Immortality Begins with the Master of Alchemy

Chapter 4 Introduction to Zhongmiaowan

The scallops have a unique taste and people often buy them and make soup for them.

 But the Fire Dog Whip has a somewhat single use.

 You are so young, why do you need to use this thing?

hey-hey

“You don’t need to call me senior, just call me shopkeeper Liu. What do you call me, little friend?” the fat shopkeeper asked with a smile.

“Hello, shopkeeper Liu, my surname is Luo. Just call me Xiao Luo.”

Luo Chen couldn't help but be so humble. In fact, the kind and fat shopkeeper in front of him exuded an aura that made him very uneasy.

 He has felt this kind of aura before, it was naturally exuded by an expert in the foundation building stage.

 In front of such a master, he naturally had to show full respect.

Shopkeeper Liu smiled slightly and said, "It turns out to be Fellow Daoist Luo. I do have the two medicinal materials you mentioned here, but the quantity is really not too much."

Luo Chen had some expectations.

Dahefang City is located in the border area near Donghuang, an inland area that stretches thousands of miles.

As for the two medicinal materials he asked about, one of them, scallops, is a seafood elixir that often has to be transported from far away places.

 The quantity is not much and can be foreseen, but it is enough if it is there!

"Can you get a hundred pieces of Yao Zhu? I want ten of the fire dog whips."

“There are so many, but the price is not cheap.” Shopkeeper Liu said with a smile.

 What he said is not cheap, of course, it is not very expensive, but it is based on Luo Chen's third-level cultivation in the Qi training period.

Especially the way the other person is dressed, it really doesn’t look like he is rich.

"what price?"

“One hundred pieces of Yao Zhu and ten pieces of low-grade spiritual stones. Ten pieces of fire dog whips are also ten pieces of low-grade spiritual stones.”

Luo Chen’s eyelids twitched.

He even wondered if the fat shopkeeper had clairvoyance, seeing that he only had twenty spiritual stones left in his arms.

 “Is it so expensive?”

"Do you want it?"

“I will be purchasing goods for a long time in the future, can you give me a discount?”

“Baicaotang, a 500-year-old store, a four-region chain, the prices are fair and honest, no bargaining!”

"Okay, wrap it up for me. Here are twenty spiritual stones."

Gritting his teeth, Luo Chen reluctantly took out twenty spiritual stones from his arms.

 The fat shopkeeper snatched the bag of spiritual stones from his hand at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

“Xiao Ling, grab a hundred Yao Zhu and ten fire dog whips!”

With the things in hand, Luo Chen picked up the large bag of herbs at the door and left Baicaotang with a knowing smile from the shopkeeper.

While it was still dark and there were no wandering cultivators on the road, Luo Chen returned home in a dusty state.

Looking at the pile of things on the ground, Luo Chen sighed.

 Years of savings were all lost in one day.

 After careful calculation, I have saved fifty spiritual stones over the years, and I spent them all today.

 Especially the last two main materials, which consumed twenty spiritual stones.

“This is a five-hundred-year-old store, it’s a black store. I wish you will close down soon!”

 After scolding the profiteer, Luo Chen forced himself to cheer up.

 “Anyone who will come back will come back!”

“The spiritual stones I will earn in the future will only be more!”

 After saying that, he took off his lower-grade robe, folded it carefully and carefully, and jumped into the creek next to him wearing a pair of trousers.

This place is relatively remote. Although it is close to the Million Mountains of the Eastern Wasteland, most people who enter the mountains go east when they come back, and the population is relatively sparse.

 I don’t worry about being looked at by others, so I won’t commit myself to him.

 Having a good wash, I got rid of all the smells I picked up during the day.

Although he can also use the cleaning technique, it is more like using a spiritual power ball to explode on his body and blow up the dust. It is not as refreshing as taking a bath.

 It usually comes once when cleaning the robes.

Back in the wooden house, Luo Chen changed into a pair of pants and casually put on a gray linen coat.

With her wet long hair behind her, she took out a cowhide-wrapped package from under the floor in the corner of the room.

 Opening the package, there was a roll of yellowed bamboo slips, a thin booklet, and a piece of parchment inside.

The content on the bamboo slips is very simple. The name is Changchun Gong. It is also the main practice of Luo Chen. It has only reached the ninth level of the Qi refining stage.

I heard that this exercise is the introductory exercise of Yaowang Sect, and there is Yimu Yaowang Sutra on it.

This skill comes from a young man’s adventure and the remains found in a cave in a deserted mountain.

Luo Chen has never stopped practicing this technique. In addition to practicing every night, most of the days when he is not practicing alchemy are spent practicing this technique.

