Gu He revealed a wry smile. "You must have noticed as well. My alchemy and my soul have both reached a bottleneck, so I wanted to visit you and remain by your side for a while, to see whether I might gain some insight and break my soul power through to the Heavenly Realm Great Perfection, further advancing my alchemy."
The helplessness on Elder Shen Nong's face deepened. Geniuses were not frightening; what was frightening were geniuses who never stopped striving forward. How was an ordinary man like him supposed to live?
However, a thousand years of life had granted him not only ample experience, but also a broad enough heart. Elder Shen Nong nodded. "Then stay by my side for a while. But let me make this clear first: I rarely refine pills. I only do so when I feel like it, and I certainly will not refine a Ninth-grade Profound Pill here. Otherwise, that old man Yao Dan will probably kill me. So, if you wish to watch me refine pills, you will have to wait quite some time."
Delight appeared on Gu He's face. "Naturally. Alchemy is a matter of freedom; whether one refines or not depends entirely on one's own wishes. As long as I can stay by your side and comprehend the mysteries of the Heavenly Realm Great Perfection, that is enough."
This could be considered one of his goals. Of course, his more important goal was to see whether he could find the Flame of Life in advance. He actually did not hold much hope for raising his soul to Great Perfection.
Although he had advanced from the peak of a Three-Star Dou Saint to a Five-Star Dou Sheng, and his soul power had risen to the limit of the Heavenly Realm Late Stage,