Chapter 268

Meeting Li Jinhuang again.

The location was not in Huilong Bay, but inside a "Water Mansion."

Deep in the Qinhua River, a winding corridor, dark and gloomy, didn't know where it led.

Two figures, one in front and one behind, walked silently.

Luo Chen followed behind, looking at the person in front with slight surprise.

Li Yingzhang!

The existence in the Li family of this generation most likely to undergo Foundation Establishment.

Dual spiritual root aptitude, young but didn't join a large sect, but was kept by Li Jinhuang from a very young age to be taught personally.

This situation also exists.

When the family's talent is disconnected, a genius appears.

The best way to handle it is not to send them to a large sect, but to keep them in their own home.

Otherwise, once you enter a large sect, it's like the deep sea.

You might forget your family at any time.

Instead, raising them by your side from a young age can strengthen their dependence on the family and consolidate feelings other than blood relations.

In short, it is to bind the other party with the family's huge and complex interpersonal relationships.

It's not good or bad, after all, the other party also truly enjoyed the full tilt of family resources.

What surprised Luo Chen was that the other party's realm seemed to be in a state of slowly sliding down.

Clearly at the Qi Refining perfection.

Yet they were not in a hurry to undergo Foundation Establishment, letting the realm slowly slide down.

This is too strange!

Seeming to feel Luo Chen's doubt, Li Yingzhang said without looking back:

"Is the senior curious about my realm falling state?"

"Hmm."

Luo Chen gave a hum.

Li Yingzhang explained simply: "My constitution is special, it is the Nine-Curve Recirculating Body. It just so happens that my ancestor found a Foundation Establishment secret technique for me, "Nine-Fold Recirculating Origin." Practicing this secret technique, inside the dantian, one fold of origin per year, after nine years, the Nine-Fold Recirculating Origin is completed, which can increase my Foundation Establishment success rate by twenty percent."

The faint explanation, however, stirred up layers of ripples in Luo Chen's heart.

There is actually a secret technique to assist Foundation Establishment?

Constructing Nine-Fold Recirculating Origin inside the dantian, isn't this just simulating and shaping the Nine Heavens of the Qi Sea after Foundation Establishment in advance?

Then when the time comes for Foundation Establishment, after shattering the dantian, there is no need to painstakingly perform the act of turning the dantian into a sea.

Shattering the dantian, turning the dantian into a sea, storing spiritual power, turning spiritual power into liquid.

These are the four most critical places for Foundation Establishment.

They correspond to the spiritual energy barrier, the primordial spirit barrier, and overall correspond to the physical body barrier.

After practicing this secret technique, the process of turning into a sea in the middle directly becomes a matter of course.

And looking at the meaning in Li Yingzhang's words, in the process of practicing "Nine-Fold Recirculating Origin," the mastery and purification of spiritual power will be even deeper.

Doesn't that mean they have also familiarized themselves with the latter two processes in advance.

No wonder it can increase the Foundation Establishment success rate by twenty percent!

The other party is so generous, stating this secret technique without any hesitation.

It seems they are not afraid of Luo Chen coveting it at all?

"That's right, this set of secret techniques is tailor-made for his special constitution, and it's useless for others to have it."

Luo Chen had also seen the Nine-Curve Recirculating constitution in a leisure book introducing heaven-defying constitutions.

This belongs to a kind of "innate defective constitution"!

People with this constitution are born with meridians larger than others, and can accommodate more spiritual power among their peers.

But the large meridians are winding, crisscrossing and intersecting.

Just like the waterways of great rivers, the muddy flow turns, nine curves and recirculating!

One can imagine.

Such a complex meridian system.

When running the life-bound cultivation method, it naturally consumes several times the energy of ordinary people.

Ordinary people with this constitution need at least a hundred years to cultivate to Qi Refining perfection, and after a hundred years, don't even think about achieving the Foundation Establishment Dao.

The other party reached the Qi Refining perfection realm at the young age of forty or fifty, which shows how much effort Li Jinhuang invested in him.

It's just unknown, which fold has his "Nine-Fold Recirculating Origin" reached now?

