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Chapter 117: Impressions at the Immortal Construction Residence and the Refinement of the Blood-Boil
Chapter 117: Impressions at the Immortal Construction Residence and the Refinement of the Blood-Boiling Pill
"Here, breakfast."
Luo Chen handed over a glutinous rice wrapped in green leaves to him, and Gu Caiyi sat down beside him.
Luo Chen took the steaming glutinous rice, enjoying a mouthful.
"Delicious!"
"I never knew that glutinous rice made from Spirit Rice could taste so good."
Seeing Luo Chen savoring it with great satisfaction, Gu Caiyi gave a gentle smile. "This is still thanks to the inspiration from your popcorn. Those who follow the trend have started to put more effort into the most common Spirit Rice."
Luo Chen chuckled, savoring the breakfast imbued with Spirit Qi.
Once humans cultivate Qi, their bodies enter a passive transformation process.
During this process, besides cultivation, the supplementation of food is also a major key.
So-called cultivators abstaining from grains is often something high-rank cultivators do in seclusion.
But in reality, low-rank cultivators should try to avoid abstaining, because, cultivation, external Spirit Qi, cultivation of the body,, body,, can occur.
in the body.
If the essence is insufficient, it will damage the root.
The process of cultivating Qi can often lead to bodily damage.
However, there is a theory about eating. Ordinary grains and cereals are not the first choice of cultivators.
Eating too much of those things would fill the body with impurities, affecting the process of refining the Spirit Qi.
Spirit rice, spirit vegetables, demon beast meat, spirit wine, and spirit tea naturally became popular.
Even when Luo Chen was at his most depressed,, to bite and buy the next batch of spirit rice to prevent the body from holding back the cultivation.
Now in the Great River Market, the development of spirit food is thriving.
There were originally places like the Spirit Source Hall and the Bell and Tripod Family.
Later, Luo Chen promoted a variety of snacks containing trace amounts of Spirit Qi, which became very popular.
Inspired, those scattered cultivators also started to innovate, creating many snacks containing spirit qi.
It must be said that they were still quite popular, and cultivators who got tired of spirit rice were still willing to spend spirit stones to improve the taste.
For instance, Luo Chen enjoyed the foods sold at the White Stone Square, often bringing them over for breakfast with Gu Caiyi.
Of course, he would also give spirit stones, not wanting to freeload from others.
Even offering to bring breakfast, they could enjoy it together.
Gu Caiyi used to eat only one meal of spirit rice per day like ordinary cultivators.
But now following Luo Chen, she also got used to eating breakfast.
She lay there, thinking about some cultivation matters.
Suddenly, she caught a whiff.
"Hmm, Luo Chen, did you apply any rouge? Why do you have a fragrance?"
"I'm not a woman, why would I apply rouge!"
Gu Caiyi sniffed, carefully smelling the fragrance emanating from Luo Chen, faintly.
Fiereous and yet like jade, warm and smooth.
Very contradictory, but quite soothing between her nostrils.
Luo Chen paused, then suddenly said, "It should be the Spirit Qi left from my long-term pill refinement. Is this fragrance strong or not?"
"Not strong, you have to be quite close to smell it."
Gu Caiyi sniffed, feeling a sense of refreshment.
Why hadn't she noticed the Spirit qi on Luo Chen before?
Hearing her say so, Luo Chen felt reassured.
It was normal for a pill refiner to have a bit of Spirit qi linger spirit to leave a deep strong impression. on on and was qi from qi qi.
qi was.
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in the body.
. But it would be better to conceal or directly remove it in the future for doing things not suitable forAfter breakfast, the cultivators gradually arrived at the Alchemy Hall.
A new day of pill refinement work began to begin.
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However, under Gu Caiyi's leadership, these people had no complaints.
Starting this month, the hall master promised to raise the benefits, which had been approved by the gang.
Everyone, according to their respective positions, had some gains, more or less.
And working at the Mountain Breaker Gang for a long time would increase merit points.
Gathering enough merit points, they could go to the Merit Hall to exchange for some low-rank spells.
Although they were just mass-produced, buying them out would cost a high price of spirit stones.
Internal exchange was much cheaper.
It was the improvement of benefits that made these people work with more passion than than.
Assisting Luo Chen in refine refining the pills of cultivation. spirit of the spirit Qi qi and qi and Chen and's to select two andaries and one pill nurturer from the Herbal Apprentices and Pill Nurturers.
