Chapter 476: The Tier 3 cave dwelling is in hand; I need to know your stance!

Inside the cultivation room.

The Daoist sat cross-legged, smoke and mist billowing from his body.

Faint starlight shone through his red Daoist robe, flickering brilliantly.

A long while later.

The Daoist slowly opened his eyes, and as his lips parted, he exhaled a dense mist of smoke and clouds.

Luo Chen tapped open his attribute panel and took a look.

【Golden Core Level 1: 3/100】

It had increased by one point of progress, which was encouraging.

But after the excitement, there was some dissatisfaction.

Going from 2 to 3 had taken five months at the Green Pill Valley, then returning to the Luo Tian Sect, and then the journey to the Broken Moon Xiancheng, which consumed another month.

Added together, that was six months.

Six months to gain just one point of progress!

This cultivation speed had completely exceeded Luo Chen's initial estimate of "one point of progress every three months"; it had almost doubled.

"Without the assistance of a Tier 3 spiritual land, efficiency is greatly discounted!"

"And this Starry Pill..."

Luo Chen tightened his face; after consuming the Starry Pill several times, he had gradually learned the characteristics of this pill.

Not to mention the complexity of refining it—that was just a matter of being a bit more tired and troubled.

The key was the medicinal power!

It was vast, but impure!

Not only that, but there was also a strong residue of pill poison.

The starlight-like mist he had just exhaled was a direct manifestation of that pill poison.

Cultivators with keen spiritual sense could strip away most of the pill poison.

But even the slightest bit left behind would make the condensed Golden Core less than pure, damaging the essence of his magic power.

Every time Luo Chen consumed a Starry Pill, he had to immediately circulate the "Dust Origin Art," not daring to let the pill poison linger too deeply.

"I wonder if, once the proficiency is raised and the grade of the Starry Pill is improved, these shortcomings can be ameliorated?"

"Moreover, I still have to consider the issue of drug resistance."

Along this journey, Luo Chen had consumed pills for cultivation over a hundred thousand times; it could be said that he was already well-versed in the pros and cons of relying on pills to assist in cultivation.

Not to mention anything else, just on the point of drug resistance alone, he understood more than most people.

For the same type of pill, consuming it too many times would eventually lead to drug resistance.

The lower the grade, the greater the harm!

"Therefore, if possible, I cannot consume too many low-grade Starry Pills. It would be best to use medium-grade, high-grade, or even top-grade Starry Pills directly for cultivation."

"Not only would cultivation be twice as effective with half the effort, but it could also greatly delay the onset of drug resistance."

After reaching this conclusion, Luo Chen looked at the dozen or so bottles of low-grade Starry Pills in his storage ring, and an idea formed in his mind.

Before, he had no choice; he ate whatever was available.

Now that his conditions had improved, he could afford to be a bit extravagant!

He wouldn't eat these low-grade Starry Pills; he would take them out and sell them!

Since the cost was high anyway, selling a few to recoup some capital would be good.

He would grind up his proficiency and consume as many high-grade Starry Pills as possible.

As for those shortcomings of the Starry Pill, would other Golden Core cultivators accept them?

Luo Chen was not worried about this question at all.

Golden Core cultivators would always be short of suitable cultivation pills; there was no reason to turn them away.

Moreover, those shortcomings were actually specific to Luo Chen.

Normal Golden Core cultivators, facing such vast medicinal power, often had to spend several days to refine it.

In the process of refining, they would also expel the pill poison.

It was simply that Luo Chen's frequency of pill consumption was too high.

One pill a day!

That was why those shortcomings existed.

"It just so happens that the Golden Core gathering Fu Jiusheng mentioned will be held in three days."

"Selling these pills will not only be convenient for recouping costs, but it can also enhance my reputation as a Grandmaster Alchemist!"

"After all, since forming my Golden Core, I have never demonstrated to the outside world my ability to refine Tier 3 pills."

Luo Chen's mouth curled slightly as he began to plot for the Golden Core gathering in three days.