How many years are still needed until Foundation Establishment?

While Luo Chen was thinking.

Suddenly, the person in front stopped in front of a water curtain.

"Senior, my ancestor is waiting for you inside." Li Yingzhang stretched out his hand, making an invitation gesture.

Luo Chen looked at him seriously, then stepped into the water curtain.

As soon as he entered, the rich spiritual energy felt like a different world.

It was truly a Tier 1 top-grade cave dwelling!

Before Luo Chen had time to sigh, his gaze fell on Li Jinhuang, and his brows furrowed.

"Fellow Daoist, are you injured?"

Beside a spiritual spring underground, Li Jinhuang sat cross-legged on a cushion, his aura fluctuating.

On his body, there was still a faint smell of blood.

Seeing Luo Chen arrive, Li Jinhuang gave a bitter smile.

"I didn't expect the situation in the Quicksand Wasteland to be so chaotic. The robbery cultivators are simply too rampant!"

"Quicksand Wasteland, you actually went to the Jilei Nine Mountains?" Luo Chen was incredibly surprised.

Li Jinhuang sighed, "Only there is the situation chaotic, no one will pursue the origin, everything depends on the quality of the goods."

Luo Chen pursed his lips, finding himself speechless for a moment.

He naturally knew that things were easy to sell over at Jilei Mountain.

At present, the war between the Nascent Soul sects still had some restraint, and personal action was not much.

After the initial brief confrontation, it evolved into a struggle between subordinates, allies, and vassals.

Jilei Mountain was the center of the struggle.

And the ten-thousand-mile Quicksand Wasteland extending from Jilei Mountain was the largest battlefield.

It was a mixed bag of fish and dragons, with countless loose cultivators from the Jade Yu Yu Dingyu mixing in, trying to seek profit through the war.

This Li Jinhuang's courage was a bit too big!

"I changed your Deep-Quiet Pill to the name of Phantom Dream Spirit Pill and sold it in bulk on the black market."

"It was a bit unsmooth at first, but later it was in short supply."

"I only spent three months selling it clean."

"I didn't expect that someone would set their sights on me... After a bitter battle, I barely escaped."

While speaking, Li Jinhuang took out a storage bag stained with black blood.

"This is all the profit, it's all in here, you can count it."

Taking the storage bag.

With a sweep of his spiritual sense, Luo Chen couldn't help but raise his brows.

Quite a lot!

He carefully put it away, then asked curiously: "With your strength at the 5th layer of Foundation Establishment, in the absence of Great Cultivators, who could force you to be so embarrassed?"

"I don't know, the other party concealed their origin very well." Li Jinhuang gave a bitter smile, "I only know that the other party used a bowl-type magic treasure, which almost covered me."

A bowl?

Luo Chen was stunned for a moment.

Ordinary cultivators wouldn't use this kind of strange magic treasure.

Only the Buddhist powerhouses from the Central Plains and Southern Border outside the Eastern Wasteland would often use this kind of magic treasure.

There are actually such cultivators in the Jade Yu Yu Dingyu.

Li Jinhuang seemed not to want to say more and changed the subject.

"You've seen that child Yingzhang, right!"

Luo Chen nodded, it was Li Yingzhang who led him in.

He looks very normal!

"My grandson is good at everything, but as long as he cultivates, he ignores everything else."

"I am a bit worried about handing the Li family over to him."

"Therefore, please take care of the younger generation of the Li family in the future."

Looking at the other party's increasingly weak aura, Luo Chen nodded solemnly, "That is naturally what I should do."

This seemed to feel a bit like entrusting his affairs after death.

The other party had put in great effort to handle the Deep-Quiet Pills for him, so Luo Chen naturally wouldn't spoil the mood.

However, he had another purpose for this trip.

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Li has any channels to purchase medium-grade or even high-grade Tier 2 cultivation elixirs?"

Hearing this question.

Li Jinhuang looked at Luo Chen in astonishment.

"If I had them, why would I have stopped at the middle stage of Foundation Establishment in this life?"

Luo Chen was also stunned for a moment.

