[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster":3,"chapter-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-106":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Immortality Starts with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1899510,2534,"Chapter 106: Old scoundrel, how dare you bully me like this","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-106",106,"\u003Cp>In Private Room No. 8, Dan Chenzi, the number one alchemist of the Broken Mountain Gang, was lovingly playing with the small cauldron in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, a small cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides having the Earth Mountain Formation, Wall Formation, and Fire Gathering Formation engraved on it, this Four Symbols Cauldron actually had a Wishful Formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, it could be as large or small as one wished, shrinking from a height of one zhang to the size of a hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dan Chenzi—Luo Chen—truly loved it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this cauldron, whether for offense or defense, he had an extra choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And its pill refining function, although not as outstanding as a standard top-grade pill cauldron, was more than enough to handle three or four batches of raw materials in one furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the alchemist's attainments were deep enough, putting in five batches of raw materials at once wasn't impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Luo Chen naturally and matter-of-factly putting the small cauldron into his storage bag, Mi Junping on the side reminded him sourly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luo Chen, this wasn't bought for you, but is property of the Pill Hall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, I know, I'm just keeping it temporarily, temporarily!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen laughed it off, looking as if he understood perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter who looked, they knew Luo Chen intended to keep it for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua didn't care; as long as Luo Chen was still in his hands, the Four Symbols Cauldron still belonged to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to put it, it was just like buying a better plow for the ox that plowed his fields!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the ox was happy, so wouldn't it work even harder in the fields later?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He smiled and said: \"I just took a look; this cauldron isn't as useless as imagined. An ordinary top-grade magic tool only has three first-grade formations engraved on it; a magic tool that can have four formations engraved on it is basically a top-tier magic tool.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps the four formations of the Four Symbols Cauldron don't pair well, but the material itself is good enough, and if used properly, it can be considered a small top-tier magic tool.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We made a small profit in this bidding.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing him say this, Luo Chen liked the Four Symbols Cauldron even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was Pill Hall property, it was he who was using it, wasn't it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also had a share of the Pill Hall's profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One can only say that the same thing can be viewed differently by different people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, everyone felt they hadn't lost out by buying the Four Symbols Cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The auction's transaction process was extensive!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But under the hosting of Luo Tianhong, an experienced Foundation Establishment cultivator, it proceeded in an orderly manner, making people feel it wasn't bloated or cumbersome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fourth stage of the auction had ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the final item fell back to the host, the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first item they brought out pushed the bidding heat to a climax.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five Foundation Establishment Pills, auctioned separately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The first one, starting price one thousand spirit stones. Fellow Daoists interested in Foundation Establishment, you may begin bidding!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The starting price was actually only one thousand spirit stones?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So low?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a moment, everyone's breathing quickened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Luo Chen was tempted; he had fifteen hundred spirit stones on him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hehe, it was time for Dan Chenzi to make a move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eleven hundred!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twelve hundred!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fourteen hundred!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two thousand!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three thousand!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I bid five thousand spirit stones!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Listening to the increasingly high prices, Luo Chen had long since tightly closed his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua on the side smiled slightly: \"It's normal for the starting price to be low, because Foundation Establishment Pills are never hard to sell; it's just that the person hosting the auction wants to stir up the atmosphere.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikong Shoujia, who had also participated in the bidding, heard this and helplessly stopped his meaningless actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually really wanted to buy a Foundation Establishment Pill for his son, Sikong Yuanhong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That way, perhaps he wouldn't have to let his son marry into the Mi family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the price really made people shrink back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen muttered a few words and then curiously asked Mi Shuhua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gang Leader, after all, a Foundation Establishment Pill is just a second-grade pill; one or two thousand per pill is already very unreasonable. Considering its special nature, I can understand three or four thousand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now, it's been bid up to nearly six thousand spirit stones per pill. Isn't the premium too severe?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua laughed dumbly: \"You're asking me? Then why don't you go ask those rogue cultivators who are bidding? Ask them if they want to give up the only chance they might have in their lives to reach Foundation Establishment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes, if he had enough wealth, he probably wouldn't let this opportunity slip by either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking carefully, with his aptitude, could one Foundation Establishment Pill really lead to Foundation Establishment?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is rumored that many cultivators with excellent talent fail even after taking a Foundation Establishment Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then for him, it was even more impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Luo Chen only felt that the clear path he had planned had become bleak again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When that Foundation Establishment Pill was won by a famous rogue cultivator of Dahe Market for sixty-eight hundred spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivators' enthusiasm for bidding diminished somewhat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as the second one started bidding, their enthusiasm rose again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only this time, after trying to bid twice, they stopped their bidding actions in fear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this time, those competing with them were no longer isolated rogue cultivators, but the big Foundation Establishment figures sitting in the private rooms!