Hide in The Immortal Cultivation World, Strike Hard in the Martial World
Chapter 156 - 111 Hometown Gathering_3

Zhang Shigui felt a wave of imposing pressure, his face immediately turned red,

"My apologies, I have misspoke. I will punish myself with a drink."

He lifted his teacup and took a sip.

After that, Zhang Shigui didn't talk much and the convivial atmosphere at the dining table was restored,

Mostly, it was Zhao Chengyu talking about his cultivation experiences, and occasionally Song Chengcheng would interject with some unique insights,

The other four mostly listened and nodded with smiles.

It wasn't until late in the night that they reluctantly decided to part ways,

At this moment, Zhao Chengyu suggested:

"Why don't we meet here every few years from now on? We can take turns being the host, how about that?"

Of course, everyone agreed with his suggestion.

Before leaving, Song Chengcheng pulled Chen Yi aside for a last word, "Daoist Chen, I know you're studying alchemy and I would like to order a few Peiyuan pills of top quality from you. Here's 20 spirit stones as a deposit."

Chen Yi was taken aback: "But I can't even make pills yet, let alone top-quality ones."

Featuring a generous smile, Song Chengcheng said softly, "That's not a problem. You can give me the pills whenever you're ready to make them. I trust you~"

Chen Yi suddenly understood that she was just finding a reason to support his spirit stones and assist his own cultivation,

Because to make a top-quality Peiyuan pill, one must first reach a high degree of proficiency in making regular Peiyuan pills,

And during this process, inevitably, some poorly-made Peiyuan pills will appear. These pills are unmarketable and are usually taken by the alchemist himself,

This will more or less support Chen Yi's advancement in cultivation level, and as for the depletion of alchemy practice, didn't she just give him 20 spirit stones?

Chen Yi felt a touch of emotion, It's indeed comfortable dealing with ladies,

While twenty spirit stones would not really mean much to Chen Yi, it would be quite a fortune for Song Chengcheng, being still in the early stages of Qi Cultivation.

After some thought, Chen Yi decided to accept it. It's not that he lacks spirit stones,

But, what he does lack, is a friend who would generously show goodwill without holding anything back.

"Thank you, Daoist Song. If one day I can make a top-quality pill, I will send the very first one to you."

Song Chengcheng laughed and shook her hand, suggesting that she wasn't in a hurry. Little did she know, the weight of Chen Yi's promise today.

Beside them, Liu Huo was a bit puzzled: Isn't Brother Chen not short of spirit stones? Every time I tried to pay him more spirit stones for the medicine, he didn't accept it. Why did he take the spirit stones from Song Chengcheng?

Zhao Chengyu, however, seemed to have realized something: I have been offering Chen Yi such good conditions, but he refused to stay in the Zhao Family. But when Song Chengcheng gave him 20 spirit stones, he cheerfully accepted them?

It seems that our Zhao Family got it wrong when trying to win him over. Ah, I'll tell my sister when I get home that we need to change our approach - this boy Chen Yi seems to have a thing for pretty girls.

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In the following days, the group toured the Loose Cultivation Market together,

Zhao Chengyu, Liu Huo, and Zhang Shigui all bought some basic talisman scrolls, pills, etc.,

Even the usually quiet Wang Tengfei picked out a few ores for artifact refining,

Only Song Chengcheng followed the group without buying anything,

She explained that she already had the basic magical instruments given by her sect and temporarily didn't need anything else,

Chen Yi guessed that she might have loaned all her spirit stones to him and was now broke.

As for Chen Yi, he only spent a few spirit stones to buy some common spiritual grass and demon beast materials while accompanying the group,

But after returning to rest in the evening,

Chen Yi changed his looks and went out alone a few times.

The Spirit Cloud Island Market is like a small Immortal Cultivation City, and the goods available are quite comprehensive,

Chen Yi changed his appearance three times and sold the surplus healing medicine and three types of first-tier pills, which he had refined over the past two years, to three different pill stores,

As the healing medicine had good healing effects, it was sold as a half-tiered medicine, even though it hadn't officially become a tiered medicine, with each two portions selling at one spirit stone,

The Peiyuan Pill, Qi Supplement Pill, and Healing Pill were all first-tier inferior pills, with a market price of 1 spirit stone each,

The pill store reduced their purchase price by 20%,

Chen Yi thought it was quite reasonable, so he sold them in three separate transactions.

After each sale, Chen Yi would change his appearance and route and occasionally use the Turtle Breathing Technique to sense any danger,

He found that the Market had good order. At least, his businesses of one or two dozen spirit stones each time hadn't attracted any unwanted attention,

And he had never encountered any bandit cultivators looking for trouble.

Seeing this, Chen Yi felt quite relieved,

Those accumulated pills were sold for a total of 87 spirit stones,

Adding the 20 spirit stones given by Song Chengcheng and the dozen or so spirit stones Chen Yi had saved during his time on Zhao Family Island, Chen Yi now had more than 120 spirit stones in his storage bag,

This would certainly count as a small fortune for cultivators in the early stages of Qi Cultivation,

With these many spirit stones, Chen Yi could choose to use them for his own cultivation, have the Purple Crystal Liquid in the small porcelain bottle absorb them, or buy some defensive magical instruments and talisman scrolls, etc.

In the end, Chen Yi chose to spend 100 spirit stones on some spiritual grass for alchemy and spent another 30 spirit stones to buy three first-tier middle-grade pill formulas with a complimentary copy of the Ancient Alchemy Research Scriptures,

Initially, Chen Yi thought those pill formulas were a bit expensive, but he was very interested in the Ancient Alchemy Research Scriptures,

So he bought them.

The Ancient Alchemy Research Scriptures may not contain any pill formulas, but they do include some studies on the principles of ancient alchemy,

For instance, in ancient times, cultivators didn't need pill formulas for alchemy,

They would concoct the corresponding spiritual grass according to their needs and use complex spiritual fire manipulation techniques to make the Yin-Yang properties of the spiritual grass meet the conditions of fusion,

Furthermore, some alchemists were able to concoct unique pills according to their own magic properties or the characteristics of spiritual fire in the world,

Those were often unique skills; even if the method was made public,

Others would not be able to learn them.

Therefore, when ancient alchemists learned how to make pills, they primarily studied medicine theory, and they upgraded alchemical skills by experimenting with large amounts of heavenly treasures in the world,

However, in this era, the specific types of magical powers and various spiritual fires in the world have disappeared,

Because both the quantity of heavenly treasures and their properties have been greatly reduced while their prices have skyrocketed,

It is fundamentally impossible to learn alchemy by imitating the ancient ones.

But, while others find it impossible, Chen Yi felt that he might have a glimmer of hope...

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