Before the three days were up, an incident was placed before everyone on that very day.

The five Golden Cores of the Luo Tian Alliance gathered in one hall, looking at each other in dismay.

After a long while.

Di Wuqi spoke first: "For the sake of Shop No. 8, I paid with the Divine Wind Gang Sha; that cave dwelling should rightfully belong to me first."

Jiang Yu waved his hands repeatedly, "Unreasonable, unreasonable. My own son was seriously injured for the sake of the shop battle and is still bedridden. That cave dwelling should be used by me first!"

Fu Jiusheng also had something to say: "Both fellow Daoists have been at the Golden Core stage for many years, unlike me. I only formed my Golden Core twenty years ago, and now I am still lacking a stretch to reach Golden Core Level 1. To strengthen our alliance's power, it should be me who uses it first!"

Di Wuqi and Jiang Yu were stunned and turned to look at him.

You're weak, and you think you're in the right?

Ceng Yilong had the heart to contend, but after thinking about it, he didn't seem to have any achievements worth mentioning, so he could only twitch his lips and remain silent.

What they were contending for now was the usage rights of a Tier 3 cave dwelling attached to Shop No. 8!

The Luo Yun Sect was grateful to all fellow Daoists for helping to build the Broken Moon Xiancheng.

Therefore, among the twenty shops brought out, an additional Tier 3 low-grade cave dwelling was included.

The term was one hundred years!

After one hundred years, the usage rights would be reclaimed.

But within these one hundred years, those twenty Tier 3 low-grade cave dwellings belonged to the forces behind the shops.

This news was only told to the major forces today when they went to take over the shops.

No one expected the Luo Yun Sect to be so generous.

Or rather, this was a bit of benefit they brought out to appease the various sects after slowing down the pace of the opening war.

For a Nascent Soul upper sect, a Tier 3 low-grade cave dwelling was naturally dispensable.

But for these Golden Core major sects, it was very rare.

The five Golden Cores of the Luo Tian Alliance—weren't they just arguing about it?

Seeing the argument becoming more and more intense, Luo Chen tapped the table.

*Tap! Tap! *

Everyone quieted down and cast their gazes toward Luo Chen.

"It is not good to damage our harmony for the sake of mere petty profits."

Everyone was startled, and then their expressions became strange.

What did he mean by mere petty profits?

For those major sect cultivators, a Tier 3 low-grade cave dwelling naturally didn't count for much.

But these few people in the Luo Tian Alliance?

Fu Jiusheng was a lone rogue cultivator, his attainments in array Dao were barely passable, and he had only saved up a sum of savings by gathering herbs.

However, those savings had already been completely exhausted after Core Formation, and up to now, he was still in the initial stage of consolidating his Golden Core and refining his magic power.

Unlike Luo Chen, who had formed his Golden Core through the Supreme Method, his magic power generated itself after forming the core, and he had stepped into Golden Core Level 1 in just ten years.

After forming his Golden Core, suffering from a lack of savings, he hadn't even enjoyed the cultivation environment of a Tier 3 spiritual vein a few times.

Ceng Yilong was of a great age and had only barely succeeded in forming his Golden Core before his lifespan ran out. After so many years, he was only at Golden Core Level 2; although he was dragged down by his family, he also suffered from a lack of Tier 3 land for cultivation.

Di Wuqi and Jiang Yu were even more thirsty for Tier 3 spiritual land.

Those few decades in the Burning Incense Valley were the most wonderful decades of their lives.

It was precisely by relying on those few decades of effort that the cultivation of these two had made significant progress.

Now, with a Tier 3 low-grade cave dwelling before them, of course, they wanted to use it for as long as they could.

Luo Chen, you speak so lightly!

Luo Chen naturally saw their little schemes clearly.

He said helplessly: "The spiritual vein of the Broken Moon Xiancheng, although originating from that natural Tier 3 spiritual vein, has already become very thin after opening up twenty Tier 3 cave dwellings in one breath."

