Chapter 125 Changes

Back in the yard, Chen Luo unfolded the recipe for the Foundation Establishment Pill that the old mummy ghost had given him and read the contents carefully.

"There seems to be something wrong with this recipe?"

Chen Luo placed the recipe next to the candle flame and burned it into ashes bit by bit. He frowned and pondered the logic of the combination of the spiritual materials. The brains of other alchemists in his mind could not help him. As far as alchemy was concerned, he had surpassed those low-level alchemists in the Qi Refining Stage.

At first glance, the recipe for the elixir that the old mummy ghost gave him seemed to be fine, but several of the methods of using the medicine were inconsistent with the current world of cultivation.

Although he had never seen other foundation-building pill recipes, he could still detect the differences. The recipe that the old corpse ghost gave him was likely from a large tomb. The ancient alchemy techniques in it reminded him of what he had learned from his teacher Changqing Zhenren when he was in the Yue Kingdom Tomb.

"Find an opportunity to try it. Except for a few main herbs, everything else is easy to buy. Next time Zhu Jie comes over, ask her to help buy some."

Chen Luo stood up and flicked his sleeves to disperse the dust.

Blow out the candle, close your eyes and practice.

A night passed.

Early in the morning, Chen Luo opened his eyes after finishing his Qi training. Before he got up, he heard a knock on the door.

He frowned, stood up and walked over.

"Junior Brother Chen, Junior Brother Chen!"

The voice of Senior Brother Hu Qiudao came from outside.

"Brother Hu?"

Chen Luo opened the door and saw Hu Qiudao standing at the door waiting anxiously. Seeing Chen Luo coming out, Hu Qiudao grabbed him and spoke in a pleading tone.

"Brother, do me a favor."

"The old man wants to see you."

Chen Luo was stunned, and then he realized that it was the old man of the Hu family who wanted to see him. The old man who went with them to the valley to fight for the foundation-building spiritual objects was also back. Chen Luo originally wanted to wait for a while, and go to the Hu family to check the situation after the situation calmed down, but now it seems that there is no need to wait.

"Let's go."

I might as well go over and take a look and ask Mr. Hu what happened that day.

The two soon arrived at the Hu family.

As soon as he pushed the door open, Chen Luo smelled a strong scent of herbs. Looking at the bed again, he saw that Mr. Hu, who was once the number one master in Mushan City and had reached the thirteenth level of Qi training, was now like a terminally ill old man, withered and lifeless, with deep eye sockets and dull eyes, and the spiritual energy in his body was almost dissipated.

No wonder Hu Qiudao was so anxious. Mr. Hu was already in a terminal condition.

"Fellow Daoist Chen, you're here?"

Mr. Hu wanted to sit up, but he struggled twice without success. Hu Qiudao saw this and quickly stepped forward to help the old man up. Then he quickly picked up the medicine bowl next to him and poured a bowl of black elixir for the old man.

"I've failed this time. I didn't expect to encounter the alliance of loose cultivators and the corpse-raising sect joining forces."

After Mr. Hu took a sip of the medicine, his complexion became better and he gave Chen Luo a bitter smile.

“I don’t know who got the spiritual object in the end.”

Old Master Hu had no idea what was going on behind the scenes. He had been away from the Shenhu Xianmen for too long, and his information channels were not as good as those of the mummy old ghost.

"Nine Poison Valley."

Chen Luo gave him an answer.

Mr. Hu was stunned for a moment, then gave a wry smile.

"I see."

There was a hint of relief in his eyes.

It is difficult to lay a foundation.

It was even harder for independent cultivators. Without the support of a sect, it was almost impossible to obtain foundation-building resources. He had practiced for half his life and finally reached the peak of the thirteenth level of Qi Refining. The door to foundation building was right in front of him, but he just couldn't get through. His current Qi and blood were no longer enough to support him to force his way through.

"I was greedy this time." Mr. Hu laughed at himself.

I was cautious all my life, but in the end I failed.

"I asked Mr. Chen to come here because I want to ask you a favor."

Mr. Hu let it go and didn't talk about this topic anymore.

"Our Hu family has been operating in Mushan City for 170 years. The management of five generations cannot be lost in my hands." As he spoke, Mr. Hu took out a black token from his chest. He no longer had the spiritual power to use the storage bag.

Chen Luo took the token and took a look at it.

This is a square token, different from the Loose Cultivator Alliance, and seems to belong to another force.

