[{"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-3":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},1899407,2534,"Chapter 3","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-3",3,"\u003Cp>Three male cultivators wearing tight magic robes surrounded them, bending down to look at the things on the blue stone slab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Qi-Restraining Talisman, good stuff! How much for one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five spirit stones each, a must-have item for home travel and mountain hunting; at a critical moment, activate this talisman, and even the nose of a Thorn Wolf won't be able to smell you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So expensive, why don't you go rob someone?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just say whether you want it or not!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Make it cheaper, we are going into the mountains and need to buy many kinds of talismans; buying a stack from you is also fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don't you go and ask around? My reputation as Old Man Chen in Dahefang Market, my talisman-making skills! Besides, I can make the talismans cheaper for you, but when the monster pounces, can it bite you one less time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three spirit stones for this Qi-Restraining Talisman, plus three Earth Spike Talismans and six Fireball Talismans.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Four! Can't be any less; this Qi-Restraining Talisman is my exclusive business, I only produce one a month!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three male cultivators discussed it and decided to buy this Qi-Restraining Talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After calculating this account, they shifted their attention to the jade bottle in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grain Bigu Pills?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen got some spirit, \"One pill keeps you full, ten pills keep you from being hungry for three days and three nights; how many bottles?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How much?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me tell you, my Grain Bigu Pills are made with high-quality first-rank yellow beef as the main material, supplemented with ginseng and angelica... and finally refined with hundred-flower honey, a specialty of the Medicine King Sect; it is truly high quality and inexpensive!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it really that good?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come, smell this aroma, is it fragrant! Look at this color, absolutely no flour mixed in to fake it; I dare say no one in this area has better quality than mine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Big brother, it seems to be indeed more fragrant than the Grain Bigu Pills we bought before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right, this fellow daoist knows his stuff at a glance; you were probably cheated before. Are those Grain Bigu Pills floury when eaten? That definitely used fake beef!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How much?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Four bottles for one spirit stone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why don't you go rob someone!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just say whether you want it or not! Past this stall, there won't be such good goods. I tell you, I have many old customers; in a while, I will sell out and go home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cheaper?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seeing that the three fellow daoists are sincere about buying, how about this: still one spirit stone, five bottles! Is that okay? Just consider it making friends; in the future, when I produce new pills, I will also give you a discount!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, give me ten bottles. We still have some stock left that we haven't finished eating, let's try yours this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Money and goods were cleared, and Luo Chen and Old Man Chen cupped their hands and wished them \"peace in the mountains and a full harvest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the people left, the two looked at each other and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Man Chen even quietly placed another Qi-Restraining Talisman on the stall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What happened to the one a month?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the sun rose, the rogue cultivator area in the southwest corner became more and more lively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those selling pills, those selling cultivation methods, those selling monster meat, were everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those buying things and hunting for goods were endless, and occasionally one could even see one or two disciples wearing the standard Daoist robes of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And for the appearance of the latter, the rogue cultivators were even more spirited, and the prices they shouted were a few percent higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People from sects are all big fat sheep!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this had nothing to do with Luo Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grain Bigu Pills are the most common goods, and every sect has them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And what he refined were the lowest-level Grain Bigu Pills, which couldn't even be called pills, just Grain Bigu Powder rolled into pills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of thing, no matter how well he refined it, had no competitiveness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time noon arrived, Luo Chen's goods were almost sold out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were only twenty bottles in total, not many at all, and this was still the stock Luo Chen had saved for six or seven days.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can only be said that low-level alchemists are too miserable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they are not supported by sects or families, low-level rogue alchemists are even more miserable and inhumane!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was nothing to pack up; after giving Old Man Chen some beef jerky made from scraps, Luo Chen planned to leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before leaving, Old Man Chen chewed the beef jerky with clear water and called him to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you going to launch new pills? It wouldn't be that broken pill recipe you found last year, would it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kid, don't be ambitious; I've seen too many rogue alchemists studying new pill recipes and losing everything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's not easy for you to save those spirit stones; why don't you go to the Spirit Medicine Pavilion and buy two bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills to improve your cultivation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a rare sincere word from this stingy old man who liked to take advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen could hear the other party's sincerity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, the price the original owner paid for that broken pill recipe was even greater than what Old Man Chen said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Luo Chen had other ideas, so naturally, he wouldn't do such an ambitious thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old man, you should pay attention to your teeth; my beef jerky is easy to break teeth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Man Chen bit off a piece of beef jerky with a ferocious face, the meat fibers stuck in his teeth, quite uncomfortable, but he still swallowed it forcibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glared at Luo Chen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get lost!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen chuckled and squeezed into the crowd, disappearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was still the rogue cultivator area in the southwest corner, but he came to the herb distribution area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having mixed in this area for many years, he was familiar with the buying and selling of various goods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister Wang, is this what your husband just picked from the mountains? It feels like it hasn't even been dried yet; I'm afraid those who know their stuff won't like it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little brother will do a good deed today and reluctantly take ten jin!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This piece of fleeceflower root, I'm afraid it's not ten years old! Make it cheaper, I'll take it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jade yam, yes, give me fifty jin. I used to buy twenty jin for one spirit stone, now it's doubled, how about giving me a discount!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, I won't bargain anymore, you add a red cedar fruit for me, just this one, it's big enough.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For an afternoon, Luo Chen wandered in this herb area, purchasing various herbs he needed on a large scale.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they were all sold by rogue cultivators at street stalls, the quality of the goods depended entirely on a pair of eyes, and the price depended entirely on one's own bargaining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After rubbing his mouth dry, Luo Chen finally purchased most of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And next, he still had to make a trip to the city center of the inner city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Spirit Medicine Pavilion, one of the top six shops in Dahefang Market, located in the most conspicuous place in the city center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was five stories high, with flying eaves and painted walls, carved railings and jade masonry; it was truly beautiful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's just that this place only bought and sold finished pills, and it was not a place Luo Chen could afford for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His destination was the Hundred Herbs Hall next to the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is said that both the Spirit Medicine Pavilion and the Hundred Herbs Hall came from the Medicine King Sect, but I don't know why they were divided into two storefronts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the high-end Spirit Medicine Pavilion, the Hundred Herbs Hall was much more ordinary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A row of bungalows extended to the back, looking unremarkable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, once he got close, the rich smell of herbs rushed towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen's spirit was lifted, and he gently placed the large bag on his back at the entrance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fat shopkeeper looked at the large bag, his eyes narrowed slightly, his nose twitched, and then he shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Luo Chen didn't mind and went to the counter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Senior, do you still have dried scallops and fire dog whip here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the names of these two medicinal materials, the fat shopkeeper's look at him became playful.\u003C\u002Fp>",1432,"2026-06-12T10:35:51.239Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","80f7232279a5ba4fbfdb2bf508ff12833bc02491bf29fa433c2425ca328c7603","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-4","immortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-chapter-2",1090,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortality-begins-from-an-alchemy-grandmaster-cover.jpg"]