"Such cave dwellings often require a certain amount of time to recover after each use."

"They simply cannot compare to a native Tier 3 spiritual vein; this kind of contention is truly uninteresting."

This was the experience Luo Chen gained when he felt the insufficiency of spiritual energy in the Jia-3 cave dwelling of Tianlan Peak when he formed his Golden Core years ago.

Maintaining one person's daily cultivation alone was fine, but if it were used to break through a realm, it would be very dangerous.

Especially for an existence like Luo Chen, whose foundation was robust and whose need for heaven and earth spiritual energy was extremely great.

It was precisely because of this that he was even more thirsty for a natural Tier 3 spiritual vein, rather than the man-made, stacked Tier 3 cave dwellings of the major immortal cities.

The logic was indeed that logic.

But...

"Then how do you say we should distribute it?" Di Wuqi asked.

"Let's go by year, one year per person. If we conquer a Tier 3 spiritual vein in the future, this place will either be used by the Golden Core cultivator guarding the Broken Moon Xiancheng, or rented out to outsiders, and the rent will be split equally among everyone."

With a usage term of one hundred years, this distribution was indeed quite reasonable.

The four nodded.

But the problem was still not solved!

"Who uses it first?"

"Of course it's me!"

The four were stunned and looked at Luo Chen in unison.

Shouldn't a leader be selfless?

How come you think of the benefits for yourself first?

Luo Chen said as a matter of course: "Shop No. 8 was taken down by Wang Yuan of my Luo Tian Sect, so it should rightfully be enjoyed by my Luo Tian Sect first. There's no problem with that, right!"

There was no problem.

But...

The four were still somewhat unwilling.

Luo Chen curled his lips and threw out four jade bottles on the spot, one for each person.

"Don't say I'm not generous enough; this pill is compensation."

The four were startled and subconsciously opened the bottle stoppers.

A dense medicinal fragrance immediately permeated the air.

Fu Jiusheng pinched a pill, and after just one look, he blurted out, "Starry Pill, you actually really refined it!"

The others were puzzled.

Fu Jiusheng immediately explained: "This is the Tier 3 pill formula I once gave to Alchemist Danchenzi. Not only does it require numerous medicinal herbs, but the refining is also extremely complex, so although the medicinal power is not bad, it is a pill formula that has long been eliminated in the Medicine King Domain, and I only collected it by chance."

"However, although it is an eliminated pill formula, the Starry Pill excels in being moderate; any cultivator with any of the five elemental spiritual roots can consume this pill to assist in cultivation!"

Once he said this, the other three immediately attached importance to the Starry Pill.

Cultivation-type pills that could have an effect on Golden Core cultivators were already rare.

The few that existed were controlled by the major alchemy sects.

Small sects like theirs had no channels at all to obtain a stable supply.

Occasionally obtaining some, they were only obtained through barter in black markets, orthodox auctions, and exchanges between peers.

Yet the quantity was extremely scarce!

Now that Luo Chen could actually refine this kind of pill, if they could reach a stable supply relationship with him...

By comparison, a Tier 3 low-grade cave dwelling for one person for one year would be greatly discounted.

Moreover, it wasn't that Luo Chen wouldn't let them use it.

Everyone would take turns!

While everyone was constantly weighing the gains and losses in their hearts.

There was a trace of regret in Luo Chen's heart.

Just as Fu Jiusheng said, the Starry Pill was quite good, but it was overly moderate.

By comparison, the Five Elements Divine Pill, which also followed moderate pharmacology, was far, far stronger!

Yes!

It was the Five Elements Divine Pill refined by the Five Elements Divine Sect.

During the Golden Core Ceremony, Jin Buque gave him one.

After he checked that there were no problems, he had already consumed it.

His evaluation of the Five Elements Divine Pill was excellent!

If pills had a sub-classification of the same grade outside of their own grade?

Then the Starry Pill could be classified as a Tier 3 low-grade pill formula, while the Five Elements Divine Pill was a high-grade, or even top-grade pill formula!

