Longevity starts with choosing Hextech enhancement

Chapter 44: Breakthrough to the Eighth Level of Qi Refining (4 words long, please read!)
In fact, Xiao Chen has been practicing recently and has basically reached the edge of the eighth level of Qi Refining.

In addition, it was his first time drinking Yingyue wine, which was why he achieved this effect.

No matter what, a breakthrough in cultivation is always a good thing.

After getting familiar with his newly acquired magic power and consolidating his cultivation a little, Xiao Chen opened "The Three True Magics of Luo Tian" and prepared to learn a new spell.

In a flash, another three days passed.

Most of the sect's disciples have returned home or gone into seclusion, so the training room is naturally closed.

Early that morning, at an uninhabited riverbank at the foot of the mountain, a group of fire crows formed a large circle, sometimes forming a "big" shape, sometimes forming a "field" shape.

It was Xiao Chen who was practicing the secret technique of "Luotian Xuanhuo Crow" by the river.

This secret technique is relatively simple, and has three levels: entry level, minor success, and major success.

After a practitioner enters the door, he can summon a fire crow that is one foot long and as flexible as an arm to spit out flames to help him fight the enemy.

When one reaches the minor success stage, one can summon ten fire crows to form a small fire crow formation, which can spit out a large amount of poisonous crow black fire to burn the enemy.

Xiao Chen discovered that due to the enhancement of Hextech, he could summon ten fire crows just after he got started.

At this moment, he was trying to multitask and command the fire crows to form a formation.

At first he was not used to it and could only arrange it with difficulty, but gradually it became easier and easier.

In the afternoon, a ball of black flame suddenly erupted. The fierce high temperature directly scorched the land within a radius of several feet, and even the river water within a radius of ten feet was boiled.

Two unlucky little fish happened to pass by and were directly turned into boiled fish.

"Oops, I didn't bring any salt with me."

Xiao Chen looked at one of the two-inch-long grass carps and couldn't help feeling a little regretful.

As a result, as soon as he was distracted, the positions of the fire crows were instantly scattered.

Two fire crows even collided with each other, turning into an exploding fireball, which then scattered into many sparks like fireworks, flashing and disappearing.

After all, he was not familiar with the Black Fire Crow and had not really entered the realm of minor success, so unless he concentrated all his attention, it would be difficult for him to maintain the formation.

But this result is already very good.

With these ten fire crows, at least he no longer needs to rely on fireballs to fight the enemy.

He summoned the Fire Crow again and practiced for a while longer, returning to Bishui Peak at Youshi.

As a result, before I even went up the mountain, I saw Manager Chen standing at the foot of the mountain, as if waiting for someone.

Seeing him coming back, she even went up to him and said, "Where have you been during the New Year? I've finally seen you. Come on, I'll take you home for the New Year."

Xiao Chen was a little surprised: "Going home for the New Year? Manager, what does this mean?"

Manager Chen was a little unhappy: "I told you last time, since you have accepted Third Uncle as your master, there is no need to be so distant with him."

Xiao Chen changed his words: "Brother Zhian, what I meant is, why are you here?"

Chen Zhian pulled his arm and said, "You are Uncle San's disciple, so we are family. Can we just leave you alone on the mountain?"

"Of course I'm here to take you home and celebrate the New Year together. There shouldn't be anything left to pack up in the mountains, right? If not, then come with me."

Xiao Chen tried to refuse: "Brother Zhian, I've actually gotten used to it over the years, and I'm fine with it..."

Chen Zhian grabbed his arm and refused to let go: "That won't work. I was kicked out by my uncle at noon. If I can't take you back, I can't go back either."

"Xiao Chen, even if it's just so I can have the New Year's Eve dinner, you have to come. Just consider it a favor for me, okay?"

"That's okay."

Now that things have come to this, it wouldn't be too unkind. Xiao Chen nodded and was taken to the Chen family by Manager Chen.

After passing through the three large and small doors, in front of an archway, Manager Chen said, "I'll go to the back to see if there's anything. You can go sit in the back garden first and wait for dinner."

"Everyone who can come here is family. Don't be polite or reserved. Just sit anywhere."

This was easy. Xiao Chen came in and took a look, then skillfully found an empty table in a corner among the noisy crowd and sat down.

There were already hundreds of people here, but most of them were gathered in the middle. Men and women, young and old, about ten people to each table, chatting and laughing from time to time.

Seeing someone coming in, many people glanced over.

After realizing that it was a stranger, they turned around and continued chatting with each other.

