Chapter 94: The Art Style Is Off (Additional Chapter for Alliance Lord Teng Bone Instant Noodles)

Uncle Hua came and went in a hurry.

He couldn't bear to...

Alright, he left in a hurry and even took the bottle of Jade Marrow Pills with him.

Luo Chen guessed that the other party intended to use the refined Jade Marrow Pills to pave the way.

These Foundation Establishment cultivators, due to their long cultivation years, often become very shrewd.

Not to mention seeing ten steps ahead, seeing three to five steps is quite normal.

Rather than waiting for Luo Chen's alchemy skills to improve and production to increase before finding a market, it's better to open up the channels in advance.

Only in this way can he directly see huge profits when the time comes.

In comparison, Qi Cultivators, whose lifespans are still within the normal human range, are more short-sighted.

Luo Chen is just such a "short-sighted" person!

In his limited field of vision, someone was about to slip away.

Fortunately, he is short-sighted, so he saw it right away!

Luo Chen seemed to teleport, blocking the entrance of the Alchemy Hall with a speed that was too fast to react.

He spread his small hands.

"Hand it over!"

Sikong Shoujia pretended to be confused, "What?"

Luo Chen gritted his teeth, "In the game of chess just now, you definitely lost. You can't cheat. Give me our bet!"

Bet?

What bet?

And why say I definitely lost?

Sikong Shoujia opened his cloudy old eyes wide, "How can you defame my innocence? Who lost? I was just playing that silly game with you to pass the time."

Luo Chen took a deep breath and stared at the old man.

"Alright, since you say so..."

Ha ha, young man, what can you do to me!

Sikong Shoujia sneered, with a sense of沧桑 (cang1sang1, meaning 'weathered' or 'worldly').

Then, the next moment, his face turned red.

Only because Luo Chen cupped his hands and shouted across the Slanting Moon Valley.

"Elder Sikong is cheating!"

"Our Alchemy Hall, our Alchemy Hall, the greatest elder, Sikong Shoujia, owes Hall Master Luo Chen three spirit stones for eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling. Now he's trying to run away without paying!"

"Elder of the Alchemy Hall, Sikong Shou..."

"Stop shouting!"

Sikong Shoujia's face turned red, then he displayed the Sichuan Opera face-changing technique, turning as black as a pot of soot.

A small book was directly thrown at Luo Chen.

After throwing it, he ran away.

When he left the Slanting Moon Valley, he found many cultivators looking up at him.

He was even more indignant, "What kind of people are these! It's just a secular secret manual, is it that serious?"

Luo Chen didn't hear this.

If he did, he would have said, of course it is!

This is the bet from the chess game!

In the game just now, after teaching the two the rules, Luo Chen proposed a stake.

Three people, each took out a secular martial arts manual.

This kind of thing is quite common in the Great River Market, not worth a few spirit stones.

After all, no matter how good your martial arts are, they can't withstand a simple righteous fireball.

But Luo Chen is different; he has the Proficiency System.

He can dig secular martial arts to their extreme.

Even if the improvement in combat power is small, it still counts as an improvement.

Before, he was busy with alchemy, survival, and cultivation, so he didn't pay much attention to this.

He only practiced the lightness skill, Free and Easy Wanderer.

Now that he has some free time, he naturally has some thoughts.

Therefore, Luo Chen proposed a five-game match, and the one who wins the most gets all the stakes.

Sikong and Gu had no objections.

After all, they were just small things, and selling them might not even find a buyer.

After a series of games, Luo Chen won two, Gu Caiyi won two, and Sikong Shoujia didn't win any.

In the last game, Luo Chen had a huge advantage, so he urgently wanted the bet.

My debts are not something anyone can dodge.

That Gao Tingyuan owes him five spirit stones, and the Jade Cauldron Sword Sect owes him a spirit stone trophy, and he still remembers them.

"Scattering Flowers of the Heavenly Maiden"

Seeing the title, Luo Chen was stunned.

"You old man, why did you give me a martial arts manual that doesn't fit the style at all?"

Seeing him standing there in a daze, Gu Caiyi walked over.

Looking at the title, she couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

"Is this the secret manual?"

"You know it?"

"Back then, a martial arts expert luckily entered the Dao and came to the Great River Market. With nothing to his name, he put it up for sale." Gu Caiyi explained the origin of the martial arts manual, "That person was very smart, making many copies, each for one spirit stone or equivalent cultivation resources. So, this thing has flooded the Great River Market."

A flooded thing, and Sikong Shoujia still wanted to cheat?

Another old fox!

No!

Luo Chen suddenly thought of something, "Flooded? What's so special about it that it has flooded among cultivators in the Great River Market?"

Anything that can become a common commodity must have its value.

Like storage bags, like Qi Nourishing Pills.

