After hearing Xu Yi ask to try refining the Wind Fiend Pill, Li Ping sat stunned for a long while before finally agreeing to his request.
In Li Ping's eyes, Zhong Ruyi was completely clueless. He clearly had a gift for alchemy, yet insisted on taking the crooked path. Li Ping had wanted to persuade him, but then he thought: this was actually for the best. Let Zhong Ruyi waste his time and energy on these pointless experiments, and all that would be left for him to do was obediently serve as Li Ping's assistant.
"Go ahead and refine it. I believe in you. Don't worry about whether you have enough time. You can have the Bingzi No. 1 Refining Room all to yourself for now." Li Ping nearly thumped his chest as he made the promise.
Yinghai Peak's Alchemy Hall had many refining rooms. Other than the Tianzi No. 1 Refining Room, which Elder You used exclusively, most of the rest sat idle. Now and then, an Inner Sect Disciple might come to try refining a pill, but hardly anyone in the Alchemy Hall ever used them.
The reason was simple: everyone in the entire Alchemy Hall had their eyes fixed on the Profound Yellow Pill. Ordinary Medicine Attendants hoped to master the preparation of one more medicine and maybe rise to the rank of a Level Three Alchemist.
Level Three Alchemists hoped to advance to Level Two, Level Two Alchemists hoped to become a Grand Alchemist like Li Ping, and Grand Alchemists like Li Ping hoped that, once their years of service were up—or after winning Elder You's favor and being taught the method for refining Profound Yellow Pills—the sect would provide them with resources to break through to the Life Wheel Realm. Once they possessed a life