Chapter 71: The Bell Tripod Feast, the Golden Core Arrival

"Yes, just repair it according to the original blueprint."

"It's simple, just replace the main beam, find a few stones outside the city to repair and patch it up."

"Do you need green fire bricks? Wait a moment, they sell them at Immortal Construction Residence, and they will send someone to deliver them later."

He hired three junior members of the Mountain Breaker Gang, giving each a spirit stone to help repair the house.

Luo Chen also sent some of his belongings to Qin Liangchen's house for storage.

For the time being, that was enough.

Before long, the sky gradually turned dark.

Luo Chen cleaned up and accompanied Qin Liangchen to the Zhongding family for the feast.

On the way, Qin Liangchen casually mentioned, "In fire spells, there is a second-stage spell called the Blazing Sun Spell. When cast, it's like a small sun erupting, with immense power, leaving no grass within a radius of twenty zhang."

A radius of twenty zhang!

That's almost half a football field!

"Brother Qin, what are you talking about!"

"I'm only in the middle stage of Qi Condensation, I can't cast any second-stage Blazing Sun Spell!"

Luo Chen frantically waved his hands.

But he had a bit of an idea.

The power of merging twenty fireballs clearly didn't reach the level of the second-stage Blazing Sun Spell.

But at that moment, it undoubtedly had the雏形 of the Blazing Sun Spell.

If he merged ten more, twenty more, or even thirty or fifty fireballs, what would happen?

However, that would undoubtedly consume a lot of spirit energy.

"Let's keep it as a trump card for now. I'll have to practice it when I have time."

Although he was heartbroken about losing nearly ten spirit stones today, Luo Chen was still very happy.

He had another trump card beyond conventional means.

When they arrived at the third floor of the Zhongding family, not many people had come yet, only a few lackeys.

Qin Liangchen went to chat with those people, and no one paid attention to Luo Chen, so he was happy to be left alone.

He found a secluded private room, half of his mind alert to the outside, and the other half focused on the attribute panel.

He hadn't finished browsing it before.

In terms of cultivation level, the progress was neither too fast nor too slow.

The Grandmaster-level Eternal Spring Technique not only greatly increased his cultivation efficiency but also opened the twelve main meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians, allowing him to refine two Qi Nourishing Pills a day.

However, because he had advanced to the fifth layer of Qi Condensation, the calculation of his cultivation progress bar had changed again.

From the third layer of Qi Condensation, one Qi Nourishing Pill increased the progress by two points.

At the fourth layer, one Qi Nourishing Pill increased the progress by one point.

Now, at the fifth layer, it took two Qi Nourishing Pills to increase the progress by one point.

So in half a month, with two Qi Nourishing Pills a day, his progress bar had only reached 16 points.

Luo Chen had anticipated this.

After all, each level up meant an increase in the upper limit of spirit energy in the body.

This was a normal phenomenon.

Why does the time to break through become longer as cultivators advance in levels?

The main issue lies here.

The amount of spirit energy required to fill a level only increases, and not just by a multiple.

In the original Great River Market, there were hundreds of late-stage Qi Condensation cultivators.

But those who reached the Perfect Qi Condensation stage could be counted on one hand.

The deceased Heart Devouring Tiger Han Dang was one of them, and Su Xiuxiu, who had failed to advance to the Foundation Establishment stage, was another.

The others were few and far between.

Even those familiar to Luo Chen, like Qin Liangchen and Murong Qinglian, were not at the Perfect Qi Condensation stage.

Others like Luo Wudi and Ke Yuelin were even further behind.

The only thing that worried Luo Chen was whether the Qi Nourishing Pills would still be effective after he reached the late-stage Qi Condensation.

After all, there is such a thing as drug resistance.

"For now, let's not worry about that."

Luo Chen didn't want to be overly concerned and glanced at the spell section.

His gaze fell directly on the last section: [Achievement Points: 21]

He hadn't expected that after reaching the Perfect stage in the Fireball Spell, he would gain another achievement point.

If calculated this way, reaching the Perfect stage in a skill would grant him five achievement points.

They were: Proficient, Expert, Perfect, Grandmaster, and Perfect.

In the past half month, his gains were significant.

The Wind Control Technique and the Attraction Technique reached the Grandmaster level, and the Entanglement Technique, Spirit Eye Technique, and rarely used Cleaning Technique all upgraded.

This brought him a total of seven achievement points.

"21 achievement points, what should I use them for?"

"Beginner Healing Technique? Forget it, I can reach the beginner level in two more days of practice."

"I don't have any other cultivation techniques."

"Compared to cultivation techniques, using achievement points to reach the beginner level of a pill formula is the most cost-effective. That way, I can avoid countless failures before reaching the beginner level."

Countless failures mean what?

