Chapter 36: This Should Be My Home

"Did you kill Gao Ting'e?"

In Luo Chen's house, Wang Yuan sat sipping crystal-clear wine and suddenly asked.

"Big brother, food can be eaten indiscriminately, and wine can be drunk casually, but words really shouldn't be spoken indiscriminately." Luo Chen filled his cup and said seriously, "It will kill people."

Wang Yuan's mouth twitched.

He picked up the braised meat Luo Chen had made and looked around casually.

"No wonder you have the spirit stones to move into the inner city; it seems you've made a fortune!"

Luo Chen was speechless.

Some things cannot be hidden from those with a heart.

He bought a set of spell manuals worth two hundred spirit stones from Wang Yuan and then ran to rent a house in the inner city; no matter how you look at it, there's something fishy.

That wasn't property that a mere short-lived ghost like Chen Xiao could leave behind.

Plus, the people from the Dajiang Gang came to his door today.

Connecting the two, the answer was self-evident.

Luo Chen knew he couldn't hide it from Wang Yuan, so after Wang Yuan blocked those two Dajiang Gang cultivators for him at noon today, he specially invited him to his house and personally cooked a meal for him.

Firstly, it was to thank Wang Yuan for his care during this period.

Secondly, it could be considered as laying his cards on the table.

He could at least be considered a little brother under Wang Yuan's protection.

Of course, he would absolutely not admit that he killed Gao Ting'e.

"Gao Tingyuan is not a man of great capacity, and he is very suspicious. Since you are still alive and refuse to see him, he will sooner or later suspect you."

Wang Yuan put down his chopsticks. "If you have more spirit stones, buy more elixirs to improve your cultivation and have a bit more self-preservation ability!"

Elixirs?

Luo Chen had already bought them; he had even finished three of the five bottles of Qi-Nourishing Pills he bought last month.

Now, his cultivation progress had reached [37/100]; thirty points were provided by the Qi-Nourishing Pills, and the extra seven points were from his daily practice of the Evergreen Technique.

However, in front of Wang Yuan, Luo Chen was still habitually complaining.

"Brother Wang, you are the only relative I have in the cultivation world. If Gao Tingyuan bullies me, you must help me!"

"Hehe."

Wang Yuan stood up and walked outside.

"I've recognized the door, so I'm leaving now."

"By the way, be more careful when you go in and out in the future; don't let anyone sneak in and cut your head off."

Luo Chen was skeptical. "No way, this is the inner city."

"You don't think a Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect would make a big fuss over the death of a Qi Refining mid-stage cultivator, do you?"

Wang Yuan sneered. "As long as you don't make too much noise, the big shots won't care whether we live or die. And killing you silently is not a difficult task for Gao Tingyuan of the Dajiang Gang."

Cold sweat seeped out from Luo Chen's back involuntarily.

"I'm off. If you encounter difficulties in the future, go to the outer city and find me at the headquarters of the Poshan Gang."

Wang Yuan waved his hand, walked away with his hands behind his back, and left the courtyard with a dragon-like stride.

In front of the wooden table, Luo Chen ate the braised food he had made without much taste, his mind a bit chaotic.

But not long after, he calmed down.

"Tch, why was I scared?"

"Haven't I thought about these things long ago? It's just that Wang Yuan said it again, confirming it for me."

"The countermeasures are nothing more than working hard to earn spirit stones, buying elixirs to improve cultivation, practicing a few more spells, mastering magic tools, and increasing self-preservation ability."

He, Luo Chen, only had this ability now.

Asking him to sneak into the Dajiang Gang headquarters in the middle of the night and kill Gao Tingyuan—this kind of precaution was something he couldn't do.

Rather than worrying about the future, it's better to do the current things down-to-earth.

After figuring this out, Luo Chen ate all the spiritual food, braised meat, and strong wine on the table as if he were venting.

After eating and drinking his fill, he let out a hiccup.

He took out a black gauze hat he had prepared long ago from his storage bag, covered his face tightly, and walked out generously.

This outfit of black clothes, black pants, and a black gauze hat was indeed a bit conspicuous.

