Chapter 109: Sorry, calling you poor ghosts was my rashness

"Name?"

"Lu Lu Huaiben."

"Where are you from?"

"Qianshan, Yuanzhao Kingdom."

Whoa, a fellow countryman!

Luo Chen chewed on a fairy bean and raised his eyebrows; he is also from Yuanzhao Kingdom.

Unexpectedly, the person hanging on the rack opposite was also from his hometown.

Mi Mi Shuhua glared at Luo Chen, then signaled Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia to continue the interrogation.

Lu Lu Huaiben on the iron rack had been tortured for a whole night, and under various insidious means, he was now on his last breath.

Therefore, he almost answered every question.

Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia continued to ask: "I'm asking you, which force are you from?"

"No force, just a rogue cultivator, living in the Snow Lotus Market."

"What's your boss's name?"

"The boss is called Dan Xiu, also a rogue cultivator, we usually make a living by hunting demon beasts."

"Since you hunt demon beasts, why did you think of robbing our Hall Master? Speak, was someone instigating you?"

"No, just heard that alchemists are very wealthy, we planned to make a big haul before leaving."

"Still daring to lie, it seems you haven't suffered enough!"

Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia's fierce expression flashed, and the three silver needles originally inserted into Lu Lu Huaiben's head suddenly sank by a fraction.

"Ah ah ah..."

The originally dying Lu Lu Huaiben suddenly trembled violently, looking exactly like a fish flopping before death.

Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia paused his hands in the void, and the silver needles floated up by a fraction.

Lu Lu Huaiben then gasped for air, like a drowning person who had inhaled fresh air.

"Don't prick anymore, don't prick anymore, I beg you."

Tears and snot, accompanied by blood, couldn't stop flowing down.

Lu Lu Huaiben cried and shouted: "We really just wanted to pass by and make a haul, no one instigated us."

"Nonsense, Dan Dan Chenzi's whereabouts are uncertain, he almost never leaves the Alchemy Hall, how could you be so coincidentally able to block him? There must have been a tip-off, speak, who exactly was it?"

"No, really no. We learned through a female cultivator named Yuan Xiaoyue that Dan Dan Chenzi would hand over a batch of goods to her every month, and deduced it was these few days."

Yuan Xiaoyue?

Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia turned his head and looked at Luo Chen.

At this moment, Luo Chen also frowned and transmitted his voice to Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia.

"Continue asking, what is the relationship between Yuan Xiaoyue and them, why would she tell him this information?"

Under Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia's interrogation, Lu Lu Huaiben sobbed and said: "We bought all her fairy beans, asked her if there were any more, she said there wouldn't be any for another two days."

Uh!

Everyone was stunned, and Luo Chen's face stiffened.

Damn, so smart, why didn't she go to take the postgraduate entrance exam.

"Okay, ask you another question. Your boss is called Dan Xiu, right? Where is his foothold in Great River Market? And over at the Snow Lotus Market, where does he live?"

"I warn you, you must tell the truth, otherwise my Soul-Destroying Needle will have to give you two more sets."

A thick silver needle was obsessively held in Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia's hand.

Lu Lu Huaiben trembled all over, full of terror.

He hurriedly told the boss's foothold one by one, and even added a few possible places later.

Since the questioning had reached this point, there was nothing more to ask.

Mi Mi Shuhua and Luo Chen stood up and walked out.

"Elder Elder Sikong, ask for another two days, see if there is any more intelligence."

"The old man knows."

Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia smiled grimly and took out a handful of silver needles from his body, staring at Lu Lu Huaiben like looking at a little lamb.

Cultivators, even if they don't specialize in physical fitness, are far tougher than mortals; he has plenty to play with.

Listening to the miserable sounds constantly coming from the dungeon behind, Luo Chen shivered.

The moment Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia personally went down to carry out the punishment, he almost thought he saw Rong Mama.

Isn't this little old man usually quite kind?

"Gang Leader, do we usually do this when interrogating prisoners?"

"Yes, the Broken Mountain Gang initially had a Punishment Hall, later I felt it wasn't very good, so I abolished it. Before the abolition, Elder Elder Sikong served as the Punishment Hall Master for a period of time. How about it, the craftsmanship is not bad, right? As soon as he makes a move, that person spills everything like bamboo tubes pouring beans."