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twenty-five hundred low-grade spirit stones!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there anyone else bidding?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Twenty-five hundred going once, twice, three times, sold!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Congratulations to the fellow Daoist in Private Room No. 12 for obtaining this Foundation Establishment Pill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Private Room No. 12 was where the Foundation Establishment members of the Nangong cultivation family were located.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The subsequent three Foundation Establishment Pills also fell into the hands of the Duan family, the Li family, and Wang Haichao of the Great River Gang one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And each Foundation Establishment Pill was sold for around twenty-five hundred spirit stones, which was just the price of a top-grade magic tool.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this tacit scene, the late-stage Qi Refining rogue cultivators in the hall all felt extremely stifled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just them, Sikong Shoujia in Private Room No. 8 also had a flushed face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gang Leader, I have a little wealth, why won't you let me bid?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua put away his smile and stared at him coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to die, then I naturally won't stop you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are no 'buts'.\" Mi Shuhua sneered: \"The major Foundation Establishment factions are willing to give up one Foundation Establishment Pill to the rootless rogue cultivators; that's already considered benevolent. Don't even think about the remaining ones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Junping couldn't help but ask: \"Then Father, why didn't you make a move?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already have an extra Foundation Establishment Pill in my hand; it's not my turn to make a move this time. This was already agreed upon by everyone beforehand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen stood behind, silently watching all of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, the ownership of the Foundation Establishment Pills had already been decided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone was tacitly dividing the pork, and the extra piece was likely left as a glimmer of hope for the rogue cultivators after being warned by the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If any rogue cultivator didn't know their place and forcibly bid for the subsequent Foundation Establishment Pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In terms of financial power, they certainly couldn't compete with the Foundation Establishment factions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they would fail to win the bid and offend these Foundation Establishment factions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the auction ended, the rogue cultivator would be met with the thunderous fury of Foundation Establishment cultivators, or even the pursuit of an entire faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After analyzing this answer, Luo Chen felt even more lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For one or two Foundation Establishment Pills, he still had the confidence to earn enough spirit stones through alchemy to buy them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there were a few more, if he risked his life, it wouldn't be impossible before his lifespan ran out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if several Foundation Establishment factions came out to bid tacitly at every auction, even if he had hundreds of thousands of spirit stones, it would be of no use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How can Qi Refining be an enemy of Foundation Establishment!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was in this lost and helpless mood that the auction unknowingly reached its end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect brought out many more good things, even a Jin Dan spirit medicine, which caused many Foundation Establishment cultivators to tear off their masks and bid crazily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But those had nothing to do with Luo Chen anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When leaving the venue, Mi Shuhua suddenly patted Luo Chen on the shoulder, who was walking with his head down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why be so dejected?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen looked up and subconsciously replied, \"Gang Leader.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua revealed a kind smile: \"If one day you reach the perfection of Qi Refining, I will definitely support your Foundation Establishment with all my might. It's just a Foundation Establishment Pill!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A warm current welled up in Luo Chen's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this cold and ruthless world of cultivation, there really are many good people!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sky was already dark, and Luo Chen didn't know where the cultivators who participated in the auction went.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He just returned to the Sihe Academy alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meeting Qin Liangchen and his wife and Gu Caiyi who were returning home, he talked about what he had seen and heard at the auction today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone marveled at the rare treasures and sighed at the wealth of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, actually willing to take out magic treasures for auction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Luo Chen smiled and talked about what Mi Shuhua had said when he left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qin Liangchen was silent for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, he smiled bitterly: \"He said the same thing to me. He also said it to Han Dang, the Heart-Devouring Tiger who was at the perfection of Qi Refining back then. As for the others...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Murong Qinglian shook her head: \"Anyway, for a hundred years, the Broken Mountain Gang hasn't produced a second Foundation Establishment rogue cultivator.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was stunned, then stood up and slammed the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old scoundrel, how dare you bully me like this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Early the next morning, a young man waited outside the gate of the Spirit Medicine Pavilion in the heavy snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as the door opened, he walked straight in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five bottles of Dust-Transforming Pills, one box of Soul-Calming Incense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maid, who was still yawning, was startled upon hearing this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She subconsciously replied: \"Dust-Transforming Pills are two hundred spirit stones per bottle, and Soul-Calming Incense is one hundred and twenty spirit stones per box.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is eleven hundred and twenty spirit stones; please count them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, oh, okay, guest, please wait a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the young man left, the maid still couldn't quite recover.