"Thisâ"
"Please, donât refuse. Take this as well. If my Fox Race ever questions your integrity, this will serve as proof! Make sure they donât get led astray!"
After the red-robed elder finished speaking, he handed Lin Changâsheng a fiery red crystal stone.
This crystal stone seemed to contain an immensely powerful energy, making it truly unique.
"In that case, I wonât stand on ceremony!"
Seeing this, Lin Changâsheng found it hard to decline, so he had no choice but to accept everything.
Since the red-robed elder was still present, Lin Changâsheng didnât feel comfortable examining the two items and instead put them directly into his storage bag.
"Iâm counting on you!"
With those words, the red-robed elder left immediately.
After the elder departed, Lin Changâsheng continued absorbing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi from the Spiritual Spring Lake.
Because Lin Changâsheng cultivated the Dragon Elephant Heaven-Suppressing Technique, his absorption and refinement speed was astonishing. Normally, it would take an average person a whole month to absorb this spiritual energy.
But Lin Changâsheng only needed a single hour to refine all of it, his cultivation increasing by a small margin.
Ever since entering the Divinity Transformation Stage, his rate of improvement had clearly slowed down a lot.
"Hmm? Thereâs still spiritual energy continuously emerging from the lakewater? Could there be a treasure at the lake bottom?"
Lin Changâsheng thought to himself. He had just finished refining all the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi in the Spiritual Spring Lake, yet there was still spiritual energy seeping out from the water below.
This made Lin Changâsheng feel that the lakebed was anything but ordinary.
There might be a spirit vein or something down there that emits Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
"Iâd better go back and start refining the Celestial Essence Firming Pill first. If thereâs a grand array down there and I get trapped, wasting too much time would be troublesome!"
Lin Changâsheng decided not to act recklesslyâafter all, Yan Zhen was still waiting for his elixirs to heal her.
Besides, this place was a forbidden ground for the Demon Race, so there was no way anyone would come by. Whatever was here definitely wouldnât be lost.
Sooner or later, it was his anyway.
It could waitâ
Standing on the ground above, Lin Changâsheng began to carve an array. Next time he entered this place, he wouldnât need to break through the two grand arrays and could reach it quickly.
"This kidâs no simple character! He even knows Space Secret Techniques?"
The red-robed elder was quite pleased with Lin Changâsheng; this oneâs talent was outstanding, and even if he gained the opportunity here, it wouldnât be wasted.
"How far can he really go? There are always geniuses in this world!"
The black-robed elder sneered, his tone clearly showing some lingering annoyance with Lin Changâsheng.
To be honest, it was just because Lin Changâsheng was from the Human Race. If someone from the Demon Race had this kind of talent, heâd already have taken them to get their opportunity without a second thought.
"Old Venom, youâre just jealous. You couldnât even withstand a single palm from himâwhatâs your problem? If he hadnât gone easy on you, youâd be dead!"
The red-robed elder laughed.
"Like hell I care if he went easy on me!"
The black-robed elder scoffed.
Buzzâ
Outside, as soon as Lin Changâsheng finished carving the array, he crushed a spirit stone and instantly vanished from the spot.
When he appeared again, Lin Changâsheng was already back in the room where heâd stayed in the Demon Raceâs territory last night.
Lin Changâsheng always kept his alchemy equipment on him, so he unpacked everything, ready to refine elixirs on the spot.
[Celestial Essence Firming PillâEntry Level!]
After half an hour of research, Lin Changâsheng finally reached entry level proficiency with this pill.
Although Lin Changâsheng knew the basics of this pill, heâd never had time to study it in depth.
Only now did he finally manage to comprehend the entry level techniques.
[Celestial Essence Firming Pill detected. Would you like to spend 6000 spirit stones to simplify it?]
The menu panel popped up a prompt in the next instant.
"Simplify!"
Lin Changâsheng chose to simplify without hesitation.
[Great Dao is Simple: Celestial Essence Firming Pill simplification beginning... simplifying... simplification complete! Celestial Essence Firming Pill == Close Eyes and Nourish the Spirit!]
"Close Eyes and Nourish the Spirit?"
This simplification is so user-friendly. Lin Changâsheng immediately closed his eyes, concentrating his spirit.
Celestial Essence Firming Pill Experience Points +1!
Celestial Essence Firming Pill Experience Points +1!
...
As Lin Changâsheng closed his eyes to nourish his spirit, the experience points for Celestial Essence Firming Pill skyrocketed.
[Celestial Essence Firming Pill: Perfection!]
In just two hours, the Celestial Essence Firming Pill advanced directly to perfection.
With Perfect Level Alchemy, Lin Changâsheng was more confident than ever about refining the Celestial Essence Firming Pill.
He immediately washed the cauldron, prepared the herbs, extracted, fused, condensed the pillâall the alchemy steps happened in a single smooth motion.
This left the elder who had signed a contract with him completely stunned.
This guy was truly a master of alchemy! He could compare with even the top Alchemy Masters!
After opening the furnace, Lin Changâsheng refined a total of ten pills, with nine coming out successfully. What a sky-high pill formation rate!
"I canât believe this kid actually knows how to refine pills!"
The elder thought to himself, more convinced that this boy had an even greater future ahead.
In that sense, maybe signing a contract with him wasnât such a bad idea after all.
"Not bad at all!"
Looking at the pills heâd just refined, Lin Changâsheng felt quite satisfied and picked one up for a closer look.
He found that not only did the pill radiate a rich medicinal fragrance, but intricate pill patterns swirled across its surface, proving just how extraordinary it was.
In Lin Changâshengâs eyes, in this Immortal Relic Land, very few people could refine elixirs with pill patterns.
Pills with pill patterns were at minimum Sixth Grade or above.
Pills are ranked from Ninth Grade to First Grade, in ascending order.
Ninth Grade pills are made by entry level alchemists.
Eighth Grade pills offer tremendous benefits to cultivatorsâlike Qi-Enhancing Pills, Bone Strengthening Pills, and Divine Communication Pills.
Seventh Grade pills are considered top-tier, not only able to increase a cultivatorâs power, but also improve their physique.
As for Sixth Grade pills, in this Immortal Relic Land, no one sells them. If anyone could refine them, they definitely kept them for private use.