A day later, the pill refinement ended.
Today's success rate was not high, only about 40%.
Of course, that was what the internal cultivators saw.
The actual success rate was around 50%.
The extra 10% was quietly greed by LThat was the additional 20 high-grade Jade Marrow Pills he specially refined,, whose efficacy could compare to the Qi nurturing pill.
Although it still couldn't match the current main consumption of the Dust-transforming pill, it didn't have drug resistance!
Luo Chen didn't hurry to refine, just swallowing it down, letting the medicinal perme the through to the veins.
qi automatically filled in the mer.
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and always maintaining the abundant state of Spirit Qi.
With this, regardless of whether he was refining pills or releasing spells, his Spirit power could always remain in a full state.
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And the automatic qi recovery feature of the Eternal spring technique always taking effect.
Luo Chen also wanted to try, if the spirit power in the body always remained full, would there be passive refinement.
Actually sometimes, Luo Chen was also thinking.
What would happen if his embezzlement was discovered?
After much deliberation, Luo Chen reached a conclusion.
What could happen?
As long as it wasn't too excessive, Uncle Mi would just pretend not to see it.
Could they really lock him up in the dungeon?
At most, they would warn him, and he would have to be more discreet for a while. After some time, he could continue as usual.
Thus, Luo Chen felt no psychological burden as he enriched himself.
After work, Luo Chen invited Gu Caiyi to head to the inner city.
As they left, Zhou Yuanli and the other bodyguards followed them tacitly.
Only after they entered the secure inner city did these bodyguards disperse.
Once they left, Luo Chen bid farewell to Gu Caiyi and began to wander around the inner city alone.
He first went to the Hundred Herbs Hall.
Accompanied by Bai Meiling, Luo Chen met the new shopkeeper of the Hundred Herbs Hall.
To his surprise!
The new shopkeeper was not an old cultivator like Liu Hecai, but a young Foundation Establishment Cultivator.
Shouldn't such talents remain within the sect to focus on their cultivation, become a True Disciple, and then strive to form a Golden Core?
Or was the Medicine King Sect so rich in talent that they could casually send young Foundation Establishment Cultivators out to handle business?
The reason the new shopkeeper was willing to meet Luo Chen was that the previous shopkeeper, Liu, had informed him that there was a Loose Cultivator Alchemist named Luo Chen in the Great River Market.
Alchemists were already rare.
A Loose Cultivator Alchemist was even more intriguing.
However, after learning that Luo Chen was already serving a gang, the new shopkeeper lost interest.
They exchanged names and waved him off, letting Luo Chen browse on his own.
Luo Chen bought some herbs for the Yuan Cultivating Spirit Liquid and also picked up several dozen Heavenly Sun Fruits. After bidding farewell to Bai Meiling, he headed straight to the Immortal Construction Residence.
The Immortal Construction Residence was a shop under Ailao Mountain, specializing in various building materials and minerals, as well as resource collection.
Upon entering the Immortal Construction Residence, Luo Chen began to wander around.
Seeing his intention to browse, the Ailao Mountain disciples working there had no intention of greeting him.
Such Loose Cultivators were common.
Even after browsing for half a day, they might not buy anything valuable.
"There's no point in arguing, it must have been done by the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect!"
"Who would be so stupid as to commit murder on their own turf?"
"Tsk, such things happen all the time. Otherwise, where would the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect get so many magic treasures to auction?"
Listening to the idle chatter of two late-stage Cultivation of Qi Ailao Mountain disciples, Luo Chen became curious.
He recalled that during the auction, the local Sword Pavilion, representing the Sword Sect, indeed brought out many magic treasures for auction.
The Heavenly Moon Purple Gold Wheel that Uncle Mi had bought at a high price was one of them.
In subsequent auctions, they had at least sold four more magic treasures!
He had been curious before, as the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect was not a major casting sect, so where did they get so many magic treasures?
Unexpectedly, he heard this explanation from disciples of other sects.
Thinking about it, it made sense. Sword Sect cultivators, once they reached Foundation Establishment, would discard most external objects and focus solely on their Sword Pills.
The magic treasures that Loose Cultivators viewed as treasures were not indispensable to sword cultivators who revered "one sword breaks all spells."
If they accidentally obtained some magic treasures, it was quite reasonable to auction them off.
