Chapter 123 Aftermath

Three days later.

Chen Luo carefully dug out a black medicinal herb from the soil.

The battle for the foundation-building spiritual objects ended three days ago. In order to ensure that he would not be encountered by the foundation-building cultivators, Chen Luo deliberately chose an unnoticed place in the valley and started digging for spiritual materials there.

No one has been to this valley for a long time, and there are many spiritual materials that can be used for alchemy.

The pharmacology knowledge that Chen Luo had carefully studied finally came in handy here.

In three days, he dug up a lot of valuable spiritual materials, which filled up the originally depleted spiritual material library again. The extraction of the monster's blood essence was also completed in these three days. In the end, a whole bottle of giant python's blood essence was only refined into one drop of blood.

With this drop of blood, he was finally ready to practice Iron Body Skill and could start practicing it when he returned.

"The color has turned golden. Could that white python really be some rare species?"

The essence of blood refined by the spiritual fire floated in the bottle. Even the porcelain bottle that contained elixirs could not block the color of the blood from overflowing. A little bit of heat escaped from the bottle, causing a lot more insects to gather around.

Looking at the blood in the bottle, Chen Luo could clearly feel a desire coming from his body, just like a person who had been thirsty for a long time came across a bottle of water and was eager to drink it.

The mummy's brain was evaluated as 'superior quality blood', so there must be something different about it.

After putting the pills into the storage bag, Chen Luo stood up and walked in the direction where he and Zhou Tianyang and others had parted three days ago.

It was a sunny morning.

Chen Luo walked in the woods and could see traces of fighting everywhere. The battle three days ago was very fierce, and he could sense three battlefields alone.

After walking for a distance, when approaching the Yinmu Forest, Chen Luo saw two corpses. Both of them were wearing the uniforms of the Loose Cultivator Alliance, and one of them was wearing the same uniform as Zhou Tianyang, so he should be a deacon-level master of the Loose Cultivator Alliance.

These two people were the cultivators who had reached the peak of Qi training and who had blocked Zhou Tianyang and Old Man Hu.

No one knows what happened to the two of them later, but neither of them escaped.

“How miserable.”

Chen Luo sighed, walked over and pressed his hands on the two people's heads, and a ray of energy flowed into their bodies along his palms. Anyway, they were dead, and they would just rot in the ground if they were left alive, so it would be better to follow him and make use of their remaining energy.

After breaking through the eleventh level of Qi Refining last time, the upper limit of carrying capacity has increased a lot, just in time to supplement them. To be honest, he now looks down on the brains of the two Qi Refining Realms, but mosquitoes are still meat, no matter how few, and they cannot be wasted.

After passing the two people, Chen Luo walked for a while and re-entered the Yinmu Forest.

The shady forest is no longer as cold as before, and the trapping effect has also disappeared. The sunlight shines through the leaves, creating spots of color that are very beautiful.

The giant ape's body was still there, but it had been smashed by the aftermath of the fight, its brain was a mess, and its blood had been drained. All the valuables had been dug out.

The place where the four of them had originally stood has now turned into a huge pit. The surrounding trees are charred and the broken trunks are still smoking.

Chen Luo walked to the edge of the huge pit and took a look.

Isn’t this Brother Zhou Tianyang?

Inside the huge pit, Zhou Tianyang stared at the sky with his eyes wide open. There was a huge hole in his chest, and no one knew where his heart had gone. He died in such a miserable way. There were two more bodies not far away. Chen Luo had never seen these two people before. They were probably the ones who came in later. Judging from their clothes, they were also members of the Loose Cultivator Alliance.

This alliance formed by independent cultivators has not yet replaced the three major sects, but they have already begun fighting for power internally.

This is also the mentality of the vast majority of casual practitioners.

"Brother, why did you leave?"

Chen Luo looked sad.

During the time he came to Mushan City, the cooperation between him and Zhou Tianyang was quite good. Through his brother's channels, he gained a lot of benefits. Of course, his brother himself did not lose anything, as can be seen from his improved strength. It was just that he worked hard, but in the end, he left nothing behind and died in this valley, without even anyone to collect his body.

Chen Luo jumped into the pit and put his hand on Zhou Tianyang's forehead.

'Contacted with the brain waves of a dead person, damage level 87%, do you want to read it?'

Looking at the familiar words, Master Chen Dan chose to read with tears in his eyes.

A ray of energy flowed into the palm of his hand.

Afterwards, Chen Luo went over and collected the brains of two other unknown cultivators.

I didn't do anything along the way and picked up five brains for nothing.

"As brothers, I will see you off for the last time."

Chen Luo reached into the storage bag and took out a shovel and deerskin gloves.

Dig a hole and fill it with soil.

The main point is proficiency.

"Dust to dust. Ashes to ashes. Rest in peace, old man."

After filling the soil, Chen Luo stood by and said a few words to Brother Zhou Tianyang, which was considered as sending him off. He also buried two unknown casual cultivators next to him, leaving them below to keep his brother company and prevent him from being lonely.

After burying Zhou Tianyang, Chen Luo searched carefully around the Yinmulin several times.

In the end, he did not find the Taoist Mummy and Old Man Hu, which made him feel a little regretful.

It seems that the two friends managed to escape.

After leaving the Yinmu Forest, Chen Luo searched the valley carefully again. In addition to the places he had visited in the past three days, he did not miss any other places. He even went to the central lake area. The central lake area was calm, and the circular pool was bottomless. Looking down, you could see some swimming black shadows.

