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The shopkeeper brought Lin City to a courtyard at the back of the main hall. Within the courtyard, there were fake mountains, flowing water, flowers, birds, and a stone table in the middle. Chen Yongwen sat on a stone chair, fiddling with some porcelain bottles on the stone table.

Lin Cheng could tell with a single glance that these bottles were the ones which he used to store the Three Treasures Pill previously.

"Master Chen!"

Lin Cheng stepped forward and clasped his hands, "I wonder what Master Chen would like to request of me?"

With an indifferent smile on his face, Chen Yongwen stretched out his hand and said, "Lin Cheng, sit!"

Lin Cheng obeyed and sat down. Although he had some doubts in his heart, he did not ask any more questions. Instead, he quietly waited for Chen Yongwen to speak.

In fact, in the past ten days, the suspicions in Lin City's heart grew increasingly intense.

It had already been thirteen days since Chen Yongwen agreed to meet him for pill refining. However, during these thirteen days, he had never seen Chen Yongwen again.

However, the strange thing was that every time he refined a pill, the feeling of being watched would appear. When he finished refining the pill, the strange feeling would disappear.

Through his observation, Lin Cheng realized that the two servants in charge of helping him had been secretly stealing teachers from him. It seemed that they wanted to learn the art of forging the Three Treasures Pill from him.

Lin City was not surprised by this. In his previous life, he had stolen teachers more than once. If not, how could he become a Pill King without any cultivation?

However, Lin City noticed that when the two servants were stealing teachers, the strange feeling of being watched sometimes did not appear. However, Lin Cheng noticed that when the two workers were stealing teachers, the strange feeling of being watched sometimes did not appear.

Lin Cheng immediately understood that the feeling of being watched had nothing to do with the two servants.

The vigilance in his heart immediately increased by a lot. Thus, in the past ten days, he had either cultivated or refined pills. Furthermore, the pills he refined were all pills of the third transition level or lower grade.

"Lin City, the Three Treasures Pill that you concocted has caused a sensation throughout the entire Dongluo City. Your name as an alchemist has also shocked the entire city!" Chen Yongwen said.

"I was just lucky enough to chance upon the recipe for this Three-Treasured Pellet. I didn't expect it to actually save a person's life." Lin Cheng humbly replied, "Compared to Master Chen, I'm still far off."

"The pill formula is dead, but people are alive." Chen Yongwen slowly shook his head and said, "Only a pill formula. Without an extraordinary pill technique, it would be impossible for a mere Rank three pill to have such astonishing effects."

Lin Cheng was alarmed when he heard Zhang Xuan mention pill forging techniques. However, he did not reveal any change in his expression, "Master Chen, you flatter me. My skills are nothing compared to a pill concocting master like Master Lin."

Chen Yongwen shook his head and said, "That's not necessarily the case. Lin Cheng, you don't have to be modest about it, and to be honest, I also followed the pill formula you told me about, and refined the poison ivy, stargrass, and precious ginseng in the same order. It's also in the third circulation, but the effects of the pills you refined are far worse than the three-treasure pill you refined!"

Lin Cheng was slightly taken aback, but he understood in his heart.

When he concocted the Three Treasures Pill, he had used his pill refining methods out of habit, especially the finger techniques when concocting the pills.

Even though his current strength was insufficient, so he only used the simplest finger technique, but Chen Yongwen naturally didn't know this finger technique. Naturally, the effect of the refined pill would not be the same.

"Lin City, I'll be frank. Today, I've come to find you as a representative of Dongluo City to officially extend an invitation. I hope you can join us and become one of my guests."

"I wonder what you're thinking?" Chen Yongwen asked.

He was not surprised that Chen Yongwen invited him to be his guest. When he had just returned, Chen Yongwen had already invited him to join them, but he was rejected because his goal was not only to become a pill refiner. He wanted to enter the cultivation world and eventually become an immortal cultivator!

But now, not only did Chen Yongwen want him to become a guest, but he also wanted him to join them. This caused him to be a little surprised.

With a single thought, Lin Cheng clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for the respect Master Chen has shown me, and I am greatly flattered. "However, I know my own limits. I only know a few pill forging methods. My strength is low and my standards aren't high …"

"Don't be in a hurry to refuse!"

When Chen Yongwen heard that Lin City wanted to refuse, he immediately interrupted him and said, "With your skill in alchemy, if you were to be a guest in any other large city, or in the Main Hall of Star Luo City, you would still lack something.

However, Dongluo City is just a small border city of the Star Luo Country. If this wasn't the closest city to the Great Luo Mountain Range, there would be many adventurers and even some cultivators would occasionally appear.