There might be trouble at auctions in the heart of the Jade Cauldron Domain, but in a remote place like the Great River Market, there were no such concerns.
In such a place, the Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion was a dominant force, and no one dared to provoke them.
He heard another conversation, filled with indignation.
"The injuries on Senior Fei Baiwen's corpse were clearly caused by a magic treasure-level Sword Pill. There are many Sword Pills in the Jade Cauldron Domain, but only Sword Sect Golden Core Cultivators can nurture magic treasure-level Sword Pills!"
"But why would a Sword Sect Golden Core Cultivator attack a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?"
"Who knows? Maybe he had his eye on Senior's Cage magic treasure. It's said that defense magic treasures like the Cage can be used by sword cultivators."
"Maybe!"
"Anyway, the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect is too overbearing. When our Supreme Elder went to demand an explanation, they were very arrogant. After returning to the sect, the Supreme Elder was so angry that he cursed the Sword Sect and even halted several large market repair plans."
"Hiss, we can't afford to provoke a Great Sect of Nascent Soul. Isn't the Supreme Elder afraid of inviting trouble?"
"Haha, you don't know. When the Jade Cauldron Domain was established... Hey, little guy, are you going to buy anything or not!"
Luo Chen was taken aback, then smiled.
"Of course, I just didn't want to disturb the two of you."
"Tell us what you want to buy, we're closing soon."
Luo Chen pursed his lips and said with a smile, "I heard you have Earth Fire Evil here, but I couldn't find it on the shelves after looking for a long time."
The cultivator at the Immortal Construction Residence glanced at him disdainfully.
"Uninformed, how could Earth Fire Evil be displayed on the shelves? How much do you want?"
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Earth Fire Evil is extremely malevolent, leaving no room for other things to exist.
In places of extreme malevolence, Earth Fire Evil often arises.
If there is corresponding Earth Fire Evil, nothing else can exist except for the malevolent beings it generates.
For example, Yellow Spring Evil is the result of second-rank Yellow Spring Water accumulating over time.
In that place, apart from the Yellow Spring Water, the Yellow Spring Evil would actively destroy any external objects.
The same goes for the Earth Fire Evil.
It is a type of evil energy that is born in areas where a large amount of earth fire exists.
Therefore, the Earth Fire Evil often does not tolerate external objects and has extremely strong destructive power, belonging to the category of yang-just evil energy.
However, cultivators are extremely intelligent. If such strong destructive power is added to a magic artifact, its power will surge several times.
Thus, after years of research, generation after generation of highly intelligent individuals came up with many methods to extract, contain, and utilize evil energy.
After all, no matter how powerful something is, there will always be something of a higher grade or with an attribute that can counter it.
For example, although the Earth Fire Evil is of the fire attribute, it is naturally suppressed by earth elements due to its long-term presence in mountain and earth veins.
Under the guidance of a disciple from Ailao Mountain, Luo Chen saw the object used to store the Earth Fire Evil.
It was a stone that looked full of tiny holes, resembling a beehive.
"This is a Rock Floating Stone, a substance that coexists with earth fire. One stone can contain ten strands of Earth Fire Evil."
"If you want to buy Earth Fire Evil, you have to buy a Rock Floating Stone as well. So, the price..."
Fifty spirit stones!
Luo Chen was taken aback.
Earth Fire Evil was just the lowest and most common type of evil energy, with a grade of only one.
A mere ten strands, and it cost him fifty spirit stones!
Seeing Luo Chen's pained expression, the cultivator smiled and said, "Of course, we will also teach you how to guide the evil energy. This deal is definitely not a loss for you."
Hearing this, Luo Chen reluctantly accepted it.
However, after spending fifty spirit stones to buy the Earth Fire Evil, Luo Chen was still indignant.
The Immortal Construction Residence of Ailao Mountain was truly a big profiteer.
Not only did they sell the goods, but they also engaged in bundled sales.
Ten strands of Earth Fire Evil were sold with a Rock Floating Stone and the Malevolent Qi Control Technique.
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After leaving the Immortal Construction Residence, Luo Chen did some calculations.
Ten strands of Earth Fire Evil cost fifty spirit stones.
Heavenly Sun Fruit was relatively cheaper. To buy an equivalent amount to match the Earth Fire Evil, it would cost about ten spirit stones.
The blood of the Exploding Ape, one of the three main ingredients of the Blood-Boiling Pill, was also not cheap.
