Chapter 74: A Tool with Dignity?

"I heard you are an alchemist?"

Heard?

Heard from where?

He, Luo Chen, couldn't be called famous.

Even if the Crowd-Wonder Pill business was doing okay, those who bought such elixirs wouldn't go around promoting him with great fanfare.

How did he catch the eye of this Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator?

It was because of Wang Yuan!

Luo Chen understood in his heart, and a look of panic appeared on his face.

"Refined some inferior elixirs, just playing around, can't be called an alchemist."

At some point, Hearing Mi Shuhua already had a round, red elixir that looked like jelly in his hand.

"This is no inferior elixir played around with; it's a first-rank mid-grade!"

His voice carried an undisguised tone of admiration and appreciation.

"What! Mid-grade elixir!"

Qin Liangchen, who was beside him, was like a mouse stepped on by a cat, shocked on the spot.

He had always thought that what Luo Chen refined were all unranked Grain-Avoiding Powder, and even if it was Crowd-Wonder Pill, it was just some aphrodisiacs that couldn't be brought to the table.

But now, a Foundation Establishment cultivator told him.

His little brother had actually refined a mid-grade elixir!

What concept was this?

Even if he had taken top-grade elixirs before, buying and eating was one thing, but refining was another!

That represented countless failures and excellent alchemy talent.

Especially since Luo Chen was only a mid-stage Qi Refining loose cultivator, without family support, without sect help, and couldn't afford too many failures.

Then it was obvious.

The other party possessed alchemy talent that could be called terrifying, or even monstrous!

"My little brother, you hid it so deep!" Qin Liangchen looked at Luo Chen gloomily, his gaze even carrying resentment.

He didn't know that Luo Chen's back was already soaked with cold sweat at this moment.

Had he finally been noticed?

Then what would be waiting for him next?

Facing the young man who was taller than him even while bowing his head, Hearing Mi Shuhua seemed to have thought of something.

He patted Luo Chen on the shoulder.

"Raise your head!"

"The realm may be low, but the backbone cannot be lacking!"

Luo Chen raised his head as told, seeing the kind smile of an elder on the other party's face.

His heart tightened.

But on the surface, he revealed a firm expression of pursing his lips and opening his eyes.

"Little Luo has been taught!"

Hearing Mi Shuhua smiled satisfactorily, then said: "Now the Poshan Gang has the Seven Tiger Halls, and also Wang Yuan's Dragon Hall; everything is on the right track and flourishing. You say, what if we set up another Medicine Hall?"

Qin Liangchen hesitated, his gaze subconsciously falling on Luo Chen.

"Luo Chen, you come and be the Master of this Medicine Hall!" Hearing Mi Shuhua said with a smile.

Luo Chen was flattered and waved his hands repeatedly: "Little Luo's realm is low, and his alchemy skills are unbearable; I'm afraid I'm not qualified to be a Hall Master."

"Young man, be more confident!"

Hearing Mi Shuhua turned around, with his hands behind his back, and stepped forward.

"I think highly of you!"

"After the Medicine Hall is established, the other eight halls will also provide as much care as possible."

"I also have some books related to alchemy, one or two elixir recipes, which I will also let you take a look at."

"In addition, the Poshan Gang will purchase a shop in the inner city, where there will be a place for the elixirs produced by the Medicine Hall."

"Little Luo, don't let everyone down!"

"Hall Master Luo, you must take care of our couple in the future!"

"Sister-in-law, you're joking; little brother can't afford this title!"

"Hehe, you two chat, I'll go rest first."

Murong Qinglian left a pot of wine and left gracefully.

Leaving two men sitting in the living room, one deep in thought, one smiling bitterly.

After a while, Qin Liangchen came back to his senses.

In front of Luo Chen, he cast a talisman.

"This is a sound-insulation talisman, which can block Qi Refining cultivators from eavesdropping. Although it cannot block the prying of Foundation Establishment cultivators, it can also burn itself the moment it is touched."

Looking at that talisman, Luo Chen understood that Qin Liangchen probably had something to say to him from the heart.

Mentioning speaking from the heart, it was perhaps a bit ridiculous.

He, Qin Liangchen, didn't have a history of kindness with Luo Chen like Wang Yuan, nor did he have the friendship of the same stall like Old Daoist Chen.

But this scene was not at all discordant.

It was just because the two had a feeling of meeting late and being like-minded.

Especially after fighting together for this period of time, the other's temper and character were very much to each other's taste.

Therefore, after Qin Liangchen put on this posture, Luo Chen also became serious.

"Brother Qin, if you have anything to say, just say it!"

Qin Liangchen said "Mm": "I ask you, if the Medicine Hall is opened, do you really have the ability to support it?"