But the effect is really very minimal.

Until now, we are still at the third level of the Qi Refining Stage, and we are far from reaching the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage. However, the proficiency of this technique has increased quite quickly, and it has reached the level of mastery.

 It is estimated that it won’t be long before we can break through to the perfect level, and the master level is just around the corner!

He wanted to know whether the Changchun Gong with master-level proficiency could significantly improve his cultivation level.

What is recorded on the parchment is the incomplete elixir recipe that the predecessor found - Jade Dew Pill.

Luo Chen didn't have much thought, and not to mention that the elixir recipe was incomplete, even if it was complete, he didn't intend to study it.

 After all, this is a second-level elixir that is only used by monks in the foundation-building stage. He cannot afford to prepare various medicinal materials now.

　　At the beginning, the original owner exhausted his savings and barely scraped together a set of materials. He also looked for many substitutes, thinking that he would become a big fat man in one bite.

 I’m afraid I’m so poor that I’m red-eyed.

 His attention was all on that booklet.

 Opening the thin booklet, the first two pages contain prescriptions for Bigu Powder.

 Different from ordinary prescriptions that only indicate the required medicinal materials, this booklet is filled with the proportions of various materials and the processing methods of various medicinal materials.

Even the control of fire is mentioned.

It is precisely because of this that the original person could easily get started back then.

 After only a few failures, he successfully refined the first piece of Bigu Powder.

 Since then, there has been capital left in Dahefang City.

 Luo Chen has already turned over this recipe.

 The next thing he wants to start with is the five pages at the end.

“Zhongmiao Wan: water and fire are compatible, regulate yin and yang, stimulate yang qi without damaging the origin of the kidneys, and have the effect of promoting excitement and delaying time.”

Happiness alone is not as good as the happiness of everyone. The intersection of yin and yang is wonderful!

 It is this elixir that is called Zhongmiao.

 To put it bluntly, this is the little blue pill in the world of immortality.

 Of course, according to the description of the finished product, it should be red.

If this thing is refined, there will definitely be a market.

 As long as they are human beings, they have needs in that regard, even monks.

Even in Dahefang City, one of the six top shops has Tianxiang Building.

There are very few cultivators here, and a group of men who often go into the mountains to hunt monsters and pick herbs have a greater demand for them.

As for why the original owner didn't try to refine this elixir, Luo Chen couldn't guess the other party's psychology.

Afraid of being embarrassed by selling this kind of elixir?

 Hehe, if you are a cultivator, you are not shabby!

With a calmness, I read the five pages of Danfang of the five pages of Miao Wan again.

 The processing of each material, the order of addition, the timing, the weight of each portion, and the control of the heat

 After remembering everything in his mind, Luo Chen opened the panel in his mind.

  【Name: Luo Chen】

ˆ【Shouyuan: 27/75】

 【Spiritual Root: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth】

 【Realm: Third level of Qi refining stage: 75/100】

 【Gongfa: Changchun Gong Mastery: 235/300】

 【Spells: Cleaning spell entry level 49/100, Entanglement spell proficiency 176/200, Fireball spell proficiency 268/300】

 【Skill: First-level Alchemist: Bigu San Master 501/1000】

 【Achievement points: 10 points (can be used to get started with corresponding realm exercises, spells, and skills)】

His eyes first paused on Shouyuan, and then fell on the last column.

 Achievement points!

 Each exercise, each skill, each spell will provide an achievement point as long as it breaks through a proficiency level.

 As long as ten achievement points are collected, they can be used to learn any method/spell/skill corresponding to the realm.

 I have just acquired the Cleansing Technique, so I have just started and have no time to become proficient in it.

Moreover, all spells consume quite a lot of spiritual power.

 Coupled with the pressure of survival, he devoted most of his energy to alchemy.

 In the end, it lived up to his expectations, and his proficiency in the refining technique of Bigu San broke through to the level of Grandmaster, bringing him a full five achievement points.

 Add two points of Changchun Gong, one point of Entanglement Technique, and two points of Fireball Technique.

 Just accumulated to ten points!

With all his savings, he had almost enough materials to refine ten times of Zhongmiaowan.

 Success or failure depends on tomorrow!

 And now, dark blue, add dots!

 Oh, no, let’s get started with the art of refining Zhongmiaowan!

 With a thought, the ten achievement points disappeared.

 Instead, there is an additional column of labels on the properties panel.

 【First-level alchemist, Bigu San master 501/1000 less, Zhongmiaowan entry 1/100】

 (End of this chapter)