I Am Shocked That You Call This Cultivation - Chapter 26

Chapter 26: Gathering All Four Ingredients

“It’s such a pity that I didn’t witness the phenomenon that night!”

Chen Pingan had a look of pity on his face. He was fine with it when it happened in the neighborhood, but he was frustrated now that he was even missing the phenomenon at school. He had only heard about those phenomena from others and never had the chance to witness them personally.

Dali was still impassioned as he said, “You have to train hard and work towards the realm of Immortals. You should learn from them. They are already standing at such a high position, yet they are still working so hard to cultivate and explore higher realms.”

“Learn more of this determination!”

Chen Pingan kept nodding as he listened to the old man’s words. He agreed with the old man.

He really had to learn from those seniors. He was only in the middle stage of the Qi Refinement Stage, and the cultivation path ahead of him was still long. He had to maintain his humility in order to reach the level of those immortals in the future.

“I will study hard and cultivate. I will strive to become an expert like an immortal one day and transcend nature!”

Chen Pingan was enlightened by the old man’s words. Chen Pingan believed that his previous doubts about his own cultivation had come from his lack of stability and anxiety.

The road of cultivation was long and arduous to begin with. If one wanted to reach mastery in one go, they would only end up dead.

Chen Pingan and the old man discussed the immortal in the school for a long time. The two of them showed respect and admiration towards that immortal. Chen Pingan yearned to reach the realm of immortals, while Dali was simply obsessed with immortals. The two viewed immortals as their lifelong idols!

It was not until the bell rang that the two of them bid each other farewell. They began to look forward to the next appearance of the immortal.

It was just past 9 o’clock.

Chen Pingan didn’t wait long at the entrance of the staff dormitory before he saw Yue Qing walk out from inside. She was easy to recognize and she had a very distinct smile on her face. Her smile was extremely infectious.

“Teacher Yue Qing, thank you for coming with me. Actually, you could just give me the address so you won’t have to go through so much trouble.”

The two of them walked side by side. Yue Qing turned to look at him and smiled sweetly. She said, “My family’s ingredients shop is located in a very remote area. Even a local won’t be able to help you get there. If you go alone, you’ll never arrive.”

Chen Pingan now understood why he couldn’t find the ingredients online. If not for Brother Xiong’s help, he might have missed this opportunity.

“Teacher Pingan, what pill do you want to refine with those four medicinal ingredients?”

Chen Pingan was stunned. He didn’t expect Yue Qing to figure out what he was up to so quickly.

“Don’t look at me like that. Even though I’m only at the Golden Core stage, I’ve been very interested in pill refinement since I was young. My family runs a medicinal shop, so I’m more familiar with the types of medicinal ingredients than you are. Those four types of medicinal ingredients are so rare that ordinary people wouldn’t even know about them.”

“Other than pill refiners, no one knows anything about those rare medicinal ingredients!”

Yue Qing smiled slyly, her tone firm.

She secretly sized up Chen Pingan and could not detect the slightest bit of Spirit Qi around him. To her, this meant that Chen Pingan had yet to enter the Qi Refinement Stage. For his age, Chen Pingan could be considered a failure.

However, Yue Qing was surprised when found out that Chen Pingan was actually a rare and precious pill refiner. With the identity of a pill refiner, even if Chen Pingan did not enter the Qi Refinement Stage, he could still do whatever he wanted in Yang City.

“I’m not a pill refiner. I just read about pill refinement in the cultivation books and wanted to give it a try. Who knows? I might just succeed.”

Chen Pingan’s gaze was sincere and there was a hint of shyness in it. He looked like a big boy whose secret had been exposed.

He had the formula for the Spirit Gathering Pill. However, he knew that he needed to keep it a secret. He couldn’t even tell Brother Xiong about it.

Chen Pingan was used to being cautious. If someone found out that he had the formula for the Spirit Gathering Pill that could increase his cultivation speed, they might even kill him to snatch the formula from him.

“Cultivation books? Those are useless. The information in those books are incomplete. I’ve already tried them. I advise you not to think about it. Those medicinal ingredients are not cheap. You might just end up wasting them.”

Yue Qing looked disappointed. If Chen Pingan wasn’t a pill refiner, then he was simply too far away from her standards of a romantic partner.

“It’s fine. How would I know if I don’t try? I’ll only give up after I try.”

Chen Pingan did not notice the strange expression of the woman beside him. His face still looked the same as before. However, deep down inside, he was secretly glad that he had gotten the Alchemy Art from the system.

He was not worried that there would be a problem with the pill refinement process. Instead, he was worried that he might not be strong enough to successfully refine the medicinal pill.

The two of them chatted casually and soon reached the school gate. Then, they took a bus.

Yue Qing’s pharmacy was located in the suburbs of Yang City. There was no way to get there directly by bus, so they had to take a taxi after getting off the bus.

After two hours, they finally arrived at the medicinal shop hidden in some small residential buildings.

Chen Pingan followed Yue Qing through the small residential buildings. The place was small, but there was plenty of light. After a few turns, they finally arrived.

They arrived at the door of a very ordinary residential building with three floors.

Chen Pingan followed Yue Qing in. The moment he walked in, he was surprised to find out that it was like a whole different world inside.

The layout of the room was very ordinary and the special thing about it was the backyard. The backyard was a place that had been intentionally opened up, and it had a very wide view.

Chen Pingan looked through the glass window in the living room and saw rows of precious ingredients drying in the backyard. There were all kinds of ingredients and it was a dazzling sight.

“Come over. All the ingredients you want are here. I already told my parents to prepare them last night.”

Yue Qing walked out of a room with a bag in her hand. Even though the ingredients were wrapped in a paper bag, a strong medicinal fragrance still wafted out.

She handed over a stack of paper bags and said, “Check and see if it’s the ingredients you want.”

Chen Pingan did not hesitate in the slightest and accepted it graciously. He opened the tightly wrapped paper bag and saw four different medicinal ingredients. They looked peculiar but contained a dense medicinal fragrance. When the fragrances of these four ingredients were mixed together, they surprisingly smelled good.

He carefully identified them according to the formula for the Spirit Gathering Pill. They seemed to have all met the requirements, and there was nothing for Chen Pingan to be picky about. He placed the ingredients back in the paper bag and closed it.

“There’s no problem with the ingredients. I want all of them. How much do they cost? I’ll pay you.”

“These are rare medicinal ingredients, and the ones I just took out for you are all of high quality. We are all teachers at Qin Kai Cultivation School, so I also won’t ask for too much from you. How about this, I’ll give you all of them for 7,000!”

These four ingredients cost 7000 yuan?!

Chen Pingan was stunned. He had originally borrowed 10,000 yuan from Brother Xiong, but he had spent more than 4,000 yuan to buy other ingredients last night. Now, he had less than 6,000 yuan in his hands.

“Can you make it… slightly cheaper?”

“Teacher Yue Qing, can you give a colleague a discount?”

A flush crept over his face as he bargained with someone he wasn’t that familiar with. Chen Pingan felt so awkward he wanted to dig a hole and crawl into it.

He had never done anything so shameful in his previous life.

In the end, Chen Pingan used up all of his wealth and also accepted some conditions to successfully buy the ingredients. Yue Qing even gave him a second-hand pill furnace and some fire fuel for free..