Chapter 75: Are You Trying to Keep Me?

The night was deep, and everything was silent.

In the room that used to belong to Qin Liangchen's son, Qin Xiaohu, Luo Chen still hadn't fallen asleep.

With his hands behind his head, his thoughts were surging.

All his thoughts were about what happened tonight.

"Perhaps if I hadn't gone to the banquet, this wouldn't have happened."

Luo Chen felt a trace of annoyance in his heart.

But soon, he dismissed this thought.

Hearing Mi Shuhua was obviously not acting on a whim; he definitely hadn't thought of this matter only after seeing Luo Chen.

He had inquired about him, understood many of his affairs, and even had a mid-grade Crowd-Wonder Pill in his hand.

The Crowd-Wonder Pill advancing to mid-grade had only been in the last two months.

Because of the special nature of this kind of elixir, after a cultivator gets it, the consumption is usually very fast.

That Hearing Mi Shuhua could specifically get one shows he had put his heart into it.

"Therefore, even if there hadn't been tonight's banquet, he definitely would have sought me out alone."

"On the contrary, because Qin Liangchen was on the side, he was still polite to me, even putting on the posture of an elder, giving me a good lecture."

After figuring this out, Luo Chen stopped regretting it.

He began to ponder where he should go next.

Run away?

Running away was impossible; although he had some combat power,

He did not have much understanding of the situation in the outside world.

In the year and a half since he transmigrated, he had spent almost all his time struggling to survive in Dajiangfang; moving to an unfamiliar place would be far too expensive.

Moreover, who could say if he moved elsewhere, whether he, a rogue cultivator frequently selling elixirs, would be targeted by other factions?

When that time came, it would just be history repeating itself.

Staying in the Poshan Gang might not be as free as before.

But within this gang, there were many people he was familiar with, and most of them held high positions.

Wang Yuan would definitely cover for him, the couple Qin Liangchen and Murong Qinglian also took good care of him, and there were others he knew well, such as Ceng Yilong.

"Sacrificing the freedom of a rogue cultivator to become the Master of the Elixir Hall is not necessarily a bad thing."

In a situation where things could not be changed, Luo Chen analyzed what his situation would be like if he became the Master of the Elixir Hall.

"First of all, my status definitely won't be bad!"

Luo Chen was quite confident about this point.

In the world of immortal cultivation, there are four mainstream arts, as well as other professions, which can be described as a hundred flowers blooming.

And among those who have mastered these skills, alchemists are the hardest to achieve success in, but as long as they have a little success, they become the most sought-after existence.

For no other reason than that elixirs are directly related to a cultivator's cultivation.

No one would offend an alchemist for no reason.

This point is the same, from Nascent Soul sects down to rogue cultivator forces.

Everyone tacitly makes friends with alchemists; even if they don't look at the present, they will build a good relationship for the future.

Luo Chen had been around for so long, and many people had shown him goodwill, which was not unrelated to his identity as an alchemist.

Even though he had encountered two battles, those two times were more of an unprovoked disaster, not specifically targeted at him.

"After my status is high enough, I have to consider the benefits!"

"And this point depends on how I can negotiate with Hearing Mi Shuhua, and even the Poshan Gang, next."

Luo Chen's mood was somewhat heavy.

It was imaginable that in the face of the huge profits brought by elixirs, the negotiations would likely be very difficult.

But he had to do it.

No one is willing to be a pure tool.

Even if he was a standard wage slave in his previous life, accustomed to being exploited.

But now that he had transmigrated, if he still worked for nothing, what would that count as?

Working for others before transmigration, and still working for others after transmigration—wouldn't my transmigration have been in vain?

"Finally, there are the extra benefits I can obtain through the identity of the Master of the Elixir Hall."

Luo Chen immediately thought of his system.

That proficiency panel was the hope for his longevity.

If the Elixir Hall were established, his great cause of alchemy would naturally not be the small-scale tinkering it was before, where every bit of raw material had to be carefully calculated.

Supported by the entire gang, he would definitely expand the operation.

In this way, his alchemy proficiency would definitely skyrocket!

"Hearing Mi Shuhua said he has some books related to the Dao of alchemy in his hands, and even one or two elixir formulas."

"This is also one of the benefits I can reap."

Luo Chen's eyes flashed, and there was some excitement in his heart unknown to outsiders.

Whether it was Hearing Mi Shuhua or Qin Liangchen, they only thought his talent for alchemy was terrifying.

But one knows one's own affairs best.

Luo Chen's talent for alchemy definitely could not be considered outstanding.

He had exchanged ideas with Miss Xiangxiang from Tianxiang Tower once or twice before, and those memories were truly not very good.

Facing the one or two questions Miss Xiangxiang occasionally raised, he couldn't answer at all.

At that time, Xiangxiang was very puzzled; this was just the most basic common sense of alchemy, why did Luo Chen seem like he had never been exposed to it at all?

In fact, that was normal.

Luo Chen's alchemy was just following the gourd to draw the ladle, following the map to find the horse.

He had never received systematic training in the Dao of alchemy, and some common sense was completely unclear to him.

Even now, he knew many things related to alchemy, all of which he had groped for through his own repeated failures and successes.

As for the supplementary knowledge the system instilled in him after each proficiency increase, it was limited to the two elixirs themselves: Grain Bigu and Zhongmiaowan.

"If I can get the alchemy books treasured by Hearing Mi Shuhua, this Foundation Establishment cultivator, it will definitely be a great improvement for me."

