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High-grade pills cannot be forced; as long as you can stably refine mid-grade Jade Marrow Pills, you will earn more and more in the future. If it really doesn't work, I’ll get you a mid-grade or high-grade alchemy furnace later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If high-end technology couldn't be conquered, choose to strive for excellence in low-end ones?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This old guy was quite shrewd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen spread his hands, indicating he had listened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, I asked you about Earth Fire Sha mainly to remind you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua’s face was serious, and he said with a warning tone: \"Cultivators should not touch too many things related to Sha energy before Foundation Establishment; you can't handle it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm? How so?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sha energy is too destructive; if it enters your body by accident, it will have a very serious destructive effect on your dantian, meridians, and even the spiritual power you have already refined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you still want to live a few more years, don't touch that stuff.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen blinked; was there such a saying?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't know.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when he was refining pills before, using the Sha-Control Technique to guide Earth Fire Sha, he hadn't felt anything uncomfortable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen didn't know if Mi Shuhua had been fooling him, so when he was eating with Wang Yuan, he asked about this question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Wang Yuan’s answer surprised Luo Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sha energy is indeed harmful to Qi Refining cultivators.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it depends on what kind of cultivator.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuan ate his meat slowly while saying: \"Any cultivator who focuses mainly on Qi Refining should not touch Sha energy, unless after Foundation Establishment, when spiritual sense can be projected outward and Sha energy entering the body can be precisely detected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But we Qi Refining cultivators can also manage to look inside, plus the Spirit Eye Technique; can't we detect Sha energy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuan glanced at him, \"You’ve killed people, right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was stunned; as a glorious transmigrator and immortal cultivator, he certainly couldn't avoid that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Killing people also accumulates Sha energy, but it belongs to formless Sha, usually called Divine Sha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then have you detected the Sha energy on your body?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question stumped Luo Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He really hadn't detected the Sha energy on himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what Wang Yuan said, he also deeply agreed with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who kills too much will accumulate Sha energy; even a butcher who kills pigs will often give people a fierce feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one delves into it, that definitely didn't appear suddenly, but was accumulated through the process of killing again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the few rogue cultivators Luo Chen had killed might really have brought him some Sha energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he had never discovered it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the topic had reached this point, Luo Chen also asked about his later sentence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cultivators who focus on Qi Refining will be damaged by Sha energy, so other cultivators won't?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Body refiners won't.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuan slowly ate another piece of meat and pointed to himself: \"For example, me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was startled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do you think my cultivation progress is so fast?\" Wang Yuan said faintly: \"The reason is that I use Sha energy to temper my spiritual power and then polish my body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tempering spiritual power?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Isn't that the purification of spiritual power that Qi Refining late-stage cultivators need to do!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen really couldn't sit still now, \"Sha energy can also be used to purify spiritual power?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course it can. Sha energy is extremely fierce and evil; external objects cannot exist. Once a wisp of Sha energy enters the body, if controlled properly, it can continuously wear away the impurities in the spiritual power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But wouldn't that damage the cultivator’s body?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then how do you think my physique is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen suddenly realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuan’s physique was already incredibly strong even before he started Qi Refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Secular martial arts grandmasters talk about vigorous blood and a body as strong as diamond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This could be seen from when Wang Yuan created the Mountain-Breaking Tablet-Shattering Palm; his physique had been tempered for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And after starting Qi Refining cultivation, under the tempering of spiritual energy, it was likely even more powerful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, Sha energy entering the body not only requires a strong physique but also an unyielding will to resist it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The path taken by Qi Refiners is mainly Qi Refining, with Spirit Refining as a supplement. While body refiners focus mainly on Body Refining, with Will Refining as a supplement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the will is not tenacious, the pain brought about during the body refining process is something ordinary people simply cannot endure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Very rarely, Wang Yuan said a lot of words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't mean to show off; he was just stating the facts simply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at the slightly disappointed Luo Chen and shook his head: \"I can also teach you the method of using Sha energy to polish the body and temper spiritual power. But I don't suggest you try it, because it is really painful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding his physique, Luo Chen actually always felt he wasn't bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He ate plenty of spirit rice and demon beast meat, and Essence-Nurturing Spirit Liquid also had the effect of strengthening blood and washing away impurities in the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely because of these factors that he had mastered Carefree Travel and Mountain-Breaking Tablet-Shattering Palm very quickly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But compared to Wang Yuan, he really paled in comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Wang Yuan said it was extremely painful, so one could imagine how terrifying Sha energy entering the body was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he was still unwilling; if he couldn't use it now, did that mean he couldn't use it in the future?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he reached Qi Refining Stage 9, he could completely improve his body strength and then try Sha energy entering the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuan didn't hide anything and told Luo Chen the method he had mastered word by word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bright Spirit Breaks Sha?