call! call! call!
Never before had Luo Chen's breathing been so rapid.
His heart beat for it.
His eyes almost abandoned everything and stared at the pure white pill suspended in mid-air.
Foundation Building Pill!
At such a close distance, Luo Chen saw the true appearance of the Foundation Establishment Pill for the first time.
The four strands of pill lines, like clouds and mist, set off this pill, which is so sacred.
After a long time, he gritted his teeth and forced himself to look away.
He said solemnly: "What does the gang leader mean by this?"
Mi Shuhua was very satisfied with his reaction, but he was also a little surprised that Luo Chen curbed his greed so quickly.
He did not take back the pill and let it float quietly in mid-air.
Mi Shuhua's face became serious, "It's very simple, I want you to refine the chalcedony pill with all your strength, without any reservations."
"I tried my best"
"No, you didn't!"
Mi Shuhua narrowed his eyes slightly and said word by word: "I sent someone to check on your sales of Zhongmiao Pills. After you refined the middle-grade Zhongmiao Pills, you almost never produced any lower-grade Zhongmiao Pills. The same goes for top grade ones!”
"In other words, you have a more terrifying and extreme talent in the alchemy path than we thought."
"At first, I wasn't sure."
"But when you refined the chalcedony pill on a large scale for the first time, some clues were revealed."
"Do you still remember what your elixir success rate was at that time?"
Luo Chen's breathing almost stopped.
All along, he felt that he was doing a good job, almost flawlessly.
And he was confident that even if Mi Shuhua knew that he had pocketed some chalcedony pills, he would not go into details.
In the past, and even now, Mi Shuhua did not cause trouble for him.
But he didn't expect that the alchemy skills he wanted to hide would suddenly be exposed.
A thick account book appeared in Mi Shuhua's hand.
With a flick of his hand, the account book flipped to the previous pages.
"In the 3407th year of the Shanhai Calendar, on December 1st, at the beginning of winter, the Dantang obtained ten low-grade chalcedony pills and twenty medium-grade chalcedony pills. A total of four sets of raw materials were consumed to complete the process. The elixir rate is 50%. The ratio of low to medium is one to two!"
After reading this sentence without any emotion, Mi Shuhua stared at Luo Chen.
"Based on what I know about you, you must have been greedy for some of it when you were collecting the elixir alone, and it is very likely that it is a middle-grade chalcedony elixir with the best appearance!"
"Luo Chen, am I right?"
Luo Chen had sweat on his forehead and said nothing.
Mi Shuhua didn't seem to want to hear his answer, and continued: "I don't know how to make alchemy, but I know the art of alchemy. I only need to be familiar with it! It can only get better and better, and the rate of making elixirs will get better and better, not worse. The truth!"
"But after that time, your elixir formation rate has never returned to more than 50%."
"Not only that, the ratio of low-grade to mid-grade fell to seventy-three. Even after you claim that your alchemy attainments have improved slightly, it is still only sixty-four."
"Luo Chen, how should you explain this?"
explain?
What explanation can Luo Chen give?
He could only tremble in fear, lower his head, bend his waist, and continue to say nothing.
Sweat fell one after another.
In the stone room, the sound of pattering was like raindrops falling from the eaves onto the bluestone slabs.
Quiet, indescribable, depressing.
Like a lofty emperor looking down at his ministers who committed a serious crime.
Seeing his appearance, Mi Shuhua couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
What a cunning little fox, he was almost hidden.
But it's okay, now that it's been found out, it's not too late.
Beating, that's about it.
Next, it is time to win over people's hearts and maximize Luo Chen's utilization value.
He needs this value very much now!
The quiet atmosphere was quickly broken by Mi Shuhua's obviously softened tone.
"I know that you are a casual cultivator. Just like me, you are wary of everything and don't trust anyone. Even if you have the slightest benefit, you are unwilling to give up."
"But I admit that I am not unkind to you!"
"If you want pills, I'll give them. If you want resources to support your practice, I'll give them. If you want Qi refining experience, I'll give them."
"I even took the initiative to send you good things like pulse-replenishing liquid and a small spirit-gathering array."
"If any of these things are taken out, it will be enough to make casual cultivators fight for their lives, but you can enjoy it without leaving home. Even if it makes my Mi family cultivator very dissatisfied, I will force it down."
"Then, should you reciprocate the favor and do your best to be of use to me?"
A hoarse voice sounded from Luo Chen's mouth.
"I deserve to die. I am short-sighted and blinded by greed."
He stood there respectfully and counted his sins.
He even told Tan Mo about many middle-grade chalcedony pills.
Hearing these confessions, Mi Shuhua couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.
"What about the future?"
Luo Chen said with enthusiasm: "I will do my best to serve you!"
Not enough, still not enough!
"I know that you are also worried that your terrifying alchemy talent will attract other people to covet you." Mi Shuhua seemed to want to excuse Luo Chen, and said proactively: "But now I have my protection, and Dan Chenzi's reputation as an alchemist The number has been laid out for a long time, and it’s only natural that you show some style.”
