Chapter 139

Chapter 139: Earning Money By Alchemy

Having just broken through, Zhou Luo did not stop. He walked straight to the room where he usually practiced body refinement and took out the materials he had long prepared.

The refinement of his body to reach the Third Level was nearly complete. He estimated needing just two more sessions.

At that point, with the strength of his body, coupled with both the Five Elements Sword Technique and the Wind Moves Without a Trace technique, it would be sufficient to ensure his safety when venturing out.

One hour later, body refinement ended, and Zhou Luo walked out of the room.

"Brother Zhou, the materials you requested have arrived."

At that moment, Xu Changsheng appeared once more.

Ever since he learned that Zhou Luo had entered the fifth layer of Qi Refinement, this friend’s gaze towards him had turned complicated.

In his eyes, the fact that Zhou Luo, possessing a Ninth Grade spiritual root, had reached this point was something worthy of respect and admiration.

Yet, precisely because of this Ninth Grade aptitude, his chances for immortal cultivation were doomed.

Xu Changsheng couldn’t help but wonder: if his friend had a mid-grade spiritual root, coupled with his dual talents in alchemy and array formation, and his unusual training speed, his future achievements would surely be limitless.

Unfortunately, everything was already decided by fate. He was destined to become nothing more than an appendage to another family.

Zhou Luo did not notice his expression. He directly took the storage bag and walked directly towards the alchemy room on the third floor of the main building.

Inside the alchemy room, looking at the bountiful pile of materials, Zhou Luo revealed a faint smile.

During the time since returning home, he had specifically asked Lin An to help him prepare the materials for the Lifespan Pill.

Of course, the other party only knew he wanted to concoct pills. Seeing the large variety of materials, Lin An had assumed it was just for a regular upper-level pill and hadn’t paid it much mind.

After concocting the Lifespan Pill for Lin Zhi Shou last time, seeing the reactions of the family members, Zhou Luo had realized that this scarce Lifespan Pill might bring him a substantial fortune.

However, back then, he was busy breaking through to the fifth layer of Qi Refinement, so he had temporarily set this matter aside.

After emerging from seclusion later, he had constantly kept it in mind.

On the very first day back at Zhou Garden, he had contacted Lin An, asking him to help prepare the materials.

He had to admit, the materials for the Lifespan Pill, especially the two main ingredients, were genuinely hard to find.

Only after this long had Lin An managed to gather them all.

This upcoming journey was an extremely rare opportunity. Zhou Luo didn’t plan to go solely to search for clues.

After all, if the clue had already been beaten to the discovery by someone else, the trip would be futile.

Therefore, he planned to spend the remaining few months.

Concocting plenty of potions and spiritual symbols to sell later, allowing him to make a hefty profit.

Among the potions, the Lifespan Pill was undoubtedly the most precious and rare; it absolutely needed to be the primary target for concoction.

It was a pity that the materials this time were only estimated to make about one bottle’s worth, around twenty pills. It seemed that during his travels, he would need to find some additional materials.

Five days later.

Zhou Luo successfully used all the materials. In the end, he obtained twenty-five Lifespan Pills. Added to the two that were left earlier, that made a total of twenty-seven.

Currently on the market, the price for Lifespan Pills has been driven up to five hundred spiritual stones per pill.

What did five hundred spiritual stones represent?

A slightly remote house in Maple Leaf City, this giant cultivation metropolis, cost just over four hundred spiritual stones.

A single first-level potion could buy a house.

Only something like the Lifespan Pill could achieve that.

At this price, deducting material costs, he could make over thirteen thousand spiritual stones in profit—a terrifying margin.

It made sense, after all. This was a potion that directly increased lifespan.

In the world of cultivation, lifespan was the ultimate pursuit driving countless cultivators forward, one after another.

Only with sufficient lifespan could they continuously break through and advance, ultimately reaching the goal of becoming an immortal.

Especially for those on the verge of a major breakthrough, gaining three or five years of lifespan might just allow them to secure centuries more.

