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He handed over all the healing pills to Wang Yousheng.

Upon seeing the porcelain vase, Wang Yousheng was clearly stunned for a moment. He raised his hand to scratch his head, his eyes filled with deep confusion. "Brother Jiang, how did you do that?"

Zhao Yongkang is not someone to be trifled with; why did he suddenly change his mind?

"He's dead. Focus on healing your wounds. From now on, no one on Furnace Peak will dare to bully you." He calmly tossed out a sentence.

Jiang Ming calmly left, leaving a stunned Wang Yousheng alone in his cave, foolishly swallowing pills with a silly grin.

Inside the stone chamber.

After Zhao Yongkang laid out all his assets, Jiang Ming breathed a sigh of relief and lay down to count the spirit stones, feeling extremely pleased with himself.

For a moment, the air seemed to smell especially sweet.

"After deducting the twenty spirit stones to repay Elder Qin, there are still a full one hundred left. This harvest is truly substantial."

However, the most precious item is this alchemy book, which should be the core secret of the alchemy room. Logically speaking, Jiang Ming has no right to touch it.

Fortunately, he took an unconventional approach this time, which gave him the opportunity.

In the outer sect, elixirs are a far superior cultivation resource to spirit stones, and ordinary disciples are not even qualified to take them.

Moreover, the alchemy workshop monopolizes the production of pills, and purchasing them requires a massive amount of spirit stones.

If Jiang Ming learns alchemy, he will be able to obtain pills at cost price in the future. At that time, even if he is limited by his innate talent, his cultivation speed will be able to achieve a qualitative leap!

Opening the shimmering porcelain bottle, Jiang Ming swallowed the longan-sized Replenishing Pills one by one, his expression invigorated, his energy as if he had just skated.

As the cultivation technique was activated, the rich medicinal power gradually dispersed throughout the body, and the previously somewhat unstable aura became more and more stable!

Several hours later.

Slowly opening his eyes, a glint of light flashed in them. Jiang Ming let out a soft whistle, exhaled a large breath of turbid air, and slightly opened his palms.

The warm yellow fire in the stove danced in his palm, noticeably purer and more stable than yesterday's.

He got up and hurried to the Scripture Transmission Pavilion, where he skillfully placed twenty spirit stones outside the door.

A moment later, Old Qin pushed open the wooden door, waved his hand, and put the spirit stones into his pocket.

His gaze shifted to Jiang Ming, and he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Good lad, not bad progress. Your aura is hot and stable. It seems you're cultivating the Furnace Fire."

"With the wood fueling the fire, and your comprehension allowing you to master a seventh-grade technique so quickly, the evil spirit of the willow wood must be on the verge of extinction..."

When the conversation reached a crucial point, the old man wisely fell silent, his cloudy old eyes gleaming with shrewdness.

"Please tell me how many spirit stones you need, senior." After several conversations, Jiang Ming had come to understand the old man's temperament very well.

As soon as he stopped talking, Jiang Ming prepared himself for bleeding.

"For fifty spirit stones, I will give you a piece of century-old willow wood, which will be enough to help that evil spirit restore its original state."

"At that time, you can also cut off a piece of flesh to feed the eagle, and use its essence to nourish the fire in the furnace." Waving the vibrant wooden branch in his hand, Old Qin's kind eyes and brows were gentle as he explained the usage.

"I'm a bit short on cash, could you give me a discount?" Considering that he would need a lot of spirit stones for his future cultivation, Jiang Ming tried to bargain.

The old man glared at him, but remained unmoved. He turned to leave, thinking, "You sly fellow, you just made a hundred spirit stones and you're trying to cheat me?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ming was speechless for a moment. After a long silence, he scratched his head and said apologetically, "Good tricks, I can't hide them from you. Deal."

"If your intentions aren't sincere, add ten dollars. Bring it to me next time you come." He tossed the slightly golden branch to Jiang Ming.

Old Qin didn't explain further, and left with a smile and his hands behind his back.

Back in the stone chamber.

