The original repairer

At the third day of the auction, some booths were empty and the auction house did not sell them.

Those who were able to enter the auction hall and bid had already entered on the first day. Those who came in later might have just wanted to watch the excitement, or they might have other ulterior motives.

Today, the three of them had already decided to leave the auction after securing the two items they had their eye on. After all, no matter how tempting the subsequent items were, they were already beyond their reach. It would be better to stay in the auction hall and envy others than to be out of sight and out of mind.

The first lot was a piece of information regarding the ruins of a celestial palace. The auction house had verified the authenticity of this information, and a Jindan cultivator had sworn an oath not to excavate the celestial palace for two years, nor to leak the information in any way.

This news kicked off today's auction with a starting price of 50,000 low-grade spirit stones.

Compared with the items auctioned in the previous two days, the quality of today's items has been significantly improved, and the starting prices of many items are above one thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Lot No. 30 is the item Shi Chen is going to bid for today. It is an alchemy furnace called the Purple Copper Explosive Furnace.

The voluptuous female cultivator standing on the jade platform explained in detail the five levels of restrictions on the furnace: tranquility, bursting flames, steady heat conduction, stable medicinal liquid, and restrained spiritual energy. These five levels of restrictions could increase the success rate of the elixir by 20%.

However, this furnace has a flaw: when in use, the second layer of forbidden flames erupts, increasing the chance of the furnace exploding during elixir refining. If it weren't for this flaw, this furnace would be top-tier among the best.

The starting price for the purple copper blast furnace was only one thousand low-grade spirit stones, with each bid increasing by fifty low-grade spirit stones. There were about thirty people bidding, so it wasn't a hot item. Some families and alchemists and their disciples were bidding. After the bid reached four thousand low-grade spirit stones, five or six people still continued to bid.

Shi Chen directly raised the price by one thousand, bringing it to five thousand low-grade spirit stones.

For five breaths, no one followed suit. After the female cultivator continued to sing and sell for ten breaths, still no one followed suit and bid.

In the end, Shi Chen bought the purple copper blast furnace for five thousand low-grade spirit stones.

The second lot Shi Chen set his sights on was a pair of mid-grade magical shoes. This pair of shoes was lot 55 and a popular item.

The starting bid was 500 low-grade spirit stones, but Shi Chen ultimately won it for 980. This price exceeded his expectations, but he still decided to buy it. He was attracted by the Shadow Transformation Restriction on the boots. This restriction possessed wind attributes, allowing him to control the wind, lighten his body, and transform into a shadow.

The target items had all been successfully auctioned. The three of them received the artifacts, paid the spirit stones, and left the auction house. They teleported out and returned to the cave together. That same day, they refined all the magic tools they had obtained from the auction and stored them in their Dantian.

After refining the purple copper blast furnace, Shi Chen discovered that the introduction of the auctioneer female cultivator was not comprehensive.

The second level of restrictions on this furnace, the flame burst, did not increase the chance of a furnace explosion, but rather guaranteed it. During the use of the furnace, flames would frequently erupt, and it was impossible to control them. As soon as a flame erupted, the furnace of elixirs would be ruined.

If the auctioneer pointed out this flaw, this alchemy furnace would definitely not be sold for 5,000 low-grade spirit stones, and it might even be the only item that failed to be sold in this auction.

No alchemist can tolerate an alchemy furnace with uncontrolled flames. Such an alchemy furnace is equivalent to waste.

Shi Chen couldn't accept this. After all, he had worked hard for half a year to save up spirit stones, only to get a piece of junk in return. He had thought the flames were controllable and wouldn't affect the pill refining process, but now it seemed he was wrong. He had to find a way to solve this problem.

After careful consideration, Shi Chen decided to stay in Kimurafang City for about three months.

On the one hand, he had to find a way to solve the problem of the alchemy furnace. If there was no solution later, he could also customize an alchemy furnace at the Treasure Building in Kimurafang City.

On the other hand, the casual cultivators here have a lot of spiritual medicines on them. He can take this opportunity to make pills for them, familiarize himself with the copper explosion furnace, find a way to solve the fire outbreak, and at the same time earn some spiritual stones to make up for the losses.

Huang Qi's siblings decided to stay with Shi Chen, but he refused.

Qisha Market cannot be without a resident deacon for a long time. As long as Huang Qi is in charge of the market, even if Shi Chen is not there, the sect's tasks can be completed and other matters in the market can be carried out in sequence.

Huang Ziying asked to stay, but Shi Chen refused. Three months later, no matter what the situation, he would return to Qishafang City. At that time, he might not be able to hire a cultivator for protection. Traveling alone would be less conspicuous, while traveling with two would make them too conspicuous and easily intercepted by the robber cultivators. Shi Chen possessed the earth escape technique, so if he sensed danger, he could hide in the earth, providing a much higher level of security.

Huang Qi and his sister respected Shi Chen's wishes. They agreed that Shi Chen would stay in Mucun Market for three months, then travel to Qisha Market alone, or hire a monk to escort him there. If Shi Chen didn't return to Qisha Market after three months, Shi Chen suggested that Huang Qi and his sister apply to return to the sect. After all, within the sect, they still had the protection of their family, while here, resources and opportunities were slim.

Huang Qi and his sister looked at Shi Chen silently, with worry and anxiety on their faces.

The next day, Shi Chen persuaded the two to leave the Mucun Market and went to the Qisha Market with Ye Baishan and his wife. After seeing them off, Shi Chen hung up a sign and began to make elixirs for them.

He refined five furnaces of elixirs every day, ensuring a success rate of over 60%. These elixirs included Qi-nourishing elixirs, soul-enriching elixirs, Qi-replenishing elixirs, and injury-recovering elixirs.

It took less than three hours to refine five furnaces of elixir. After completing the refining, he began to research the new furnace.

At night, he practiced spells and techniques, steadily improving his cultivation and becoming proficient in his techniques.

Ten days had passed, and Shi Chen had become quite familiar with the new furnace. He had already consumed three thousand kilograms of spiritual rice, refining five furnaces of Bigu Pills daily, but only produced two, both of which were top-grade, full-strength pills. If he could control the flames of the purple copper blast furnace, this furnace would be a divine tool for alchemists. Unfortunately, this restriction destroyed the furnace.

Ten days later, a legend about an alchemist began to spread among the independent cultivators. Shi Chen paid no attention to the news in the market, but instead focused on studying the alchemy furnace.

He hired a female cultivator at the second level of Qi Refining to specifically receive cultivators who came to refine pills. Every two days, he would give her the pills he had refined, with a 60% success rate and eight to ten pills per furnace. He would keep the mid-grade pills.

If the cultivators in the market knew that out of every ten furnaces of elixirs he refined, two or three would produce mid-grade elixirs, Shi Chen would be in big trouble.

First, those aristocratic families would use various means to force him to become a guest alchemist and imprison him. Second, if the Fiery Sect knew about it, they would directly abduct him back to the sect and make him a dedicated alchemist.

In this world where the strong prey on the weak, if you don’t have strong power, you need to hide yourself and protect yourself.