That year, he became a disciple of Master Chen Dan in Yaolu, and his journey to alchemy began.

The road to growth is always difficult.

The sun was shining brightly in the East Ninth District, but he was not afraid at all. He continued to turn the soil and weed with great pleasure.

Planting spiritual herbs is really interesting. He never gets tired of watching them take root, sprout, mature and be harvested.

The boring part is pharmacological knowledge.

That thing was like a heavenly book, and sometimes he had to rack his brains to get some useful knowledge.

Despite his distress, he still studied very hard.

A qualified alchemist is able to overcome all hardships.

What he liked most was to see flames rising from his hands in the quiet night, while he watched his teacher practicing sword skills and mastering the eight methods of controlling fire.

The teacher's swordsmanship was very simple, with only one sword, but the spirit was extremely great. He once asked about the sword intent that was intended to cut down the stars.

Cut the star.

This is something that even the great immortals cannot do.

But for some reason, he felt that the teacher could do it, perhaps because he admired the teacher too much.

There was one more person he was grateful to.

Uncle master?

No, he liked to call her "teacher's wife". Like his teacher, she accompanied him throughout his childhood, added clothes for him, cooked for him, and took great care of his food, clothing, housing and transportation.

The stove in the Heavenly King Hall carried all the warmth of his childhood. His teacher, his wife and he, like a family of three, lived a peaceful life of mortals.

These days are really good, but they are destined to be not constant and unique.

Time passes by little by little, leaving many traces.

If we were to draw a line around this period of time, it would be eight years.

"He has grown into a young man."

Chen Sheng looked at Zhou Lie and felt that time was flying faster and faster. He was a small kid when he came here, but now he has become a tall and strong young man.

"As gentle as jade, with a fragrant scent, she has the aura of an alchemist."

Luzhu nodded slightly. Zhou Lie had inherited some of the spirit of the alchemist in the medicine house. He had a handsome face, an upright body, and a gentle aura.

This was partly due to Mr. Chen’s contribution, but also partly due to her feeding.

"Master's wife, I have never started to refine the elixir."

Zhou Lie found it very easy to call it that, and he has been calling it that for three years after the stove was built.

A true alchemist is one who has successfully made an elixir by opening a furnace.

In this regard, he had always been suppressed by his teacher, who refused to let go, and he could only lay a solid foundation in Dandao.

Therefore, every once in a while, he would secretly test the teacher to see if he could let go of this loophole.

"I'll take you to pick out an alchemy furnace later, and then you can try to be a real alchemist."

Mr. Chen automatically ignored the title of "Master's Wife". Over the years, he had been unable to change Zhou Lie's way of addressing her, so he simply went along with it.

Of course, he eventually realized Luzhu's feelings, but he didn't know how to deal with it.

A person's immortality is destined to be lonely, but the love is real and cannot be abandoned, so we can only let nature take its course.

On the contrary, Zhou Lie’s questions were too simple.

After a few years, the little fellow's foundation in alchemy has been laid very solid, and he can transform from an alchemy apprentice to an alchemist.

"real?!"

Zhou Lie didn't expect that the surprise came so suddenly. This time, the teacher actually agreed to let him embark on the path of becoming an alchemist.

"Silly boy, would your teacher lie to you?"

Luzhu said with a smile.

She didn't ask for much. She was very happy to be able to accompany Mr. Chen and have Zhou Lie, who was like a son to her.

Beishan gathering.

This is a small gathering among the outer sects. It takes place on the fifteenth day of every month and lasts for one day. Most of the people setting up stalls are alchemists, but there are also ordinary cultivators who sell the treasures they have obtained.

Mr. Chen had come to Beishan for several gatherings to pick some rare spiritual herbs, and had gained quite a lot.

This time, he brought Zhou Lie and Lu Zhu with him.

"There is such a place in the outer gate."

Zhou Lie found it very novel. He was very familiar with the Twelve Halls of the Medicine House and the East Ninth District where spiritual herbs were grown, but any other place was unfamiliar to him.

Mainly, he was very interested in things about alchemy, but he had no interest in other things.

This Beishan gathering was undoubtedly in line with his interests, but it was the first time he had heard of it and had never been there.

"I didn't tell you before because I was afraid you would suffer."

Mr. Chen said carefully.

Those who gather at Beishan are all cultivators from Guangxiu Immortal Sect, but don't think that you won't be ripped off just because you have fellow disciples. If they meet a greenhorn, the veterans will not go easy on you and will rip you off. It will take several years of cultivation to get you out.

This time, if he hadn't led the group, some people with bad intentions would have stepped forward and taught Zhou Lie a lesson.

"The world of immortal cultivation is mostly cunning."

