[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster":3,"chapter-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-26":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Immortality Begins from an Alchemy Grandmaster",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1899430,2534,"Chapter 26: Profiteers, All Profiteers","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-26",26,"\u003Cp>This time, Luo Chen didn't go to the loose cultivator market for his purchase work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had just made a big purchase yesterday; if he went again today, it would be too suspicious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that place was crowded and noisy, and the personnel composition was mostly people from the outer city; if someone with a heart inquired, they would find Luo Chen’s changes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Luo Chen gritted his teeth and went to the Hundred Herbs Hall to make a purchase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The final result was that he spent ten spirit stones more than before to get the raw materials for refining pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this way, the spirit stones he had left were only 29.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he bought various daily necessities and firewood later, he would have to spend another four spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty-five!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last night, he still had a huge sum of nearly 150.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Spirit stones are really not enough to spend.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This little money is not enough to buy the Traction Technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing at the crossroads, Luo Chen looked at the antique Wanbao Pavilion and gritted his teeth and walked in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an industry of the six great upper sects, its reputation and strength were the best in Dahe Market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Consuming in such a place, it was very difficult for other loose cultivators to inquire about news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guest, do you want to buy magic tools?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just after entering, a maid walked over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming to such a high-end occasion for the first time, Luo Chen felt a bit uneasy in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said he would look around himself, and the maid left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No enthusiastic promotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just because his realm was only at the fourth layer of Qi Refining, and the magic robe he wore was half-new and half-old, and the size was a bit small, looking tight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At a glance, he was the kind of loose cultivator with weak purchasing power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After wandering around the spacious first floor for a long time, Luo Chen’s uneasy state of mind also stabilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after looking at the shelves of high-grade magic tools, he had confidence in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Summoning the maid, Luo Chen said directly: \"I want to sell magic tools; you collect them here, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The maid nodded. \"Collect, but you have to let the master appraise them first before giving a price. As for whether the price is suitable, you decide whether to sell or not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No appraisal fee, right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heh, guest, you’re joking. You are the one selling to us, so naturally, there won't be an appraisal fee.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was really scared by Sun Shou’s operation yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various fees, emerging one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Shou was from the Yuding Sword Sect, while Wanbao Pavilion was an industry of Tianfan City; he was afraid that these rich and unkind major sects were all the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Coming to the second floor, an old man was drinking tea, playing with two red walnuts in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master Chu, this guest wants to sell magic tools.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mm, you go down first!\" Master Chu played with the walnuts with one hand and stretched out the other. \"Let me see the goods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A short sword was handed to him, the hilt shaped like a swallow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Chu nodded. \"It’s the standard magic tool Flying Swallow Sword cast by my Tianfan City, high-grade.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Weighing it, he shook his head again. \"The weight is light by one tael, the sword body is severely worn, and it needs to be re-forged.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magic power was injected, flowing through the sword body, and finally light was emitted from the tip, body, and hilt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sharp Metal Formation damaged.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unloading Qi Formation still has 80% effectiveness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Solid Formation is unstable, need to re-construct the formation pattern.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, the sword owner is an idiot, and even engraved words on it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, Master Chu threw it on the table casually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One thousand; if you want to sell, my Wanbao Pavilion will collect it for one thousand spirit stones.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this huge number, Luo Chen’s eyes widened!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't too high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too low!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As everyone knows, the price of magic tools follows the market, and cultivators are very sensitive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price of low-grade magic tools is between 100 and 500.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The price of mid-grade magic tools is between 500 and 1,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>High-grade magic tools start at 1,000 spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the price of offensive magic tools is generally low, with the most common knives and swords at the bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defensive magic tools have the highest prices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for some strange and weird magic tools, they are judged by the cultivator’s heart according to the effect, but the price also remains high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This world doesn't have the saying that the stranger the magic tool, the faster you die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The stranger the magic tool, the more often it has unexpected effects, which might win in a critical moment during battle or exploring secret realms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen was mentally prepared for the low price of flying swords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he couldn't accept it being so low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Flying Swallow Sword in your shop sells for 2,500 low-grade spirit stones!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Chu said indifferently, \"Don't you know that most of the second-hand magic tools we Wanbao Pavilion collect are at half price?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you didn't even reach half price!\" Luo Chen argued reasonably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These sect people might not care about the one or two hundred spirit stones more or less, but for him, that was his entire livelihood for several years of struggle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then do you know how much effort we Wanbao Pavilion have to spend to collect these magic tools and put them back on the shelves?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Chu counted on his fingers. \"First, we have to send them back to the sect; the shipping cost is an expense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Choosing suitable materials to repair is another expense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Asking formation masters to complete the formations costs even more money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And to ensure quality standards, so as not to be criticized for selling inferior goods, we have to ask high-grade cultivators to carefully test them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally, we have to spend great effort to send them to various Wanbao Pavilions thousands of miles away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for other fragmented expenses, I haven't calculated them for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen’s teeth were a bit sour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This old man had no grandeur of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and his haggling was comparable to Old Daoist Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speaking of this, I have to talk about you young people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Chu shook his head, saying with hatred that iron wouldn't become steel: \"All day long, you only know how to fight and kill. Are magic tools for showing off? These are weapons for protecting the path; they must be carefully cherished.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After a battle, you should always wash and wipe them!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When you have nothing to do, nourishing them with magic power is also what you should do!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every second-hand magic tool sent to me is ravaged and broken.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old man feels heartache looking at it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he actually got emotional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression toward the Flying Swallow Sword was like seeing a beloved person being defiled and sent home after being played with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen couldn't take it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for the sake of cultivation resources, he insisted: \"Too low, I really can't accept this price. If I sell it at the loose cultivator market, 1,500 or 1,600 will definitely be wanted by someone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After speaking, he picked up the sword and turned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh, eh, young man, wait a moment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Chu hurriedly called out, \"1,100, how about it? This is the highest price I can give within my authority.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still too low.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s not low, it’s really not low. I haven't given this price for flying swords that were in better condition than this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Chu said righteously: \"And, flying swords with words engraved like this, ordinary loose cultivators wouldn't dare to want them, right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"1,100, this is the price. If you are sincere about selling, my Wanbao Pavilion will collect it. And I promise, I will never disclose any information about you selling magic tools to the outside world!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen stood in place, his face uncertain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, he let out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, deal.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A while later, Luo Chen walked out of the Wanbao Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the dazzling sun, he spat without any quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, profiteer!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A female cultivator passed by and glanced at him contemptuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What quality!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Wanbao Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Chu smiled and handed the Flying Swallow Sword to a muscular man with a bare upper body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Melt the words on it, add some Five Metal Qi, and send it to the shelf on the first floor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man took the flying sword and scratched his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The condition is still quite good, not much damage. How many spirit stones did Master Chu collect it for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad, 1,100, there’s profit to be made.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Master Chu smiled, then paused and sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Young people nowadays, they know how to live more and more, haggling with old man for a hundred low-grade spirit stones. So stingy, how can they achieve the Great Dao in the future!\" ===== CHAPTER 27 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1513,"2026-06-12T10:35:51.239Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","06009a49f214f3e0ef093210b623ea78274606893454b53828c4694581198822","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-27","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-25",1090,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-cover.jpg"]