Chapter 4

Dried scallops were easy to say, with a unique taste, and people often bought them back to make soup.

But the fire dog whip had a somewhat single use.

The young man was so young, why did he need to use this thing.

Hehe...

"No need to call me Senior, just call me Shopkeeper Liu, what should I call you, little friend?" The fat shopkeeper asked with a smile.

"Hello Shopkeeper Liu, my surname is Luo, you can just call me Little Luo."

Luo Chen couldn't help but be so humble; it was really because this amiable fat shopkeeper exuded an aura that made him very uneasy.

He had felt this kind of aura before, all naturally exuded by high-level Foundation Establishment stage experts.

In front of such an expert, he naturally had to be respectful enough.

Shopkeeper Liu smiled slightly, "So it's Fellow Daoist Luo, I do have the two medicinal materials you mentioned, but the quantity is indeed not too much."

Luo Chen had some expectations in his heart.

Dahefang Market is located in the border area near the Eastern Wasteland and is a vast inland area.

And one of the two medicinal materials he asked about, dried scallops, is a marine spiritual medicine, which often has to be transported from very far away.

It was foreseeable that the quantity was not much, but as long as there was some!

"Can you gather one hundred portions of dried scallops? For the fire dog whip, I want ten."

"There is indeed that much, but the price is not cheap." Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile.

The "not cheap" in his mouth was of course not very expensive, but aimed at Luo Chen's Qi Refining stage level 3 cultivation.

Especially the other party's attire, it was indeed impossible to see how rich he was.

"What is the price?"

"One hundred portions of dried scallops for ten low-grade spirit stones, ten fire dog whips, also for ten low-grade spirit stones."

Luo Chen's eyelids jumped.

He even suspected that this fat shopkeeper had X-ray vision and saw that he happened to have only twenty spirit stones left in his arms.

"Is it that expensive?"

"Do you want it?"

"I will be purchasing for a long time in the future, can you give me a discount?"

"Hundred Herbs Hall, a 500-year-old shop, chain in four regions, fair price, no cheating, no bargaining!"

"Fine, pack it for me, these are twenty spirit stones."

Gritting his teeth, Luo Chen reluctantly took out twenty spirit stones from his arms.

Shopkeeper Liu snatched the bag of spirit stones from his hand with a speed invisible to the naked eye.

"Little Ling, grab one hundred portions of dried scallops and ten fire dog whips!"

With the things in hand, Luo Chen carried the large bag of herbs at the door and left the Hundred Herbs Hall with the shopkeeper's knowing smile.

Taking advantage of the fact that it wasn't dark yet and there were no rogue cultivators robbing on the road, Luo Chen returned home dusty and tired.

Looking at the large pile of things on the ground, Luo Chen sighed.

Years of savings were lost in one go.

Carefully calculating, he had saved fifty spirit stones over the years, and today he spent them all at once.

Especially the last two main materials, which cost twenty spirit stones.

"Damn 500-year-old shop, it's a black shop, I wish you go bankrupt soon!"

After scolding the profiteer twice, Luo Chen forcibly cheered himself up.

"It will come back, it will all come back!"

"The spirit stones earned in the future will only be more!"

After speaking, he took off his low-grade magic robe, folded it carefully, and jumped into the small stream beside him in his underwear.

This place is relatively remote, although it is also close to the millions of mountains in the Eastern Wasteland, most people who come back from the mountains walk on the east side, so it is sparsely populated.

He didn't worry about being seen by others, and he wouldn't have to marry them.

After a refreshing wash, he removed all the various smells he had picked up during the day.

Although he also knew the Cleaning Spell, that thing was more like using spiritual power to explode on his own body to blow away the dust, which was not as refreshing as taking a bath.

He would only use it once when cleaning his magic robe normally.

Returning to the wooden house, Luo Chen changed into a pair of underwear and casually put on a gray hemp garment.

With his wet long hair behind him, he took out a cowhide-wrapped package from under the floor in the corner of the house.

Opening the package, there was a yellowed bamboo slip, a thin booklet, and a piece of sheepskin paper inside.

The content on the bamboo slip was very simple, named Changchun Gong, which was also Luo Chen's main cultivation method, only up to the ninth level of the Qi Refining stage.

I heard that this cultivation method was the entry-level cultivation method of the Medicine King Sect, and above it was the Yimu Medicine King Sutra.

This cultivation method came from his encounter as a teenager, from the remains in a cave in the barren mountains.

Luo Chen had never stopped practicing this cultivation method; besides practicing every night, he also spent most of the day he didn't refine pills on practicing this cultivation method.