"If I could refine the Five Elements Divine Pill to assist in cultivation, this cultivation speed would absolutely skyrocket several times over!"

"I wonder what that pill formula is like, that it could make the ratio of five elemental spiritual energy so balanced, and every attribute was elevated to the limit."

Luo Chen sighed in his heart.

But on the surface, he was still paying attention to the expressions of the others.

Seeing that they seemed to have made a decision, Luo Chen asked with a smile: "How is it? How is this arrangement of mine?"

Fu Jiusheng said without hesitation: "Fu naturally obeys the arrangements of the Supreme Elder."

No business when you're Fellow Daoist Luo, business when you're Supreme Elder; truly, you don't get up early without profit!

Luo Chen's mouth twitched, and he looked at the other three.

Ceng Yilong sighed, "I am of such an age that there is no hope of going further; it is already very good that your cave dwelling can count me in. Now that there is this Starry Pill, it is even more icing on the cake; I naturally have no objections."

"What about the two fellow Daoists?" Luo Chen looked at Di Wuqi and Jiang Yu; these two had always been together, and today they had rarely had a dispute for the sake of a place to cultivate.

Di Wuqi and Jiang Yu looked at each other, and then he asked tentatively:

"This Starry Pill, can you supply it stably in the future?"

Seeing Luo Chen frown, he immediately added: "Of course, we will buy it with spirit stones! Just... five thousand! Five thousand spirit stones, what do you think, Fellow Daoist? If not, we can talk again."

Stance!

He had never seen Di Wuqi's stance be this good.

Even the price given was quite fair.

On the market, the price of Tier 3 cultivation-type pills was generally seven or eight times that of Tier 2 pills.

Suffering from having a price but no market, therefore, whenever they appeared in black markets or auctions, this price would rise further.

Ten times was considered very reasonable!

In terms of the consumption of a Golden Core cultivator, one bottle a month, or one bottle every two months, that would only be thirty to sixty thousand a year.

For the wealth-grabbing speed of a Golden Core cultivator, this price was still bearable.

Except for lone rogue Golden Cores like Fu Jiusheng.

But he had now joined the Luo Tian Sect, which was another story.

Luo Chen fell into deep thought.

He had originally wanted to sell a batch of Starry Pills from time to time, not to earn how many spirit stones, but merely for the purpose of recouping costs and consolidating his reputation as a Grandmaster Alchemist.

Now it seemed.

Perhaps it was more appropriate to satisfy internal needs first?

The Luo Tian Alliance was formed because of the Tier 3 spiritual vein; the interests were consistent, but the hearts of people were unpredictable.

Judging from the shop battle, Di Wuqi and the others were not yet of one mind with him.

If he used the Starry Pill to win over relationships, it would undoubtedly make this alliance more compact.

Compared to external vanity, strengthening his own power in the short term was the better solution!

Soon, Luo Chen made a decision.

"It is not impossible to sell you the Starry Pill, but stable supply is relatively difficult to achieve."

"Alchemy, after all, always has times when one slips up; I cannot guarantee success every time."

"Moreover, the materials required for the Starry Pill are too complex; relying solely on my Luo Tian Sect members to collect them is beyond our reach. If you want them, you have to help send people to collect them."

"If you can accept these two conditions, Luo can supply you with Starry Pills in the future."

After speaking, he stared at the few people with a calm face.

It did not exceed his expectations.

Even if it was an unstable supply and they had to help collect materials, Di Wuqi and the others had no complaints.

On the spot, they agreed to these conditions without delay.

Seeing them wanting to take out spirit stones...

"I'll treat this first bottle as a gift; don't be so polite."

Luo Chen waved his hand, not caring at all about giving away Starry Pills worth twenty thousand spirit stones, and stood up.

"Now, take me to see that gift generously sent by the Luo Yun Sect!"

The Broken Moon Xiancheng was a giant city built on the template of a super immortal city.

Although the overall spiritual vein grade had not yet reached the Tier 4 required for a super immortal city.

