Fantasy: Starting with a bowl, you can exchange it for endless cultivation.

Unfortunately, at this level, there wasn't much that the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City could do to help Gu Chen.

"Our Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City doesn't have many medicinal herbs that can be used to refine Bone Forging Pills. Because the demand for this pill in Chiyang City is not high, Old Man Xu only refines one batch every three months. Currently, the pavilion only has three sets of medicinal herbs on hand," Xiang Dezhou said.

"Three portions it is," Gu Chen said. "If possible, could you please request more medicinal herbs for refining Bone Forging Pills from the Fire Cloud Prefecture's main branch?"

Not only are the Bone Forging Pills highly valuable when refined and sold, but the person himself also needs them, resulting in a large demand.

If only some could be transferred from Huoyun Prefecture.

"Sure, but it will take some time, about ten days. I'll see if I can get ten portions of medicinal herbs for you," Xiang Dezhou said.

"The main branch of the Fire Cloud Prefecture's Treasure Medicine Pavilion supplies goods to the Treasure Medicine Pavilions in more than ten cities under its jurisdiction. As for the ingredients for a third-grade innate pill like the Bone Forging Pill, the inventory is not very large, and too many can be transferred at once," Xiang Dezhou explained.

"Ten portions will do." Gu Chen nodded, then said, "If you only have three portions left, then give me another twenty portions of the medicinal materials for refining the Skin Tempering Pill."

He earned 8,100 taels from selling pills yesterday, plus 5,000 taels from Cheng Sihai as a thank you after his victory in the boxing match, plus the 100-odd taels he had left.

He now has plenty of money on him.

With a full 14,200 taels, we can buy medicinal herbs and make a big splash.

Once this batch of pills is refined and sold, the profits will allow him to break through to the Copper Bone Realm.

At the same time, he went to cultivate the top-tier body-refining divine skill of the Body Sect that he had obtained before, the "Mysterious Iron Red Copper Vajra Body".

It is essential to also cultivate a body-refining divine skill.

This will greatly enhance his defensive capabilities and combat effectiveness.

"Okay." Xiang Dezhou nodded and continued, "However, there are only about twenty portions of the ingredients for the Skin Tempering Pill left. If you buy them all this time, you'll have to get them from Huoyun Prefecture next time."

"Let's buy these for now. We'll deal with the rest when the medicine pavilion gets supplies from the Huoyun Prefecture headquarters," Gu Chen said.

"Alright." Xiang Dezhou did some calculations: "The ingredients for twenty portions of Skin Tempering Pills cost 12,000 taels, and the ingredients for three portions of Bone Forging Pills cost 2,700 taels. With a 5% discount, the total is 13,965 taels."

Gu Chen paid with silver.

Then he took the twenty-three portions of medicinal herbs and returned to his villa.

Back at the villa.

Gu Chen entered the room.

Taking out the formula for the Bone Forging Pill, Gu Chen planned to comprehend it and first refine three portions of the Bone Forging Pill to break through his cultivation realm.

At any time, one's own state of mind is the most important thing.

Everything else serves to elevate one's spiritual level.

It takes about three hundred days of pure cultivation to break through from the Iron Bone level to the Bronze Bone level, which is equivalent to the amount of thirty Bone Forging Pills.

Three portions of Bone Forging Pill ingredients are enough to refine thirty Bone Forging Pills.

The elixir was placed in a copper bowl.

[The recipe for a Grade 3 Innate Bone Forging Pill can be exchanged for alchemy insights at a cost of 150 taels of silver.]

Gu Chen put in 150 taels of silver and directly selected to exchange.

With the silver gone, Gu Chen gained insights into refining the Bone Forging Pill.

Let's get right to it.

Meanwhile.

Fire Cloud Mansion.

In a private room on the top floor of a luxurious restaurant.

Two middle-aged people are drinking tea.

From the private room on the top floor, you can overlook most of the scenery of Huoyun Mansion through the window.

"Senior brother, back when we were still learning martial arts under our master, you were the one who taught me my fist techniques," a middle-aged man said as he poured some tea for another middle-aged man.

"Yes, it's hard to believe that so many years have passed in the blink of an eye. Time waits for no one. Our master is no longer here, and we are all over fifty now." Another middle-aged man raised his teacup and took a small sip.

Both of them held extraordinary positions within the Fire Cloud Prefecture.

One of them was Nie Ke, the head of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion of Huoyun Prefecture, and the other was Yang Yuanxiao, the head of the Yang family, one of the three first-class families in Huoyun Prefecture.

"To be honest, the reason I invited you here for tea is twofold: first, to reminisce about the past, and second, to ask you for a favor," Yang Yuanxiao said.

"Speak freely." Nie Ke put down his teacup.

"There is a retainer in the Treasure Medicine Pavilion of Chiyang City, which is under the jurisdiction of Huoyun Prefecture under my senior brother's command. When he was in Cangshan County, he secretly colluded with the Night Watch to harm people of my Yang family. This person is of bad character. I would like to ask my senior brother to do me a small favor and expel him from the Treasure Medicine Pavilion of Chiyang City," Yang Yuanxiao said, revealing his purpose.

