Chapter 316

Long Life Starts from Alchemy Master, Main Text Chapter 321: Sometimes People Should Be Brave. "Strange?"

"It's been two months, why hasn't the Tao Family come out of seclusion yet?"

Standing behind the cave dwelling, Luo Chen looked into the distance toward the Tao Family's cave dwelling, feeling puzzled in his heart.

But no matter how puzzled he was, he didn't intend to seek the other party personally.

Since he had made up his mind to play hard to get, he had to keep it up to the end.

Otherwise, in subsequent negotiations, he would very likely be in a passive position.

Being unhurried right now, he instead had a chance to occupy the initiative.

And the confidence that made Luo Chen so unhurried.

Came precisely from the doubled cultivation speed after clearing all meridians!

He roughly estimated that he had a chance to reach Foundation Establishment perfection before his lifespan ran out.

He was only forty-something now.

Placed in a large sect, that also caught up with the cultivation speed of peers of the same age.

There were still more than two hundred years of time ahead; he was confident that even without Qingdan Valley's high-grade elixirs, he could find another way to further improve his cultivation speed.

Since that was the case, why be anxious?

Moreover, his daily life also had many things to do.

Not to mention anything else, just the Blood Fiend Elixir and Jade Dew Elixir, these two second-tier elixirs, he still had room for improvement.

"Now the proficiency of both the Blood Fiend Elixir and Jade Dew Elixir has reached the master level."

"Brush these two full first, and I can free up more time!"

Luo Chen chose to brush the Blood Fiend Elixir full first.

No other reason!

There weren't many raw materials left for this thing.

If refined with full effort, it would only take a little over half a month.

Although he and Wang Yuan had already cleared all meridians and didn't need to use the Blood Fiend Elixir to clear meridians.

But this elixir was of great benefit to Wang Yuan's body refining, and Luo Chen himself could also harvest an achievement point, so there was no reason to waste the remaining raw materials.

The time that followed.

Luo Chen adjusted his time and used his energy to refine the Blood Fiend Elixir.

Half a month later.

Luo Chen looked at the empty Gloomy Wood and shook his head regretfully.

The Yellow Spring Gloomy Fiend was completely consumed.

It just managed to push his Blood Fiend Elixir proficiency to the Great Perfection level.

For this, Luo Chen harvested five achievement points from beginning to end, cleared all meridians, and had more than two thousand extra Blood Fiend Elixirs on hand.

Among them, high-grade ones were the majority, but low-grade and mid-grade ones were not few either.

There were even dozens of top-grade Blood Fiend Elixirs!

Luo Chen planned to keep only a few of these elixirs for backup and give the rest to Wang Yuan.

After all, the raw materials for refining the Blood Fiend Elixir were all painstakingly collected by Wang Yuan over the years.

He had almost spent all his savings.

Recently, he had been living on the salary received from the Luo Tian Association.

He could be considered the one living the most frugally among the several Foundation Establishment true cultivators of the Luo Tian Association.

But thinking that with this batch of high-quality Blood Fiend Elixirs refined by Luo Chen, he wouldn't need to worry about external objects for a long time.

"If only I had an elixir formula suitable for my own cultivation, that would be great."

While happy, Luo Chen couldn't help but feel regretful.

If he had a second-tier elixir formula suitable for himself, why would he need to show his face and painstakingly befriend the Tao siblings?

He could have honestly developed the Luo Tian Association, earned resources, and bought raw materials to refine elixirs for himself.

Suddenly.

A thought surged into Luo Chen's mind.

"The Ice Fortress side won't work; perhaps I can try to ask the Tao Family for cultivation elixir formulas?"

"The Tao Family ancestor, the first-generation alchemy master Nanshan Shangren..."

Muttering to himself, he tidied up the elixir room.

Then, he went directly out of Tianlan Peak.

He hadn't been to the Luo Tian Association for a long time; occasionally he had to show his face to demonstrate some presence.

Outside the Transmission Hall.

