Mortal Alchemy

He Chengzhu looked at Chen Ping, cupped his hands and said:

"Since Shopkeeper Chen has come out of seclusion, would you be free to have a cup of tea?"

Chen Ping said with a smile: "Of course, I am free. As the Shopkeeper of the Floating Light Market, I want to develop the market, and I can't do without the support of you four fellow cultivators."

He Chengzhu revealed an eager smile:

"Then please, Shopkeeper Chen, come upstairs for a chat."

Chen Ping went up to the teahouse, and the five of them sat down.

First, they exchanged pleasantries and introduced their names and backgrounds.

Then Chen Ping opened his mouth and said: "There are many families in Floating Light Market, but the market has never been able to develop. I, Chen, want to attract some families from the Eastern Xuan Sect to open shops and liven up the market.

I must inform you fellow cultivators in advance about this matter."

Han Yu nodded: "It should be so. Our families have been trapped here for hundreds of years, and we also want to develop further, but we are too far away from the Immortal Sect."

"Now that Shopkeeper Chen has arrived, we have a bright future."

"I'll use tea in place of wine, and I, Han, will toast Fellow Cultivator Chen."

Zhang Daosheng took the opportunity to say: "Shopkeeper Chen wants to develop the market, which is a great thing, but, Shopkeeper Chen, Floating Light Market is located by the sea, and every ten years there is an outbreak of sea tide demon beasts."

"The most recent one will be in two years. When that time comes, we will have to trouble Shopkeeper Chen to take action and resist the sea tide demon beasts together."

A flash of light flashed in Chen Ping's eyes, and he nodded with a smile:

"It should be, we'll discuss the specifics then."

After another round of pleasantries, everyone dispersed, and the market returned to calm.

Chen Ping's eyes were unkind: "These four great Foundation Establishment families are up to no good, and they are hiding quite a few things."

He had observed in the Eastern Moon Mountain for several days, but he never saw any guardian demon beasts near the Golden Leaf Tree. Obviously, it was planted by the four major families.

There are demon beasts in the Eastern Moon Mountain, and it is a Third-Order spiritual vein. In theory, if the Eastern Xuan Sect established a market here, the Eastern Moon Mountain would belong to the Eastern Xuan Sect.

But they didn't clear out the demon beasts, and the sect didn't care about this backward little market, allowing the four great Foundation Establishment families to take advantage of it.

Thus, Chen Ping could almost be certain that the previous shopkeepers died unnatural deaths.

Brother Sable has once again done a great service for him.

Thinking like this, there must be good treasures in the Eastern Moon Mountain.

Chen Ping wants to refine pills to improve his cultivation, so this Eastern Moon Mountain must be his territory, although it is nominally so.

Therefore, these four families have been standing against him from the beginning.

However, Chen Ping was not arrogant and did not immediately take action against the four great Foundation Establishment families.

"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

"We must take our time…"

The good things in the Eastern Moon Mountain cannot be touched for the time being.

……

Half a year later.

The backyard of Meng Huang'er's pill shop has a newly built alchemy room.

Through half a year of screening, Meng Huang'er has selected three alchemy apprentices for Chen Ping.

They are all fourteen or fifteen-year-old boys and girls.

Chen Ping used Meng Huang'er's pill shop to start building a network of contacts in the Floating Light Market, gathering information and networking resources.

He took out the First-Order Azure Phoenix Furnace for the three alchemy apprentices to refine pills.

He taught them the refining techniques for Essence Qi Pills, Qi Recovery Pills, Valley Avoiding Pills, and Body Tempering Pills, as well as the techniques for processing medicinal materials.

This allowed them to get started quickly and they were already able to refine some pills, allowing Chen Ping to free up more time.

Of course, these three alchemy apprentices had all sworn a Heart Demon Oath in front of Chen Ping, and they must not reveal the inheritance by any means.

The monthly salary is tentatively set at four spirit stones, and even so, it is not a low income for a junior who has just reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.

From then on, Chen Ping didn't have to refine other First-Order pills except for the Youth Preservation Pill for the time being.