"From a long-term perspective, if there is a day when I can break free from the constraints of the Poshan Gang, then this harvest will be even more precious."

In short, going deep into the Poshan Gang and becoming the Master of the Elixir Hall is not necessarily a bad thing for him.

At least, he won't really be a loner in the future.

Perhaps there will be some friction and fighting within the gang, but those are internal matters.

Externally, he is one of the nine hall masters of the Poshan Gang, a cultivator who can normally reveal his identity as an alchemist!

Lying on the bed, Luo Chen tossed and turned.

He thought about many things back and forth many times, clarifying the pros and cons.

Gradually, his mentality became better, not as anxious as before.

Adaptability has always been a strength Luo Chen is quite proud of.

Whether it was the experience of being a miserable wage slave in his previous life, or the life of a penniless rogue cultivator after transmigration.

He could always adapt quickly, then find joy in the bitterness, and finally believe in himself, that he could always persist until the day he gained something.

"Now, it's just starting over again!"

Harboring beautiful hopes for the future, Luo Chen fell asleep peacefully.

The establishment of the Elixir Hall is definitely not something that can be decided overnight.

Luo Chen had not gone to the Poshan Gang side these past few days, but stayed in the courtyard, watching a few subordinates repair his house.

And he himself, holding a few pieces of high-quality wood, started doing carpentry work.

"What on earth are you tinkering with?" Gu Caiyi sat on the swing, looking at Luo Chen busily.

Swish!

Luo Chen flicked his hand, and a chair with wheels began to spin under his palm.

Spinning chairs were his specialty when he was in school!

"A wheelchair, for disabled people to sit in."

Gu Caiyi was surprised, "You mean the kind of wheelchair that allows people with limited mobility to sit and move as fast as flying, or even fly in the sky?"

Luo Chen sat on it, without even pushing with his hands; he slightly exhaled spiritual power, and the wheelchair under his buttocks began to move.

It carried him around the courtyard, turning here and there.

"It's a pity I know nothing about arrays. Otherwise, if I added a few arrays to it and used spirit stones to drive it, someone would definitely buy it if I took it out!"

Wheelchairs had naturally been invented in this world long ago.

It is said that the inventor was a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the time of the founding of Tianfancheng.

After thousands of years, the wheelchair is also considered a representative magic tool work of Tianfancheng.

However, in Dajiangfang, no one sells this thing yet.

The main reason is that the demand is not high; disabled cultivators are still cultivators, and they have their own means to move freely.

Dajiangfang is too remote, too far from the Tianfan region, and most of the magic tools sold by Wanbaolou are those that are convenient for transport and carrying.

Therefore, it has resulted in many cultivators knowing the name "wheelchair" but never having seen the thing.

"Get off, let me play with it!"

Gu Caiyi jumped up.

Sitting on a stone stool, Luo Chen looked at Gu Caiyi, who was having a great time playing with the wheelchair, and felt relieved in his heart.

This gift of his was not expensive, but it was full of sincerity.

When he went to see Old Man Yuan, it would be easier to speak.

"You seem to have been spending more time at home lately, isn't Tianxiang Tower busy?"

Gu Caiyi, who was playing with the wheelchair in the courtyard, said carelessly: "I plan to quit that job!"

Luo Chen was startled, but soon felt it was a matter of course.

The personnel changes at Tianxiang Tower had already been determined.

The next person to take over was the Senior Brother Hua mentioned by Miss Xiangxiang, a Hehuan Sect Foundation Establishment cultivator who was moody and fond of harvesting yin to nourish yang.

Working under such a person, with Gu Caiyi's personality, she would suffer a big loss sooner or later.

It would be better to resign in advance before the other party arrived.

"Then what do you plan to do in the future?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, I'll look around the city and try it out when the time comes."

The Yuding region was conquered by the Yuding Sword Sect in alliance with fifteen sects, among which the five major sects were the main force, so the industries of the five major sects that were the main force at the time were spread throughout the region.

Dajiangfang's geographical location is very remote, but its scale is not small at all.

Even though the number of cultivators has surged to two or three thousand now, it doesn't seem crowded at all.

Coupled with the fact that this place is close to the million mountains of the Eastern Wasteland, it is undoubtedly the best bridgehead for both resource acquisition and future opening wars.

Therefore, this place has the most complete industries of the six major sects, as well as shops of many small sects in the Yuding region.

Especially the six major sects, which will specifically send Foundation Establishment cultivators to sit in town, rather than just having Qi Refining cultivators in charge like other small sect industries.

Ten years is a very sensitive point.

Every ten years, some sect cultivators will be replaced here one after another.

After all, no one is willing to stay in a market with a first-grade spiritual vein to cultivate forever.

They rotate!

This time, in addition to the Hehuan Sect's Tianxiang Tower, other places such as the Shenfu Sect's Shenfu Pavilion and the Wuxing Shen Sect's Lingyuan Zhai will also have small-scale personnel changes.

Under so many personnel changes, some positions will naturally become vacant.

Gu Caiyi is not bad-looking, and her cultivation is at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Having stayed in Tianxiang Tower for many years, she naturally has some means for welcoming and sending off guests and interpersonal communication.

If she wants to find a new job, as long as her requirements are not excessive, it should be easy.

"Why are you asking this?"

"As good brothers, can't I care about you?"

"Tch, I thought you were going to keep me."

"Hmm, that's not impossible."

Suddenly, Gu Caiyi's wheelchair stopped, and she looked at Luo Chen with burning eyes.