Ninth-Level Alchemist

A down-and-out nobleman silently awakens to the ancient ninth-rate alchemy. He starts by making female beauty potions, builds a business empire in Bluestone City, slaps enemies in the face, conquers beauties, and gradually uncovers the mystery of his father's disappearance and the secrets of gods and demons behind alchemy that have been buried for thousands of years. Main plot: Shen Shen grew from a poor young master with a debt of five thousand taels to an alchemist master who controls the economic lifeline of Qingshi City and is feared by the four major families, and establishes the prototype of a ninth-rate chamber of commerce. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.