"This is the token of the royal family of She State. Every year on the eighth day of March, the royal family holds an exchange meeting, and our Hu family is also invited. On the surface, it is mainly for cultivators to exchange experiences and auction materials, but in fact it is a redistribution of the interests of She State by cultivators. If you don't go this time, Mushan City will be allocated to other people. Qiu Dao is too weak, and without the strength of the late stage of Qi Refining, he will not be able to protect the foundation if he goes. I hope you can help him for my sake." Grandpa Hu said it sincerely, and his words put Chen Luo on the same level as him.

In the world of cultivating immortals, strength is respected.

Mr. Hu sees things much more clearly than Hu Qiudao.

After saying this, without waiting for Chen Luo to answer, Mr. Hu took out something from the side.

“Millennium Spiritual Ginseng!”

Chen Luo had eaten a piece of spiritual ginseng before, but it was an ordinary hundred-year-old spiritual ginseng. The thing that Mr. Hu took out would make even a cultivator at the Perfect Qi Refining Realm excited, because one of the main spiritual materials recorded in the foundation-building pill recipe was a thousand-year-old spiritual ginseng!

“This is the reward.”

"I see."

Chen Luo took the ginseng and put it into his storage bag. This gift was very valuable.

This spiritual ginseng should have been prepared by Mr. Hu for himself, but unfortunately he didn't gather all the materials until his death. As he was about to die, he simply took the thing out as a favor, which not only found a backer for the Hu family, but also eliminated the hidden dangers brought by the spiritual object, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

Chen Luo also understood what Mr. Hu meant, so he did not hide the process of taking things, allowing everyone inside and outside the Hu family to see it. After the message was passed on, no one would come to the Hu family to cause trouble anymore.

The exchange meeting was not a difficult matter for him. He also needed some spiritual materials to refine the foundation-building pill, so he went to buy them together. He hoped that the exchange meeting held by the royal family of Sheguo could be a little more upscale.

Hu Qiudao stood by the side the whole time. The longer he was away from the Immortal Sect, the less he spoke and the more his mentality changed. Now, it is difficult for him to look at Chen Luo, his junior brother, the same way he did at the beginning. When communicating with Chen Luo, he gradually became cautious, just like facing an elder of the Immortal Sect.

Outside, the changes brought about by strength are more intuitive than those of the Immortal Gate.

After leaving the Hu family, Chen Luo first went to the Loose Cultivator Alliance to find Zhu Jie. As a cooperative alchemist of the Loose Cultivator Alliance, he still had to say hello to Zhu Jie before leaving Mushan City.

"Exchange meeting? Great, I want to go too."

After learning about Chen Luo's destination, Zhu Jie chose to go with him without saying anything. She was originally going to go too, as the Loose Cultivators Alliance had always participated in the division of interests in She Country, and now it was just a few days earlier.

In the country of She, there are only two most valuable areas, one is the capital, and the other is Kamikaze County.

There are teleportation points of Shenhu Xianmen in these two places. When the inter-domain flying boat comes, it will stop at these two places. Disciples with spiritual roots who want to join Shenhu Xianmen must go to these two places first. The Black Mountain Village where Chen Luo, Xie Shuang and others came by teleportation array is under the jurisdiction of Shenfeng County.

In the division of interests in She State, the capital and Kamikaze County are both places that must be fought for.

Relatively speaking, the value of other places is not that high. For example, the Muwang Territory where Mushan City is located is defined as a remote and poor place. When Zhu Jie was first assigned here, she was full of resentment and felt that she had suffered a great loss. After meeting Chen Luo, she changed her mind.

"Then let's go together."

Chen Luo nodded in agreement. After all, one more person wouldn't make much, and one less person wouldn't make much either.

This time he went there mainly to collect foundation-building materials in preparation for the later foundation-building. The old mummy ghost only had one spiritual material in his hand, and with this potentially problematic foundation-building pill recipe, it was unknown what would be made. In order to ensure that there was no mistake, Chen Luo decided to find a material to try first. He also went to the She Kingdom royal family to see if he could find some more valuable brains.

It’s best to have one from a second-level alchemist.

If that doesn't work, digging a grave will do.

Half a day later.

Hu Qiudao came again, the difference was that this time he changed into mourning clothes, and his tone when talking to Chen Luo was much more respectful. He no longer addressed him as "junior brother", but became "Senior Chen".

People seem to mature all of a sudden.

Chen Luo sighed, and went to the Hu family with Hu Qiudao to bid farewell to Mr. Hu. Standing in front of the mourning hall, looking at Mr. Hu being put into the coffin, Chen Luo gave up the idea of ​​collecting the brain for the first time.

