Rise from a Poor Family: My Martial Arts Counterattack

Chapter 498 This name was born for alchemy.

Li's Trading Company!

"Brother Xiao, if you have any good items to sell in the future, feel free to contact me anytime. The price will definitely be higher than what other merchants offer."

Li Chongshan gave Lin Chen three crimson gold banknotes, which were issued by the Thousand Machine Sect. Each gold banknote had a face value of 100,000 Flame Coins, so the three banknotes would be worth 300,000 Flame Coins.

Lin Chen could understand why Li Chongshan was so enthusiastic. He had sold Li Chongshan an item worth 300,000 Flame Coins, and Li Chongshan could resell it in the trading house for at least 400,000 Flame Coins.

A price difference of 100,000 Flame Coins!
Li Chongshan is a second-stage Innate Realm martial artist. A martial artist of this level serving as a manager in a trading company would definitely not just receive a fixed salary; there would certainly be sales commissions as well. With 100,000 Flame Coins, he should receive at least several thousand Flame Coins in commission.

For a second-stage Innate Realm expert, several thousand Flame Coins is already a considerable income.

"it is good."

Lin Chen nodded in agreement. Before coming to Li's Trading Company, he had also visited other trading companies, and their quotes were indeed lower than those offered by Li Chongshan.

"Brother Xiao missed the last auction. There will be a weapon-refining competition in Hundred Refinement City in three days. If you have time, you might as well come and watch. The judges for this weapon-refining competition are all weapon-refining masters. If you need anything, I can introduce you."

Li Chongshan took out another invitation. Lin Chen took it and pondered for a while before saying, "Okay, I'll be there on time."

"Master Refiner" is the title given by the Yan Dynasty to some skilled weapon refiners in the Thousand Machine Domain.

The Thousand Machine Domain has a weapon crafting competition, which is organized by the Thousand Machine Sect. It assesses alchemy, weapon crafting, formations, etc. Different titles are awarded according to the ranking in the competition. The highest is weapon crafting grandmaster, followed by master, then intermediate weapon crafter and weapon crafter.

Every weapon crafting master is at least at the fourth level of the Innate Realm, but not everyone at the fourth level of the Innate Realm can become a weapon crafting master.

However, what attracted Lin Chen was not the realm of weapon refiners, but the fact that every weapon refiner had unique attainments in the realm of the soul, which was the reason why they could become weapon refiners.

For Lin Chen, now that he had arrived in the Thousand Machine Domain, he naturally couldn't let go of the opportunity to learn about techniques related to the soul. Although he had secretly learned the Thousand Machine Sect's Divine Control Record, he couldn't use it openly. He needed to comprehend the techniques of attack on his own.

Perhaps watching this weapon crafting competition can provide some insights.

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"You're going to watch that weapon-refining competition?"

As they left the Li Family Trading Company, Yin Yue asked curiously.

"I do not watch."

"dont see?"

Yin Yue was puzzled. If she wasn't going to look at it, why did she accept the invitation?

"I plan to register for the competition myself."

Lin Chen smiled slightly. In addition to giving him the invitation, Manager Li also told him about the weapon-refining competition.

The weapon crafting competition is a unique event in the Thousand Machine Domain and is also the most attractive.

The entire weapon-refining competition was organized by the Thousand Machines Sect. Weapon refiners were selected by each city. As for how each city made the selection, in order to ensure fairness, each city also held its own weapon-refining competition. Large cities like Hundred Refinement City had ten slots, and the top ten were qualified to participate in the final competition held in Thousand Machines City.

For weapon refiners in the Thousand Machine Domain, standing out in the weapon refining competition is equivalent to passing the imperial examination, meaning that many sects and families will offer resources and invite them to be honored guests.

In order to encourage more people to further their studies in weapon crafting, the ranking of the weapon crafters selected by each city in each weapon crafting competition determines the allocation of resources to these cities by the Thousand Machine Sect.

In this context, the weapon-refining competition shines brightly, representing not only wealth and honor, but also bringing glory to one's ancestors.

For their own benefit, the major cities would also offer generous rewards for the weapon-refining competition. Lin Chen also managed to extract the rewards that the major families of Hundred Refinement City had prepared for the weapon-refining competition from Li Chongshan.