And he also taught Meng Huang'er alchemy. With her mid-stage First-Order Body Cultivation and eleventh level of Qi Refining cultivation, refining Body Tempering Pills was not a problem, and the failed Body Tempering Powder could also be used for body tempering.

In this remote place, when Meng Huang'er's cultivation reaches the late-stage peak of First-Order Body Cultivation, he plans to take out a Heavenly Spirit Fruit and let Meng Huang'er advance to Second-Order Body Cultivation, so that his help will be even greater.

Chen Ping sat cross-legged on a futon, using a bottle of Foundation Building Pills with a blank expression: "Slow… too slow…"

It has been a year since he advanced to Foundation Establishment, and he has been using Foundation Building Pills continuously, but he has not even condensed a piece of semi-crystallization.

If there were no other Foundation Establishment cultivators in Floating Light Market, Chen Ping would have wanted to go deep into the Eastern Moon Mountain, or go out to sea, and take the Treasure Hunting Sable to find opportunities.

A maid walked into the dojo and bowed to report:

"Young Master, there is an outside family who wants to settle in the market and hopes that Young Master will approve a note."

Chen Ping's eyes lit up and he immediately got up:

"Let's go."

Arriving in the market, Chen Ping saw a caravan of dozens of people, and many locals were curiously looking at them.

This made Chen Ping's mouth curl up slightly:

"They've finally arrived…"

The family that came was the Guo family.

Chen Ping led them into a relatively large, empty pavilion courtyard.

Then Chen Ping met with Madam Guo, who was concealing her appearance, in an elegant room.

Chen Ping's tone was somewhat dissatisfied: "Fellow Cultivator Guo, why did it take you so long to arrive at the market?"

Madam Guo gave a graceful salute: "Please forgive me, Fellow Cultivator Chen, it's not that this concubine wanted to delay, but Ying'er was a little slow in comprehending the inheritance…"

"If there was no Ying'er to guard Eastern Wasteland Immortal City, how dare this concubine leave the family's territory?"

Chen Ping nodded noncommittally, and then told her about the local situation:

"It's good that Fellow Cultivator Guo is hiding her true cultivation, it will have miraculous effects at critical moments."

"So, after making me wait so long, how are the results on your side, Fellow Cultivator Guo? Don't tell me you're going to disappoint me."

Madam Guo said with a smile: "Of course not, although it was a bit difficult, this concubine has collected all the materials that Fellow Cultivator Chen wanted me to collect."

Her space ring flashed, and dozens of First-Order and Second-Order medicinal materials appeared.

Among them were some of the medicinal materials for Foundation Building Pills, Soul Strengthening Pills, and Obstacle Clearing Pills.

As well as the materials for the First-Order Youth Preservation Pill.

Chen Ping nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad, these materials will have to be traded over regularly in the future."

Then Madam Guo stared straight at Chen Ping.

Chen Ping naturally wouldn't let her down, and immediately took out dozens of bottles of Youth Preservation Pills.

Madam Guo's delicate body trembled, and a flush of excitement surged on her face:

"Youth Preservation Pills!"

Rumors had been circulating from Chen Ping several years ago, but when she actually saw the Youth Preservation Pills, she couldn't calm down at all.

The Eastern Region's cultivation world does not produce Youth Preservation Pills.

Whether it is First-Order or Second-Order Youth Preservation Pills, they can only flow out from other great regions and be obtained through auctions.

Without the pill formula, without the alchemy techniques, and without the medicinal material processing methods, you simply cannot refine them.

Madam Guo looked at Chen Ping: "Fellow Cultivator Chen, how are these Youth Preservation Pills priced?"

Chen Ping said with a smile: "How about four hundred spirit stones per pill for Fellow Cultivator Guo?"

Four thousand for a bottle, ten bottles is forty thousand spirit stones.

These Youth Preservation Pills are too profitable!

Deducting the cost, Chen Ping earns three thousand five hundred spirit stones for each furnace of Youth Preservation Pills.

Madam Guo's face was flushed to the extreme, and she said excitedly:

"This price is really good!"

With Body Tempering Pills and Youth Preservation Pills, the Guo family's strength and network will rapidly increase!