.

“Master Tian Xingzi may be a little busy today, so I’d like to ask you to wait a little longer.”

Wang Yanchang poured a cup of hot tea for Luo Chen and said this.

a little busy?

 Luo Chen was thoughtful.

 Next, he saw what "a little busy" meant.

 A beam of light casts a light, and a palm-sized white crane **** its wings and flies slowly.

 The speed is not fast, but extremely smooth.

Suddenly spiritual power was injected into it, and in an instant it exploded at extreme speed, circling the hall in a full circle.

Everyone looked around hurriedly, but could not find any trace of him.

Only Luo Chen, his eyes glowed with spiritual light, and he vaguely saw a trace.

 Suddenly, the little crane stopped and fell into an old hand.

Tian Xingzi’s voice slowly spread.

“The Sound Transmitting Thousand Paper Cranes, a first-class medium-grade magic weapon!”

Everyone was stunned. That crane was actually a paper crane?

Moreover, sound transmission?

Tian Xingzi looked around at the crowd and said with a smile: "As we all know, the sound transmission system is mainly based on the sound transmission notes and the sound transmission jade."

“However, the transmission talisman is limited by the power of the talisman, so the distance is limited. It can often only be used within the cave residence, and cannot contact others over long distances.”

“The Sound Transmission Jade Jue is expensive to make, and it is often one-to-one. Most of them will be purchased and used only by foundation-building practitioners.”

“The sound-transmitting paper crane in my hand is completely different.”

 “The material is drawn from the method of talisman and seal script, the two major formation methods of concealment and extreme speed are integrated, and finally it is cast using the method of casting.”

“With this magical weapon, anyone within a certain range can quickly contact others.”

“Besides, there is no need to worry about being intercepted. During the demonstration just now, it should be difficult for fellow Taoists to detect it!”

Hearing these words, there was a lot of discussion in the hall.

This effect is really good.

 You can contact others over long distances without worrying about being intercepted.

 In Tian Xingzi’s follow-up supplement, he even mentioned the spontaneous combustion of paper cranes to preserve sound transmission.

Not only that, this is not a one-time magic weapon like the talisman, but can be used multiple times.

“When using it, in addition to recording sound transmission, it is best to place a low-grade spirit stone as an energy driver.”

 “One piece at a time, not expensive.”

“To get to the destination, a special supporting crane nest must be set up as a means of traction.”

 While speaking, two matching crane nests appeared in Tian Xingzi's hand.

 Throw one into the corner and put the other on the stage.

 The paper crane was thrown far away by him, and then flew to the corner.

 Subsequently.

Without the application of spiritual power, the paper crane slowly flew back to the crane's nest on the stage with only the spiritual stone embedded in its belly.

 This way, it plays the role of fixed-point sound transmission.

“This magical weapon is from the hand of Hu Yanzhuo, the master caster of Tianfan City!”

“You must have heard of this master!”

“He is known for his creativity and ingenuity. He likes to study all kinds of strange magic weapons and magic weapons. The things he produces are often of high quality.”

 Speaking of which.

Tian Xingzi looked at hundreds of monks and saw that every one of them showed signs of excitement.

 He said no more.

“It is recommended to purchase more than two at a time, one for your own use and the other for the other party.”

 “In this way, it is easier to communicate with each other.”

“Okay, the starting price is still the same as for a medium-grade magic weapon, which is five hundred spirit stones. Each time the price is increased, it must not be less than ten spirit stones.”

The words have just fallen!

 Someone bids for the price.

“One thousand spirit stones, I’ll buy a pair!”

 “One thousand and one, I also want a pair!”

 …

On the chairs at the ends of both sides, Luo Chen looked with interest at the sound-transmitting paper cranes that were being auctioned off.

 In the past, he complained that the Poshan Gang’s communication methods were too ineffective.

For this reason, Mi Junping even looked down upon her.

Unexpectedly, someone actually developed a sound-transmitting magic weapon that is in the middle position based on the sound-transmitting yin and the sound-transmitting jade.

 And judging from its description, apart from the longer sound transmission time, there are almost no shortcomings!

 It made him a little excited and wanted to buy a pair.

 It’s a pair, not just one!

 This can be seen from the fact that other people’s exports are purchased in pairs.

 This thing, alone, is not that effective.

 After all, there is one supporting crane nest on each side, so the initiative for sound transmission can only be on one side.

  If others also have a paper crane, they can initiate contact with each other.

