Mortal Alchemy

Xu Fengshan stroked his beard and laughed loudly, "Excellent!"

Forty bottles a month, with a profit of five spirit sand per bottle, amounts to two spirit stones a month. It seems like a lot, but Mu Lu妃 still has to peddle the pills individually, which wastes Chen Ping's time.

And most importantly, Chen Ping doesn't have Mu Lu妃's connections, which is crucial for reselling.

Therefore, Chen Ping was not tempted.

Xu Fengshan took out twenty bottles of Essence Qi Pills, and Mu Lu妃 paid with spirit stones.

Xu Fengshan, after receiving the spirit stones, said:

"Miss Mu, Junior Brother Chen, I need to return to the Pill Hall to distribute spirit stones to my fellow disciples, so I won't stay any longer."

Then he got up to leave.

Inside the house, only Mu Lu妃 and Chen Ping remained.

Mu Lu妃 had been observing Chen Ping's reaction from beginning to end. That subtle feeling in her heart grew stronger, and she smiled softly:

"Junior Brother Chen, you've changed so much."

Chen Ping said with a smile, "Senior Sister Lu妃, you've changed even more."

Looking at Mu Lu妃, who he had grown up with like childhood sweethearts, now even more beautiful and charming, Chen Ping felt a different kind of emotion in his heart.

Mu Lu妃 didn't mind Chen Ping's gaze, but instead subconsciously puffed out her chest slightly, revealing her fair and tender swan neck.

Mu Lu妃 said:

"I've contacted several other junior brothers, and we've tentatively set the gathering time for four months later. At that time, we'll discuss a fixed schedule for future resource exchanges."

Chen Ping nodded and cupped his fist, saying, "Then I'll have to trouble Senior Sister."

Mu Lu妃 said, "I'll find Junior Brother for a drink when I have time later."

This was already starting to chase him away.

However, Chen Ping was familiar with her personality and didn't dislike or blame her.

He also needed to go back into seclusion to cultivate.

Young people are ambitious and dream of Foundation Establishment, wanting to seize every moment and strive for it. They really don't have time to waste.

Chen Ping cupped his fist and bid farewell.

Mu Lu妃 watched Chen Ping's departing figure, her beautiful eyes flickering, deep in thought.

She truly had a new understanding of this junior brother.

Chen Ping returned to the alchemy room and began his seclusion.

He spent three months in seclusion, completely consuming all thirty-seven Yuan Qi Pills he had previously hoarded.

But he was still a little short of reaching the eighth level of Qi Refining.

Because refining pills, submitting tasks, and collecting medicinal materials every month would always waste some time, and this time wasted some of the medicinal power of the Yuan Qi Pills.

The result for Chen Ping was that after taking the Yuan Qi Pills, he was still a little short of reaching the eighth level of Qi Refining.

But Chen Ping was determined to break through to the eighth level of Qi Refining before leaving seclusion, so he took out the few Essence Qi Pills he had, even though the effect was much worse than Yuan Qi Pills, and he still immersed himself in hard cultivation.

Half a month later!

"Bang—"

A burst of air resounded in the alchemy room, and Chen Ping's Taoist robe fluttered loudly, the corners of his clothes flying wildly.

The bottleneck that had been holding him back was finally broken through by spiritual power at this moment, and a large amount of spiritual power poured into Chen Ping's body.

It flowed through the meridians and finally returned to the dantian, strengthening the cyclone in Chen Ping's dantian.

After Chen Ping broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, he only felt that his strength had increased a lot, and the spiritual power in his body was thick and pure.

At the same time, because his aptitude was too poor, at the eighth level of Qi Refining, he felt the second shackle of the tenth level of Qi Refining, the second qualitative change of spiritual power.

The second qualitative change of spiritual power is the change of spiritual consciousness.

Chen Ping broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, and after a moment of joy, his emotions returned to calm.

"My Yuan Qi Pills are constantly being consumed, and this breakthrough took eleven months, and this is only the eighth level of Qi Refining."

Moreover, he was taking Yuan Qi Pills. If he didn't have the inheritance and could only take Essence Qi Pills, then his life would be over.

The cultivation method Chen Ping practiced had fifteen levels, and although it could bring a 60% chance of Foundation Establishment, he was anxious about whether he could cultivate to the fifteenth level of Qi Refining before the age of forty.

Judging from the current speed, Chen Ping was under great pressure and was afraid that he would cultivate for a lifetime and have no hope of Foundation Establishment.

"Resources are exhausted, and next, I should refine pills to accumulate resources again."

Let's refine pills.