Gu Qing's heart was as calm as still water. He opened the jade bottle, and a pure divine path origin aura mixed with a rich medicinal fragrance burst out.
"They're really upper grade Divine Origin Pills..."
"And there are nine of them, a full bottle."
Even though the prodigies present possessed numerous treasures and deep foundations, treating immortal crystals like trash,
seeing nine upper grade Divine Origin Pills still left them unable to remain calm, completely unable to sit still.
After all, Divine Origin Pills were divine pills that strengthened the divine path origin and life essence—who would complain about having too profound a foundation?
They had indeed consumed Divine Origin Pills before, but those were only middle or lower grade. They had never even seen upper grade ones.
Truly, immortal pill masters were exceedingly rare in the world, and requesting them to refine pills was as difficult as ascending to heaven.
Putting other things aside, the refining fees of an immortal pill master couldn't be settled with immortal crystals alone, but required favors, equivalent treasures, or helping the immortal pill master with tasks.
In short, unless absolutely necessary, no one would seek out an immortal pill master to refine pills.
It was more cost-effective to directly purchase the immortal pills they sold.
However, right now, a living immortal pill master stood before their eyes.
This showed just how excited they were.
"Senior Sister."
After everyone had their fill of looking, Gu Qing casually tossed the bottle to Zhi Meng, then took his seat and drank tea by himself, his expression cold and aloof, like a flower admiring its own fragrance.
Zhi Meng caught it with a calm expression, as if she weren't holding Divine Origin Pills but some ordinary item.
However, her heart was not as calm as her expression suggested.
These were Divine Origin Pills, which she could also consume, and with even better effects, allowing her to rapidly improve her cultivation and strengthen her foundation.
What pleased her most was that Gu Qing had been promoted to a mid-grade immortal pill master, which meant refining ultimate grade pills wasn't far off.
There were too many opportunities for profit here.
Perhaps she could learn information about Time Essence.
"This..."
Seeing Zhi Meng's accustomed manner, she must have received many of Gu Qing's divine pills, right?
Perhaps all of Gu Qing's divine pills were on Zhi Meng.
At this thought, the way everyone looked at Zhi Meng instantly changed.
Long Jue glanced coldly at Gu Qing.
If it were just a single Divine Origin Fruit, he wouldn't care too much.
But nine upper grade Divine Origin Pills—he desperately needed them. If all nine were given to him, his strength and foundation would definitely advance further.
But Gu Qing didn't give him even one, which was truly hateful.
Long Jue's heart was bleeding as he forced a smile and looked at Zhi Meng, asking: "Junior Sister, are you also an alchemist?"
"I have no talent for alchemy." Zhi Meng replied vaguely, then paused and smiled. "My junior brother possesses an unparalleled alchemy talent in all of history, with the makings of a grandmaster and even an Immortal King."
"What Junior Sister says is absolutely right. Alchemist Gu is unparalleled in all of history, unprecedented and unrepeatable..." everyone echoed without hesitation.
It was clear that Zhi Meng was not exaggerating.
Gu Qing looked very young, and at such a young age, he could refine upper grade Divine Origin Pills. His alchemy talent and cultivation aptitude were undoubtedly rare in all of history.
Moreover, they finally realized belatedly that Gu Qing's alchemy speed was too fast.
An ordinary mid-tier immortal alchemy master would take about a month to refine a single batch of pills. The better one's alchemy art, the faster the process.
A high-tier immortal alchemy master could refine a batch of mid-tier immortal pills in just a few days.
If they were to say that Gu Qing was a high-tier immortal alchemy master, they wouldn't believe it.
But Gu Qing's alchemy art was definitely more profound than what they had witnessed.
Given time, Gu Qing might truly become a grandmaster of the generation.
As for breaking through to Immortal King, they just smiled without saying a word.
If breaking through to Immortal King were that easy, the Immortal Realm would be overflowing with Immortal Kings by now.
After all, the Immortal Realm has never lacked proud geniuses and monstrous talents, nor has it lacked opportunities and inheritances.