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did she meet a cultivator who seemed very wealthy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary rogue cultivators mostly bought Qi-Nourishing Pills and were all stingy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good pills like Dust-Transforming Pills were basically only bought by late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, and they were always bought one bottle at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That person just now had bought five bottles in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are rogue cultivators so rich now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether others were rich, Luo Chen didn't know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He only knew that for him, having advanced to the seventh level of Qi Refining, the effect of Qi-Nourishing Pills was almost gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To ensure his cultivation speed, he had to switch to new pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dust-Transforming Pills were currently the best choice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a leader among first-grade pills, Dust-Transforming Pills were always known for their immense and pure medicinal power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the low-grade Dust-Transforming Pills sold to the outside world had more than double the medicinal effect of Qi-Nourishing Pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when Gu Caiyi was still at the Tianxiang Tower, the top-grade Dust-Transforming Pills casually bestowed by the late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator Fei Bowen had allowed her to break through her bottleneck in one go and advance to the ninth level of Qi Refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen couldn't afford top-grade Dust-Transforming Pills, and there was nowhere to buy them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such good things were almost never sold as regular pills by the Spirit Medicine Pavilion; they only sold low-grade pills to rogue cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only yesterday at the auction that they had brought out a large batch of mid-grade and top-grade pills for auction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking with a conspiracy theory, Luo Chen couldn't help but suspect that the Medicine King Sect behind the Spirit Medicine Pavilion only digested good pills internally or only sold them to major sects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this way, they could ensure that sect cultivators' cultivation progress far exceeded that of rogue cultivators, in addition to their combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, ordinary rogue cultivators actually didn't have that consumption ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not thinking about these irrelevant things, Luo Chen once again planned his cultivation plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cruel reality of the Foundation Establishment Pill yesterday hadn't defeated him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just a moment of depression!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just one night, Luo Chen had already regained his spirits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top priority was the perfection of Qi Refining; the matter of the Foundation Establishment Pill could be planned carefully later!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking too much now was just worrying unnecessarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than thinking about these, it was better to think about how much help the Pill Hall, the Broken Mountain Gang, and people like Mi Shuhua could provide him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Qi-Nourishing Pills are useless to me; I need to find a reason to let the Broken Mountain Gang change them to Dust-Transforming Pills for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason is actually easy to find; it mainly depends on how much value I can bring to Mi Shuhua.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And seeing Mi Shuhua buy the Four Symbols Cauldron for me without even catching his breath, it's clear that I have great utilization value in his heart.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just the Four Symbols Cauldron, from his daily treatment to his occasional gentle words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen knew very well that Mi Shuhua valued him highly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more so than he had valued Qin Liangchen, Han Dang, and Wang Yuan back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimately, it was spirit stones!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yesterday, Mi Shuhua bought that magic treasure, almost emptying his family fortune; otherwise, he wouldn't have brought out so many things to sell.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Broken Mountain Gang's profits are large. But many of those profits are not immediate. And to make so many rogue cultivators willingly follow the Broken Mountain Gang, naturally, a lot of benefits have to be shared.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In comparison, the Jade Marrow Pills are a new source of wealth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As of now, the channels for the Jade Marrow Pills have almost been developed. Either Dahe Market shops, or cooperation with the Great River Gang, or local cultivation families.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"With the channels in place, Mi Shuhua himself has obtained a magic treasure, and his strength has greatly increased. Behind him, there might even be the support of Jade Cauldron sword cultivators left behind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this way, everything is ready, only the east wind is missing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Luo Chen knew very well what this east wind was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Output!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wanting me to increase output, it's not just relying on a top-grade pill cauldron!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen sneered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before, he had felt guilty, thinking he had sheared the old man's wool too much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing the other party spend thousands of gold yesterday, he knew he was still too kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When leaving the city, he saw the two bodyguards waiting at the city gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the other party didn't notice him at first, but looked up at the city wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen revealed a warm smile and leaned over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following Zhou Yuanli's finger, he looked up and saw dozens of heads densely displayed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was fortunate that Luo Chen had experienced two battles and hadn't been scared out of his wits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But even so, he felt a chill in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These are?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Yuanli sighed: \"Basically all rogue cultivators.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did they do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What else could they do?\" Liu Qiang sneered: \"This group of people went crazy, committing massacres in the inner city last night; did they really think the Sword Pavilion's law enforcement team was just for show?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking closely, the heads hanging there almost all had expressions of terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On their necks, the cuts were extremely smooth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary flying sword magic tools, although known for their sharpness, were accompanied by surging spiritual power during battle, and their destructive power was usually area-of-effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the sword cultivators from the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, even without using sword pills, could display some of the style of sword cultivators with ordinary flying swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they struck, the sword light was condensed, and the spiritual power was like silk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they didn't hit, fine; if they did, they would cut gold and jade, and limbs would be cleanly severed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's a pity that the law enforcement team only cares about inner city safety now; as long as there's no major chaos in the outer city, they don't care.\" Zhou Yuanli said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Qiang mocked: \"Indeed, at least several hundred conflicts broke out in the outer city last night; that's not considered major chaos, right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last night, such chaos had broken out in the outer city?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, he felt it was only natural.