Luo Chen shook his head repeatedly, "I'm not talking about this? Shouldn't you Foundation Establishment cultivators have means like Soul-Searching Technique, Soul-Bewitching Technique, and the like?"

After these words were spoken, Luo Chen clearly noticed that the atmosphere was wrong.

Looking from the side, he found that Mi Mi Shuhua was looking at him in surprise.

"Where did you hear about these?"

Luo Chen replied cautiously, "In the rogue cultivator market, when everyone was bragging."

Mi Mi Shuhua shook his head, "Whether it's the Soul-Searching Technique or the Soul-Bewitching Technique, they are all demonic means. In our Jade Cauldron Domain, and even the six domains of the Far East, they are strictly prohibited spells."

"Really? I don't believe it!" Luo Chen said firmly: "The fairies in the Long Tianxiang Tower, I heard they are very good at it!"

"Hehe, that is another kind of means."

Mi Mi Shuhua smiled slightly.

The two walked all the way and finally came out of the tunnel.

At this time, a night had passed, and the sky was already bright.

He came back in the middle of the night yesterday, chased for a long time, but didn't catch that ninth-layer Qi Refining Dan Xiu.

Water Escape Talisman is not a common item, but a genuine Five Elements Escape Technique—Water Escape.

Among the Five Elements Escape Techniques, the most basic escape techniques are all second-grade spells.

Once activated, within a hundred miles, it arrives in an instant.

Plus that Dan Xiu came from the Snow Lotus Market, and most people there are good at hiding means, Mi Mi Shuhua searched for half the night, but really didn't catch the other party.

That person's spiritual sense was keen, and almost as soon as he sensed danger, he activated the Water Escape Talisman regardless of everything.

Even at the cost of exchanging injuries with Liu Liu Qiang, he took a slash hard.

The two stood under the eaves, watching the snow drifting down.

"This matter will definitely give you a satisfactory answer, but as far as the current situation is concerned, we can exclude the instigation of several major forces, it should be just simple robber cultivators!"

Robber cultivators can also be linked to simple!

"Then could it be Gao Gao Tingyuan targeting me?" Luo Chen suddenly mentioned a person's name.

Mi Mi Shuhua pondered for a while and shook his head.

"It shouldn't be him, after all, I already greeted Wang Yangchao last time."

"And let me tell you a bottom line, if Jade Marrow Pills are sold to other markets in the future, we will also cooperate with the Great River Gang, he won't be so short-sighted."

Luo Chen sneered, "This is the thinking of you Foundation Establishment cultivators, it has nothing to do with Gao Gao Tingyuan."

"What you said also makes sense!" Mi Mi Shuhua thought for a while and said: "In this way, I will greet Wang Yangchao again and let him pay attention to Gao Gao Tingyuan. Whether it is him or not, danger must always be strangled in the cradle."

"With these words from you, I am at ease."

Luo Chen yawned, waved his hand, and was about to leave, but before leaving, he seemed to remember something.

"Gang Leader, the weather is cold, the cultivators in the Alchemy Hall are not having a very good time."

After speaking, he left grandly, and following him, there were four more cultivators.

Each of them was tall and strong, and their cultivation realms were also quite extraordinary, the lowest being at the seventh layer of Qi Refining.

Once Liu Liu Qiang returns from healing, his bodyguard team will expand to five.

Bringing five late-stage Qi Refining bodyguards when going out, just ask Great River Market, who has this treatment!

Mi Mi Shuhua stood under the eaves, still thinking about some things.

Footsteps came from behind, and he asked without looking back: "Ping'er, is there something?"

Mi Mi Junping said excitedly: "Elder Sikong Elder Sikong Shoujia sent the account book of the Alchemy Hall last month, and I found that more than four thousand Jade Marrow Pills were refined last month. Among them, mid-grade Jade Marrow Pills were as high as one thousand two hundred!"

Mi Mi Shuhua was stunned, then revealed a look of wild joy.

More than one thousand mid-grade Jade Marrow Pills, ten in a bottle, fifty spirit stones a bottle, that is more than five thousand spirit stones.

If you add those low-grade Jade Marrow Pills...

After deducting many material costs and personnel costs, he, Mi Mi Shuhua, could at least net a profit of two thousand spirit stones!

