Gou Zai Xian Men Dang Void Workshop Master

Gong Huixin's figure disappeared at the cave entrance, and Chen He did not get up.

He simply took a sip of cloud and mist tea, waved his hand to activate the formation, and sealed off the cave.

"Women can really turn on you so quickly!" Chen He sighed softly. "What a pity, such a great business partner, we just couldn't be together in the end."

He could understand Gong Huixin; this woman was completely on the side of her family and wanted to bind him to them.

But she underestimated others; even if she believed in herself, she couldn't offer any good bargaining chips.

A marriage alliance?

It was supposed to be a marriage between outer disciples, which sounded nice, but Chen He didn't care, wouldn't consider it, and even found it laughable.

Even if the Chen family benefits greatly from a marriage alliance with the Gong family, what does it have to do with Chen He?

He truly cares about his parents and siblings; he doesn't consider anyone else.

Only those who have truly been born with spiritual roots are considered members of the clan; otherwise, they are all strangers to Chen He, and he himself doesn't know many people.

For the past sixteen years, life in Sixiang City has been uneventful, with no affection for the so-called clansmen, and no different from that of strangers.

This is not because he is cold-blooded.

The path of immortals values ​​privacy. Why do some immortal sects have a hurdle of severing worldly ties when selecting disciples from mortal dynasties? It's to avoid being burdened by worldly ties.

Since you've become a cultivator, if you want to go further, you need to change your mindset and thinking as soon as possible, and you can't have any worldly thoughts at all.

The Chen family is not a cultivator family. If Chen He is concerned about his family, then his family will become his weakness. Gong Huixin can directly use the Gong family to control him. Why go through all this trouble?

……

Chen He steadied himself and didn't take Gong Huixin's attitude to heart.

With a wave of his hand, three jade boxes appeared on the table. After thinking for a moment, he gave up the idea of ​​selling them; he would have to refine the spirit insect himself.

The persona she cultivates for the public is clearly that her primary skill is alchemy.

The second level of skill is that of a plant master.

If needed, he would reveal his skills as a weapon refiner.

Since both require the use of fire, and he possesses fire elemental techniques, it's natural that they share a common ground and it doesn't seem out of place.

As for array masters and talisman masters, they don't need to disguise themselves at all. Even ordinary cultivators can use array artifacts and talismans.

With the Penglai Heaven as his refuge, and equipped with arrays and talismans, he's perfectly fine.

In short, Chen He's idea was very simple.

Prepare as many trump cards as possible, using the excuse of luckily obtaining the Penglai Token to live well within the Immortal Sect and make people ignore your own spiritual root.

Time is on his side. If he can lie low long enough and prepare thoroughly enough, he will be able to handle anything.

The key is the spirit insect.

With the spirit insects, he could master the art of refining spirits and repelling insects, making the methods of a spirit plant master even more advanced and convincing.

……

Once Chen He had an idea, he took action.

He first untied the talisman on the jade box, and the larvae of the sword bamboo worm revived.

He carefully channeled his magic power, gently enveloping the little guy in the air, and the little guy was refined in the blink of an eye.

It was completely marked by Chen He, its bamboo-leaf-like wings fluttering gently as it took off and circled Chen He several times.

In the end, Chen He caught him.

The bamboo worm is still in its juvenile stage, so its bamboo-like body is very soft.

To grow stronger, it needs to devour insects with wood and metal attributes, or absorb Chen He's magic power; spirit stones are also an option.

After playing with it for a while, Chen He let the bamboo worm land on his shoulder. It looked like an ornament and didn't seem out of place.

As Chen He ran his fingers over the two jade boxes, he frowned slightly. Both kinds of insects were actually quite good, especially the spotted venomous sea scorpion.

However, after obtaining the sword bamboo worm, refining a second spirit worm would put a slight burden on him, and even a very slight one would make him uncomfortable.

In the end, he did not refine it directly. Instead, he put away the jade box and then flashed into the market to buy insects.