“It’s a bit like the dedicated telephone line on Earth in the past life.”

"If I purchase a few pairs, it will make it easier for me to contact Luotian Club."

 It’s not just about convenient contact!

Luo Chen also recalled the scene when the Poshan Gang and its various halls were defeated one by one.

Had there been such a magical weapon at that time, perhaps the situation would not have been so difficult.

 At least when the first hall is attacked, other places can also get the news.

 He also wanted to join the bidding, but his ears twitched slightly and he stopped.

Soon, the first pair of sound-transmitting paper cranes were auctioned for a high price of 1,500 yuan.

If calculated separately, then a sound-transmitting paper crane was sold for a high price of 750 spiritual stones!

 Medium-grade magic weapon, starting from 500.

  Often only magic weapons with outstanding offensive performance and defensive attributes can cross the threshold of seven hundred spirit stones.

In other words, this pair of paper cranes, relying on the properties of long-distance sound transmission, has reached a price comparable to that of a defensive magic weapon!

Just when everyone was looking at the monk who took the photo of this precious pair with envious eyes.

Tian Xingzi flipped his wrist, and another pair of sound-transmitting paper cranes were placed on the table.

“The starting price is five hundred spirit stones!”

 Everyone's expressions froze, and then the auction craze started again.

Soon, the second pair was also auctioned for a high price of one thousand fourteen.

 The reason why the price is lower than the first time is because Tian Xingzi had a hunch that Tian Xingzi might have more than a few pairs on hand.

 So, someone is waiting.

 Their hunch was right!

 Next, Tian Xingzi took out seven more pairs of sound-transmitting paper cranes one after another.

 Every pair has been photographed!

 No first-rate shots!

 At this time, he stopped the auction of the sound transmission paper cranes and started auctioning other things as usual.

Luo Chen looked at this scene, his thoughts kept turning.

 This magical instrument is said to be made by the master caster Hu Yanzhuo.

 But no matter how you look at it, it doesn’t look like it at all!

That is the master of the golden elixir who can refine magic weapons!

How can I find so much time to refine so many middle-grade magic weapons?

 Speaking of profits, it does feel huge.

  After all, the main material of this sound-transmitting paper crane is white paper similar to talisman skin, so the cost is definitely not high.

Even if you add the formation and two crane nests, it's not much higher.

The reason why it is sold so expensively is mainly due to its special function.

To put it true, Chuanyin Qian Paper Crane is also a Qimen magic weapon.

 However, Hu Yanzhuo is a master of casting!

 For such a being, the pursuit should be a powerful magic weapon, or a strange magic weapon.

For example, the Four-Elephant Cauldron in Luo Chen's hand was originally conceived as a magic weapon with five functions integrated into one.

This kind of casting is what the master pursues.

“So, there are so many sound-transmitting paper cranes with almost the same specifications, and they must not have been refined by Hu Yanzhuo himself.”

“Perhaps, he was involved in the study of creation.”

"But the refining process must be led by the disciples of Tianfan City who are at a lower level... There is one more thing!"

“Although Tianfan City is close to the Jade Cauldron Territory, it is too far away from remote places like Dahefang.”

“Now that this stuff has spread here, you can imagine how many other places there are.”

“In other words, the output of this product is quite high, and it is also refined on a large scale within Tianfan City!”

 After coming to this conclusion, Luo Chen felt something was wrong.

Generally, shouldn't Tianfan City hand over such good things to its subordinate Wanbaolou shop to sell them at designated locations?

 Is it because Wanbao Building in Dahefang has been moved?

Or is there a background of Tianfan City behind Zhenlong Black Market?

 Inexplicably, Luo Chen remembered his past experiences of participating in the black market again and again.

 The auction of magical artifacts seems to be extremely frequent indeed!

“Could it be that Tianfan City also led the siege against Pang Renxiong?”

Luo Chen was shocked to come to this specious conclusion.

Isn't Tianfan City afraid that the matter will be exposed, discovered by the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, and then start a war between the two Yuanying Sects?

How many people would die if that happened! “But, that’s not right either!”

“With the strength of Tianfan City, it doesn’t take so much effort to target a Jindan monk!”

 “Moreover, it’s still so far apart.”

 Perplexed, Luo Chen shook his head.

It’s not that he is not smart enough, but that he has too little information. With his knowledge, it is difficult to discern the truth from the fog.

 He only knows that cooperation with Tian Xingzi may need to be more careful.