And this is just the profit of one month!

Persisting for a few years, he even has the confidence to buy a defensive magic treasure.

Even if he doesn't buy a defensive magic treasure, he almost doesn't need to worry too much about the cultivation resources from the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment to the late-stage.

And as Luo Chen gets more and more familiar with refining Jade Marrow Pills, I'm afraid the profits will only increase in the future.

"Sure enough, investing in Luo Chen at all costs was the most correct decision."

"From the moment I learned that the mid-grade elixir was refined by him, I knew that Luo Chen would be a noble person on my path of cultivation!"

Listening to her old father's near-unrestrained self-talk.

Mi Mi Junping couldn't help but ask: "Is Luo Chen really that important?"

"Ping'er, you must remember. Alchemists are forever the most precious talents in the cultivation world!"

"Cannot offend, cannot let him have a negative view of you, and even more so, do not have conflicts."

"Even if there is a conflict, either solve the conflict immediately, or solve that alchemist immediately at all costs."

Mi Mi Junping opened her mouth, wanting to refute.

But thinking of the benefits the Alchemy Hall could bring last month, she was speechless.

After the wild joy, Mi Mi Shuhua gradually calmed down.

That profit is not so easy to obtain; he still needs to pay some benefits to other people.

"Ping'er, send an invitation to the Profound Heaven Sword Pavilion for me, invite a distinguished guest to a banquet at the Zhong Ding family tomorrow night."

"In addition, contact the Nangong family. They are a family that just moved from the Snow Lotus Market, they are very familiar with that side, I need to know the specific intelligence of a person named Dan Xiu."

"I'm going to the Great River Gang later, you notify Wang Yuan of the Jiao Hall to accompany me."

After saying a lot, he seemed still unsatisfied, and a good idea popped into his mind as he looked at his daughter.

In Mi Mi Junping's shocked gaze, he brought up a matter.

"Your Dao companion passed away many years ago, do you want to consider starting a new marriage?"

Luo Chen didn't know that someone was arranging a marriage for him again.

With a few bodyguards, he swaggered back to the inner city.

It was still early, so he went to the Yuan family first.

When settling the profits for last month, he found that there were fifty more spirit stones than before.

"Met a good person, said the fairy beans were delicious, and wanted to buy more fairy beans."

"I said I couldn't sell them all to him, there were still some old customers."

"He wasn't willing, and was willing to pay a higher price to buy them all, these extra fifty spirit stones were given by him."

Luo Chen's expression was complex; they really put in the effort to rob him!

After sighing, Luo Chen began to divide the accounts.

Gross income seven hundred spirit stones.

Now it's not a fixed salary, so he gave Yuan Xiaoyue, in addition to the thirty fixed salary, a profit dividend after deducting costs.

As for the costs of fairy beans, popcorn, and these things?

Counting it all up, it doesn't exceed one hundred spirit stones.

High profit!

It is precisely because the profit is high that it attracted so many followers.

It's just that the market is limited, and it's not easy to expand the scale, otherwise Luo Chen would want to open a processing factory outside the Alchemy Hall, specifically to produce these things.

"Here, your thirty fixed salary, plus thirty dividends, take it!"

Yuan Xiaoyue excitedly took the spirit stones.

She was no longer the novice who didn't understand anything.

Having mixed in White Stone Square for a long time and dealing with many customers every day, she also knew the general income of loose cultivators.

Sixty spirit stones a month almost exceeded all early-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

Those mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators without any special skills couldn't earn that much either.

Even the maids and handymen in sect shops only had a base salary of fifty spirit stones.

With these spirit stones, her future cultivation resources were guaranteed, and the fourth level of Qi Refining was just around the corner!

Looking at her excitement, Luo Chen shook his head and asked:

"How did the milk tea I sent over mid-month sell?"

Hearing this, Yuan Xiaoyue wasn't so excited anymore.

"It didn't sell very well; it's too expensive. And when customers buy things, they prefer pear wine; they don't like milk tea."

Hearing her say this, Luo Chen was a bit puzzled.

The milk tea recipe he had researched used tea leaves from those few hundred-year-old tea trees found in the mountains by the Medicine Hall, and the milk source came from the few mother yellow cows in the Beast Hall.