On the white jade square, there were few people, only a young boy was practicing a set of fist techniques move by move under the scorching sun.

Luo Chen removed the cloud-riding technique and descended.

"Xiaolong!"

The young boy saw Luo Chen, and his eyes lit up, "Uncle Luo!"

He was about to run over when a small stone flew through the air and hit his back.

The intense pain made him feel like he had been hit hard.

"Finish this set of Bright God Five Qi Fist first!"

A cold voice came from the hall.

Zeng Yilong's eyes welled up with tears, and he looked at Luo Chen aggrievedly.

"Listen to your master!"

Luo Chen shook his head and smiled, walking toward the hall.

Passing by the young boy, he rubbed his little head.

"Come find Uncle to play later; I have a gift for you."

Zeng Yilong's eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly.

Then he began to practice the fist technique move by move.

Although it looked a bit stiff, his little arms and legs were stretching as much as possible, and the surrounding free spiritual energy of heaven and earth seemed to be surging toward his body in strands.

Luo Chen was thoughtful.

This fist technique seemed to combine both body refining and Qi refining?

It was just that the speed of absorbing spiritual energy looked a bit slow.

Could it be a technique newly researched by Wang Yuan?

Entering the hall.

Wang Yuan looked up at him, "You're here."

"Yes, I'm here."

Luo Chen responded, pointing to Zeng Yilong practicing outside, and asked: "What fist technique is that?"

"Didn't you hear just now? Bright God Five Qi Fist."

Luo Chen was helpless, "You know that's not what I meant."

Wang Yuan put down the book in his hand, "Although I cannot create second-tier techniques on my own yet, the accumulation over these years is enough for me to combine a set of first-tier techniques."

"Combining both body refining and Qi refining?" Luo Chen asked the doubt in his heart.

"Yes!"

Wang Yuan nodded, a rare look of self-satisfaction appearing on his face.

"This set of 'Bright God Five Qi Fist' combines multiple techniques such as Bright God Breaking Fiend, Qi-Body Same Origin, and Five Viscera Nourishing Fist into one."

"It can not only exercise the body but also absorb spiritual energy in places rich in spiritual energy."

"In this way, it is dual cultivation of law and body, which can forge an extremely solid foundation at a low realm!"

Luo Chen looked into the distance at the sweating young boy practicing.

A thoughtful look appeared on his face.

This fist technique clearly combined several advantages of the techniques Wang Yuan mentioned, while discarding restrictive conditions such as fiendish energy and spiritual sense.

In the initial stage of laying the foundation, it was indeed very effective.

It's just that...

"Seems the cultivation speed is a bit slow?"

Wang Yuan nodded and said: "Indeed, this is also the biggest flaw of this technique at present. However, Xiaolong, this child, has dual spiritual root aptitude himself; slightly slowing down the cultivation speed in exchange for a solid foundation is absolutely beneficial and harmless."

"Can it be promoted to other low-grade cultivators of the Luo Tian Association?" Luo Chen asked the question he most wanted to ask.

Facing this question, Wang Yuan frowned.

He pondered for a moment and said somewhat uncertainly: "Perhaps, but maybe a deleted version needs to be made."

"Hmm? Why is that?"

"The current 'Bright God Five Qi Fist', under the premise of dual cultivation, requires excellent aptitude and abundant external auxiliary resources. Ordinary people simply don't have this condition."

Luo Chen understood.

Zeng Yilong's conditions were naturally not bad.

Before his father Zeng Wensi died, he left him powerful connections.

His mother, Xiugu, also held an important position in the Luo Tian Association.

Plus Wang Yuan, this master, his initial cultivation resources were definitely not lacking.

But if it were someone else, it naturally wouldn't work.

Moreover, there was the innate condition of aptitude.

"I'll research it further later and see if I can come up with a simplified version!"

Wang Yuan said indifferently.

Researching techniques had always been what he liked to do most, otherwise, he wouldn't have gladly accepted the position of Transmission Hall Master.

