Chapter 147: Trade Expenses, Fourth-Level Alchemy Inheritance

Five years later.

Kuxiu Mountain is as peaceful as ever.

Chen An's figure appeared next to the muddy divine mud at the edge of the pool, and he lowered his head to stare.

The Nine-Wheeled Wind Grass here has grown into a lush green patch. The hundred kilograms of mixed mud seems not enough. It seems that I have to find some time to trade with the giant crocodile.

Thinking of this, Chen An remembered that the old crocodile had not been seen for a long time, and he didn't know whether it had died of old age.

Thinking back to the other party's excitement when he obtained the Crocodile Ancestor's body, he felt that it was not necessary. This old crocodile should most likely have a way to deal with it, otherwise there would not have been no movement for so long.

After thinking for a moment, Chen An regained his composure and walked forward to pick one of the carefully cultivated nine-wheeled wind grasses.

[Harvest a 400-year-old Nine-Wheeled Wind Grass and obtain the Divine Wind Shadow Illusion Secret]

As the methods of cultivating supernatural powers and his experience and insights poured into his heart, Chen An came back to his senses in just one or two breaths.

This is a wind-related magical power that can create a wind shadow clone with a similar appearance and aura to one's own to confuse the opponent.

As for how far it can go, it depends on the difference in cultivation level between the two parties and their mastery of supernatural powers.

With Chen An’s current strength, as long as he doesn’t take any action, it will be no problem for him to hide the truth from an ordinary mid-Nascent Soul cultivator.

If he could harvest it a few more times and master the Wind Shadow Illusion Technique, his mastery would be improved, and even a cultivator in the late Nascent Soul stage would not be able to detect any clues.

After harvesting the Nine-Wheel Wind Grass, Chen An also harvested several other mature spiritual plants.

The Xuantian green hemp and the ginseng golden leaves that Chen Weiyang brought with him were both growing well. If they continued like this, it would be only a matter of time before they could be harvested.

Here, Yu Linglong is growing better and better with the help of Chen Shuang.

After several rounds of harvesting and sowing, the number of Yu Linglong increased greatly, almost covering almost half an acre of the fifth-level spiritual field.

The endless supply of exquisite essence pushed Chen An's cultivation steadily towards the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

Chen An also took the opportunity to gain a wave of formation inheritance, consolidating the foundation of the fourth-level formation.

After dealing with the matter of the spiritual field, he left Beishan and turned to the Underground Fire Cave.

In the deepest part of the cave, the underground fire was raging and the hot air waves were heading towards us.

At the edge of the underground fire, there grows a cluster of fiery red Ganoderma lucidum, with its roots extending into the underground fire, continuously absorbing the power of the underground fire.

After a year of cultivation, one of the Earth Core Fire Ganoderma is already quite old and is ready to be harvested.

Chen An went forward and took it off without hesitation.

[Harvest a 400-year-old Earth Core Fire Ganoderma and obtain the fourth-level alchemy inheritance]

In the blink of an eye, the first to fourth level alchemy inheritance emerged in his mind. Chen An was slightly stunned and slowly absorbed this inheritance.

"The fourth-level alchemy inheritance is not unexpected."

After a moment, Chen An smiled lightly. He had guessed about this when he obtained the Fire Dragon Pill Cauldron before.

Now that he has inherited the fourth-level alchemy heritage, he is not too surprised.

I benefited a lot from this harvest, and I sat down to sort it out carefully.

There are many pill recipes recorded in the inheritance, such as the third-level Crystal Condensing Pill, the Resurrection Pill, the fourth-level Infant Pei Pill, and the Infant Po Pill.

Especially the Infant-Breaking Pill, which is a spiritual medicine for Nascent Soul cultivators to break through. Although it damages potential, it is still priceless. Otherwise, True Lord Yuheng would not have risked his life to come to the Six Regions of the Far East to search for the remains of the Crocodile Ancestor.

There is even a calming pill in the inheritance that can help Jindan cultivators to condense their infant!

The Calming Pill is made with the Golden Bodhisattva Fruit as the main ingredient, and is also called the Soul-Calming Pill. It can not only improve the cultivator's cultivation, but also calm the mind and soul, and reduce the invasion of inner demons.

You know, countless Jindan cultivators have survived the early thunder tribulation, but were finally defeated at the stage of the inner demon tribulation, suffered the backlash of the inner demon, and finally suffered a great damage to their foundation, and in serious cases even died.