Alright!

He had asked the wrong person.

However, Li Jinhuang still pointed out some channels to Luo Chen where high-grade elixirs might appear.

First is the regular large-scale auction, nothing much to say about that.

Secondly, various black markets.

The things in these black markets are often not seen in the light, and there might be some robbery cultivators who killed large sect disciples and obtained high-grade elixirs from their storage bags.

However, the probability of high-grade elixirs appearing in the black market is not very high.

After all, any cultivator can keep high-grade elixirs for their own use.

Like Luo Chen entrusting Li Jinhuang this time to sell nine hundred medium-grade and high-grade elixirs, it counts as a big deal.

Even if it was just Tier 1, it made Li Jinhuang noticed by many people.

Thereby bringing the trouble of being robbed and killed.

Finally, Li Jinhuang mentioned another path.

"Since high-grade elixirs only circulate within large sects, why not buy them from large sect disciples?"

On the way back to the city, Luo Chen thought about the path Li Jinhuang finally proposed.

The other party was clearly thinking of a path for him.

He had a good relationship with the Ice Fortress.

Perhaps there would be an opportunity to get high-grade elixirs from the Ice Fortress.

"But that's just a 'perhaps,' if the Ice Fortress had surplus elixirs, they wouldn't be so eager for my Jade Dew Pills."

Luo Chen didn't hold much hope for this.

On the flying boat.

Luo Chen carefully counted the spirit stones Li Jinhuang brought back for him.

The pricing of the Deep-Quiet Pills was decided by Luo Chen and Li Jinhuang before Li Jinhuang set off.

Given that this elixir is very niche, but a strange elixir that can significantly improve the foundation of the primordial spirit.

Therefore, the price was set incredibly high!

Medium-grade, ten pills per bottle, priced at four hundred spirit stones.

High-grade, ten pills per bottle, priced at nine hundred spirit stones!

This price is jaw-dropping.

A mere Tier 1 elixir, the medium-grade one is almost catching up to the Tier 2 Harmony Pill.

The high-grade one even directly exceeds the selling price of low-grade Harmony Pills and Rising Dragon Pills.

It sounds like treating people as fools.

But those who can cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage might have foolish people, but those mixing in the Quicksand Wasteland definitely don't have fools who can be slaughtered.

The Deep-Quiet Pill was ignored at first.

Just half a month later, it ushered in a rush to buy.

Li Jinhuang later even deliberately controlled the outflow speed of the elixirs in his hands and put them into the black market auction.

High-grade Deep-Quiet Pill at nine hundred a bottle?

No!

This was just the starting price!

The highest transaction price once reached two thousand spirit stones, far exceeding the transaction price of medium-grade Harmony Pills at the Tianlan auction.

Why are Foundation Establishment True Persons so crazy about snapping up high-grade Deep-Quiet Pills?

Luo Chen had thought about this question just now.

"It's probably related to what Chu Kui said, that the foundation of the primordial spirit is especially important when forming the Core!"

"And the Foundation Establishment True Persons who dare to mix in the battlefield of the Nascent Soul sects are mostly those who have ambitions for the Great Dao. When encountering such elixirs that can directly increase the foundation of the primordial spirit, everyone will spare no cost to bid for a few bottles."

"Even if it only increases by ten or twenty percent, perhaps it will increase the success rate a little bit when forming the Core in the future."

"For the sake of forming the Core, everyone is fighting!"

After sighing, Luo Chen put away the storage bag with satisfaction.

This time, he gained 110,000 low-grade spirit stones!

It was a small compensation for the costs he had invested before.

As for the future, he didn't plan to refine medium-grade and high-grade Deep-Quiet Pills anymore.

These two, seemingly high in price and profit.

In reality, it was just "seemingly."

The cost is three times that of Jade Marrow Pills, and after success, the output is only three pills per portion of raw materials.

It cannot form a scale, the refining difficulty is high, and the market can only face a small number of Foundation Establishment True Persons.

And after taking this kind of elixir multiple times, the effect will also become worse.

Coupled with the heaven-defying effect of increasing the foundation of the primordial spirit, it is easy to attract the covetousness of large sects.

