Mortal Alchemy

Meng Huang'er's expression was joyful, yet tinged with bitterness:

“Although I awakened and comprehended a spiritual body, I've already passed the age limit for Foundation Establishment.”

Walking the path of body cultivation, awakening a spiritual body, it's a bit counterproductive.

A spiritual body isn't of much help to body cultivators.

Chen Ping smiled and said, “It's fine, perhaps Senior Sister Meng will obtain another opportunity in the future and be able to enter Foundation Establishment.”

His inheritance contained the Extending Path Pill.

“Senior Sister Meng's fortune isn't bad.”

Meng Huang'er said, “Thank you, Junior Brother, for comforting me like this.”

Chen Ping didn't ask her about the spiritual body in detail; this was her big secret.

To reveal the matter of having a spiritual body meant that the relationship and feelings were very deep.

For non-Eastern Xuan Sect disciples, having a spiritual body isn't necessarily a good thing.

Unless they were someone intimate, they wouldn't reveal their secrets.

Then Chen Ping told Meng Huang'er about teaching the first-order Timeless Pill.

Meng Huang'er's expression was astonished, disbelieving, and her pretty face flushed red.

Qi Recovery Pills, Sustenance Pills, Essence Pills, Vitality Pills, Body Tempering Pills, those were all small money.

This first-order Timeless Pill was the big money maker.

Chen Ping said, “If Senior Sister Meng breaks through to a second-order body cultivator and helps me with things in this market, how can she improve on the path without sufficient income?”

Without the profits from the first-order Timeless Pill, it would be extremely difficult for Meng Huang'er to improve in body cultivation.

At this, Mu Luofei took a sip of tea and said with a smile that wasn't quite a smile, “Junior Brother is really generous, so good to Junior Sister Meng.”

If it were before, Meng Huang'er would definitely be flustered and apologize to Mu Luofei.

Now that she had broken through to a second-order body cultivator, although she didn't directly argue back, she didn't say a word.

She had a bit of the backbone of a second-order cultivator.

Chen Ping just smiled it off: “Different divisions of labor.”

Mu Luofei glared at Chen Ping with her beautiful eyes, feigning anger, “Is Junior Brother treating me like a jealous woman?”

Chen Ping laughed: “How dare I? It's just that the path of immortality is bitterly cold, and we should support each other forward.

Look, even I, a direct disciple of a Nascent Soul cultivator, have been sent to this kind of place to fend for myself; relying on Master and Senior Sister Bai won't work, I can only rely on myself.”

“I'm going to focus on second-order pills next, and also search for resources. I can only feel at ease if I entrust this first-order Timeless Pill to Senior Sister Meng.”

Meng Huang'er blushed and didn't speak.

Mu Luofei didn't say anything either, but said, “Yes, only by entering the Golden Core stage can one be considered to have made it in this Eastern Region cultivation world.”

A Golden Core cultivator, even if they don't join a sect, has a lifespan of four hundred years, and can be a local tyrant anywhere, dominating a region, and can also establish a large family to work for them.

Chen Ping remembered something: “It's been so many years, why haven't Junior Brother Fang and the others come to Floating Light Market yet?”

Mu Luofei shook her head: “I don't know either, maybe they're being held back by the Mu family.”

As they were chatting, Zuo Yinghong walked in and said, “Market Master, Shang Yangxiu has passed away. He Chengzhu and Zhang Daosheng are inviting the Market Master to meet.”

Chen Ping: “Are they yielding to me? Asking me to divide the Shang family's property together?”

Zuo Yinghong said: “That's a possibility, but it could also be a trap.”

Chen Ping pondered for a moment and made a decision: “No matter what, I should take a trip.”

“If there's a trap, this time, taking advantage of the fact that the manpower is relatively complete, we'll wipe them all out in one go!”

Second-order combat power, Chen Ping, Mu Luofei, Zuo Yinghong, Madam Guo, Meng Huang'er, there are as many as five people!

Are they afraid of those few families?

Chen Ping called a few people:

“I'll go first alone. If I see that the situation is not right, you can come in.”

