Chapter 124: Wind Control Technique Perfected, Dao Discussion Platform Closed

It was indeed a big move.

Twenty bottles of Dust-Transforming Pills, 4,000 spirit stones.

Ten boxes of Calming Incense, 1,200 spirit stones.

Added together, it exceeded 5,000.

High-grade magic tools could be bought at will, and even top-grade magic tools could be tried to be obtained.

What Liu Hecai admired was that the little rogue cultivator who had to grit his teeth for a few dozen spirit stones back then could now take out 5,000 spirit stones without blushing or panting.

From this, it could be seen how high his alchemy attainment was, and how he had accumulated such a huge family fortune in a short time.

He didn't know that this was almost all of Luo Chen’s current family fortune.

After buying this batch of cultivation resources, he only had a little over a hundred scattered spirit stones left.

"No way, for the sake of cultivation, I’ve let Shopkeeper Liu see a joke." Luo Chen sighed.

Liu Hecai seemed to understand something, waved his hand to summon a maid, and gave a few instructions.

Soon, the other party sent the corresponding pills.

That maid also specifically glanced at Luo Chen a few times, as if she wanted to keep his face in mind.

After Luo Chen paid the spirit stones, Liu Hecai smiled: "You are seeing that Dahefang has been a bit chaotic recently, and are thinking for the future!"

"Your old eyes are like torches; nothing can be hidden from you!"

Luo Chen flattered him endlessly, also wanting to know some high-level news from this sect Foundation Establishment cultivator.

Under his flattery, Liu Hecai was quite happy.

"Actually, there’s no need to worry so much."

"Oh, how so?"

There really was inside information!

"It’s a very simple truth; the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect cannot let Dahefang remain chaotic forever."

Just this one sentence stunned Luo Chen.

Yes, Dahefang was not a small market, but a large market close to the Million Great Mountains in the East Wilderness.

Rich resources, broad prospects.

From the fact that the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect had arranged more and more industries here, it could be seen that they valued Dahefang very much.

Being in the game, he didn't see the chaos as clearly. [124-2

Seeing Luo Chen's sudden realization, Liu Hecai chuckled: "You low-level cultivators only see the chaos on the surface. But this time, the chaos is actually directed at Foundation Establishment cultivators, or even those Core Formation cultivators entering and leaving the Eastern Wasteland mountains."

The million mountains of the Eastern Wasteland are incomparably rich in resources.

Naturally, it is impossible for only Qi Refining rogue cultivators to make a living inside.

In ordinary times, there will also be Foundation Establishment cultivators entering and leaving.

From time to time, some Core Formation cultivators will also walk through it themselves for the sake of certain medicinal herbs, ores, or demonic beasts.

This point can be seen from the fact that the auction at Dahe Market has resources aimed at Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators.

"That Core Formation True Person from the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect cannot live in a place with a first-tier spiritual vein for long, right?"

"Hmm."

"Then he will definitely leave, and before leaving, he will naturally clean up the mess. So, you don't have to worry so much."

While speaking, his gaze fell on the pile of boxes and jade bottles Luo Chen had.

In his eyes, there was quite a bit of mockery.

Damn it!

Why didn't you say so earlier? I've already paid the spirit stones.

Luo Chen really wanted to curse him as a profiteer, but considering the other party was willing to point these things out to him, he couldn't bring himself to curse.

After leaving the Spirit Medicine Pavilion, Luo Chen once suspected whether he looked exactly like those crowds on Earth who rushed to buy salt.

On the way to Xieyue Valley, Luo Chen combined Shopkeeper Liu's few words to sort out the recent chaos in Dahe Market again.

In the end, he reached a series of speculations.

The chaos began after the arrival of the Core Formation True Person Pang Renxiong.

Among them, there was even the fueling of the fire by the inaction of the law enforcement team.

In addition, the increase in rewards at the Dao Discussion Platform was also a point worth pondering.

Looking at it this way, this situation was caused by that Core Formation True Person.

His purpose is actually very easy to guess.

The death of Fei Bowen!

That late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator from Mount Ailao died in Dahe Market.

According to the disciples of the Immortal Building Residence, the cause of Fei Bowen's death was a magic treasure sword pellet, pointing directly at the Jade Cauldron sword cultivators, and even pointing at the person with the highest cultivation level in the market at the time—Pang Renxiong.

Because only he had a magic treasure-level sword pellet.

For this reason, the Supreme Elder of Mount Ailao went to the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect in person to demand an explanation.