……

Instead of visiting the market buildings, Chen He browsed through the seventy-two stalls and bought some ordinary metal and wood-attribute insects.

The insects are mainly first-order insects, with a small portion being larvae and the majority being adult insects. These are the food source for the bamboo worms.

After buying the insects, Chen He went to browse the street stalls outside the square and found that many stalls sold very little.

Stall owners with few goods are basically just selling off their stock, while those with many goods are genuinely selling supplies; the difference is quite significant.

They are all private street vendors, without fixed stalls, and therefore do not enjoy the benefits of fixed stalls.

Even so, they still enjoyed it immensely, at least it was better than going to Xianrenju.

Chen He didn't buy much. After wandering around for a while, he quietly appeared on the top floor of Jianbaoju.

Without any cultivation, he fed the sword bamboo worms little by little. The sword bamboo worms happily ate the larvae, and their bodies hardened visibly at a rapid pace.

After eating its fill, the sword bamboo worm unleashed its sword energy for the first time, easily piercing through the wooden table.

Chen He also channeled his magic to help it digest, and the sword bamboo worm fell into a comfortable slumber.

After instructing Madam Hong to continue acquiring first-tier poisonous insects, Chen He also deducted the spirit stones owed to the market and returned to his cave after making the arrangements.

……

Over the next two days, Liu He introduced five groups of people who came to exchange spirit stones with Chen He.

Chen He's reputation spread among the outer disciples, making him known to more people, and the number of people in Yu Gui Li increased significantly.

This allowed Chen He to gain a firm foothold.

From the miscellaneous servants' peak to the outer disciples' mountain, he grew step by step, building his own social and trading circles.

Things gradually went according to his plan, and everyone wanted to do business with him. He transformed himself into a platform.

So far, it seems to be very successful and going smoothly.

Liu He also specifically praised the Yunwu tea, and bought three ounces from Chen He, specially prepared for Uncle Liu, who was said to like it very much.

Even if the second-tier spirit tea didn't have much effect on him, the concentration technique did work, and even if it was only slightly effective, it was still quite remarkable.

Uncle Liu had a good eye for quality, and Liu He was also filial, which made this deal possible.

Chen He was quite happy.

The only thing that bothered him was that Liu He had gone into seclusion again, and he was really provoked by Chen He.

Chen He has already become a second-tier beginner alchemist, so his friend absolutely cannot fall behind. He wants to break through to become a second-tier beginner weapon refiner.

Chen He was genuinely happy for him, and the absence of Liu He as a middleman did not actually affect the transaction.

As long as the transaction is genuine, Chen He will never hide anything and will always act fairly and impartially.

So, without Liu He around, Chen He handled several transactions on his own.

Once this business was on track, Chen He only needed to wait for transactions and feed insects in his spare time.

He rarely leaves his cave dwelling, and when there is trouble, he uses the jade tablet to contact others. Few cultivators in Fire Mountain have the chance to encounter Chen He.

Gong Huixin hadn't contacted him or left a message for a long time, but Chen He didn't care. He was just glad he had bought the spirit insect.

Otherwise, how could one know the joy of raising insects? Watching the little guy grow little by little, Chen He felt a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment.

Next, Chen He continued to feed the spirit insect for eighteen days, first letting it eat the insects, and then using his magic to assist its digestion.

After about twenty days, the bamboo worm begins to grow from a larva.

Having met the standard for refining the Spirit-Repelling Insect Technique, Chen He decisively refined the Sword Bamboo Insect, which then entered his dantian.

Normally, it sleeps in Chen He's dantian, absorbing impurities from the dantian's magical power. It can also use sword energy to help open up the meridians.

On the twenty-second day, the sword bamboo worm fully matured and gradually began to turn into jade.

Chen He used this as a foundation to completely master the sword bamboo insect and also mastered the spirit refining and insect-driving technique, becoming a qualified spirit plant master.

If he were to impersonate a spirit plant master now, no one would question him; they would only applaud the magic he possessed.