When seven-colored rosy clouds vanished beyond the western horizon along with the last trace of misty haze, they were replaced by a brilliant blue as deep as the sea.
Inside an alchemy chamber on Danxia Peak, Lin Chen rubbed his brow and finally let out a sigh.
He had no clue how to deal with the situation before him.
"The worst part of research is not even having a direction." Still, Lin Chen quickly set his mindset straight, cleaned up the alchemy furnace before him, and headed outside.
Just as he reached the exit and was about to check out of the room, he unexpectedly saw the short-haired disciple on duty arguing with a young cultivator.
"This alchemy chamber is occupied." The short-haired disciple answered lazily.
"But doesn't it show as vacant?" The young cultivator, Liu Qiqiang, was visibly taken aback.
He had had his eye on this alchemy chamber for a long time. Not only was its fire energy plentiful, but it was not directly opposite the fire outlet of the fire vein. The spirit fire here was comparatively stable, easier to control, and more suitable for alchemy. It was just a little expensive, but for the sake of advancing, he could not care about so much.
Yet unexpectedly, this alchemy chamber was clearly empty, but the disciple on duty claimed someone had already taken it.
"If I say it's occupied, it's occupied. Why are you asking so many questions?!" the short-haired disciple said impatiently.
If he registered it, Spirit Stones would have to be paid—but how could he let Senior Brother Lin pay? So he simply would not register it. The output of earthfire was unpredictable anyway; the higher-ups could hardly investigate over a few Spirit Stones, could they?
"Then what about this one?" Liu Qiqiang's heart