Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 770: Chapter 318: The Powerful Qingdan Valley, Mutual Pull_1

“You have a substantial salary, there is no need to live in a lower-grade Immortal Mansion.”

“In terms of cultivation resources, I provide you with Jade Dew Pills, and regarding magic tools and magic items, you don’t need to worry.”

“In my opinion, when you have spare time, you should find Shi Boying, rent a medium-grade Immortal Mansion!”

In Yiseventeen Immortal Mansion.

Luo Chen and Sima Huiniang sat opposite each other, enjoying breakfast filled with Spirit Qi.

Listening to Luo Chen’s suggestion, Sima Huiniang smiled slightly.

“I will consider it!”

“Don’t consider it, do it as soon as possible!” Seeing her lack of enthusiasm for cultivation, Luo Chen was inexplicably annoyed, “Fix the Immortal Mansion within these two days. There is an empty Mansion hundred feet below mine, you can rent that.”

“Alright, alright, I shall heed your words.”

Sima Huiniang reluctantly agreed.

“I finished eating, I’m heading to Danxia peak now. There’s a lot to do today, can’t afford any delays.”

Luo Chen quickly finished his food and personally accompanied her to the exit.

Watching her figure gradually dwindling into the distance, Luo Chen stood under the Warm Sun Tree, licking his lips.

He felt like a housemaker sending the husband to work.

Although the gender roles seemed reversed.

Luo Chen self-deprecatingly smiled, then sat down under the Warm Sun Tree.

He took out a book about alchemy, reading it carefully.

This book, unlike the previous ones, was obtained by Luo Chen from Dan Yuanzi’s storage bag.

Not long ago, he unlocked Dan Yuanzi’s storage bag.

His harvest was bountiful!

Just the Spirit Stones alone amounted to a staggering one hundred and fifty thousand!

Other resources related to the Dao of Alchemy and materials were also invaluable.

Among them, there were several first-order Pill Formulas, and one second-order Pill Formula called “Increase Blood Pill.”

It was by proficiently refining this very pill that he became a second-order Pill Refiner.

As for this Pill Formula, Luo Chen studied it hastily once.

This was a pill that could increase a cultivator’s blood and Qi.

Unfortunately, it didn’t increase Spirit Qi.

Rather, like the Gold-Quality Jade Liquid, it categorizes more as a Body Refinement pill.

If he managed to refine it, it would be greatly beneficial for a Body Refiner!

However, the main ingredient impressed Luo Chen.

Cultivator’s Essence Blood, Demon Beast’s blood, and the sap from a certain Spirit Wood.

These three main ingredients, in a miraculous coincidence, were identical to the main ingredients of the Blood Evil Qi Pill.

In other words, the Increase Blood Pill and Blood Evil Qi Pill can be classified under the same category within the Path of Demon Pills.

“No wonder Dan Yuanzi rarely refined this after initially making the Increase Blood Pill.”

“Increasing Blood Qi is not that beneficial for cultivators. Furthermore, obtaining the main ingredient is full of risks.”

“Speaking of it, the Cultivator’s Essence Blood that Wang Yuan gave me is quite plentiful. After refining the Blood Evil Qi Pill, if there is any leftover, I can use it to test this Pill Formula.”

Luo Chen smiled slightly and flipped a page.

Seeing the intriguing content within, his eyes lit up.

“So the Nurturing Origin Hand has such a marvelous use…”

Unconsciously, Luo Chen became immersed in reading.

Until, the clear sound of footsteps reached his ears.

Only then did he reluctantly pull himself away from the fascinating content in the alchemy book.

Lifting his head, he looked at the newcomer.

Luo Chen revealed a brilliant smile.

“Friend Tao, you are finally back!”

The person who arrived was Tao Yisheng from Qingdan Valley!

…

Under the Warm Sun Tree.

Tao Yisheng sat down and took a sip of the Spirit Tea poured by Luo Chen, letting out a long sigh of relief.

“Finally finished the ten-year guarding mission of Yuanzhao Kingdom. Now I can focus solely on cultivation for the time being.”

Luo Chen looked at him and asked with a smile, “Do you sect disciples have many missions?”

Tao Yisheng nodded, as if complaining. He dumped all the information about the sect missions onto Luo Chen.

Qi Refinement Stage disciples, if they can’t advance to Foundation Establishment, will be demoted to the External Sect, where there were countless daily chores.

Even if they do reach the Foundation Establishment, they couldn’t entirely let their guard down.

