“Work hard and break through!”

Late at night, Qin Gengyun quietly got up, turned his head to look at the sleeping Qiu Zhihe, got out of bed, walked quietly into the kitchen, and sat cross-legged on the spot.

Then I shouted in my heart.

Instantly, a stream of spiritual energy rushed out from the spiritual field and quickly moved throughout the body like a long snake. Qin Gengyun felt as if his meridians were about to be torn apart.

He gritted his teeth and endured it, keeping his mind focused and practicing his skills silently.

The martial arts Qin Gengyun practiced was called "The Secret of Immortality", which was a common martial arts practiced by the most common low-level casual cultivators. It could be bought on the street for a single spirit stone.

There is nothing special about this secret of longevity. It just allows cultivators to absorb spiritual energy and gradually improve their cultivation.

If you want to fight with others, you need to practice the skills used for fighting.

For example, the Xuanbing Lihuo magic skill of Xia Qinglian, the saint of the Demon Sect, is the most advanced combat skill. It is said that when Xia Qinglian was in the late stage of Qi training, she was able to challenge the foundation-building stage. However, only the saint of the Qinglian Sect is qualified to practice this skill.

Even the second-rate superior skills are mostly in the hands of large sects.

Even if there were some low-level combat skills circulating outside, they were very expensive. Qin Gengyun had spent all his income on living expenses and suppressing his poison, so he simply couldn't afford them.

Enduring the pain of dilated meridians and practicing the Changsheng Jue for a cycle, Qin Gengyun opened his eyes with joy on his face.

Bring up the Personal Properties panel.

【Name: Qin Gengyun】

【Lifespan: 35/40】

[Cultivation: Qi training level 3, 0/500]

[Skills: Alchemist Apprentice, 93/100]

[Spiritual roots: Fire-type lower-grade spiritual roots (16/100), Ice-type lower-grade spiritual roots (22/100)]

[Remaining distributable training points: 10 points]

He finally reached the third level of Qi training!

His spiritual awareness is strong enough to enter the furnace and move objects, which qualifies him to become an alchemist.

Continue to view the Properties panel.

Just now he only had time to add 2 practice points to his cultivation level before he was continuously suppressed by Qiu Zhihe.

There are still 10 points left. Qin Gengyun thought about it, and then added all 10 points to [Skills].

Soon, a white light flashed across the panel.

[Skills: First-level Alchemist, 3/200]

Qin Gengyun finally became a real alchemist from an "alchemist apprentice".

After becoming an alchemist, one's perception of medicinal materials, control of furnace fire, and purification of medicinal liquids when refining pills have been greatly improved.

Especially the most important step of "making the elixir", how to use spiritual energy and consciousness to transform the extracted essence of the medicinal liquid into elixir.

Only a true alchemist can understand this.

Qin Gengyun had worked in the alchemy workshop for many years and had a wealth of theoretical knowledge, but his spiritual awareness was not enough and his understanding as an alchemist was insufficient, so he had never been able to put it into practice.

Now that he had finally reached the third level of Qi training and the realm of a first-level alchemist, he could finally try to refine pills.

However, among the seven mainstream skills in this world of immortal cultivation, alchemy consumes the most resources.

An alchemist must not only have sufficient cultivation and skill levels, but also have alchemy equipment.

The so-called alchemy equipment includes: alchemy furnace, fire-controlling spirit fan, and alchemy stone used to light the furnace fire.

Among them, the alchemy furnaces are divided into bronze furnace, spirit gathering furnace and longevity furnace from low to high.

The bronze furnace is of the lowest grade, and most low-level alchemists use bronze furnaces.

But even if there is no spirit gathering array engraved on it, the lowest level bronze furnace will cost about 100 to 200 spirit stones.

The Fire Controlling Spirit Fan is divided into three grades: high, medium and low. A low grade Fire Controlling Spirit Fan costs about 50 spirit stones.

To become an alchemist, the starting capital would be difficult for most ordinary practitioners.

Qin Gengyun remembered that there was a bronze furnace and a low-grade fire-controlling spirit fan in the Lingdan Shop that had been left unused after being used by the owner. He could go and ask the manager tomorrow if he could sell them to him at a low price.

Danshi is a consumable material. 30 spirit baht can buy a low-grade Danshi. Go to the night market and bargain with the vendors. One spirit stone should be able to buy four pieces, which should be enough to refine "Qingfeng Powder".

Pills are divided into nine grades, with grade one being the lowest and grade nine being the highest.

The lowest grade of first-grade elixirs are usually called "scattered pills". Because first-grade alchemists do not have enough ability to make elixirs, the elixirs they make are difficult to form and are mostly in granular form, so they are called "scattered pills".

"Qingfeng Powder" is the most common type of low-level first-grade elixir.

It can help one enter a state of meditation during practice, and can also eliminate the most common miasma poisons.

Teams of monks going to the Northern Wilderness to search for treasures usually have some in stock.

