The weather grew colder by the day. The Golden Pearl Clams entered hibernation, and most disciples involved in Pearl Oyster Farming holed up in their Cave Dwellings without showing their faces. Even the clouds and mist over Yunze Lake lay lazily upon its surface without stirring.
South of Chongmei Mountain, inside Chen Mu's Cave Dwelling, a square low table stood before an enormous Fine Jade Window.
Chen Mu, dressed in loose gray robes, sat in a bamboo chair with both hands pressed against the surface of the Five Qi Primordial Fusion Furnace.
Muffled rumbles like thunder echoed continuously from within the furnace. Five Little Paper Men hid behind Chen Mu, occasionally poking their heads out from over his shoulders to peek inside.
After more than half a year of secluded cultivation, Chen Mu's White Jade reserves had nearly run dry. He planned to refine Water Repelling Beads to earn money.
For him, pills such as Fasting Pills and Foundation Cultivation Pills were actually easier to refine. But few people at Yun Chong Lower Courtyard knew Alchemy. If he sold them in large quantities, it would likely attract trouble.
Water Repelling Beads were different. Many disciples of Yun Chong Lower Courtyard made their living from industries derived from Water Repelling Beads. He only needed to sell them at Hundred Refinements Hall under Li Moliang's identity, and no flaws would be exposed.
A stripped-down Water Repelling Bead sells for eighty White Jade, while a complete version can fetch three hundred. If I refine a hundred or so... heh!
As the thought flashed through his mind, Chen Mu sank his consciousness into the Primordial Fusion Cauldron and grew even more vigilant.
While using the Wind Fire Nexus Incantation to control the intensity of the Qi Seal thunder within the furnace, he continuously activated