Chapter 95: Nutrition must be taken care of

Let’s explore the area ahead later!

Standing in front of the pitch-black mine tunnel, three more forks appeared.

Luo Chen didn't hesitate and turned to walk back.

This mine tunnel is far-reaching and goes deep into the ground; it is obviously not something that can be explored in a short while.

Today is enough.

Recalling the pangolin puppet, Luo Chen relied on his memory and quickly returned to the stone house.

He carved a stone and embedded it in the opened hole, and Luo Chen cast a cleansing spell on himself.

Refreshed, he pushed open the stone door.

"My share of the profits from last month?"

Luo Chen received the bag excitedly; there was a pile of spirit stones inside.

After counting, there were 650 spirit stones.

The happy expression on Luo Chen's face faded slightly.

"Is the share less?"

Seeing his appearance, Gu Caiyi asked curiously.

Luo Chen nodded first, then shook his head.

"It’s a bit less, but not by much."

Last month’s Zhongmiao Pill revenue, although he didn't handle the specific sales, as an alchemist, he naturally knew the cost and output.

In a month’s time, opening the furnace twice every morning and afternoon, the middle-grade elixir cauldron could refine two portions of raw materials, and each of the two Ziyun Copper Furnaces could refine one portion.

Combined with his Zhongmiao Pill proficiency that later rose to the Master level, he got a thousand pills in the end.

The grades were different, with high, middle, and low grades.

After Mi Junping’s pricing strategy, the revenue was also different.

But in the end, it should be around four thousand spirit stones, minus the raw material cost of six hundred, and the rest is profit.

Luo Chen’s share should be around seven hundred.

Now, it was fifty spirit stones less.

Gu Caiyi handed over a list and said: "This is the list given by Hall Master Mi, which specifically mentions the expenses for the Elixir Hall cultivators, the three shops, and the elixir protection team."

"These expenses are deducted from the profits and belong to everyone’s share."

"Of course, this little share is not enough to support the wages of those people, so the headquarters also subsidized a part."

While listening to these words, while carefully looking at the list.

Luo Chen finally nodded slightly.

In fact, this was within his expectations.

Therefore, he didn't have any angry mood.

At this moment, what he was actually calculating was another account.

If he didn't join the Poshan Gang, how many spirit stones would he have earned last month?

Without three elixir furnaces, and the Poshan Gang providing raw materials, a group of fire-tenders and medicine apprentices helping to refine elixirs, and even someone specifically selling them in the end.

He would open the furnace twice a day at most, no matter how fast his proficiency brushed, it wouldn't skyrocket to the Master level.

Many conditions, calculated one by one.

Finally, Luo Chen got a figure, "Eight hundred!"

Yes, if he relied on himself alone, last month’s net income should have been eight hundred low-grade spirit stones.

Comparing it like this, it seems that joining the Poshan Gang made him lose a full one hundred and fifty spirit stones.

However, the account cannot be calculated like this!

"Besides the share, I also have a fixed salary of Yangqi Pills worth four hundred every month, although it was plucked."

This extra income alone has already offset his loss.

Even, he earned more!

"Refining a large number of elixirs skyrocketed my proficiency, thereby obtaining real elixir refining experience and achievement points."

This point must also be taken into account.

Not only that, "Qingyuan Elixir Explanation," "Hundred Herbs Illustrated Guide," and the incomplete elixir formula for the Tongyou Pill, these things are worth at least several thousand spirit stones!

Most importantly, there is one more point.

The golden signboard of the Poshan Gang, the care of Mi Shuhua, this Foundation Establishment cultivator.

This is a value that spirit stones cannot measure, allowing him to avoid the covetousness of other cultivators when his realm is low.

For example, the trouble on Gao Tingyuan’s side was solved by Mi Shuhua himself, solving the tail for him.

After some consideration, Luo Chen couldn't help but show a satisfied smile.

"Sure enough, my decision back then was right."

"It seems like being a tool is not free, but the benefits obtained, from a long-term perspective, are definitely earned."

"And, my monthly treatment, didn't it rise again?"

Luo Chen picked up another thing in the bag.

It was a wooden box, opened to see.

Inside were twelve slender incense sticks neatly arranged.

"Anshen Incense!"

Gu Caiyi was extremely surprised.

Mi Shuhua’s action was so fast, he actually sent this thing to Luo Chen.

Closing the box, Luo Chen nodded with satisfaction.