Although he hadn't bought it yet, he knew the price. Buying ten portions of Exploding Ape Demon Blood would cost at least thirty spirit stones.
If he added the other auxiliary materials, it would cost another twenty spirit stones or so.
In total, to gather ten main ingredients, he would need at least one hundred and ten low-grade spirit stones.
He hadn't even calculated the costs of labor and materials, such as the wood for burning during the alchemy process.
"The cost of the Wondrous Pill and the Jade Marrow Pill is only five spirit stones. Why is the cost of the Blood-Boiling Pill so high?"
"Could it be because this pill formula was deduced by me?"
Luo Chen couldn't help but think about the pill formula.
Generally, mature pill formulas have been deduced countless times by alchemy grandmasters, with the main and auxiliary ingredients carefully selected.
This process could take ten years, a hundred years, or even a thousand years of evolution.
Therefore, the prices of the main and auxiliary ingredients in various pill formulas have already been reduced to the lowest possible.
His Blood-Boiling Pill formula, however, was a bit of a shortcut.
He derived it from the Second-Rank Blood Fiend Pill and used the system to force his way into the process.
There was no optimization or simplification in the process.
"If this is the reason, it means the Blood-Boiling Pill formula can still be optimized."
"But with my current alchemy skills, deducing a pill formula that can be used is already my best effort. How can I optimize it further?"
If the cost cannot be reduced, the profit margin of the pill will be very small.
Even if the effect is good, it is only a first-grade pill.
It won't be effective for high-grade cultivators, and low-grade cultivators can't afford the high price, so the profit will naturally be small.
"Never mind, let's just try to refine it first."
"If the effect is average and not suitable for sale, I'll use it myself!"
Luo Chen sighed and made this decision.
He didn't plan to give up on refining the Blood-Boiling Pill. After all, it's a first-grade pill, and it might have a good market if refined successfully.
Furthermore, by refining the Blood-Boiling Pill and increasing his proficiency, he could also improve his Blood Fiend Pill.
After all, both formulas have the same origin.
Over the next few days, he gradually collected all the other auxiliary materials.
As for the Exploding Ape Demon Blood, he didn't buy it himself but entrusted Duan Feng to purchase it for him.
He asked Duan Feng to handle it because it was reasonable for him to buy such things.
The blood of the Exploding Ape is very suitable for refining a potent medicinal broth, which is beneficial for those with depleted qi and blood.
Cultivators who frequently fight on the Dao Discussion Platform often buy it to make medicinal broth.
Luo Chen had seen this before.
During the battle among the eighteen cultivators, Murong Qinglian had made a tiger bone soup for Qin Liangchen to drink.
The recipe for the tiger bone soup was the same type of potent medicinal broth mentioned earlier, just with different main ingredients, but the principle was the same.
After collecting all the materials, Luo Chen prepared to start refining the Blood-Boiling Pill.
The place he chose for the refinement was at home, in his small alchemy chamber.
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Thump!
With a dull sound, the Four Symbols Cauldron landed above the fire pit.
Luo Chen frowned, the alchemical chamber in his home was too small. After placing the Four Symbols Cauldron, which was a ten feet tall, the space became quite cramped.
But there was no other way.
He couldn't openly take this matter to the Alchemy Hall in Crescent Moon Valley.
Even if he were to refine pills late at night, it would be easily detected by the Mountain Breaker Gang's cultivators on night watch.
Therefore, he could only refine pills at home.
Without any assistants, Luo Chen had to take up the miscellaneous tasks of refining pills, which he hadn't done for a long time.
Heating the Four Symbols Cauldron took a long time, and relying solely on firewood wasn't enough. Luo Chen had to multitask, occasionally casting Fireball Spells.
He also had to control his Spirit Energy to prevent the Fireball Spells from being too powerful.
Fortunately, he was already very familiar with the Flame Manipulation Technique and could control the flames with great proficiency.
While performing these tedious tasks, Luo Chen even thought about his recent situation.
It was fortunate that he joined the Mountain Breaker Gang. If he were still fighting alone like before, refining pills every day would have been exhausting.
Now, he refined pills twice a day, three cauldrons at a time, and the workload was clearly more than before.
However, with the help of the herbal apprentices and fire workers, he found it much easier.
"Next, it's time to add the auxiliary materials."
One by one, the processed herbs were added to the Four Symbols Cauldron.