He looked at Luo Chen and asked curiously:

"Usually when you come to Danxia Peak, you look for President Sima first; why did you come to me today?"

"Brought you something."

Luo Chen stared at Zeng Yilong outside, but handed a storage bag to Wang Yuan casually.

Wang Yuan subconsciously released his spiritual sense and probed into it.

And then he was dumbfounded.

Blood Fiend Elixir!

Densely packed Blood Fiend Elixirs!

He took out a few, and he was even more shocked.

"High-grade Blood Fiend Elixir!"

"There are even top-grade ones!"

He swallowed his saliva and said subconsciously: "These, are all refined by you?"

"Besides me, could there be anyone else?" Luo Chen asked back.

Wang Yuan shook his head violently.

"No!"

"Although I don't know much about alchemy, you've only been refining the Blood Fiend Elixir for a few years, how could you refine so many high-grade and top-grade ones?"

"This is too terrifying!"

Luo Chen naturally knew how shocking it would be to refine one type of elixir with full effort.

However, some things were not good to say too clearly.

He smiled slightly, "The alchemy time is short, but I have studied this elixir formula for long enough! You have collected all the materials, so it was naturally very easy for me to get started."

He said it very lightly.

But Wang Yuan still couldn't believe it.

Refining high-grade, or even top-grade elixirs so easily.

Such an existence was already a master-level alchemist famous in the cultivation world!

This was not some simple first-tier elixir.

It was a second-tier elixir!

Looking at Luo Chen, who was light and airy and overly humble.

He suddenly realized that the other party might want to hide something.

Since that was the case, he wouldn't ask any more.

Instead, he sighed: "With these high-quality Blood Fiend Elixirs, my cultivation in the Blood River Realm is afraid to be advancing by leaps and bounds!"

"Then congratulations!" Luo Chen laughed.

Wang Yuan shook his head, holding the storage bag that was light but extremely heavy.

"You helped me so much, I really don't know how to..."

"Stop!"

Luo Chen stretched out his Tathagata Palm to stop his subsequent words.

"Between us brothers, it's meaningless to talk about this."

Wang Yuan laughed suddenly, "It was me being pretentious."

Luo Chen nodded.

The things were handed over, and there was no reason to stay any longer.

Luo Chen asked Wang Yuan for a copy of the "Bright God Five Qi Fist" and left the Transmission Hall.

By the time he reached Huixin Hall, they were having a meeting inside.

The number of participants was small, mainly Sima Huiniang, Gu Caiyi, and Qin Liangchen.

Luo Chen stood outside, using his powerful spiritual sense to eavesdrop on the meeting content inside.

It was probably about how to expand the business, how to arrange the manpower of the Golden Hall and Xiaguang Hall, and so on.

It also mentioned the plan of the Luo Tian Association to open shops in Tianyi Workshop and Luo Sha Workshop.

The details were a bit cumbersome.

But under the careful discussion of the three people in the hall, it sounded like there was a joy of harvest.

Time passed slowly.

The meeting in the hall was about to end.

"Hall Master Qin, I'll arrange for you to break through Foundation Establishment next month; remember to hand over the affairs of Xiaguang Hall well."

Sima Huiniang's voice came out.

Qin Liangchen was a bit expectant, a bit uneasy, but his face was still steady.

"Rest assured, I will never delay the affairs of the association!"

Then, it was the sound of footsteps of the two people walking out after the meeting.

Just as he walked outside the hall, Qin Liangchen was surprised to find that Luo Chen was leaning outside the hall, bored.

Looking like he had been there for a long time.

"President, when did you come?"

"When you were talking about the first batch of amber silk business." Luo Chen smiled.

Qin Liangchen said "Oh," that was indeed a bit long ago.

"By the way, this is for you. High-grade Return-to-Sun Water; remember to use this when breaking through Foundation Establishment; the life-saving ability is several times better than the low-grade one!"

Luo Chen took out a bottle and handed it to the stunned Qin Liangchen.