If you take such a calming pill when you break through the Nascent Soul stage, not only will your chances of overcoming the tribulation greatly increase, but even if you fail, you can also save your life.

Of course, cultivators like Chen An, who have many means to overcome tribulations, are a different matter.

Chen An sorted out the alchemy inheritance in his mind, his eyes showing some excitement. Although he had Linglong's essence to assist in his practice and had no shortage of practice resources, it was always better to have more skills.

To deal with high-level cultivators in Dongzhou and exchange them for what one needs, one inevitably needs elixir-like resources as capital. It is quite pleasing to gain the alchemy inheritance this time.

Having just received the inheritance, Chen An struck while the iron was hot. He put out the alchemy furnace and a bunch of low-level spiritual medicines, sorted them into categories, and began to study them with great interest.

In the past, almost all my time was spent on cultivation, and I didn't have much time to explore too many things. Although I have some knowledge of the Dao of Alchemy, its depth and breadth are far inferior to this inheritance of the Dao of Alchemy.

For a moment, Chen An was immersed in it.

A whole month passed before he stretched himself and picked up the scattered things around him.

He did not forget to check the status of the Earth Core Fire Ganoderma, and immediately gave birth to another wave, then turned around and left the Earth Fire Cave.

Come to the ground and ride the light back.

As soon as I returned to Kuxiu Mountain, I saw a golden figure flash by. A golden bird was leaning on the head of a black-haired beast, looking very intimate.

Chen An raised his eyebrows and landed.

"Master, you are back!"

Luo Ling'er saw Chen An coming back and went forward to greet him.

"Golden Crow. It has hatched."

Chen An looked at the dog and the bird in front of him and said with interest.

"Half a month after you left, the black-haired hound hatched the golden crow egg." Luo Ling'er explained.

"Hehe, what a cute little guy!"

Chen Shuang stretched out her slender white fingers and teased the golden crow chick. With a giggle, her face flushed, and she seemed to like this bird very much.

"Chirp!"

Little Golden Crow was quite accommodating at the beginning, but after a long time, he seemed a little bored.

It spread its wings and tried to flap a few times to escape, but it did not fly. Then, with a "thump", its body was surrounded by flames, which scared Chen Shuang so much that he hurriedly withdrew his hand that was about to touch it.

"Ouch."

The black-haired beast that was using its huge head to butt up the Golden Crow was in trouble. As the burnt smell wafted out, it jumped up and dived into the pond.

Looking at the chaos in front of him, Chen An shook his head helplessly.

He didn't pay too much attention to it, and told Luo Ling'er to keep an eye on Beishan and not cause any trouble, then he walked into the cave alone.

one year later.

Chen Weiyang, who had been in Dongzhou for six years, finally came back.

Although such a long time is enough to travel back and forth between the two places several times, it is reasonable to make this trip to meet the three Nascent Soul cultivators with the strength of independent cultivators.

After all, if the Nascent Soul cultivator doesn't agree on such a big matter, the cultivators below won't dare to make a decision easily.

Monks of this level of cultivation usually don't care about too many worldly affairs. They usually either practice in seclusion, travel around, visit friends, or do other things related to cultivation.

It's okay if it's something else, but if it's someone who is in seclusion practicing or traveling around, it's normal to wait for ten or eight years.

It only took Chen Weiyang six years to meet the three great Nascent Soul cultivators, so his luck was not bad.

"Neither Black Sword Cliff nor Baiyue City agreed to this matter. Only Azure Dragon True Monarch of Azure Dragon City expressed his willingness to cooperate."

Chen Weiyang returned exhausted and headed straight to Beishan to report the results of his visit to Dongzhou.

"Master Qinglong is not bad."

Chen An nodded slightly and said, True Lord Qinglong's cultivation level is the fourth level of the Nascent Soul. He was established the latest among the three cities of independent cultivators and has the weakest foundation. In order to strengthen himself, he would not miss the opportunity to make friends with even the six barren regions of the Far East.

"only."

Chen Weiyang said bitterly: "He said that he could build a teleportation array, but he asked us to pay a trade fee."

"How many?" "Fifteen infant-cultivating pills!"

"How dare he?"

Chen An was speechless. The Peiying Pill was a fourth-grade pill, which was not as good as the third-grade one. The former had always been in short supply.

In Dongzhou, where the gods of transformation rarely show up, fourth-grade elixirs are almost top-grade elixirs.

