Chapter 28

I don't know why, but Luo Chen felt that Wang Yuan was colder than before.

His words were still few, but an occasional sentence was a bit creepy.

Luo Chen naturally didn't know Wang Yuan's recent resounding battle achievements, and he had also made a reputation as a mad knife.

Things like killing people and seizing treasures had nothing to do with him.

Even if they did, they were all forced.

He, Luo Chen, is devoted to the Dao!

Flipping through a pile of books, Luo Chen finally found his target.

"Brother Wang, am I your little brother now!"

"Hmm, barely."

"Then as your little brother, are there any benefits, for example..."

"This book won't do, it was entrusted to me by a ninth-level Qi Refining cultivator of the Poshan Gang to sell. If you want to read it, you have to buy it."

The one Luo Chen was holding was none other than the "Five Necessary Spells for Qi Refining Cultivators" that Wang Yuan had been selling at his stall for a long time without selling.

But Luo Chen remembered that Wang Yuan used to say that this book was snatched by him?

Didn't they say rogue cultivators don't lie to rogue cultivators!

Luo Chen cursed and took out two hundred inferior spirit stones, then carefully put the book into his storage bag.

Wang Yuan looked at him and chuckled lightly.

"That guy Chen Xiao is really unlucky, working hard for half a year, only to make a wedding dress for you."

What do you mean making a wedding dress for me!

I'm a man.

"The unlucky ghost I killed before is called Chen Xiao?"

"Hmm, he discovered a predecessor's cave dwelling and spent half a year breaking the array, with a bountiful harvest, but it all became yours."

Luo Chen touched his storage bag and suddenly realized.

No wonder a mere fifth-level Qi Refining rogue cultivator had both a storage bag and a superior magic tool Soul-Breaking Nail; it turns out he had an encounter!

"Those brothers of theirs had a bountiful harvest, so they had the guts to surround and kill me, but unfortunately they didn't know how to use the treasure."

"What do you mean?"

"For example, this Soul-Breaking Nail easily broke my defense, but it only caused me a minor injury; its threat to me wasn't as great as another thunder bomb he had."

Perhaps Wang Yuan had the intention of pointing Luo Chen in the right direction, so he spoke casually.

"But if he had applied some poison to the Soul-Breaking Nail, I would have been in danger back then."

Luo Chen was stunned, then gave a thumbs up.

"Still Brother, you are insidious enough!"

"Oh no, it's Brother, you have rich combat experience!"

Seeing Wang Yuan's face change, Luo Chen immediately changed his words.

Wang Yuan shook his head, "Whether it's a cultivator or a mortal martial artist, the logic of battle is actually the same, just putting people to death. Many rogue cultivators in the Dahe Market are too rigid and only know how to bombard each other with magic tools."

"Of course, it's also possible that he couldn't get poison that could affect cultivators."

Luo Chen nodded heavily.

Cultivators swallow spiritual energy, and even if they don't deliberately refine their bodies, their physique is gradually evolving.

Otherwise, high-level cultivators, who often squander massive amounts of spiritual energy, wouldn't be able to withstand that kind of destruction with a weak physique.

A jade bottle was handed to Luo Chen.

"This is the Chaotic Spirit Powder I looted; apply it to the Soul-Breaking Nail, and once it touches the enemy's flesh, the spiritual energy will become chaotic and unable to be mobilized."

Is this the benefit of being a little brother?

Luo Chen took it happily, planning to apply it when he went back.

He also wants to become someone with rich combat experience!

"Remember, the duration of the Chaotic Spirit Powder is very short, and those with enough spiritual energy can easily suppress it. So, once you hit with the Soul-Breaking Nail, you must be prepared for a quick battle."

Wang Yuan warned him carefully.

He still had a few bottles left, which he kept for his own use, but there was no need to tell Luo Chen that.

He wasn't a talkative person by nature, and he had already said a lot today.

Seeing this, Luo Chen left a bag of snacks to kill time and said goodbye sensibly.

Before leaving the market, he looked back and found that Wang Yuan seemed to be practicing?

"Borrowing the time of setting up a stall to rub off the first-rank spirit vein of the inner city?"

This discovery made Luo Chen feel a moment of surprise.

But he quickly dispelled any similar imitation.

The market is crowded and noisy, not a good place for quiet cultivation.

If someone disturbs him randomly, he might go into qi deviation.

Wang Yuan dared to do this, so he must have some other reliance.

If he were to learn, it would be seeking death.

"You really are an alchemist!"

Gu Caiyi woke up in the afternoon, washed up, and then ran to the inverted room.

Seeing Luo Chen holding a stone pestle, forcefully grinding a kind of mineral she didn't recognize.

In the spacious inverted room, it was filled with medicinal herbs.

The mixed smell made one feel a bit uncomfortable upon smelling it.

Luo Chen, however, enjoyed it, having long been accustomed to these smells.

Seeing Gu Caiyi leaning against the doorway, Luo Chen smiled and poured the gilded powder in the stone mortar into a wooden bucket.

Another kind of medicinal herb had already been soaked inside, and when the gilded powder was added, a strange reaction occurred instantly.

Bubbles kept emerging, making a gurgling sound.

After washing his hands, Luo Chen walked to the doorway and stretched.

"Want some hawthorn? I got it as a bonus from the boss when I bought herbs today. It doesn't have much spiritual energy, but it's sweet and sour."

