Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 137: Chapter 103: Auction, Magic Item Appears_1

Every winter is always the hardest time for the Great River District.

The Lancang River freezes, heavy snow blocks the mountains, cutting off the direct source of income for most cultivators.

In addition, for some rogue cultivators living in the outer city, there’s even the danger of hungry demon beasts coming out of the mountains to eat people.

But this year, it seems to be different?

Walking in the inner city streets, Luo Chen found out, surprisingly, that the crowds were even more bustling than during the autumn.

Gu Caiyi kindly explained to him: ”It’s because of the Luofeng Mountain Dao Debate Platform.”

Luo Chen was a smart man, with just a few pointers from her, he roughly understood the reason.

The opening of the Luofeng Mountain Dao Debate Platform spurred a surge of competition among cultivators.

On ordinary days, only late-stage Qi Refinement experts and some family cultivators spent time on it.

But as the weather got colder, and the gains in the mountains became less, the cultivators who were struggling to get by eventually considered competing on the Dao Debate Platform.

Just by participating, you get an appearance fee regardless of winning or losing!

Moreover, with a Foundation Establishment Cultivator supervising, at least there won’t be any risk to life.

If one were to win, they could get additional rewards such as spirit stones, elixirs, magic tools, and so on.

For this reason, the Great River District was not so deserted in this winter, with everyone itching to show off their skills.

Of course, the Yu Ding Sword Pavilion was happy to see this happen.

They could select high-level, strong fighters from the large number of registering cultivators.

Then, they would list the highlights of each battle for the public.

Situations like the fight for the title of the first master at the middle stage of Qi Refinement, battles for resources, or inner disputes between members of the same sect.

Even conflicts between neighbors that could not be reconciled, they used the Dao Debate Platform to determine right from wrong; these kind of dramatic fights were also included.

If a ”death match” scenario occurred, it would cause a frenzied wave of viewership.

Apart from anything else, just the ticket fees alone had already earned the Yu Ding Sword Pavilion a fortune.

”If I didn’t have my own skills, I might also take a trip through the Dao Debate Platform!”

With a sardonic smile, Luo Chen understood the cultivators who flocked to the platform.

According to the news from Gu Caiyi, even the Broken Mountain Gang had some cultivators registered for the competition.

Who would have thought that the ”cultivators’ combat” atmosphere that the Yu Ding Sword Pavilion had been trying to promote would receive their biggest help from the winter season.

One could imagine that after the winter, those cultivators who had grown accustomed to making a living from the Dao Debate Platform would not likely abandon this habit.

”We might as well see a match when we have time!” Luo Chen casually suggested.

The ticket prices for the Dao Debate Platform were not as expensive as they were before.

After all, not every day, there were cultivators in a death match, or Foundation Establishment experts, or second-order demon beasts.

Most people could afford the admission fees ranging from one to ten spirit stones.

Gu Caiyi blinked her eyes and said sweetly, ”Sure, but you’re in charge of buying the snacks!”

Luo Chen rolled his eyes, ”Do you want to buy milk tea?”

”Milk tea? What is that?”

Gu Caiyi was taken aback.

Luo Chen paused, then grinned.

”Chen Yue Snack Stand has another new product!”

He had thought of the advertisement already, ”The first cup of milk tea in winter, warming up your icy Dao Heart!”

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Braving the snow, accompanied by two bodyguards who appeared rain or shine, Luo Chen arrived at the Crescent Valley.

As soon as he entered the valley, he noticed some changes.

Those medicine fields were covered with sheds.

The spirit plant cultivator he knew, Yuan Dongsheng, was still moving around, releasing techniques from time to time.

Seeing Luo Chen looking over, Yuan Dongsheng paused his actions.

”Curious about this technique?”

”Hmm, isn’t the herbs in this field only able to be planted in mild climates?”

”You don’t know then, with the Spirit Planting Technique, it’s like spring all year round. Even in winter, seasonal herbs could be planted. Want to learn? I can teach you!”

Luo Chen quickly shook his head.

As he left, he muttered something about greenhouse farming.

The longer he lived in the Immortal Cultivation World, the more he realized that its inhabitants were not so primitive.

The great sects monopolized businesses, developed their own advantages, and expanded their operations.

Small individuals also demonstrated their cleverness; lately, rogue cultivators who emulated his original creations made various snacks.

Even in techniques, things were not so stagnant.

Apart from the common Protective Dao Techniques, various occupational skill techniques and techniques used in daily life had also been studied and developed.

”Perhaps I have underestimated the people of this world all along.”

”Those top cultivators who have lived for hundreds or thousands of years, their wisdom can hardly be underestimated in comparison to the world I lived in before transmigration.”

”The Cleaning Technique I mastered from the beginning is evident of this. After all, this type of technique, which is of no benefit to the Great Dao Path, is known to many people, indicating that the improvement of techniques has been widespread for a long time.”

Thinking of the Cleaning Technique, Luo Chen was aware that his proficiency in it was almost at the Grandmaster Level.

Perhaps he could find some time to make it perfect. He was eager to see what changes would occur at the Grandmaster Level.

No matter how bad it would turn out, it couldn’t be worse than the Carefree Wandering technique.

With these thoughts in mind, Luo Chen arrived at the Pill Hall.

Today was still about pill refinement, a work routine everyone had already gotten accustomed to.

Starting the fire, opening the furnace, placing the herbs, Luo Chen himself took charge of the pill refinement work.

Now, only two Pill Rooms were in operation, so his work was far less burdensome.

Luo Chen was also curious, wasn’t Supervisor Mi Shuhua very keen on refining Jade Marrow Pills?