To sum up, it is decided that the Deep-Quiet Pill cannot be used for large-scale profit.

Luo Chen planned to only refine top-grade Deep-Quiet Pills for his own use.

Occasionally refine a few low-grade Deep-Quiet Pills and put them into the Luo Tian Society as internal benefits.

The flying boat flew at high speed.

Soon, he returned to Tianlan Xiancheng.

Luo Chen didn't hesitate and went straight to the shop of the Green Alchemy Valley.

First, he asked if Xuan Yunzi was there.

He had the intention to inquire about news of medium-grade Rising Dragon Pills from the other party.

Compared to the Ice Fortress in the bitter cold, the Green Alchemy Valley, famous for alchemy in the Jade Yu Yu Dingyu, was more likely to leak medium-grade Rising Dragon Pills!

And his "relationship" with Xuan Yunzi seemed not bad.

It's a pity.

After inquiring, the answer was that the other party had already returned to the sect.

"Uncle Master He was not a Foundation Establishment True Person who rotated in the Green Alchemy Pavilion for a long time. His alchemy attainments are very high, and he is highly valued in the valley. This time coming to Tianlan Xiancheng was also for several types of medicinal herbs that might appear at the auction, so he made the trip in person."

"He has successfully purchased what he wanted, didn't stay long, and returned half a year ago."

The maid explained.

Luo Chen was helpless and lost the thought of getting to know the rotating Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Green Alchemy Pavilion.

Taking out the discount card, he bought nearly a year's worth of low-grade Rising Dragon Pills in one breath.

After the discount, it cost a full 19,000 spirit stones.

This spending speed really made Luo Chen's heart ache.

His previous family property was only those 60,000 spirit stones that were as immovable as a mountain.

Over a year, it only increased by 100,000.

Adding the 110,000 recovered today, the total was only 270,000.

But this is just an approximate number.

Usually, Luo Chen seems not to go out, but his expenses are not low at all.

Whether it is high-quality spiritual rice, Tier 2 monster meat cut by the butcher shop, or a stalk of Fierce Spirit Incense every day, or other auxiliary elixirs taken occasionally.

His spirit stones have been consumed at a terrifying speed.

270,000?

No, there were only 240,000 left on him before.

This time, another 19,000 was spent.

Out of the door.

Luo Chen didn't set up the Langqi flying boat, but walked on the wide street.

He still had some things to buy later.

Alchemy consumes a lot, not just energy, but the consumption of the durability of some utensils is also visible to the naked eye.

And involving Jade Dew Pills, he still had to go buy Hundred Flower Dew, and by the way, buy the Fierce Spirit Incense for the next year.

This trip will cost another 10,000+ spirit stones.

"Fortunately, Sima Hui Niang adjusted the merit policy of the Luo Tian Society, otherwise if it continued like before, my surplus of 100,000 spirit stones a year would be gone."

"But even so, with 100,000 a year, after all my expenses, I can't save a few tens of thousands of savings."

"What will I use to compete for Core Formation elixirs in the future?"

"I heard that after forming the Core, one still needs to tailor-make a life-bound magic treasure, which is another huge expense."

If he, Luo Chen, were to create a life-bound magic treasure, he certainly wouldn't choose ordinary magic treasures sold on the market.

Most of the functions and effects of those magic treasures have been figured out by others.

Moreover, those magic treasures basically lose their growth potential, making it difficult to improve their grade along with his realm improvement.

"Thinking too far, these are things after forming the Core."

Crawling out of the Food Fragrance Pavilion, Luo Chen went to the Heavenly Clothing Building again.

Spent 7,000 spirit stones to buy a brand-new top-grade magic robe.

It comes with four major functions: cleaning, defense, dust avoidance, and wind control.

With this, 20,000 spirit stones were gone.

"Looking at the near future, it will take a year to advance to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment."

"What about after the middle stage?"

"The spiritual power required for each layer will only be more, the cultivation progress will only be slower, I must get enough high-grade elixirs."

"That means a huge amount of funds!"