Thus, the importance of lifespan spoke for itself.

This led to the Lifespan Pill becoming the hottest potion on the market at one point, with soaring prices yet scarce availability.

The Qinyuan Sect imposed strict limits each year on how many Lifespan Pills they released to the secular world.

Apart from a portion allocated to the Five Great Long-Life Families, most of the rest circulating on the market were intercepted privately.

Only a tiny fraction truly became available to the public.

Were it not for the Qinyuan Sect’s controls and the outright ban on spreading its potion recipes, the price wouldn’t have been driven so high.

They probably never expected that Zhou Luo would know the method to refine it.

Currently, this batch of Lifespan Pills couldn’t be revealed yet, especially not sold in Maple Leaf City.

Otherwise, clues would inevitably lead back to him.

Zhou Luo planned to find a way to sell them when he traveled outside later.

After refining the Lifespan Pills, Zhou Luo felt no trace of fatigue.

Indeed, moderation had its benefits.

Brimming with energy, Zhou Luo crafted another batch of high-grade spiritual symbols.

As for the high-grade spiritual symbols, he naturally kept those for his own use.

Over the next few days, he crafted ten more high-grade spiritual symbols and some other potions.

He originally intended to continue.

However, whether for potion-making or rune-making, the required materials were simply too expensive.

He was already financially strained.

If he continued, he wouldn’t be able to craft the protective spiritual symbols and potions he needed, nor could he maintain the daily operations of Zhou Garden.

One night, on a sudden impulse, Zhou Luo went alone to an empty patch of ground in the backyard.

In his hand, he held the mid-grade magical artifact he had won from Lu An back at the Immortal Sect – the Xuan Sky Sword.

The silvery-white long sword glistened under the moonlight, its smooth, polished blade reflecting Zhou Luo’s starry eyes.

His mind stirred.

A powerful surge of spiritual energy flowed along his meridians into his palm and infused the treasured sword.

Clang!

Instantly, the Xuan Sky Sword blazed with white light, emitting a crisp ring.

Having stepped into the fifth layer of Qi Refinement, it was time to test the might of the first skill from the Five Elements Sword Technique – "Golden Rainbow Piercing the Sun".

As a technique granted by his system,

Zhou Luo could master it without needing any comprehension or practice. Before, due to insufficient spiritual energy, his swordsmanship had resembled the shadow but lacked substance.

Now, at the fifth layer of Qi Refinement, he could clearly sense the connection forged between himself and the magical artifact.

Under the moonlight, Zhou Luo, clad in his Moon-white Robe, stood holding the sword, his gaze sharp as torches.

Light radiated from his entire body as a mighty torrent of spiritual energy surged forth like rushing rivers.

The Xuan Sky Sword in his hand grew increasingly radiant and keen.

Murmuring under his breath, he focused on a nearby thick tree and swung the sword.

As the Xuan Sky Sword lifted, a golden light appeared on its surface, the potent metal attributes empowering his entire being.

Golden Rainbow Piercing the Sun!

With Zhou Luo’s movement, the Xuan Sky Sword erupted in golden brilliance, a dazzling, blinding radiance illuminating the night sky, accompanied by an extremely formidable force.

A massive golden rainbow pierced through the void and, guided by his precise control, hurtled toward that large tree.

BOOM—

A terrifying wave of sword energy exploded. The surging golden rainbow struck the massive tree, unleashing a deafening roar that shook heaven and earth as a powerful force rippled out in all directions.

Simultaneously, spiritual lights flickered around him as protective formations activated, containing the shockwave.

The golden light faded.

The tree, once over two meters tall, had been utterly reduced to wood chips.

Zhou Luo’s expression tightened slightly. He hadn’t expected "Golden Rainbow Piercing the Sun" to possess such devastating power.

Yet, after unleashing this one strike, he felt his spiritual energy within the Qi sea had depleted by a third.

And this was his already strengthened Qi sea.

Had he still been at the fourth layer of Qi Refinement, he likely couldn’t have unleashed even a single such attack.