The original repairer

Huang Qi handed the foundation-building elixir he had received to Shi Chen. There were a total of twelve foundation-building elixirs, which were enough for Shi Chen to practice and improve his success rate.

There are still three years left before the five-year period agreed upon with Du Liangpeng. Shi Chen decided to wait until he reached the late stage of Qi Refining before fulfilling the agreement.

He planned to refine the existing foundation-building elixirs and spiritual medicines he had into pills and sell them in various markets and immortal cities.

Auctioning a portion of it every year would maximize profits. Furthermore, if a small amount was sold, the sects and large families wouldn't pay too much attention.

Shi Chen only refines one batch of foundation-building pills every day. Regardless of whether the pill is successful or not, he will summarize and improve it after the refining is completed.

After gaining divine consciousness, he discovered that many of his previous techniques and methods for alchemy were no longer applicable. Divine consciousness could precisely control the entire alchemy process.

The sale of Foundation Establishment Pills is best handled by a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage or above.

Among independent cultivators, they cannot sell too much in a short period of time. Some small families can consider selling the pills to them.

Shi Chen didn't know many foundation-building cultivators, Senior Brother An, Senior Brother Lu, and Fang Qingling, only three of them. He sold foundation-building pills, but he couldn't seek their help.

The Foundation Establishment Pill is extremely popular, and the first pill sold cannot appear in Qisha Market, so as to at least mislead certain forces in their investigation.

Normally, only immortal cities have auction houses. The last auction at Kimura Market was an exception. Only by auctioning Foundation Establishment Pills at an auction house could one reap the greatest profits.

The alchemy buildings that sell elixirs are very short of stock, and the foundation-building elixirs have always been controlled by the sects.

Taking the Qingxuan Sect as an example, there are twelve alchemists who can refine foundation-building pills, but only three of them can truly achieve a 50% success rate.

Every year, each alchemist was tasked with refining ten furnaces of elixirs, three of which yielded six pills each. Over the course of the year, the three alchemists refined approximately fifty-four foundation-building pills and provided them to the sect.

Including the foundation-building pills refined by other alchemists, Qingxuan Sect can produce about eighty foundation-building pills a year.

Part of this batch of pills will be rewarded to affiliated families, and part will be used for trade with other sects. Only about twenty pills will be actually used by the sect's disciples.

It was difficult for independent cultivators outside the sect to obtain Foundation Establishment Pills. Without special circumstances, Foundation Establishment Pills would not appear on the market.

Shi Chen understood the mutual restraints among the foundation-building pills. After refining the twelve foundation-building pill elixirs in his hand, he had to sell them in a planned manner.

Excluding the pill with insufficient medicinal power in the first batch, Shi Chen finally refined a total of eighteen low-grade foundation-building pills.

The success rate did not reach 50%, but this was his first time refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, so it was already within the expected range, and the result could even be said to be very good.

In the Dan Building, the price of a low-grade Foundation Establishment Pill is one thousand low-grade spirit stones. There is no demand for it. No Dan Building supplies Foundation Establishment Pills, there is just a price.

On the market, the lowest price for Foundation Establishment Pills sold by casual cultivators is 1,500 low-grade spirit stones. If there are many bidders, the price can even rise to 3,000 low-grade spirit stones.

Eighteen low-grade foundation-building pills can be sold for at least thirty-six thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Shi Chen refined thirteen furnaces of Foundation Establishment Pills, spending around three thousand five hundred low-grade spirit stones on the spiritual medicine. Normally, one Foundation Establishment Pill costs between two hundred and three hundred low-grade spirit stones.

By selling the foundation-building pills in hand, they can make a net profit of 30,000 low-grade spirit stones, which is a considerable fortune for Shi Chen and the other two.

Some wealthy small families, or families with cultivators who have reached the perfection of Qi Refining, have a fatal attraction to Foundation Establishment Pills. Selling these pills to these families can fetch the auction house price of three thousand low-grade spirit stones per pill.

After refining the foundation-building pill, Shi Chen rested for two days before looking for Huang Qi and his sister.

Looking at the Foundation Establishment Pill that Shi Chen placed on the table, the brother and sister were extremely excited.

Huang Qi has been practicing to the seventh level of Qi Refining for more than a year. He has sufficient resources for practice and is not far from the eighth level of Qi Refining. At his current practice speed, he will definitely be able to achieve perfection in Qi Refining within ten years.

Now, he doesn't need to apply to the sect, nor does he need to go out and look for opportunities to build his foundation.

It was very difficult for the brother and sister to obtain elixirs in the sect.

"Brother Huang, please find some small families in need of these Foundation Establishment Pills and sell them at the highest price." Shi Chen's words were like a bucket of cold water poured over the two of them. "With our current resources, Foundation Establishment Pills aren't what we need most. By the time you reach the ninth level of Qi Refining or complete Qi Refining, I'll be able to refine mid-grade Foundation Establishment Pills. There's no need to keep these pills now. It's more cost-effective to exchange them for the resources we need."

After hearing Shi Chen's words, the brother and sister finally felt relieved. It was their own fault for being too nervous. They held the treasure key in their hands and were worried that the treasure would fly away.

"Junior brother, do you mean to sell these pills to aristocratic families and clans?" Huang Qi asked doubtfully.

