Familiar steps, familiar places.
In this cramped cave, Luo Chen once again activated the Changchun Kung.
The fragrance of soothing incense, quiet and elegant, calmed down his excited and expectant mood.
A large amount of spiritual energy enters the body, is absorbed, swallowed, and refined, and eventually becomes part of his spiritual power.
But this is not enough!
Luo Chen grunted the Qi-nourishing Pill in his mouth and swallowed it.
More powerful medicinal power washes through the meridians and finally returns to the Dantian.
Suddenly, there was a feeling as if the silver bottle had been broken, and it disappeared in a flash.
Luo Chen's mind fluctuated slightly and he had missed that feeling.
But he was not angry. According to Mi Shuhua's "Qi Refining Experience", the late stage of qi refining and the early stage of qi refining are two completely different realms.
The upper limit of the spiritual power contained in the former's body is almost the sum of the first to sixth levels, or even more.
In the early and middle stages of Qi refining, monks have very little spiritual energy in their bodies, which makes them very lacking in means of fighting.
Even if you have enough magic weapons in your hand, you can't actually use them.
However, once they reach the later stage and their spiritual power capacity increases, they can get rid of this shackles.
Just like at the Tao Discussion Forum, Zeng Wen frequently used talismans, spells, and magic weapons, which almost perfectly displayed all the methods that a monk in the Qi Refining Realm can use.
The reason for this change.
It lies in the principle that quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes.
The monks in the late stage of Qi refining have almost opened up all the meridians they can open.
The capacity of Dantian has reached a certain level and cannot be expanded any further.
Therefore, monks in the later stages of Qi refining focus more on purifying spiritual energy.
With the same Dantian volume, the spiritual power can be purified several times that of the previous state.
It is said that if the floating spiritual power can be purified into a liquefied state, the monks will have an opportunity to break through the realm of foundation building.
Luo Chen didn't know the principle, but he was currently following Mi Shuhua's experience in practicing qi, trying to run the Changchun Kung Fu over and over again, using the characteristics of the Kung Fu to circulate around the sky, to purify the spiritual power in his body, and use this huge spiritual power to Strength, to impact the Dantian.
Another Qi-nourishing Pill entered his stomach, and Luo Chen's mind became calm again.
After a long time, that sudden feeling emerged again.
This time, Luo Chen caught it perfectly.
The silver bottle was broken, and the spiritual power suddenly exploded.
Click! Click! Click!
A crisp sound exploded in the body, as if a bamboo joint was cracking.
Suddenly, Luo Chen's face turned pale and he opened his eyes instantly.
A contradictory aura of weakness and strength emerged on him at the same time.
Seventh level of Qi refining!
"It took more than two months, and finally we have a breakthrough!"
Glancing at the properties panel, he smiled happily.
However, there was no time to be happy, as all his attention fell on the meridians in his body.
"In the later stage of Qi refining, when the Dantian is solidified and the meridians are opened, the focus is on purifying spiritual power."
"But to break through to the later stage of Qi refining, the main thing is to open the upper limit of Dantian and open more meridians."
"My situation is different from others. Grandmaster-level Changchun Kung has already opened my meridians. But I didn't expect that this innate advantage would almost lead to bad things when I got here."
"However, it was successful in the end."
Breaking through the later realms should have opened up more meridians.
But Luo Chen already had all the pulses, which caused all the huge spiritual power to rush out of the developed Dantian in an instant.
Without the relief of the congenitally blocked meridians, these flood-like spiritual powers circulated unscrupulously in his body.
Now, he has taken back these spiritual powers to his Dantian.
But those meridians that had been ravaged were in a state of fragmentation.
"Damage to the meridians is a trivial matter. There are many ways to make up for it, so I don't have to worry about it."
"On the other hand, after the Dantian is expanded, it can carry almost double the spiritual power of the sixth level of Qi refining."
After some observation, Luo Chen finally felt relieved.
Put away the alchemy furnace and collect the dust on the ground, take it outside and throw it away later.
The time it took to achieve a breakthrough was not long.
If it were before, Luo Chen would definitely continue to practice.
But today it was no longer possible. The meridians were injured and I had to take a good rest before recovering.
It was still early, and Luo Chen didn't feel sleepy for a while.
After all, he had just made a breakthrough, so he was still a little happy and excited.
After walking around the cramped cave, Luo Chen finally sat down on the raw spiritual stone mine.
Click!
A transparent piece of raw spiritual stone was gently broken off by him.
With the blessing of spiritual eyes, he could easily detect the remaining traces of pure spiritual energy in the transparent ore.
"Huh?"
