Two Months Later;

Marx placed several ingredients in the preheated furnace. After releasing his spiritual sense and Qi into the furnace, he began controlling its temperature.

His goal was simple. Let the heat burn the herbs so that they would release energy inside the furnace.

By using his spiritual sense and the heat of the furnace, he started merging atoms of different energies into one.

The process was tedious. In just the first two minutes, Marx was sweating like crazy.

Because the temperature was decreasing rapidly, he had to increase the power of his spiritual sense.

This was taking a huge toll on his mental health.

Although the process was hard, it was also successful. Three atoms of different energies merged. This merging released an enormous amount of energy.

By using his spiritual sense, he contained that energy while other atoms also began merging until there was no energy left inside the furnace.

Of course, that wasn’t because all of the energy had merged. The furnace could easily absorb the energy and release it outward.

If one didn’t have immense control over the spiritual sense, it was easy to lose anywhere from ten percent to fifty percent of the energy.

In his case, he only lost around thirty percent.

That’s because he was using the spiritual sense to pass the heat from the newly formed energy into his Qi.

Doing this made his Qi hotter, but it also made the other energies colder.

This allowed him to use the spiritual sense to condense that energy into a solid, where he began to shape it into a pill.

Nearly twenty minutes later, his Qi moved the lid from the furnace, and ten blue pills floated above the furnace.

Using his Qi, he pulled the pills into a small jar and used the cork to lock it.

"Finally! Ten Fine-Grade Pills. Although thirty percent of the energy was dissipated, I was still able to create all Fine-Grade Pills without owning a Spiritual Flame or having the Fire Spiritual Root."

"Of course, most of it is thanks to my Innate Dao Body, which increased my talent. Not just comprehension but also my control over spiritual sense."

He couldn’t help but chuckle.

He was able to accomplish something that a cultivator of his realm would take years to complete.

Normally, a cultivator with spiritual sense could never produce multiple pills of the same grade in a single try.

But Tyler was able to do it thanks to his Innate Dao Body.

With this feat alone, he could be considered a Rank One Advanced Alchemist.

Although Intermediate Alchemists could also produce multiple Fine-Grade Pills in a single batch, their furnace would include at least one Bad-Grade Pill.

If they could do what he did, they would be counted as an Advanced Alchemist.

Unfortunately, anyone capable of reaching Advanced Alchemist Rank would definitely be a Foundation-Established Cultivator.

"Within two months, I have also reached the ninth stage of the Qi Sea Realm."

"It’s time to leave this pagoda and prepare to reach the Foundation Establishment Realm."

He took out several bottles of Qi Enhancing Pills, Qi Recovery Pills, and Healing Pills.

All of them were Fine-Grade. He had made nearly a thousand of these. So, he planned to sell them.

He stood up and walked out of the alchemy room.

As soon as he walked out and closed the door, a little girl wearing a red frock ran towards him.

"Brother, you are out. Come on, you must play with me today."

She placed her arms around his neck as she jumped on his chest.

Marx smiled and patted her on the head.

As soon as he did that, Maria’s cheeks puffed out.

"If you don’t play with me today, I will not talk to you."

"I’m sorry, Maria. I have to leave the tower. Once I leave, you will feel alone, but don’t forget your brother will always be there, watching you."

"Once I feel safe outside, I will definitely bring you out."

Hearing his words, Maria’s expression changed as she showed a strong struggle on her face.

But she wasn’t just an ordinary kid. She understood that in her life, only her brother remained. So when it came to safety, she couldn’t make an argument.

That’s why she had stayed in the pagoda for almost two months without making any fuss over it.

"Alright, but you have to talk to me every hour."

"Oh? Have you already learned about hours, minutes, and days?"

"Of course! I have finished reading every book you gave me."

"Alright! Every hour except when you are sleeping, I will talk to you once."

For someone with Spiritual Sense, it wasn’t hard.

Although he couldn’t project his thoughts directly into Maria’s brain, he could release his thoughts outward like a speaker.

After Maria let go of him, Marx gave her a thumbs-up and closed his eyes. In an instant, he disappeared.

"Brother!"

Maria shouted, almost bursting into tears. When she saw him disappear, she remembered her parents leaving her to protect the village.

"I’m here, Maria!"

Suddenly, a voice rang around Maria, which surprised her, but it also calmed her down.

Her expression returned to normal as she asked.

"Brother, what’s my favorite food?"

"Meat buns!"

Hearing the answer, a giggle escaped Maria’s lips. She was very satisfied with his answer. After all, it was the truth.

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On the other hand, Marx appeared exactly in the forest.

His appearance didn’t bring any surprises. He had specifically released his spiritual sense outward to feel any cultivators around him.

Although his spiritual sense wasn’t incredibly powerful, it was still powerful enough to sense everything within a hundred meters.

"Currently, I am near Moro Village. The nearest city would be Kanko City. There is a True Thunder Sect in that city."

"Since I was kicked out of Primal Origin Sect, I shouldn’t go to Nano City. So, the only city left is Arashi City."

"Coincidentally, this is the only city with the largest population of independent cultivators."

"Although there are also many powerful families, it is still protective of its independent cultivators."

"The cost of living is also low, but it also has the highest crime rate. Even so, it is the best place for me."

With his current strength, even if he faced a Foundation-Established Cultivator, he could make it out alive.

Not only because of the system, but also because he had successfully reached the Middle Level of the Second Stage.

That meant his physical body was just as strong as an Early Foundation Established Cultivator.

If he could reach Late Level, his strength would be equal to a Middle Stage Foundation Established Cultivator.

The Peak Level rivaled the Late Stage Foundation Established Cultivator.

As for the Peak Foundation Established Realm, there was no way the second stage could match that.

But if the cultivator reached the Third Stage of the Heavenly Lightning Body Tempering Technique, then he could compete with an Early Stage Golden Core Cultivator.

So, just relying on body cultivation wasn’t enough. His own cultivation was also strong.

At the ninth stage of Qi Sea Realm, his Qi was powerful enough to rival the Qi of a Foundation Established cultivator.

That’s the potential of Innate Dao Body.

Even without liquifying his Qi, it could match that level.

Marx made his way to Arashi City. It was on the southern side of the Moro Village.

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Six hours later;

Marx stood in front of a large city. It was so big that one of its streets felt bigger than the Moro Village.

He saw several cultivators, wearing different clothes, walking around. Some were conversing with others while most were just minding their own business.

As he continued walking on that street, he came across a large board with the map of Arashi City.

This map also had several buildings and streets marked.

Looking at this map, Marx found his destination.

Taixu Treasure House!

Unlike normal medicines, pills were mostly sold at treasure houses or auctions. These were places that couldn’t be robbed easily.

They possessed several powerful cultivators working for them.

So, they were also the safest place to sell his pills.

After following the map, Marx came in front of a large dome-like building. He walked through the front door, where he saw two tags on the door.

[Buy] [Sell]

They were placed opposite each other.

He opened the door with the Sell tag and walked in. When he entered, it didn’t look like he was entering a room.

Instead, it felt like an open space with a lot of people walking around.

A man wearing a red dress walked up to him and politely asked.

"Fellow Daoist, what would you like to sell?"

"Pills!"

A look of surprise appeared in his eyes as he stared at Marx for a moment.

"Of what rank?"

"First Rank Fine-Grade!"

The surprise slowly diminished as he nodded and turned around.

"Follow me!"

Soon, he took him to a booth on the second floor. He took him to a sofa, asked him to sit there and wait.

It turned out the person who was supposed to buy pills was currently busy with another seller.