Gu Caiyi smiled, "Of course. It's a throwing technique, but cultivators found that the Scattering Flowers of the Heavenly Maiden is not only suitable for ordinary throwing weapons but also greatly improves the manipulation of magical artifacts."

"Isn't the manipulation of magical artifacts all about traction techniques, spirit energy control, or the strength of one's spiritual sense?" Luo Chen was curious.

"You can't say that. In battle, timing, angle, speed, and rhythm are all important considerations."

Pointing at the book, Gu Caiyi casually said, "Coincidentally, this throwing technique places great emphasis on those things. It's said that the master came from a place called the Tang Clan in the secular world."

"I know, I know, that place also has a throwing weapon called the Buddha's Wrath Lotus!"

Buddha's Wrath Lotus?

What is that?

Gu Caiyi was puzzled.

Forget it, let's not worry about that for now.

Gu Caiyi took out a small book and casually gave it to Luo Chen.

"Since you're interested in these martial arts, I'll give you this one too!"

Luo Chen curiously took it, "Mountain Splitting and Stele Breaking Palm?"

After reading the title, he looked at Gu Caiyi suspiciously.

"Don't tell me you practiced this thing?"

He found it hard to imagine a beauty like her, who appeared like a fairy on the Daoist platform, using the Mountain Splitting and Stele Breaking Palm.

What is this all about!

The old fox gave him the Scattering Flowers of the Heavenly Maiden, and the beauty gave him the Mountain Splitting and Stele Breaking Palm.

The art style is all over the place, isn't it!

Gu Caiyi chuckled, "I didn't practice it, but someone you know definitely did."

"Who?"

"Wang Yuan!" Gu Caiyi smiled, "He was also a martial arts master who entered the cultivation world. He once went through a period of selling secret manuals at a stall. This is one of the things he sold, and I accidentally got a copy."

Luo Chen was stunned. In his distant memory, there was such a scene.

That was before he crossed over, in the original host's memory.

So, my brother Wang also had to sell his family heirlooms!

And it was even more tragic, being copied and resold by others.

In terms of business acumen, Brother Wang is far inferior to that throwing weapon master from the Tang Clan!

After a moment of reflection, Luo Chen put the martial arts manual away.

He planned to read it in his spare time, and if it suited him, he wouldn't mind using it to split mountains and break steles!

After putting it away, Luo Chen still had many curiosities.

For example!

"Daoist Gu, what is your main cultivation technique? Let's set a time to practice together!"

This time, Gu Caiyi didn't say "get lost."

She was already used to Luo Chen's occasional flirtatious nature.

She just rolled her eyes at Luo Chen, "I'm afraid you can't handle it. It's a secret technique of the Joyful Union Sect!"

Luo Chen's eyes lit up, and he shouted.

"Isn't that perfect? Demoness, I want you to use the Joyful Union Sect's secret technique to help me cultivate!"

"Get lost!"

Well, Gu Caiyi overestimated her own composure.

She still had to get used to Luo Chen's limitless behavior.

Luo Chen slunk away.

A Ninth Layer Qi Cultivator, it's best not to offend too many people right now.

Otherwise, even Uncle Mi, his protector, can't protect him.

Back in the stone house, Luo Chen tossed a pill into his mouth with one hand.

He chewed it a few times, then slightly sensed it, nodding in satisfaction.

"The medicinal power is only one-tenth of a Qi Nourishing Pill, but it's just right for my current situation!"

If Uncle Hua were here, he would probably glare and summon a supreme magical artifact to directly kill Luo Chen, this wicked child.

Because what Luo Chen was eating was the Jade Marrow Pill!

He actually had extra Jade Marrow Pills!

He said there were only eleven pills in the last batch.

But after giving all the pills to Uncle Hua, he still had some.

And not just one.

In his storage bag, there were eight more, lying quietly.

In other words, including the one he just ate, his actual yield was twenty!

"This is a formula helped by the system, with a stable success rate and yield."

Indeed, Luo Chen's success rate and yield have always been very stable!

Unlike other alchemists, who might occasionally get five pills in one batch, or double the yield when in good form.

Whether it's the Fasting Powder or the Marvelous Pill, Luo Chen's yield is always very stable.

With the Jade Marrow Pill, Luo Chen has figured out that the yield is around twenty pills per batch!

And there are no failed pills, either all fail or all succeed!

This terrifying stability, if it were to spread, would surely shock the cultivation world!

That's why Luo Chen has been covering it up. Even during the alchemy process, he uses his spiritual power to destroy a small portion of the raw materials to create the illusion of varying yields.

"For now, I can still cover it up and secretly keep some Jade Marrow Pills."

"But in the future, when large-scale production starts, I can't be so blatant."

Luo Chen smiled. A chef won't starve even in a famine.

He won't let himself go hungry either.

Currently, his body can absorb two Qi Nourishing Pills per day.

But that doesn't mean he can't absorb other pills.

Especially a low-grade pill like the Jade Marrow Pill, with low medicinal power.