Luo Chen did not know why a Core Formation sect would dare to ask a Nascent Soul grand sect for an explanation.

He could only understand it as there being checks and balances between sects, not just simple fighting and killing.

Especially since Mount Ailao is also considered powerful within the Jade Cauldron territory, and they had a hand in the construction of most markets and immortal cities.

When the Supreme Elder was dispatched, the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect definitely had to give a response.

This response came a bit late, arriving only after half a year.

Of course, the time of half a year is only for Qi Refining cultivators.

For those Core Formation True Persons who often spend ten or a hundred years, it might just be a single closed-door cultivation session.

Half a year later, Pang Renxiong returned to Dahe Market again, and then stirred up chaos.

Perhaps he wanted to fish in troubled waters and find the real culprit.

Or perhaps he was putting on a show for Mount Ailao.

Anyway, he came, and he did his best.

When the time comes to pat his butt and leave, whether the real culprit has been found or not is no longer important.

"If things develop like this, then the chaos in Dahe Market really won't last too long?"

Luo Chen was half-believing and half-doubting about his own speculation.

However, he immediately thought of another question.

Is this "won't last too long" aimed at Qi Refining cultivators, or at Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators?

The two do not have the same standard for the concept of time!

"In any case, I definitely won't lose money by buying these cultivation resources."

The elixir and calming incense are things Luo Chen can use.

Whether there is major chaos or not, he has to use them every day.

The salary given to him by the Poshan Gang is only four bottles a month, and he originally had to supplement two bottles every month anyway.

Now it's just buying a few more.

"Anyway, spirit stones don't earn interest just sitting there; they've just accompanied me in a different way."

Thinking of interest, Luo Chen started muttering.

Why aren't there any big banks in the cultivation world?

Even mortal kingdoms have pawnshops and money shops!

When he started thinking about these things, it meant that Luo Chen's tense mind had relaxed a little.

However, in the days to come, his work attitude still had to be much better than before.

"The Hall Master seems very serious lately?"

"Hmm? Hasn't he always been very serious?"

"No, no, no, although he was very serious before, he wasn't that attentive when refining elixirs. Even if a furnace of materials was ruined, he didn't take it to heart."

"Oh, now that you mention it, that seems to be the case?"

As his realm deepened, Luo Chen's spiritual sense became increasingly keen.

He could vaguely hear some of the conversations that didn't use sound transmission techniques.

Serious?

Nonsense, how could he not be serious!

His savings were all exhausted, and Luo Chen was more anxious than anyone.

That was the deposit he had prepared to purchase Foundation Establishment pills after reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining.

In this life, apart from when he was at the third or fourth level of Qi Refining, he had never been so strapped for cash.

Even knowing that the 5,200 spirit stones were just accompanying him in a different way, Luo Chen was still a little anxious.

Therefore, in his recent elixir refining work, he worked harder than anyone else.

Not only that, he even started to pay attention to the cultivation of Mi Li and Tang Quan.

If the two of them could stably refine Grain Grain Bigu Powder and Zhongmiao Pills, he could also gain a share of the profits in the future.

It's a pity that the two of them have average talent for elixir refining.

Under Luo Chen's personal guidance, Tang Quan has yet to independently refine low-grade Zhongmiao Pills.

Grain Grain Bigu Powder is simple, but Mi Li can only refine low-grade ones.

Luo Chen didn't even bother to take them out to sell, so he simply treated them as benefits and distributed them to the internal staff cultivators in the Elixir Hall.

"By the way, why hasn't last month's dividend come down yet?"

Luo Chen caught Sikong Shoujia and asked.

Sikong Shoujia looked confused, "It's not the beginning of the month yet!"

"I don't care about that, I'm short on spirit stones recently."

"I can't help it either! You have to go find Mi Junping for this matter."

Luo Chen frowned; there was no precedent for advancing dividends.

After thinking about it, his eyes lit up.

"Come, don't rush to get off work today, let's take stock of the number of elixirs produced this month."

Taking stock of elixirs didn't take much effort, and Sikong Shoujia had no objections.

Together with Gu Caiyi, the three of them entered the Elixir Maintenance Room.

Before long, the number of elixirs was presented before the three of them.

Sikong Shoujia hesitated, "1,600 mid-grade Jade Marrow Pills, over 2,400 low-grade Jade Marrow Pills? Is that the number?"

"Yes, that's the number!" Gu Caiyi nodded heavily.

The two looked at each other, both with a touch of disbelief.