However, the effect was really minimal.

Until now, he was still at the third level of the Qi Refining stage, and the breakthrough to the fourth level of the Qi Refining stage was far away.

Instead, the proficiency of this cultivation method rose quite fast and had already reached the proficiency level.

It is estimated that it won't be long before it breaks through to the perfect level, and the Grandmaster level is just around the corner!

He really wanted to know if the Grandmaster-level Changchun Gong could significantly improve his cultivation realm.

The sheepskin paper recorded the broken pill recipe that the predecessor found—Jade Dew Pill.

Luo Chen didn't have much thought; not to mention that this pill recipe was broken, even if it were complete, he didn't intend to study it.

After all, this was a second-rank pill used by Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, and the various medicinal materials were not something he could prepare now.

At that time, the original owner exhausted his savings, barely gathered a set of materials, and found many substitutes, thinking of becoming a fat man in one bite.

I'm afraid he was blinded by poverty.

His attention was entirely on that thin booklet.

Opening the thin booklet, the first two pages were written with the pill recipe for Grain Bigu Powder.

Unlike general pill recipes that only mark the required medicinal materials, this booklet was full of the weight proportions of various materials and the processing methods of various medicinal materials.

Even the control of heat was mentioned.

It was precisely because of this that the original body could easily get started back then.

After paying only a few failures, he successfully refined the first Grain Bigu Powder.

From then on, he had the capital to stay in Dahefang Market.

For this pill recipe, Luo Chen had long since flipped through it until it was worn out.

What he was going to get started with next were the five pages behind.

"Zhongmiao Pill: Water and fire are compatible, yin and yang are regulated, stimulating yang energy without damaging the origin of the kidneys, with the effect of excitement and delay."

It's better to share the joy with others than to enjoy it alone; the intersection of yin and yang is wonderful!

Therefore, this pill is named Zhongmiao.

To put it bluntly, this is the little blue pill of the immortal cultivation world.

Of course, according to the description of the finished product, it should be red.

This thing, if refined, there must be a market for it.

As long as they are human, they have that kind of need, even cultivators.

Even in this Dahefang Market, one of the top six shops has a Tianxiang Building.

There are few female cultivators here, and a group of men who go into the mountains to hunt monsters and pick herbs have a greater need for this aspect.

As for why the original owner didn't try to refine this kind of pill, Luo Chen couldn't guess the other party's psychology.

Afraid of losing face by selling this kind of pill?

Heh, cultivating immortality, it's not shameful!

Calming his mind, he carefully read the five pages of the Zhongmiao Pill recipe again.

The processing of each material, the order of addition, the timing, the weight of each portion, the control of heat...

When everything was engraved in his heart, Luo Chen opened the panel in his mind.

[Name: Luo Chen]

[Lifespan: 27/75]

[Spirit Root: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth]

[Realm: Qi Refining Stage Level 3: 75/100]

[Cultivation Method: Changchun Gong Proficiency: 235/300]

[Spells: Cleaning Spell Entry 49/100, Entanglement Spell Skilled 176/200, Fireball Spell Proficiency 268/300]

[Skills: First-rank Alchemist: Grain Bigu Powder Grandmaster 501/1000]

[Achievement Points: 10 points (can be used for corresponding realm cultivation methods, spells, and skill entry)]

His gaze paused on his lifespan for a moment, then fell on the last column.

Achievement points!

Every cultivation method, every skill, every spell, as long as it breaks through a proficiency level, will provide an achievement point.

As long as ten achievement points are collected, they can be used to enter any corresponding realm cultivation method/spell/skill.

He hadn't gotten the Cleaning Spell for long, so it was just entry-level, and he didn't have time to grind proficiency.

Moreover, all spells are quite spiritual-power-consuming.

Coupled with the pressure of survival, he invested most of his energy in pill refining.

Finally, it lived up to his expectations; the proficiency of Grain Bigu Powder refining technique broke through to Grandmaster, bringing him a full five achievement points.

Plus two points from Changchun Gong, one point from Entanglement Spell, and two points from Fireball Spell.

Just accumulated to ten points!

And all his savings were enough to gather materials for ten Zhongmiao Pill refining attempts.

Success or failure, it will be tomorrow!

And now, deep blue, add points!

Oh, no, Zhongmiao Pill refining technique, entry!

With a thought, ten achievement points disappeared.

Replacing them, an extra label appeared on the attribute panel.

[First-rank Alchemist, Grain Bigu Powder Grandmaster 501/100, Zhongmiao Pill Entry 1/100]