Luo Chen was startled.
He originally thought that the reason why the spiritual energy in the mineral veins could be absorbed directly was because it was filtered layer by layer when it overflowed.
But now that I look at it, it doesn't seem to be the case?
Obviously, the spiritual energy in the mineral veins is so pure that it can be absorbed directly!
"Then why is the spiritual energy in our spiritual stones so full of impurities? Once inhaled into the body, it will run wildly?"
Luo Chen took out a standard low-grade spiritual stone.
He tried to break it, but couldn't break it.
After thinking about it, I tried it with a jade knife, but it didn't work either.
"It's quite hard!"
Luo Chen lost his temper and took out the soul-breaking nail.
A top-grade magic weapon, and it is not engraved with any first-level formation, but with a second-level armor-breaking formation.
go!
With a flick of his finger, the Soul-Breaking Nail brushed against the diamond-shaped crystal.
A gash opened.
At the same time, the spiritual energy contained in it was vented wildly toward the outside.
Perhaps because the distance was too close, most of them were accumulated directly in the original Lingshi mine.
But there are still a small number of people floating around in the outside world.
Luo Chen's spiritual eye technique was operating to its maximum, and he stared at the spiritual energy of the spiritual stone spilling nearby.
"What are these black swimming qi?"
Suddenly, Luo Chen saw traces of free black energy in those auras.
Their states of reiki are very contradictory, compatible, and yet mutually exclusive.
As soon as it was released, it ran towards the outside world, running around with some of its spiritual energy.
Staring at this strange scene, Luo Chen's mind was racing with thoughts and various speculations emerged.
"Is this the unique way that large sects can make spiritual stones?"
"Anti-counterfeiting mark? Exclusive mark?"
"Is it a method to stabilize the solidification of spiritual energy into spiritual stones? Or is it a method specifically used to prevent monks from directly absorbing it?"
Luo Chen tried to use his spiritual power to catch the free black energy, but he couldn't catch anything.
You can obviously see it with your eyes, but why can't you catch it?
Luo Chen frowned and watched the black energy dissipate into the air.
"Will it just disappear?"
"Kind of like some kind of disposable consumable."
Luo Chen stared at another low-grade spiritual stone he took out.
After hesitating for a while, he put it back.
Forget it, now I don't have the means to capture this black energy, no matter how many spiritual stones I destroy, it will only be a waste.
But if one day, I can master the method of eliminating or controlling this black energy, then I can absorb the spiritual energy in the spiritual stone while fighting the enemy.
It is said that monks in large sects have similar methods.
It is precisely because of this that it is difficult for ordinary casual cultivators to fight head-on with sect monks, and it is even more difficult to think about a protracted battle.
"However, if you no longer practice here in the future, you can consider taking this raw ore away and using it as a backup energy source!"
Luo Chen stared at the raw spiritual stone ore, making plans to cut off his foundation.
….
After a night's rest, Luo Chen looked much better than before.
But at first glance, he still felt weak and pale.
When Mi Shuhua came here, he saw Luo Chen like this.
He came here full of joy because Sikong Shoujia brought him a medium-grade chalcedony pill yesterday.
This represents a breakthrough in Luo Chen's alchemy.
Low-grade and medium-grade are completely different!
A bottle of low-grade chalcedony pill can only be sold for ten spiritual stones, and it will make many monks hesitate because of the sequelae.
But a bottle of middle-grade chalcedony pill, because it has sufficient potency to support the cultivation of early- and mid-term monks, can completely increase the price to forty or fifty spiritual stones!
This means that Dantang will usher in huge profits.
Far more than the benefits of Zhongmiaowan!
It is precisely because of this that the delighted Mi Shuhua did not come empty-handed.
He had people bring a large amount of monster meat and spiritual rice to reward the internal monks in the Alchemy Hall.
After all, one was killed and one was injured yesterday, so don't lower morale.
For Luo Chen, he prepared a big gift and only hoped that the other party would continue his efforts.
However, seeing Luo Chen's sickly appearance, his heart felt as cold as the coming winter.
"Little Luo, Xiao Luo, what's wrong with you!"
Lying on the bed, Luo Chen opened his eyes "weakly", "Gang Leader Mi, I'm afraid I won't survive."
"Well……"
Mi Shuhua couldn't hold himself any longer and released his spiritual consciousness. With just one glance, he knew Luo Chen's situation.
"What nonsense are you talking about? It's just that the meridians are damaged. I have a bottle of pulse-replenishing and moistening liquid here, which is only used by foundation-building monks. Mix it with water and drink it. The medicine will cure the disease in a month."
Whoosh!