But in the inner city of the Great River Market, it was not abrupt.

Among the rogue cultivators, one could see a dozen people dressed similarly every day.

The so-called concealment spells to hide aura and change appearance were not something everyone knew.

For some rogue cultivators who were in trouble, they wouldn't be stingy about doing something that could be solved with a set of clothes.

Luo Chen was not panicked in his heart, but he had begun to be careful and cautious as Wang Yuan said!

"Today, I earned four hundred spirit stones from Myriad Wonder Pills and twenty from Grain-Grain Bigu Pills. Plus the four hundred and twenty-five I had stored, my net worth is a full eight hundred and forty-five spirit stones."

Walking on the street, Luo Chen calculated his savings and began to make corresponding plans for the next purchase.

Reserve at least three hundred spirit stones for that Purple Cloud Copper Furnace.

Raw materials for Myriad Wonder Pills also need to be purchased; let's set a budget of four hundred spirit stones.

Compared to before, it has undoubtedly doubled.

But as long as they are refined, the returns are foreseeable.

There are one hundred and forty-five spirit stones left; keep one hundred as working capital to prevent accidents.

He is no longer the poor cultivator with only fifty spirit stones.

Although he doesn't lack the courage to make a comeback after failure, there's no need to force himself to that point.

Keeping a sum of working capital is very necessary.

As for the other forty-five spirit stones, five will be used to buy food. Luo Chen plans to use the remaining forty to refine Grain-Grain Bigu Pills.

Yes, Grain-Grain Bigu Pills.

Although this thing doesn't earn much and there are many competitors, he still plans to refine more.

Whether it's to enrich the product variety or as a side item for selling Myriad Wonder Pills, it's very necessary.

The plan was made quickly, and Luo Chen didn't intend to dawdle.

With the Wind Control Art added to his body, combined with Carefree Travel, Luo Chen turned into a residual shadow and ran in one direction.

A figure swooshed past, drawing curses from pedestrians.

The inner city only strictly forbids fighting, but it doesn't limit the use of spells.

Besides, Luo Chen was just running a little bit faster.

After spending an afternoon, Luo Chen finally finished the procurement work.

Even for the firewood, he had already made arrangements with the people at the Spirit Source Studio, asking them to pull it directly to the courtyard where he lived.

After doing all this, Luo Chen came to a group of buildings full of alluring fragrance.

Looking up, through the black gauze hat, Luo Chen looked at the three big characters above.

"Tianxiang Tower"

Entering this kind of place for the first time, I have to say Luo Chen was still a bit excited.

It felt quite like a little virgin avoiding friends and quietly going to an improper place alone.

"Pah, pah, pah, although I'm entering an improper place, what I'm going to do is a proper thing!"

Luo Chen severely despised some dark thoughts in his heart and then walked into Tianxiang Tower generously.

As soon as he entered, he felt like a fish in water.

"This should be my home!"

Cough, cough, I'm talking about the concentration of spiritual energy.

Just standing for a while, Luo Chen noticed the difference between inside and outside the building.

The feeling of being refreshed just by taking a few more breaths, and the Evergreen Technique even wanting to run on its own, made him deeply realize how awesome the "Spirit-Gathering Array" Gu Caiyi mentioned was.

If I could live here every day, how good would that be!

"This guest, we still have to wait a while before receiving guests."

"I'm here to find Fellow Daoist Gu Caiyi; I'm her neighbor."

"Oh, I see, then go in. Walk straight along the lake, and there is a Feathered Clothing Building; Miss Gu is usually there."

Miss Gu?

I'm Miss Gu's neighbor.

Luo Chen didn't expect Gu Caiyi to have such a status in Tianxiang Tower; the servant just now spoke with respect.

But thinking carefully, Gu Caiyi is at the eighth stage of Qi Refining, with a bright and atmospheric appearance, and a figure with long legs, a thin waist, and a chest full of fruit.

Such a demeanor, if combined with outstanding dance skills.

In any era, she could be called a "master."

Thinking about these things, Luo Chen came to the outside of the Feathered Clothing Building. ===== CHAPTER 37 =====