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, after I reached the pinnacle of martial arts, I personally killed a great demon in the martial arts world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of the past, Wang Yuan’s tone was rarely filled with some emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After killing him in the demon cave, I obtained his inheritance, which included this Bright Spirit Breaks Sha technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, I realized why the highly respected seniors of the past became great demons who plagued the martial arts world in just a few years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He found a place with Sha energy and, with two sixty-year cycles of martial arts experience, created this martial art, Bright Spirit Breaks Sha. He used Sha energy to refine the body, then refined essence into Qi, forcibly turning martial arts into the immortal path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it was precisely because of Sha energy entering the body, coupled with old age and physical decline, that over the years, his mind was lost, and he entered the demonic path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason I was able to step onto the path of cultivation later was more or less thanks to that senior.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From these past events, it wasn't hard for Luo Chen to imagine how happy and vengeful Wang Yuan was in the secular martial arts world back then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Learning martial arts, becoming innate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Entering the demon cave, killing the demon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that killed great demon might also have had a very glorious past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two sixty-year cycles of martial arts experience, that was 120 years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If one counted the youth period before learning martial arts, that great demon was probably 130 or 140 years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This age almost exceeded the vast majority of Qi Refining cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking his head, Luo Chen picked up his wine cup and took a sip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to eat a bite of food, he realized the meat on the table was all gone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All gone!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No wonder Wang Yuan stopped and said so much to him; he had eaten all the meat while talking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his previous movements had always been \"slow and deliberate\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen rolled his eyes and asked the waiter to bring a few more plates of meat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having just received his profit share, he was still very wealthy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This shop was also newly opened in Dahefang and was having a promotion; he would eat to his heart’s content today!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While waiting for the dishes to be served, Luo Chen casually handed over a jade bottle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the Jade Marrow Pill refined recently; even among mid-grade pills, it is the batch with the best appearance and medicinal power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Wang, take it and try.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuan smiled, just about to say he didn't really need this kind of pill, and that it was hard for Luo Chen to have this heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But his expression shifted, and he silently accepted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, the two of them drank and chatted over the demon beast meat until evening before parting ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blood-Burning Elixir, a first-rank pill derived from the Blood Sha Pill?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me find someone to test the effect?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the secret room, Wang Yuan looked at the two pills that were as red as blood, a touch of emotion appearing on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had thought that after so long, Luo Chen hadn't sent any news, and he had thought Luo Chen had given up on that second-rank pill recipe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he hadn't expected that he had kept it in his heart all along.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he still hadn't refined the Blood Sha Pill, he had exhausted his efforts to deduce a first-rank pill of the same origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Test the pill?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Yuan smiled lightly and turned to leave the secret room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at the Jiao Hall, he summoned his subordinates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At today’s gang meeting, Guild Master Mi decided on the matter of establishing a stronghold in Taishanfang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't want to delay; tomorrow morning, everyone follow me to Taishanfang and ask that Cheng family whether they will give up their clan land or not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they don't, a conflict is inevitable. Everyone, be prepared!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bright Spirit Breaks Sha!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Clear the heart and see the nature, spirit and will combined as one.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Rather than saying it is a Sha energy tempering method, it is better to say it is a secret method for tempering spirit and will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pondering it carefully more than a dozen times, Luo Chen reached this conclusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for what spirit and will were, Luo Chen understood them as soul and will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the soul was something almost all cultivators would involve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because the soul gives birth to spiritual sense, which is the foundation of a cultivator besides Qi Refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for will, this was even easier to understand; it was something almost all living beings had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those with weak will would be terrified by a single look from someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those with strong will could remain calm even if they were sliced into a thousand pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That represented a huge tolerance for negative emotions such as pain, sadness, and despair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen didn't dare to use Bright Spirit Breaks Sha to guide Sha energy into his body yet; his physique, in Wang Yuan’s view, was far from qualified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And polishing the body was not a task that could be done in a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Luo Chen planned to practice this Bright Spirit Breaks Sha method first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention anything else, he would improve his will first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And how to improve will?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bright Spirit Breaks Sha said it very simply: resist negative emotions!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did Luo Chen have negative emotions?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More or less, but definitely not many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he refined pills and cultivated every day, without life-and-death crises, and didn't have to hide, which could be considered happy immortal cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he didn't have them, he could create them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The simplest negative emotion was pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the method of Bright Spirit Breaks Sha, Luo Chen mobilized a small group of spiritual power and arrived in front of an acupuncture point on his foot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yinlingquan point, an acupuncture point on the Foot Taiyin Spleen Meridian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This point was a confluence point of the entire meridian, where the Qi and blood of the Spleen Meridian gathered; once the Qi and blood here were blocked,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>a slight touch would cause severe pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a deep breath, Luo Chen blocked that group of spiritual power on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, it’s nothing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems that I, Luo Chen, am also a person with a strong will!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next morning, Gu Caiyi got up early.