Mortal Alchemy

Mu Xingling, adorned in a red dress, sat cross-legged in the center of the training ground.

"Palace Master!" Chen Ping displayed his acting skills, gazing at Mu Xingling with fervent, obsessive, yet restrained eyes.

Mu Xingling's small face was calm: "Chen Ping, go back and prepare yourself. In a month, accompany me on a trip."

Chen Ping's heart tightened, but his expression became even more fervent as he probed for information:

"Is there something you need me to do, Palace Master?"

Mu Xingling:

"There's news of the Purple Monkey Flower."

"Several families have jointly discovered its location. When the time comes, you will secretly pluck a Purple Monkey Flower for me."

The Purple Monkey Flower is one of the five main ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills.

Chen Ping was overjoyed: "Yes, Palace Master!"

Mu Xingling nodded slightly, her small face calm and aloof: "This time, we will be setting out with the other families. Do exactly as I say, and don't cause any trouble, understand?"

"Understood," Chen Ping nodded vigorously.

It seems that family direct descendants like Mu Xingling have wider information channels.

This can be considered a blessing in disguise. If Mu Xingling didn't think of Chen Ping as her pleasure slave,

Chen Ping wouldn't know how long it would take for him to come into contact with Foundation Establishment spiritual objects.

Mu Xingling said: "This trip is dangerous and not simple. Go back and prepare well, and then withdraw."

Chen Ping got up to take his leave and left her training ground.

After leaving the Hall of Affairs, Chen Ping did not return to his own training ground to continue cultivating.

He took out his flying gourd and headed to White Sand Market.

Chen Ping entered Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

He arrived at Old Guo's counter and saw Old Guo, leaning on his crutches, carefully instructing a young woman.

Chen Ping took a closer look at the woman's appearance, his expression slightly stunned: "Old Guo, Fellow Daoist Zhou."

Old Guo raised his cloudy eyes, looked at Chen Ping, and smiled: "Oh, it's you, young Chen."

Zhou Ying, on the other hand, looked puzzled: "This Fellow Daoist, do we know each other?"

Chen Ping smiled softly: "Fellow Daoist Zhou, have you forgotten about Liu Ziyan's matter?"

Zhou Ying's delicate body trembled slightly: "Tang… Fellow Daoist, is that you?"

Chen Ping laughed: "It is indeed Chen. I didn't expect to be so fortunate to meet you here."

Old Guo said: "It turns out that you are the savior my granddaughter spoke of, young Chen. Come in and talk."

They arrived at the private room behind the counter.

Old Guo said: "Young Chen, Xiaoying is my granddaughter. She went to the black market auction before to sell some things in order to take over my position…"

"I didn't expect you to save her life.

In the future, the Guo family will definitely not hesitate to help with whatever we can."

"Xiaoying, young Chen has been dealing with me since he was nine or ten years old."

Zhou Ying poured tea for Chen Ping, looking at Chen Ping with a slightly joyful expression: "I didn't expect that benefactor and Grandpa would have such a relationship."

Chen Ping was stunned: "It seems that my Thousand Faces Mask didn't fool Old Guo."

"Hahaha," Old Guo laughed: "Young Chen, although you used the Thousand Faces Mask, your tone and body language are not easy to change."

Chen Ping was filled with trepidation: "I am grateful for the lesson."

He was fortunate that he had been using the Thousand Faces Mask to disguise himself and sell Spiritual Sense Pills to Old Guo for the past few years.

"Tell me, young Guo, what brings you here to find me?"

Chen Ping dispelled his disguise, pondered for a moment, and said:

"Old Guo, now that I am at the twelfth level of Qi Refinement, I want to seek a Foundation Establishment spiritual medicine. I don't know if you have any channels to help me inquire about it."

This Old Guo can be considered a friend of his despite their age gap. Now that their friendship has deepened, there is no need to hide it.

Zhou Ying's pretty face turned slightly red when she saw Chen Ping's true face. She didn't expect Chen Ping's true face to be so young and handsome.

