Second update today: Chapter 1029! 2/4!
The branches swayed. Xu Kun felt the world spin, and when he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a familiar yet unfamiliar place!
"This seems to be the same place as in the video!"
"Haha, you're right!" Tree Sage's voice came from outside. "The subject of this question is a typical case from Qufu Academy, where generation after generation attempted to refine pills beyond their level. To this day, aside from Li Dongbi himself, none of those who observed his pill-refining techniques afterward could identify the real problem!"
Xu Kun was startled. "Is it really that difficult?"
"Of course. After failing twice in a row, he used some special techniques on his third attempt—probably a family secret art—and only then did he manage to refine the Jade Cinnamon Cardamom Pill!"
"It was probably... about ten years ago." Tree Sage paused to think.
Those who could enter Qufu Academy were naturally members of the human race, and most of them were Chinese.
Xu Kun was very curious about the identity of the person kept as a model case.
"Tree Sage, do you know his name?"
"I think it was... Li Dongbi!"
Xu Kun suddenly understood. So it was the champion of the Alchemy Institute, ranked nineteenth on the Imperial Capital Academy's Dragon-Tiger Rankings!
If it was him, then it was hardly strange. He was his Master Hongjing's direct disciple. At such a young age, before even entering the War King Realm, he had already been considered likely to inherit Tao Hongjing's legacy and become the Pill Sect's fourth-generation chief disciple!
The family secret art Tree Sage mentioned, which Li Dongbi had used during his third pill refinement, was most likely a Pill Sect pill-refining method similar to Willow Sweeps the Clothes Forging