One and a half months later.

Shen Lian, who had had enough of living in the Black Whale Paradise, packed his bags and left the cave.

As soon as I walked down the mountain, I heard a familiar melody.

Following the direction of the sound, I saw an extremely magnificent palace standing at the foot of the mountain.

On the vertical plaque above the main hall, the three simple and ancient characters "Shengxian Hall" shine brightly.

The familiar melody came from this hall. The square outside the hall was filled with paper-made Taoist children and immortal palaces. You could also see more than a dozen figures in the hall puffing out their cheeks and playing suona.

After taking a quick glance, Shen Lian's spiritual sense captured the whole story.

When he was building his foundation, there were also fellow Taoists who were building their foundations in the Black Whale Blessed Land Cave.

It’s just that this Taoist friend who was building his foundation was unlucky and was stuck in the cave.

Relying on the locational advantages of Black Whale City, Hailing Sect deepens service reforms and provides one-stop immortal care services for cultivators who fail in their attempts to build a foundation.

As long as there are enough spirit stones, cultivators who are unable to build a foundation during their lifetime will be helped to ascend to immortality in the future.

It seems that this Taoist friend who had bad luck had some status and financial resources during his lifetime. There were many monks who entered the temple to worship, and some of them were Taoist friends who were at the ninth level of Qi training.

The faces of these fellow Taoists were solemn, and there was a hint of sadness and confusion in their expressions.

Looking at the coffin in the hall is like looking at my future self.

Just after he succeeded in building his foundation, he ran into a fellow Taoist who had also built his foundation and passed away. Shen Lian sighed softly, wondering how he could break this omen.

When he walked around the hall and was about to leave, a monk who had just walked out of the hall after worshipping was stunned at first, and then bowed from a distance of several dozen feet.

Shen Lian reacted immediately and realized that he was now in the stage of foundation building.

Even though he had stabilized his realm and restrained his aura, it was still not completely restrained. For a ninth-level Qi training cultivator who was so close, he could still vaguely feel it.

A bit conspicuous.

It was the first time that Shen Lian was worshipped, and he was a little uncomfortable.

Back at Jingxin Dan Shop, one of the Luo Yang siblings was on duty in the shop while the other was greeting people who wanted to buy elixirs on the street.

"Shopkeeper."

Luo Fei walked out of the counter and saluted respectfully.

The two siblings have been very tactful in the shop over the past few years. Even though Shen Lian has given them some knowledge about medicinal herbs, they only dare to call Shen Lian the shopkeeper.

On the road to cultivating immortals, the inheritance between master and disciple is very important. The two dared not overstep their boundaries, for fear of angering Shen Lian and being expelled.

"How's the shop doing these days?"

"More than half of the Huangya Pills and Huiyuan Pills that the shopkeeper had reserved have been sold. Four Pozhan Pills and one Ziyang Pill have been sold. In addition..."

As he spoke, Luo Fei handed the storage bag to Shen Lian, lowered his head and his cheeks blushed slightly.

"Also, all the Happy Pills are sold out."

Shen Lian swept his mind across the storage bag. In the bag, besides a few remaining pills, there were an additional two thousand four hundred and fifty spirit stones.

He could sell nearly 2,500 spirit stones in just over a month, and his shop was deep in the alley, which showed how prosperous Black Whale City was.

Every time he went out, he would prepare a batch of commonly used elixirs such as Huangya Pills, and also a few level-breaking and nourishing pills.

As for the Happy Pill, this thing is a certified pill by the Fairy Sister of Hongyanfang, and many upright cultivators will buy it secretly.

As the name suggests, Happy Pill will make you happy when communicating with the fairy sister after eating it.

Cultivating immortality is already very tiring, so naturally everyone should learn how to enjoy themselves while they can.

The cost of a Happy Pill is about the same as that of a Yellow Bud Pill, but the price is four times that of a Yellow Bud Pill, selling for twenty spirit stones each.

Originally, Shen Lian didn't want to sell this kind of medicine, but he thought that he couldn't help his fellow Taoist's family lower the price of the medicine, which made him feel guilty for breaking his promise.

If I can no longer bring happiness to my fellow Taoists, then what is the point of being an alchemist?

Besides, we don’t expect fellow Taoists who often buy Happy Pills to practice Taoism seriously, so isn’t it a waste of spirit stones to buy pills for cultivation?

He didn't feel guilty at all about earning spirit stones from these fellow Taoists.

Originally, Shen Lian wanted to launch the Yin Yang Reversal Pill and the Dragon and Phoenix Pill, but after repeated consideration, he felt that they were too conspicuous and expensive, and would not be suitable for the happiness of most Taoists, so he gave up.

With such a large monthly turnover, Happy Pills contributed nearly a quarter of the turnover, and there is a trend of continuous improvement.