The bottle of elixir was already in Luo Chen's hands before Mi Shuhua finished speaking.
Sitting up, Luo Chen looked at the elixir curiously.
"Multiple Pulse Replenishing Liquid?"
Mi Shuhua said helplessly: "Yes, once a monk breaks through the foundation, his Dantian will be solidified and indestructible. It is rare for Qi Refining monks to have their Dantian broken."
"In this case, the foundation-building monk will try to open all the meridians and acupuncture points in the body, and use these extra places to store spiritual power."
"If you rush to open the meridians or acupoints, there will naturally be some slight damage. This is the pulse-replenishing and nourishing liquid specially sold by Lingyao Pavilion, and it is very effective."
After hearing this explanation, Luo Chen felt as if he had found a treasure.
Holding the jade bottle, Luo Chen said with emotion: "Master Mi, you are so kind to me. If you weren't too old, I would have considered you as my adoptive father."
Who is old!
I still have a hundred years left to live!
Mi Shuhua's forehead veins jumped, but he didn't pick it up smoothly.
What Luo Chen meant was that he didn't want to recognize him as his adoptive father.
He wasn't in that mood either. Luo Chen's value lay in refining alchemy, but the other party's qualifications were too poor and it would be difficult for him to be promoted to foundation building throughout his life.
My current investment is almost done.
If you become the opponent's cheap father, you won't have to bleed a lot!
When it came to qualifications, Mi Shuhua realized something was wrong.
"Are you at the seventh level of Qi refining?"
Luo Chen's heart skipped a beat. The interference from his words just now did not fool him.
Sure enough, was it still discovered?
The perfect level of Breath Condensation Art cannot resist the prying eyes of the Foundation Establishment monks.
But it didn't seem to be ineffective. At least when Mi Shuhua checked his injuries for the first time, he didn't find any.
Luo Chen smiled helplessly and said: "Yes, this injury is caused by forcibly breaking through the seventh level of Qi refining."
"Why are you so anxious?" Mi Shuhua frowned.
"How can we not be in a hurry? The gang needs me to make alchemy, and everyone in the alchemy hall is working hard, even at the cost of their lives."
"Ronaldo only hates that he is of low status and cannot contribute more to the gang."
"I hate it!"
"So I learned from the pain last night and used the whole bottle of Qi Nourishing Pill you gave me to force a breakthrough."
Luo Chen said sadly, and then his face became desolate again.
"It's a pity that my qualifications are too poor. I only tried once, but I got myself covered with bruises. Alas... The road is hopeless, the road is hopeless!"
Speaking of the latter part, his tone was bleak and his face looked tired, as if he was not interested in anything at all.
Mi Shuhua started listening and felt that the words were a bit familiar, as if he had heard them somewhere.
Later, when he saw Luo Chen looking more sad than heartbroken, he became anxious.
"How come you are so discouraged after suffering such a setback at such a young age!"
"And you succeeded, didn't you? You should be proud of yourself!"
"Cheer up, I won't allow you to fall!"
Luo Chen opened his big eyes and said, "Gang leader, can the five spiritual roots really build a foundation?"
Mi Shuhua said earnestly: "As long as there are enough resources, even a pig can become the king of monsters. You... of course, I don't mean that you are a pig."
After thinking for a while, he said seriously: "You can now refine the middle-grade chalcedony elixir. In the future, the income of the elixir hall will be better and better, and the dividends will be more and more. You are also very hopeful to build a foundation."
"I can rest assured that!"
Luo Chen got out of bed very neatly.
There is no sign of weakness at all.
After all, as one's realm is improved, one's strength increases. A slight internal injury does not affect freedom of movement.
In fact, what he wanted was Mi Shuhua's last sentence just now.
With Mi Shuhua's words, it will be difficult for others to manipulate him in the future when it comes to Chalcedony Pill's dividends.
Looking at Mi Shuhua with a smile, Luo Chen spread his hands and said, "I heard that you are here to reward everyone today. Do you want to share it with me?"
Mi Shuhua's face twitched, this guy is waiting for him here!
With a flick of his right hand, a piece of paper fell in front of Luo Chen.
"Here, take a closer look, it should be of great help to your alchemy."
Luo Chen unfolded the paper curiously. Why did this paper look so familiar?
Wait, isn't this the paper for "Qing Yuan Dan Jie"?
Good guy, you gave me some advice in this regard before!
…
…
Mi Shuhua went to reward the monks in the Alchemy Hall.
With his noble status as a foundation-building monk, doing this kind of thing in person can have a very good effect on improving the morale that was originally affected.