Nothing else, based on the selling price of 50 spirit stones per bottle for mid-grade Jade Marrow Pills and 10 spirit stones per bottle for low-grade ones, the gross profit for this month had already exceeded 10,000 spirit stones.

This was the first time breaking the 10,000 mark!

It's no wonder they were so shocked.

"That's enough, give me the account book!"

Luo Chen snatched the account book and walked out.

Behind him, Gu Caiyi and Sikong Shoujia were still a little dazed.

Luo Chen only worked a little harder for a month, and the elixir yield rate increased by that much?

The gross profit broke 10,000; after deducting costs, how much would Luo Chen get?

Thinking of the spirit stones Luo Chen could get next month, Sikong Shoujia's eyes turned red.

He had never earned so much in his life of fighting and killing.

Gu Caiyi could only sigh, as expected of an elixir refiner!

And as for Luo Chen, next month?

No, this month!

……

"I can understand you wanting to advance last month's dividend; it's just a matter of a day or two anyway."

"But, this month's dividend?"

Mi Junping widened her eyes, "The elixirs you refined this month haven't even been sold yet!"

"It's not like they won't sell."

"No!"

"Then I'm still the only elixir refiner in the gang, don't I even have this little privilege?"

"Still no!"

Slap!

The account book was pressed directly onto the table, and Luo Chen pointed to the page he had already opened.

"Just based on the results of this month, you tell me if it's okay or not!"

Mi Junping looked over, and after seeing that number, she looked at Luo Chen with suspicion.

"Are you sure you didn't fake it?"

"Tch..."

Luo Chen didn't even bother to explain.

Mi Junping hesitated; Mi Shuhua said it wasn't good to offend Luo Chen too much.

Now that Luo Chen's work results were so outstanding, it seemed she couldn't keep refusing him.

"You wait a day, I have to go ask my father."

Luo Chen said helplessly: "Your father is a Foundation Establishment cultivator anyway, can't he prepare a few more sound transmission talismans for you? Such a small matter, and you have to run back and forth."

Mi Junping also rolled her eyes at him speechlessly, "How far can a sound transmission talisman fly!"

After speaking, she rushed out the door.

Luo Chen had no choice but to wait a day.

He really hoped this would work and become a precedent!

As an elixir refiner, there was no reason to have his salary withheld for a month.

As for the pressure of funds not being returned?

That was the Poshan Gang's business; what did it have to do with him?

Besides, Mi Shuhua was wealthy and didn't lack these few crumbs.

……

……

Luo Chen didn't go to the beginning-of-the-month Haoyue Hall meeting, and Mi Junping didn't arrive either.

The two met directly in the Elixir Hall's maintenance room.

"See, I didn't lie to you, did I!"

After counting the number of Jade Marrow Pills again, Mi Junping was still a bit dazed.

1,600 mid-grade Jade Marrow Pills, compared to the previous monthly total of just over 1,000, was an increase of almost 50 percent.

Luo Chen's attainments in the Dao of elixirs had actually improved so rapidly.

Taking a deep breath, she took spirit stones out of her storage bag and handed them to Luo Chen.

"Why are there only a few... ah!"

Luo Chen looked at the 30 spirit stones that were crystal clear and looked like gemstones, and hesitated: "Mid-grade spirit stones?"

"Yes!"

Mi Junping said helplessly: "The gang doesn't have that many low-grade spirit stones; they mainly have to be used to settle salaries for low-level rogue cultivators. Since you want so many at once, I can only give you mid-grade spirit stones."

"But my dividends for two months combined should be over 3,000, right?"

Mi Junping looked at Luo Chen like he was an idiot, "Mid-grade spirit stones have a premium. If you don't think it's worth it, you can take them to the black market to exchange for low-grade spirit stones. I guarantee it won't be less than your two months of dividends."

Slap!

Luo Chen patted his own head; he had forgotten about this.

Common knowledge in the cultivation world is that spirit stones are in base-100.

But in actual operation, one mid-grade spirit stone is definitely worth more than 100 low-grade spirit stones.

As for the principle, Luo Chen didn't know yet, but it was indeed the case on the market.

There are also people in the black market who specialize in this exchange business for rogue cultivators.

Rogue cultivators who occasionally get mid-grade spirit stones are very happy to go to the black market to exchange them, just for those extra few low-grade spirit stones.

The dividend matter was resolved, and Luo Chen was very happy.

"I hope that after this month's elixirs are produced, they can also be settled in advance."

