Li Qingyuan naturally would not turn away the Heavenly Immortal powerhouses who came seeking cooperation.
Working with them offered many benefits.
He could study fourth-grade pill formulas for free, fill the gaps in his inheritance of pill formulas, and improve his alchemical attainments across multiple aspects and dimensions.
After all, on the path of the Dao of Alchemy, pill formulas were the foundation.
Every additional fourth-grade pill formula brought another measure of insight into the medicinal principles of heaven and earth, deepening his understanding of the Great Dao of plants.
The pill formulas these Heavenly Immortal powerhouses had treasured for hundreds of millions of years were now his to study simply by refining pills for them. Such a wonderful opportunity would be hard to find even with a lantern.
Still, Li Qingyuan said modestly, "I have only just refined my first fourth-grade immortal pill. I have no absolute confidence with other pills."
"If I rashly accept your commissions and something goes wrong, wasting immortal medicines would be a small matter, but delaying your cultivation would be a grave one."
"Why don't we wait until I have honed my skills for a while and improved my Dao of Alchemy arts before we cooperate?"
At these words, the four early-stage Heavenly Immortals were not annoyed at all. Instead, they nodded repeatedly.
"We understand, we understand."
"Fellow Daoist Qingyuan is meticulous and puts prudence first. That is the true character of an alchemist."
"Very well, we shall await your good news!"
His modest gentlemanly manner, neither arrogant nor impatient, raised the Heavenly Immortals' opinion of Li Qingyuan further.
Then Li Qingyuan turned toward the True Immortal cultivators and declared, "Fellow Daoists, any of you who possess Heavenly Immortal pill formulas may cooperate with me, even if the formulas are incomplete."
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