Immortality Begins as an Alchemy Master 24

Chapter 24: The New Home is So Good!

“Why? Of course there are ghosts!”

Caiyi, just waking up, combed her waist-length hair while smiling.

“Didn’t Senior Sun tell you?” Luo Chen was startled. “Ghosts?”

Caiyi tossed her hair back. “Why are you so surprised? It’s normal for ghosts to exist in the Cultivation World!”

Yeah!

This is the Cultivation World, not Earth. Why would I be surprised?

“It’s common knowledge that there are ghosts in the Inner City, and quite a few at that.”

Caiyi explained leisurely. Anyone who’s lived in the Inner City for a while would know this.

The Jade Tripod Domain was actually only established three hundred years ago.

Before that, this vast region was part of the Eastern Wilderness’s million-mile mountain range.

Four hundred years ago, the Jade Tripod Sword Sect mobilized its entire sect for a massive land reclamation war, investing a huge amount of resources. Sixteen sects participated.

Among them, seven were upper sects with Nascent Soul cultivators! (Nascent Soul refers to a high level of cultivation)

The other five major sects in the six eastern domains of the current map even dispatched numerous Foundation Establishment and Golden Elixir cultivators.

It took a hundred years before the domain was finally established three hundred years ago.

That hundred-year reclamation war involved intense battles between humans and demonic beasts, fighting fiercely over every inch of land, resulting in countless casualties.

In the end, the Jade Tripod Sword Sect emerged victorious.

Victory was victory, but it left a lot of problems.

For example, countless ghosts, both human and demonic beast, mingled together, almost turning this place into a ghost realm.

Major sects have mature methods to deal with this situation.

Countless methods for appeasing, dissolving, and collecting souls emerged.

For extremely powerful ghosts that couldn’t be eliminated in the short term, suppression and annihilation were adopted.

Many large market towns in the Jade Tripod Domain actually suppress numerous powerful ghosts, including some at the Ghost General and Ghost King levels.

Why is the Great River City built with an inner and outer city?

Actually, it’s to gather the spiritual energy from the spirit veins to annihilate the suppressed ghosts below.

“We have a Ghost King-level ghost suppressed right here. Especially your small side room, which is located at the eye of the array, with heavy Yin energy.”

Caiyi looked at Luo Chen with a smile, waiting for the little guy to show fear.

But Luo Chen wasn’t a fool.

If Old Man Sun rented the house to him and Caiyi dared to live in this courtyard, it meant there was no danger.

He thought for a moment and asked, “Is it a male ghost or a female ghost?”

Caiyi froze, then spat, “It’s a lecherous ghost!”

After the joke, she said seriously, “Don’t worry, this large array was set up by a Golden Elixir cultivator, using the Inner City as a base to absorb the power of the spirit veins. The Ghost King won’t affect our lives or cultivation, at most it’ll just be a little cold when sleeping.”

“Heh, I, a distinguished Qi Refining fourth-layer cultivator, am not afraid of the cold!” Luo Chen smiled confidently, exhibiting the bearing of a cultivator.

Caiyi smiled and stood up.

“Alright, I have to go to work. Free tomorrow morning to chat?”

Work at this time?

Luo Chen looked at the setting sun in confusion.

“May I ask what you do?”

“I dance at the Heavenly Fragrance Building. Come and visit sometime!” Caiyi left with a faint fragrance.

Looking at his neighbor’s graceful back, Luo Chen could imagine how beautiful she would be dancing.

Unfortunately, this master can’t afford it!

Luo Chen returned to his room. After cleaning and airing it out for the afternoon, the smell was finally gone.

Caiyi, his neighbor who lived in the main house, had given him a piece of musk.

She said that burning it in an incense burner not only smells good but also repels insects.

“No incense burner? Burning it in a bowl works just as well.”

After lighting the musk, Luo Chen began taking things out of his storage pouch.

There wasn’t much, just various herbs and pots and pans.

Some items had scorch marks.

Last night’s battle had collapsed half of his house.

He had used a Minor Cloud and Rain Talisman to extinguish the fire.

Not much was salvaged!

Almost all the herbs he had carefully sorted that afternoon were destroyed.

Only the bedroom and kitchen survived.

The only fortunate thing was that the valuable main ingredients were in his storage pouch and hadn’t been taken out yet.

After counting, his losses were significant: one hundred and eight spiritual stones!

However, the gains were also enormous!

The first cultivator who died yielded a set of mid-grade artifacts, Jadeite Knives, which were actually wood-attribute throwing knives. One mother knife and six smaller knives, which can be combined into a formation. With sufficient time to set the formation, its power is comparable to a high-grade artifact.

It was perfect for him.

Besides the throwing knives, there were also one hundred and fifty spiritual stones in his bag.

This inheritance alone more than compensated for Luo Chen’s losses, even making a profit.

The expert he strangled was even better!

A high-grade flying sword, a low-grade flying artifact—hot items on the market.

But Luo Chen hadn’t decided how to deal with them.

After all, this stuff is hot property!

That guy should have been a Qi Refining fifth-layer cultivator, yet he had so many good things.

He used a Godspeed Talisman and a Blazing Sun Talisman to burn down houses. He wore a high-grade Daoist robe with inner armor. He wielded a high-grade flying sword, and even had an Earthy Yellow Barrier Talisman.

If you add the lotus leaf flying disc, he was fully armed.

Such luxurious equipment was rarely seen in the outer city.

If the other party hadn’t underestimated him, and if he hadn’t had the soul-breaking nail engraved with a second-order array to break armor and used a surprise attack, he would have been the one who died.

But he killed him, and Luo Chen had long since accepted it.

Of course, considering the other party’s powerful background and possible revenge, Luo Chen immediately disposed of the evidence and hid in the Inner City.

Those traces wouldn’t remain hidden for long.

But one day is better than none. The enemy wouldn’t dare to come to the Inner City to kill him!

The rules established by the Jade Tripod Sword Sect were something no one dared to challenge with their lives.

He should be careful for a while. He also needed to replenish the lost herbs as soon as possible.

Only by earning enough spiritual stones could he escape his current predicament of slow cultivation.

After taking everything out, Luo Chen looked at the spacious room.

“Tomorrow when I go out to buy herbs, I’ll also buy some shelves to separate the space.”

“Winnowing baskets, pestles, peach wood, and sandalwood, too.”

“Oh, right, I need to buy a chamber pot!”

Before cultivation, Luo Chen missed the house with the yard, the large exercise ground, and the stream.

Back then, he could relieve himself without a care.

Now, the monthly chamber pot emptying fee alone was enough to cover two months of his previous rent.

However, this complaint vanished after he ran the Longevity Skill once.

“This is the charm of a first-order spirit vein?”

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