For some that needed on-site processing, he used the Pill Art Simple Heart Technique to handle them.
Then came the Heavenly Sun Fruit, which had a gentle nature.
This fruit contained a trace of Primordial Qi, not much, but quite precious.
Otherwise, the Hundred Herbs Hall wouldn't have it for sale.
After the Heavenly Sun Fruit, it was the Exploding Ape Demon Blood.
Luo Chen took out a magic artifact, the Wave Swallowing and Sea Containing Flask.
This was a recent purchase; the previous one he had given to Feng Xia to store the Fuzhu Deer's milk.
Surprisingly, this time, the price for the magic artifact was only two hundred spirit stones.
He remembered that the Wave Swallowing and Sea Containing Flask at the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower used to cost two hundred and thirty.
Sikong Shoujia hadn't deceived him; the prices of magic artifacts were indeed getting cheaper. Perhaps thousands of years later, even the high-priced Storage Bags would be standard for Qi Cultivation cultivators.
The flask's mouth opened, releasing a pungent odor.
This substance didn't need processing; it needed to be in its original form.
Luo Chen precisely controlled the amount of demon blood, stopping once he had enough for one Blood-Boiling Pill, then put the flask away.
After adding the Exploding Ape Demon Blood, Luo Chen stopped and focused on controlling the heat.
Occasionally, he would use the Pulling Technique to open the cauldron lid and stir the gradually melting medicinal liquid with a special medicinal spatula.
According to the pill formula he deduced, it was best to minimize the alchemist's Spirit Energy contact during the Blood-Boiling Pill's refinement process.
Otherwise, it might affect the pill's purity.
The only point of contact would be when the pill was finished, using the Pill Refinement Technique to shape the medicinal liquid into pills with Spirit Energy.
The simmering and stirring took a long time.
Luo Chen even felt a bit drowsy.
Of course, he wouldn't fall asleep.
He even thought about how to schedule the refinement process if he were to mass-produce Blood-Boiling Pills.
There needed to be fire workers to monitor the fire.
Additionally, he could train a group of herbal apprentices to handle the stages of the refinement process where the medicinal liquid changes.
Perhaps not just Blood-Boiling Pills, the Jade Marrow Pill also had a stage that consumed much of his energy, which could be handled similarly.
These thoughts flashed through his mind.
Luo Chen continued to focus on refining the pill.
After about an incense stick's worth of time, he felt it was almost ready.
Luo Chen took out the beehive-shaped Rock Floating Stone.
The stone floated above the Four Symbols Cauldron. Luo Chen extended his hand, and Spirit Energy flowed out.
With a hand seal, the Spirit Energy formed a cluster, like bees, entering the beehive.
Breaking through the barrier set by the cultivators from Ailao Mountain, Luo Chen's Spirit Energy, like bees carrying pollen, carefully wrapped a strand of Earth Fire Evil and slowly transported it out.
The Earth Fire Evil entered the cauldron, and Luo Chen's Spirit Energy instantly retracted.
The cauldron lid was immediately pressed down.
Almost instantly, the Four Symbols Cauldron emitted a slight tremor.
"Gentle medicinal liquid, upon contact with Earth Fire Evil, will undergo a special transformation. Its overall nature will instantly shift toward savagery."
"Not only that, the Spirit Energy in the Exploding Ape Demon Blood and Heavenly Sun Fruit will also burst and merge under the stimulation of Earth Fire Evil."
Having deduced the pill formula, Luo Chen was well aware of the possible changes during the refinement process.
He could be considered the person in this world who understood this Blood-Boiling Pill formula the most.
Even a grandmaster alchemist wouldn't be more familiar than him.
Suddenly!
The trembling Four Symbols Cauldron stopped, becoming as quiet as before.
Luo Chen's mind focused, it was the final moment of pill formation.
He directed his Spirit Energy, following the array patterns initially reserved in the cauldron, and seeped it in.
After about five breaths, Luo Chen eagerly opened the cauldron lid.
A pungent, burnt smell instantly spread.
"Did it fail?"
"Getting used to it, for the first refinement, it's normal to fail... just a beginner's level of proficiency..."
Luo Chen, who had mentally prepared for failure, was stunned when he saw the five pea-sized, blood-red pills at the bottom of the Four Symbols Cauldron.
It didn't fail!
Success at the first attempt!
(End of Chapter)
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