35: Chapter 35 Adventure (Part 1)

After obtaining the consent of several Family Elders, Chen Fan brought Lu Fushuang back to his residence a day later.

He could not rest easy leaving his pregnant wife alone; after all, pregnant women needed better care.

The Deacon of the Talisman Hall, out of respect for Chen Fan being a Guest Elder and after receiving a few bottles of high-quality Medicinal Pill, significantly reduced his refining tasks.

"Many thanks, Husband." Lu Fushuang's face flushed with shyness as she nestled into his embrace.

Watching the delicate and charming appearance of his beautiful wife, Chen Fan was in high spirits.

In the days that followed, Chen Fan became increasingly diligent.

Apart from Alchemy and Cultivating, he constantly purchased various Spirit Rice, Spiritual Plant vegetables, Spirit Fish, and Spirit Beast meat at the market at the foot of the Family mountain.

However, as time passed, he noticed that the prices of these food items were rising every day.

The reason was none other than the conflict between the Qin Family and the Su Family intensifying.

It turned out that ever since the Qin Family refined a unique detoxifying Medicinal Pill, the Su Family had simply hired a group of Demonic Cultivators, turning the place into a foul mess.

Fortunately, the current conflict between the Qin Family and the Su Family was limited to Cultivators in the Qi Refinement Stage, and the Foundation Establishment bigwigs overseeing the situation had no intention of making a move themselves.

This meant that while the war seemed intense, it had not yet reached the point of tearing off the masks of civility.

Faced with this situation, the Qin Family had no choice but to organize larger guard squads to constantly clear out the Demonic Cultivators.

Consequently, the group of Matrilocal son-in-law were filled with panic. As tools of the Family, besides breeding immortal seedlings, this was also an obligation they had to fulfill.

Sun Xuan, who had always looked upon Chen Fan with displeasure, was also helpless. He now finally saw the true nature of the Qin Family; since he had produced fewer immortal seedlings, the Family would not let him take such a big advantage.

Just when everyone else was worried, Chen Fan was living quite comfortably and safely. He secretly rejoiced; if he weren't skilled in the Dao of Alchemy, he would likely have been sent to the battlefield.

Entering the Back Courtyard of the Alchemy Hall, one could clearly sense the strange expressions of the other Alchemists.

Fortunately, with his status as a Deacon of the Pill Refining Room, he was not deliberately targeted.

After all, Alchemists were busy refining Medicinal Pill every day, completing their respective refining tasks, and rarely interacted.

Because of his low Realm, Deacon Qin Yunhe initially only allowed him to refine relatively simple Medicinal Pill, letting him adapt for a period of time.

However, upon seeing that he could refine three-patterned huntian pill, his attitude quickly changed.

The difficulty of the prescribed refining tasks was raised slightly, and as a result, the other Alchemists no longer had any grievances.

Chen Fan, taking advantage of his extremely high Alchemy success rate, privately accumulated a large amount of Medicinal Pill, waiting for the situation outside to stabilize before selling them.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months passed. Under the mediation of the Wang Family of Black Stone Fort, the Qin Family was willing to make some concessions regarding Medicinal Pill, finally shaking hands and making peace with the Su Family.

Once the war stopped, the Family quickly resumed the flying boat trips to Qingyang Market, though there were now more Family guards on board.

Because ever since the Su Family introduced Demonic Cultivators, it had not weakened the Qin Family but instead caused some unrest in the area, and one would encounter Demonic Cultivators on the road from time to time.

As soon as Chen Fan stepped onto the flying boat, several Qin Family Cultivators immediately bowed respectfully.

"You are too kind." Chen Fan smiled warmly. He knew well that his Realm was low, so he dared not put on an arrogant front.

Glancing around the flying boat from the corner of his eye, his expression turned strange; he had not expected that his old acquaintance Sun Xuan would also be on the flying boat.

"Brother Sun, long time no see."

Chen Fan smiled gently and greeted him very enthusiastically. Thinking that the child born to Qin Shuangshuang was not his, he felt a tinge of guilt.

