Tao Wan returned to Azure Pill Valley.
Before leaving, she gave Luo Chen ten bottles of Mid-Grade Rising Dragon Pills and two bottles of High-Grade Rising Dragon Pills.
Of course, they were not free.
Luo Chen paid twenty thousand Spirit Stones and agreed to take on a task.
He would guide Tao Yisheng in Pill Refinement Art.
Luo Chen gladly accepted.
He understood that Tao Wan was trying to recoup something after paying such a steep price.
If Tao Yisheng became a Second-Order Alchemist in both name and ability, it would benefit the Tao Family no matter whether Tao Wan became a Golden Core Dao Seed.
Of course, if Tao Wan wanted to recoup her losses, Luo Chen had no intention of quietly taking a loss himself!
Tao Yisheng might call him "Brother Luo" at every turn.
But they were not master and disciple.
So Luo Chen came up with a clever approach.
"Yisheng!"
"Do you know how I acquired my refined Pill Refinement Art?"
"It didn't come from reading books all day. It took a mountain of hands-on work, piled up day after day!"
"I know your great sect has too many disciples and no end of emerging talents. However plentiful its resources, it can't attend to everyone. I'd wager you've had precious few chances to refine pills yourself."
"I have a way for you to unite theory and practice. I guarantee you'll become a genuine Second-Order Alchemist within a year or two!"
When Luo Chen spoke,
especially about the Alchemy Dao,
Tao Yisheng had gradually come to treat his words as gospel.
Thus, Luo Chen sent him to the Luo Tian Association's Pill Hall on Danxia Peak.
The instruction boiled down to one word—refine!
Refine pills for all you're worth!
Whatever you were best at, refine that!
Whatever