Luo Chen was behind, holding the piece of paper and studying it.
He confirmed that this was a page from "Qing Yuan Dan Jie".
The reason why I didn't notice that a page was missing before was because the things recorded on this page had nothing to do with the previous ones.
Instead, it looks like an alchemy technique that the author Qing Yuanzi added later.
Yes, alchemy!
Just like the spiritual plant husband, there are some specific spells that are useless for combat, but they are very useful for cultivating spiritual plants in daily life.
What about Xiaoyunyu Jue, Binghuo Burning Wasteland Technique, Taiyin Yimu Biogas Technique, etc.
Their alchemists actually have some auxiliary spells, which are called alchemy skills by the world.
For example, the Zheyu Shou and Suxin Shou that Luo Chen learned before are the most basic alchemy techniques.
It has outstanding results in processing mineral materials, vegetation, flowers and fruits.
This separate piece of paper records an alchemy technique called "Qingyuan Alchemy Nourishing Technique".
This kind of alchemy has no effect on processing raw materials and refining alchemy, and it has no benefit in fighting between monks.
However, if you practice this technique, you will have the opportunity to forcibly raise the elixir that has been fixed to another level to another level.
"There is such a kind of alchemy in the world?"
Luo Chen's eyes fell on the alchemy room, where there was a group of alchemists he had trained.
Although the name also has the word "nourishing elixirs", what he usually does is to store and take care of the elixirs to prevent the elixirs from losing their potency due to improper placement.
But this Qingyuan Pill Nourishing Technique is completely different.
With specific techniques and specific environments, there is a chance to upgrade a fixed-level elixir to a higher level.
The reason why Qing Yuanzi was able to refine the third-level elixir during the foundation building stage was because he used this elixir technique.
This alchemy technique is not difficult to learn. After reading it, Luo Chen was very confident that he could learn it in a short time.
However, the "specific" methods recorded on the paper made him very difficult.
"At the very least, it must be a first-order high-grade alchemy furnace. The best is the best, and the magic weapon alchemy furnace is the best!"
"The elixir you choose must be of the highest grade."
"At least ten or more raw materials are kept in the furnace at all times to supplement the potency."
"The location of the alchemy room should preferably be a place with spiritual veins, and at the very least it should be some kind of special environment that is beneficial to the elixir."
"The monks need to use the foundation-building true fire to temper the quality of the elixir all the time. If there is no true fire, it can be replaced by various kinds of heavenly fire, earthly fire, and strange fire."
"The time limit for raising elixirs starts at least half a year and can reach up to a hundred years."
My scalp is numb!
After reading those "specific" methods, Luo Chen only felt his scalp numb.
None of these things are easy for him to do.
The seemingly simplest ten raw materials actually have a prerequisite of "at least".
In other words, if raw materials are low, they must be replenished at any time.
And starting with a half-year time limit, who knows how much raw materials will be consumed.
Also, the other "land of spiritual veins" that he seemed satisfied with was actually whimsical.
The spiritual vein cave that I discovered was just a branch.
Supporting him to practice alone is barely enough.
But it is absolutely impossible to use it to support Yang Dan.
"No wonder Mi Shuhua didn't give me this piece of paper before, because he was afraid that I would be too ambitious and have too many whims!"
"It's no wonder he decided to give it to me now. It's probably because my chalcedony elixir was stuck in the lower grade and I couldn't break through it. He gave me this piece of paper because he wanted me to use the mountain stone to attack jade and research out Order something else.”
In general, this Qingyuan Pill-raising Technique is useless to Luo Chen now.
There are too many restrictions.
"Put it away first. I may not have the opportunity to use this technique in the future."
Luo Chen sighed, but still put it away happily.
Anything that is beneficial to alchemy is an improvement for him!
He has been refining alchemy for so long now. The more exposure he has to it, the more profound he feels that the art of alchemy is profound and profound.
In the past, it was just a small fight among small households. The real scenery is now just a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg.
Perhaps the true exposure to the avenue of alchemy will have to be advanced to the foundation building stage.
Just when Luo Chen was thinking about it, Mi Shuhua had already finished processing the rewards and came to him.
"Next month is the day when the auction starts. Are you sure you want to participate?"
Luo Chen patted the storage bag and said, "I'm quite wealthy!"
The old man smiled, quite disdainfully.
Luo Chen blushed, "Even if you can't afford to buy anything, it's good to just take a look and gain some knowledge!"
"Okay, I'll count you a spot, then you can go with me to broaden your horizons."
…
After get off work today, Luo Chen did not stay in the alchemy hall.
First, the meridians are damaged and are not suitable for cultivation.
