Chapter 4: Entry into the Myriad Wonders Pill

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

But the use of fire dog whip was a bit singular.

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

Hehe...

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

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

Luo Chen couldn't help but be so humble, really because the amiable fat shopkeeper in front of him 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 experts, he naturally had to show enough respect.

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 an expectation in his heart.

Dahe Market was located in the border area near the Eastern Wasteland, which was a vast inland area.

And one of the medicinal materials he asked about, the dried scallop, was a sea spirit medicine, which often had to be transported from very far away.

It was foreseeable that the quantity was not much, but having it was enough!

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

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

What he called not cheap was of course not very expensive, but aimed at Luo Chen's Qi Refining Tier 3 cultivation base.

Especially the other party's attire, which indeed didn't look like he had much money.

"What price?"

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

Luo Chen's eyelids jumped.

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

"Is it that expensive?"

"Do you want it?"

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

"Hundred Herb Hall, a five-hundred-year-old shop, chain stores in four domains, fair prices, no cheating, no haggling!"

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

Gritting his teeth, Luo Chen took out twenty spirit stones from his bosom with great reluctance.

Fat Shopkeeper snatched this bag of spirit stones from his hand at 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 Herb Hall amidst 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 morning.

Calculating carefully, he had saved fifty spirit stones over these years, and today they were all spent at once.

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

"Damn five-hundred-year-old shop, it's a black shop, I wish you an early bankruptcy!"

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

"They will come back, they 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 underpants.

This place was relatively remote, although it was also close to the Eastern Wasteland's million-strong mountains, most people who returned from entering the mountains walked from the east, so the population was relatively sparse.

He didn't worry about others seeing his body, and he wouldn't have to marry them.

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

Although he could also use 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.

It was only when cleaning the magic robe that he would use it once.

Returning to the wooden hut, Luo Chen changed into a pair of underpants and casually put on a gray hemp robe.

With his wet long hair hanging behind him, he took out a package wrapped in cowhide from under the floorboards in the corner of the room.

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

The content on the bamboo slip was very simple, named Everlasting Spring Art, which was also Luo Chen's main cultivation method, only up to Qi Refining Tier 9.

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

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

Luo Chen had never stopped practicing this cultivation method. Except for practicing every night, he mostly used the days he didn't refine pills to practice this cultivation method.

However, the effect was really minimal.

Until now, he was still at Qi Refining Tier 3, and the breakthrough to Qi Refining Tier 4 was far away.

However, the proficiency of this cultivation method rose quite fast, already reaching the proficient level.

It was estimated that it wouldn't be long before he could break through to the perfect level, and the Grandmaster level was just around the corner!

He really wanted to know if the Everlasting Spring Art at the Grandmaster level of proficiency could significantly improve his cultivation realm.

The sheepskin paper recorded the incomplete pill formula that the original owner had found—Jade Dew Pill.

Luo Chen didn't have much interest, not to mention that this pill formula was incomplete, even if it were complete, he didn't plan to study it.

After all, this was a Tier 2 pill used by Foundation Establishment stage cultivators, and the various medicinal materials were not something he could prepare now.

Back then, the original owner exhausted his savings, barely gathered a set of materials, and even 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 the pill formula for Grain-Bigu Powder.

Unlike general pill formulas that only marked the required medicinal materials, this booklet was filled with the proportion 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 owner could easily get started back then.

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

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

Luo Chen had long since worn out this pill formula.

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

"Myriad Wonders Pill: Water and fire are compatible, yin and yang are adjusted, stimulating yang energy without damaging the origin of the kidneys, and has the effect of helping excitement and delaying time."

Sharing joy is not as good as sharing joy with others; the intersection of yin and yang is wonderful!

Therefore, this pill was named Myriad Wonders.

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

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

This thing, if refined, there would definitely be a market.

As long as they were human, they had needs in that regard, even cultivators.

Even in this Dahe Market, one of the six top shops had a Heavenly Fragrance Building.

There were few female cultivators here, and a group of men who often went into the mountains to hunt beasts and pick herbs had even greater needs in this regard.

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, cultivation, it's not shameful!

Calming his mind, Luo Chen carefully flipped through the five pages of the Myriad Wonders Pill formula again.

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

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

【Name: Luo Chen】

【Lifespan: 27/75】

【Spirit Root: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth】

【Realm: Qi Refining Tier 3: 75/100】

【Cultivation Method: Everlasting Spring Art Proficient: 235/300】

【Spells: Cleaning Spell Entry 49/100, Entanglement Spell Skilled 176/200, Fireball Spell Proficient 268/300】

【Skills: Tier 1 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!

For every cultivation method, every skill, every spell, as long as a proficiency level was broken through, an achievement point would be provided.

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

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

Moreover, all spells were quite consuming of spiritual power.

Coupled with the pressure of survival, he invested most of his spirit into pill refining.

Finally, it didn't live up to his expectations; the proficiency of Grain-Bigu Powder refining broke through to Grandmaster, bringing him a full five achievement points.

Plus two points from Everlasting Spring Art, one point from Entanglement Spell, and two points from Fireball Spell.

It just happened to accumulate to ten points!

And all his savings were just enough to gather ten times the materials for refining the Myriad Wonders Pill.

Success or failure, it would be tomorrow!

And now, Deep Blue, add points!

Oh, no, Myriad Wonders Pill refining skill, entry!

With a thought, ten achievement points disappeared.

Replacing them, a label appeared on the attribute panel.

【Tier 1 Alchemist, Grain-Bigu Powder Grandmaster 501/100, Myriad Wonders Pill Entry 1/100】 ===== CHAPTER 5 =====