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Chapter 71: The Bell and Cauldron Feast, the Golden Core Approaches
Chapter 71: The Bell and Cauldron Feast, the Golden Core Approaches
"Right, just follow the original blueprint for the repairs."
"It's simple. Just replace the main beam and find a few stones from outside the city to repair and reinforce the structure."
"Do you need green fire bricks? Wait a moment, there’s a store in Immortal Construction that sells them. They’ll send someone over to deliver them."
Luo Chen hired three junior members of the Broken Mountain Gang, each receiving a spirit stone as payment for helping with the repairs.
He also sent some of his belongings to Qin Liangchen’s house for safekeeping.
For now, that would have to do.
As the sky gradually darkened, Luo Chen cleaned up and accompanied Qin Liangchen to the Bell and Cauldron family’s feast.
On the way, Qin Liangchen casually mentioned, "Among fire spells, there's a second-tier spell called the Blazing Sun Spell. When cast, it erupts like a small sun, with immense power, leaving everything within a twenty-zhang radius scorched and barren."
A twenty-zhang radius! That’s about half a football field!
"Brother Qin, what are you talking about?"
"I’m only at the middle stage of the Qi Refinement Realm, so I definitely don’t know any second-tier Blazing Sun Spells!"
Luo Chen frantically waved his hands, but he had an idea.
Fusing twenty fireballs clearly didn’t match the power of the second-tier Blazing Sun Spell, but it was certainly a step in the right direction.
What if he fused ten more, or even twenty or thirty more?
However, such an increase in power would also mean a significant drain on his spirit energy.
"Let’s keep it as a trump card for now. I’ll have to practice it more when I have the time."
Despite the loss of nearly ten spirit stones today, Luo Chen was still pleased.
He now had an additional trump card beyond his regular means.
When they arrived at the third floor of the Bell and Cauldron family’s residence, not many people had shown up yet, only a few minor figures.
Qin Liangchen went to chat with the others, leaving Luo Chen to his own devices. He found a secluded private room and split his focus: half on the outside world and half on his attribute panel.
He hadn’t finished browsing through it earlier.
In terms of cultivation levels, his progress was neither particularly fast nor slow.
The Grandmaster-level Eternal Spring Technique not only greatly increased his cultivation efficiency but also helped him to unblock the twelve primary meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians, allowing him to refine two Qi Nourishing Pills a day.
However, with his advancement to the fifth layer of Qi Refinement, the progress bar calculation had changed.
At the third layer of Qi Refinement, one Qi Nourishing Pill added two points to his progress.
At the fourth layer, one pill added one point.
Now, at the fifth layer, he needed two pills to add just one point.
So, after half a month of taking two pills a day, his progress bar had only reached 16 points.
Luo Chen had anticipated this.
After all, each advancement in cultivation level meant an increase in the maximum spirit energy capacity.
This was a normal phenomenon.
Why did it take longer and longer for cultivators to break through to higher levels?
The main issue was right here.
The amount of spirit energy required to fill a cultivation level only increased, and not just by a multiple.
In the Great River Marketplace, there were hundreds of cultivators at the later stages of Qi Refinement, but only a few had reached the peak of Qi Refinement.
The deceased Heart Devouring Tiger Han Dang was one of them, and so was Fu Xiuxiu, who had failed to advance to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
The others were few and far between.
Even those Luo Chen was familiar with, like Qin Liangchen and Murong Qinglian, were not at the peak of Qi Refinement.
As for others like Luo Wudi and Ke Yuelin, they were even further behind.
The only concern for Luo Chen was whether Qi Nourishing Pills would still be effective once he reached the later stages of Qi Refinement.
After all, there was such a thing as developing a tolerance to elixirs.
"For now, I won’t worry about that."
Luo Chen didn’t want to borrow trouble from the future and focused on the spell section of his panel.
His eyes landed directly on the last section: [Achievement Points: 21]
He hadn’t expected that reaching the Grandmaster level in Fireball Spell would grant him an additional achievement point.
If this was the case, then reaching the Grandmaster level in a skill would earn him five achievement points.
They were: Proficient, Expert, Perfect, Grandmaster, and Grandmaster-Complete.
In the past half month, his gains had been substantial.
The Wind Control Technique and the Attraction Spell had both reached the Grandmaster level, as had the Entanglement Spell, the Spirit Eye Spell, and the rarely used Cleaning Spell.
This had earned him a total of seven achievement points.
"Twenty-one achievement points, what should I use them for?"
"Beginner Healing Spell? Forget it, I can reach the beginner level after just a couple more days of practice."
"I don’t have any other cultivation techniques on hand."
"Compared to cultivation techniques, using achievement points to master a certain elixir recipe would be the most cost-effective. That way, I can avoid countless failures before reaching the beginner level."