Countless spirit stones!

The only second-stage pill formula Luo Chen had left was a damaged formula for the Jade Dew Pill.

Clearly, it wasn't suitable to refine the Jade Dew Pill now.

He didn't have the financial resources or the ability, and even if he succeeded, he might not dare to sell it.

"So, I need to find a first-stage pill formula. And it should have a broad market and fewer competitors."

"I wonder if the Mountain Breaker Gang or the Medicine Hall has one."

Luo Chen pondered, and when he looked up, he realized it was already pitch dark outside.

Outside the private room, there were sounds of commotion.

He calmed his mind and quietly walked out.

Just one glance!

He held his breath.

One, two, three, four, five, six

Thirteen Foundation Establishment cultivators!

Good heavens, when did the small Great River Market have so many Foundation Establishment cultivators!

But most of them, except for a few, were slightly familiar to him.

The one chatting with the owner of the Hundred Herbs Hall, Mr. Liu, was the owner of the Spirit Medicine Pavilion, Mr. Wang.

The abbot of the Spirit Source Hall, Daoist Mu, was surrounded by three unknown Foundation Establishment cultivators, seemingly discussing spell techniques.

Uncle Mi of the Mountain Breaker Gang was chatting with Wang Haichao of the Great River Gang and another man, all smiling.

It seemed they had no signs of the fierce battles they had recently.

The man with a sinister face was likely Zhou Chaoxian, the head of the Lianyun Merchant Alliance in this area!

It was said that he held a high position as an elder in the Merchant Alliance.

And the cunning merchant Chu Lao from the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower was whispering to a man in luxurious clothing.

However, the man was clearly impatient, his eyes constantly looking at a group of female cultivators.

But he didn't dare to offend the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower, so he carefully chatted with him.

Luo Chen looked at the group of female cultivators and, coincidentally, saw a group of familiar faces.

The bright and generous Gu Caiyi, the beautiful Xiang Xiang, and the gentle and kind Su Xiuxiu.

No matter how beautiful they were, the center of attention was still the woman in palace attire.

"She must be the madam of the Heavenly Fragrance Tower, spit, a cultivator of the Joyful Union Sect, Gong Huiqin. She looks so beautiful, but who knows how old she really is. She must be a high-level rich woman!"

Seemingly very sensitive to men's gazes, the beautiful woman almost instantly saw Luo Chen.

Luo Chen quickly lowered his head and moved to stand next to Qin Liangchen, who was in the corner.

"Brother, everyone here is a big shot, why are we here?"

He whispered cautiously, feeling like a junior.

Qin Liangchen chuckled, "Why? To be a junior!"

Luo Chen was stunned. So I really am a junior!

"Big shots always bring a couple of juniors when they go out." Qin Liangchen patted his shoulder, "Don't be discouraged, maybe one day we can be the seniors."

That's true, even the lowly can become nobles!

Luo Chen rolled his eyes. Saying such things, he wasn't afraid of being heard by Foundation Establishment cultivators.

It was said that the sound transmission technique wasn't very reliable.

Coincidentally, there were three Foundation Establishment cultivators in front of them: Uncle Mi, Wang Haichao, and Zhou Chaoxian.

The last one suddenly turned his head, his gaze piercingly staring at Qin Liangchen.

"Are you the young man who killed Bai Qi on the Dao Discussion Platform?"

Qin Liangchen's expression immediately tensed, his gaze seeking help from Uncle Mi.

"Friend Zhou, you—" Uncle Mi was about to speak but was interrupted by Zhou Chaoxian.

Zhou Chaoxian smiled slightly, "No worries, just getting to know each other. This young friend Qin has a son who is a high disciple of the Falling Cloud Sect. I wouldn't do anything to him. But, Friend Mi, I heard you are keeping that Foundation Establishment Pill for him. Don't secretly swallow it later!"

Uncle Mi's face stiffened, then gradually turned dark.

Just as the atmosphere became somewhat oppressive, a sharp intent came from the entrance.

The next moment, seven Foundation Establishment cultivators ascended the stairs together.

Jade Tripod Sword Cultivators.

The seven ascended without hesitation, bowing and shouting in unison.

"Welcome Elder Pang!"

Everyone was stunned, then quickly bent down, respectfully shouting, "Welcome Elder Pang!"

Under the night sky, a golden light, without any embellishment, entered the third floor of the Zhongding family.

It was the Golden Core cultivator, Elder Pang Renxiong.

Luo Chen deeply lowered his head, not daring to look around with his peripheral vision.

Under the unmasked Golden Core pressure, his teeth, bones, and even his soul seemed to tremble.

"This is the power of a Golden Core cultivator?"

Deep in his heart, a surging tide of thoughts was rising.

"A true man should be like this!"

(End of Chapter)