Slumped to the ground, Jiang Ming's eyes were filled with apprehension. He couldn't help but think: Qin Laodeng's strength is probably even greater than Zhou Yi's. He must not offend him. If he has the chance, it would be best to make him his godfather!

Although it cost most of the spirit stones, the harvest was very gratifying.

Nourished by century-old willow wood, the evil spirit, which was originally like a dead corpse, was given a second spring.

Under the influence of the Yin-Yang Ritual Music Harmony Ode, it displays a magnificent vitality.

Previously, when forced to cultivate fire-element techniques, the willow wood evil spirit resisted fiercely. This time, when asked to study alchemy, its movements were noticeably more agile.

With the help of evil spirits, Jiang Ming memorized many pharmacological formulas and prescriptions in just three days, only regretting that he had no herbs on hand.

Otherwise, we must test the hard-won achievements obtained through arduous struggle.

In the blink of an eye, ten days have quietly passed.

The next day, Zhou Yi personally visited Jiang Ming, holding a gilded invitation in his hand, and calmly tossed it to him.

"The Cheng family of Tongzhou and I have a history. They invited me to attend an auction some time ago."

However, I am getting old and don't want to move around, so I'll give you this opportunity.

Unlike ordinary auctions, the Cheng family has always only opened their doors to acquaintances.

Such acts as murder and robbery should not happen in theory, but when traveling, one should always be wary of others.

Since this is your first time descending the mountain, please be careful. If you encounter any problems, you can seek help from the Cheng family.

As a century-old family, their reputation is quite good; they should be able to protect you.

He strode forward and snatched the gold-embossed invitation. Jiang Ming's expression revealed his understanding. He carefully glanced at the treasures on display and couldn't help but feel secretly delighted.

"Dragon Blood Flower, there's actually a treasure on it that can help me break through to the realm of the 'Eternal Immortality Scripture'!"

No matter what, I must get my hands on it.

After silently sighing for a while, Zhou Yi saw Jiang Ming lingering over the treasure list, so he walked over and slapped him on the back of the head, both annoyed and amused.

"Silly boy, don't be too greedy. I've only given you a budget of five hundred spirit stones for this trip. If it's not enough, you'll have to make up the difference yourself."

"Take the young master?" Jiang Ming's eyes widened in surprise. He had never fought such a rich battle in his life, and he couldn't help but feel a little smug for a moment.

"Don't be surprised. Most of the items at auctions are rare treasures, and with everyone scrambling to buy them, the prices often double."

Five hundred spirit stones may seem like a lot, but upon closer examination, it's only enough to cover the cost of two or three treasures.

For a cultivator specializing in the Furnace Fire, breaking through from the fifth to the sixth rank requires at least one Fire Element Stone as a catalyst. Even if you have to give up other treasures, you must do your best to obtain this one.

Otherwise, even if you eventually reach the fifth level of perfection, just one step away from breaking through, it might take two or three years.

Zhou Yi rolled his eyes at him, but he didn't blame Jiang Ming for being unsophisticated. He simply patiently pointed out the key points of the trip.

"Thank you for your guidance, sir. I will do anything you need in the future, even risk my life!"

Jiang Ming solemnly wrote down the instructions and carefully put away the spirit stone ticket that Zhou Yi handed him, his eyes flashing with deep gratitude.

After bidding farewell to Zhou Yi, he went straight down the mountain and headed straight for Tongzhou Prefecture.

Tongzhou is a vast and resource-rich area, and was once considered as the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Later, due to the scarcity of earth veins, it became difficult to gather dragon energy, and the matter was left unresolved.

Walking down the long street, in the bustling Red Mansion, beauties pose and wave to guests with charming smiles, their red sleeves fluttering.

Because of his extraordinary charm, Jiang Ming was almost dragged into a restaurant by enthusiastic girls for a night of flirtation, but luckily he was quick-witted enough.

He only did nothing but take out spirit stones. No matter how charming he was, the girls got tired of him after a while and frowned, blaming him for being idle and not productive.

After wandering around the city for a long time, I looked at the glittering mansion not far away.

Jiang Ming took out the invitation and checked it carefully. After confirming that it was correct, he immediately went to attend the meeting.