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"It was more than a month beyond the agreed time, and we brothers and sisters were worried. Fortunately, God protected us and Junior Brother Shi returned safely." Huang Qi said, clasping his fists and bowing to the sky.

"Yes, we were terribly worried." Huang Ziying continued, "My brother hired three groups of independent cultivators to go to the Mucun Market to search for you. They came back saying you left the market mid-last month. According to the independent cultivators there, four groups of independent cultivators followed you out of the market. They all returned to the Mucun Market twenty days ago, and there's been no further news of you."

"Being able to return to the market safely is a blessing of good fortune. There were some twists and turns in the middle, so it took a little longer to come back. By the way, has anything happened in the market in the past few months?" Shi Chen asked casually.

Huang Qi thought for a moment, then said, "There haven't been any major events in the past few months, and there haven't been any minor incidents worth mentioning either. However, there is one incident that seems a little strange."

"What's weird?" Shi Chen sat up straight and asked.

"Ten days ago, a tall and thin cultivator with a yellow face in the early stage of foundation building came to the market. He said that he was a guest of the Ji family under the Liehuo Sect and was hunting down a wandering cultivator. He asked us to issue a wanted notice with a reward. The reward poster showed a male cultivator in black clothes with his face covered. According to the description, he was about seven feet three inches tall, with thick eyebrows, black hair, an injured left arm, burns on his chest, and his cultivation was at the perfection of Qi training. The reward was very high. Killing or capturing the cultivator alive would receive five thousand low-grade spirit stones, and reporting the news and confirming its validity would also receive a reward of more than one hundred low-grade spirit stones. I asked him the reason, but he didn't explain. He vaguely said that it was the murder of their young master." Huang Qi said.

"How many spirit stones did he give to issue a wanted notice?" Shi Chen asked.

"He took five hundred low-grade spirit stones, left a communication talisman, and then left. He was patrolling the foreign merchant roads in the market a few days ago, but we haven't seen him in the past two days." Huang Qi said truthfully.

"Perfecting Qi training is not something we can participate in. We just need to accept the spirit stones and post the wanted notice. Don't worry about anything else. I have solved the problem of the alchemy furnace in the past few months. It is estimated that in about half a year, we will be able to refine a top-grade Soul-Nourishing Pill. By then, our cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds." Shi Chen said.

"Are you serious? That's great. In a few years, when I reach the late stage of Qi training, I'll see if my family can still force us brothers and sisters." Huang Ziying said happily.

"Okay, don't say that, sister. We have now cut off contact with the family and can only rely on ourselves in the future. Fortunately, Junior Brother Shi has a good talent for alchemy. We can only rely on Junior Brother for resources for cultivation." Huang Qi said with a smile.

"This is not the result of the previous support from Senior Brother and Sister Huang. Otherwise, I wouldn't be where I am today. If I hadn't practiced with the spiritual medicines in the early stages, I wouldn't have improved my alchemy skills today. You can rest assured that I, Shi Chen, am a person who knows how to repay kindness. You can rest assured that there will be more and more resources for cultivation in the future." Shi Chen said solemnly.

"We chose you because of your character, Junior Brother Shi. Secondly, we brothers and sisters have no one to rely on in the family, so we have to find another way out. Junior Brother Shi happens to be very talented, so we didn't make the wrong choice." Huang Qi said seriously.

"Brother! Stop talking," Huang Ziying said, "Junior Brother Shi just came back and is exhausted. Let's not disturb him and let him rest for a few more days. There's no rush to refine the pills. Tomorrow we'll hang up the sign for the pills and let it brew for a few days. Once Junior Brother Shi has rested, we can start refining the pills."

"Look, your sister is beginning to feel sorry for you, brother. Hahaha! I won't disturb your rest. It won't be too late to start refining pills after you have rested well." Huang Qi joked.

"I need to rest for a few days, but I need Brother Huang's help with something. Look for a few magic spells in the market or in the sect. In addition to the earth escape spell, there are one or two other escape spells, as well as spells to converge or block the breath. It would be even better if you can collect some books on formations. This time when I was traveling outside, I encountered many dangerous things. I realized that it is always good to have many skills, and the importance of speed and concealment." Shi Chen pleaded.

"I thought it was a big deal. Leave it to me. Find a fellow disciple in the sect and learn some escape techniques and breath concealment spells. The sect's formation hall has basic formation books. We can carve a copy together. You can choose to practice it when the time comes." Huang Qi agreed.

After Huang Qi and his sister left, Shi Chen did not check the monster skin items in the storage bag. He rested in the cave for two days before going to the Dan Pavilion to start making pills for others.

Autumn goes and winter comes, spring ends and summer appears.

It is early summer again. It has been a year since the Kimurafang City Auction ended, and more than nine months since the problem of the alchemy furnace was solved.

Du Liangpeng hadn't shown up for the six-month appointment, and Shi Chen hadn't checked the contents of the monster hide. This item was linked to many suspicious points, and Shi Chen didn't want to know about it, leaving a seed of greed in his heart.

A good alchemy furnace can quickly improve alchemy skills. Less than half a year after returning to Qisha Market, Shi Chen was able to refine top-grade Yunling Pills using the purple copper blasting furnace.

After practicing with the top-grade Soul-Nourishing Pill for half a year, the effect was very obvious. The cultivation of Shi Chen and the other two increased rapidly in half a year.

Three months ago, Huang Qi had reached 70% of Qi training and entered the late stage of Qi training.

Huang Ziying has also reached the sixth level of Qi training and is about to strive for the late stage of Qi training.

Shi Chen's cultivation level broke through to the fifth level of Qi training a few days ago.

Half a year ago, Huang Qi's application was approved, and the sect sent him a variety of jade slips for magic spells. Shi Chen chose Wind Escape and Water Escape as his escape techniques. There were also five types of aura concealment spells, the more famous of which were Turtle Breathing Technique and Stealth Technique. The most suitable for Shi Chen was the Small Five Elements Concealment Technique.

This spell requires all five elements of spiritual roots. As long as it is within the range of the five elements, concealing the breath is much better than other spells.

Choose another stealth technique in case it is needed in places other than the five elements.

I spent forty low-grade spirit stones to ask my senior brother to pass on the information in the jade slip.

After nearly a year of practice, he has mastered all four techniques. As long as the Small Five Elements Concealment Technique is not one major realm higher than his own, it is difficult to detect, and the chance of saving his life has increased by several percent.

Shi Chenhui added a few more recipes to his elixir recipies.

He learned the recipe for the Qi Condensation Pill that Huang Ziying brought from the sect, as well as the recipe for the Recovery Pill that Senior Brother An gave him later.

Senior Brother Lu came twice more, and each time he mentioned Senior Brother An, wanting Shi Chen to return to the sect, but Shi Chen politely refused.

Senior Brother Lu brought news about Senior Brother An and Senior Sister Qingling. Senior Brother An was already in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm, while Senior Sister Qingling had also reached the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Senior Brother Lu is already a ninth-level cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage, and he should be able to complete the Foundation Establishment within five years.

Seeing that it took Shi Chen two or three years to reach the fifth level of Qi Refining, Senior Brother Lu shook his head. At this speed of cultivation, by the time he could build his foundation, he would have exceeded the most suitable age. How far he could go in the end would depend on luck.

If you are a casual cultivator, it is difficult to find an opportunity to build a foundation. If you want to obtain a foundation-building pill, you may not have the chance in your lifetime.