Immortality Begins as an Alchemy Master 71

Chapter 71: The Zhongding Banquet, Golden Elixir Arrives

“Right, repair it according to the original blueprints.”

“It’s simple. Just replace the main roof beams and find a few more stones outside the city to repair and patch it up.”

“Need blue fire bricks? Wait, Xianzhuju (a shop selling building materials) sells them. They’ll send someone over later.”

Three younger brothers from the Broken Mountain Sect were hired, each paid a Spiritual Stone to help repair the house.

Luo Chen then sent some of his belongings to Qin Liangchen’s house for safekeeping.

For now, that would suffice.

Time slipped by, and it gradually grew dark.

After cleaning himself up, Luo Chen accompanied Qin Liangchen to the Zhongding family banquet.

On the way, Qin Liangchen casually mentioned: “Among fire-type spells, there’s a second-rank spell called the Blazing Sun Technique. When cast, it’s like a small sun exploding, with immense power, making everything within twenty *zhang* (approximately 66 feet) barren.”

Twenty *zhang*!

That’s almost half a football field!

“What are you talking about, Brother Qin!”

“I’m only in the Qi Refining Mid-Period. I don’t know any second-rank Blazing Sun Technique!”

Luo Chen frantically waved his hands.

But he did have a clearer understanding now.

The power of merging twenty fireballs clearly didn’t reach the level of the second-rank Blazing Sun Technique.

But the situation at that time undoubtedly showed the rudimentary form of the Blazing Sun Technique.

What if he merged ten more, twenty more, even thirty or fifty?

However, the consumption of spiritual energy would be enormous.

“Let’s keep it as a trump card for now. I’ll have to practice it properly later.”

Although he felt the pain of losing nearly ten Spiritual Stones today, Luo Chen was still very happy.

He had gained another trump card beyond his usual methods.

When they arrived on the third floor of the Zhongding residence, not many people had arrived yet; only a few underlings were present.

Qin Liangchen went to chat with those people, and no one paid attention to Luo Chen, who was happy to be left alone.

Finding a secluded private room, Luo Chen kept half his mind alert to the outside while focusing half on his attribute panel.

He hadn’t finished browsing it before.

In terms of cultivation level, his progress was neither fast nor slow.

The Grandmaster-level Longevity Skill not only greatly increased his cultivation efficiency but also helped him open up the twelve main meridians and eight extraordinary meridians, allowing him to refine two Qi-Nourishing Pills a day.

However, because he had advanced to the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, the calculation of his cultivation progress bar had changed again.

From the Qi Refining Third Layer, one Qi-Nourishing Pill increased his progress by two points.

In the Qi Refining Fourth Layer, one Qi-Nourishing Pill increased progress by one point.

Now, at the Qi Refining Fifth Layer, it took two Qi-Nourishing Pills to increase his progress by one point.

So, in half a month, with two Qi-Nourishing Pills a day, his progress bar had only barely reached 16 points.

Luo Chen had anticipated this.

After all, each advancement in cultivation level meant an increase in the upper limit of spiritual energy in his body.

This was normal.

Why does it take longer and longer to break through to higher cultivation levels?

The main reason is this.

Filling the total amount of spiritual energy for a realm would only become increasingly difficult, and not just by a multiple increase.

There were once hundreds of Qi Refining Late Period cultivators in the Great River City.

But those who reached Qi Refining Great Perfection were few and far between.

Han Dang, the deceased Heart-Devouring Tiger, was one of them; Fu Xiuxiu, who had failed to advance to the Foundation Establishment Period, was another.

The rest were extremely rare.

Among those Luo Chen knew, Qin Liangchen and Murong Qinglian were far from reaching Qi Refining Great Perfection.

Others like Luo Wu’di and Ke Yue Lin were even further behind.

The only thing that worried Luo Chen was whether Qi-Nourishing Pills would still be effective for him after reaching the Qi Refining Late Period.

After all, there was such a thing as drug tolerance with pills.

“Let’s not worry about that for now.”

Luo Chen stopped worrying needlessly and glanced at the Spell list.

His gaze fell directly on the last item:【Achievement Points: 21】

He didn’t expect that mastering the Fireball Technique would give him another achievement point.

If this was the case, then mastering a skill to Great Perfection would grant him five achievement points.

These were: Proficient, Expert, Perfect, Grandmaster, and Great Perfection.

His gains over the past half-month were enormous.

He had achieved Grandmaster level in the Wind-Riding Technique, the Attraction Technique, the Entanglement Technique, the Spirit Eye Technique, and even the rarely used Cleaning Technique, all consecutively upgraded.

This had brought him a total of seven achievement points.

“21 achievement points, what should I do with them?”

“Learn the basic Healing Technique? Forget it, I can learn that directly after practicing for two more days.”

“I don’t have any other cultivation techniques on hand.”

“And compared to cultivation techniques, using achievement points to learn a pill recipe would be the most cost-effective. That way, it would save me from countless failures before mastering the recipe.”

What did countless failures represent?