Gu Caiyi took a handful of hawthorn from Luo Chen's hand, but her gaze fell on his storage bag.

"You alchemists are really rich; you have a storage bag at the middle stage of Qi Refining."

The tone was filled with thick envy.

Envious? Woman.

It was exchanged with my life!

Luo Chen naturally wouldn't show off his wealth, avoided this sensitive topic, and asked Gu Caiyi about the situation of the neighbors around.

Moving to a place to live, it's better to get familiar with the people around.

Otherwise, if there's really any conflict, it will greatly affect his work.

It's just that this inquiry made him a bit stiff.

"One main room, east and west wing rooms, plus two ear rooms and this inverted room of yours, which is the largest, a total of six families live here."

"The east wing room is lived in by Fu Fu Xiuxiu, ninth level of Qi Refining, usually working at the Divine Talisman Pavilion, and has already been promoted to a manager."

"The west wing room is lived in by the Qin family, a total of three people, Qin Qin Liangchen and his wife are both at the ninth level of Qi Refining. You won't see them for a while, because they personally escorted their son to the Luoyun Sect to participate in the entrance trial."

"The two ear rooms are lived in by Bai Bai Meiling and Feng Xia, both female cultivators at the seventh level of Qi Refining, working at the Baicaotang."

After hearing this introduction to the neighbors, Luo Chen was shocked.

Hidden dragons and crouching tigers!

In a small Sihe Academy, there are three ninth-level Qi Refining cultivators and two seventh-level Qi Refining cultivators.

Only Luo Chen is at the fourth level of Qi Refining, pitiful, wanting a hug.

Gu Caiyi naturally wouldn't hug him, puffed out her chest, and smiled: "As for me, Gu Gu Caiyi, eighth level of Qi Refining, making a living by dancing at Tianxianglou."

"How's the income?"

"Not bad, didn't you see me living in the main room."

Alas, shaking his head, sighing.

He thought he was a big cultivator after breaking through to the middle stage of Qi Refining, but he didn't expect that in a small Sihe Academy, everyone could bully him with their cultivation realm.

In reality, although Luo Chen was surprised, he wasn't surprised.

There are tens of thousands of rogue cultivators in the Dahe Market, and there are hundreds at the late stage of Qi Refining.

And these hundreds of people are naturally rare in the outer city district, but they are everywhere in the inner city.

Or rather, low-rank cultivators can't afford to rent houses in the inner city at all; only late-stage cultivators with special skills can live stably in the inner city.

Like Old Daoist Chen, sixth level of Qi Refining, skilled in talisman making and tanning talisman skins, only then did he have the confidence to say, "If the outer city gets any more chaotic, I plan to move into the inner city."

From this, one can see a glimpse.

If Luo Chen hadn't been avoiding disaster and licked the blood on the knife twice, he wouldn't have the capital to rent a house in the inner city.

"Speaking of which, it's a bit strange."

"What's strange?"

Luo Chen asked curiously, "Excluding me, aren't the five families in our courtyard all female cultivators? And the residents in the alleys on the way home seem to be mostly women too."

"You're really stupid!"

Gu Gu Caiyi giggled, "Heaven and earth have yin and yang, and spiritual energy naturally has yin and yang. A ghost king is suppressed in the north of the city, and the spiritual energy has become biased towards the yin attribute over time. Men belong to yang, women belong to yin, so most of those who come here to rent houses are naturally female cultivators!"

Luo Chen suddenly realized, then worried: "Then if I stay here for a long time, will it affect my cultivation?"

"Shouldn't have any effect, right?" The tall Gu Gu Caiyi hugged her chest and said uncertainly: "The yin-attribute land does indeed have benefits for us female cultivators, but for you male cultivators, at most there's no gain, and it won't be bad either."

"Is that so."

"Doesn't Fellow Daoist Qin also live here for many years, and I haven't seen him mention it."

Gu Gu Caiyi thought for a moment, "How about this, if I have time tonight, I'll ask Yu Xiang from Tianxianglou; she knows more about these things than I do."

"Hmm, then I'll trouble you."

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, what kind of elixirs do you refine?"

Gu Gu Caiyi looked at the dark room with interest; she didn't recognize most of the medicinal herbs inside.

If the elixirs Luo Chen refined were suitable for her, that would be great.

Neighbors, a friendly price is always possible.

After waiting for a long time, she didn't hear Luo Chen's answer.

Is it inconvenient to say?

Gu Gu Caiyi glanced at Luo Chen and found a faint, imperceptible flush on his face.

"Grain Bigu Pills."

"Right, it's Grain Bigu Pills!"

Luo Chen repeated, his tone quite firm.

Gu Gu Caiyi, who went to work in the evening, was still thinking about the afternoon's chat in her mind.

Arriving at Tianxianglou, most of the girls woke up and were preparing to eat something to pad their stomachs.

The spirit food supplied by Tianxianglou once a day is a good thing, and Gu Gu Caiyi would definitely not miss it.

While eating the delicious and spiritual-energy-filled food, Gu Gu Caiyi saw Yu Xiang, who was eating in small bites.

"Miss Xiangxiang, you know alchemy, I'll ask you something."

"Hmm"

"Do middle-stage Qi Refining cultivators earn a lot by refining Grain Bigu Pills?"

Yu Xiang blinked, then pursed her lips and smiled.