 …

 “My dear friend, you seem to be very interested in this sound-transmitting paper crane?”

“I still have a pair here, let’s sell them to my friend for the price of five hundred spirit stones!”

Tian Xingzi took out two paper cranes with a smile.

Luo Chen said thank you and took it over.

　　Without playing too much, he put it away directly to show his trust in the other party.

 According to the auction price, Luo Chen bought a pair for one thousand yuan, so he was taking advantage.

 Since he took advantage, he must reciprocate the favor.

“This is the blood-burning pill that my friend refined in a month.”

 “Twenty in total.”

 Twenty stones. According to the previous cooperation content, that is two thousand spiritual stones.

　　After breaking off the thousand pieces from the paper crane, Tian Xingzi had to give another thousand pieces to Luo Chen.

After the transaction, Tian Xingzi regretted: "Can we only refine twenty pills in a month?"

Luo Chen smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know much about alchemy, but my friend said that the refining of the Burning Blood Pill is extremely complicated and it will be difficult for him to refine more."

 “Is that so?”

 “That’s a pity.”

 Is it complicated to refine the Blood Burning Pill?

 It’s actually not that complicated.

 Especially when the proficiency is advanced, the elixir formation rate increases to 20%.

Luo Chen's spiritual foundation has skyrocketed, and he can squeeze out a little more time for alchemy every day.

 He can definitely refine more blood-burning pills.

 However, time is always limited!

 Except for the Burning Blood Pill, he could not refine too little of the Chalcedony Pill within a month.

In addition to the Chalcedony Pill, he has also spent a lot of time on the Tongyou Pill recently.

After so many twists and turns, he was able to refine twenty-eight blood-burning pills in one month.

 Eight of them were kept by him as a precaution.

 Being able to sell twenty of them to Tianxingzi is considered to be the most benevolent and righteous act.

For this reason, when he went out today, Gu Caiyi was nagging him, saying that the quantity of chalcedony pills was too small.

Seeing Tian Xingzi's regretful look, Luo Chen suddenly felt something in his heart.

“Actually, there are ways to refine more blood-burning pills!”

"oh?"

Tian Xingzi became energetic and said, "Come and listen!"

 He seems to be particularly concerned about the quantity of blood-burning pills!

 Luo Chen accurately grasped the opponent's psychology.

 Then, he pretended to reminisce and said: "Once I was chatting with my friend and heard him talking to himself, saying that this blood-burning pill is more suitable for refining with water method."

“But he does not have the appropriate water method to refine alchemy now. He uses fire method to refine it, and the elixir yield rate is too low.”

“If there is a suitable water method for alchemy, he might be able to greatly increase the rate of alchemy!”

 After hearing these words, Tian Xingzi was thoughtful.

 “Water alchemy?”

 He recalled the list Luo Chen gave him.

 There are indeed many materials on it, suitable for water method alchemy.

In this way, this alchemist friend of Murong Yuan should not be an alchemist from a large sect.

 Because the alchemists trained by large sects, regardless of their skills, can master most basic alchemy techniques.

 The most common alchemy techniques in the world of immortality are water method and fire method.

 Such as golden jade liquid, clear liquid, and pulse-repairing liquid, are all products of water-based alchemy.

 A casual alchemist?

 Tian Xingzi thought for a while and took out a jade slip from the storage bag.

 In just a moment, Luo Chen's eyes fell on it.

"This is?"

“A water-based alchemy technique, suitable for most first- to third-level elixirs.”

Luo Chen was surprised and said: "So powerful!"

No wonder he was so surprised.

 Every alchemy technique has a limited scope.

 It's like the fire alchemy he currently masters is just the most common first level on the market.

 The elixirs that can be refined are often first-level elixirs.

If you want to refine second-level elixirs, you have to learn the second-level fire alchemy technique from "Qingyuan Danjie".

In addition, he learned several alchemy techniques from Qing Yuanzi. The jade-breaking hand is limited to mineral materials, and the plain hand is limited to grass and tree materials.

ˆ˜ also limits the general scope.

And the water method alchemy technique that Tian Xingzi came up with is actually suitable for the first to third levels.

Even if there is a premise of "mostly", it is still very precious.

Facing Luo Chen’s surprise, Tian Xingzi was not surprised.

He looked at Luo Chen solemnly and said, "I can sell you this method. But your friend must make a great oath and not pass it on to anyone by any means, intentionally or unintentionally!"

