Chapter 255

Luo Chen smiled slightly and picked up a cup of wine on his own.

"A temporary setback doesn't mean anything; with your strength, joining a major sect, it's not impossible to have a chance at Core Formation."

Facing Chu Kui sneered.

"Forget it, I, Chu, walk alone, and all my resources depend on my own fighting; I can't stand the constraints of a sect."

Luo Chen frowned.

With the opportunity for the Dao in front, would he give up just because he didn't want to be constrained?

If so, why put on such a sorrowful appearance?

Seeing Luo Chen's confusion, Facing Chu Kui sighed.

"In reality, even if I joined a major Jin Dan sect, so what?"

"These famous righteous sects wouldn't bestow precious Core Formation resources upon me."

"In the end, I am just an outsider after all."

Facing Chu Kui pursed his lips, signaling Luo Chen to look towards the entrance.

Xuan Yu of Taoshan, who had won the Core Formation spirit medicine earlier, was walking in surrounded by a crowd of Foundation Establishment True Cultivators.

Walking with the stride of a dragon and tiger, looking around with ease.

High-spirited and vigorous, truly carefree!

"What's wrong?" Luo Chen didn't understand.

Facing Chu Kui transmitted his voice: "Although this Xuan Yu was a rogue cultivator before, his aptitude is extremely high, and he also possesses the Dragon-Yang Body. Yet, even such an existence is only worthy of being a favorite for the Peach Blossom Ancestor of the Hundred Flowers Palace."

"Don't look at how he manages Taoshan, infinitely glorious."

"However, when it comes to Core Formation, that Peach Blossom Ancestor didn't bestow the Core Formation spirit medicine of the Hundred Flowers Palace upon him. He still had to come out personally, laboring and relying on the auction to obtain it."

"Do you think that just by being able to fight, I would fare better than him in a major sect?"

"Cultivation, just relying on being able to fight is useless."

These words left Luo Chen silent.

In the immortal cultivation world, rogue cultivators are not without a way out.

Either by forming a force, or by serving as a guest for some small forces.

The powerful ones will even have major sects actively recruit them to become honorary elders.

But years passed, and he truly hadn't heard of many famous high-level rogue cultivators in the Yuding Domain.

The only Jin Dan rogue cultivator he had seen, Lu Jiushi.

Was used as a pawn by a Jin Dan True Person of the Luoyun Sect because of his greed for the Demon-Locking Tower and the Lankeshan Chess.

Finally dying miserably under the sword of the sword cultivator Pang Renxiong.

Now that Facing Chu Kui revealed these secrets, it made him feel more deeply about the plight of rogue cultivators.

"Under the jurisdiction of a sect, rogue cultivators have a certain way out, but no day to get ahead."

"How should I conduct myself in the future?"

In Luo Chen's silence, Facing Chu Kui drank a few more cups of sullen wine, then got up to build connections.

This was his main purpose for attending the banquet.

Usually, he earned some resources by relying on the Discussion Platform.

But the bulk of it actually relied on extensive connections to do some dirty work for others, from which he collected huge rewards.

Having done this kind of thing too much, he had quite a few enemies outside.

Therefore, he usually cultivated in seclusion in Tianlan Xiancheng and rarely left the city.

He didn't want to join a major sect, and there were reasons for this as well.

Being constrained by a sect and listening to others' orders would mean losing control of himself, and those enemies would easily find trouble for him.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, what are you thinking about?"

A gentle voice came to his ear, and Luo Chen woke up, looking at the person who came.

It was Xuan Yunzi, a Foundation Establishment True Cultivator of Green Elixir Valley.

"Just some trivial matters."

Luo Chen shook his head, then said: "I still have to thank you for the invitation you gave me, which allowed me to have a bountiful harvest at this auction."

Xuan Yunzi waved his hand and smiled: "With your family background, Fellow Daoist, even without that invitation, you could still return fully loaded; no need to thank me."

This auction was jointly held by the Ice Fortress and Green Elixir Valley.

Xuan Yunzi knew the transactions better than anyone.

Luo Chen and the Luo Tian Society under his command spent seventeen or eighteen thousand spirit stones in these three short days.

This was not something an ordinary small force could do.