A small task every three years, a big task every ten years.

The tasks were both internal and external.

Most of the internal tasks involved cultivating medicinal herbs, feeding powerful Spirit Beasts, assisting the sect’s elders in Pill Refinement, and so on.

The external ones were even more troublesome.

Qingdan Valley, as a Golden Core Great Sect, had many external interests.

Mines, Spirit Medicine gardens, shops, guard fights…

Many different tasks ensured that external missions were always long and troublesome.

“After steadying my Foundation Establishment Realm, I wanted to choose an easy, small internal task and concentrate on studying the Pill Refinement Technique.”

“But for some reason, my sister insisted on choosing an external task for me – supervising the Yuanzhao Kingdom.”

“Once sent out, that’s ten years!”

“Full ten years, which caused a significant slowdown in my cultivation.”

Tao Yisheng looked gloomy – it seemed like he didn’t like the supervising task very much.

Luo Chen listened to his grievances attentively and quietly.

He faithfully played the role of a good listener.

It wasn’t strange for him to be so patient.

It was just that he ‘needed something’ from Tao Yisheng.

Tao Yisheng’s body had the key for him to get the Second Order High Grade Pills!

Previously, at Hui Niang’s Foundation Establishment Celebration, he didn’t have the chance to speak in detail with the other party due to the crowd and many social engagements.

After that, the other party had to go back to Yuanzhao Kingdom.

So, it was delayed for a few months.

Now that the other party finally finished the supervisory task, he would absolutely not miss this opportunity.

Tao Yisheng seemed to like this listener a lot and spoke cheerfully about the internal affairs of the sect.

Although he exclaimed it was unfair for the sect to assign so many tasks,

between the lines, he was still extremely proud to be a Qingdan Valley disciple.

Through him, Luo Chen also learned about Qingdan Valley’s strength in the Yu Ding Realm.

Even though there was no Nascent Soul True Master sitting in town,

within the sect, both the number of Golden Core Cultivators and Foundation Establishment Cultivators far exceeded the other five sects in Yu Ding Realm.

Ice Castle was also a powerhouse with nine Golden Core cultivators,

but they were nothing in front of Qingdan Valley.

Qingdan Valley had a terrifying number of fifteen Golden Core cultivators!

And there were three Great Cultivators in the Late Golden Core Stage.

Such a powerful lineup couldn’t even be matched by the newly promoted Luo Yun Sect, and it just barely fell short of Yu Ding Sword Sect with only a few less.

The Dao of Alchemy that made Qingdan Valley a Great Sect was not a joke.

Places like Ailao Mountain with just five Golden Cores, and Hundred Flowers Palace with three Golden Cores couldn’t be compared to Qingdan Valley.

Besides,

the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators in Qingdan Valley was also jaw-dropping.

It reached more than a thousand people!

This number had once surpassed that of Yu Ding Sword Sect.

It was only in recent years, relying on the vast and rich foundation of Yu Ding Realm, that the opponent had surpassed Qingdan Valley.

Yet even so, the number of Foundation Establishment Golden Core cultivators in Qingdan Valley still ranks among the top in the entire Yu Ding Realm!

After learning about the strength of Qingdan Valley.

Luo Chen finally understood the overflowing pride hinted at in the other party’s speech and manner, and where it came from.

He also roughly figured out why everytime he met Tao Wen, the latter always naturally carried an air of arrogance.

This was the pride of originating from a prestigious family!

However, Luo Chen didn’t find this pride and arrogance disagreeable at all.

On the contrary, he was even happier.

The more prestigious the family, the more he liked it!

Because only in this way could he have the opportunity to squeeze something out of them.

It seemed that Tao Yisheng hadn’t chatted with a fellow daoist for so long.

Tao Yisheng said a lot in one breath, and stopped after a long while.

He picked up his teacup, embarrassed, and said, “I’ve said too much, I must have made friend Daoist laugh.”

Luo Chen shook his head with a smile, and then said, “Your Sect, worthy of being a Pill Refinement Great Sect! With such profound levels of masters, I imagine the supply of cultivation pills is quite abundant, no?”

To his surprise, Tao Yisheng curled his lip.

“There are plenty of pills supplied, but they’re not just handed out freely.”

Luo Chen furrowed his brows.

“Oh?”

“It’s very simple. Pills are good but one can’t be greedy. As a Pill Refiner, friend Daoist should understand this better, right?”

Tao Yisheng said casually, then added another sentence.