Looking at the crying members of the Hu family around him and the mourning hall covered with black cloth, he went over to light a stick of incense and then left.

It's raining outside.

It is drizzling.

Chen Luo walked alone on the street, feeling a little lonely. Thinking back to the scene of Mr. Hu lying in the coffin, his determination to pursue the truth became stronger.

Build the foundation and form the elixir.

Even achieve immortality!

Half a month later.

After packing their luggage, Chen Luo, Hu Qiudao and Zhu Jie got on a carriage bound for the capital.

There is no inter-domain flying boat teleportation point near Mushan City, so you can only take a carriage.

After walking staggeringly for more than ten days, the three finally entered a nearby city with a flying boat node. After paying six spirit stones, the three boarded the flying boat to the capital of She State.

This flying boat is not as good as the cross-domain flying boat of Shenhu Xianmen. The flying boat is only about 20 meters long and can only carry a limited number of people. On weekdays, this flying boat is basically not started, because there are not so many cultivators in Sheguo, and consumables in units of spirit stones are even less used.

"These flying boats were made by the imperial family's Tiangongyuan priest. That priest used to be an inner sect disciple of the Shenhu Xianmen's Shenhuo Peak. After failing in his foundation-building attempt, he returned to She Country. It took the whole country thirteen years to build these five flying boats."

Sitting on the flying boat, Zhu Jie introduced the flying boat under their feet to Chen Luo.

The power of the Loose Cultivator Alliance is very large, and it has reached the first level of a sect in terms of information control. What it lacks is the top-level magic weapon. If a Jindan cultivator appears in the Loose Cultivator Alliance, then the Loose Cultivator Alliance will immediately be promoted to the fourth largest sect in the land of all countries.

“It’s already amazing.”

Chen Luo looked at the flying boat under his feet. He could clearly sense the magic patterns running inside and several simple wind-proof formations. At the level of Qi Refining, this kind of flying boat is already the top-level skill. Above that is the realm of foundation-building cultivators. The one from the Tiangong Academy of Sheguo has not reached that level yet.

Chen Luo’s current level of alchemy is probably at this level.

Peak of level one, less than level two.

The flying boat was very fast, and two days later the three of them arrived at the capital of She State.

Compared to Mushan City, the prosperity of the capital is like another world. From the building structure and street layout here, you can see some outlines of Shenhu Xianmen. All the direct royal family members of Sheguo have practiced in Shenhu Xianmen. There are even rumors that the backers of the Sheguo royal family are the elders of Shenhu Xianmen, who are foundation-building immortals!

Where Chen Luo and the other two landed, there were already people waiting to greet them.

In She Country, immortal cultivators were superior to others. Those who could use spirit stones to ride on a flying boat had an even higher status.

Because this means that the other party is a wealthy cultivator.

"Please come in, three of you."

"Has the exchange meeting started?"

Chen Luo thought that he would have to wait for ten days or half a month after arriving in the capital before he could officially participate in the exchange meeting. He did not expect that the royal family of She Kingdom would be so efficient and start right away.

"We are all cultivators, who has the time to waste? Those who come first may not necessarily give face to the royal family of She Country. In the world of cultivation, strength is respected."

Zhu Jie had a calm expression on her face. This was not her first time here, so she naturally knew the procedures of the exchange meeting.

After entering the gate, the guide left on his own. Zhu Jie took Chen Luo and Hu Qiudao to the inner courtyard.

The venue for the exchange meeting was specially allocated by the royal family of Sheguo, and the entire area was used for trading. After entering the inner garden, Chen Luo saw many cultivators setting up stalls, most of whom were in the first three levels of Qi Refining, and the items they displayed were also some ordinary items. Among these things, Chen Luo also saw some mundane martial arts secrets and some exquisitely made trinkets.

"There are basically no good things outside. Only the trash in the early stage of Qi Refining hang around here." A trace of disdain flashed in Zhu Jie's eyes.

She is so easy to talk to in front of Chen Luo because Chen Luo is an alchemist.

It's different for others.

Hu Qiudao followed behind Chen Luo, watching silently. With Old Master Hu gone, the Hu family would have to rely on him alone. He had to start learning everything he hadn't known before.

"I want to ask you something."

"What?" Zhu Jie looked back.

"Are there any cemeteries for cultivators near the capital? It would be best if it were the tomb of a cultivator who had reached the foundation-building or core-forming stage. An ancient battlefield would also be fine." Chen Luo asked sincerely.

He is such a straightforward person and doesn't like to beat around the bush.

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(End of this chapter)