Countless failures meant countless spirit stones!
The only second-tier elixir recipe he had left was the incomplete Jade Dew Pill.
Clearly, it's not the right time to refine the Jade Dew Pill.
Without the financial means or the strength, even if he managed to refine it, he might not dare to sell it.
"So, I need to find a first-tier pill formula. And it should have a broad market and few competitors."
"I wonder if the Broken Mountain Gang has one? Or the Medicine Hall?"
Luo Chen pondered, then looked up to realize it was already pitch black outside.
From the small private room, a cacophony of noise could be heard.
He calmed his mind and quietly stepped out.
Just one glance!
He held his breath.
One, two, three, four, five, six.
A total of thirteen Foundation Establishment cultivators!
Heaven, how did this tiny Dahuang Workshop suddenly attract so many Foundation Establishment cultivators?
But strangely, he recognized most of them.
Talking with the Liu shopkeeper of the Hundred Herbs Hall was the Wang shopkeeper from the Spirit Medicine Pavilion.
The master of the Spirit Source Hermitage, Daoist Mu, was surrounded by three Foundation Establishment cultivators, seemingly discussing magical techniques.
Uncle Mi from the Broken Mountain Gang was chatting with Wang Haichao from the Great River Gang and another man, all smiling.
It was hard to believe they had been fighting to the death just a short while ago.
The man with a sinister face was likely Zhou Chaoxian, the leader of the Lianyun Merchant Alliance in this area. It was rumored he held a high position as an elder within the alliance.
And there was the cunning merchant Chu Lao from the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, whispering to a man in luxurious clothing.
However, the man was clearly impatient, his eyes constantly darting towards a group of female cultivators.
But he didn't dare offend the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower and had to carefully chat along.
Luo Chen glanced at the group of female cultivators and, coincidentally, saw a familiar face.
The bright and graceful Gu Caiyi, the beauty Xiang Xiang, and the gentle Fu Xiuxiu.
No matter how beautiful they were, they all revolved around the center, which was a woman in palace attire.
"Probably the madam of the Heavenly Fragrance Tower, no, a cultivator of the Joyful Union Sect, Gong Huiqin. She looks so stunning, but who knows her true age. She must be a high-class rich woman!"
Seemingly very sensitive to male gazes, the woman almost instantly noticed Luo Chen.
Luo Chen quickly lowered his head and moved to stand next to Qin Liangchen in the corner.
"Brother, this place is full of big shots. Why are we here?"
Whispering cautiously, Luo Chen felt like a nobody.
Qin Liangchen chuckled, "Why? To be a nobody, of course!"
Luo Chen was stunned. So, I really am a nobody!
"Big shots always bring a couple of lackeys around." Qin Liangchen patted his shoulder, "Don't be disheartened. Maybe one day we'll be the ones in charge."
That's true, isn't it? Luo Chen rolled his eyes. Saying such things, he wasn't afraid of being overheard by Foundation Establishment cultivators.
He heard that even the art of secret communication wasn't entirely reliable.
Coincidentally, there were three Foundation Establishment cultivators in front of them: Uncle Mi, Wang Haichao, and Zhou Chaoxian.
The last one suddenly turned his head, his gaze piercing as he stared at Qin Liangchen.
"You're the one who killed Bai Qi on the Dao Discussion Platform, right?"
Qin Liangchen's expression tensed, his gaze pleading as he looked at Uncle Mi.
"Brother Zhou, you—" Uncle Mi was about to speak but was interrupted by Zhou Chaoxian's raised hand.
Zhou Chaoxian smiled, "No worries, I just want to get to know you. This young Qin is the father of a talented disciple from the Falling Cloud Sect. I wouldn't do anything to him. But, Brother Mi, I've heard you're keeping that Foundation Establishment pill for him. Don't secretly swallow it, or there will be trouble!"
Uncle Mi's face stiffened, then gradually turned dark.
Just as the atmosphere grew tense, a sharp aura emanated from the entrance.
The next moment, seven Foundation Establishment cultivators ascended the stairs together.
Jade Cauldron Sword Cultivators.
Without hesitation, they bowed and shouted in unison, "Welcome, Elder Pang!"
Everyone was taken aback, then quickly bent down, respectfully shouting, "Welcome, Elder Pang!"
Under the night sky, a golden light darted straight into the third floor of the Zhongding Manor.
It was the Golden Core Elder, Pang Renxiong.
Luo Chen kept his head deeply bowed, not daring to glance around.
Under the unmasked pressure of the Golden Core, his teeth, bones, and even his soul trembled.
"Is this the might of a Golden Core?"
Deep within his heart, a surging tide of thoughts was rising.
"A true man should be like this!"
(End of Chapter)
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