War Begins!

"So it was the Myriad Stars Pill!"

Inside the cave residence.

The two sat side by side and soon got straight to the point.

Luo Chen nodded. "Yes. I recently acquired this Pill Recipe. I've managed to succeed now and then, but the steps are so cumbersome that it often takes me two days to refine a single batch."

"Two days for one batch?" Meng Changshou looked at Luo Chen in surprise. "Do you know how fast that already is? Even an experienced Tier 3 Alchemist in our Medicine King Sect needs three days to barely produce a batch. And even then, it takes his full concentration and disrupts his cultivation."

Luo Chen put on a surprised expression.

Inside, however, he remained perfectly calm.

He had deliberately revealed his skill in Pill Refining to make Meng Changshou take him seriously.

From the looks of it, the tactic had worked.

"Tell me exactly what problems you've encountered. When it comes to refining the Myriad Stars Pill, I have some experience to share."

Luo Chen was happy to oblige and immediately described several of the finer points.

At the end, he added, "I'd like to simplify the process, but I don't know where to start. Do you have any suggestions, Fellow Daoist Meng?"

After hearing Luo Chen's questions,

Meng Changshou showed no surprise. The Myriad Stars Pill was an outdated Pill Recipe that the Medicine King Sect had long since abandoned.

They had encountered all the problems involved.

Now that Luo Chen had laid them out, Meng Changshou quickly found a solution.

"It's not difficult. Your thinking is still bound by the Pill Refining habits you formed at a lower cultivation realm."

"Pill Refining habits?"

Luo Chen froze.

Stroking his beard, Meng Changshou smiled. "At lower realms, a Pill Refiner's Spiritual Sense