Mortal Alchemy

Chen Ping didn't buy anything.

The transaction concluded, and they were served a table of excellent spiritual cuisine. The group sat together, feeling as if they had returned to the Jiazi Courtyard.

Mu Luofei remained quiet, eating slowly and deliberately, listening to the others chat. When she heard something interesting, she would offer a gentle smile.

Li Erniu raised his wine cup, looking at Chen Ping: "Junior Brother Chen, I received the bottle of essence Qi pills you sent me earlier. It helped me a lot, but I've been too busy with war department missions to find time to thank you in person at the Pill Hall."

Chen Ping calmly raised his cup, smiling as he said, "Senior Brother Li, you're too kind. You gave me an essence Qi pill back then, so returning a bottle is only right."

As for Mu Luofei calling him over, Chen Ping didn't mention it.

The others were surprised. There was such a thing?

"Junior Brother Chen, that's generous of you!"

The money might be small, but it revealed a person's character, especially among fellow disciples who had lived together for five years.

After a few rounds of wine, the usually talkative group became somewhat silent and quiet. Their former high spirits had been dampened by setbacks.

Li Erniu looked at Mu Luofei and asked, "Senior Sister Mu, how have you been these past few years?"

Asking this question clearly showed that he hadn't given up on Mu Luofei.

Mu Luofei put down her wine cup and said frankly,

"Not bad. I sit behind the counter in the Deacon Hall, issuing missions instead of taking them, so I'm not running around all day."

"Some of the richer missions, the Deacon Hall disciples handle, and they give me a little kickback, which has allowed me to get to know quite a few people."

Mu Luofei was young and beautiful, and still unmarried. Who wouldn't be tempted by such a prize?

Li Erniu became anxious. "I'll work hard!" He was afraid that Mu Luofei would be snatched away by someone else.

This made Mu Luofei somewhat displeased, and Li Erniu immediately shut his mouth.

If it were in the past, they would have laughed it off, but now, they better understood the hierarchy and status, and wouldn't dare mock Li Erniu.

Li Erniu's wealth was astonishing this time, putting him far ahead of them in terms of cultivation resources, on a completely different level.

Mu Luofei said, "How have you junior brothers been these past few years?"

Li Erniu complained bitterly:

"The war department's missions are tight, and the casualties are high. It's either dealing with demons here or ghosts there."

"The war department has to maintain order and stability within the Mu family's territory, and it's also a place to select Foundation Establishment seeds."

Foundation Establishment seeds? Foundation Establishment Pills!

The others couldn't help but reveal envy. In the war department, there was a chance to fight for the Mu family's Foundation Establishment Pill.

Fang Xing gave a wry smile:

"The inheritance of the Dao of Talismans has too many different talismans. To draw a good talisman, the requirements for spiritual sense are high. I've been studying for two years and haven't mastered a single talisman yet. I might have to wait until I reach the tenth level of Qi Refining to make significant progress."

"Before mastering the inheritance of the Dao of Talismans, the marriage will have to be postponed indefinitely. The woman's family is very dissatisfied with me. The matter of marriage is a long way off."

As a son-in-law, he had only been betrothed to a Mu family woman, allowing him to enter the Talisman Department.

Lin Feixian said:

"I'm doing okay in the Formation Department, but the resources I can get my hands on are too few."

Han Tongbao: "Come on, when it comes to hardship, who can be more miserable than Junior Brother Chen?"

The expressions of the others were somewhat subtle, and they didn't speak.

Only Luo Chongzhi looked at Chen Ping: "Junior Brother Chen, how have you been in the Pill Hall these past two years?"

Chen Ping said with a bitter smile, "So-so. Most of the time, I'm refining pills in the pill refining room. My cultivation is low, and submitting the monthly missions already takes all my effort."

The others nodded. Most of them were not doing well, and their lives were miserable, giving them a sense of shared suffering.

Li Erniu's words were bitter, but he also earned a lot. Thirty spirit stones was a huge sum that not just anyone could take out.