"The gang leader is right, I was indeed short-sighted before!"
Luo Chen was so heartbroken that he almost slapped himself in the mouth.
"I promised you before that when you were building the foundation, I would buy you a foundation-building pill, do you still remember?"
Luo Chen raised his head and his eyes fell on the Foundation Establishment Pill.
Mi Shuhua nodded to him, "I am not a person who talks in vain. Now this Foundation Establishment Pill belongs to you."
Luo Chen was stunned, is he really mine?
Then the next moment, he saw the Foundation Establishment Pill falling into a jade box.
The jade box then floated in front of Luo Chen.
"When you have perfected your Qi refining, you can come to me and I will unlock the restrictions above for you."
"Well, now that the Foundation Establishment Pill is in your hands, feel at ease!"
Luo Chen looked dazed, holding the jade box, still in disbelief.
Is it so easy to get a foundation-building pill?
The corner of his eye fell on Mi Shuhua's expectant face.
Suddenly!
He looked solemn.
Then he swore to heaven and made an oath.
"As long as Luo Chen stays in the Poshan Gang for one day, he will refine as many middle-grade chalcedony pills as possible, and he will no longer hide his clumsiness! If there is any deception, the sky will strike like lightning!"
Hearing this promise, Mi Shuhua finally showed a satisfied look.
Although some people don't take the monk's oath seriously, it is still somewhat useful.
Especially for people like Luo Chen who are committed to the great road.
He was extremely satisfied!
In today's confessional round, it was he, Mi Shuhua, who had the last laugh.
How can a little fox compare to an old fox!
Accompanied by Mi Junping, Luo Chen left Mi's house with a grateful face.
Regarding the change in his demeanor, Mi Junping sneered in her heart.
This kid is really well hidden. He is as easy to fool as a foundation-building monk!
From now on, just do your best to serve the Mi family!
It wasn't until Luo Chen returned to the inner city safe and sound and hid in his home that Luo Chen's face shed tears of gratitude before he completely calmed down.
Taking out the jade box, Luo Chen looked gloomy.
Foundation Building Pill!
What a handful of ghost foundation-building pills!
It’s just a piece of pie!
And many people are deceived into wanting to eat this cake.
Han Dang, the heart-eating tiger who died on the forum, Qin Liangchen who had a broken hand, and even Zeng Wen and Wang Yuan of the Poshan Gang, etc.
Now, this piece of cake is in Luo Chen's hands.
But he could only watch, but not eat.
The restrictions on the jade box, under the gaze of Luo Chen's spiritual eye skills, were so dense that it was almost impossible to start.
This can no longer be considered a restriction, it can be called a small sealing formation!
Qi refining monks don't even think about how to solve it.
Even the foundation-building monks, other than Mi Shuhua himself, cannot solve it.
Because there is Mi Shuhua's spiritual mark on it, once it is touched, the items in the box will collapse.
Perhaps, only a golden elixir cultivator who is completely above the realm can easily unlock it.
But with just a Foundation Establishment Pill, how could it be possible to invite the Golden Pill cultivator to take action?
"It's a good plan. I'm afraid you've been waiting for me to take the oath of the road!"
Luo Chen clenched his fists, boiling with anger.
Mi Shuhua treated him well, and he had never let Mi Shuhua suffer.
Not all of the profits from the chalcedony pills that were refined previously were taken by Mi Shuhua.
But today, he set such a trap for himself!
Taking deep breaths, Luo Chen forced himself to calm down.
He began to think about something he encountered after entering the stone chamber.
Whether it was the second-level spiritual vein stone chamber arranged by the second-level spirit gathering array, the number of times of practice once a month, or even the foundation-building pill that was revealed at the end.
All of them are impacting Luo Chen's heart with huge temptation.
After laying the groundwork, he suddenly revealed Luo Chen's past hidden clumsiness and corruption.
Under the huge impact, no one would be able to bear it.
However, Luo Chen, a time traveler, has experienced many PUAs from his superiors.
Especially when Mi Shuhua handed the sealed Foundation Establishment Pill to Luo Chen.
He knew that this was the most typical fucking example of hitting him with a big stick and giving him a sweet date.
"This old man is really skilled in the art of controlling his subordinates."
Playing with the jade box, Luo Chen could easily guess that the Foundation Establishment Pill inside was the one that nominally belonged to Qin Liangchen.
Now that Mi Shuhua gave it to him, why not use it to drive a wedge between himself and Qin Liangchen?
In the Poshan Gang, apart from Wang Yuan, Qin Liangchen and his wife had the best relationship with him and could rely on each other.
Now that I have taken someone else's Foundation Building Pill, no matter what happens in the future, I will feel alienated from Qin Liangchen.
But this thing can be seen but cannot be eaten!
It’s purely used to disgust people!
One pill kills two men?