Plus a little bit of spiritual herb powder stolen from the raw materials of the marrow-cleansing pills.

He had taken a sip at the time, and the taste was quite good, right?

Selling for five spirit stones, those people actually didn't buy it?

Damn, they must be like wild boars unable to appreciate fine bran.

Since they didn't appreciate high-end "Tea-Yan-Xiao Yue-Se," then later he would lower the price and turn it into "Mixue Bingcheng"!

In an instant, Luo Chen had another plan in his heart.

He took out roasted beans, popcorn, and beef jerky from his storage bag, which the Alchemy Hall cultivators had helped him stir-fry separately.

"These are next month's goods."

"Also, I might be very busy later and won't have time to deliver the goods. Recognize this old man's face; what's your name?"

Luo Chen turned his head and stared at the new bodyguard.

The man's face flushed red, "My name is Dongfang Liang, and besides, I only look old; I'm actually only in my fifties."

Raising an eyebrow, Luo Chen patted him on the shoulder, "Liangzai, from now on you are responsible for delivering goods for me. She is Yuan Xiaoyue; you should recognize her too, she is the daughter of your former Medicine Hall boss, the Leaping Torrent Tiger. Now, she is my partner, the boss lady of the Chen Yue Snack Stall. Seeing her is like seeing me, understand?"

Looking at the very old Liangzai, his face flushed red.

Under Luo Chen's gaze, he lowered his head.

"Understood."

"Don't be so aggrieved; following me won't let you suffer any losses."

Right, they wouldn't suffer any losses.

Liu Liu Qiang was still lying at home recovering from his injuries, almost beaten to death.

Several bodyguards looked helpless; who told the Gang Leader to give a death order, telling them they must take good care of Luo Chen.

After Luo Chen and the others left, Yuan Xiaoyue also planned to go out and open for business.

When passing through the alley, she was pulled over by an auntie.

"Xiaoyue, you must pay attention to safety when going in and out!"

"Auntie, what's wrong?"

"I just heard a few male cultivators walk past, and someone asked that pretty boy leading them if he had taken a fancy to you."

Yuan Xiaoyue was startled, and a blush unconsciously surged onto her face.

"Auntie, don't talk nonsense; that's my boss."

"That's your boss?" The auntie was stunned, then waved her hand, "That's not important; anyway, you have to let your grandfather keep a close watch. I think that kid looks good, but who knows, he might be full of bad intentions inside."

Does Brother Luo have bad intentions?

Yuan Xiaoyue couldn't help but purse her lips and smile; it seemed like it really might be true.

"What taking a fancy to her, Yuan Xiaoyue hasn't come of age yet, don't talk nonsense."

"But Hall Master, women come of age at fifteen!"

"I'll make you talk back!"

Luo Chen jumped up and slapped Dongfang Liang on the shoulder; this guy was clearly so old, why was he still so tall, like Wang Yuan, both over two meters, right!

"She is my partner, how can we mess around with feelings in business matters!"

"Anyway, take care of her more when you have nothing to do later; after all, her father is dead, and her grandfather is disabled, it's quite pitiful."

"Oh, okay." Dongfang Liang responded aggrievedly.

Why was Luo Chen ordering him around and bullying him again?

Because this guy was the only one in the bodyguard team at the seventh level of Qi Refining, the same cultivation base as himself, so he was easy to bully!

"Alright, just send me here, you guys go back!"

Several bodyguards dispersed, and Luo Chen looked suspiciously at Dongfang Liang who hadn't left.

"Why aren't you going back?"

Dongfang Liang said aggrievedly: "I live in this area, in that large courtyard in front."

Isn't this area mostly female cultivators and poor cultivators?

Carefully sizing up Dongfang Liang, Luo Chen sighed, "So you're not doing so well either!"

After saying this, he carried his hands behind his back and ducked into the alley in front.

Returning to the courtyard, it was morning, and there was basically no one around.

It was just that there was a medicinal smell in the courtyard, which made Luo Chen sniff his nose.

"Could it be that Sister-in-law knows I was intercepted and killed yesterday and boiled medicine for me?"

Harboring these random thoughts, Luo Chen closed his door tightly.

Sleepiness didn't come, but the urge to take inventory did.

Storage bag, open!