Mu Luofei smiled and exposed Chen Ping:

"Junior Brother Chen's pill refining is indeed hard, but his cultivation hasn't fallen behind. Junior Brother Chen's cultivation is already at the eighth level of Qi Refining,"

Eighth level of Qi Refining?

The remaining five were stunned.

Li Erniu was currently at the eighth level of Qi Refining, close to breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Fang Xing was at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Lin Feixian was at the seventh level of Qi Refining.

Luo Chongzhi was at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Han Tongbao was at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

"Junior Brother Chen, you've been hiding this from us so well."

Everyone was shocked, looking at Chen Ping in disbelief.

In the Pill Hall, such a blood-sucking and life-threatening place, Chen Ping was still able to reach the eighth level of Qi Refining. It was too unreasonable.

Chen Ping cupped his fist and said with a bitter smile, "Don't listen to Senior Sister Luofei's praise. I know my own situation. I was just lucky, I had an epiphany, and I was lucky enough to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining."

"It's going to be difficult to cultivate later. I've already encountered the spiritual sense bottleneck of the tenth level of Qi Refining."

He revealed his situation, showing how poor his aptitude was.

But even so, it still made people marvel.

Chen Ping was somewhat puzzled about why Mu Luofei pointed out his cultivation.

"Congratulations, Senior Brother Chen!"

"Congratulations, Senior Brother, on reaching the eighth level of Qi Refining!"

The others offered congratulations, their hearts filled with complex emotions.

Chen Ping was once the slowest cultivator, with the worst supply of resources among the immortal seedlings. Now, two years later, relying on his own efforts, his cultivation had surpassed them, giving them a heavy sense of pressure.

They had been calling him Junior Brother Chen for so long, but now they would have to call him Senior Brother Chen.

The sense of powerlessness that Chen Ping once faced had now come for them to experience.

The one under the most pressure was Li Erniu. Thinking about Chen Ping calling her 'Senior Sister Luofei,' and Mu Luofei specifically defending Chen Ping today, the pressure came.

Moreover, Chen Ping's cultivation was almost catching up to him. He couldn't help but take a deep breath and fall into silence.

Then they discussed how to conduct information and resource exchanges within the Jiazi Courtyard in the future.

In the end, it was decided that if there were no major events, they wouldn't all sit together like today. Instead, if they needed resources or information, they would go to Mu Luofei in the Deacon Hall. She would manage the resources as an intermediary, which everyone felt comfortable with.

Thus, Mu Luofei could earn another sum of money from the several immortal seedlings of the Jiazi Courtyard.

Which made Chen Ping admire her way of making money.

The moonlight gradually dimmed, and everyone found reasons to leave.

Chen Ping felt that no one would remember or take seriously what they said on their last night in the Jiazi Courtyard.

Chen Ping also got up to leave, going to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion to sell the spiritual sense pills and exchange them for a bottle of Yuan Qi pills.

He cast the Divine Speed ​​Talisman and returned to the Pill Hall's dojo in the middle of the night.

At the entrance of the courtyard.

Chen Ping was stunned. He saw Mu Luofei's figure.

Chen Ping couldn't help but ask, "Senior Sister Luofei, what are you doing here?"

Under the moonlight, Mu Luofei came to Chen Ping with light steps and stuffed two spirit stones into Chen Ping's hands:

"Junior Brother Chen, this is a little something from Senior Sister, please accept it."

Chen Ping was surprised: "Why are you giving me spirit stones for no reason, Senior Sister?"

Mu Luofei said with a smile:

"Junior Brother Chen facilitated the business, allowing me to make a lot of money. You're not an outsider, although you didn't get a cut from Xu Fengshan, you shouldn't be shortchanged."

"In the future, we need to deepen our business relationship, and we can't do without Junior Brother Chen."

Chen Ping thought for a moment, cupping his fist and saying, "Okay, then I'll accept this money."

Two spirit stones were already Chen Ping's monthly salary.

"Then I'm leaving." Mu Luofei summoned a white jade flying boat and left.