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the auction, there were so many good things that made people jealous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people who failed to bid were always unwilling to give up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If people were sought out even in the inner city, let alone some rogue cultivators who left the city in the dark?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the chain reaction, it was normal for major chaos to break out in the outer city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just hope such things don't happen to me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen shook his head and, with the two bodyguards, flew towards Xieyue Valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In broad daylight, it was relatively safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those robbers, more or less, still had to consider the face of the Sword Pavilion's law enforcement team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doing things at night was one thing, but they had to be well-behaved during the day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dong!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dull sound spread out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dozens of people poked their heads and looked at the pill room, whispering to each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their Pill Hall actually had a top-grade pill cauldron!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Luo Chen arranged the Four Symbols Cauldron, he arranged for people to move the Xuan Yun Cauldron from the original large pill room to another small pill room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was a bit crowded, it was barely enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he came out, he realized that it was silent outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua had come!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gang Leader, good morning!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen greeted him with a smile, unable to see the angry look of cursing \"old scoundrel\" last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua also nodded with a smile: \"Nothing much today, just passing by, just to see if this Four Symbols Cauldron suits your hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passing by?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen's mouth twitched, but he didn't say much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a wave of his hand, the subordinate cultivators got busy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before long, all preparations were ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen stayed in the large pill room with focus; today he had to familiarize himself with the Four Symbols Cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lighting the fire, opening the cauldron, and putting in four batches of raw materials in order.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A pair of hands turned like flowers, and under his manipulation, four pieces of Huanyu had Jade Marrow falling into the cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Firepower not enough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen closed the cauldron lid and added double the firewood to the fire pit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only that, he cast a Fireball Technique, and under the technique of the Flame Manipulation Art, the fireball divided into fine streams, continuously calcining the pill cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this process, Luo Chen became more and more familiar with the wonderful pill refining uses of the Four Symbols Cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time, he walked out, looking slightly tired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luck was good today, forty pills were formed, fifteen mid-grade, twenty-five low-grade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua took the white-as-jade pills from Luo Chen's hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After observing carefully, he revealed a satisfied look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very good, initial results right after starting. Once you are familiar with it, the output of Jade Marrow Pills will definitely have a big breakthrough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's all thanks to the Gang Leader's cultivation!\" Luo Chen said modestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua shook his head: \"If an alchemist could be produced by the cultivation of a Foundation Establishment cultivator alone, then alchemists wouldn't be valuable long ago. Your talent is the truly precious thing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sighing, he looked at the tired Luo Chen and frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it so tiring to refine pills once?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen smiled bitterly: \"Gang Leader, the Four Symbols Cauldron is a top-grade magic tool. Even if I only use the pill refining function, it consumes a lot of spiritual power to activate it once.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Moreover, currently no one can help, and I have to refine pills all by myself, so how could I not be tired.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That sounded reasonable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the pill refining process just now, Mi Shuhua also relied on his spiritual sense to focus wholeheartedly on Luo Chen's movements inside the pill room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Processing raw materials, adding medicine, when to open the lid, when to control the firepower, and from time to time using spiritual power to stir the medicinal liquid inside the large cauldron.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After these cumbersome steps, if it were an ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, I'm afraid most of their mind and spiritual power would be exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Refining pills once was almost equivalent to fighting a battle with a cultivator of the same level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought for a moment and said: \"Do you need any help?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen said bluntly: \"I want Dust-Transforming Pills! At least four bottles a month!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this number, Sikong Shoujia and even Gu Caiyi on the side held their breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four bottles of Dust-Transforming Pills, that was almost eight hundred spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Currently in the gang, among the nine major hall masters, after excluding dividends, none had such treatment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Luo Chen only had five bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills a month before, which was only five hundred spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Increasing so much all at once was truly a lion's opening of the mouth!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Mi Shuhua just pondered for a moment and nodded directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No problem, anyway, Mi Junping will send you your dividends today, I'll have her exchange all the Qi-Nourishing Pills for Dust-Transforming Pills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, you must give me a satisfactory answer regarding the number of Jade Marrow Pills this month.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen said \"um,\" not promising directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua didn't insist on hearing a military order, and after giving a few instructions to pay attention to safety, he left the Pill Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he left, Luo Chen breathed a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don't know why, but Mi Shuhua's prestige was three points heavier than before, especially when he wasn't smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps it was the confidence given to him by that magic treasure!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen looked back at the Four Symbols Cauldron in the large pill room, his mouth curling up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually had confidence now too. \u003C\u002Fp>",3866,"2026-06-12T10:35:51.239Z","2026-06-18T03:42:36.771Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","0966767b7fffd63662e913b9ecabf437c2ea292aadcf9b5e15a09656d8cde893","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-107","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-105",1090,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-cover.jpg"]