This is mainly due to the lively entertainment industry in Black Whale City.

Second floor.

He poured out the spirit stones from the storage bag and looked at the sparkling spirit stones piled up into a small hill.

Shen Lian sighed. Earning spirit stones is not bad at all.

Who doesn’t want to be a real alchemist? But fellow Taoists like to travel by water.

Even if he doesn't sell happy pills, other alchemists will sell them anyway.

Ever since he launched the Happy Pill, his monthly pill sales have been around two thousand spirit stones. After deducting costs and the spirit stones used to purchase other materials, he has now accumulated nearly forty thousand low-grade spirit stones.

It is a safe place, and it has a group of loyal female customers and fellow Taoists. Shen Lian doesn't want to leave Black Whale City.

He thought that he could launch an upgraded version of the Dragon and Phoenix Pills and follow the path of a ninth-level Qi training cultivator.

There are too many cultivators at the ninth level of Qi training in the world of immortal cultivation. Many of them have lost their dream of building a foundation and want to be idle immortals. These people have more spiritual stones in their hands.

"I am a serious alchemist."

Shen Lian rubbed his forehead, looked at the spirit stone in front of him and sighed softly.

Just tell me which spiritual stone here is not regular?

After putting the spirit stones into the storage bag, Shen Lian sat down cross-legged.

[Shen Lian: First level of foundation building]

[Five Elements Spiritual Roots: Fire 100 Earth 31 Metal 31 Wood 31 Water 31]

[Fire Magical Power: Heavenly Fire Domain]

[Divine Thought: 610 feet]

[Alchemist: First-class upper grade (1/10000) cannot be broken through]

[Talisman Master: Second-level lower grade (1/20000) cannot be broken through]

[Beast Taming: First-class, mid-level (1/3000), cannot be broken through]

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【Insights: 16521】

【Divine Enlightenment Points: 0】

For a normal foundation-building cultivator, five to ten years to break through a level is considered a very fast cultivation speed. There are also those who can break through a level in three to five years or even shorter time.

Of course, for most foundation-building cultivators, it may take more than ten years before they can break through a level.

After practicing to the foundation-building stage, Shen Lian will have plenty of time to improve his various skills.

At the moment, he is also considering which skill he will use his insights to improve next.

Advancing alchemy to the second level would help in refining pills for cultivation, and could also be exchanged for more spirit stones.

The beast taming skills also need to be improved. After being promoted to the foundation-building stage, the strength of Dahei and Sanqian seems too weak to effectively fulfill the function of guarding the house.

But Shen Lian also wanted to practice the two skills of formation and puppetry.

There are two paths for puppeteers in the world of immortal cultivation. One path is to use the body of a monster as material, insert puppet restrictions into the monster's body, and refine it into a puppet monster.

For this method, the grade of the puppet depends on the grade of the monster. The puppeteer also needs to spend a lot of effort when refining it, otherwise the grade of the puppet will easily drop.

For example, a late-stage second-order demon beast, after being successfully refined, becomes a second-order low-quality puppet, which can only exert the combat power of the first or second level of foundation building.

Another way is to use various materials to refine composite puppets, which involves some refining skills.

For example, using third-order low-quality materials as the main material, combined with a variety of second-order materials and more first-order materials, it can be refined into a third-order medium-quality puppet, whose combat power is comparable to that of a mid-stage golden elixir.

From the very beginning, Shen Lian had been thinking about making a puppet so that he wouldn't have to do the dirty work himself.

Puppet masters in the world of immortal cultivation have left behind many legends. A highly skilled puppeteer can control dozens or even hundreds of puppets and can easily destroy an entire sect.

As for practicing formations, it is also very necessary. In the future, when the world of immortal cultivation is in chaos, if you are a formation master, it will be easier to arrange the formation according to local conditions.

"Well, let's improve our alchemy skills first."

After much thought, Shen Lian decided to improve his alchemy skills first.

Whether it is a puppet, formation, or talisman, you need to buy so many materials, and the speed of making money from first-level elixirs may not be enough.

Not to mention anything else, as an alchemist, I can't not even be able to eat second-level elixirs. That would be a complete failure.

Besides, it is quite safe to stay in Black Whale City. After a few years in the city, I can accumulate enough insights on puppetry and formations.

In the following days, Shen Lian refined some more pills including the Happy Pill and gave them to Luo Fei to sell. He then left Black Whale City and went to Black Rock Island to prepare to refine the Five Elements Mountain again.

I contacted the editor today. The number of readers has reached 1,500. It is a bit uncertain whether it can be listed in Sanjiang. If the result is not good enough for Sanjiang, it may be put on the shelves on Friday.

Still asking for more reading!

(End of this chapter)