Patting Qin Liangchen's arm, Luo Chen said: "Don't have too much burden when breaking through because of the hand matter; at least your life can be saved."

Having his mind read, Qin Liangchen couldn't help but feel ashamed.

But holding the jade bottle, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It had to be said that Luo Chen's gift really hit his heart.

He said moved: "Thank you!"

Luo Chen smiled slightly and accepted this gratitude generously.

Then, he cast his gaze on Gu Caiyi, who was standing on the side and hadn't spoken.

She had been staring at Luo Chen just now.

Now that Luo Chen looked over, she subconsciously shifted her gaze to another direction.

But just after shifting away, she inexplicably felt a sense of sourness in her heart.

Why should I escape!

She forcibly straightened her face and met Luo Chen's scrutinizing gaze.

In her ears, Luo Chen's words of praise came.

"Not bad, the spiritual power fluctuation is much thicker than before; in another year or two, you will be at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and Foundation Establishment is promising!"

Still the same old talk.

Gu Caiyi bit her red lips and said something that surprised Qin Liangchen on the side, "Do you have nothing else to say to me?"

Luo Chen was stunned, then suddenly realized.

Under Gu Caiyi's expectation, he also took out a jade bottle and stuffed it into her palm.

"Still the same as before, one pill a month; use the method I gave you, be careful to absorb the medicinal power."

After speaking, he nodded to the two and entered Huixin Hall.

The light and color difference between inside and outside drowned his back.

As if it also drowned Gu Caiyi's heart.

She squeezed the medicine bottle containing the low-grade Jade Dew Elixir tightly, her face pale.

Qin Liangchen was a rough man, but not stupid.

Especially since he was an outsider, he saw things more clearly than anyone else.

Seeing the woman's expression, he knew what the other party was probably thinking.

He shook his head, walking while saying casually:

"People, sometimes should be brave."

"When I break through Foundation Establishment, I cannot be hesitant or shrinking; only then can I live up to the intentions of my brother Luo Chen."

Gu Caiyi was stunned, looked up, and Qin Liangchen had already walked far away.

She looked back at the immovable Huixin Hall, and finally her gaze fell on the jade bottle in her hand.

"Am I too cowardly?"

"Clearly I was the first, whether it was knowing him or being in the same courtyard, why was I beaten to the punch?"

"The old me was not like this."

"When did I become inferior in front of him?"

Thoughts surged like a tide.

The steps taken were so heavy.

Inside Huixin Hall.

Sima Huiniang looked at Luo Chen with a half-smile.

"Gave her Jade Dew Elixir?"

Luo Chen squeezed beside her chair carelessly, pushing her large, round buttocks to the side.

"Why, jealous?"

"Hehe, when would I have the time, and how would I dare to be jealous of you, President?"

Luo Chen curled his lips, "It was Jade Dew Elixir, but only low-grade. Caiyi's realm is insufficient now; she can't digest high-grade ones. Even for low-grade Jade Dew Elixir, she has to spend a long time to digest one."

Sima Huiniang was helpless.

She knew very well the relationship between Luo Chen and Gu Caiyi.

Back when she was the President of the Luo Tian Association in Xieyue Valley, she often saw Gu Caiyi peeling melon seeds for Luo Chen when they were exchanging cultivation insights.

Such an intimate scene had long declared that the relationship between the two was not shallow.

"Actually, there's no need to explain to me; I don't care about these."

"Then what do you care about?" Luo Chen turned her face and stared at her: "Your eldest brother failed Foundation Establishment and is in critical condition; why didn't you tell me?"

Sima Huiniang's face instantly dimmed.

Looking at Luo Chen's concerned expression, she muttered: "People have their own fates; what you have given is already enough; how can I trouble you with this little thing."

Luo Chen hummed.

"I know you have been avoiding suspicion, but he, Sima Xian, is not only your eldest brother but also the Hall Master of my Luo Tian Association's Battle Hall."

"Let's go!"

"Take me to see him."