Chapter 107 On the way

They had thought that Chen Luo was stronger than them, but they never expected the gap to be so big.

Even Du Jian, a disciple of Yaowang Peak, has just reached the fifth level of Qi Refining with the help of elixirs, and Xie Shuang is only at the fourth level of Qi Refining. The gap between the three has already widened unknowingly. And this gap will be infinitely magnified as time goes by.

Until one day in the future, we become people from two completely different worlds.

In the world of cultivating immortals, aptitude is everything.

This cruelty is most vividly demonstrated in the progress of cultivation.

"What are you two going to do? Do you want to come with me to the Luxurious Country?"

Chen Luo asked the two of them.

He was going to She Country later to finish what Wuwei Zhenren had told him to do. The scroll also contained Wuwei Zhenren's insights into foundation building, which he could not give up.

"I want to wait here for Senior Brother and the others to come back." Du Jian shook his head.

He didn't want to leave Shenhu Xianmen.

Although Du De and the other three had gone to the secret realm, they still had a glimmer of hope of survival. Du Jian didn't want his senior brother and the others to be unable to find anyone when they came back.

"I want to stay, too."

After hesitating for a while, Xie Shuang finally made the same choice as when he flew on the boat.

Chen Luo didn't say much about this.

He took out the talismans and Qi-nourishing pills he had drawn and gave some to each of them.

This behavior made Xie Shuang and Du Jian very embarrassed.

One of them was a disciple from Tianlu Peak, and the other was a disciple from Yaowang Peak. Logically, they should have taken out the pills and talismans. But after seeing the quality of the pills and talismans in Chen Luo's hands, the two of them held back the words that were about to come out of their mouths.

"I don't know when we will meet again. You two must remember to protect yourselves. If you encounter any danger, stay away. Be careful of the battles between high-level monks."

Chen Luo gave the two of them a few more instructions.

Du Jian and Xie Shuang both nodded in agreement. After a brief conversation, the sense of unfamiliarity between the three of them quickly disappeared.

It was not until they were about to leave that the two reluctantly said goodbye to Chen Luo.

Companions who walk out of a big tomb will eventually lead different lives because of their respective choices.

In the carriage, Chen Luo drove along the official road towards the sunset.

On a rainy night, the sky was filled with lightning and thunder and dark clouds.

After a day's journey, Chen Luo chose to stay at an inn on the official road.

Half a month had passed since he left Shenhu Xianmen. After leaving the sect, he did not choose to go to the nearby market to take the inter-domain flying boat. Now the market around Shenhu Xianmen was not stable, and it was very likely to encounter attacks when taking the inter-domain flying boat.

The Nine Poison Valley and the Corpse Cultivation Sect were still testing each other, and the traitorous Su Tianyao and Elder Ke did not show up. The originally tense atmosphere suddenly calmed down.

But everyone knows that this calm is only temporary, and the storm is approaching Shenhu Xianmen from the secret realm. It is impossible for such a large sect like Shenhu Xianmen to collapse. On the surface, the sect is still operating normally. Although the business has been affected, there is no problem with the overall framework.

There are quite a few people who stayed behind, and no one knows the final outcome until the sect leader comes out.

Staying away from the sect was just Chen Luo's personal choice.

It was still a bit too much of a stretch to participate in a sect war with the strength of a Qi Refining Stage. Although he wanted to pick up some brains of senior monks, after weighing it, he still felt that the risk was too high. With his ability, there was no need to pick up the hot ones on the battlefield. He could just wait until they finished fighting and then come back to help collect the bodies.

He is familiar with this profession.

After leaving the sect, Chen Luo had no more contact with the sect, and even put away the mark of his identity. Sitting in a carriage and traveling, he looked almost the same as an ordinary person, which made him feel like he had returned from the world of immortals to the world of mortals.

The world is big.

When you stop traveling, you will find that it takes several months to travel just one county. Ordinary people live a slow life. To them, immortal cultivators are people from another world. They will yearn for them, but they are more concerned about their own lives.

"Sir, here is the hot water you requested."

There were not many people at the post station. Chen Luo used the official token he had simulated to stay at the post station. This was what the monks at Wudao Peak were best at.

"Put it over there."

Chen Luo responded casually.

After traveling all the way, ordinary officials liked to take a bath and rest when they arrived at the post station. The waiters at the post station also made preparations according to their habits.

Hearing Chen Luo's words, the old waiter quickly followed his two servants to carry in the water, and then left in a hurry.

"It's going to rain."

Chen Luo stood by the window, looking at the dark clouds in the sky, and could clearly feel the surging water vapor in it.

Practice, cultivate your mind, and understand the celestial phenomena.

Wudao Peak's skills were originally biased towards idealism, so even watching the rain was a great benefit to Chen Luo. If he learned magical powers like "calling the wind and rain" in the later stage, it would be smoother.

Thunder rolled and rain condensed into beads.

After the fighting, raindrops fell accompanied by thunder.

The rain is getting heavier.

The cold air blew in through the window, and Chen Luo raised his hand to close the window.

He walked to the table and tapped lightly on a jade slip.

A flash of inspiration came to him, and a huge topographic map appeared in his mind.

He bought this map when he came down the mountain. It records in detail the areas controlled by the three major immortal sects.

