Chapter 89: Today, My Show!

Because of the death of a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, the Dahe Market set off a huge uproar.

That Jin Dan senior from Mount Ailao was even more furious and summoned all the Foundation Establishment cultivators in this place.

But in the end, nothing was found.

It is said that the Jin Dan senior rushed directly into the Yuding Sword Pavilion and had a very stiff relationship with the two Yuding sword cultivators here.

The huge Jin Dan pressure once covered the entire inner city.

However, these things ultimately had nothing to do with Luo

A live-in son-in-law and nouveau riche foreman dying had nothing to do with him.

There was only one thing that concerned him.

And that was the opening of the Alchemy Hall.

For this reason, he had basically spent these three days soaking in the Xieyue Valley.

He couldn't count on that bunch of little brats.

However, the group of mid-stage cultivators specially transferred by the Poshan Gang was highly regarded by him.

During these three days, he did nothing else but focus on teaching these twenty people how to tend the fire!

Yes, just tending the fire!

When the heat should be high, and when it should be low.

How much firewood to remove or add, and in what quantities.

When the temperature was insufficient, to what extent the Fireball Art should be released.

In short, regarding the aspect of fire control, Luo Chen had taught out more than half of what he had learned in his life.

Additionally, the medicinal materials he needed were all sent over by people dispatched by Mi Shuhua.

Either purchased or supplied directly after being processed by the gang's own Medicine Hall.

In short, regarding the procurement of medicinal materials, Luo Chen no longer had to worry about it.

Time passed in a flash; regardless of the turmoil in the outside world, three days arrived in an instant.

On this day, in Xieyue Valley!

Aside from those left behind on guard duty, more than half of the Poshan Gang's two hundred late-stage Qi Refining cultivators had arrived.

Led by Gu Caiyi and Sikong Shoujia, over a hundred people entered Xieyue Valley one after another.

Some common, lively ceremonies were carried out one by one.

Soon, the main event arrived!

Firing up the furnace for alchemy!

"Is that kid Luo Chen?"

"The Hall Master of the Alchemy Hall is actually this young!"

"Looks like he's not even thirty. His cultivation base is a bit low; I just don't know if his alchemy skills are any good."

"If they weren't any good, Old Man Mi wouldn't have forcibly propped him up to this position."

"It's said that everyone can enjoy the profits of the Alchemy Hall; is that true or false?"

"Pfft, you believe that? The ones taking the lion's share must be those hall masters and the high-level ninth-layer Qi Refining experts! As for us, we'd better honestly use our strength to earn spirit stones!"

"Look at you saying that; isn't your brother transferred to the reserve team? Once the Alchemy Hall's pills are refined, won't they be the ones selling them?"

"Hard to say, hard to say!"

Amidst the heated discussion, Luo Chen made a brilliant entrance.

There was no self-introduction.

He didn't have the time to get to know so many people.

Wearing a brand-new moon-white mid-grade Daoist robe, his long hair draped behind him, held only by a raw wood hairpin on the crown of his head.

Judging solely by his appearance, he truly possessed the demeanor of a genuine cultivator who had attained the Dao.

However, what he did next was not so carefree.

"Ignite the fire!"

"Open the furnace!"

A total of three alchemy rooms successively ignited with roaring fires.

Amidst the burning of green steel wood filled with the fragrance of grease, Luo Chen walked into each alchemy room with a solemn expression.

One by one, the materials were placed into the alchemy furnaces by his hands according to specific ratios.

Especially in the large alchemy room in the very center, which housed a massive alchemy tripod as tall as a person; when adding medicinal materials, besides using the Attraction Art, Luo Chen himself had to cast the Wind-Riding Art to look down from a height.

But this could by no means be considered a disadvantage.

On the contrary, the larger the alchemy tripod, the more medicinal materials it could hold.

Two purple cloud copper furnaces could only refine one batch of raw materials at a time, but this alchemy tripod could refine two batches simultaneously.

The cultivators outside watched Luo Chen walk between the three alchemy rooms, unfolding his alchemy work in an orderly manner.

From time to time, he instructed the cultivators tending the fire to increase or decrease the heat, occasionally adding medicine, and occasionally pinching hand seals to stir the medicinal materials in the furnace.

This composed appearance made them marvel greatly.

"This is my first time seeing an alchemist refine pills with my own eyes! It's actually like this; tsk tsk, there's quite a bit of charm in it!"

"He is truly skilled; this little Hall Master Luo must have started refining pills since he was in his mother's womb, right?"

"Refining three furnaces at once, he actually has such attainments?"

"Fellow Daoist, what do you mean by that?"

"To tell you the truth, I once heard people say at Taishan Market that Kang Dongyue, the Pavilion Master of the Jin Shi Pavilion and a second-tier alchemist, only refines one furnace of pills at a time."

"Hiss! Doesn't this mean Hall Master Luo's alchemy attainments are no less than a second-tier alchemist?"

"Hard to say, hard to say!"

Luo Chen could not hear the words outside.

If he had heard them, he would probably have laughed out loud.

Just kidding!

Today was his show, and he certainly couldn't ruin his own stage.

Therefore, the pills he was refining were the Grain-Bigu Pills he was most proficient in!

He was almost at the Great Perfection stage with this stuff, and his proficiency was maxed out!

Three furnaces? Even if it were three more, he would have the confidence to handle them.

About two hours later.

Under the gaze of over a hundred pairs of eyes, Luo Chen took a deep breath.