Old Guo narrowed his eyes and said, "Which spiritual medicine is it?"

Chen Ping said: "A Rank 2 demon core, or a hundred-year spiritual milk."

Old Guo and Zhou Ying exchanged a look.

Zhou Ying said: "Fellow Daoist Chen, Rank 2 demon cores and hundred-year spiritual milk only exist in the Eastern Wasteland.

Most Qi Refinement late-stage cultivators in the Eastern Wasteland market are heading there for this purpose."

"However, my Guo family does have channels to help Fellow Daoist Chen inquire about this news, as a way of repaying your life-saving grace."

"Good," Chen Ping revealed a happy expression: "Besides that, I also have a deal to seek you out for."

Chen Ping gently patted his storage bag and took out a bottle of Body Tempering Pills.

Just smelling the scent, Old Guo's withered body trembled slightly:

"Body Tempering Pill!"

"That's right," Chen Ping nodded: "It seems that Old Guo knows the benefits of Body Tempering Pills. I wonder how much Old Guo plans to acquire them for."

Old Guo took a deep breath: "Although this item is a Rank 1 pill, it is not produced in the Eastern Domain cultivation world and is extremely rare. I don't have a definite price for acquisition and sale."

"If young Chen trusts me, you can entrust it to my Guo family to organize a small auction. At that time, we will take a 10% commission. What do you think?"

The Guo family can even organize small auctions, their energy is a bit great.

Chen Ping thought about it, this seems to be the maximization of profits, and nodded in agreement: "Good."

Judging from Old Guo's words, Body Tempering Pills, this kind of Rank 1 pill formula, really does not exist in the Eastern Domain cultivation world.

Even the four major sects of the Eastern Domain cultivation world have not mastered it.

The knowledge of these Hundred Arts of Immortality is too important.

Old Guo said: "When the time comes, young Chen, you can come and participate in the auction. Maybe there will be something you want."

Chen Ping nodded, and then asked about another matter: "Old Guo, do you know where there is a Rank 2 spiritual fire, one that is unowned."

"Rank 2 spiritual fire?" Old Guo said in surprise: "This is also a valuable item. I'll help you inquire about it later."

This made him suspect that Chen Ping was an alchemist, so he needed a Rank 2 spiritual fire.

Besides alchemy, spiritual fire is also used for refining artifacts.

Zhou Ying handed a token to Chen Ping: "Fellow Daoist Chen, if there is news, this token will move. At that time, Fellow Daoist Chen can come to this Myriad Treasures Pavilion."

"Good," Chen Ping nodded, accepting the token.

Next, Chen Ping also asked Old Guo to help him acquire several materials for Body Tempering Pills.

He would come to collect them once every three months.

Chen Ping deeply knew the importance of not putting all his eggs in one basket. Selling pills and acquiring materials should be done separately, so as not to expose the pill formula.

After Chen Ping left.

Old Guo said to his granddaughter Zhou Ying: "The few things that young Chen asked for must be done with all our strength."

"Xiaoying, I can't hold on for much longer. I will pass away within a few weeks."

"Although you have now joined Myriad Treasures Pavilion, without strong external support, the Guo family will only have you and your mother left, a widow and an orphan who cannot hold on for long."

"Now that young Chen has brought out such a good thing as Body Tempering Pills, you will be able to stabilize, and I can leave in peace."

"Remember, do not expose the existence of young Chen."

"Yes, Grandpa," Zhou Ying's eyes revealed a hint of sadness.

The current situation of the Guo family is why Old Guo is trying to build good relationships everywhere, just to prevent the decline of the century-old family business.

Otherwise, if Old Guo had slightly revealed the news of Chen Ping selling Spiritual Sense Pills, Chen Ping would have died without a burial place.

Chen Ping left Myriad Treasures Pavilion and returned directly to his training ground, swallowing pills to improve his cultivation and combat power.