“Moreover, to enter Qingdan Valley, at least one must be a cultivator of Dual Spirit Roots or above. Even if a few Triple Spirit Root or Quadruple Spirit Root cultivators are occasionally accepted, it’s because they possess special physiques.”

“The likes of them have extraordinary talents.”

“With the assistance of a second-order spiritual land, their cultivation speed won’t be very slow.”

Luo Chen was still puzzled, “But with so many Great Cultivators in your sect, do they all rely on hardship?”

Seeing Luo Chen’s persistent questioning, shifting the topic towards pills.

Tao Yisheng finally came to his senses.

He remembered something his sister, Tao Wen, had told him and couldn’t help but reveal a smile.

“Friend Daoist, are you asking about high-grade pills?”

Luo Chen candidly nodded.

After all the embellishment, it should be clear to everyone.

There was no need to beat around the bush anymore.

Tao Yisheng chuckled, “For true disciples like us, we are supplied with one bottle of Ascendant Grade Rising Dragon Pill each year, but only one.”

“Only late-stage Great Cultivators are assured to receive regular supplies of Rising Dragon Pills, enough to meet their needs.”

Upon hearing this.

Luo Chen’s mood dropped like a heavy stone, falling straight down.

He befriended Tao Yisheng primarily to obtain a large number of high-grade pills from the Tao siblings.

But Tao Yisheng’s words seem to imply that even Tao Wen, a late-stage Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator, had a very limited amount of high-grade pills.

In such a situation.

How could there be any surplus for him?

If it were him, of course, he would ensure his needs were met before considering others!

Seeing Luo Chen’s gloomy look, Tao Yisheng didn’t think much of it.

He casually said, “However, there is another way to obtain a large amount of high-grade pills.”

“What do you mean?”

Luo Chen’s eyes lit up instantly!

But Tao Yisheng avoided the topic and brought up another one instead.

“Having met friend Daoist a few times, I found your comprehension of pill refinement to be very profound.”

“If you happen to have some time, I would like to ask your advice.”

“Would you be willing to give it?”

Luo Chen stared straight at him.

Was advising on pill refinement the condition for obtaining high-grade pills?

He pursed his lips, revealing a bright smile.

“I wouldn’t dare. Friend Tao, as a high-ranking disciple of the Pill Refinement Great Sect, must have deep insights.”

“The two of us are merely discussing and learning from each other!”

Tao Yisheng clapped his hands and sighed, “That’s wonderful!”

…

Late at night.

Luo Chen ended the discussion and returned to his Immortal Mansion.

The originally cheerful expression on his face instantly darkened.

Not because he was dissatisfied with the Tao siblings.

But because the other party was holding back on the conditions they need, without telling him directly.

This made Luo Chen somewhat uncomfortable.

For matters related to cultivation, he preferred to be straightforward, speaking openly and promptly.

Otherwise, the time delayed would be quite precious to him.

He can’t afford to waste time!

“Master, your meal is ready…”

Bai Meiling’s words trailed off.

Seeing Luo Chen’s gloomy face, she knew his mood wasn’t so good.

Thus, she stood cautiously at the door, not daring to get too close.

Seeing that he had frightened her, Luo Chen managed a smile.

“Just put it out, I’ll go wash my hands and come eat.”

Did a cultivator need to wash their hands?

Bai Meiling tilted her little head, a look of puzzlement on her face.

At the edge of the Spirit Spring in his mansion, Luo Chen stooped down to wash his face.

The cool water on his face seemed to calm his mood as well.

“Recently, with a successful career and a beautiful woman at my side, I seem to have become somewhat complacent.”

“Obtaining high-grade pills is no easy task.”

“I shouldn’t have been so rushed!”

Once he calmed down, Luo Chen returned to the dining table.

Thinking of the daytime conversation, he shook his head vigorously.

Some parts of the conversation were handled too rigidly.

Even his tone and demeanor didn’t seem quite right.

This was not right!

“The road to cultivation is long.”

“I should not have been so impatient.”

“Since the other party is engaging in this push and pull with me, rather than refusing me outright, they must have other desires!”

“No rush, no rush.”

“Let’s play this game a little longer, and I’m sure I can find their weakness.”

Luo Chen took a deep breath, completely dispelling his agitated mood.

The Ice Divine Jade hanging around his neck continued to emit occasional bursts of chilliness, gradually making him more composed.

As he ate the delicious food, he thought about Tao Yisheng’s words.

“I want to see what kind of game you’re playing!”