Jiang Donghua stretched lazily and sauntered out of his little courtyard.
"Breaking through to Five-star Battle Master in eleven days... that speed isn't bad, right?"
He rubbed his chin, calculating inwardly.
"But relying on idle cultivation alone is still a little slow. I need to find something else to do."
He looked up at the sky. The sunlight was just right, and the breeze was gentle.
"I'll go read in the Alchemy Department. It never hurts to learn more."
He muttered to himself.
"Otherwise, if some treasure ends up right in front of me and I can't even recognize it, that'd be a huge loss."
The Alchemy Department's library was far larger than the Outer Court's, with mountains of Demonic Beast Compendiums, medicinal herb guides, and alchemy notes.
Jiang Donghua casually pulled out a copy of Essentials of Third-grade Pill Refinement, found a corner, sat down, and began reading.
"Tsk, Third-grade Pills really are troublesome."
When he reached the chapter on pill patterns, he frowned slightly.
"I've been idly cultivating for so long, yet I still haven't reached Great Accomplishment. No wonder the pills I refined before were smooth as flowing water, but I could never produce pill patterns."
He recalled his previous attempts at refining Third-grade Pills. His flame control had been excellent, and the medicinal herbs had fused without the slightest hitch, yet when the pill formed, its surface had remained as smooth as a mirror, without the faintest trace of a pill pattern.
"So that's the difference between Minor Accomplishment and Great Accomplishment."
He fell into thought.
"Looks like idle cultivation alone isn't enough. I need to get my hands dirty and practice more."
He closed the book and decided to try it out in the alchemy room.
Inside the alchemy room, Jiang Donghua skillfully took out