……

The Shang family's territory is also located on a second-order spiritual vein.

The terrain here is flat, with a small river. The Shang family's territory is built here, with towering trees and bamboo forests.

At this moment, the Shang family is decorated in white inside and out, and there are sounds of wailing.

Outside the gate, He Chengzhu and Zhang Daosheng are waiting here for Chen Ping.

Chen Ping transformed into a stream of light, flew over, and landed.

“Market Master Chen.”

“Fellow Daoist Chen.”

Chen Ping cupped his hands in return, his superficial skills were excellent: “Fellow Daoist He, Fellow Daoist Zhang.”

“The last time I saw Fellow Daoist Shang, his condition was still very good. How could he have passed away after only two years?”

He Chengzhu's expression was gloomy, not fake, and he sighed:

“During the tide, Fellow Daoist Shang encountered a poisonous demon and was seriously injured. The injury couldn't be suppressed. We are located in a remote place and couldn't buy second-order detoxification pills. Fellow Daoist Shang struggled for two years before passing away.”

This is the pain point of small families. Even if there are Foundation Establishment cultivators, they don't have the channels to purchase second-order pills in the Eastern Region cultivation world.

Chen Ping sneered inwardly. He wouldn't necessarily believe He Chengzhu's words.

The several major Foundation Establishment families have been located here for hundreds of years, don't they have some trump cards?

Chen Ping sighed on the surface: “It's all our fate. Let's go in and take a look at Fellow Daoist Shang's remains, and this Market Master will offer an incense stick.”

Zhang Daosheng made a gesture of invitation, and the three of them entered the Shang family's territory.

In the main hall, Shang Yangxiu was lying in a coffin, and there were very few Shang family members nearby.

After Chen Ping offered incense, he asked the two of them: “Why are there so few Shang family members?”

He Chengzhu and Zhang Daosheng looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Zhang Daosheng said: “It's a laughing stock for Fellow Daoist Chen. After Fellow Daoist Shang passed away, many Shang family descendants ran away with their wealth.”

“The remaining clansmen are only left behind because they can't escape.”

“Oh.” Chen Ping nodded slowly.

With the Han family in front, these Shang family members are smart, knowing that once a Foundation Establishment cultivator dies, they can't protect their family property, so they might as well run away with it themselves.

These He Chengzhu and Zhang Daosheng are hypocritically grieving, aren't they inviting Chen Ping to divide the Shang family's assets together?

There weren't many people who came to pay respects to Shang Yangxiu either.

The three of them were invited by the Shang family members to sit down and rest in a side courtyard.

After exchanging pleasantries, He Chengzhu began to talk about business:

“Market Master Chen, you are from a large sect disciple, our He and Zhang families are willing to befriend Market Master Chen.”

“How about the three of us discuss how to divide the Shang family's assets?”

This is a true gesture of bowing their heads to him and taking the initiative to make friends.

Chen Ping pondered for a moment: “How much assets does the Shang family have left?”

Zhang Daosheng said: “The wealth that could be taken away has basically been taken away. The Shang family's medicine garden requires the patriarch's token to enter, and Qi Refining cultivators can't break it open.”

“There are three second-order spiritual plants in the Shang family's medicine garden.”

“The rest is this family mansion, as well as a second-order spiritual vein, and ten acres of spiritual fields.”

The Han family is located on a cliff and has no spiritual fields.

This Shang family does have spiritual fields.

Ten acres of spiritual fields is not a small number.

And this second-order spiritual vein is also valuable.

Chen Ping's eyes flickered slightly: “I want the Shang family's medicine garden, I don't want anything else.”

He Chengzhu and Zhang Daosheng looked at each other, their brows slightly furrowed.

He Chengzhu said: “Market Master Chen, why don't we join forces to break the Shang family's medicine garden, and then discuss the division of profits?”

Chen Ping's eyes flashed with a sharp light, but he didn't refuse:

“Alright.”

He felt that these two people had a problem.

He wanted to see what kind of medicine they were selling in their gourds.

The three of them went to the Shang family's medicine garden.