"Greetings, Deacon Chen." Sun Xuan appeared extremely awkward. Now, the status difference between the two was like mud and clouds; he could only hold a sharp blade and serve as a flying boat guard.

After some light pleasantries, Chen Fan closed his eyes to rest, calculating how to sell all the Medicinal Pill in his Storage Pouch.

Sun Xuan's eyes flickered. He had long heard that the other party frequently visited the market, and his gaze involuntarily fell upon the Storage Pouch at his waist, wondering what exactly was inside.

As before, Chen Fan wandered around the market first. After confirming that no one was following him, he immediately changed his attire and appearance.

Concealing his aura, he headed straight for the Treasure Pavilion.

"You've arrived?" The beautiful receptionist Shen Yueyao walked up with a swaying gait.

After a period of tempering and stable trading with Chen Fan, she finally had a foothold in the trading firm.

However, judging by her tired eyes, this receptionist job was very exhausting.

After looking around the first floor, Chen Fan went straight to a private room and took out seven bottles of Medicinal Pill in one go.

"These are all four-patterned huntian pill and Pulse Protection Pills. See how many breakthrough pill you can exchange for them."

His goal this time was very clear: he needed better Medicinal Pill to strive for an early Breakthrough to Late-stage Qi Refining.

"Well..." Shen Yueyao glanced over them briefly, and finally, feeling a bit embarrassed, held up two fingers.

"Only two?" Chen Fan was slightly disappointed.

"The price of the breakthrough pill is extremely high. What I just mentioned was only for three-patterned ones. If you want five-patterned ones or higher, you would need to double the amount."

In fact, Chen Fan understood the nuances of this. Any Medicinal Pill involving inter-Realm advancement was a major profit point for merchants; they would rather sell less than lower the price.

Chen Fan had once thought of refining them himself, but the Spiritual Plant Materials for such pills were very difficult to purchase, whether in the Qin Family or on the open market.

Even as a Deacon of the Back Courtyard, he had no qualification to touch these raw Materials; they were all refined by Deacon Qin Yunhe personally.

"Then let's make the trade!" Chen Fan said, feeling slightly helpless.

Subsequently, he took out some more Medicinal Pill to exchange for a Formation that could both defend and attack.

Ever since entering the Back Courtyard, he had clearly noticed more probing spiritual senses; he did not want his secrets to be known by others.

Seeing this, Shen Yueyao was overjoyed. One had to know that selling a Formation came with a significant commission.

After the trade ended, he cautiously circled around again. After confirming that no Cultivator was following him, he slowly walked into the Su Family Shop.

"You've arrived?" Su Yan greeted him with a beaming smile, rushing forward quickly.

Because the Su Family lacked Alchemists, they actually valued Chen Fan all the more.

When he produced the four-patterned huntian pill and Pulse Protection Pills, Deacon Su Changhe's eyes lit up, and he nodded repeatedly: "I didn't expect Fellow Daoist's Alchemy strength to have improved again."

After saying this, his eyes rolled slightly, and he said slowly: "I wonder if Fellow Daoist could help refine other Medicinal Pill?"

"Other Medicinal Pill? Please speak plainly, Fellow Daoist."

"This Medicinal Pill is called a breakthrough pill. I wonder if Fellow Daoist has refined it before?" Deacon Su Changhe asked unhurriedly.

"Of course I have refined it before. Give me the Spiritual Plant, and we will trade in a month." Chen Fan was overjoyed and said without any hesitation.

"A month? That is too long." Deacon Su Changhe stroked his beard, his brows slightly furrowed, appearing lost in thought.

"Then what does Fellow Daoist mean?"

Chen Fan was a bit curious and did not know what kind of medicine the other party was selling in their gourd. He knew that after he killed a Su Family Cultivator last time, the other party had been well-behaved for a while.

"Our shop has a Pill Refining Room. If Fellow Daoist is sincere about cooperating, how about refining it here?"

"Refine it here?" Chen Fan was shocked, feeling an inexplicable sense of danger.