No one knew Xiao Chen, and he didn't know the other Chen family members. So no one came to sit next to him, and no one talked to him.

However, Xiao Chen was also happy to be alone and free, so he closed his eyes and rested, recalling his mental skills.

Until the hour of You, hundreds of people came in all of a sudden, filling up all the places except the three large tables in the middle.

There was also a table of people crowded in the corner, with two extra stools.

There seemed to be a more powerful family at the table with Xiao Chen. As soon as he sat down, he was greeted by a young man: "Hey, Uncle Shun! How have you been this year?"

"Alas, what else can I do? I still have to rely on the spiritual mines in my clan. The only good thing is that I can always get a good harvest. I can save three spiritual stones a month."

The man called Uncle Shun said this with a smile on his face, and he was obviously very satisfied with the current situation.

Xiao Chen glanced at him. He didn't have any magical weapons on his body, so he guessed that his cultivation level should be average.

Another person lamented, "I've been working hard all year, and I've only managed to save ten spirit stones. I wanted to buy some spirit herbs at the beginning of the year, but I thought they were too expensive and didn't buy any."

"It's too late to regret now. I missed out on such a good market this year. By the way, Hirako, how are you?"

The young man who spoke first shook his head. "Brother An, don't mention it. I've been really unlucky this year. A rat demon appeared in the spiritual field and ruined everything for me."

"I spent three talismans in total before finally getting rid of it. After calculating it for the whole year, I still lost five spirit stones."

"If it weren't for the fact that I didn't want to delay the supply of spiritual medicine at home, I might as well have fed all those spiritual medicines to that beast."

Uncle Shun comforted him: "It's okay, you made a lot of money last year, so just consider it a loss to avoid disaster."

Everyone agreed and talked to each other about the market conditions related to spiritual minerals and herbs.

Suddenly, Uncle Shun saw Xiao Chen who was standing silently aside.

"Hey, look at my memory. I can't even remember which branch of the family this relative is from."

When he asked this, the others looked at each other, unable to answer. The Chen family had over a thousand members, and no one knew everyone.

Everyone thought he was from another family at first, but now it seems that no one can recognize which family he is from.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen took the initiative to speak: "My name is Xiao Chen, and I am a disciple of the Lihuo Sect. A few months ago, I had the honor of joining the inner sect and became the disciple of Elder Chen Tianyang."

Uncle Shun slapped his thigh and said, "Oh my, this is incredible! Young Master Xiao looks so young, yet he's already an inner sect disciple. He's truly a young man with great potential." The young man sitting next to him, named Pingzi, also hurriedly picked up the wine jug and poured wine, "It's Brother Chen. Come, let me toast you."

Xiao Chen, who was originally an unknown person, suddenly became the focus of the table, and everyone toasted him.

At the same time, he inquired about his information: "Brother Chen must be among the inner disciples and quite powerful. I wonder how many spirit stones he can earn in a month?"

Xiao Chen waved his hand: "No, no, I just entered the inner sect, and I can only make a little money every month."

Uncle Shun extended his experienced hand and said, "I know. Inner disciples don't have to do anything. They only give you five spirit stones a month."

"I guess that a talent like Young Master Xiao must have other income. It must be at least 20 spirit stones, right?"

When the vendor, known as An Ge, heard this, his eyes widened immediately: "Wow, this month's business is equivalent to two years of my business."

Pingzi said excitedly: "I think it's more than that. Brother Chen's flying sword is not simple. I see it every day in the market, and I have only seen such fine lines in the Treasure Pavilion."

"This flying sword alone is worth 200 spirit stones. I guess Brother Chen can earn 50 spirit stones a month! Brother Chen, am I right?"

As soon as he said this, the surroundings immediately became quiet. Even the people at the next table turned to look over when they heard the word "fifty spirit stones".

Fifty spirit stones doesn't sound like a lot.

But in reality, at least half of the people in this garden cannot even earn twenty spirit stones in a year, and are not much better than menial disciples.

Many independent cultivators live by counting spiritual sands on a daily basis.

An Ge looked at Xiao Chen in shock. In the ten years since he started setting up his stall, he only earned more than thirty spirit stones in the busiest year.

He doesn't know much about flying swords. Is this young man really that powerful?
Uncle Shun didn't know much about flying swords, but his rich experience made him a little skeptical at first.

Xiao Chen said that he was accepted into the inner sect only a few months ago. How could he earn 200 spirit stones in such a short time?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
Uncle Shun has lived for most of his life and has never seen such a powerful young man. He must have relied on his family's help to buy the flying sword.