Zhou Lie had a feeling of seeing the true face of the world.

For eight years, he has been practicing with his teacher, and everything he saw was clean and clear, but he has forgotten that the world of cultivating immortals is cruel.

Even in the Zhou family where he was born, a small immortal cultivation family, he had seen some bad things when he was a child. Naturally, the huge Guangxiu Immortal Sect was even worse.

"It's hard to persist, but it's easy to fall, especially in the world of immortal cultivation where the biggest fist is the rule."

Mr. Chen spoke out the essence of the world. It is reasonable to fall into depravity, but being able to maintain one's nature and stick to oneself in the face of disaster is the most rare thing.

Practice Taoism and cultivate your mind.

This is a principle he sets for himself.

An alchemist of Chen Sheng's level was naturally not an unknown person at the party, and many stall owners knew him.

"Master Chen!"

A stall owner with a rosy face shouted enthusiastically, "What do you need?"

His stall is very large, and he has a wide variety of spiritual herbs and other cultivation materials. It can be seen that he is a businessman with a strong foundation.

"Stall Master Lin, do you have an alchemy furnace?"

Mr. Chen was familiar with this stall. He had once bought a precious spiritual herb from there at a very reasonable price.

Based on their first encounter, he came over, took a look at the stall, and didn't see the alchemy furnace, so he asked directly.

At the Beishan gathering, these powerful stall owners have good stuff, but they may not show it to the public.

"Alchemy furnace? Yes."

Stall owner Lin removed a wooden board from under the stall and found a small alchemy furnace from among the objects inside.

This alchemy furnace is simple and majestic, with a faint light in the pure black color. The words "Xuan Ce" are engraved on the body of the vessel, which is full of spiritual charm.

“Buzz!”

Chen Sheng took over the Xuan Ce furnace, and a wisp of magic power was injected into the body of the device, which went around smoothly without any stagnation.

Stimulated by this, the alchemy furnace revived, flashing a faint light, with a lingering aura at the furnace mouth, like a huge mouth of an abyss, capable of swallowing all kinds of materials.

"How is it? I will only take it out if you, Master Chen, come here. After all, you are a connoisseur of goods."

Stall owner Lin is very confident about this alchemy furnace. This is not a new furnace, but one that has been nurtured by an alchemist for decades. It has a rare alchemy charm.

Only a senior alchemist like Chen Sheng would be willing to give it out, hoping to gain some favor.

If it were someone else, they would probably just give him an ordinary alchemy furnace.

"Do you like it?"

Although Mr. Chen thought that this alchemy furnace was very good, he did not express his opinion and let Zhou Lie make the decision.

The alchemy furnace is like the sword in the hands of an alchemist. If the alchemist thinks it is not good, then even if others are very optimistic about it, it will be useless.

"like."

"It's a good thing, name your price."

In this case, Mr. Chen felt relieved. He put down the Xuan Ce furnace and negotiated the price with the stall owner Lin.

"It doesn't matter whether it's money or not. Just take it if Master Chen Dan wants."

Stall owner Lin waved his hand generously. If he could exchange this for a favor from Mr. Chen, it would be totally worth it.

"Don't try that. Name your price."

Mr. Chen was unmoved. He believed that favors were harder to repay and free things were the most expensive.

He would rather pay a high price to buy the Xuan Ce Furnace than be cheated in the future and have to happily swallow the bitter fruit.

"Three top-grade spirit stones."

Hearing this, stall owner Lin felt a little disappointed. Chen Sheng was the top alchemist in the medicine house. With the connections in hand, he could easily gain profits a hundred times the value of the Xuan Ce furnace.

However, there would be profit in selling the Xuan Ce furnace itself, so he adjusted his mindset and still stated the price with a smile on his face.

"OK."

Mr. Chen had no objection and agreed directly.

The stuff is indeed good and worth the price. Also, during his more than 20 years of career as an alchemist, he has accumulated a lot of resources for cultivation.

During this period, Chen Ergou also brought supplies to him, and even Elder Fuyunzi gave him some every once in a while.

In short, his worth in the Qi Refining Realm is at a level that others envy.

"This hairpin, young lady, I think you like it."

Stall owner Lin had sharp eyes and a shrewd mind. He noticed Luzhu's eyes, which she glanced at twice at a hairpin.

Looking at the hairpin again, which was shaped like a flying phoenix, decorated with golden flowers, and skillfully made, it was indeed of excellent quality. He knew that the other party was attracted by it, and he immediately started to sell it to her.

"There's some affinity."

Luzhu was indeed somewhat interested in the flying phoenix hairpin, but she was not so interested in it that she did not take it immediately.

"Name a price for the hairpin, too."

Mr. Chen said casually.