"Oh, is that so!" Nie Ke was somewhat surprised to hear this. The Yang family was one of the top families in Huoyun Prefecture.

The strongest being, possessing the fifth level of the Innate Realm and the Dirty Sacrifice Realm, actually had a disciple of his Treasure Medicine Pavilion and the Night Watchmen colluding to assassinate him.

"What is the name of the offering?" Nie Ke asked.

"Gu Chen, he only became a retainer of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City a month ago. His cultivation level is the first stage of the Innate Realm. Before that, he was a guard in the Treasure Medicine Hall under his command. He has some talent in cultivation and alchemy. Now he has passed the examination for the Dan Sect disciple of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City," Yang Yuanxiao explained.

"What do you want me to do?" Nie Ke asked his junior brother.

"Falsify a charge against him, invalidate his assessment results as a disciple of the Dan Sect, and expel him from the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City," Yang Yuanxiao said.

"Okay," Nie Ke agreed.

It was merely abolishing the service of a branch of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in one of his cities; as the head of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Huoyun Prefecture, he had that right.

The gathering between the two ended.

Nie Ke returned to the headquarters of the Fire Cloud Mansion's Treasure Medicine Pavilion and instructed his assistant Liu Biao to handle the matter.

Yang Yuanke returned to the Yang family home.

He then summoned the envoy from the Black Heaven Sect and said, "I have fulfilled your request. It won't be long before Gu Chen is no longer a retainer of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Chiyang City."

"Go back and tell your elders that this is the first and last time," Yang Yuanxiao said coldly to the Black Heaven Cult envoy. "Otherwise, we'll all perish together."

Because of Yang Wenhua's previous collaboration with the Black Heaven Cult, the Yang family became entangled with these scoundrels of the Black Heaven Cult.

This time they actually dared to threaten them, asking them to find a way to revoke the status of Gu Chen Bao Yao Ge's retainer and Dan Zong's disciple.

If he weren't worried about being held accountable for his past actions, he would have loved to slap the Black Heaven Cult envoy to death.

"Patriarch Yang, there's no need to be angry. Your Yang family's Yang Wenhua has gone missing, and it's highly likely that it's related to this Gu Chen. If we deal with him, it will also benefit your Yang family," said the Black Heaven Sect envoy.

"As long as the Yang family prevents that kid from becoming a retainer of the Precious Medicine Pavilion and invalidates his status as a disciple of the Pill Sect, the rest can be left to our Black Heaven Sect." The Black Heaven Sect envoy smiled wickedly before leaving the Yang family.

On Gu Chen's side.

The next two days were spent refining elixirs.

By the evening of the second day, Gu Chen had finally refined all three portions of the ingredients for the Bone Forging Pill into pills.

There are thirty pills in total, with ten pills produced in each batch.

Gu Chen placed it directly into the copper bowl, exchanging it for cultivation in preparation for a breakthrough.

Thirty Bone Forging Pills can be exchanged for three hundred days of pure cultivation.

Gu Chen did not hesitate and chose to exchange.

The cultivation of the male spirit was poured into Gu Chen's body, and then transformed into innate thunder and fire by the cultivation technique he practiced, "Fire and Thunder Bone Forging Chapter," which began to forge his entire skeleton.

The cold, impurities deep within the bones are tempered, forged, and incinerated into nothingness.

After all his cultivation was transferred, Gu Chen's bones were radiating red copper lightning, and tiny sparks of lightning flickered around him from time to time.

Mid-stage Bone Forging Realm, Copper Bone level, achieved!

After examining himself, Gu Chen realized that his subcutaneous bones had transformed into bronze bones, which were not only exceptionally hard but also possessed a power far more terrifying than when he had iron bones.

Combat effectiveness has been greatly enhanced.

Gu Chen was very satisfied.

Once the next batch of Bone Forging Pill ingredients from the Treasure Medicine Pavilion arrives from Fire Cloud Mansion, he will be able to break through from the mid-stage of the Bone Forging Realm to the perfect stage in one go with ten portions of Bone Forging Pill ingredients.

I'm starting to prepare for breaking through to the fourth realm of the Innate Realm.

Gu Chen was in a very good mood.

After winning the fight, the Cheng family began to manage the trade route.

Gu Chen's pills were sold at a 5% discount on that trade route and were extremely popular.

It earned the Cheng family a lot of money.

Unfortunately, the portions are not enough, and there is a shortage.

Some small families and martial arts schools along this trade route do not buy too many pills at once.

Usually, you only buy a few at a time, and no more than ten. If you buy less than fifty at Baoyao Pavilion, you won't get a discount.

They could buy pills from the Cheng family at a 5% discount, so naturally they were willing to buy from the Cheng family.

Three days later.

An envoy from the main branch of the Fire Cloud Prefecture's Treasure Medicine Pavilion arrived at the Treasure Medicine Pavilion in Red Sun City.

He specifically requested that Gu Chen go and pay him a visit.

Inform Gu Chen directly from Dezhou about the villa where Gu Chen resides.

"Brother Gu, have you offended some important figure in the Fire Cloud Mansion?" Xiang Dezhou asked as soon as he arrived at Gu Chen Villa.

Gu Chen was taken aback; he had offended a big shot in the Fire Cloud Mansion's main branch.

He didn't!