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows, such a strict oath?

 Whether it is intentional or unintentional, it cannot be passed on to others!

If this set of spells comes from his hands and is accidentally passed on to others, it will be regarded as a violation of his oath.

 Luo Chen is very clear about the consequences of violating the oath of the Dao.

 Perhaps it’s better to be at a lower level.

  But if it is time to break through the Golden Elixir and Nascent Soul, there is a high probability that the oath will backfire.

 Especially the rumored state of becoming a god, which is bound to be accompanied by inner demon calamity.

If there is a backlash from the oath of the Great Dao, he will surely perish in the calamity of inner demons.

It can be said that the Great Dao Oath is not very binding on low-level monks.

  But it has a strong binding force on anyone who aspires to live forever.

Luo Chen is naturally the latter.

 Otherwise, he would not have given the Foundation Establishment Pill to Qin Liangchen in the first place.

 The key lies in the fact that the other party did not enjoy even one of the medium-grade chalcedony pills he refined for Mi Shuhua.

 And the Foundation Establishment Pill, in the original sense, also belonged to Qin Liangchen.

 After weighing the pros and cons, Luo Chen finally followed his heart and made the final choice.

 It’s all about having a clear idea!

Facing this request, Luo Chen immediately and solemnly agreed.

Tian Xingzi is not afraid of him cheating either.

 On the jade slip, immediately set a small restriction on spiritual consciousness.

 If you want to break this restriction, you must make a corresponding oath.

 “Then what’s the selling price?”

Holding the jade slip, Luo Chen asked with a smile.

 Then his smile stiffened.

 Swallowing, Luo Chen looked at Tian Xingzi's raised finger.

 “Eight thousand?!”

 “Why don’t you go…”

 In the end, Luo Chen still ruthlessly took out the spiritual stone.

 This water alchemy technique is worth the price!

 In a sense, the secret methods in the various arts of cultivating immortals are no less valuable than the orthodox cultivation methods.

 It is suitable for alchemy methods of levels one to three, and is not even weaker than the methods that can be practiced to the golden elixir level.

 8,000, which is quite cheap!

"It doesn't matter, I bought it for my friend anyway. He will have to pay me back the spiritual stone when the time comes."

As he spoke, Luo Chen took out eight thousand spiritual stones.

There are a thousand of them, and they just got them from selling blood-burning pills, and they haven't even warmed up yet.

 After Tian Xingzi took the spirit stone, his eyes were dark.

“I hope I can see fifty blood-burning pills next month.”

Luo Chen was stunned for a moment. Is this a mandatory requirement of Party A?

He smiled awkwardly, "I can't guarantee this. I can only say that I hope that my friend will gain something after studying this method."

Tian Xingzi sighed.

 “Time waits for us!”

 After finishing speaking, he removed the soundproof cover.

 This means that today’s transaction ends here.

 No, it’s not over yet.

Luo Chen left the black market hall early and came outside.

Wang Yanchang is guarding outside, holding the storage bag Luo Chen gave him in advance.

“Fellow Taoist, all the medicinal materials for this month are already inside.”

Luo Chen took the storage bag and a list.

I glanced at it and saw that the Jade Yao Pillar, Earth Fire Demon, Snow Fox Demon Blood, Exploding Ape Demon Blood, etc. were all inside, and I couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction.

 Then, he took out 1,500 spiritual stones.

 With these materials, there will be no shortage of raw materials for Tongyou Pill and Zhongmiao Pill next month.

 After being given the spirit stone, Luo Chen felt a little unable to hold his nerve.

 Today I was originally here to sell blood-burning pills, but as I walked in and out, I actually contributed 8,500 spiritual stones to the Zhenlong black market.

Even if he is extremely rich, he can't withstand such a torment!

 In total, there are only fifteen thousand left.

But fortunately, if all the chalcedony pills refined this month are used, it can more or less be replenished by a few thousand dollars.

 Furthermore, today’s consumption is not purely a loss.

 Not to mention supplementing the materials, the most important thing is to obtain a water method alchemy.

 In this way, you no longer need to worry whether you are refining Emperor's Liquid or other elixirs that require water alchemy.

Wang Yanchang personally escorted him to the door.

As he was about to say goodbye, Luo Chen suddenly remembered that sigh.

 “Time waits for us!”

He was shocked and blurted out immediately.

 “Fellow Daoist Wang, wait a moment!”

 (End of this chapter)