This is a real good thing; he had experienced it himself.

A box of Anshen Incense is worth 120 spirit stones, a cultivation tool for low-level cultivators!

With this incense, his cultivation speed can skyrocket again.

Because this incense can allow low-level cultivators to circulate their life-bound technique four or five more times a day, and their soul will not feel tired or painful because of it.

Of course, the body also needs a lot of nutritional supplements, otherwise, the soul can keep up, but the body can't.

When he first got Anshen Incense, Luo Chen had to use one stick of incense for two or three days.

That was because he couldn't keep up with nutrition at that time.

But now, we have money!

The share is in hand, plus the previous savings, for the first time, he broke the thousand-stone mark through his own efforts.

One thousand three!

This is his true net worth now without calculating various external objects.

And, supplementing nutrition?

He now has some methods.

Putting away the Anshen Incense, Luo Chen pulled Gu Caiyi and walked out in a hurry.

"Off work, off work!"

Gu Caiyi was a bit confused, "Aren't we going to open the furnace to refine elixirs in the afternoon?"

"Why worry about this? And today we refined Yusu Pills, which is enough to make that Old Man Mi happy for two days."

Luo Chen hummed, "I, Luo Chen, only work for the sake of getting off work. Overtime or something doesn't fit my persona."

After speaking, he shouted towards the Elixir Hall.

"Brothers, we are on holiday today, come early tomorrow!"

Those newcomers who had been tortured to death by familiarizing themselves with Yusu Pill medicinal materials and fire control cheered.

Long live the Hall Master!

"See, no one wants to work overtime."

Gu Caiyi blinked, but isn't this absenteeism, how can it be called overtime?

Luo Chen didn't care about her; she is a silly girl.

Back at the Tianxiang Pavilion, she worked the night shift every day and was tamed silly by those sect capitalists.

……

Getting off work early is not really wanting to be lazy.

Mainly because he gets up early and goes home late, he will miss the market during the day.

It is a cold and ruthless world of immortal cultivation where everyone doesn't do business at night.

So, good things are basically only available during the day.

Luo Chen was afraid that if he delayed any longer, he wouldn't have a place to spend his spirit stones.

Escorted by two bodyguards with strange expressions, Luo Chen rushed into the Chengnan rogue cultivator market with Gu Caiyi.

Nowadays, there are more and more cultivators in Dahe Market, and the stable resident population has exceeded 20,000.

Nearby, two small Foundation Establishment immortal cultivation families have emerged, and the accompanying population is also several thousand.

It is said that the Yuding Sword Sect is still moving people here. Besides mortals numbering in the hundreds of thousands, cultivators are also in units of families.

It can only be said that Dahe Market is indeed becoming more and more prosperous.

Along with it, besides the Chengnan rogue cultivator market and the central shop street, two more trading centers have emerged.

One is in the White Stone Square outside the Dao Discussion Platform, where Yuan Xiaoyue sells fairy bean popcorn.

One is in the north of the city, where a small commercial street has been carved out; the shop purchased by the Poshan Gang is there.

That street is mainly operated differently from the central shop street; it doesn't have a sect background and is basically opened by small families and small gangs.

Luo Chen plans to go shopping when he has time in the future.

But today, the main destination is the familiar Chengnan rogue cultivator market and the central shop street.

"First-grade dragon bone? It just sounds good; it’s just the bone of a swamp crocodile!"

"But being able to kill this thing indeed requires some level. Give me one!"

"What? With just this little bone, you want three spirit stones from me, you’re crazy, I’m not buying it."

Luo Chen shouted and pulled Gu Caiyi to run away.

The rogue cultivator behind him gritted his teeth, "Fellow Daoist, come back, let’s talk again. How about this, two spirit stones, really can’t be cheaper, this dragon bone weighs more than thirty catties."

Luo Chen walked back reluctantly, while taking out spirit stones, while picking and choosing.

What is it not monster beast meat!

What is it badly damaged, only a few catties can be put in the pot, etc.

The rogue cultivator selling bones had a face as ugly as if his mother had died.

This is getting a bargain and still acting like a spoiled brat!

If it weren't for the fact that swamp crocodile bones are indeed hard to sell, he wouldn't be willing to sell them for two spirit stones.

Gu Caiyi watched with great interest, clearly Luo Chen had just received a generous share of profits, but he still lived very frugally.

Of course, it may also be Luo Chen’s character of never suffering a loss, used to bargaining with people.