The post station where Chen Luo was currently located was located in the southwestern mountainous area of ​​Changnan Country. To the west was a large forest and a mountain range. The location of Shenhu Xianmen was just behind the mountain range. On the map, a large word "lake" was written across the entire area, which meant that the area where Changnan Country was located was the territory of Shenhu Xianmen.

After leaving Changnan Kingdom and continuing to go north, it becomes the word "corpse", which is the country controlled by the Corpse-raising Sect. Going east, it becomes the word "poison", which represents the sphere of influence of the Nine Poison Valley.

"The Nine Poison Valley and the Corpse Raising Sect are both hostile forces, so we won't consider going there for now."

Chen Luo scrolled down the map.

There are two other countries under Changnan State, one is She State and the other is Yi State. Chen Luo's target of this trip is She State.

In order to obtain the foundation-building insights given to him by Taoist Wuwei, he had to deliver the scroll to the Qi family in Beijiang Village of She State.

"Tomorrow morning, we will go straight along the official road. After passing the Jubei Pass, we can find the market and take the inter-domain flying boat. However, along the way, we must also start to pay attention to the materials needed to refine the foundation-building pill."

The materials for the Foundation Building Pill are in great demand everywhere.

Even in the sect, the foundation-building materials were in short supply. The demand for refining foundation-building pills at Yaowang Peak was already in line for 20 years. If Chen Luo went to apply, in addition to a huge amount of sect contribution, he would also have to pay a large amount of spirit stones. Even so, it was uncertain whether he could get the foundation-building pills in 20 years. Because occasionally some descendants of the elders would jump the queue. If he was unlucky, it might take 30 years to get the chance.

Such a long time, most of the life span has passed, and it is nothing but a foolish dream to want to successfully build the foundation before the age of fifty.

Chen Luo learned alchemy in order to find a way out for himself.

It's not in his character to put his hopes on others.

After confirming the subsequent itinerary, Chen Luo put the jade slip away and put it into the storage bag around his waist.

He took out the alchemy furnace from the other side and prepared to start refining the elixir.

After reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining, the Qi Nourishing Pills gradually became inadequate, and he needed a higher level Qi Gathering Pill. So recently, for a long time, he had been trying to figure out how to refine the Qi Gathering Pills.

The boldness of his senior brother from the Beast Taming Peak gave him an idea. After parting with Xie Shuang and Du Jian, he went back to the market to find some disciples from the Medicine King Peak. He planned to take advantage of the chaos in the sect to buy some medicine recipes from the Medicine King Peak.

The Qi Gathering Pill is a pill for the late stage of Qi Refining, and can only be purchased from the inner disciples of Yaowang Peak.

The process went very smoothly. Chen Luo just mentioned it briefly and the inner disciple who was hanging around in the market town immediately agreed.

He bought the recipe, but the result made him feel a little disappointed.

There are many people selling pill recipes in the market, and there are even people selling foundation-building pill recipes! Much bolder than the senior brother he found.

This was originally a good thing, but after buying a few more, Chen Luo realized something was wrong.

There were too many. He bought more than fifty pill recipes from more than a dozen Yaowang Peak disciples! Two kinds of pills, more than fifty pill recipes! All for a flat price, the scene was no different from that of a scalper.

The most troublesome thing is that you can't verify the authenticity of this kind of thing for a while. He now has 27 kinds of Qi Gathering Pill recipes, and the rest are all Foundation Building Pill recipes. The key problem is that there are no duplicates.

This is the style of the Shenhu Xianmen.

Everyone is pursuing profit. As long as they can earn spirit stones, they dare to sell anything. If reputation can be exchanged for spirit stones, they would have exchanged it long ago.

Start the furnace and start a fire.

Chen Luo first took out a pill recipe, a Qi Gathering Pill recipe.

After taking a look at the medicinal materials written on it, the corners of his eyes twitched a little.

Neither is cheap!

These counterfeiters are all disciples of Yaowang Peak. They have profound knowledge of pharmacology. You have no way of confirming the authenticity without refining a furnace.

According to the proportions recorded on the pill recipe, Chen Luo quickly opened the furnace, sealed the fire, and began refining.

A quarter of an hour later, a wisp of black smoke emerged from the edge of the stove.

Chen Luo poured out the medicine residue expressionlessly, threw the discarded recipe into the furnace and burned it. He then took out a new recipe for the Qi Gathering Pill and started refining it.

The second and third

Chen Luo's expression became numb as he continued to refine the last one. It was because he had done a sweep when he went down the mountain, otherwise it would have taken him a long time just to verify the medicinal materials needed for these recipes.

These bastards are really evil-hearted!

Aren’t you afraid of being struck by lightning for selling fake medicine recipes?

Just when Chen Luo finished checking the last Qi Gathering Pill recipe, there was a sudden noise outside.

In the midst of the heavy rain, a figure wearing a straw raincoat walked into the post station against the rain.

When Chen Luo looked over, he happened to see the postmaster and several postmen of the post station kowtowing to the man. When Chen Luo looked over, the man seemed to have sensed his gaze and turned back instantly, his eyes as sharp as a knife.

After seeing Chen Luo's appearance clearly, the man's expression relaxed and he nodded to him as a greeting.

"What a keen perception."

Chen Luo also nodded in response. He sensed the fluctuation of spiritual energy from this person, and he should also be a cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm. There was no way to tell his specific realm.

(End of this chapter)