Mortal Alchemy

After replenishing his daily cultivation resources, Chen Ping was about to get up and say goodbye.

At the end, Zhou Ying inexplicably asked:

"Fellow Daoist Chen, are you married?"

Chen Ping's expression was a little strange: "Chen is determined to pursue the great path of longevity and has no plans to find a Dao companion for the time being."

"...Besides, Fellow Daoist Zhou is not my type."

"Ah, I didn't mean that. Fellow Daoist Chen, you misunderstood." Zhou Ying's pretty face was slightly red, her heart shy.

Could it be that this Fellow Daoist Chen really likes the type of woman who is as mature as a honey peach like her mother?

How long will it take for her to become a woman like her mother?

Her question was just a simple inquiry to see if she could find a way to repair her relationship with Chen Ping in order to deepen their connection.

Chen Ping didn't know what Zhou Ying was thinking, and after saying goodbye, he left the Myriad Treasures Pavilion.

After wandering around the market, he summoned the flying gourd and returned to the Mu family.

On the way, he saw Mu Huadie and Mu Hongluan, the mother and daughter.

Several years have passed, and the little girl who guarded the warehouse back then is now graceful and charming, and her beauty surpasses Mu Huadie.

Chen Ping also discovered that none of the Mu family's descendants are lacking in appearance, and their looks, temperament, and figure each have their own merits and different flavors.

"Hmm?" Chen Ping also saw Junior Brother Du, the immortal seedling junior brother who came to the Pill Hall after him.

He was actually diligently running towards Mu Huadie and Mu Hongluan's mother and daughter: "Is he interested in Senior Sister Huadie or Junior Sister Hongluan?"

No matter which one it is, their age is older than Junior Brother Du.

He shook his head and returned to the Pill Hall's dojo.

Opening the restriction and walking in, he had been away for a year. In theory, his dojo should be covered in dust, and he needed to clean it manually.

To his surprise, his dojo was clean, as if someone often came here to live.

Coming to the hot spring pool in the backyard to take a bath, although there were no traces of women using it, Chen Ping smelled a bit of Mu Lu妃's remaining fragrance.

He was quite familiar with Mu Lu妃's scent.

"...It seems that during the year I was away, Senior Sister Luo妃 often came here to live and also helped me clean, keeping it tidy."

"She really is a good senior sister."

In his seventeen years of cultivation, he had the deepest relationship with Mu Luo妃 in the cultivation world.

After taking a bath, Chen Ping came to the Pill Hall's Spiritual Cuisine Hall to dine.

Chen Ping ate heartily, finally not having to spend his own money to eat.

Chen Ping is a very frugal person who makes the most of everything.

If he wasn't afraid of danger in the Myriad Islands Lake Market, he would have taken back the three spiritual stones deposit from Wang Quan'an.

Chen Ping ate very deliciously here, being able to eat spirit beast meat and spirit rice without spending his own money made him feel even better.

A few noises came from Chen Ping's sleeve, and Chen Ping lowered his voice and said:

"Brother Diao, please be patient, I will bring you delicious food back later."

"There are people everywhere outside now, don't move, hide well."

Chen Ping's sleeve was quiet after this.

"Junior Brother Chen?" At this time, Xu Fengshan's voice sounded in Chen Ping's ear, it was a vicissitudes of life and kind voice:

"It's been a long time since I've seen you in the Pill Hall."

Chen Ping raised his head, put down his chopsticks, and cupped his hands with a smile:

"Senior Brother Xu, I went out to seek an opportunity for a breakthrough, left for a year, and just came back."

Xu Fengshan's hair was completely white, and he was getting old quickly, but his spirits were still good:

"Yesterday was my seventieth birthday, if you had come back a day earlier, I could have invited you to drink."

Chen Ping laughed loudly: "It's Junior Brother's fault."

He took out five spiritual stones and pushed them to Xu Fengshan: "Junior Brother will make up for the gift money."

Xu Fengshan smiled and accepted the five spiritual stones:

"That's more like it."

Chen Ping asked: "Senior Brother Xu, why have so many people left the Pill Hall after only a year since I left?"

Xu Fengshan's smile was bitter:

"In the past year, the quality of the medicinal materials sent to the Pill Hall was a bit poor, which led to a decrease in the success rate of pill concoction. Many junior brothers died suddenly during pill concoction in order to rush the task."

"I also paid a lot of fines."

Chen Ping was shocked when he heard this: "Senior Brother Xu, you even paid fines?"

Xu Fengshan has been refining Essence Qi Pills for decades, and he almost never fails. He even failed to refine pills and paid fines?

Xu Fengshan nodded and cupped his hands towards the Pill Hall: "Fortunately, Left Hall Master was merciful and only let me pay fines, without increasing my working years."

"Otherwise, I'm about to get my freedom in five years. If I increase my working years again, I don't know if I can survive it."

Chen Ping nodded.

Xu Fengshan has been working in the Pill Hall for fifty-five years and is very old. If he increases his years, it will force him to die in the pill refining room.

Xu Fengshan sighed: "Junior Brother Chen, this is the fate of us who joined the Immortal Clan. If we can't establish a foundation, we will be the cattle and horses of the Immortal Clan for the rest of our lives."

"Junior Brother Chen, you must work hard, don't follow in my footsteps..."

Chen Ping smiled bitterly and said: "Senior Brother Xu, foundation establishment is difficult, as difficult as ascending to the sky... I don't know if I can succeed..."

"I can only do my best and listen to fate."

The two chatted for a while, and when they talked about the Pill Hall's lack of manpower, the Left Hall Master applied to the Mu family for manpower. By next year, the Pill Hall will be supplemented with a large number of immortal seedlings.

This means that a group of young boys and girls full of yearning for immortal cultivation will be tricked into the Pill Hall.

They also talked about that Junior Brother Du. Xu Fengshan smiled slyly: "This kid is smart. He also understands the suffering of the Pill Hall. The Pill Hall will have many people coming in next year."

"If he wants to be the Mu family's son-in-law, he has to hurry up, otherwise he won't have any chance next year."

"Junior Sister Hongluan and her mother are the same, they both like old cows eating young grass."

Chen Ping couldn't help but gossip:

"Is Junior Brother Du pursuing Senior Sister Huadie or Junior Sister Hongluan?"

Xu Fengshan lowered his voice and said:

"Don't spread it out, Junior Brother Du likes Madam Huadie, and it's likely that they are already secretly connected."

"Junior Sister Huadie has a shop in the market, which is very profitable. Junior Brother Du was influenced by you and also wants to pursue foundation establishment in the future. How much profit can he get by following Junior Sister Hongluan?"

Chen Ping was dumbfounded: "This Junior Brother Du is ruthless..."

This Madam Huadie is already a widow, and her daughter Mu Hongluan is older than Junior Brother Du, not to mention that Madam Huadie is still the concubine of that Foundation Establishment guest elder.

In order to obtain resources, he directly bypassed Junior Sister Hongluan to find Madam Huadie?

Xu Fengshan smiled slyly: "The bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish..."

Chen Ping was amazed: "That's true."

Everyone has their own opportunities.

After chatting for a while, Chen Ping got up and packed some spiritual food to return to the dojo to prepare for cultivation, while Xu Fengshan, after eating and drinking his fill, went to the pill refining room with some faltering steps.

At the age of seventy, he still has to refine a large number of pills every day. The hardships are not enough for outsiders to understand, so he can only listen to some gossip to barely add a little fun to life.