Next, Luo Chen kept sweeping goods in the center of the rogue cultivator market.

He even gave Gu Caiyi a list, asking her to notify him in time when she saw those things.

Sweeping goods in Chengnan took three hours, and the two rushed to the central shop street, purchasing a lot in Lingyuan Zhai, Baicao Tang, and Lingyao Pavilion.

In this way, when they returned to the Sihe Academy, Gu Caiyi calculated the account and was directly scared.

"Luo Chen, you actually spent three hundred spirit stones in one breath today?"

Luo Chen nodded and then rushed into the house.

Gu Caiyi was still shocked; clearly, Luo Chen was stingy, and he couldn't wait to break one spirit stone into two.

But when spending spirit stones, he didn't seem stingy at all.

Really a bit contradictory.

Contradictory?

Luo Chen knows that he is never contradictory.

He earns spirit stones with his life, and when it comes to useless expenses, he is stingier than anyone else.

But when it comes to Great Dao cultivation, he is more willing to spend money than anyone else.

Yangqi Pills are so expensive; when he was at the fourth level of Qi Refining, he was already buying them five bottles at a time.

Boom!

The Ziyun Copper Furnace fell directly into his own elixir room.

Start the fire, add water, pour in a bottle of Xian Tian Powder sold for ten spirit stones in Lingyao Pavilion, and stir it thoroughly.

Then add various medicinal herbs one by one, and finally throw the crocodile dragon bone, which looks like only a small section but actually weighs thirty catties, into it.

"Boil for three hours, and it should produce a furnace of Peiyuan Spirit Liquid from the 'Qingyuan Elixir Explanation'."

Luo Chen breathed a sigh of relief, looking forward to it.

The "Qingyuan Elixir Explanation" records many things, elixir path foundation, elixir refining techniques, and some small elixir formulas for alchemists.

It doesn't count as an elixir formula, but if used long-term, the effects of those small elixir formulas are no less than first-grade elixirs.

Peiyuan Spirit Liquid is one of them.

Absorbed in the form of a medicinal bath, alchemists can obtain a large amount of vital energy besides, and their perception of medicinal power can be more sensitive.

The original intention of the author, Qingyuanzi, was to let alchemists obtain the latter effect, so that they can better perceive the changes in medicinal power in the elixir when refining.

But now, Luo Chen has taken a fancy to the former effect.

A large amount of vital energy, isn't that the nutrition his body needs?

Of course, there are other ways to supplement nutrition.

Luo Chen came to the kitchen, set up a large pot, and threw all the vegetables, bones, and monster beast meat he bought into it.

"Today, let’s have a hot pot stew!"

"Still missing a handful of vermicelli, let’s use these tendons instead!"

Throwing a handful of cleaned monster beast tendons in, Luo Chen clapped his hands.

Just waiting for the food to be out of the pot!

…….

…….

Night falls.

Husband and wife return home together!

Qin Liangchen walked in the alley, and Murong Qinglian held his arm.

"The share of profits from last month came down, three hundred spirit stones from the Medicine Hall, and one hundred from the Elixir Hall. The big head is still our spirit fish business; besides supplying the Zhongding family, another immortal cultivation family has reached an intention of regular supply, with an income of more than five hundred spirit stones."

"Husband, what about you?"

Qin Liangchen’s face flushed red, and he spat out a number, "Three hundred!"

As the pillar of the family, earning less than half of his wife’s, it made him ashamed and angry.

Murong Qinglian said with a smile: "Don't be angry, the spirit fish lake was fought down by you back then, I’m just helping you manage it."

Regarding this, Qin Liangchen was still a bit uncomfortable.

Being this elder without any real power, he didn't earn as much as he imagined.

However, there is another way to calculate the account; if he didn't serve as this elder, Murong Qinglian wouldn't be able to sit in the position of the Medicine Hall master.

"Wait a few more months for spirit stones, and we will entrust someone to send them to Xiaohu!"

Suddenly, Qin Liangchen said.

He looked at the pitch-black alley in front, revealing a bit of longing.

"I don't know if Xiaohu is doing well in the Luoyun Sect. Have the elixirs we left behind been eaten? And how is he getting along with his fellow disciples?"

Murong Qinglian listened quietly.

Their family is very strange; clearly, Qin Liangchen is the pillar, but most of the external affairs are done by Murong Qinglian.

And Qin Liangchen is not like an ordinary strict father or strict husband, used to showing emotions.