Huh? But he immediately felt something was wrong. If that was the case, how could Xiao Chen appear here?

At this moment, Uncle Shun was also a little confused and looked at Xiao Chen in confusion.

"Hmm~, it's not too far from what you guessed."

Xiao Chen thought about it and decided to keep a low profile. Regardless of the specific difference, it was about the same.

Even so, it immediately caused a burst of exclamations.

Uncle Shun couldn't help but sigh, "Mr. Xiao, I've met thousands of people in my life, including some elders from large families, and even several Foundation Establishment cultivators."

"But I've only heard about people earning over 40 spirit stones a month at your age. I've never actually seen one."

An Ge's eyes were full of envy: "I wonder if I can make this much money one day."

"There are hundreds of spirit stones that pass through my hands every month, but 99% of them are not mine."

Xiao Chen blinked. They seemed to understand what he had just said as about fifty spirit stones.

Do you want to correct yourself?
Forget it, so be it.

"Brother Zhiquan, Happy New Year!" "Zhiquan, come and sit here!" "Brother Zhiquan..."

At this moment, a series of greetings suddenly rang out at the entrance of the garden.

Chen Zhiquan, the son of Elder Chen and the head of the Chen family, arrived in the garden first. While responding, he looked around as if he was looking for someone.

Soon he saw Xiao Chen in the corner and strode towards him.

First, I greeted Uncle Shun: "Uncle Shun, Happy New Year."

We exchanged a few polite words about our health.

Then he looked at Xiao Chen and said, "You must be Xiao Chen, I've wanted to meet you for a long time. My name is Chen Zhiquan, and my father is your master. You have to call me Brother Zhiquan."

Xiao Chen imitated the person in front of him: "Brother Zhiquan, Happy New Year!"

"You're good too, everything's good." Chen Zhiquan nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, you're also very handsome, with the demeanor of me ten years ago."

"I heard from Brother Zhian that you have started learning alchemy now?"

Xiao Chen nodded: "Yes, I just started learning recently."

Chen Zhiquan patted his shoulder and said, "You have good vision! You're right to learn alchemy. Alchemy is good. I'm also an alchemist. If you have time, you can come to my house to find me."

“If you don’t understand anything, you can ask.”

The Chen family is now in great need of alchemists, mainly alchemists who can refine second-level pills.

Chen Zhiquan heard from Elder Chen that Xiao Chen had great potential to build a foundation in the future, so he wanted to get to know him in advance.

After all, they were close in age and of the same generation. If they both established their foundations, they might have to work together for over a hundred years, so cultivating a close relationship in advance was both important and necessary.

However, Xiao Chen was a little uncomfortable with his enthusiasm right from the start: "Okay, Brother Zhiquan."

"Oh, by the way, it's an old custom in our Chen family that when you meet for the first time after becoming a disciple, you have to give each other a gift. I've prepared everything, here you go!"

Chen Zhiquan suddenly waved his hand again and took out a gift box: "This thing of mine helps to calm the mind and spirit, especially for novice alchemists. It is very useful."

"When I was refining pills, I relied on this to help me learn the recipe. Now I'm giving you a box as well."

Xiao Chen was stunned when he heard this. The usual custom? Giving each other gifts?

Manager Chen didn't tell me about this kind of thing before he came, right?
But everyone around was craning their necks to look at the gifts, obviously familiar with this.

Damn, Manager Chen is too unreliable!
Xiao Chen was dragged here without any preparation. Now someone is coming to give him a gift, what should he do?
Decline it politely first: "I can't..."

Chen Zhiquan was completely unaware of Xiao Chen's thoughts and interrupted him before he could say anything: "Don't rush to refuse, take a look at the things first."

He simply reached out and opened the box, revealing a row of ten neatly arranged sandalwood sticks.

The bottom of the box is wrapped with several layers of silk and separated by jade pieces in the middle. Each sandalwood stick has a handwritten signature, proving that it was made by the master incense maker.

"The high-quality sandalwood shipped from Hezhou, one stick can last for six hours, and one sniff can invigorate the mind. I've tried it and it works."

Chen Zhiquan looked at Xiao Chen with a smile. This was a gift he bought specially.

Novice alchemists are most likely to feel irritable and distracted during the long alchemy process, which can take several hours.

A good elixir incense has become something that every novice alchemist wants, but they are reluctant to buy it because of its high price.

Chen Zhiquan believed that as long as Xiao Chen saw this gift, he would be tempted.

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