"So, being a guest here, you still have to face those adventurers. With your alchemy standard, that's enough."

"I'm very sorry, Master Chen. I can only disappoint your good intentions. Becoming an alchemist is only a choice that I have to make. In the future, I hope that I can break through to the Danhai stage and enter the cultivation world, so …"

"Break through the Danhai Realm and enter the cultivation world?"

He glanced at Lin Cheng with disdain in his eyes, and said with a smile, "That is quite the ambitious young man, but you are still in the Flowing Light Body Realm, far from the Dan Hai Realm. Plus, joining me will only benefit you, not hurt you."

"I understand Master Chen's reasoning, but I still insist on what I think. I hope Master Chen can understand."

The look of contempt in Chen Yongwen's eyes did not escape Lin Cheng's eyes. However, Lin Cheng pretended not to see and said nothing.

There were many warriors in the World of the Nine Continents. It could be said that everyone was a warrior, but most people would never be able to break into the Danhai Realm, not to mention entering the cultivation world and becoming a cultivator.

But this was Lin City's goal, he would never give up!

Not only that, Lin City was very clear that although joining the ranks of the younger generations might seem beneficial, the truth was that once they joined together, it would be extremely difficult for them to withdraw.

Most importantly, if he wanted to enter the Celestial Sect in the future, he would have to join one of them. Otherwise, he would be a traitor, and the consequences would be obvious.

It was true that Gui Yuan Sect was an immortal sects that people could only look up to, but Lin City could not confirm whether it was suitable for him to belong to the sect after his strength had broken through to that step.

Moreover, in his previous life, he would never lower his head to anyone, and in this life, he did not want to be restricted by anyone.

"Is that your decision?" Seeing that Lin Cheng still refused, Chen Yongwen's face turned ugly. A trace of haze flashed across his eyes.

"Yes, I feel that working together in this way will benefit both of us." Lin Cheng nodded his head.

Chen Yongwen's face gradually turned cold as he said, "Lin City, I've heard that the Lin Family's Madame Tan Yulan views you as a thorn in her side, a thorn in her side, a thorn in her side. She wants to get rid of you as soon as possible."

Lin Cheng frowned slightly and nodded his head as he said: "Master Chen is right. It was all thanks to the protection of everyone that I was able to refine pills and cultivate peacefully. However, in return, I have helped you refine hundreds of Triple pellets, and I have even told you the method to refine the pills. At the same time, I have also taught those two service disciples. "

"Isn't it enough to return the favor and protect me?" Lin Cheng asked indifferently.

"You think this is enough?"

Chen Yongwen snorted, and his face sank, "Lin City, the Three Treasures Pill's recipe is so simple, it only has three ingredients. Any pill refiner can deduce that this recipe has no value at all after getting the pill!" As for the pill refinement techniques you mentioned and the teaching methods you mentioned, which one is more important than your life?! "

Lin Cheng frowned and asked, "Then, what does Master Chen mean?"

"Finger Arts!"

Chen Yongwen slowly opened his mouth and said, "Speak of your Alchemy Finger Art, only then will you be able to offset the fact that you're the one being protected!"

Lin Cheng's face suddenly sank. This Chen Yongwen had such a big appetite, he actually wanted his Alchemy Finger Technique!

There were many types of pill refining techniques.

Pill forging techniques usually referred to the processing methods of the medicinal herbs, the order in which the medicinal herbs were placed, and so on. These were the most basic techniques.

However, in pill refining, other than the pill formula, the most important core was the finger technique!

One had to know that the finger art used to refine pills was actually the activation of elemental energy. It guided the elemental energy to attach itself to the ten fingers of the hand, and then used elemental energy to accurately control the refining speed, the order, and the combination of each and every herb within the furnace.

In order to remove impurities, one had to rely on the special finger technique. At this point, the level of the finger technique would determine the exact circulation of the pill.

In other words, under the same conditions, the finger technique would determine whether the pill being refined was an ordinary pill or a superior pill, or … It was a top-grade pill!

Lin City used the simplest finger art out of all of his theories to forge the Three Treasures Pill. Naturally, he was unable to forge the best pill, but if an apothecary possessed sufficient cultivation, it wasn't difficult for him to forge a superior pill, or even a Rank six or seven pill!

A mere Third Cycle Third Treasure Pill was enough to bring a martial artist back to life. It could be imagined just how amazing the effects would be if it was a top grade Sixth Cycle pill or higher!

Thus, to any apothecary, the pill formula and finger art could be considered as secret knowledge!

But now, Chen Yongwen actually wanted his Alchemy Finger Technique. This kind of request was truly too excessive …