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After washing up, she left the courtyard and called Luo Chen to go eat breakfast together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two walked on the misty street, chatting casually about the many decisions in the gang yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Gu Caiyi frowned and looked at Luo Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s wrong with you? Why are you limping?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiss, it’s nothing! Really nothing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen said with a normal expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Gu Caiyi looked at the veins jumping on Luo Chen’s forehead from time to time and still felt something was strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen had underestimated the Bright Spirit Breaks Sha technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he didn't feel it, but as the Qi and blood were blocked, the feeling of soreness and pain became more and more intense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was just the first acupuncture point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Wang Yuan, the follow-up would involve a full thirty-five points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Yinlingquan point on the sole of the foot was just the easiest one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of the many acupuncture points waiting for him to stimulate one by one, Luo Chen felt his scalp tingle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Luo Chen could also understand why the requirements for this technique were so harsh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was a martial arts grandmaster or an immortal cultivator, their physique was already very strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To make them feel pain, it was no longer something that ordinary external forces could achieve; they had to find a way from the inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And under the stimulation of acupuncture points again and again, the threshold for a person’s tolerance to pain would continuously increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, the will would become stronger and stronger!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the will was strong enough could one endure the pain of Sha energy entering the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called \"break\" was not to break the Sha energy, but to break the pain brought by that Sha energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That great demon back then had found a place with Sha energy but hadn't found a place with spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he could only use Sha energy to stimulate the body, slightly passively refining essence into Qi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, he was old and physically weak, and in the end, he couldn't resist the erosion of Sha energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By comparison, Wang Yuan was much luckier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After achieving martial arts innate, he obtained this technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, he came to Dahefang and came into contact with the immortal cultivation world, where he could absorb enough external free spiritual energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the two complementing each other, he truly embarked on the path of a body refiner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Logically speaking, Bright Spirit Breaks Sha also counts as a cultivation technique, so why is there no entry displayed on my panel?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it because I haven't truly entered the door yet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enduring the severe pain every moment, Luo Chen thought of this question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely at the moment he was distracted that a burnt smell wafted out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hall Master, this furnace of Jade Marrow Pills has failed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen’s expression didn't change; he waved his hand to signal them to stop their work and prepare for cleaning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving the alchemy room, Luo Chen frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The severe pain brought by stimulating the acupuncture points was something he could still endure for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But being distracted had actually had a negative effect on alchemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the proficiency of the Jade Marrow Pill had reached the Grandmaster level, even the Grandmaster level had a failure rate as high as fifty percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the furnace of pills just now hadn't failed after the pill was formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had failed because of a small detail he was distracted on before the pill was formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems I need to be more careful in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen didn't think about giving up practicing this technique; even if he hadn't reached the stage of Sha energy entering the body yet, he had to persist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it involved will and even subsequent spirit and soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding how his will was, to be honest, Luo Chen didn't think highly of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a person who grew up in a safe country since childhood, saying his will was very strong was a joke in itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps a failure in an exam or losing a job would make people depressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though he had been transmigrated for nearly two years and cultivated every day, that was just because of his character of being good at persisting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen aimed for longevity!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And pursuing longevity inevitably meant experiencing a very long journey of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this journey, he would experience countless storms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without a strong enough heart, he would eventually get lost on the path of cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he had this technique to temper his heart and polish his will, how could he give up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By comparison, failing a few times in alchemy was nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was completely acceptable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the consequences of failure were also borne by the Po Shan Gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, it only amounted to a loss of a few or a few dozen spirit stones in profit for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every second passed slowly during alchemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By evening, when taking stock of the finished Jade Marrow Pills and raw material consumption, Sikong Shoujia found that the failure rate was a bit high today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, the success rate for a day was about half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today it was less than thirty percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding this, Luo Chen’s explanation was very simple.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cultivation is not going smoothly, which is quite annoying, leading to a restless mind during alchemy. Once I adjust, my state will return.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikong Shoujia nodded; he believed this explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the cave, the spiritual energy was rich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A figure sat cross-legged on a meditation cushion, lips opening and closing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a deep breath, two faint transparent tornadoes were swallowed into his abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen opened his eyes and satisfactorily ended today’s cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The progress had moved forward a bit, getting closer and closer to Qi Refining Stage 8.