Countless Spiritual Stones!

The only pill recipe Luo Chen had left was a fragment of a second-rank pill recipe for Jade Dew Pill.

Clearly, it wasn’t suitable to refine the Jade Dew Pill now.

He didn’t have the financial resources nor the ability, and even if he succeeded, he wouldn’t dare sell it.

“So, I need to find a first-rank pill recipe. And it has to be one with a wide market and few competitors.”

“I wonder if the Broken Mountain Sect has any? Or the Pharmacy Hall?”

Luo Chen pondered, looking up to find that it was completely dark outside.

And outside the small private room, there was a cacophony of noise.

He calmed himself and quietly went out.

One glance, just one glance!

He held his breath.

Thirteen Foundation Establishment cultivators!

My god, when did the small Great River City have so many Foundation Establishment cultivators!

But except for a small portion, he actually knew quite a few of them.

The manager Liu from Hundred Herbs Hall was chatting with Manager Wang from Spirit Herb Pavilion.

The Master Mu, the head of Lingyuan Pavilion, was surrounded by three unfamiliar Foundation Establishment cultivators, seemingly exchanging spell insights.

Uncle Mi Shuhua from the Broken Mountain Sect was chatting and laughing with Wang Haichao from the Great River Gang, and another man.

There was no sign of the fierce fighting between them a while ago.

That man with a gloomy face was, if nothing else, Zhou Chaoxian, the person in charge of the Lianyun Merchant Alliance in this place!

It was said that he held a high elder position within the Alliance.

And the cunning merchant Chu Lao from the Myriad Treasures Pavilion was whispering with a richly dressed man.

However, the man was clearly impatient, his eyes constantly glancing towards a group of female cultivators.

But he didn’t dare offend the Myriad Treasures Pavilion, so he could only cautiously accompany him in conversation.

Luo Chen looked towards the gathering of female cultivators, and coincidentally, he saw a group of familiar faces.

The bright and generous Gu Caiyi, the stunningly beautiful Xiangxiang, and the gentle and lovely Fu Xiuxiu.

No matter how beautiful they were, however, the center of attention remained the woman in palace attire.

“That should be the madam of the Heavenly Fragrance House,呸 (an interjection expressing disgust), the Huanhe Sect cultivator Gong Huiqin. She looks so beautiful, I wonder how old she really is. This is a high-class rich woman!”

As if sensitive to men’s gazes, the woman instantly saw Luo Chen.

Luo Chen quickly lowered his head and approached Qin Liangchen, who was standing in the corner.

“Brother, there are only big shots here. What are we doing here?”

Whispering cautiously, Luo Chen felt like a grandson.

Qin Liangchen chuckled, “What are we doing? We’re here to be grandsons!”

Luo Chen was stunned. So I really am a grandson!

“When big shots go out, they need to bring a couple of underlings,” Qin Liangchen patted his shoulder, “Don’t be discouraged. Maybe we’ll be grandpas one day.”

It’s like that old saying: “Are there really any inherently superior or inferior people among emperors, princes, ministers, and generals?”

Luo Chen rolled his eyes. Saying this kind of thing, don’t you worry that Foundation Establishment cultivators will hear it?

It is said that the sound transmission technique isn’t entirely secure.

Coincidentally, there were three Foundation Establishment cultivators standing in front of them: Mi Shuhua, Wang Haichao, and Zhou Chaoxian.

The last one suddenly turned his head, his gaze fixed on Qin Liangchen.

“You’re the little fellow who killed Bai Qi on the debate stage!”

Qin Liangchen’s expression immediately became tense, his gaze seeking help from Mi Shuhua.

“Daoist Zhou, you—” Mi Shuhua was about to speak, but Zhou Chaoxian stopped him with a raised hand.

Zhou Chaoxian smiled slightly, “It’s nothing, just getting acquainted. This young Qin Daoist has a son who is a disciple of Luoyun Sect. How could I do anything to him? But Daoist Mi, I hear you’re keeping that Foundation Building Pill for him. Don’t secretly swallow it later, okay?”

Mi Shuhua’s face stiffened, then gradually darkened.

Just as the atmosphere here became slightly oppressive, a sharp aura came from the entrance.

The next moment, seven Foundation Establishment cultivators entered the building together.

Jade Tripod Sword Sect cultivators.

The seven ascended without hesitation, bowing to the outside and shouting in unison.

“Greetings, Elder Pang!”

Everyone was startled, then hurriedly bowed and respectfully shouted: “Greetings, Elder Pang!”

Under the night sky, a golden light, without any flourish, entered the third floor of the Zhongding residence.

It was the Golden Elixir cultivator, Pang Renxiong.

Luo Chen bowed his head deeply, not daring to look around with his peripheral vision.

Under the completely unrestrained pressure of the Golden Elixir cultivator, his teeth, bones, and even soul seemed to tremble.

“This is the might of a Golden Elixir cultivator?”

Deep in his heart, a surging wave of thoughts was rising.

“A true man should be like this!”

(End of Chapter)

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