Not his storage bag, but the storage bag of that guy named Lu Lu Huaiben.

Clatter, a large pile of things piled up on the ground.

Luo Chen's mouth opened wide all of a sudden.

After a long time, he said sincerely.

"I'm sorry, calling you poor ghosts, I was rash."

I saw that the ground was crowded with at least a thousand spirit stones; that pile really made Luo Chen swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Besides spirit stones, there were five magic tools, mostly low-grade, but there were also two mid-grade magic tools.

They were a half-meter-long white board and a pair of bells.

From the mountain-like pile, Luo Chen rummaged through it again, and actually found a set of array flags.

Because they were scattered array flags, they didn't have a grade individually, so he hadn't noticed them at first.

At this moment, when assembled and combined with the array disk, he discovered it was a Hidden Spirit Array mainly focused on concealment.

No wonder he hadn't discovered Lu Lu Huaiben and his group of robbery cultivators at the first moment; it wasn't until they got close that Luo Chen, relying on his extraordinary soul foundation and the Spirit Eye Technique rooted in his eyes, barely noticed the clues.

Robbery cultivators having a concealment array is very reasonable!

"Good stuff, it's just right for me to use to hide the spiritual vein cave."

Hehe, this counts as meeting a pillow when sleepy.

Then, Luo Chen stared at the small mountain and began to worry.

Yes, all the things above couldn't actually be piled into a small mountain.

What really piled into a small mountain was something Luo Chen was very familiar with.

"Roasted beans!"

The roasted beans they bought hadn't even been finished!

Now they were returned to Luo Chen himself.

Luo Chen was moved; what kind of warmth-sending in the cultivation world is this!

Spending spirit stones to buy roasted beans from his partner to inquire about his news.

Then coming to the door to send magic tools, robes, spirit stones, oh, and a few bottles of unknown elixirs, and even returning the roasted beans bought with money.

So what should he do now?

Sell them again!

It's just that this matter cannot be known by others, otherwise they would think my Chen Yue Snack Stall is a black shop.

Sighing with emotion, Luo Chen sorted these things into categories.

The bells should be sonic weapons; their specific power is not suitable for testing at home.

This white board, I don't know what it is; it looks a bit like a flying magic tool?

However, the speed is estimated to be slow; when that Lu Lu Huaiben was running away, he didn't use this magic tool.

The other three low-grade magic tools, two flying swords, one small pot.

"They should have been robbed; otherwise, late-stage cultivators wouldn't carry low-grade magic tools with them; I'll sell them to the Merit Hall when I have time!"

"This small pot... looks a bit familiar!"

Luo Chen's memory returned to the few times he had entered Wanbaolou.

He remembered that next to the Danyanshuyulou, there seemed to be this kind of small pot on display; what was its name again?

"Wave-Swallowing Sea-Containing Pot?"

Luo Chen remembered; it seemed to be this name.

Its specific function is similar to a storage bag, but the effect is singular; it can only hold liquid things.

And the capacity is completely unworthy of its name.

Wanbaolou likes this; the lower the grade of the magic tool, the more flowery the name they give it.

What Danyanshuyulou, it's actually a range hood.

What Lotus-Like Cloud Fragrance Plate, it's actually a low-grade flying magic tool, and the speed is painfully slow.

This Wave-Swallowing Sea-Containing Pot actually holds at most a few hundred catties of liquid.

It mainly provides some cultivators with a way to store liquids that are difficult to store.

"For example, cultivator essence blood!"

Unaccountably, Luo Chen thought of a main ingredient in the Blood Fiend Elixir recipe.

Shaking his head forcefully, Luo Chen cast aside that dangerous thought.

"Actually, it can be used to develop my milk tea business!"

Luo Chen walks the righteous path; doing business is always open and aboveboard!

After putting away the magic tools, Luo Chen looked at those bottles of elixirs; he was sure they weren't the style of Dahefang.

They seemed to be specialty elixirs from Xuelianfang; in a situation where he didn't know the circumstances, it was better not to take them rashly.

Next, Luo Chen rubbed his hands, full of excitement.

"It's time for the most exciting spirit stone counting session again."

"Working hard to refine elixirs for a month, only to get a thousand or eight hundred spirit stones, how can this kind of overnight wealth come so fast!"

"One, two..."