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze fell to the ground, and he saw the pot of Moonlight Grass that Fu Xiuxiu had given him growing extremely vigorously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It used to be only a few centimeters high, but now it was the size of his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems that the large amount of wood-type spiritual energy gathered by the Spirit Gathering Array is also very beneficial for the growth of this kind of spirit medicine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sighing, Luo Chen put on his outer coat and walked out of the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the specially excavated underground tunnel, he soon arrived at Changyin Mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the Breath Concealment Technique running normally, Luo Chen breathed the fresh air in the mountains and felt refreshed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stepping out of the narrow mouth, Luo Chen walked toward the outside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He intended to explore Changyin Mountain properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was the territory of demon beasts, so he definitely couldn't walk openly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen just intended to explore bit by bit, at least to familiarize himself with the surrounding environment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he encountered danger in Xieyue Valley in the future, he could use the underground tunnel to escape here without panicking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a clever rabbit has three burrows; Luo Chen naturally had to find more safe habitats for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This exploration range was not large, only within five miles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Occasionally encountering places that might be dangerous, he would actively throw out waste Jade Marrow beads to test the path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the situation was not right, he would immediately retreat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the sky gradually revealed a fish-belly white, Luo Chen sensibly returned to Xieyue Valley.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today’s exploration situation was okay; he had determined most of the situation nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he found that the demon wolves nearby were much fewer than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't know if they had died too many in civil wars or migrated to other places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before going up, Luo Chen followed the practice of cleaning the demon energy that might have been stained in the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This process naturally had to avoid the wisp of spiritual power on his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a light sound, Luo Chen’s face gradually darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last time he checked, although this wisp of spiritual power was pure, it was actually in a state of overflowing and had a trend of gradually weakening and dissipating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, he found that the spiritual power had recovered as before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were legends that high-level great beings had eternal magic power that was endless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at the relatively low-level Foundation Establishment stage, he hadn't heard of any means of permanent spiritual power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, this recovered spiritual power had recently received a new supply of spiritual power of the same origin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yesterday?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mi Shuhua didn't just look for me to chat about Earth Fire Sha; I’m afraid he secretly used means at that time to consolidate this spiritual power mark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without any hesitation, Luo Chen instantly locked onto the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between cloudy and sunny, Luo Chen sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That old man was really concerned about him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ten days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fifty-seven pills formed, forty-one low-grade, sixteen mid-grade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After spitting out this number, Sikong Shoujia was suspicious and counted it again to prevent mistakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how many times he counted, the number of pills in the tray was still that much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't help but ask: \"Hall Master, why is the success rate today even lower than yesterday!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re asking me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen glanced at him expressionlessly and turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nonsense, he had stimulated another acupuncture point last night, which hurt him to death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Being able to barely preside over alchemy today was already considered diligent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’m working while sick; who wouldn't praise me? Why are you questioning me here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Luo Chen!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am the Hall Master; there is no need to explain too much about alchemy to an outsider like you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he went straight into the stone room and opened the array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was too lazy to explain, but Sikong Shoujia couldn't sit still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention his share of the profits in the Alchemy Hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just five days ago, his son had held a wedding and truly became the Mi family’s son-in-law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The profits of the Alchemy Hall were already closely related to his son’s future cultivation resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that the profits were less, he was more anxious than anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without nonsense, after work, he went straight to the Mi family’s clan land and found Mi Shuhua.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guild Master, the number of pills formed in the Alchemy Hall this month is a bit low!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua seemed to have just returned from outside, with a trace of fatigue on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his eyebrows and asked about the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In a total of eleven days, Luo Chen only refined 820 low-grade Jade Marrow Pills and 357 mid-grade Jade Marrow Pills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Compared to the previous few months, this number is nearly twenty percent less!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this data, Mi Shuhua couldn't help but take it seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does Luo Chen have any explanation?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikong Shoujia replied: \"He said his cultivation is not going smoothly, his mind is restless, and he cannot concentrate during alchemy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Problems caused by cultivation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua narrowed his eyes and subconsciously stroked his beard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen only had five-spirit-root aptitude; it was normal for him to encounter problems in cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But before, there hadn't been a similar situation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps there was also the possibility that he had encountered a bottleneck in alchemy; he had mentioned wanting to use Earth Fire Sha to improve the pill grade last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did his technique regress because he couldn't break through?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua didn't know the specific situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alchemy was a technical job; it was really hard for outsiders to point fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Shuhua thought for a while and said: \"He is a smart person and will definitely adjust well; we need to give him more time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, bring him some good news tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While speaking, he handed over an object.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sikong Shoujia looked at that thing, and his eyelids couldn't help but jump. \u003C\u002Fp>",4115,"2026-06-12T10:35:51.239Z","2026-06-18T03:42:36.771Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","5959be4bc7e28b9303cdaa2fac44a995a243281730c5405e46776835fb588bca","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-121","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-119",1090,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-cover.jpg"]