Even when his son was there, he didn't care about Xiaohu’s shyness, lifting him up to fly around every day.

"Old Qin, I heard that the gang recently obtained a metal-attribute high-grade magic treasure, which is a giant sword, very consistent with your fighting style."

"Why don't we buy it?"

Qin Liangchen was surprised, "Not saving spirit stones for Xiaohu?"

Murong Qinglian shook her head, "Still need to save, but not now; he is only in the early stage of Qi Refining and can't spend many resources."

"But you are different; you still have hope for Foundation Establishment and need a capable magic treasure."

"If one day you advance to Foundation Establishment, Xiaohu can also be tougher in the sect!"

Hearing these words, Qin Liangchen also thought about it seriously.

After a while, he nodded heavily.

"Also, I still have a Foundation Establishment Pill with Mi Shuhua, which cannot be wasted."

After speaking, he took advantage of no one and quickly kissed Murong Qinglian.

"Wife, you are so good; when you are close to Great Perfection, I will definitely help you establish the foundation!"

Murong Qinglian wiped the saliva off her face, shy and angry, and pushed him away.

"Old shameless!"

Laughing and scolding as she entered the courtyard, she smelled a rich fragrance.

It was a bit pungent, making people want to sneeze, but that fragrance stimulated them to secrete saliva.

"Brother Qin, Sister-in-law Murong, you are back!"

"Come and eat hot pot quickly, I left bowls and chopsticks for you."

Luo Chen greeted them enthusiastically and kicked Bai Meiling.

Bai Meiling bit the bone while making room.

Beside her, Gu Caiyi set up two sets of bowls and chopsticks and thoughtfully poured a glass of wine.

Murong Qinglian was surprised: "You guys have made a fortune, eating so richly."

A stove was set up in the courtyard, with a large iron pot on it, filled with ingredients.

Under the red bubbles bubbling up, it looked particularly tempting.

Gu Caiyi smiled: "This is because our Hall Master Luo made a fortune, so he invited everyone to eat a good meal."

It was indeed a good meal.

More than half of the ingredients in the pot were monster beast meat, and some vegetables also had spiritual energy bonuses.

It can be said that the cost of this pot is at least five spirit stones.

If it were placed in the Zhongding family, selling it for fifty or one hundred would not be excessive!

The key is that Luo Chen added a lot of spices on the basis of stewing, making it a spicy Sichuan-Chongqing flavor.

When the Qin Liangchen couple sat down and started to feast, they also enjoyed it.

The spicy flavor is indeed appetizing!

Although they are not used to eating spicy food, cultivators have good physiques, and tasting it occasionally doesn't affect them.

Monster beast meat is really solid, and Luo Chen had accumulated some processing experience when refining Grain Bigu Pills.

This is how he made a hot pot version of the immortal cultivation world with tendons and brains.

Watching everyone eat so happily, Luo Chen’s feeling of heartache for five spirit stones disappeared.

He is a very stingy person, but very generous in cultivation.

For true friends, if he didn't have the ability, it would be fine; if he had the spare energy, he would never be stingy about sharing benefits.

And these neighbors have gradually become his true friends.

When he was at his lowest, Gu Caiyi answered many cultivation common sense questions, contacted elixir furnaces for him, shared fruits, and today she gave him a martial arts manual without hesitation.

Bai Meiling and Feng Xia, because of their fixed work hours, didn't have much contact.

But when he occasionally went to Baicao Tang to buy raw materials, they would secretly pick some good-quality medicinal herbs for him.

As for the Qin Liangchen couple, they were even better to him.

Pointing out Luo Chen’s spell cultivation, giving him puppet gifts, and the second-grade tiger bone medicinal soup they boiled back then, they also sent a bowl, allowing him to successfully break through to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

Now in the Poshan Gang, they also help him a lot.

Luo Chen actually remembers all these little bits and pieces accumulated over time.

Before, he had no spare energy, so most of the time he was taking advantage.

But now, he is not so embarrassed.

Treating everyone to a good meal is within his ability.

"Elixir refining?"

"Haha, when I become a second-grade alchemist in the future, I will definitely help everyone refine Foundation Establishment Pills!"

"But you have to pay for the materials yourselves; I heard that the main ingredients for Foundation Establishment Pills are particularly expensive."

Luo Chen boasted shamelessly.

Everyone listened with a smile.