Of course, none of that mattered.
The question was, how could they establish a connection with Gu Qing and have him refine some immortal pills for them?
Long Jue looked at Zhi Meng, his heart burning with passion. If he could take Zhi Meng as a concubine, wouldn't Gu Qing then be willing to refine pills for him?
However, he had some doubts. Were the two really master and sister from the same sect?
Perhaps Zhi Meng had just picked up this junior brother from somewhere?
Shi Jingqiong had the same suspicions.
After all, which faction would willingly let an alchemy master with such limitless potential wander about freely?
If something unexpected were to happen, which faction could afford the consequences?
In their place, they would definitely worship Gu Qing, dispatching powerful experts to protect him around the clock.
Thinking of venturing into secret realms? Don't even dream about it.
"Everyone, this God Source Pill is of little use to me. I wonder if any fellow daoists here might be interested?" Zhi Meng placed the jade bottle on the table and spoke calmly.
Everyone present "..."
The maids "..."
You damn bastard.
How can you say that without fearing being struck by lightning?
The God Source Pill, which they could only yearn for but never obtain, was dismissed as useless trash in Zhi Meng's mouth.
Jealousy.
Everyone was driven to madness with jealousy toward Zhi Meng.
If only they had such a junior brother.
Shi Jingqiong smiled sweetly on the surface while secretly seething with jealousy, thinking to herself: "Damn you, you're just a clinging vine attached to Alchemist Gu. What right do you have to be so arrogant? Truly shameless, I spit on you."
Zhi Meng paid no mind to what others thought, trading nine God Source Pills for two God Source Fruits and seven map coordinates.
After leaving a single sentence—that anyone wanting Gu Qing to refine pills should find her—she led Gu Qing away.
Watching the two leave, everyone's eyes gleamed with various thoughts.
It was obvious why Zhi Meng wanted so many treasure maps and coordinates—she was definitely searching for treasures.
Their suspicions grew that Gu Qing was a proud genius who had been lured away by Zhi Meng.
The behavior of the two was simply too strange. Who would ever take an alchemy master on adventures?
Thinking this way, everyone harbored their own ulterior motives but said nothing.
Planned to enter the Soul Sea Star Domain to investigate further.
...
"Disciple, guess what news your Master has gathered?"
"Let me see."
Back in their cave dwelling, Zhi Meng's expression was excited as she took out a jade slip, organizing the information and map coordinates to make a copy for Gu Qing.
Gu Qing scanned it with his divine sense and revealed a pleased expression.
"Master is truly formidable."
This information was absolutely confidential and priceless.
One had to know that many secret realms were extremely dangerous, and with the realms being so vast, without a map, one would just wander around like a headless fly.
With map coordinates, there was not only safety but also the ability to accurately find treasures.
However, coordinate information doesn't come from the wind; it's paved out by countless cultivators with their lives.
"Where do you think that came from? If you weren't a mid-tier immortal alchemy master and I had some talent, I wouldn't even have qualified to speak with them, let alone trade."
Zhi Meng shook her head; she clearly knew that they were able to gather information so smoothly thanks to Gu Qing's status as an alchemist.
"But these days, Jiao's background is powerful, and they're not fools. They've probably guessed something, but with ulterior motives, they just can't ask about it."
"Master speaks the truth."
Gu Qing nodded thoughtfully and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if they've guessed. No matter what methods they use, I fear nothing."
Hearing this, Zhi Meng hummed in acknowledgment, looking at the incomparably handsome Gu Qing, her delight evident on her face.
"My disciple has grown up, able to protect your Master now." Zhi Meng remarked with emotion.
Watching Gu Qing grow bit by bit, Zhi Meng experienced the joy of raising a child.
"Master, please go out first. I need to start alchemy."
Unable to bear Zhi Meng's beauty being so close, Gu Qing was overwhelmed.
Although his heart was as calm as still water and he could endure what others couldn't, it didn't mean he was willing to endure it.
Nine days passed in a flash. Gu Qing refined two furnaces of top-grade God Source Pills and gave nine to Zhi Meng.