"Fellow Daoist, are you an alchemist?"

Suddenly, Xuan Yunzi asked out of the blue.

Luo Chen nodded slightly.

The fact that he was an alchemist was not a secret.

It was just not as famous as it was during the Dahe Workshop period.

The name Dan Chenzi was deafening in Dahe Workshop, but in Tianlan Xiancheng, it was insignificant.

Having received Luo Chen's personal confirmation, Xuan Yunzi seemed to have developed an interest.

"Is the Jade Marrow Pill refined by you?"

"Mm."

"Then, is that Myriad Wonder Pill also refined by you?"

Luo Chen was about to nod, but his heart suddenly stirred.

"Are you very interested in the Myriad Wonder Pill, Fellow Daoist?"

Xuan Yunzi said somewhat unnaturally: "A mere first-tier elixir, I naturally don't take it to heart. It's just that I've been researching a pill formula that combines water and fire recently, and accidentally obtained a Myriad Wonder Pill, deeply feeling the harmony of yin and yang within it. So, I want to discuss it with you, Fellow Daoist."

Insincere!

With Luo Chen's intentional perception, he easily judged that the other party's intention was not here.

Especially!

When Luo Chen first met the other party, a pair of spiritual eyes detected the coexistence of vitality and death intent on the other party.

At that time, Luo Chen looked at the other party several times with great confusion.

Now, the other party happened to bring up the Myriad Wonder Pill.

This pill formula was completely not in the style of the Yuding Domain, and several of the refining materials involved specialties from outside the domain.

Especially the main material, North Sea Jade Yao Pillar, which was only sold by the Hundred Herbs Hall under the Yaowang Sect.

Originally, this pill formula was obtained by his predecessor from the remains of a disciple of the Yaowang Sect...

His scattered thoughts suddenly converged.

Luo Chen smiled: "The Myriad Wonder Pill you bought was not refined by me; it was refined by a female alchemist in my Luo Tian Society, it just hung my name."

Xuan Yunzi was stunned, then suddenly realized.

This situation was extremely common in the immortal cultivation world.

After all, products endorsed by famous people were often more popular.

Like Luo Chen in Dahe Workshop before, he had seen many magic tools and magic treasures, many of which claimed to be refined by the casting master Huyan Zhuo of Tianfan City.

How could a Jin Dan True Person have so much time to refine magic tools there every day!

It was just a false name!

Suddenly, Luo Chen changed the subject.

"However, I have also studied this pill formula for a long time."

"Regarding the handling of that water-attribute main material, I feel it is particularly strange, and I have tried to refine it many times but felt it was wrong."

"But in the hands of the female cultivator, it always has unexpected effects."

"Fellow Daoist, do you know why this is the case?"

Xuan Yunzi listened curiously, then gave his own answer.

"In the immortal cultivation world, some medicinal materials indeed have special habits. Either they need to be handled on the spot, or several medicinal materials need to be mixed to grind away their sharpness... Like the situation you mentioned, it belongs to a case of avoiding yang but not yin."

"But the Jade Yao Pillar is only an ordinary first-tier medicinal material, and logically speaking, it shouldn't have this habit."

"Perhaps it's because your refining technique is improper, Fellow Daoist!"

"After you go back, you can try using the Huanxi Hand alchemy technique to handle it, or it might have an effect."

Luo Chen "suddenly realized."

"Thank you for clearing up my confusion, Fellow Daoist!"

"If I successfully refine it, I will definitely visit to thank you!"

"Ha, it's just a trivial matter, no need to thank." Xuan Yunzi waved his hand, just about to continue saying something, when his peripheral vision paused.

He revealed a forced smile, "Fellow Daoist, I see a few old friends, I'll go over first."

"Mm, go ahead!" Luo Chen nodded repeatedly.

"By the way, I live in the B-3 cave dwelling of Tianlan Peak; when you are free, you can come find me to exchange alchemy insights."

After saying this, he left directly.

Behind him, Luo Chen narrowed his eyes.

He only said "water-attribute main material," but didn't say "Jade Yao Pillar"!

Regarding the main materials of elixirs, Luo Chen's philosophy was to keep them as secret as possible.