But in terms of the number of Tier 3 cave dwellings, it had already far exceeded ordinary immortal cities like Tianlan, which only had two or three Tier 3 cave dwellings.

Given time.

Under the cultivation of the Luo Yun Sect, it was hard to say that a man-made Tier 4 cave dwelling could be raised in the Broken Moon Xiancheng.

On one of the three isolated peaks in the city.

Luo Chen looked around and could faintly see cultivators coming in and out of a cave dwelling not far away.

It was very clear that that was also a Golden Core major sect that was moving.

"That True Person Han Zhan, in the Yuding Domain, begged for a Tier 4 spiritual land but couldn't get one. Once the opening war began, however, in just two years, he possessed an immortal city with the prototype of a Tier 4."

"Since that is the case, why bother?"

That was how it was said, but Luo Chen also knew very clearly.

If it weren't for that Yuding civil war, allowing the Soul Transformation Holy Land to notice them, and even sending twenty-seven sects to conduct the opening war together, the Luo Yun Sect could not have gathered so much manpower and material resources to build such a super immortal city in a short time.

This might be the case of the crying child getting milk!

Luo Chen shook his head and turned to look at Fu Jiusheng, who was walking over.

"It has been handed over; this is the cave dwelling key. With this, you can enter and exit the cave dwelling freely. In addition, there are four sub-keys, which can be used by close people to enter and exit freely."

Luo Chen took the four token-shaped keys with satisfaction.

On them was the sect emblem of the Luo Yun Sect, and in the corner was also the three-colored brocade sail of the Tianfan City.

It was very clear that this was indicating that this place belonged to the Luo Yun Sect, and at the same time, it was also built with the help of the Tianfan City.

As for why there were only four sub-keys?

This was implying that apart from the owner of the cave dwelling, at most four low-grade cultivators could be brought to live together.

Thinking about it, it was also out of worry that these cultivators would absorb the spiritual energy in the immortal city without restraint, causing damage to the underground spiritual vein!

"Hmm, thank you."

Luo Chen said thank you and was about to take a step.

However, seeing Fu Jiusheng's hesitant expression, he stopped his steps at once.

"Anything else?"

Fu Jiusheng swallowed his saliva, "Supreme Elder, that Starry Pill..."

"Five bottles!"

Luo Chen spread out a hand to count.

"I will give you five bottles for free every year as an extra treatment outside of your salary as a guest elder."

Fu Jiusheng's eyes lit up, and he immediately bowed in salute.

"Thank you, Supreme Elder!"

Luo Chen patted him on the shoulder, "Why be so polite? You and I are fellow travelers, and now we are cultivating in the same sect. If I have a bite to eat, I naturally won't treat you poorly."

A look of being moved appeared on Fu Jiusheng's face, not knowing whether it was sincere or fake.

Luo Chen didn't care either, and while walking, he said: "When I am in seclusion or not in the sect, I will have to trouble you to look after the sect members."

"That is natural!"

"If possible..." Speaking of this, Luo Chen paused.

Under the curious gaze of the other party, Luo Chen smiled slightly: "Elder Fu, your skills, whether it is gathering herbs or array Dao, are such a waste to leave idle. Don't you want to find one or two high-quality talents and pass them on?"

Fu Jiusheng was stunned.

Standing on the spot, the expression on his face was uncertain.

Luo Chen laughed softly, then said no more, and walked into the Jia-8 cave dwelling on his own.

He had his own deep meaning in those words just now.

Although Fu Jiusheng was now a person of the Luo Tian Sect, in the end, he was only a guest elder.

He belonged to the identity of a mercenary who took people's money and eliminated disasters for them.

He and the Luo Tian Sect were not of the same path after all!

But if he was willing to leave his inheritance in the Luo Tian Sect, the relationship between the two would be even closer.

This could also show whether he had the stance of getting closer to Luo Chen and actively integrating into the Luo Tian Sect!

Luo Chen really needed this stance!

So, what choice would he make?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 477 =====