Luo Chen thought seriously, then nodded slowly.

Surprise flashed across Qin Liangchen's face; he didn't expect the other party to have such confidence!

"Then the problem comes. What are your requirements?"

"First, it cannot affect my cultivation!" Luo Chen said with a serious face, and added: "Not only that, the Poshan Gang must fully support my cultivation!"

Qin Liangchen frowned, then said affirmatively: "This requirement is not excessive. The higher the cultivation, the better the elixirs refined. Hearing Mi Shuhua cannot refuse, and he has the ability to support your cultivation as a mid-stage Qi Refining cultivator."

"Then, I must possess a share of the benefits from the elixir output!"

"This point is afraid to be a bit difficult; your realm is too low, and you have no say."

"I cannot be a pure tool!"

"Tool?"

"Meaning working for free."

Qin Liangchen frowned deeply, thinking continuously, then said slowly: "This point needs to be fought for. My wife and I will definitely support you, and Wang Yuan's side will definitely support you too. But Hearing Mi Shuhua and the other Hall Masters, I'm afraid they won't loosen their mouths."

"Then if I don't cooperate, they don't even think about earning these spirit stones." Luo Chen said fiercely.

Qin Liangchen laughed: "You are only at the fifth level of Qi Refining; what if you don't cooperate? Aren't you afraid of death!"

"Without freedom, I'd rather die!" Luo Chen said decisively.

"Really?"

Luo Chen's face collapsed: "Of course it's fake; if I can live, who wants to die!"

Qin Liangchen poured him a glass of wine, and he also drank it.

Luo Chen also drank the wine with a bitter face.

He had always avoided being a tool, but he didn't expect that he would end up here after all.

It could only be said that a loose cultivator alchemist was too eye-catching.

Before, Wang Yuan covered for him, but now, those who wanted to use him were even more powerful than Wang Yuan, and were even Wang Yuan's direct superiors.

Suddenly, Qin Liangchen put down his wine glass.

"You should go find Old Yuan!"

"Who?"

"The crippled old man who sold you yellow pear wine!"

Luo Chen's eyes lit up: "You mean Mountain-Leaping Tiger's old father, Yuan Xiaoyue's grandfather?"

"Mm, although his leg is broken and his son is dead, he has a say in the Poshan Gang. Dragon-Coiling Tiger was his apprentice before, and the new Mineral Hall Master was also a subordinate of Mountain-Leaping Tiger before. In addition, I will also contact Ke Yulin, my sworn brother."

Mentioning Ke Yulin, Qin Liangchen paused.

Then he said affirmatively: "In this way, the eight halls plus me and another Elder will support you."

"Of course, these are all verbal; no one is willing to give up the benefits they might get. So, you still need to make some promises."

"For example?"

"After your realm is higher, refine some elixirs that can increase cultivation for everyone. Or, cultivate one or two people who refine elixirs for them."

Speaking of this, he looked at Luo Chen: "You know how to teach people, right?"

Luo Chen chuckled: "Of course I know, if they can't be taught, then it's because the other party has no alchemy talent."

"You kid, you really aren't as pure and kind as you look on the surface."

Qin Liangchen laughed and scolded, then asked curiously: "Then what is your last requirement?"

Luo Chen took a deep breath and said bluntly.

"Lifespan extension!"

"Any lifespan extension method, or lifespan extension elixir, heavenly materials and earthly treasures!"

Qin Liangchen was stunned, looking at Luo Chen suspiciously: "You are only twenty-seven years old!"

"I'll be twenty-eight after the New Year."

"But things related to lifespan, no one will take them out." Qin Liangchen sighed.

If there really were such good things, who would be willing to give them to others.

I'm afraid if Hearing Mi Shuhua got his hands on it, he would be the first to use it himself.

"I have five spirit roots, and I was congenitally deficient when I was young. A master once said that my lifespan would not exceed eighty years. So, I must have lifespan extension items."

"But..."

"Brother Qin, actually, you can put this last requirement in front."

"Mm?"

Qin Liangchen froze, then seemed to realize something.

After pondering for a while, he laughed out loud.

"Fine, just follow what you said."

After determining the direction of the negotiation, the two of them had a bottom line in their hearts.

While eating side dishes and drinking wine, Qin Liangchen chatted about the secret people and affairs in the Poshan Gang.

Speaking to the end, his tone was incomparably melancholy.

"Little Luo, do you know what I thought of when Mi Old Man said those things to you tonight?"

Which words?

Raise your head, realm is low, but have backbone!

Man, be more confident!

I think highly of you!

Don't let everyone down!

"At that time, I was thinking."

"At this moment, it's just like that moment!" ===== CHAPTER 75 =====