"Now there are only 200,000 spirit stones left on me."

"Not enough, far from enough!"

If a person has no long-term worries, there must be near-term troubles.

Luo Chen has already started various calculations and plans for his cultivation after the middle stage of Foundation Establishment.

First of all, it must fall on his own financial resources.

Otherwise, even if someone found him a path to high-grade elixirs, he would probably not be able to afford it.

Don't forget, the rent for a high-grade cave dwelling is also very terrifying!

And the time for the Ice Fortress to rotate in Tianlan Xiancheng seems to be almost at the ten-year mark.

If they no longer rotate, will the new Golden Core large sect still give him the privilege of renting year by year?

If not, he will spend 480,000 spirit stones in one breath!

"The income from Jade Marrow Pills can be seen at a glance."

"Should I put the matter of Jade Yu Yu Ludan revenue generation on the agenda?"

Arriving outside the Tianyi Water defense array.

Luo Chen greeted the gatekeeper cultivator casually and walked in.

In his mind, he was still thinking.

As a Tier 2 elixir, Jade Dew Pills are high in price and very scarce, but the cost is also very high.

One portion of raw materials costs 100 spirit stones, and it is also affected by market price fluctuations, rising from time to time.

The key is, damn it, once the price goes up, it doesn't come down.

Disgusting!

Before, Luo Chen could only refine one bottle from ten portions of raw materials.

The key is that in order to get on the line with the Ice Fortress, he voluntarily abandoned the high selling price of scarce elixirs and only sold them for 500 spirit stones a bottle.

That is to say, he is using a cost of 1,000 to sell for 500.

Losing money to maintain the relationship!

This is human nature.

But as Tantai Jin asks for more and more Jade Dew Pills, he will lose more and more.

Losing 500 per bottle, losing 2,500 a year.

After the ten-year deadline, he will have to provide 100 bottles a year, which will be a pure loss of 25,000!

This doesn't involve wasting Luo Chen's time and energy.

"If I want to maintain a close relationship and also want to get money from them."

"I can only improve the grade of the elixirs sold."

Luo Chen can do this.

His refining proficiency for Jade Dew Pills has reached the Proficient level, and he can refine medium-grade Jade Dew Pills.

"No!"

"I can't be in a hurry!"

"Improving to the medium-grade level in just a few years, although it can be explained by being a genius, it is still too risky."

Suppressing the urgent thoughts in his heart, Luo Chen forced himself to calm down.

Just losing money!

The current income is enough to support his cultivation.

Future things can be planned in advance, but never be in a hurry.

Everything must be done step by step.

"Master, you're back!"

"Hmm."

"What do you want to eat tonight?"

"I won't eat dinner, you stew this brocade-feathered chicken for me, and I'll drink the soup tomorrow morning. By the way, this is a top-grade Hundred Yin magic robe I just bought at the Heavenly Clothing Building, try to see if you can wear it."

Bai Meiling took the lively brocade-feathered chicken, and then excitedly took the Hundred Yin magic robe into the room.

She is a ghost, and the clothes on her body are manifested by ghost energy.

And this Hundred Yin magic robe is woven from hundreds of strands of Yin energy combined with special materials, which is just suitable for her to wear.

In the future, she can save the ghost energy used to manifest clothes.

After she entered the room, Luo Chen entered the cultivation chamber.

Looking at the low-grade Rising Dragon Pill in his hand, Luo Chen gave a bitter smile.

"Well, let's endure the reduced cultivation speed for now, and cultivate to the middle stage of Foundation Establishment first!"

With a flick of his finger, he swallowed the Rising Dragon Pill.

The Fierce Spirit Incense rose slowly.

Amidst the smoke, Luo Chen, who had changed into a red cloud long robe magic robe, sat cross-legged.

With a clear mind, he absorbed countless spiritual energy into the Qi Sea.

Within that third heaven, the cloud of accumulated energy turned into by spiritual energy gradually condensed during the operation of the cultivation method.

A long time passed.

A drop of spiritual liquid dripped into the small lake of spiritual liquid that had accumulated more than half below.

(End of chapter)