"Master, take these to improve your cultivation. If you don't hurry up and improve your cultivation, I'll surpass you."
"Good. Just refine these immortal pills into middle to upper grade." Zhi Meng took out a storage ring and stuffed it into Gu Qing's hand.
She took the God Source Pills and hurried into seclusion, a sense of urgency rising in her heart.
Gu Qing glanced at them—two furnaces of God Source Pills and five furnaces of Heavenly Soul Pills.
Heavenly Soul Pills were relatively difficult to refine among mid-tier immortal pills, mainly used to cleanse the divine soul and strengthen it.
The importance of the divine soul to a cultivator goes without saying.
Gu Qing might not look down on ordinary divine pills, but he highly valued Heavenly Soul Pills as they could enhance his divine soul.
"What a wealthy dog." Gu Qing thought with delight.
The Heavenly Soul Fruits used to refine Heavenly Soul Pills were rarer than God Source Fruits and several times more expensive.
Moreover, they weren't sold on the market at all; they could only possibly appear at large auctions.
"I'll confiscate two furnaces as payment, and refine the remaining three into middle to upper grade to split evenly."
Acting on his thoughts, Gu Qing silently calculated the process, planning to refine the three furnaces of Heavenly Soul Pills together.
It also took nine days to refine eighteen upper-grade and nine middle-grade pills.
Although he didn't really want to refine such high-quality Soul Heaven Pills for Long Jue and the others.
But, being an alchemy master was his golden reputation, his signboard, only if the quality of his pills was better would people be willing to hand over extremely precious immortal pills for him to refine, and he could also profit from it.
If his reputation was ruined, who would ask him to refine pills in the future?
Go collect immortal spirit medicines himself?
Or forget it, treasures like the Soul Heaven Fruit were extremely rare to find in the world, and their preciousness was enough to make Profound Divine Realm experts fight each other.
He might as well honestly sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor, waiting for others to deliver treasures to his doorstep, because lying flat and winning was the most fragrant.
Gu Qing spent another nine days to refine the Divine Origin Pills.
Next, he refined the ten furnaces of immortal pills for Tianbao Merchant Tower.
This time, all refined were upper-grade.
After all, Tianbao Merchant Tower was his current backing, which seemed to have not helped much, but relying on Tianbao Merchant Tower, he could do many things by borrowing their momentum.
Refining seven furnaces for Tianbao Merchant Tower, and the remaining three were his, all refined into top-grade pills.
Gu Qing took out a communication jade: "Sister Yu, has the pill recipe for the God-Burying Pill been deduced?"
Jiang Yu: "Who are you? Don't randomly associate with me, sister advises you to be cautious with your words and actions, at a young age, you should be down-to-earth, and don't always do things like cheating and deceiving."
Gu Qing: "Bomb/Bomb/Bomb/Bomb/Bomb/Bomb..."
Jiang Yu looked at the series of bombs projected, exploding like fireworks, and couldn't help but chuckle.
Jiang Yu: "Only when you need something do you contact sister Yu. You are heartless, you are ruthless, little fairy points and jpg"
Jiang Yu: "I am not your sister, I am your mother. Little fairy puts on her hips and scolds jpg"
Jiang Yu: "You always read but never reply to messages, are you still filial son of your mother? Little fairy waits with longing jpg"
She had now also learned to generate memes with a single thought.
Seeing this, it was time to show his real skills.
After coaxing for a long time, Jiang Yu finally sent the God-Burying Pill recipe.
Gu Qing continued to ask: "Sister Yu, is there a way to avoid the pill tribulation?"
That's right, refining Divine Mark Divine Pills would have a thunder tribulation.
And refining one furnace of Divine Mark Divine Pills would take at least forty-nine days.
Gu Qing thought it was too troublesome, which was why he hadn't been refining them.
Now that he happened to have free time, he could try refining them.
It's just that the tribulation was too damn troublesome.
The terrifying thunder tribulation was determined by the grade of the immortal pill, and one careless mistake could lead to the destruction of the pills and the death of the person.
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