"Extinguish the fire!"

"Disperse!"

The cultivators tending the fire in the three alchemy rooms all exited.

According to Luo Chen, the end of alchemy was the most dangerous time.

At that moment, furnace explosions or toxic waste gases might occur, which is why alchemists often perform the pill collection work alone.

At this moment, the doors of the three alchemy rooms were still wide open.

Under everyone's gaze, Luo Chen spat out spiritual power, and his master-level Attraction Art was unleashed.

The lids of the three alchemy furnaces flew up instantly and landed on the iron racks hanging on the wall nearby.

He raised both hands, and a dense swarm of pills instantly flew up from one of the purple cloud copper furnaces.

At a glance, there were nearly fifty or sixty pills slowly floating in the air.

This was not all; following his movements.

The other two alchemy furnaces also presented such a scene.

In the large alchemy room in the center, even more than a hundred pills appeared above that alchemy tripod.

A rich fragrance instantly spread out.

The fragrance of medicine, the fragrance of meat, the fragrance of grains, finally fused into the pill fragrance that everyone was very familiar with.

"Is it Grain-Bigu Pills?"

"Seems like it!"

He glanced at Luo Chen and turned to leave.

"Wrong!"

Amidst the discussion, Luo Chen flicked his hand casually.

Those two hundred-plus pills fell into the hands of every late-stage Qi Refining cultivator of the Poshan Gang, with at least two pills for each person.

Especially in Mi Shuhua's hands, there were two pills that were flesh-colored and crystalline throughout.

"Superior-grade Grain-Bigu Pills?"

A look of surprise flashed across Mi Shuhua's face.

The Grain-Bigu Pills in his hand, although they were only Grain-Bigu Powder, were a type of unranked pill.

But being able to refine them to a superior grade meant their efficacy was no less than genuine low-grade Grain-Bigu Pills.

They could keep a cultivator from feeling hungry for ten days or half a month, providing enough physical strength for normal activities.

Luo Chen had actually refined superior-grade Grain-Bigu Pills?

He looked at the others and only then discovered that everyone was very shocked.

"These two of mine are both superior-grade!"

"I have one mid-grade and one superior-grade here, with the incomplete pill patterns as proof!"

"Two mid-grade!"

"One low-grade and one superior-grade!"

Luo Chen wiped his sweat while no one was paying attention.

Refining Grain-Bigu Pills was not difficult, and refining superior-grade Grain-Bigu Pills was actually not difficult for him either.

What really took effort was refining Grain-Bigu Pills of varying quality in the same furnace.

Superior, mid, and low—all three grades were present.

In reality, this was the normal situation for an alchemist when a furnace of pills was completed.

Because of the gathering of medicinal properties and the control of spiritual power, some pills in a furnace would become waste, some would be of good quality, and some would barely form.

The quantity of pills formed was uncertain, and the quality was uncertain.

Unless it was an experienced alchemy master, one could not relatively stably form pills.

Luo Chen could definitely be counted as an alchemy master of Grain-Bigu Pills; he could also stably produce superior-grade pills in every furnace.

But this trick could not be exposed to Mi Shuhua and the others.

That would be too monstrous!

If it spread out, even Mi Shuhua wouldn't be able to protect him.

Who knows, a stronger force might come to abduct him as a tool.

Compared to unknown forces, the Poshan Gang was still a bit cuter.

His wool-shearing enterprise had only just begun.

Therefore, when he decided to become the Hall Master of the Alchemy Hall, he spent a full ten days at home researching how to "normally form pills."

If it were proficiency at the beginner level, he couldn't do it.

But for Grain-Bigu Pills, he already had master-level proficiency, and the various knowledge instilled by the system covered the experience of every stage.

He kept reverse-engineering it and had already grasped the essence.

That was why today's scene happened.

"Sixty superior-grade, one hundred and twenty mid-grade, thirty-one low-grade."

Upon receiving the statistical data, a sincere, joyful smile appeared on Mi Shuhua's face.

He patted Luo Chen on the shoulder.

"With you here, I can rest easy about the Alchemy Hall!"

Without waiting for Luo Chen to say anything flowery, he turned to look at the others.

"This batch of Grain-Bigu Pills is a welcoming gift for everyone. The value isn't high; it's just a token of my heart."

"The pills that our Hall Master Luo Chen is truly good at are not these unranked Grain-Bigu Powders."

"When the time comes, he will fully display his strengths to refine good pills for our gang."

"With his joining, our Poshan Gang will become more and more prosperous in the future, and everyone's cultivation resources will also become more and more abundant."

"Therefore, everyone must support Hall Master Luo Chen in the future!"

This old man really talked too much.

Luo Chen was inwardly grumbling, but his face showed an appropriate expression of pride.

Cultivators from various halls shouted one after another.

"We will definitely support him, definitely support him!"

"Having Hall Master Luo is a blessing for our Poshan Gang!"

"I, Long Gen, am the first to support Hall Master Luo; he will lead our Poshan Gang to break out of Dajiang Market and make a name for ourselves in the Yuding Domain!"

Listening to these flowery words that didn't cost any spirit stones, Luo Chen revealed a reserved smile.

From today on, he could be considered to have truly made a name for himself.

The Poshan Gang's number one alchemist!

In the future, who knows, he might be the number one alchemist of Dajiang Market, the number one of the Yuding Domain, and the number one of the Eastern Wasteland.

People, after all, always need to have some dreams.