Chen Luo didn't go down to check.

He just took a look at the big rock in the center of the pool. That big rock was the place where the foundation-building spiritual creature was born. Zhou Tianyang had already told him about it when he came here.

It's a pity that it's bare now, with nothing left. Zhou Tianyang got nothing from his plan, and even lost his life.

He returned along the river path he came from, entered the cave and walked along the river again. When he reached the entrance of the passage, Chen Luo saw a black mark.

"The mark of the mummy Taoist priest?"

Chen Luo reached out and touched it, and quickly read a piece of information on it.

"If it's okay, I'll see you at the mass grave."

This is the unique technique of the old mummy master, which only Chen Luo can read. It is also the communication method left by the two when they communicated previously.

"It seems that this old guy has escaped."

Chen Luo wiped off the mark and stepped into the water.

When he returned to Mushan City, it was already late at night.

Returning to the courtyard where he lived, Chen Luo breathed a sigh of relief. Although he did not earn any spiritual items for foundation building this time, he did get a lot of precious spiritual materials and five brains, which was considered a return on investment. After getting the foundation building pill formula and spiritual materials from the mummy Taoist priest, he would prepare for foundation building.

As expected, he has to be an alchemist. If he doesn’t have this skin, how could such benefits come to him?

"First, raise your cultivation to the thirteenth level of Qi Refining, and then plan on building your foundation."

Chen Luo sat cross-legged with his eyes closed and began today's practice. There was no shortcut to the two levels after Qi Refining, and he could only rely on time to accumulate little by little.

Zhou Tianyang’s disappearance did not cause any impact on the Loose Cultivator Alliance.

Less than three days after he disappeared, the new steward took office. Like Zhou Tianyang, he took the county magistrate's appointment document issued by the court and became the new county magistrate of Mushan City. He also secretly reconnected the channels of the Loose Cultivation Alliance.

Within two days, the new deacon of the Loose Cultivator Alliance came to visit.

It was no secret in the Loose Cultivators Alliance that there was an alchemist in Mushan City. To some extent, Chen Luo, the alchemist, was also one of the "inheritances" that the deacons of the Loose Cultivators Alliance should inherit, and it was a very important one.

"Master Chen, I am Zhu Jie, the new steward of the Loose Cultivator Alliance. If you need any errands in the future, you can come to me directly."

The new deacon of the Loose Cultivators Alliance turned out to be a woman, and a very attractive woman. The tight black clothes perfectly set off her assets, big where big, thin where thin. Especially her skin, which was almost as delicate as a baby's, and her pair of watery eyes seemed to be able to seduce people, making people feel itchy.

"It's OK at night, too."

Zhu Jie stretched out her index finger and gently stroked Chen Luo's side.

Chen Luo had never expected that the person who would inherit Brother Zhou's 'legacy' would be such a woman. If he had known earlier...

"Deacon Zhu came at the right time. I have run out of medicinal materials for refining the Explosive Spirit Pill, and I am no longer able to supply the pills to the alliance." Chen Luo began to report the accounts with an expressionless face.

The spiritual materials that Zhou Tianyang sent to him before his death were definitely stolen.

The person is dead. Can they dig him out and settle accounts with themselves?

"There are also materials for the Qi-nourishing Pill, Qi-gathering Pill, Spirit-gathering Pill, and Spirit-raising Pill. All of them need to be replenished."

"no problem."

Zhu Jie was unexpectedly easy to talk to. She agreed to all of Chen Luo's requests without asking any further questions.

"You can raise any other requests you have, as long as they are within my authority."

Chen Luo felt a little embarrassed by such an open attitude of cooperation. He made two more small requests, and Zhu Jie agreed without hesitation.

"Then I will talk to Master Chen about the problem of pill loss next."

After discussing official business, what remains is personal matters.

"The materials for the Explosive Spirit Pill are not cheap. I'm sure Deacon Zhou has told you about this before."

"It is indeed a bit expensive, but it is also very difficult to refine the Explosive Spirit Pill. There are very few first-level alchemists who can refine this kind of pill. Most of the alchemists who can refine the Explosive Spirit Pill are already second-level. I don't need to say more about the price of a second-level alchemist, right?" Chen Luo reminded.

As an elixir for the perfect stage of Qi Refining, the difficulty of Explosive Spirit Pill is similar to that of many second-level elixirs.

There are quite a few alchemists who have cooperative relations with the Loose Cultivator Alliance, and they naturally know the prices involved.

"Of course I understand this. What I want to talk to Master Chen about is the loss of elixirs." Zhu Jie said as she sat down opposite Chen Luo, supported her chin with one hand, and asked.

"I wonder if Master Chen's success rate in making the Explosive Spiritual Pill can be improved a little bit?"

Hearing this, Chen Luo understood instantly.

"Twenty spiritual materials and six explosive spiritual pills are already my limit."

"Six? Isn't it just one?"

Before Chen Luo finished speaking, Zhu Jie couldn't help but speak. She stared at Chen Luo with wide eyes and instantly understood the whole story.

Zhou Tianyang, you bastard!

You are so brave.

The success rate of six explosive spirit pills has been reduced to one when it comes to you. How black-hearted and bold.

"One, then."

Zhu Jie stood up immediately. She had previously felt that she was at a great loss to be sent to such a remote place as Mushan City. But now it seemed that this was not a remote place at all, but a place with good feng shui!

(End of this chapter)