Mortal Alchemy

A few years ago, Left Hall Master wanted to set Chen Ping up with a marriage, to marry a daughter of the Mu family, but Chen Ping refused.

She thought that now that Chen Ping was at the eighth level of Qi Refining, he should realize the importance of resources and how important it was to rely on the Mu family's mountain.

However, there is no regret medicine.

"Yes, Hall Master, this subordinate takes his leave." Chen Ping and Xu Fengshan took their leave.

Chen Ping left the Pill Hall and returned to his own Dao field, his mind uneasy, tossing and turning, unable to sleep.

Could it be that his path to immortality was going to be cut off at this step?

He held the bloodline pearl in his hand.

His spiritual sense entered the Inheritance Hall.

But he found that there had been a huge change in the hall.

"Huh?!"

The originally mist-filled hall had now had a large portion of its mist dissipate.

He hadn't entered the Inheritance Hall for a long time.

"Does the mist inside dissipate according to the improvement of my cultivation?"

Where there was mist, he couldn't see what was on the walls.

This hall had three walls in total. The wall on the right hand side contained various first-order pill formulas and refining techniques.

The wall directly in front recorded the "Great Violet Immortal Pill Scripture".

At this time, the remaining part of this wall was also revealed.

There were only two murals!

One was a pill furnace, and the other was a ball of spiritual fire.

Chen Ping's expression shook: "This is…"

He strode forward, and each of the two murals had several lines of words.

First-Order High-Grade Pill Furnace: Azure Luan Furnace

Gather Azure Steel Spirit Soil and Demonic Luan Bone Gold to unlock this furnace.

First-Order High-Grade Spiritual Fire: Azure Lotus Rootless Fire

Gather Hundred-Year Azure Lotus Root and Rootless Spiritual Water to unlock this strange fire.

Chen Ping's body trembled suddenly, his expression shaken, and an unspeakable excitement surged into his heart: "The path to immortality! It hasn't been cut off yet!"

"Thank you for the inheritance left by the ancestors!"

The inheritance left by the ancestors is truly comprehensive, was it prepared specifically because they had foreseen the difficulties of low-level cultivators?

Once this Azure Luan Furnace and Azure Lotus Rootless Fire are unlocked, Chen Ping's success rate in refining Spiritual Sense Pills will increase, and he will no longer produce only one furnace a month!

At that time, cultivation resources will be able to keep up!

Chen Ping's mind was too excited. The inheritance left by the ancestors will save him at least ten or twenty years of resource accumulation, so he won't miss the best cultivation time.

He took a deep breath and exited the Inheritance Hall.

"How to collect these four materials?" Chen Ping lay on the bed and began to think.

He has no background in the cultivation world, no support, poverty, no capital, and no channels to inquire about the whereabouts of these four materials.

If he wants to collect these four materials, he can only ask others for help.

Forget about Xu Fengshan, he doesn't have many contacts himself. Otherwise, after decades in the Pill Hall, he wouldn't be waiting for Chen Ping to introduce him to Mu Luofei.

"Mu Luofei…"

…

A few days later.

Chen Ping came to the Affairs Hall.

Mu Luofei was standing behind the counter, handling the tasks of the Mu family disciples.

She was dignified and elegant, handling things in an orderly manner.

Chen Ping lined up, honestly standing behind others, waiting for an hour or two before it was his turn.

"Senior Sister Luofei." Chen Ping cupped his hands in greeting.

Mu Luofei looked at Chen Ping in surprise and asked with a smile, "Junior Brother Chen, why do you have time to come here today?"

Chen Ping showed a wry smile: "I have something to ask Senior Sister Mu for help with."

Mu Luofei was not surprised, and asked as she would to others, "What is it?"

Chen Ping said, "I want to collect these four materials: Azure Steel Spirit Soil, Demonic Luan Bone Gold, Hundred-Year Azure Lotus Root, and Rootless Spiritual Water."

Mu Luofei frowned slightly: "These four materials sound a bit unfamiliar, not like common materials."

Chen Ping's heart tightened, but he smiled on his face:

"If they were common, I wouldn't dare to trouble Senior Sister Luofei here."

Mu Luofei smiled gently and said, "Junior Brother Chen, non-core disciples of the Mu family's six departments are not qualified to post tasks in the Affairs Hall."

"If you want to use my connections to collect these materials, you will owe me a big favor."

This is related to whether Chen Ping can continue his path to immortality and avoid wasting the best time for cultivation.

Even if he owes Mu Luofei a big favor, there is no other way.

Chen Ping cupped his hands and said, "Then I will have to trouble Senior Sister."

Mu Luofei said, "Okay, then go back. I will tell you if I have any news. Save up some spirit stones. The price of these four materials may not be cheap."

She didn't know how much they would cost, but when facing unknown things, it's always good to save more spirit stones.

Chen Ping cupped his hands again: "Thank you for reminding me, Senior Sister Luofei."

The demand for resources has further increased, but Chen Ping is penniless.

He can only temporarily suspend cultivation and focus on refining pills to earn more money.

A penny, from ancient times to the present, has been difficult for many heroes to overcome.

Chen Ping is now also deeply trapped in it.

Chen Ping's visit to Mu Luofei was also carefully considered. Only Mu Luofei has the widest network and knows the most people, and using her position in the Affairs Hall to handle this matter will not reveal Chen Ping's identity.

Based on his understanding of Mu Luofei, this matter would only be something he needs himself for Mu Luofei to agree to help.

If he pretends to be helping a senior brother, Mu Luofei would most likely refuse and ask the senior brother behind Chen Ping to come to her.

Based on his five years of being with Mu Luofei day and night, their fellow discipleship, and the fact that Chen Ping did not interfere with Mu Luofei's acquisition of pills to make money, he is confident that Mu Luofei will help with this matter.

What if someone else from Jiazi Courtyard tries? I'm afraid Mu Luofei would refuse, after all, this is a thankless task that she can't get any benefits from.

This favor, Chen Ping will have to owe it honestly.

In the following time, Chen Ping not only had to refine Spiritual Sense Pills, but also Essence Qi Pills. He ate all his meals in the Spiritual Food Hall, in order to save money on Valley Avoidance Pills, so that he could save more spirit stones. Not much, about fifty spirit sand can be saved a month.

However, cultivation cannot be abandoned. He has gone from not supplying Yuan Qi Pills to now taking a bottle of Yuan Qi Pills every two months for cultivation.

The Pill Hall provides fifty portions of Essence Qi Pill materials for free. Chen Ping stably refines a furnace of Spiritual Sense Pills, earning seventeen spirit stones, deducting costs, the net profit is fifteen spirit stones.

He spends extra money to buy ten portions of Essence Qi Pill materials, which costs a total of five spirit stones. He sells ten bottles of Essence Qi Pills to Mu Luofei, earning three spirit stones and fifty spirit sand.

In this way, Chen Ping's month is fully arranged, and he lives a boring life every day.

He earns a net profit of seventeen spirit stones and fifty spirit sand a month, deducting the price of half a bottle of Yuan Qi Pills, he can still save thirteen spirit stones each month, and the remaining fifty spirit sand will be used to buy Swift Travel Talismans and Thousand Faces Talismans.

As for the secret that Chen Ping can refine Spiritual Sense Pills, it must not be revealed, even if he owes Mu Luofei a big favor, he cannot tell her.

…

This day.

When handing in the task, Xu Fengshan patted Chen Ping on the shoulder: "Junior Brother Chen, don't wander around later, go back to the Dao field, Miss Mu said she has something to look for you, she couldn't contact you, so she asked me to pass it on."