Gou Zai Sect Beast Taming Longevity

Chapter 21 Entering the Alchemy Hall

After leaving the Tong'an Inn, Yu Changsheng sighed.

Although it hurt a little to have twenty spirit stones borrowed, compared to his other troublesome family brothers, his eldest uncle at least didn't go too far. If he had used them all without leaving a single one, he probably would have turned on him on the spot.

"Oh well, it's only twenty spirit stones anyway. I can make it back by selling one more spirit chicken king."

Yu Changsheng thought to himself that he should try to avoid troubling the family too much in the future, otherwise it would be difficult for his father, who, as the clan leader, would have to consider all aspects.

"Since we're already here, let's sell this spirit chicken first. It's been four or five days, so no one should be able to contact the little servant at the spirit chicken farm."

Yu Changsheng thought for a moment, then walked to a deserted alley and summoned the spirit chicken from his spirit beast bag.

This spirit chicken is smaller than the others, less than half a meter long, and its two pairs of small wings look very cute.

It landed on the ground with its eyes wide open, clearly observing the outside world, unaware of its impending fate of being sold.

"Come, eat one last meal of spirit rice."

Recently, Yu Changsheng's life has become more affluent. Unlike other poor laborers who eat grains or pills that lack spiritual energy, he now eats spiritual rice every meal.

One pound of this spirit rice costs one low-grade spirit stone. At his current cultivation level, he only needs a hundred grains per meal. If he continues to eat it for a month, he can increase his mana significantly. It is considered a cost-effective tonic for Qi Refining cultivators.

After finishing the spirit rice, the spirit chicken happily rubbed against Yu Changsheng's palm.

[Spirit Beast Metamorphosis]

[Spirit Chicken → Spirit Chicken King]

【Required Essence: 445】

"Transformation!"

With a single thought, Yu Changsheng's essence was instantly extracted.

When the spirit rooster's feathers turned fiery red, its transformation was successful. It excitedly crowed and circled around him a few times.

"Alright, let's go back."

Yu Changsheng smiled and put it back into his spirit beast bag. Then he put on his hood and mask, activated the disguise bead, and his cultivation level soared to the peak of Qi Refining.

"Hopefully, I can sell a few more spirit stones."

His gaze darkened, and he soon arrived at the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower.

The layout of the Beast Pavilion is very simple, just like a pet shop. Every meter there is a wooden fence that encloses a frame containing iron cages and monsters, and the monsters' race, realm, and price are labeled.

"Does this immortal have a favorite demon beast?"

As soon as he entered the store, a female cultivator with delicate features, a sweet smile, and wearing a blue dress noticed him and came to greet him.

Yu Changsheng glanced at her sideways and said, "This humble Taoist has come to sell a beast. I wonder if your establishment accepts the Spirit Chicken King?"

The female cultivator in the blue dress was taken aback for a moment, then said happily, "I accept it. This way, please, Immortal Master."

Spirit chickens are common, but spirit chicken kings are rare. They are popular not only among Qi Refining cultivators, but even Foundation Establishment experts enjoy this kind of blood food.

They arrived at a room where there were keepers who specialized in raising spirit beasts.

After Yu Changsheng released the Spirit Chicken King, the other party observed and assessed its feathers and comb, but did not touch it.

As everyone knows, spirit chickens are picky eaters and have bad tempers; if a strange cultivator touches one upon meeting, he will inevitably get a slap.

"Fellow Daoist, this Spirit Chicken King is very well raised. It's young enough, and the meat quality is excellent. However, judging from its appearance, it must have just molted recently."

The zookeeper tentatively quoted a price: "Forty-six low-grade spirit stones. What do you think, fellow cultivator?"

"Too low. You should know that the younger the Spirit Chicken King, the rarer it is." Yu Changsheng shook his head.

"But the spiritual energy contained in flesh and blood is also low," the zookeeper argued.

"Fifty-five low-grade spirit stones. If it's less than that, I'll go out and set up a stall to sell it. Someone will surely be interested," Yu Changsheng said calmly.

