Hide in The Immortal Cultivation World, Strike Hard in the Martial World
Chapter 194 - 124: The Alchemist in Store

Chen Yi was just about to refuse, his mouth already open,

But after hearing the whole story, he couldn't utter a word of rejection,

It was like getting a pillow when sleepy,

Even if working as a "colleague" with Zhao Chengjing for a long time in the future might bring him some troubles due to their close relationship,

But for the sake of improving his alchemy skills and the generous terms offered by the other party,

He could only agree.

Chen Yi's practice of the Turtle Breathing Technique didn't require many spirit stones,

But refining one's body required a large amount of pill materials and spirit medicine to replenish the body, and the more advanced the refining, the more terrifying the need became.

This time, the 2000 spirit stones that Chen Yi spent when he went out were mostly spent on the needs of body refining,

Most other expenses, such as for the replenishment of Purple Crystal Liquid and the cultivation of the Purple Sand Mink, were not as high as the cost of Chen Yi's body refining,

Especially for the Purple Sand Mink, it could subsist on the scraps from Chen Yi's alchemy practice, which was more than enough.

But overall, Chen Yi's spending was quite high,

With his current wealth, cultivation was no problem, but if he wanted to improve his alchemy skills on his own, it would be slightly strenuous, and even if he could improve, the speed would be quite slow,

After all, he was reluctant to buy a bunch of spirit medicines for practice.

.....

Ten days later,

Chen Yi handed over the Array Plate of the Moon Lake Manor, officially bidding goodbye to Zhao Family Island and moving to Spirit Fish Island to live.

The Zhao family's pill shop was located on the main street of the market town. Behind it, there were two cave mansions,

The larger one was used by Zhao Chengjing, and the slightly smaller one was given to Chen Yi.

Chen Yi received the Array Plate, re-laid the inner isolation array method, let the Purple Sand Mink out, and submitted a series of construction demands,

"This is the effect I want, and you have three days to achieve it, or you'll have to do it over."

The Purple Sand Mink looked puzzledly at Chen Yi's gestures, "Squeak?"

Which ones?

Chen Yi threw it a newly practiced superior Beast Pill,

"Squeak!"

The mink's eyes brightened, and it caught the pill with its two claws, popped it into its mouth, and started working quickly.

Outside the cave mansion was a room for alchemy,

Chen Yi looked at the medium-grade Pill Furnace and some commonly used spirit medicinal materials for refining medium-grade pills that Miss Zhao had prepared for him, and remembered her kindness.

Of these spirit medicinal materials, Chen Yi only needed about a third to refine pills in normal ratio,

During his "beginner" phase, Chen Yi could totally decrease this ratio by another 3 or 4 times,

After all, practice always required material consumption.

With the leftover 9/10, Chen Yi could use them as supplementary medicines in refining superior-grade pills,

He can quickly get used to making superior-grade pills,

Moving on to making the Body-building Pill.

After receiving the cave mansion, Zhao Chengjing takes Chen Yi to the front of the shop,

At this time, the shop is newly opened, and there are already some loose cultivators coming in to check out the shop and buy some pills.

"Oh, Miss Zhao's shop is open for business. Someone, send two spirit grasses to Zhao's pill shop as a congratulatory gift!"

A well-dressed young man with a refined air walked in with a smile.

"Nice to meet you, Second Young Master of Tan Family, please come in."

Upon seeing the man, Zhao Chengjing was taken aback for a moment before asking him to come in with a forced smile.

Second Young Master of Tan Family? The guy who wanted to marry the sisters of the Wu family as his concubines?

Chen Yi was pondering in his heart.

After the Second Young Master of Tan Family walked in, he glanced at some of the pills displayed in the shop. Finding several types of superior pills, a strange color flashed in his eyes.

Afterward, he optimistically moved around the shop, welcoming the guests' greetings with a smile.

It seemed as if he was the partial owner of the shop.

Zhao Chengjing had to accompany him all the time. She felt somewhat strange, but she couldn't say anything about it,

As the manager of the market town, the Second Young Master of Tan Family had the power to make trouble for Zhao Chengjing's shop.

Now that the shop is newly open and he is boosting her momentum, Zhao Chengjing can't really find a valid reason to send him away.

Only when almost all the guests had left in the evening,

The Second Young Master of the Tan family invited Zhao Chengjing with a smile.

"Miss Zhao, I have booked a private room in your Zhao family restaurant. Would you mind accompanying me?"

Zhao Chengjing was taken aback. Her instinct was to turn him down, but considering he spent a whole day helping her at her shop without making unreasonable demands and the locale was her brother's restaurant,

With the protection of dual arrays for the market town and the restaurant, there wouldn't be any safety issues,

She nodded in agreement, saying:

"I should follow your kind gesture."

Then, she turned to Chen Yi:

"Chen Yi, would you like to come with me?"

Only then did the Second Young Master of Tan turn his gaze to Chen Yi,

"And who might this gentleman be?"

"This is Alchemist Chen from our store,"

"Oh." The Second Young Master of Tan Family nodded for a few moments, disinterestedly saying, "Then come along."

Chen Yi politely declined, stepping back and saying, "Chen Yi has an alchemy task and will not be attending tonight. Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Tan."

Chen Yi didn't catch Zhao Chengjing's pleading eyes,

He was really focused on alchemy at the moment and had no interest in this meaningless socializing,

He absolutely did not want to hitch himself to the drama between the aristocratic young masters and maidens.

Seeing this, the second son of the Tan Family, nodded, the corners of his mouth turning up in a smile.

At the dinner, Zhao Chengyu, Zhao Chengjing's brother, accompanied her and the Second Young Master of Tan Family,

During the dinner, the Second Young Master admitted his younger brother's mistake, that it was wrong to think of Miss Zhao, such a good lady, as a concubine, and he sincerely apologized, taking several drinks as a punishment,

Making Zhao Chengyu, who came to protect his sister, feel quite embarrassed.