No, counting the monks who died because of this Foundation Establishment Pill, there were more than two monks!
In the final analysis, I was still careless.
When the chalcedony pill proficiency reached the perfect level, in order not to make Mi Shuhua wait too impatiently, he started large-scale refining.
Without master-level proficiency, it is impossible to control the ratio of the elixirs.
That Mi Shuhua is also very thoughtful. After a little research on his previous sales of Zhongmiao Pills, we can roughly guess the truth behind what he is hiding.
What an old fox... No!
Luo Chen frowned, "He was found out through the Alchemy Hall's account books, but if he knew it before, why didn't he tell him?"
The level ratio of elixirs will have a huge impact on profits.
The profit here is not one or two spiritual stones, but hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of spiritual stones!
"He won't mind if I embezzle a little occasionally. But when it comes to such huge profits, he should have talked to me a long time ago."
"In other words, he actually only discovered it recently!"
After thinking about this, Luo Chen could only call him an "old man".
But fortunately, he still had a hand in the end.
Following the atmosphere at that time, Luo Chen made some tricks on the vow he made.
"Refine as many middle-grade chalcedony pills as possible. This does not include high-grade chalcedony pills!"
Although Mi Shuhua overestimated Luo Chen's alchemy talent, he did not expect that Luo Chen could already refine high-grade chalcedony elixirs.
The profits from this are even greater!
Moreover, this sentence also has a premise.
That is, "Luo Chen only needs to stay with the Poshan Gang for one day."
In other words, if Luo Chen runs away, this oath will be broken.
Mi Shuhua should have guessed this, but he was very confident in the method left on Luo Chen, so he did not reveal it.
Especially after Luo Chen racked his brains to hide his realm, Mi Shuhua still saw through it.
Mi Shuhua is even more confident in his methods.
Both had their own plans, but in the end it was Luo Chen who was at the disadvantage.
The reason is very simple, the strength is not as good as others.
"I just regret that I don't have the strength to build a foundation, otherwise why would I have to grovel and act like a villain!"
"Build the foundation, build the foundation"
Luo Chen muttered this term. Never before had his desire to build a foundation been so strong!
But at the moment, there is nothing he can do.
Putting away the jade box, Luo Chen sighed.
Next, we can't hide our clumsiness, we really have to refine the middle-grade chalcedony elixir.
I don’t know if Dan Chenzi’s title as master of alchemy is really useful or not.
Can Mi Shuhua's strength in the middle stage of foundation building really protect him?
These are all unknowns.
Luo Chen didn't like the feeling of having his life and death controlled by others, and even thought of running away.
The best escape route is Changyin Mountain.
The exploration over there is almost complete, and with the help of the Grandmaster Level Breath Condensation Spirit Art, it can be hidden relatively safely.
But Changyin Mountain is still too close to Dahefang.
There is only a Huiye Mountain in the middle.
What if we go deeper into the Xiaoyue Mountains and use the road to go to other cities?
According to the map plan, Xiaoyue Mountain Range has to go to the nearest other cities, at least through the Snow Mountain.
There are millions of mountains in the Eastern Wasteland. The deeper you go, the higher the level of monsters becomes. There are many third- and fourth-order monsters among them.
I'm afraid the Grandmaster Level Breath Condensing Spirit Art is not enough!
However, we are very close to Dzogchen, so I can seize the time to practice more recently.
Another issue of escape also stands out.
That is, after escaping, how should the practice be solved?
There is no stable and safe practice environment in the deep mountains and wild forests.
Moreover, if my own qualifications only rely on exercises, my cultivation speed will only be as efficient as the dual spiritual root qualifications.
This is an efficiency that can only be achieved with the support of a cultivation environment such as the Spirit Vein Cave.
He needs elixirs, a lot of elixirs, and preferably orthodox cultivation elixirs produced by Lingyao Pavilion.
This is something that deep mountains and wild forests cannot provide.
As for other auxiliary cultivation resources, Luo Chen hasn't thought deeply about it yet.
"Relaxing cultivation seems to be a happy life. But when it comes to spiritual practice, it is really useless!"
Luo Chen shook his head. If he really wanted to escape, he would at least have to prepare enough training resources first.
And these all require a large amount of spiritual stones.
"Forget it, just work hard for a few months and make a big fortune first!"
"The master-level proficiency of Chalcedony Pill with full firepower and the ability to produce pills will probably make the Alchemy Hall monks stunned!"
Luo Chen is having fun in the midst of suffering, so he thinks.
However, he felt a little aggrieved when he thought that Mi Shuhua would definitely earn more when his firepower was fully activated.
"Speaking of which, Mi Shuhua suddenly used various means to deal with me, including temptation and suppression. Finally, he even promised to use a heavy treasure to establish the foundation pill. Such eager and serial means are not at all in line with his traditional royal family. What a trick!"
Suddenly, Luo Chen thought of the sickly pale face he saw when he first entered the stone room.
"Is he seriously injured?"
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