The top three will all receive a Divine Soul Cultivation Technique as a reward!
Yin Yue knew what Lin Chen's purpose was, but she still frowned: "Your soul strength is indeed sufficient, but weapon crafting is not that simple. You have never learned weapon crafting before, and only three days... I'm afraid that's not enough."

"The competition starts in three days, but lasts for seven days. You can learn while participating. What you need to do now is to buy some jade slips related to weapon crafting."

Lin Chen smiled. After his soul level was raised to level 10, his comprehension level was also raised to level 7. With the support of level 7 comprehension, learning weapon crafting was not a difficult task.

"Do you know why I named myself Xiao Yan?" "Why?"

"This name was born for alchemy."

Yin Yue: ……

Looking at Lin Chen's confident smile, Yin Yue was speechless. During the time she spent with Lin Chen, she discovered something: Lin Chen was very rational most of the time, but there were times when he would say or do things that she couldn't understand, just like... just like Lin Chen himself used that word: chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur).

I can be a bit childish sometimes!

Yin Yue thought for a moment and still advised, "If you only want to obtain cultivation techniques related to the soul, there is no need to choose alchemy, because every martial artist needs martial arts pills. Among weapon refiners, the most people choose the path of alchemy, and the competition is the greatest."

Spiritual weapons, various treasures and artifacts... can enhance a martial artist's strength, but for a martial artist, improving their realm is the most important thing.

After advancing in cultivation level, not only does one's strength increase, but one's lifespan also increases. Therefore, what most martial artists urgently need is elixirs, which is why alchemists are the most sought-after. Even major powers prioritize training alchemists, and only when resources are sufficient will they train others.

Of course, if you can reach the master level, you'll be in demand regardless of the category.

However, most weapon refiners are self-aware enough to know that it is difficult for them to reach the master level. Choosing alchemy can bring benefits earlier, while choosing weapon refining and formations... requires too much investment. Unless a large family or powerful force invests in training them at any cost, it is really difficult to achieve great success.

"Without Xiao Yan, there is no alchemy."

Lin Chen chuckled without offering much explanation. He wasn't really acting like a teenager; he was simply taking the situation into account.

He possesses innate fire, and although he uses it in other aspects of weapon crafting, he uses it far more in alchemy. When he went to the Myriad Fire Sect, he heard from the sect's disciples that every martial artist who has mastered innate fire is a potential alchemist.

……

Half an hour later, after purchasing more than a dozen pill formulas and alchemy materials from several pharmacies, Lin Chen returned to the courtyard with Yin Yue.

There were alchemists in the courtyard. After exchanging a few words with Yin Yue, Lin Chen went straight into the alchemy room.

Three hours later.

Several alchemy furnaces were opened, and Lin Chen smiled with satisfaction as he looked at the fully formed pills inside, which were emitting a medicinal fragrance.

Qi Gathering Pill, Vitality Enhancement Pill, Body Tempering Pill...

He successfully refined these pills meant for high-ranking martial artists in one go, and even refined five batches at the same time, each batch containing a different pill.

"According to what those pharmacy owners said, in the previous Hundred Refinement City weapon-refining competition, the preliminary round required the ability to refine three batches of pills for high-grade martial artists at the same time. It seems that I will have no problem passing the preliminary round."

Lin Chen's eyes shone brightly. If others knew that someone who was refining pills for the first time could refine five batches of high-grade pills at the same time, they would definitely exclaim that he was a pill-refining prodigy. However, Lin Chen knew his own situation. His success was more due to the help of his powerful divine soul and innate fire.

His powerful divine soul allows him to sense the degree of formation of the elixir, while the innate fire can precisely control the heat and remove impurities from the medicinal materials.

"Pills below the Innate level are not difficult for me, so let's start refining Innate level pills."

"Let's choose the Mysterious Heaven Pill."

Innate-level pill formulas are extremely precious, and many pharmacies would never divulge them. Lin Chen was able to obtain the formula for the Profound Heaven Pill because it was publicly released by the Thousand Machines Sect. It was intended for alchemists with little background or access to innate-level pill formulas to improve their alchemy skills.

An hour later!

When the lid of the cauldron was opened, twelve emerald green pills appeared inside intact, which shocked even Lin Chen.

Could it be that I really have a talent for alchemy?

A primordial-grade elixir, successful cultivation in one attempt.

In the words of Qianjiyu, this is a genius alchemy, one in ten thousand.

(End of this chapter)