Chapter 27: My Brother Wang Never Licks a Poisonous Blade

To pursue the path, Luo Chen decided to indulge himself a little!

In the Spirit Medicine Pavilion, amidst the smiles of the counter maid, Luo Chen painfully took out five hundred low-grade spirit stones.

"Five bottles of Qi Nourishing Pills, welcome to visit us again!"

Out of the eleven hundred spirit stones he had just obtained, a significant portion was gone in an instant.

Anyone would feel heartache.

However, Luo Chen knew that at this stage, he had to spend these spirit stones.

Logically, he should have spent the spirit stones on expanding the business of the Wondrous Pill, quickly improving his proficiency, and then generating substantial net profits.

Only in this way could he escape his current predicament and embark on a sustainable path of cultivation.

But the external environment had changed!

He had killed two cultivators and looted the legacies of three corpses.

Especially that cultivator surnamed Gao, who was so wealthy, might have a significant background.

If someone came looking for him, disregarding the rules set by the Jade Cauldron Sect in the Great River Market, and forcibly tried to kill him,

How could he resist with his Fourth Layer Qi Refinement strength?

The Soul-Breaking Nail was indeed powerful, but it wasn't invincible.

Wang Yuan had once managed to escape calmly after being hit by a nail and then killed two people.

Even if Luo Chen hadn't killed the third unlucky one, Wang Yuan would definitely have been able to slay him.

Wang Yuan was only at the Seventh Layer Qi Refinement, and there were many stronger than him.

Therefore, Luo Chen couldn't afford to be complacent.

Moving into the inner city was one solution.

Rapidly advancing in cultivation was another.

After experiencing the effects of the Qi Nourishing Pills last time, Luo Chen knew that he would likely be inseparable from taking pills for cultivation for the rest of his life.

Last night, he tried it, and the Perfect-Level Eternal Spring Art plus the First Rank Spirit Meridian brought him an improvement, but not a qualitative change.

To achieve a qualitative change, he needed to accumulate over time.

Time?

Luo Chen, with only seventy-five years of life span, lacked time!

So taking pills was a necessity; he couldn't do without them!

Putting the five bottles of Qi Nourishing Pills carefully into his storage bag, Luo Chen's steps were somewhat hesitant.

In the end, he gritted his teeth and walked towards the Spirit Source Pavilion.

Fortunately, he was a cultivator; if he were an ordinary person, his teeth would have been ground to pieces from the constant pain of spending spirit stones.

The Spirit Source Pavilion was a shop opened by the Five Elements Divine Sect, one of the six major sects in the Far East, in the Great River Market.

The Five Elements Divine Sect was renowned for its Five Elements spells, and most of its experts were skilled in extremely intricate Five Elements spells.

This was unique among cultivators who primarily relied on magical treasures and talismans in combat.

Compared to combat, the Five Elements Divine Sect preferred to apply Five Elements spells in production.

Various spirit plants they cultivated were considered the best in the six realms.

Even the Medicine King Sect, which was also skilled in cultivating spirit plants, could only slightly surpass the Five Elements Divine Sect in the field of medicinal herbs.

Apart from that, the Five Elements Divine Sect had no rivals.

Without exaggeration, the most common spirit rice in the entire six realms of cultivation was basically produced by the Five Elements Divine Sect.

Other sects, although they had private fields for cultivating spirit grains, for some reason, the spirit rice they produced, in terms of taste and the amount of spiritual energy it contained, was far inferior to that of the Five Elements Divine Sect.

It could be said that in the cultivation of spirit plants, the Five Elements Divine Sect dominated the six realms.

Luo Chen entered the Spirit Source Pavilion, first spending one spirit stone to buy ten pounds of spirit rice, then walked to the counter.

"Can I see the spell catalog?"

The pretty counter girl's eyes lit up, and she quickly took out a book.

"Which spell are you interested in, sir?"

"Are you at the Mid Qi Refinement stage? Have you learned all the essential spells? If not, I strongly recommend this set of spells, just five medium-grade spirit stones."

Luo Chen's eyes twitched.

Five, five hundred!

"Each one has personal annotations from our Five Elements Divine Sect's experts, guaranteed to help you quickly get started."

"If you have learned them all, you can also consider our Five Elements Divine Sect's improved Five Elements spells, such as this Firebird Spell evolved from the Fireball Spell! It consumes the same amount of spiritual energy but has many variations. When you lack spirit stones, you can also help people set off Firebird fireworks to earn some pocket money."

"This one is also good, the Water-based Small Cloud Rain Spell, very suitable for watering flowers!"

"Price? Of course, it's very cost-effective, just three medium-grade spirit stones!"

Luo Chen left the Spirit Source Pavilion in a daze.

Spells?

He didn't buy any!

They were simply too expensive. A Firebird Spell evolved from the Fireball Spell cost three medium-grade spirit stones, which was three hundred low-grade spirit stones!

He was crazy to spend money on this.

As for the few spells he truly wanted, their prices left him gasping for air.

It was all due to poverty!

The Five Elements Divine Sect was renowned for its expertise in Five Elements spells and had a deep understanding of other spells as well.

Therefore, in every Spirit Source Pavilion, some spells were sold.

Perhaps they were all common low-level spells, but after being annotated by the Five Elements Divine Sect's experts, they were easy for cultivators to learn.

If they were improved spells, they were even more powerful.

That's why Luo Chen wanted to take a look.

However, the prices made him hesitate.

"It seems I can only go to the independent cultivator market to look for those unendorsed spells."

No sect endorsement, no expert annotations, no after-sales guarantee.

Arriving at the independent cultivator market in the southern part of the city, the crowd was sparse, and the place was somewhat desolate.

The big market had just been held not long ago, and the small market wouldn't be until three days later.

Luo Chen wandered around the market, hoping to find something, but he was somewhat disappointed after one round.

It wasn't a small market or a big market, and the vendors were mostly long-term stall owners selling stable goods.

Things like cultivation techniques and spells were definitely not stable goods.

They all relied on those who risked their lives to produce them.

"Risking their lives every day, aren't they afraid the blade is poisoned? Not seeing anyone today, were they all poisoned to death?"

Luo Chen cursed angrily and was about to leave.

However, he ran into an acquaintance on his way out.

Seeing him, Luo Chen's heart bloomed, and his heart raced.

"Brother Wang, my brother!"

Indeed, my Brother Wang never licks a poisonous blade!

Wang Yuan glanced at him and walked towards his stall.

Luo Chen followed behind, like a little lackey.

What does it mean to be like a little lackey? Luo Chen was under Brother Wang's protection, that's for sure!

A piece of gray cloth was spread on the ground, and with a wave of Wang Yuan's hand, a dense pile of items appeared on the cloth.

Various bloodstained magical tools, various books and bamboo slips, and even a yellowed jade slip.

Looking at this pile of items, the intense bloodstain made Luo Chen's eyelids twitch.

"Brother Wang, you've had quite a harvest recently!"

Wang Yuan's lips twitched, "Not all of them are mine."

Luo Chen had already heard that Wang Yuan didn't just engage in killing and looting or village battles.

He had a proper job.

That was handling some dubious goods for the Mountain Breaker Gang, from which he could earn a lot of profit.

That's why Luo Chen could always see Wang Yuan at both large and small markets.

It was a very promising job.

"Hasn't there been any fighting outside recently?"

How could cultivator battles be called fights!

Wang Yuan's eyelids drooped, "It's paused, will resume in a few days."

Gang battles, so rule-bound?

Luo Chen was a bit confused.

But this was good; otherwise, how would Wang Yuan have time to set up a stall.

(End of Chapter)