"I tried my best to persuade him and finally negotiated the price down to ten infant-cultivating pills."

Chen Weiyang pondered for a moment, took out a small array plate engraved with array patterns, and five milky white jade stones of similar shape and size, and said:

"Also, this time I went to Dongzhou to get a communication array. If anything happens again, I won't have to make another trip."

Chen An took a look and recognized it. This was a communication array, which was also included in the fourth-level array inheritance and its function was similar to that of a teleportation array.

The former is to transmit messages, and the latter is to transmit objects or people.

However, the six regions of the Far East do not produce communication stones, and most of the cultivators in the Qingyun Region have never seen this thing.

But what surprised Chen An was that this guy actually dared to bargain with Yuanying Zhenjun, and succeeded.

Talent!
It seems that handing over Dongzhou's affairs to Chen Weiyang is a wise move.

"Forget it, just promise him."

Chen An said calmly that this was the only family willing to share what they had, and there was no other choice. After all, there was no unowned land in Dongzhou, and they could not just choose any place to build a teleportation array.

"it is good!"

Chen Weiyang responded and arranged the five communication stones in his hand into a formation, placed the formation plate in the middle, embedded the spirit stone and activated it, then began to communicate with the cultivator on the opposite side.

After a long time.

"There is no problem on their side. They just need to pay a deposit of three infant-cultivating pills first. As long as they get the pills, they can start the work immediately."

Chen Weiyang had a bitter expression on his face. Speaking of delivering the pills, this job would most likely fall on him again.

"can."

Chen An nodded and said that there was nothing wrong in paying the deposit for three pills first.

"You must have worked hard on this trip. Take this bottle of Yuan Shui Lu back and take good care of yourself."

He threw out a bottle of Yuanshuilu and sent Chen Weiyang away with a happy look on his face.

As for the matter of the Peiying Pill, he might have to refine it himself.

I remember that the last time the Blood Crocodile gave Chen An a baby-nourishing pill, but he didn't have a second one.

With the alchemy furnace and alchemy inheritance, this is not too difficult for Chen An.

Also last time, when True Lord Yuheng came, he also presented a ginseng golden leaf as the main ingredient of the Peiying Pill, which he was going to use to refine a furnace of pills.

Although he had experience in refining low-level pills in the cave before, this was the first time he was refining a fourth-level pill, and there was only one main ingredient, so failure was not an option.

In order to be absolutely sure, Chen An waited for a year, went to the cave, and obtained a fourth-level alchemy inheritance.

His experience and foundation in alchemy became more solid. He then calmed his mind and concentrated his energy. He spent several days adjusting his state to the peak, ready to make the elixir.

The art of alchemy naturally requires the assistance of spiritual fire. Although the underground fire in the cave is a good spiritual fire for alchemy, it is far inferior to the true fire of the sun.

There was no difficulty in choosing. With a hissing sound, a ball of golden flame shot out from Chen An's dantian and hovered at the bottom of the cave like a small sun.

In comparison, the endless underground fire around it pales in comparison, like the difference between stars and the bright moon.

After preparing the spiritual fire and the alchemy furnace, the next step is to start refining the elixir. The process of refining the elixir can generally be divided into four steps: processing medicinal materials, extracting essence, integrating medicinal power, and condensing the elixir.

The most troublesome step is to process the medicinal materials. If you are lucky, you can just do a simple process, but if you encounter a more special elixir, it will take a lot of effort.

For example, the ginseng golden leaf in Chen An's hand has a human-shaped leaf. No one knows how Master Yuheng stored it. This spiritual plant is contaminated with a lot of auras similar to the Golden Crow Grass, which are extremely strong and masculine. If it is not processed and used to make pills, it will be much more difficult to integrate the medicinal power later, and the success rate of making pills will be greatly reduced.

However, this problem is easy to deal with.

Chen An's mind turned, and a ball of dark blue flame suddenly appeared before his eyes. At the center of the flame, there were seven black lines like tadpoles, slowly wriggling.

As soon as the will-o'-the-wisp fire appeared, the scorching air waves emitted by the surrounding ground fire instantly receded, and it was actually somewhat cool for a short period of time.

Feeling the cold air in front of him, Chen An flipped his hand and threw the ginseng golden leaves in, slowly refining the mixed air in it.

As time went by, a few wisps of light yellow gas could be seen floating out from the spiritual plants. As the heat wave swept over, the gas quickly disappeared at the bottom of the cave.