"I need a good body-refining technique, preferably one that refines the entire body and can be cultivated to the foundation-building stage. These eighteen pills, plus the one with only half the potency, can be traded. I also need some secret techniques, opportunities to cultivate in secret realms, or spiritual objects. If you don't have these, special techniques, spells, and spiritual medicines will also do."

"In this case, we can't easily sell these pills in the near future. We need to investigate thoroughly and can't rush in. With our strength, it's easy for us to be eaten alive." Huang Qi said after thinking for a while.

"As for the exchange partner, it is best to choose a family without an alchemist. If possible, find a trustworthy cultivator who has reached the perfection of Qi training or the early stage of foundation building, to mediate, and do not show up in person." Shi Chen said.

"This is not easy to find. A cultivator who has reached the perfection of Qi training may not be able to resist temptation, and a cultivator who has established his foundation may also kill and rob. It is difficult for us to find such a reliable person." Huang Qi analyzed.

"Then we can look for cultivators in the middle or late stages of Qi Refining and offer them generous rewards. We can first look for small families that have cultivators who have reached the perfection of Qi Refining but cannot obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill." Shi Chen said.

"I will first collect small families within a radius of 3,000 miles that have cultivators who have reached the perfection of Qi Refining, and select those that have certain resources or special skills and spells that can be exchanged." Huang Qi said.

"What we need now is not spirit stones, but the foundation for cultivation, including various skills, spells, spiritual objects and magic weapons." Shi Chen said.

"I also go to collect information about small families. There is the most information among the female cultivators among the independent cultivators. But it is difficult to tell whether it is true or false. We need to hire cultivators to contact them to find out." Huang Ziying also joined in and said.

"We can first have someone take this foundation-building pill to test its authenticity. Once a cultivator who has reached the perfection of Qi training sees the pill, it will be difficult for him to resist the temptation of foundation-building." Shi Chen said, pointing to the foundation-building pill whose medicinal power had been halved.

"There are many things to do next. We need to investigate the aristocratic families, look for middlemen, and go to various markets and immortal cities to buy foundation-building pills and elixirs. Everything is complicated, so we have to act carefully." Shi Chen continued.

"Junior Brother Shi, don't worry about other things. Just focus on refining pills and practicing in the market. Leave the rest to me and my sister." Huang Qi said.

"My brother and I haven't been able to help much so far. Now that we can contribute, we feel at ease. Junior Brother Shi, you can just focus on refining pills and practicing in the market." Huang Ziying said.

Shi Chen looked at them and said, "Since you all say so, I will wait for your good news in the market. However, it is better to gain nothing than to expose myself. Safety comes first."

"We know, don't worry." Huang Ziying said.

"Also, we should first practice the techniques and secrets of changing our appearance. In the future, when we go out, we should have another identity or multiple identities to deal with the cultivators' deceptions and protect ourselves better." Shi Chen suggested.

"We all need to have several identities, so that we can avoid trouble and ensure our own safety." Huang Qi agreed.

The three of them finalized the next plan and began to implement it.

Huang Qi was responsible for gathering information and finding the right intermediaries. Every family's secret inheritance was deeply hidden, and gathering information about such a family was quite difficult. If he approached them himself, he would be exposed. Therefore, it was not advisable to make a big announcement, so he could only gather information secretly.

Huang Ziying also got a lot of information from the female cultivators, whether it was about the cultivation families or the information about the cultivators, which gave Huang Qi a better comparison when choosing the middleman.

After Huang Qi changed his appearance, he selected from Huang Ziying's intelligence and hired a mid-stage Qi training cultivator with good character to go to Lingxi Tower to purchase information. He also selected families within a radius of 3,000 miles that were below the foundation building stage and had body refining techniques and special secret techniques.

This information can be easily found out, it just takes time. Lingxi Tower is in the business of buying and selling information. They have general information about cultivation families, and the price is not expensive. With only one hundred spirit stones, Huang Qi can get information about more than twenty families that meet the requirements.

After screening, only five companies were found that best matched Shi Chen's interests. He personally went to the scene to verify the reliability of the information before informing Shi Chen in detail. After selecting the target, they worked together to develop a detailed plan.

After running around, testing and contacting each other, as time went by, they finally finalized a deal with the three foundation-building families.

All three families have only one ancestor who has established the foundation and has not much time left to live. There are also one or two clan members who have completed Qi training or are in the late stage of Qi training. There are no alchemists, and the family's inherited secret skills are also suitable. After the middleman contacted them, he did not use any shady means, but just followed and investigated.

Both parties involved in the transaction also needed to verify the authenticity and efficacy of the secret techniques, cultivation methods, and foundation-building pills. Shi Chen and the other two could only plan a detailed transaction plan. From beginning to end, the middleman acted as the intermediary, using communication talismans to conduct the transaction. The verification of the transaction items was then carried out in different immortal cities under the protection of the immortal cities.

It took half a year to complete the transaction between the three parties. These were all done without the support of powerful cultivation, so Shi Chen and the other two ensured their safety without revealing their true intentions.

For more than half a year, he made deals with three companies and obtained a physical cultivation technique, an easy-to-use form technique, and a secret technique.

I have already obtained the secret techniques and skills, and I can consider exchanging the remaining foundation-building pills for resources, or entering the auction house to obtain spirit stones.

Shi Chen left all these matters to Huang Qi, while he himself was in the Qisha market, refining pills and practicing spells during the day, and practicing to improve his cultivation at night.