Longevity: Never leave the mountain until you are invincible

In the spring of the eighteenth year of Hongguang.

Secret room.

Chu Chen stood up and stretched his muscles to relieve the fatigue from practicing all night.

"The concentration of spiritual energy in the imperial capital is too low. Five years of practice has only stabilized the early stage of Xiantian's cultivation."

Chu Chen was a little helpless. Spiritual energy was the foundation of Xiantian realm cultivation.

The concentration of heaven and earth spiritual energy was too low, which seriously restricted the speed at which he could improve his cultivation.

This feeling is like going back to the time before practicing the Seven Injuries Zhengjin Meridian and changing the root bones.

Fortunately, days like this can change quickly.

Uh-huh!

Seeing Chu Chen stand up, a white shadow suddenly shot out from the ground and landed on his shoulder.

A little mouse with a furry body and white fur all over its body. The fur is shiny and has no trace of impurities.

This was the little mouse that Chu Chen spent five years selecting from countless mice that was the most intelligent and could help him explore the cave.

Chu Chen gave it a simple and rough name: Little White Mouse.

After all, Chu Chen's purpose of taming it was just to explore the cave.

"Squeak!"

The little white mouse stood on Chu Chen's shoulder and screamed anxiously.

"Okay, okay, I know you're hungry."

Chu Chen patted the mouse on the head angrily, took out a black pill from his arms, and threw it to the mouse.

This is not an ordinary pill, but a pill that Chu Chen made by mixing many medicinal materials together according to the secret method of taming beasts in the Valley of Beasts. It is called the Beast Expelling Pill.

It is said that the beast-repelling pills can slowly improve the intelligence of beasts. Similarly, the pills are expensive to make, with each pill costing five taels of silver.

Back and forth, Chu Chen spent no less than five thousand taels of silver on the white mouse.

The mouse's intelligence has greatly increased as a result. It is about the intelligence of a one-year-old human child and can understand and complete some of Chu Chen's simpler commands.

The little white mouse held the pill and gnawed it, and soon swallowed the whole pill into its belly.

"Squeak!"

The little white mouse patted its belly in a very humane manner, with a hint of satisfaction in its round eyes.

Then.

The little white mouse jumped off Chu Chen's shoulder and ran to who knows where.

Except for eating time in the morning, lunch and evening, and training time in the afternoon, this little guy will usually find a place to play by himself most of the time.

Chu Chen didn't care.

Leave the secret room, open the door of the pawn shop, and start the day's business.

On the street, people come and go.

You can see many monks wearing monk robes and wearing scars on their heads.

Since Emperor Hongguang consecrated the virtuous saint monk of Xichan Temple as a national teacher, Xichan Temple has the potential to become the state religion of Dayan Kingdom.

As a result, the power of Buddhism increased greatly, and the number of monks in Dayan suddenly increased.

The increase in the number of monks has also made Buddhism a mixed bag. Some people really accept the influence of Buddhist theories and escape into Buddhism, but some people just want to put on the skin of Buddhism.

Now that Emperor Hongguang supports Buddhism, acting as a monk can bring a lot of convenience.

When a monk commits a crime, the yamen dare not go to the temple to arrest anyone at will. They have to ask the higher-ups for permission and only then can they enter the temple and arrest the person.

But by that time, the monk who committed the crime had long since escaped without a trace.

Chu Chen glanced at the arrogant monks on the street with a gloomy look. He didn't have a good impression of these monks.

certainly.

As long as they don't offend him, he has no interest in taking care of these monks.

"Shopkeeper Chu."

At this time, a muscular man in black clothes walked quickly from Li Ji's Chop Suey Soup Shop, holding a small wooden box in his hand.

It was Zhao Changlin.

Today is another monthly dividend time.

"You are hurt?"

Chu Chen took the small wooden box and his eyes rested on Zhao Changlin's left hand wrapped in white cloth.

The two of them, Zhao Changlin, had stayed at Li Ji's Chop Suey Soup Shop for more than ten years. With the support of Li Ji's Chop Suey Soup Shop, they broke through to the Marrow Refining Realm six years ago, and their strength was not too bad.

The two of them join forces, and most dangers can be easily resolved as long as a warrior above the marrow refining level is not involved.

After more than ten years of getting along, he and Zhao Changlin have developed a good friendship. Although the two of them are afraid of him, he can still help with some small tasks.

"A few minor injuries, nothing to worry about."

Zhao Changlin smiled awkwardly and did not explain.

Seeing that Zhao Changlin didn't want to say more, Chu Chen stopped asking. After all, his friendship with the two of them hadn't reached that deep level yet.

"Do you have any clues about the medicinal materials?"

Chu Chen asked as he casually opened the small wooden box, which contained one thousand four hundred taels of silver neatly placed.

As Lu Qinghou was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the business of Li Ji's offal soup shop became more and more prosperous.

This is not surprising.

The Ministry of Personnel has always been the head of the six ministries, and is responsible for the appointment, removal, promotion, promotion, transfer and other matters of civilian officials.

The Minister of Personnel is also known as the Heavenly Official. He is half a head taller than the other five ministers. He occupies a pivotal position in the Great Yan Dynasty Hall, second only to the Prime Minister, Grand Master and others. No one dares to despise him.

Even if Lu Qinghou is no longer the Minister of Household Affairs, no one dares to embarrass Li Ji’s Chop Suey Soup Shop, so Li Ji’s Chop Suey Soup Shop will naturally grow bigger and bigger.

"I have some clues. It seems that a 300-year-old ginseng plant has been born in Jiujiang Prefecture. Huang Yue has already left for Jiujiang Prefecture. I think there will be news soon. Please wait a moment, Shopkeeper Chu."

Zhao Changlin said respectfully.

Before setting off for Pei Zhixuan's cave in the Yunwu Mountains, Chu Chen wanted to improve his physical strength as much as possible to avoid possible accidents.

Without medicinal materials that are more than three hundred years old, he would not be able to break through Henglian Xiantian.

Therefore, Chu Chen asked Zhao Changlin and the other two to help him find medicinal herbs that are more than 300 years old.

Zhao Changlin and the other two were originally from the martial arts world and were quite familiar with the affairs of the martial arts world.

In addition, the two had broken through the marrow refining realm and their status in the martial arts world was not low. It would save a lot of effort for them to help him find medicinal herbs.

"Well done. If Huang Yue can bring the medicinal herbs back, I can teach you a top marrow refining technique."

Upon hearing this, Chu Chen smiled.

Originally, asking Zhao Changlin and the other two to find medicinal herbs was just a move. After five years without any results, he was ready to give up.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Changlin and the other two gave him a surprise. They actually found a 300-year-old ginseng. As long as the two could bring the ginseng back, he would not be stingy with the reward.

"Don't worry, we will definitely bring this ginseng back."

Zhao Changlin looked happy and said in a deep voice.

He and Huang Yue were not born in high-class families. They were lucky enough to get a technique and entered the martial arts world. Later, they mixed in the martial arts world and spent countless means to get a marrow-refining internal qi technique.

Relying on this marrow-refining internal qi technique, the two of them broke through the marrow-refining realm.

But this technique lacked the practice method after the marrow-refining realm, so their cultivation stagnated. After searching for many years, they still couldn't find a suitable technique.

Most of the techniques above the marrow-refining realm are the secrets of the major sects, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get them.

Not to mention the top marrow-refining techniques.

For them, using a three-hundred-year-old medicinal material to exchange for a top marrow-refining technique is a very cost-effective deal.

As long as they can get the technique in Chu Chen's hands, they can continue to practice.

There may be a possibility of breaking through the marrow-refining realm in the future.