It is also the easiest first-grade elixir to refine.

Qin Gengyun decided to try using "Qingfeng Powder" when he first made the elixir.

I will go to the Lingdan Shop tomorrow to ask. If I can buy the unused bronze furnace and fire-controlling spirit fan in the shop at a low price, the rest will be easy.

After making up his mind, Qin Gengyun felt much better. At this time, he found that his fire spiritual roots in the attribute panel had increased by 4 points, and his ice spiritual roots had increased by 5 points.

This is another extra bonus.

Well, I'm being exploited so badly, what's wrong with giving me a few more benefits?

Qin Gengyun quietly returned to the room and saw Qiu Zhihe lying on her side, breathing evenly, and seemed to be sleeping soundly.

He couldn't help but feel doubtful.

My wife appears to be cold and unworldly, so why is she so passionate about marital affairs?

The most infuriating thing is that even though she was the one who took the initiative every time, she still looked so cold when she was working.

Why are you so excited when you don't feel anything?

Is it because... I am too short of time?

Thinking of this, Qin Gengyun sighed silently.

Once my alchemy career is on the right track, I must exercise properly and not be a man who only takes thirty breaths anymore.

He had worked too much today and was a little tired. He fell asleep in just a few moments after he laid on the pillow.

At this moment, Qiu Zhihe, who had her back to him, suddenly opened her eyes.

She got out of bed lightly, her fair and tender feet stepping on the ground almost silently, and walked into the kitchen, staying for a moment at the place where Qin Gengyun had just sat cross-legged.

There was a look of confusion on her round, pretty face.

Then she sat down cross-legged.

Soon, a faint light flashed in the kitchen, sometimes red, sometimes white.

After an incense stick of time, Qiu Zhihe returned to the room quietly, turned her head to look at Qin Gengyun, turned her back to him, and closed her eyes.

…

The next day.

early morning.

Qin Gengyun got up early as usual, but Qiu Zhihe was still sleeping.

He sighed helplessly, put on his clothes, washed up quickly, and prepared to go out.

"I have already washed the wedding dress, who should I give it to?"

A crisp and indifferent voice came from behind him. Qin Gengyun turned around and saw Qiu Zhihe had sat up from the bed, hugging the quilt, with her hair messy and her hair tied up, looking a bit lazy and cute.

Qin Gengyun pointed to the right and said, "The Taoist couple next door, the male cultivator is Zhang Chengdao and the female cultivator is Chen Fang. These two Taoist friends are good people. If you have nothing to do, you can get along with them more."

After thinking for a while, Qin Gengyun looked at Qiu Zhihe's innocent and charming face and pointed to the next door on the left:

"The Taoist friend who lives here... is not very serious. If he says anything to you, you don't have to pay attention to it."

"good."

Qiu Zhihe nodded and suddenly said:

"You haven't had breakfast yet? There's still a lot of porridge left from last night. I'll make it for you."

"No, no need. I'm too late to make the call. Eat by yourself."

Qin Gengyun's face changed and he quickly opened the door and slipped away.

After Qin Gengyun left, Qiu Zhihe put on her clothes and walked into the kitchen. She looked at the black porridge in the pot, was silent for a moment, and stretched out her slender white jade hand.

The next moment, a chill came out from her palms and quickly froze the black porridge in the pot into ice cubes.

Then, flames appeared from the white jade palm, and the black ice in the pot quickly melted and boiled, turning into a sticky and thick liquid.

"I have recovered to the second level of Qi training."

Qiu Zhihe murmured something, hesitated for a moment, dipped a little black thick liquid with chopsticks, put it to her mouth, stretched out her soft little tongue, and licked the chopsticks.

"Pooh, pooh!"

Qiu Zhihe frowned and pouted several times, with a look of disbelief:

"How could the porridge I cooked be so unpalatable?"

She ignored the pot of black porridge, turned back to the window, and took the wedding dress she had washed yesterday from the clothesline.

There were still some tiny stains on it that had not been washed away, but for Qiu Zhihe, who was washing clothes for the first time, this was already acceptable.

She folded her wedding dress crookedly, picked it up and walked out the door, turning right and coming to the door of her Taoist partner's room next door.

Suddenly, through the rough soundproofing array, Qiu Zhihe heard a series of confusing sounds coming from inside.

She was silent for a moment, then turned and walked back to her door.

The door to the next door on the left opened, and a wretched-looking male cultivator walked out. His face was pale and his steps were unsteady, and it was obvious that his body had been hollowed out by alcohol and sex.

When he saw Qiu Zhihe, his narrow triangular eyes lit up and he asked with a smile:

"My fellow Daoist, are you the wife that Daoist Qin just married?"

Qiu Zhihe thought of Qin Gengyun's words, ignored him, opened the door and went straight into the house, slamming the door shut.

This wretched male cultivator stroked his chin, his eyes full of amazement:

"A baby's face matches a giant peach, and a thin branch bears large fruits. It's the best!"