"Then I also hope your attainments in the Dao of elixirs become more and more profound, or at least remain stable."

Leaving these words, Mi Junping left in a hurry.

Watching her retreating back, Luo Chen shrugged; he actually wanted them to become more and more profound.

But after the Jade Marrow Pills reached the master level, without the ability to refine high-grade ones on a large scale, it was impossible to reach perfection in the short term.

Don't you see that the Zhongmiao Pills, which have long been at the master level, are still stuck at over 700 proficiency?

Sometimes, he even wanted to know what kind of effect top-grade Zhongmiao Pills could have.

After Mi Junping left, Luo Chen yawned in front of everyone and returned to the stone house.

Today is the beginning of the month, the day for taking stock of elixir quantities and material consumption, and also for replenishing raw materials.

Counting it up, it is also a rare rest day for the Elixir Hall, and more than half of the people are on holiday.

Luo Chen doesn't need to refine elixirs, so he plans to use this time to improve the proficiency of those few spells.

The Wind-Riding Technique is about to reach perfection!

……

Half a month later, the night was deep, in the Changyin Mountains.

In the sky, inside a cloud, Luo Chen was quite surprised.

"Is this the perfected Wind-Riding Technique?"

He didn't expect that the perfected Wind-Riding Technique wouldn't increase his speed much, but he could actually barely ride a cloud.

You must know that riding a cloud is one of the representative means of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Under normal circumstances, one needs to release spiritual sense and then supplement it with special techniques to ride a cloud and fly.

However, the speed of riding a cloud is only faster than using a flying magic tool and cannot compare to a magic treasure, so many Foundation Establishment cultivators do not use this method.

But he didn't expect that after Luo Chen's Wind-Riding Technique reached perfection, he could actually ride a cloud.

"It seems, that's not all?"

Luo Chen's gaze fell on the attribute panel, and he was shocked to find that the name of the Wind-Riding Technique had changed, and the Carefree Travel in the Wu Gong column was gone.

The two merged into one, gaining a new name.

[Carefree Wind-Riding]

"A new spell?"

Luo Chen's heart moved, and he activated it with the spiritual formula of the Wind-Riding Technique, instantly feeling something different from usual.

The flight brought about by the Wind-Riding Technique in the past was not actually riding the wind of nature, but urging the spiritual power within his own body to wrap around himself to fly.

Whether it was flight altitude, speed, or duration, it was extremely limited.

Luo Chen's speed only increased to the speed of a normal magic tool after it reached the perfect level.

After reaching the master level, it exceeded the speed of most flying magic tools and was even no worse than some attack magic tools famous for their escape speed.

But now, he really had the feeling of a breeze supporting him as he flew.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

This is the true way of riding the wind!

In his excitement, Luo Chen increased his spiritual power output, and a gale surged over.

His body, like an arrow leaving the bow, suddenly flew out.

"The direction is wrong; I don't want to go deep into the Xiaoyue Mountain Range."

Luo Chen changed direction and started circling around the Changyin Mountains.

As he flew, roars of demonic beasts sounded one after another in the mountains.

"The commotion is a bit big!"

Luo Chen chuckled and quietly landed on the familiar mountainside.

"But this speed is twice as fast as before! I'm afraid it's completely comparable to the flying speed of a Foundation Establishment cultivator."

If he wasn't sure before, now Luo Chen could be certain that his speed had indeed reached the level of the Foundation Establishment stage.

And this change was not just because the Wind-Riding Technique reached perfection, but also because it actively merged with the perfected Carefree Travel.

Only after the two spells merged could Luo Chen control the wind in the natural world.

"However, why is there no proficiency display for the new spell?"

In the panel, Carefree Wind-Riding was already at perfection and could not continue to climb in proficiency.

"Maybe the upper limit is just like this."

After all, it was just a first-tier spell merged with secular light-body techniques; the upper limit couldn't be that high.

Luo Chen was already very satisfied; this meant he had another means of self-protection.

From now on, as long as it wasn't a Foundation Establishment cultivator attacking him, he could remain invincible.

……

With an extra powerful means of self-protection, Luo Chen was much more composed afterward.

Whether it was cultivation, elixir refining, or practicing spells, everything was orderly.

Time passed in a hurry, and two months flew by.

Luo Chen received elixir dividends of 1,700 and 1,800 respectively, plus eight bottles of Dust-Dissolving Pills and two boxes of calming incense.

However, the business of the two snack shops was getting worse by the day.

