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"Although this market is not as good as Moon Lake Market, judging from its liveliness, there are at least a hundred cultivators here. It seems that the Kong family intends to make this a substitute for Moon Lake Market."

The Kong family's strength far surpasses that of the other two families. If they were to establish their own market, the other two families would definitely be no match for the Kong family.

Looking at the shops in the center of the market town, and the dozens of stalls around it, Li Chengming thought to himself:

"I thought the Kong family wouldn't do anything after Yuehu Market fell, but it turns out they're just keeping quiet."

With the power of the Kong family, if they were to openly establish a market, there could be hundreds, if not hundreds, of cultivators here.

However, the Kong family was unusually cautious, which raised suspicions.

Since he figured he couldn't buy the Earth Fire Jade at the street stalls, Li Chengming headed straight for the shops in the center of the town.

"Earth Fire Jade, judging from the name, I reckon it should only be found in alchemy shops or magic artifact shops," Li Chengming thought to himself.

So he turned around and went into a shop that sold elixirs.

Inside the shop, there was a cultivator about the same age as Li Chengming, at the third level of Qi Refining. Upon seeing someone enter, he quickly greeted them:

"Fellow Daoist, what kind of elixir do you wish to purchase?"

Li Chengming waved his hand and said:

"Does your shop possess any Earth Fire Jade?"

Upon hearing this, the shop assistant paused slightly, looked Li Chengming up and down a few times, and then smiled and said:

"The Earth Fire Jade certainly exists, but it is quite expensive, costing thirty-five spirit stones."

Thirty-five spirit stones!

Even though Li Chengming was somewhat prepared, his heart still skipped a beat, and he thought to himself:

"This spiritual item is very expensive."

However, his expression remained unmoved, maintaining its indifference.

"Let me take a look first. If the quality is good, I'll take it."

"Alright!"

The shop assistant called out and then went to the backyard. Li Chengming waited for a while before the shop assistant returned carrying a jade box.

"Fellow Daoist, look, this is the Earth Fire Treasure Jade."

The shop assistant opened the jade box, revealing a piece of precious jade inside that looked like a piece of unpolished jade, with a deep red color.

Even from a distance, you can feel a scorching heat emanating from it.

"What a magnificent piece of earth-fire jade!"

Li Chengming was astonished. This spiritual object must be an invaluable aid to cultivation for cultivators of the Fire Virtue path.

"Fellow Daoist, do you fancy this Earth Fire Jade?" The shop assistant looked at Li Chengming with a smile.

Clearly, he was very confident in his own creations.

Although this Earth Fire Jade is a spiritual object, bargaining is always necessary when buying things, so Li Chengming suppressed the surprise in his eyes and said indifferently:

"Not bad, but... thirty-five spirit stones is still a bit expensive. How about thirty? If it's acceptable, I'll take it."

Having lived in Yuehu Market for several years, bargaining is a skill that almost every independent cultivator possesses.

There is nothing else to it but poverty.

Poverty made him cherish every precious stone.

Upon hearing this, the shop assistant's smile remained unchanged; he simply shook his head, his tone remaining very polite.

"Fellow Daoist, this Earth Fire Jade is a naturally occurring spiritual object, and it is not easy to mine. Thirty-five spirit stones is already a fair price. If you see a cheaper one elsewhere, feel free to take it, and I will not say a word against it."

Upon hearing this, Li Chengming remained expressionless, made a hand seal, and a white light shone from his palm before he reached out and picked up the jade box, carefully examining the crimson jade.

It feels warm to the touch, exudes a restrained spiritual energy, and has a translucent jade quality. Faint traces of fire patterns can be seen flowing inside, making it truly a fine piece of jade.

"Thirty-three yuan." Li Chengming put down the jade box and announced the final price.

"it is good."

The salesperson readily agreed, clearly the price met his expectations.

"It's too high!" Li Chengming's face darkened.

Although he suffered a small loss, he still took out thirty-three low-grade spirit stones from his storage bag and neatly stacked them on the counter.

After the shop assistant finished counting the jade pieces one by one, his face was once again filled with smiles. He closed the jade box and pushed it in front of Li Chengming.

"Fellow Daoist is very generous. If you need any more spiritual items in the future, please feel free to come to my shop."

Li Chengming silently put the jade box into his storage bag, then turned and left the medicine shop.

After leaving, he spent seven spirit stones to purchase all the remaining spirit items needed for the alchemy room and the animal pen before returning to Emerald Peak.

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Inside the Immortal Mansion.

[Alchemy Room: Common Items]

[Current effect: Success rate of pills increased by 10%, the pill furnace can lock in the medicinal power, slightly improving the quality of the pills]

[Requirements for creation: 10 jin of spirit wood (completed), 10 jin of spirit iron (completed), 1 Earth Fire Jade (completed)]

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[Animal Pen: Common]

[Current effect: Can tame mid-stage Qi Refining level demonic beasts, and enhance their intelligence...]

[Space: 0/3]

[Requirements for creation: 10 jin of spirit wood (completed), 5 jin of spirit iron (completed), 5 pieces of demonic saliva jade (completed)]

All the spiritual items needed for both buildings were prepared, so Li Chengming called out in his mind.

With blueprints in hand, he set up the alchemy room next to the spirit field, and the animal pen was located near the dense forest.

The next instant, two new buildings suddenly appeared in the immortal abode.

Li Chengming couldn't wait to enter the alchemy room first.

The alchemy room was not large, about three zhang square, with a three-foot-tall alchemy furnace standing in the center.

In the corner, there was a medicine shelf and a stone platform, presumably used for storing medicinal herbs and preparing elixir formulas.

"Excellent, excellent. With this alchemy room, we can try refining pills in the future."

Li Chengming had never refined elixirs before, but he had seen Kong Shaowen refine them a few times and roughly knew the process.

However, details such as temperature control and pill condensation are completely unknown.

"As a rogue cultivator, the difficulty of obtaining a pill formula is self-evident. I can only try slowly," Li Chengming sighed.

Then he took out all the prepared materials for the Spirit Gathering Pill and placed them on the medicine shelf.

"Let's try starting one furnace first."

Following Kong Shaowen's example, Li Chengming sat cross-legged in front of the alchemy furnace, then made a hand seal to draw out the earth fire, and a ball of blazing flame immediately emerged from under the furnace.

Li Chengming then threw the Spirit Gathering Grass into the alchemy furnace, simultaneously releasing his spiritual sense to keep a close eye on the scene inside.

"Other ingredients can only be added after the Spirit Gathering Grass has completely dissolved."

However, perhaps because it was Li Chengming's first time controlling the earth fire, he didn't control the temperature properly. In no time, the spirit-gathering grass was burned to ashes.

"The temperature is too high." Li Chengming frowned slightly and noted down the problem.

After resting for a while, they continued refining pills, adding the Spirit Gathering Grass.

Spirit Gathering Grass is no longer a rare item for him, so he doesn't feel bad about using it.

As long as the Spirit Gathering Pill can be successfully refined, consuming one or two hundred Spirit Gathering Grasses is not a problem.

As a result, Li Chengming's days became very regular in the days that followed.

Aside from spending a small portion of his time tending to the spirit fields, he spends most of his time refining pills.

As for sleeping, it has been replaced by meditation to restore spiritual energy.

March has passed in the blink of an eye.

The fruit of the rhizome is ripe.