Chapter 90

Inside the Elixir Hall.

Luo Chen gave his first-day speech to more than twenty cultivators.

There was encouragement and criticism, saying they still had a lot of room for improvement.

After finishing, he let these people disperse first.

"Although they are all mid-stage cultivators, most of them are old, weak, sick, or disabled, and female cultivators make up the majority."

"They must have been transferred directly from the Medicine Hall; they all seem to know Sister-in-law Murong."

Luo Chen muttered as he entered the house built for him by the Elixir Hall.

It wasn't built outside in the valley or on the hillside.

Instead, it was right next to the elixir room, near that small pool of mountain spring water.

Entering the house, Uncle Mi had been waiting for a long time, and the two major stewards of the Elixir Hall, Sikong Shoujia and Gu Caiyi, were also waiting on the side.

Without wasting time, the two went straight to the point.

The content of the conversation was very simple: the future direction of the Elixir Hall.

"Grain Bigu Pills can be refined, but there's no need to refine too many; about a thousand or so a month is enough."

"I've calculated it, the profit is too low. And with such good quality, it's a waste for low-level gang members."

"Just supply these thousand-plus pills to mid-to-late-stage gang members at a low price as a reward."

Uncle Mi spoke eloquently.

He had his own insights into how to manage the Poshan Gang.

Luo Chen had no objections; refining a thousand-plus Grain Bigu Pills was only a matter of two or three days.

"Our main goal is still the Jade Marrow Pill!" Uncle Mi's face was solemn as he stared at Luo Chen, "Give me a definite answer, how long will it take to refine it?"

Luo Chen's small face turned bitter, and he spread his hands.

"I'm still in the stage of familiarizing myself with the elixir formula, how can I give you a definite answer!"

"Besides, you must have seen that elixir formula; the difficulty in refining lies in extracting the jade marrow from the Huanyu. That is a first-tier spiritual material; if I want to avoid damaging the jade marrow, my current cultivation base is still too low."

Uncle Mi was already old, and usually, his face was ruddy like a wealthy man.

At this moment, his face was wrinkled into a ball, like a rag.

"Indeed, it is somewhat difficult for a fifth-level Qi Refining cultivator to extract the jade marrow by peeling the silk."

Luo Chen sighed, "If you could give me one more bottle of Qi-Nurturing Pills every month, maybe I could break through to the sixth level of Qi Refining very soon. At that time, I would definitely be able to easily extract the jade marrow from the Huanyu."

Sikong Shoujia, who was on the side, couldn't help but say, "The two bottles of Qi-Nurturing Pills promised to you every month before should be enough, right?"

Uncle Mi also advised, "Three bottles a month means you take one Qi-Nurturing Pill every day. Taking elixirs so frequently, your meridians might not be able to bear it."

Can't bear it?

I am a genius whose meridians are all open and whose Changchun Gong has reached the master level!

I can refine two pills a day; three bottles is not enough for me.

Of course, Luo Chen knew that wool-shearing had to be done bit by bit and couldn't rush the old man.

He said with a pained heart, "In order to conquer the Jade Marrow Pill formula as soon as possible, how could I care about mere meridian pain? Gang Master, just let me do my best for the development of our gang!"

Uncle Mi hesitated.

After a long while, he nodded.

"Three bottles of Qi-Nurturing Pills a month it is. I am very gratified that you have this heart."

Luo Chen's eyes lit up.

Yay!

Foundation Establishment cultivators are indeed wealthy; the Poshan Gang treats me well!

Gu Caiyi, who was listening to this treatment on the side, was so envious that her eyes were turning red.

She had only made a lot of spirit stones in her last month at the Tianxiang Building.

Before that, she only earned two or three hundred spirit stones a month.

Luo Chen now had a fixed supply of three bottles of Qi-Nurturing Pills, which was three hundred spirit stones!

"The Jade Marrow Pill is the main direction, but now that the framework of the Elixir Hall has been set up, you should also have a fixed source of income."

Uncle Mi looked at Luo Chen, "Just continue refining your Zhongmiao Pills!"

"What about the main materials?" Luo Chen asked.

"I will send people to purchase them from the Baicao Hall at a fixed time and quantity," Uncle Mi said. "In addition, some of the auxiliary materials will be provided by the Medicine Hall. On the books, the Elixir Hall will also have to pay spirit stones."

I understand this!

Luo Chen smiled slightly. This is equivalent to business dealings between subsidiaries under a group company; accounts still need to be settled.

In this way, the Medicine Hall can also earn a sum of spirit stones from it.

Once the Zhongmiao Pills are refined in the future, the Elixir Hall can earn another sum.

"Now there are more and more foreign cultivators in Dahe Market, and the prospects for Zhongmiao Pills are great."

"In addition, our gang also has a brothel in the outer city. When the time comes, we will also supply a portion of these elixirs to them."

The Poshan Gang has this kind of business too?

Luo Chen was very surprised; he had never heard of this before.

After a little thought, he felt a bit blocked in his heart.

No wonder there are few female cultivators in the gang, and most of them are gathered in the Medicine Hall, the Beast Hall, and his current Elixir Hall.

I'm afraid some of them have gone to the brothels secretly opened by the Poshan Gang!