If it weren't for the trouble, setting up a stall would have allowed me to earn more spirit stones.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the other party hesitated for a moment before agreeing.

Cash on delivery, chicken on delivery.

The Spirit Chicken King struggled as it was locked in the iron cage, its eyes seemingly filled with disbelief.

"If you have any more Spirit Chicken Kings to ship in the future, you can come again," the breeder said with a smile.

Yu Changsheng nodded, didn't look at the Spirit Chicken King, and turned to leave the Ten Thousand Beasts Tower.

I've raised it for over a month, and I've grown somewhat attached to it, but I can't care about its feelings because of the spirit stones.

"Three hundred and seventy-odd low-grade spirit stones should be enough!"

Yu Changsheng returned to the wooden house, counted the spirit stones, and then headed to the alchemy hall with a big smile.

The Alchemy Hall is located on the main peak of the sect and is the main activity area for disciples outside the five inheritance peaks.

This place not only has four halls for teaching the four arts of immortal cultivation, but also a mission pavilion for receiving missions, a library for storing various spells, an arena for sect disciples to fight and gamble, and a puppet battle tower for testing one's abilities, among many other places.

Yu Changsheng, dressed in a servant's gray robe, stood out conspicuously as he walked around, attracting the attention of curious outer disciples who would occasionally glance at him.

After all, servants have a low status on the main peak and are easily bullied by outer disciples. They usually stay on the outer peak to do their work and don't have the time or energy to come here.

The Alchemy Hall is divided into two parts: an outer hall for ordinary disciples to learn alchemy and store spiritual herbs, and an inner hall for alchemy masters and elders to exchange ideas, conduct research, and teach personally.

When Yu Changsheng arrived at the outer hall of the alchemy workshop and explained his purpose, the blue-robed steward in charge of the place was clearly taken aback.

"Alchemy? You?"

That expression almost screamed, "You lowly servant, do you even have spirit stones? Do you know how much it costs to refine pills?"

But when Yu Changsheng took out the spirit stone, the blue-robed steward shut his mouth.

"These spirit stones are a small token of my appreciation. Please help me choose a good alchemist," Yu Changsheng said with a gentle smile.

Seeing him stuffing the food into his pocket, the blue-robed steward coughed, reached over, and said with a smile.

"Do you have any requests?"

Yu Changsheng thought for a moment and said, "This disciple does not understand alchemy, so I will leave it entirely to the steward to decide."

"Hmm, let me think. The alchemist next door, Gongsun, is skilled at refining pills with the Three Gentle Fire technique, and he doesn't have many disciples. He recently broke through to the third level, and his lectures last all day."

"However, you need to be patient to become his disciple, because he is old and sometimes he will doze off while talking. As for spirit stones, it's 333 a month. How much you can learn depends on your talent. What do you think?" the blue-robed steward said with a smile.

Yu Changsheng figured that since the other party had accepted his spirit stones, they wouldn't cheat him, so he nodded in agreement.

We followed the blue-robed steward inside.

He entered a private room, which was filled with the strong scent of herbs. An old man with white hair, sunken cheeks, and sleepy eyes was sitting on a futon in the center, giving a lecture. Below him sat several young disciples who looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old.

Yu Changsheng glanced at him, but didn't dare to step forward rashly.

When the old man saw the blue-robed steward enter with a servant, he was so startled that he straightened up, as if he didn't want anyone to see that he was slacking off. He blew his beard, glared, and said angrily.

"I'm giving a lecture right now, get out of here."

"Master Gongsun, please calm down. This is Yu Changsheng, a newly joined disciple. He will be under your guidance from now on," the blue-robed steward quickly explained.

"Oh? Did you pay the spirit stones?"

"It's paid."

Upon hearing this, Gongsun Yang immediately perked up, gesturing with an air of superiority to the seats below, and said, "Since you've paid, sit down and experience the wonders of alchemy with me!"

(End of this chapter)