With the powerful assistance of the Netherworld Ghost Fire, the ginseng golden leaf was quickly processed.

According to the requirements of the Peiying Pill recipe, Chen An also processed the other dozen or so third-level auxiliary spiritual medicines that were nearly 500 years old.

A long time ago, each ingredient in a fourth-grade pill recipe generally required a fourth-grade pill, and it was quite difficult to refine a fourth-grade pill. However, pill recipes are dead, but people are alive. Over time, many senior alchemists found a way to use third-grade pills of a certain age as a substitute, which benefited the entire world of immortal cultivation.

Looking at the elixir that had already been processed in front of him, Chen An set up the alchemy furnace, controlled the size of the sun's true fire, and threw it to the bottom of the furnace.

When the furnace was thoroughly heated, Chen An opened the lid and methodically put more than a dozen kinds of spiritual medicine into it in a certain order and at intervals.

After doing all this, release your spiritual sense, probe into the furnace, and control the size of the flame at the bottom of the furnace according to the changes in the medicinal power inside.

After several hours, the ginseng golden leaves and other spiritual medicines gradually dissolved into balls of colorful liquid.

Chen An was not in a hurry to integrate the medicinal power. Instead, he used his spiritual sense to control the liquid and temper it over and over again.

The gray and black impurities are slowly refined to make the elixir liquid purer.

An unknown amount of time had passed before these spiritual medicines were refined to the extreme, and there was no more room for refinement. Chen An then controlled them to slowly gather together and prepare for fusion.

This process consumes a lot of spiritual consciousness. Even Chen An, who has practiced the Soul Refining Technique for many years and whose spiritual consciousness is comparable to that of the seventh level of the Nascent Soul, felt it difficult because it was perhaps the first time he refined a fourth-level elixir.

But after all, his spiritual awareness was powerful, and even though it took some effort, he managed to successfully integrate the medicinal power.

Seeing that it was almost done, Chen An shouted in a low voice: "Concentrate!"

Suddenly, wisps of green smoke rose above the Fire Dragon Cauldron in front of him, gradually turning black, and a faint smell of burning could be smelled.

At this moment, the alchemy furnace actually began to vibrate slightly, and seemed to be unstable.

"Oh no, the furnace is going to explode!"

Chen An's heart sank. A furnace explosion was a problem that cultivators who were just beginning to learn alchemy would occasionally encounter. Even an experienced alchemist would have a very small chance of encountering this problem when refining an elixir that he was not familiar with.

The elixir being refined inside is a fourth-level medicine. If the elixir furnace explodes, the entire Underground Fire Cave will be destroyed!
The panic in Chen An's expression flashed away for a moment. The fourth-level alchemy inheritance had records on how to deal with this situation, so he was not panicked.

The explosion of the furnace was nothing more than a problem with the fusion of the medicinal power inside, resulting in instability. Under the refining of the flame, the furnace would explode after going violently.

While there was still time, Chen An adjusted the flame of the Golden Crow Fire to the minimum to ensure that the violent power of the elixir inside was reduced to a minimum. Chen An still wanted to rescue it, so he did not stop the fire completely.

Then, a wisp of ghost fire flew out of his body.

It circled above the furnace, then slipped in through a gap in the furnace cover.

The ghost fire of the underworld has a cold and gloomy nature, which can be used to calm the violent medicinal power in the alchemy furnace.

Facts have proved that this method is indeed effective. The vibration amplitude of the Fire Dragon Alchemy Cauldron gradually decreased, and it returned to normal after a short while.

Chen An breathed a sigh of relief and controlled the flame and the furnace to complete the last step.

After a long time, as the furnace lid was opened, five pills wafted out of the furnace with bursts of strange fragrance.

"Three useless pills, one inferior pill, and one ordinary quality pill. This is the first time I refine a fourth-level pill. The success rate is four levels."

Chen An nodded with satisfaction. There was an explosion in the furnace in the middle. Not only was the refining process successful, but the success rate was also very good.

He tidied up his surroundings, waved his hand to put away the alchemy furnace, turned around and left the cave.

After returning to Beishan, he called Chen Weiyang over and asked him to take the three Ningying Pills and go to Qinglong City again.

The goal of this trip was clear, and Chen Weiyang returned safely in just a few months.

The two parties had already discussed the matter, and Chen An communicated with the other party's array master through the communication array to discuss the construction of the teleportation array.

(End of this chapter)