This old bastard, he doesn't do human things!

"Make a list of how many medicinal herbs you need a month, and Elder Sikong will take people to purchase them."

"Hmm, I know that," Luo Chen said sullenly.

Uncle Mi looked at the sensible Luo Chen and felt relieved in his heart.

Everything is already on the right track.

This gang has taken a lot of his effort and has also earned a lot of spirit stones for him and his family.

As long as the Jade Marrow Pill can be refined in the future, he won't have to worry too much about the supply of resources for his advancement to the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Being a rogue cultivator is really too difficult.

Having a force to rely on is still good after all.

"Alright, I'm leaving. From now on, Elder Sikong will be responsible for the external affairs of the Elixir Hall. For internal affairs, leave them to Steward Gu Caiyi."

"Luo Chen, you just focus on refining elixirs!"

Focusing on refining elixirs is impossible; it's impossible in this lifetime.

Refining elixirs is to earn spirit stones, and earning spirit stones is to buy suitable elixirs for cultivation.

Now that you've given me a salary (Qi-Nurturing Pills), why don't I just cultivate directly?

Skip the middleman and start speeding up directly!

Today I got a bottle of Qi-Nurturing Pills, and after the Haoyue Hall meeting at the beginning of the month, I got two bottles of Qi-Nurturing Pills, plus the two bottles I bought and had left over.

Luo Chen had five bottles of Qi-Nurturing Pills stored up again.

At a rate of two pills a day, it's enough for about twenty-five days.

Combined with the master-level Changchun Gong, the first-tier spiritual vein in the inner city, and the pot of Moonlight Grass given to him by Fu Xiuxiu.

Luo Chen now cultivates hard almost every morning and evening.

After finishing another round of running the Changchun Gong, Luo Chen clicked on the attribute panel.

[Longevity: 27/75]

[Spiritual Root: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth]

[Realm: Fifth Level of Qi Refining: 38/100]

[Technique: Changchun Gong Master: 600/1000]

[Spells: Great Perfection Fireball Technique, Xiaoyao You Master 800/1000, Wind Control Technique Master 570/1000, Attraction Technique Master 600/1000, Entanglement Technique Perfect 380/500, Spirit Eye Technique Perfect 380/500, Cleaning Technique Perfect 300/500, Healing Technique Beginner 5/100, Breath-Restraining Spirit Technique Beginner 1/100]

[Skills: First-tier Alchemist: Grain Bigu Powder Master 910/1000, Zhongmiao Pill Perfect 311/500]

[Achievement Points: 22 points]

After reading it once, he shook his head.

These past half a month, although it seemed leisurely, there were actually too many various things to do.

In terms of spells, only Xiaoyao You and the Wind Control Technique were used every day, increasing the most, but there was no qualitative change.

The only one whose proficiency level increased was the Cleaning Technique, which reached the Perfect level.

This was because he had used the Cleaning Technique many times during those ten days of practicing how to control "normal pill formation."

The extra achievement point also came from this.

Apart from that, there were no other changes.

He had only just begun the Breath-Restraining Spirit Technique and the Healing Technique, which were of no use at the moment.

What he cared about was the progress in his realm.

[Fifth Level of Qi Refining: 38/100]

A reasonable increase; currently, two Qi-Nurturing Pills increase the progress bar by one.

Through his own cultivation, he can increase the progress by about fifteen points a month; this is the limit of the master-level Changchun Gong.

"Not bad. As long as the elixir supply is maintained, plus my persistent cultivation, it will take about another month and a half to promote to the sixth level of Qi Refining."

After obtaining this data, Luo Chen let out a long sigh of relief.

This speed is very, very fast!

Only with all meridians open and abundant resources can one have this speed.

But thinking that the higher the realm, the less progress the elixirs can provide, Luo Chen felt a sense of urgency in his heart.

Currently, he only has over seven hundred spirit stones in savings.

It was a huge sum in the past, but after a slight calculation, it is simply not enough to support late-stage cultivation.

Luo Chen has a long-term vision and has already started considering the sixth level of Qi Refining and even late-stage cultivation.

"Jade Marrow Pill!"

"Uncle Mi is anxious, and I am just as anxious."

"But anxious is anxious, the initiative is still in my hands. By using this matter, I can still shear other wool from that old bastard!"

When closing the attribute panel, Luo Chen glanced at the skill bar.

He remembered that the proficiency of Grain Bigu Powder was already over eight hundred before, and today he refined two hundred-plus pills, but it only increased by a few dozen points.

Luo Chen frowned and thought of a possibility.

"Could it be that for every level of proficiency, one must refine elixirs of the corresponding grade to achieve corresponding growth?"

The batch of Grain Bigu Pills refined today was mostly low and medium grade, with only sixty being superior grade.

The magnitude of this increase was exactly sixty.

"If that's the case, then I'll have to carefully consider the elixir grade in the future."

The next day, Luo Chen brought two bodyguards to Xieyue Valley.

After dumping them in the valley, he summoned everyone in the Elixir Hall.

Not counting the transport teams and sales teams that were not under his control, these thirty old, weak, women, and children in front of him were his direct subordinates.

"Today, we are going to divide the work!"