Ordinary people wouldn't know what the main materials of the Myriad Wonder Pill were.

Because of the large quantity.

The Hundred Herbs Hall might know.

But the Hundred Herbs Hall was an industry of the Yaowang Sect, and Green Elixir Valley also operated an elixir and medicinal material business, and their relationship was absolutely not harmonious.

The other party couldn't have found out from this aspect.

If they identified it themselves?

This was also unlikely!

Elixirs in the immortal cultivation world were not as simple as kneading medicinal materials together.

Many times, they were refined by extracting the spiritual energy containing medicinal properties from the elixir.

To easily identify the materials that made up an elixir, one must at least have master-level alchemy attainments!

Obviously, Xuan Yunzi, like him Luo Chen, was only a second-tier alchemist.

Even Luo Chen, because of the proficiency panel, had attainments far exceeding his in certain specific elixirs.

Even Luo Chen couldn't easily identify the main materials of unfamiliar elixirs.

How could he, Xuan Yunzi, do it?

In other words, the reason why the other party knew that the North Sea Jade Yao Pillar was the main material of the Myriad Wonder Pill was most likely only that one.

He had seen the pill formula of the Myriad Wonder Pill!

But this pill formula, except for Luo Chen and the Yaowang Sect disciple who died in the cave, not many people had seen it.

Tang Quan and Mi Li in the Luo Tian Society had seen it.

But Xuan Yunzi was not a member of the Luo Tian Society.

Recalling the trip to the Yuanzhao Kingdom before, the remains of that Yaowang Sect disciple disappeared.

In Luo Chen's mind, a guess faintly emerged.

"Vitality and death intent coexist, not in the physical body, but in the primordial spirit."

"Focusing on the Myriad Wonder Pill, and most likely having seen the pill formula."

"Possession?"

Just as Luo Chen was thinking.

Two figures unknowingly came to his side.

"Sister, this is the Fellow Daoist Dan Chenzi I mentioned to you before!"

Luo Chen was startled, looking at the person who came, surprised: "Fellow Daoist Tao? When did you come to Tianlan Xiancheng?"

The person who came was Tao Yisheng.

A Foundation Establishment cultivator of Green Elixir Valley, Luo Chen had had some contact with him when he was stationed in Yuanzhao Kingdom before.

They had even exchanged alchemy insights all night.

"I've been here for a while."

"I wanted to visit you two days ago, but the president of your Luo Tian Society told me you were in seclusion."

"Finally saw you today."

Tao Yisheng appeared quite excited.

When speaking, he was even more joyful.

"Sister, this is Luo Chen, the friend I mentioned before whose alchemy technique is very powerful."

"Fellow Daoist Luo, this is my older sister, Tao Wan!"

In fact, as early as the first sentence, Luo Chen noticed the woman standing next to Tao Yisheng.

Dressed in green, with a tall figure.

A melon-seed face, long eyebrows.

At this moment, looking at Luo Chen, her clear eyes carried a look of suspicion.

"Luo Chen, met Fellow Daoist Tao Wan." Luo Chen greeted in advance, his tone quite polite.

The spiritual power fluctuation emitted by the other party was a genuine late-stage Foundation Establishment.

And the other party's strength and reputation were also widely spread in Tianlan Xiancheng.

On the Genius Ranking, this woman and Facing Chu Kui were ranked one after another, and her fighting ability was not inferior at all!

Tao Wan glanced to the side and frowned: "Are you very close to He Yun?"

He Yun?

Xuan Yunzi's real name.

Luo Chen raised his eyebrows and said indifferently: "It's okay, what advice do you have, Fellow Daoist?"

Tao Wan's suspicion grew stronger.

Beside her, Tao Yisheng finally noticed something wrong; he quietly tugged at Tao Wan's sleeve.

"Sister, this is my friend, I got to know him before He Yun."

His tone was almost pleading.

Seeing this scene, Luo Chen felt more and more uncomfortable.

This woman is a bit strange!

Perhaps to take care of Tao Yisheng's face, Tao Wan's expression softened a bit, no longer as aggressive as before.

She nodded at Luo Chen, "Advice is not needed, just curious. The He family of Yuxuan and my Tao family don't have a very good relationship, so I asked."

