The Five Institutes of the Three Halls and Five Institutes might be called institutes, but they were far more than mere small courtyards.
In truth, the Alchemy Institute Luo Chen had seen so far already covered an area and scope no less than some ordinary Golden Core Sects from the former Mountain Sea World.
Three spirit mountains stood in a triangular formation, descending from high to low.
Dense spiritual qi mingled with all manner of complex pill fragrances. Cultivators unaccustomed to pill refining would even feel discomfort upon first entering the Alchemy Institute.
The mountains to the left and right were respectively known as Spirit Pill Peak and Wonderful Pill Peak.
The cultivators entering and leaving them were mostly Golden Core and Foundation Establishment cultivators.
As for the rearmost and tallest mountain, it was called Dan Emperor Mountain.
Luo Chen sensed the auras of many Nascent Soul Cultivators within it, including even Great Cultivators at Nascent Soul Late Stage.
After thinking briefly, Luo Chen understood the purpose of this arrangement.
The Su Ling Sect was simply too vast.
Even the Pill Hall alone contained thousands upon thousands of cultivators, and the pills involved came in every strange and varied kind imaginable.
Thus, three pill mountains had been divided out.
From the complex Pill Qi drifting through the air, one could tell that the three pill mountains respectively corresponded to Tier 4 Pills, Tier 3 Pills, and Tier 2 and Tier 1 Pills.
This way, the sect's other disciples would have a place to seek pills, rather than being left at a loss.
With Luo Chen's Pill Refinement Art, he could naturally go directly up Dan Emperor Mountain.
But he was now "Xuan Luo."
Merely a new disciple who had entered the sect ten years ago.
Everything had to begin from