Chapter 191 - 135: Foundation Establishment Pill Exposed, Alchemist Zhuang’s Guarantee

Chapter 191: Chapter 135: Foundation Establishment Pill Exposed, Alchemist Zhuang’s Guarantee

With a solid foundation, the speed of Cultivation would also increase.

He stood up and stepped outside. Glancing at Little Black and Fur Ball, he noticed that Little Black had already finished his Cultivation and was basking in the sun with a look of utter helplessness. It was as if he had lost all hope in life and had nothing left to enjoy.

"Did I squeeze Little Black too hard in his early years? To think I actually made him develop a habit of never being able to sit idle," Chen Jianghe muttered inwardly. Though this was an excellent habit, seeing him look like he had nothing left to live for whenever he had free time wasn’t exactly great either.

"Little Black, your Cultivation has improved quite fast over the past two years, hasn’t it!"

"You ask, yet you already know the answer." With all four limbs pointing at the sky, Little Black floated lazily on the water’s surface. He shot Chen Jianghe a sidelong glance before squinting his tiny Doudou eyes, once again putting on an act of being completely relaxed and carefree.

"Uh..." Chen Jianghe could tell that the lazy and carefree attitude was fake; his lack of will to live was real. To think Little Black actually knew how to hide his true feelings now.

"How much longer until Fur Ball finishes its Cultivation?" Chen Jianghe glanced at Fur Ball at the bottom of the pool.

Its snow-white fur glowed with a faint cyan light. With every breath, it devoured the surrounding Spiritual Qi. Devouring Blood and Flesh, Breathing Spiritual Energy. Naturally, this method of increasing its Cultivation was slow—far less rapid than devouring Spirit Cores.

Demon Beasts in the Youxian Mountain Range saw their Cultivation soar at incredible speeds. Not only did they have Heaven and Earth Spiritual Materials to devour, but they could also absorb the Spirit Cores of their "good companions." That way, their Cultivation speed was naturally very fast.

"Soon. It should be within a day or two," Little Black replied via telepathy.

A few breaths of time passed. Little Black leaped from the pool, standing upright in front of Chen Jianghe, and asked, "Who exactly is trying to stew me? What is his Cultivation?"

By now, Little Black was the size of two millstones. Standing upright, he was about eight feet tall—a full head taller than Chen Jianghe.

"A Foundation Establishment Cultivator. That’s equivalent to a Tier Two Spirit Beast. Therefore, you need to work hard. Only by becoming a Tier Two Spirit Beast can you escape your fate."

"A Foundation Establishment Cultivator? No wonder we have to run away; you aren’t a match for him at all." Little Black turned around and returned to the pool, looking somewhat disappointed in Chen Jianghe.

Chen Jianghe froze. Little Black made it sound as if he could beat a Foundation Establishment Cultivator himself!

He thought, "If it weren’t for you, would I have to run... Wait, how did I start believing the lie I made up to motivate Little Black?"

He shook his head, throwing this white lie out of his mind. It seemed one really shouldn’t tell too many lies, or else they might end up fooling themselves.

Two days later.

Fur Ball finished its Cultivation.

Chen Jianghe stored both Little Black and Fur Ball into the Spirit Beast Space before he began processing the Demon Beast parts lying around the house. Things were fine this time around, as they were all small and medium-sized Demon Beasts. It only took him three trips to deliver everything to the Demon Beast Workshop. In total, they sold for one hundred and twenty-six Spirit Stones and ten grains of Spiritual Sand. That was fifty grains of Spiritual Sand more than he had made the previous year.

Not bad. He could afford to buy another pot of Spirit Tea at the Qingpin Tea House. Even though the Spirit Tea there was slightly bitter, it wasn’t nearly as bitter as the lives of bottom-tier Cultivators. Every time he savored it carefully, he would always taste a hint of sweetness at the end.

Instead of heading straight home from the Demon Beast Workshop, he turned into Fushou Lane and arrived at Blessed Residence number one hundred and thirty-six.

"Out?"

While passing by Ji Wujin’s courtyard gate, he took a glance and noticed an "Out" sign hanging on it. Ji Wujin wasn’t working hard on his Body Refining right now and was instead wandering around outside? Was he truly unafraid that the news of him carrying a Foundation Establishment Pill might leak? That was a Genuine Foundation Establishment Pill!

It was only because Chen Jianghe had a steady temperament and disliked fighting; otherwise, he would definitely stake out Ji Wujin and find someone to team up with for an ambush. For the Upper-Level Cultivators in the Qinghe Marketplace, they might not lack Spirit Stones, but they certainly lacked Foundation Establishment Pills! Especially Genuine Foundation Establishment Pills.

Perhaps Puppet Masters were simply emboldened by their supreme skills. He stopped thinking about Ji Wujin and knocked on Alchemist Zhuang’s courtyard door.

Half an incense stick’s worth of time passed.

It wasn’t until Chen Jianghe knocked on the door ring for a second time that the courtyard door slowly opened, revealing Jiang Ruxu’s extremely reluctant expression.

"Ah?!"

The moment Jiang Ruxu saw that it was Chen Jianghe, her expression underwent a dramatic change. Her face lit up with joy, and she stepped forward respectfully. "I’m sorry, Elder Chen. I wasn’t directing that at you. Please, come in quickly."

Chen Jianghe frowned, feeling somewhat puzzled as he followed Jiang Ruxu into the courtyard. She was always cheerful and lively, her face consistently wearing a bright and joyful expression. So why was she looking so reluctant just a moment ago? It seemed she hadn’t wanted to open this courtyard door at all.

"What’s going on?" Chen Jianghe asked. Everyone in the entire Qinghe Marketplace knew that he was on good terms with Alchemist Zhuang. In reality, their current relationship was indeed quite good. Coupled with their previous agreement, this meant that he would be interacting with Jiang Ruxu and Zhuang Xinyan for decades to come.

"Fellow Daoist Chen."

At that moment, Alchemist Zhuang walked out of the Alchemy Room. When he saw Chen Jianghe, he paused for a second before a smile broke across his face.

"I’ll let Master explain it to you, Elder," Jiang Ruxu pouted.

KNOCK, KNOCK KNOCK...

The door ring sounded.

However, Chen Jianghe watched as both Alchemist Zhuang and Jiang Ruxu acted as if they hadn’t heard a thing. One went straight into her own room, while the other warmly invited him into the guest hall with a smile.

"Alchemist Zhuang, what happened?" Chen Jianghe asked in confusion.

"Sigh..." Alchemist Zhuang first glanced at the courtyard door, then let out a helpless sigh and said, "The news of my Refining a Foundation Establishment Pill has leaked."

"What?" Chen Jianghe was startled inwardly.

What did it mean for the news of Alchemist Zhuang Refining a Foundation Establishment Pill to be leaked? It meant that the secret of him possessing a Low-Quality Foundation Establishment Pill had undoubtedly been exposed as well.