The relationship between the two has gone beyond ordinary friendship, so there is really no need to think too much about a hairpin.

"Two top-grade spirit stones."

Stall owner Lin held up two fingers and smiled. Although he didn't get a single favor from Mr. Chen, the revenue from the two large orders would be enough for him to live on for a month or two.

"Give."

Chen Sheng thought it was worth it to use two top-grade spirit stones to buy an item that Luzhu liked, so he paid the money and took the goods quickly.

So, Luzhu and Zhou Lie were both delighted to get their favorite things.

"You put it on, why did you take it off again?"

Mr. Chen discovered a detail: when Luzhu put on the Feifeng hairpin, she looked around with a beaming smile, and it was obvious that she liked it very much.

However, after a while, he took it down, put it into the storage bag, and sealed it.

"What if it's stolen?"

Luzhu said seriously.

"How could that be?"

Chen Sheng was confused. Even though Luzhu was working hard and making fire and cooking, she was also a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

In the Guangxiu Immortal Sect, he is also one of the most famous ones, and among the small families in the outside world, he can even be respected as the ancestor.

Who has nothing better to do than to stroke her whiskers and steal a hairpin worth three top-grade spirit stones?

"What if?"

Lu Zhu was stubborn. This was the first item given to her by Chen Sheng, and it was a hairpin for a woman, so it had extraordinary significance. How could she treat it lightly? She had to treasure it well.

“Tsk tsk…”

Zhou Lie held the alchemy furnace in both hands and loved it very much, but he still felt a little sour when he saw this scene.

There was a reason why he called his uncle "Master's Wife".

Sometimes, it is the subconscious things between two people that make the third person feel the weirdness in their heart.

…

"Come to Chenguang Palace, I have something to tell you."

After returning to the Heavenly King Palace, a servant came to report that Master Xifu Dan from the Chenguan Palace had invited me to come.

"What is it?"

Over the years, Mr. Chen has maintained close contact with the three elderly people, but most of the time they just reminisce and chat, and the conversations pass by when they are in the mood.

This was the first time that he sent someone to look for her, and he thought there must be something going on.

With this thought in mind, he rushed to Chenguan Palace as soon as he learned about it.

In Chenguang Hall, not only Xi Fu was there, but also Master Ding Dan and Master Fei Dan.

The three men were really old, with white hair and hunched backs, but they were very peaceful in mentality. Sometimes you could hear them jokingly calling themselves "old guys."

The three of them gathered together, being very harmonious. At this age, there was not much room for conflict.

If you bide your time, you can leave at any time.

"Brother Chen is here."

Xi Fu saw Chen Sheng's figure appear. Time seemed to have not left too obvious traces on his body, but there was a hint of depth in his eyes.

"But what big thing happened?"

As soon as Mr. Chen arrived, he saw three old men who had done him great favors in alchemy gathered together. He felt a little uneasy.

All three of them were alarmed, and the matter was definitely not a small one.

"Mr. Shen, we are going to the inner gate."

Xi Fu explained the reason. Something big had indeed happened and the entire medicine house was shocked.

Mr. Shen's prestige is extremely high in the medicine house. His presence is like a stabilizing force that keeps people's hearts stable and unperturbed.

Now that this person is about to enter the inner gate, it really makes people feel dazed for a moment.

However, this was an opportunity for Chen Sheng. After Elder Shen left, the position of Elder Yaolu remained vacant.

Now is the time for the Eight Immortals to show their magical powers.

"Does Mr. Shen have a favorite successor?"

Mr. Chen asked the most important question.

Mr. Shen hasn't left yet, so his opinion is very important. Even the people above will consider it carefully when they see his strong recommendation.

"No, so you have a good chance."

Xi Fu shook his head. Mr. Shen did not leave any inheritance, and he was also very fair in his dealings with others.

That's why he said that Mr. Chen had a great chance.

In the past thirty years, Chen Sheng has been the most popular alchemist in the outer sect. His alchemy skills are recognized as powerful in Yaolu.

And with these three old guys behind the scenes, they have maxed out their abilities and connections, so I don’t believe they will fail.

"The critical moment has arrived."

Master Ding Dan cares more about this than Mr. Chen. He has waited for this moment for twenty-eight years, and it’s time he is finally satisfied.

"In addition to us, you should also use all the connections you can to start writing letters of recommendation."

The promotion process for the Medicine House Elder is the same as that for the Medicine House Deacon. If no one recommends you, it will be useless even if you have the ability.

In this regard, Mr. Chen also has some experience. Over the past twenty years, he has firmly grasped the dominant position of a rising star and has made the acquaintance of many alchemists.

"good."

Mr. Chen nodded.

(End of this chapter)