He can eat it like candy.

He doesn't even need to deliberately refine it with the Eternal Spring Technique.

Let the Jade Marrow Pill dissolve in his body, and the released medicinal power will be stored in his fully opened twelve main meridians and eight extraordinary meridians.

When he uses spells or moves around,

These weak medicinal powers will slowly convert, either being consumed or absorbed.

And at this stage, he doesn't need to worry about drug resistance or side effects.

As the alchemist, Luo Chen knows the effects and taboos of the Jade Marrow Pill better than anyone, and he can control the dosage.

In short!

"For now, I'll take as much as I can!"

With a light laugh, Luo Chen opened the "Scattering Flowers of the Heavenly Maiden." Who doesn't have a dream of being a beautiful maiden!

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"Scattering Flowers of the Heavenly Maiden," Author: Tang Wuchen.

Flipping through the manual, Luo Chen immediately gave it a thumbs up. The name contains "Chen," so the author must be a handsome and extraordinary person.

Just like him!

If so, doesn't this manual fit me perfectly?

Unfortunately, after thoroughly reading it, Luo Chen was a bit frustrated.

The manual records thirty-six throwing techniques, each with its own secrets.

To fully learn them, he would need to find those special throwing weapons and practice one by one.

"This is too troublesome!"

"I wonder how other cultivators extract the corresponding magical artifact techniques from it."

Without anyone to guide him, Luo Chen could only explore on his own.

But this would take a lot of time.

"Unfortunately, I wanted to use this to earn some achievement points."

Indeed, Luo Chen's learning of these secular martial arts is not just about improving his combat skills.

He wants to use martial arts to earn skill proficiency and thus gain enough achievement points.

With more formulas in hand, his originally ample achievement points are becoming insufficient.

The Marvelous Pill's proficiency reaching the Master level gave him one achievement point, bringing his total to 23.

But learning the Jade Marrow Pill formula cost him ten points.

He still has the incomplete first-stage formula, the Jade Dew Pill, and the complete second-stage formula, the Blood Fiend Pill.

Whether to complete the formulas or learn new ones, he will need many achievement points.

Luo Chen needs to plan ahead!

He can't wait until the last minute to grind proficiency.

Compared to spells, which are hard to learn and master, martial arts are much simpler.

In essence, secular martial arts are mostly based on the human body.

The stronger the body, the higher the upper limit of the martial arts.

Cultivators, with their bodies strengthened by years of spiritual energy, can easily achieve some success by following the martial arts requirements with a little training.

The rapid increase in proficiency of Free and Easy Wanderer was due to this.

Now, Luo Chen wants to use the same method.

Unfortunately, the complicated practice requirements of the Scattering Flowers of the Heavenly Maiden left him at a loss.

"Abandoning it is impossible. Everyone practices it, so this throwing manual must have its merits."

"But for now, there's no need to rush."

Luo Chen shook his head, noting down the technique for the Yuan Pearl, then put the "Scattering Flowers of the Heavenly Maiden" back in his storage bag.

He chose the Yuan Pearl mainly because it is just a small sphere.

When it penetrates the enemy, the hidden force inside the sphere will instantly explode.

At that moment, the force combined with the fragments from the explosion will cause significant internal injuries.

The power is not only great but also hard to treat.

Truly a dark and vicious throwing weapon!

Luo Chen doesn't have time to make Yuan Pearls, but he has similar spheres that he can use for practice.

The failed Jade Marrow Pills are excellent throwing materials!

After all, these are failed pills from the first-stage spirit jade, which are no less in quality than the secular Yuan Pearls.

After putting away the "Scattering Flowers of the Heavenly Maiden," Luo Chen casually opened another martial arts manual.

The Mountain Splitting and Stele Breaking Palm, given by Gu Caiyi, which Wang Yuan sold at a stall in his early days!

Originally, he didn't have high hopes for this palm technique manual.

It's probably like the Iron Sand Palm, relying on external force to forge iron hands.

He definitely doesn't have the time to do such a laborious and unrewarding practice.

However, upon reading it, he became engrossed.

"Surprisingly, it's a palm technique that emphasizes the use of qi!"

Very rare, this palm technique is not an external technique but an internal one!

It explains how martial arts experts can release their internal energy or true qi from their bodies through specific meridians and acupoints using special methods.

Wow, this is amazing!

As far as Luo Chen knows, in the secular martial arts world, those who can release true qi are all martial arts masters.

This palm technique takes a different path, allowing one to achieve the level of true qi release even without becoming a master.

Looking at the author's name.

Hey, what a coincidence!

Wang Yuan!

"It's actually my brother's unique martial arts, but the name is not good. Calling it the Sky Piercing Palm or the White Rainbow Palm would be better, or at least the Air Splitting Palm!"

Luo Chen teased Wang Yuan's naming skills, then felt a bit excited.

Internal energy? He doesn't have