Chapter 146 - 115: Lifespan Extension Pill

Chapter 146: Chapter 115: Lifespan Extension Pill

"He’s in seclusion?"

Ruan Tieniu arrived before Courtyard 512. Looking at the "In Seclusion" sign hanging there, he sighed and spoke to the well-built, middle-aged man beside him.

"Our timing is unfortunate. Fellow Daoist Chen is still in seclusion."

"Tieniu, is his relationship with Alchemist Zhuang really that deep?" The middle-aged man’s face fell upon seeing the "In Seclusion" sign, and he looked to Ruan Tieniu for confirmation.

"How could that be false? The only reason my brothers in the Demon Hunting Team dare to venture deep into the Youxian Mountain Range is because we have Alchemist Zhuang’s Healing Spirit Pills."

"If it weren’t for Fellow Daoist Chen making the introduction, do you really think, Brother Feng, that Alchemist Zhuang would have even given me the time of day?"

Hearing the man’s skepticism, Ruan Tieniu snorted coldly.

But his words also carried a hint of self-deprecation. As a Ninth-Layer Qi Refining Cultivator, he was already considered an Upper-Level Cultivator.

But in the presence of a High-Grade Alchemist, that truly meant nothing.

"Brother Tieniu, don’t be angry. I’m just being cautious. After all, this concerns whether you and I can achieve Foundation Establishment in the future."

"Since Talisman Master Chen is in seclusion, we’ll just have to come back and find him another time."

The middle-aged man laughed heartily, patted Ruan Tieniu’s arm, and said, "Could we go to your place to talk?"

"Let’s go to the Qingpin Tea House instead."

A glint flashed in Ruan Tieniu’s eyes as he flatly refused and named a different location.

"Very well. Then let’s talk in detail at the Qingpin Tea House."

——

Chen Jianghe was unaware of what was happening outside his courtyard gate. He was completely focused on drawing a Spirit Talisman.

His goals for the year were simple.

Consume two True Spirit Pills and advance his Cultivation.

Then, increase his Talisman Success Rate for drawing Middle-Grade Protection Talismans to forty percent.

Only by improving his Talisman Dao Skills would he have the resources for Body Refining.

Now at the Eighth-Layer Qi Refining, he could already begin planning for Foundation Establishment, and Body Refining was one of its five requirements.

He would pour a massive amount of resources into securing that twenty percent increase in success rate.

He didn’t have a Three-Element True Spirit Root.

As for a Tier Two High-Grade Spiritual Vein, when the time came, he could rent a breakthrough site in the Qinghe Marketplace through Gao Peiyao.

Therefore, if he just cultivated normally and reached Ninth-Layer Qi Refining Perfection, his success rate for Foundation Establishment would only be twenty percent.

So, he absolutely had to achieve the two conditions of Body Refining Perfection and Spiritual Perfection.

Even so, his success rate would only increase to sixty percent.

Still not safe enough.

The safest method was to get his hands on a Foundation Establishment Pill.

Only then could he attempt to break through to the Foundation Establishment Stage; after all, even if he failed, he would still survive.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year had passed.

「Mid-August.」

On the desk, the Spirit Blood Pig Hide flashed with Spirit Light, and a Middle-Grade Protection Talisman was complete.

Chen Jianghe set down the Wolf Hair Talisman Pen in his hand.

’Just a little more, and I’ll reach a forty percent Talisman Success Rate.’

He was very satisfied with this rate of improvement.

In nearly eight months, he had used seventy-three sheets of Spirit Blood Pig Hide and successfully drawn twenty-seven Middle-Grade Protection Talismans.

His Divine Sense could still only extend to three zhang and eight chi, showing no improvement.

However, the Magical Power within his Qi Sea Dantian had grown purer, and its Liquefaction was visibly more pronounced.

"Fur Ball, bring in the letters."

In the past eight months, five letters had accumulated in the post box.

After Fur Ball brought the letters over, he first glanced at the sender’s name on each one, as was his custom.

Yu Daniu, Gao Peiyao, Jiang Ruxu, Zhou Miaoyun, and even Ruan Tieniu had all sent letters. Chen Jianghe was taken aback. ’Everyone sent a letter?’

’I’ve only been in seclusion for eight months, not eight years.’

He first opened Yu Daniu’s letter.

Ten breaths later, he turned the letter to dust.

’That Yun Wuniu... a leopard truly can’t change its spots.’

Chen Jianghe shook his head helplessly, feeling annoyed on Yu Daniu’s behalf.

The letter said that Yu Daniu had thought Yun Wuniu would change his ways after getting married, especially with a new daughter-in-law having just joined the family.

Not only did he not reduce Yun Wuniu’s resources, but out of consideration for his daughter-in-law, he even gave him thirty percent more.

Of course, by giving him more resources, Yu Daniu had hoped Yun Wuniu would be considerate of his wife and share some with her.

After all, now that she had married into his family, she was one of their own.

But Yu Daniu never would have imagined that not only would Yun Wuniu not share any resources with his wife, he even gave everything to an Art Cultivator from Yanyu Tower.

Now, his daughter-in-law was in tears before Yun Huizhen every day.

In a fit of rage, Yu Daniu had wanted to cut off Yun Wuniu’s resources and banish him to Port No. 1.

But things were different now.

Yun Wuniu was a married man, and his wife was from the Zhou Family, which put Yu Daniu in a difficult position.

To Yu Daniu’s relief, his daughter-in-law had not reported the family scandal to her own family, which saved him some face.

However, Yun Xiaoniu had stepped forward and proposed to Yu Daniu that they cripple the key acupoints in Yun Wuniu’s limbs.

His resources would not be reduced, but would be given entirely to Yun Wuniu’s wife.

The only hope was for Fifth Brother to have an heir; they wouldn’t care about anything else.

At a loss when faced with Yun Xiaoniu’s ruthless proposal, Yu Daniu could only write to him, his ’Big Brother’, for advice.

The letter was dated February.

So much time had passed that a decision had likely already been made, so it wasn’t appropriate for Chen Jianghe to reply now.

Still, he didn’t quite know what to make of Yun Xiaoniu’s actions.

Although it was cruel, in the long run for Yun Huizhen’s branch of the family, the pros definitely outweighed the cons.

Furthermore, Yun Xiaoniu wasn’t trying to seize his younger brother’s share of resources; instead, he was leaving them all for his sister-in-law.

But there was one condition: the woman from the Zhou Family had to provide Fifth Brother with an heir.

Chen Jianghe hadn’t been born into a large family, so he didn’t subscribe to the "family interests come first" mentality and couldn’t judge whether Yun Xiaoniu’s actions were right or wrong.