Over two months, they only earned less than 1,000 spirit stones combined.

It's a pity that the Mixue Bingcheng name that Feng Xia had just promoted was about to fold.

Luo Chen had been mentally prepared for this.

In a chaotic situation, cultivators would no longer indulge in enjoyment.

They were more willing to spend spirit stones on purchasing cultivation resources, or even magic tools and talismans.

Even the few spirit stones they didn't care about in the past had now become exceptionally precious.

Luo Chen had been waiting for the chaos in Dahe Market to end, but he didn't expect it to intensify.

The chaos in the outer city area had reached the point where it wasn't even safe in broad daylight.

A few days ago, in the southeast district, more than 20 houses were burned down, and the huge firelight almost illuminated the entire night sky.

Arson!

This was a major crime that used to get you thrown into jail or have your head hung on the city wall.

But this time, the law enforcement team had no response other than sending people to put out the fire.

The inner city was not as safe as imagined either.

Especially the northern city area where Luo Chen and the others were located.

Qin Liangchen personally took action and caught a thief.

He wanted to take advantage of the fact that there was no one in the courtyard during the day to sneak into the house and steal things.

However, most wealthy cultivators had storage bags, and their belongings were all inside.

Poor cultivators were even less likely to have any belongings; with a few magic tools and a set of robes, they could be said to be completely alone.

That thief was also unlucky; he encountered Qin Liangchen quietly cultivating at home, and was slapped dizzy on the spot.

Later, he was handed over to the law enforcement team, saying he would be thrown into the Red Pillar to be properly reformed.

As for what the real situation would be, who knows?

Only now did Luo Chen realize how correct his judgment was!

The "won't last too long" that Shopkeeper Liu said was simply viewed from the time standard of Foundation Establishment and Core Formation cultivators.

For their Qi Refining cultivators, three months of chaos was already unbearable.

If this continues, Dahe Market will become uninhabitable and unsuitable for cultivation.

Rogue cultivators will think about running away.

Whether it's the safe Taishan Market, or the Snow Lotus Market which is cold but also full of opportunities, or even the barren Liuguang Market, all are better than the chaotic and dangerous Dahe Market.

Recently, the prices of elixirs and magic tools in the city have risen to varying degrees.

He had purchased a large pile of Dust-Dissolving Pills in advance, which actually saved him some money.

"The Dao Discussion Platform, it's closed!"

"What?"

Luo Chen, who rarely went home, heard this news from Feng Xia.

Feng Xia said worriedly: "It is said that the Core Formation True Person wants to go into closed-door cultivation and intends to gather the spiritual energy of the main vein of Mount Luofeng for cultivation, so it will be briefly closed for the next half year."

"So childish?"

Luo Chen was extremely surprised.

The grand opening of the Dao Discussion Platform back then, and the huge investment of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect, could be imagined.

Now it's closed just like that; what is this?

Just to give Mount Ailao an explanation, is it worth such a big fuss?

Could it be that there is some inside information he doesn't know about?

Luo Chen couldn't figure it out no matter how he thought about it.

The gap in realm, the scarcity of connections, and the shallowness of his knowledge all limited his ability to use his clever little brain to guess the truth.

He only knew that the closure of the Dao Discussion Platform would have an incomparably huge impact.

Not to mention anything else, his two small shops were basically serving the thousands of spectators at the Dao Discussion Platform every day.

Now that the Dao Discussion Platform is closed, which cultivator would go to Mount Luofeng for no reason?

The commercial area of White Stone Square near the gate of Mount Luofeng will likely decline very quickly.

Looking at the worried Feng Xia, Luo Chen knew what she was worried about.

He could only comfort her: "The rent has been paid for a year, so we still have to continue operating as usual. And in these few months, we should have cultivated some wealthy repeat customers, so ensuring the most basic income should still be feasible."

Feasible is feasible, but I'm afraid it really won't earn many spirit stones.

Regarding this, Feng Xia was also helpless.

Luo Chen also felt that a single word from a high-level cultivator could be a huge life-changing event for a low-level cultivator.

Originally, Feng Xia, Yuan Xiaoyue, and other rogue cultivators in White Stone Square could all rely on the Dao Discussion Platform to earn large amounts of spirit stones.

Their little lives were quite comfortable.

But now, I'm afraid they will be beaten back to their original state in one day.

And the impact might not just be this.

Luo Chen's gaze fell on Duan Feng, who was in the corner and didn't say a word.

"Little Duan, what do you plan to do in the future?"