No apology, just an explanation for why she had been so aggressive before.

Luo Chen twitched the corner of his mouth, "Sorry, I don't know much about the grudges between you."

Low realm, and the older sister of a "friend," Luo Chen still gave the other party enough face.

Tao Wan nodded, just about to say something, when her slightly opened mouth closed.

A figure hurried through the increasingly lively banquet hall and headed straight for them.

"Fellow Daoist Luo Chen, our Ice Fortress elder invites you!"

The speaker was Shi Boying, her tone neither high nor low, normal people could hear it.

As her words fell.

In the hall, one gaze after another fell on Luo Chen intentionally or unintentionally.

Luo Chen's expression didn't change, "Please lead the way, Fellow Daoist."

Led by Shi Boying, the two walked through the hall, letting those gazes follow.

In the original corner.

Tao Yisheng was full of displeasure.

"Sister, he is a friend I rarely got to know since I left the sect, and he is an alchemist whose alchemy technique is very powerful."

"How could you treat him with that attitude."

Tao Wan didn't answer, but narrowed her eyes slightly, looking at Luo Chen's departing back.

Long eyelashes covered the emotions in her eyes.

It was already late at night.

In the long and narrow passage, the lights were still bright.

Under the reflection of those pieces of black ice, Luo Chen, who was behind Shi Boying, had his expression constantly changing.

Finally, it settled into calmness.

"Fairy Jueqing is the master of Tantai Jin; she has no other reason to see me, only the Jade Yu Yu Ludan!"

With his thoughts settled, Luo Chen felt less anxious.

Soon, Shi Boying brought Luo Chen outside a hall with deep coldness.

"Please, the elder is inside."

Luo Chen tidied his collar, smoothed the wrinkles on the corner of his clothes, and walked in generously.

After entering, before he had time to look at the person above.

A familiar voice came to his ear.

"Is the Jade Yu Yu Ludan refined by you?"

Compared to the auction, the tone was colder, more like Tantai Jin.

No!

Or rather, Tantai Jin's voice was more like this Jin Dan True Person.

Luo Chen took a deep breath and said with his head lowered: "It was indeed refined by me."

"Can you increase the number of pills refined?"

"In the short term, no."

The exchange was interrupted once.

In the deep cold hall, there was only unspeakable silence.

Strands of Jin Dan-stage momentum spread from the inside out.

Luo Chen, who was already mentally exhausted, felt as if his soul was about to be frozen stiff under this momentum, and even his thinking had slowed down a lot.

Until Fairy Jueqing spoke again.

"In the short term, no, which means you have the confidence to increase the pill refining rate!"

Not a question, but an affirmation.

Suddenly, a thick book fell in front of Luo Chen, floating quietly.

"This is the alchemy insight written by a guest elder of my Ice Fortress before his death, containing everything from the first tier to the third tier. Study it and increase the Jade Yu Yu Ludan refining rate as soon as possible."

Luo Chen was stunned for a moment, and he didn't react for a while.

"In addition, your primordial spirit is too weak, you can't even withstand a trace of my momentum."

"This is Ice God Jade; wearing it for a long time can help you improve your primordial spirit foundation."

Luo Chen was dumbfounded.

Is this meeting his long-lost biological mother?

Being so good to him.

No!

If you want to take it, you must first give it!

The other party was just a normal exchange of interests.

Sure enough, the following words confirmed Luo Chen's judgment.

"Ten years from now, I want you to stably supply my Jueqing lineage with Jade Dew Pills, no less than one thousand per year!"

"The more the quantity, the better; the higher the quality, the better. Can you do it?"

Looking at the book and jade in front of him.

Luo Chen took a deep breath.

Slowly but firmly, he raised his head.

His clear gaze met the cold and ruthless ice eyes.

"I need a top-grade pill cauldron, and I need second-tier earth fire to assist!"

"Granted!"

When Luo Chen walked out of the palace, his expression was still a bit dazed.

The harvest of the whole day today was really a bit too outrageous.

So much so that he hadn't recovered yet.

And when Shi Lan came to his side, he almost couldn't hold it together.

"Senior Luo Chen, the second-tier high-grade cave dwelling you reserved, I've set it for you!"

(End of chapter)