CHAPTER 87: CHAPTER 84: ALCHEMY

Gusongxi was even more anxious than Li An.

Ever since obtaining the Primordial Soul Crystal Core, he saw a glimmer of hope for survival.

He was eager to immediately refine the Small Returning Pill to extend his life by decades, so he awaited Li An’s arrival so eagerly that his eyes turned green.

After all, he truly didn’t have many good years left to live.

It could be said that he was currently the person who most wished for Li An’s successful Foundation Establishment in this world.

Whether he could extend his life was already tied to Li An.

This was also the reason that gave Li An the confidence to come here at ease.

Only by tying interests together can one truly be considered part of the same faction.

Gu Hong had gone through numerous life-and-death challenges with him, creating a relatively stable emotional bond, but Gusongxi had limited interactions with him, with differing interests and not tightly bound ties; why expect others to work wholeheartedly for you?

Rely on morals and integrity? That’s no different than toilet paper.

"Very well, let us begin now!"

Li An also spoke, "Elder Alchemist Gusong, please wait a moment while I set up some arrays to prevent any disruptions."

Immediately, he pulled out four sets of advanced arrays, sealing tightly, filling every gap, to protect the entire chamber.

One set was a sound-dissipating array, interspersed with Thunder Shock Talismans.

One set was a defensive array.

Two sets were offensive arrays.

Additionally, he took out another four sets and handed them to Gu Hong, saying, "Friend Gu, please set up these four arrays in the storefront, garden, and other places."

In total, eight advanced arrays!

Seeing this, both Gu Hong and Gusongxi were somewhat stunned; Li An was being overly cautious, wasn’t he??

Generally, for such a large store, one set of advanced arrays would suffice.

But he was going with eight sets!

"A cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage would leave with their skin peeled off..."

Gu Hong couldn’t help but feel her beautiful eyes grow complex, but she still took the arrays given by Li An and went outside to set them up.

Before long, Li An’s Divine Sense detected that the four arrays outside and the four arrays inside had already been linked together.

He felt a slight sense of security inside.

Yes, the eight arrays not only were a pile of quantity but also assisted each other, linking together to form a complete array system!

All of this benefited from Li An’s solid foundation in arrays from his previous life.

"Elder Alchemist Gusong, these are the corresponding medicinal materials."

Li An opened the storage bag, and as expected, an array of Spirit Medicines was displayed.

Fire Spirit Fruit, Purple Soul Herbs, Thousand Spirit Vine, Glowing Lotus, Three-Color Flower.

Gusongxi glanced at them, nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "You stand guard for me."

Having said that, he pulled out a pale golden Second Grade Alchemy Furnace!

Gusongxi didn’t rush into refining the pills, but instead held his breath, sat in front of the Alchemy Furnace, and closed his eyes to rest for quite a while.

Seeing this, Li An felt reassured. Although he wasn’t proficient in the Alchemy Dao, he understood that Gusongxi was currently regulating his breath and circulating his Spiritual Power throughout his body to reach a peak state.

Gusongxi was indeed throwing his all into this!

Just regulating his state, Gusongxi spent two full hours.

Two hours later, Gusongxi suddenly opened his eyes. In his aged eyes, a lightning-like sharp gaze burst forth. With a wave of his wide sleeve, a soft white Spiritual Power swirled around the Alchemy Furnace and infused into it, causing a blue ghostly flame to erupt within the furnace.

The fire ignited!

With peace of mind and calm demeanor, Gusongxi placed each herb in sequence into the furnace. Throughout the process, the flames roared and surged, like a tiger leaping and dragon soaring; his movements were as fluid and smooth as water, fully displaying a master’s demeanor.

Years without refining alchemy, conserving strength for three to five years, all for this day.

As Gusongxi focused wholeheartedly on refining alchemy, Li An was already tense all over, running the Super Sensing Skill to its limit.

Within twelve meters, everything was fully covered by his Divine Sense, capturing every tiny fluctuation transmitted by the arrays.

Beyond twelve meters, every subtle sound reached his ears clearly; he even heard the absurd deeds of two women and one man in a building a hundred meters away and the sound of a blacksmith hammering iron two hundred meters away...

The night was dead silent.

...

And at this moment.

In the center of White Tiger City, White Tiger Mountain lay like a resting tiger with its head slightly raised.

White Tiger Mountain was a forbidden area of White Tiger City, only accessible to White Tiger Master’s disciples.

In the mighty and grand White Tiger Grand Hall.

A middle-aged man with an imposing aura, dressed in a long black robe, stood with arms folded, standing at the head.

He was none other than White Tiger Master’s first disciple—Mo Xuan.

A Fake Pill powerhouse!

Mo Xuan looked at the sixteen cultivators before him and gravely spoke:

"The materials for nurturing the soul are ample, and in three months, the Eight Trigrams Locking Array will begin its operation."

"The Eight Trigrams Locking Array is extremely intricate, and its operation must not have any errors."

"This is the method for operating the section of the great array you are responsible for; you must familiarize and understand it thoroughly within these three months."

With a wave of his hand, several rays of light entered the brains of the sixteen cultivators.

"Should any of your areas have issues, if Master blames you, don’t hold me responsible for being ruthless!"

Having said that, his gaze fell onto a middle-aged man at the front of the group, "Jiang Huan, pay extra attention to helping Junior Sister Qiu Hui; she hasn’t been in the sect for long and has the weakest cultivation; we can’t afford to let her area have problems."

"Also, those songbirds around you, let them leave if they should in the near future; they shouldn’t be lingering in the core area."

Jiang Huan was the second disciple of White Tiger Master, also a Fake Pill master, but extremely lecherous; the number of beauties he had defiled in White Tiger City was probably no less than three hundred, with a dozen often kept around him.

Jiang Huan promptly nodded:

"Rest assured, Senior Brother, I will do as you say!"

Mo Xuan then looked to the end of the group at Xu Qiuhui, "Junior Sister Qiu Hui, if there’s anything you don’t understand, consult Senior Brother Jiang Huan more often."

Xu Qiuhui gave a deep bow, "Rest assured, Senior Brother; I will definitely learn from Second Senior Brother and not disappoint Master’s intentions."

"Alright, you are dismissed—"

Everyone exited the grand hall.

"Brother Jiang,"

Xu Qiuhui quickly followed, walking side-by-side with Jiang Huan, speaking humbly and flatteringly, "In terms of arrays, I’m not very proficient; the section of the array map bestowed by Senior Brother just now, there are some areas I still don’t quite understand..."

Jiang Huan, with a smile, replied, "No problem; how about this: come to my place tomorrow night, and we’ll thoroughly discuss array matters. I’ll give you some pointers..."

Xu Qiuhui’s delicate brows twitched almost imperceptibly; Jiang Huan, this lustful ghost...

"Very well, many thanks, Senior Brother."

But she said nothing more, planning to think of a way to deal with it at the time.

...

At midnight.

Inside the chamber in Songxi Spirit Pill Store.

Li An was fully focused, sensing the surrounding circumstances; suddenly, the Alchemy Furnace made a light "pop"!

Li An immediately looked towards the Alchemy Furnace; even though in his previous life he had cultivated to Core Formation levels, his eyes were still very grave at this moment.

Gusongxi was drenched in sweat, and despite his aged face showing fatigue, his old eyes couldn’t help but reveal some tension and excitement, gently caressing the furnace lid for a long time, and waiting for the final "nourishing pill" to complete, did he gently lift the lid...

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