Qin Liangchen was worthy of being Luo Chen’s good big brother, praising him, saying that Foundation Establishment Pills are nothing, and if he wants to refine, he should refine the Jiangyun Pill used for Core Formation.

Luo Chen naturally couldn't lose face, directly talking about Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation.

This Sihe Academy was filled with a joyful atmosphere for a while.

…….

After the joy, it was the cultivators’ time for bitter cultivation.

Everyone went home, saying they were resting, but in fact, they were all frantically rolling.

Luo Chen rolled the hardest!

He sat directly into the Ziyun Copper Furnace he used for elixir refining.

In short, stewing himself in an iron pot!

"Hiss, not hot!"

Luo Chen’s facial features were constantly distorted, extremely wonderful.

The Peiyuan Spirit Liquid, which had been boiled for a whole afternoon and half the night, had its medicinal power completely stimulated.

At this moment, it was the best time to absorb the essence.

Luo Chen sat quietly in it, letting the surging flesh and blood essence vital energy seep into his internal organs through his skin.

Changchun Gong had already started to circulate.

After soaking for about half an hour, Luo Chen took out a Yangqi Pill and swallowed it.

Circulating Changchun Gong again.

Another half an hour passed, and a stick of Anshen Incense was slowly lit.

Luo Chen’s exhausted spirit, like a dried-up stream, received the irrigation of a great river and became energetic again.

"Another one!"

In this way, the night passed in a flash.

When Luo Chen came out of the Ziyun Copper Furnace, the pot of Peiyuan Spirit Liquid had become clear and transparent.

All the vital energy in it was absorbed and refined by him.

Looking at this scene, Luo Chen was thoughtful.

"People in the world divide realms by Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, and Nascent Soul."

"But in ancient times, Qi Refining scholars took 'refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit' as their decree."

"This pot of flesh and blood essence not only supported the five extra circulations of Changchun Gong, but also made my physique more powerful, and my spiritual power increased by a few points."

Feeling the feeling of fullness and satisfaction in his body, Luo Chen couldn't help but stretch.

What a beautiful night!

Click on the attribute panel.

【Lifespan: 27/75】

【Spiritual Root: Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth】

【Realm: Sixth level of Qi Refining: 5/100】

【Technique: Changchun Gong Master: 627/1000】

【Spells: Great Perfection Fireball Technique, Carefree Travel Master 870/1000, Wind-Riding Technique Master 600/1000, Traction Technique Master 721/1000, Entanglement Technique Perfect 430/500, Spirit Eye Technique Perfect 490/500, Cleansing Technique Perfect 350/500, Healing Technique Entry 15/100, Breath-Concealing Spirit Technique Entry 78/100, Mountain-Breaking Tablet-Shattering Palm Entry 1/100】

【Skills: First-grade Alchemist: Grain Bigu Powder Master 910/1000, Zhongmiao Pill Master 600/100, Yusu Pill 20/100】

【Achievement Points: 13 points】

Scanning through it, Luo Chen had the clearest understanding of his current state.

In terms of spells, there was no major change, just the entry of the Mountain-Breaking Tablet-Shattering Palm.

In terms of skills, the Yusu Pill had already added a keyword, successfully refining one furnace of pills, producing 20 pills, so 20 points of proficiency were added.

These were all expected.

What Luo Chen cared about was the realm progress bar!

He remembered very clearly that before practicing last night, the progress bar was 【4/100】.

That was the progress after he broke through to the sixth level of Qi Refining, taking Yangqi Pills every day, plus Changchun Gong, and cultivating diligently for a full ten days.

Under such circumstances, it only rose from 1 to 4.

But last night, in just one night, it skyrocketed by a full 1 point!

"Last night’s consumption, two Yangqi Pills, one stick of Anshen Incense, one portion of Peiyuan Spirit Liquid. Adding it up, it cost about forty spirit stones."

Calculating this, Luo Chen couldn't help but gasp.

This amount of spirit stones would be enough for any middle-stage cultivator to spend for a month.

But for him, it was just one night!

Although the increase was also astonishing, if it continued like this, he would be able to advance to the seventh level of Qi Refining in at most three months.

Three months to break through a whole small realm, what kind of cultivation genius is this?

However, this was completely smashed out by spirit stones!

"No, this body of mine really spends too many cultivation resources."

"But I don't know the specific benefits yet."

"I have to find a way to verify it, or compare it with others."

"I must find a way to verify this, or compare it with others."