Secondly, if you stay here every day, you will always arouse suspicion.
Moreover, the life in the alchemy hall is indeed relatively difficult. Every day, I am either refining alchemy or practicing.
For monks in the Qi Refining Stage who have not yet established their foundation, few can endure this kind of life.
It wasn't that Luo Chen couldn't bear it, but if he did it every day, sooner or later he would go crazy.
Sometimes, some necessary relaxation adjustments are still necessary.
After returning to the yard, Luo Chen first used the cleaning technique to do a general cleaning, and then went out to do some simple shopping.
By the way, I went to Yuan's house to find Mr. Yuan and Yuan Xiaoyue, and calculated the income of the food stall last month.
"Six hundred and twenty spiritual stones, eh, not bad. It seems that the monthly income has stabilized now."
Luo Chen took the spiritual stone and made a simple calculation.
Then he gave Yuan Xiaoyue thirty spiritual stones, which was her salary last month.
He also took out an additional hundred spiritual stones, which was almost the purchase price of the batch of pineapple wine that Mr. Yuan paid.
After Yuan Xiaoyue happily took the spirit stones, she raised her oval face and said, "Actually, in the previous month, I made more than 900 spirit stones. I feel that I can sell more."
"oh?"
Luo Chen became interested. He didn't expect that the market for a small snack stall could be so big.
Should we consider making it bigger and stronger and create greater glory?
"But starting from this month, other people started selling various snacks." Yuan Xiaoyue pursed her lips and said unhappily: "Aunt Li next door launched a bean curd rice, which is said to be learned from Zhong Ding The simple recipe at home can replenish spiritual power even if the tube is full.”
"There is also a stall opposite me that sells all kinds of monster meat jerky. Although it is not as delicious as the spicy beef jerky you make, Brother Luo, it is better because there are more varieties."
"besides……"
Seeing her chattering about those competitors, Luo Chen, who was originally feeling a little emotional that monks in this world would follow suit and start a business, couldn't help but laugh.
He rubbed the little girl's increasingly black and shiny hair.
"Xiaoyue, you can't make enough spiritual stones. Others have to make money to live in cultivation. We just have to sell our own."
This little girl was weak and shy at first.
After setting up the stall for many months, it has become more generous.
It's just getting more and more fussy.
Yuan Xiaoyue broke away from Luo Chen's hand and opened her big round eyes, "But some of them obviously copied your secret recipe, Brother Luo!"
"Just like the guy selling monster meat jerky across the street, he bought beef jerky from me for half a month before setting up the stall. He was obviously trying to figure out the tricks inside."
"And the one selling poppa beans looks very similar to our fairy beans."
Luo Chen laughed dumbly.
After a long while, he shook his head and chuckled: "A secret recipe that can be copied is not a secret recipe."
"And...did they pay protection money?"
"Well?"
Yuan Xiaoyue was confused.
Yuan Lao, who was sipping his wine in silence next to him, also curiously put down the wine gourd.
Luo Chen tapped Yuan Xiaoyue's forehead and said, "Idiot, the wine I ask you to give to the monks of Jiange every month is not for nothing."
"Tomorrow, you go find the monk from the Sword Pavilion and tell him that the square has been too dirty recently, which has affected the environment of the forum that the Jade Cauldron Sword Pavilion has worked so hard to create."
"Besides, I remember that the area in Baishi Square was full of stalls!"
"You can make a suggestion. Let Yuding Jiange get a big stone slab to standardize the stalls. Each stall should receive one or two spiritual stones."
"Remember to reserve the stall with the best location and the largest flow of people in advance, and we will also hand over the spirit stones!"
After hearing these words, Yuan Xiaoyue was stunned for a while.
Her grandfather next to her also looked confused.
Luo Chen didn't say too much. The trick of "looking for the city management" was enough for a long time.
As for future competition?
There are stalls with the best location that are already invincible.
If you take some time by yourself and research a few new snacks, won't the product's competitiveness rise again?
There are so many people in the alchemy hall, and the alchemy furnace usually has free time.
It's just a piece of cake to ask the internal monks to help him cook some snacks.
I don’t believe it. How can individual retail investors compete with a manufacturer like him that provides one-stop services?
"By the way, for my birthday next month, I will have a drink in the courtyard. Will you come?"
Seeing the two people's hesitation, Luo Chen added.
"It's not a big deal, just a few friends having a meal and drinking some wine together."
Yuan Xiaoyue felt a little moved, and her grandfather had already spoken.
"I, an old guy, won't go. Xiaoyue can go and have some fun. It's also good to meet a few seniors."
(End of chapter)
