Besides, Yan Ji was right. With his current attainments in alchemy, he probably couldn't yet refine the Nine-Star Mulberry Spirit Heaven-Mending Pill. In that case, what reason would Sang Guhe have to pass the art on to him? After all, he wasn't a member of the Mulberry Spirit Clan, and he hadn't shown that he could refine the pill. How could the other party possibly grant him the formula?
Still, according to Sang Guhe, he could visit the other party twice more and come and go freely from the Heavenly Mulberry Wasteland. Perhaps he'd truly get the chance someday. It wouldn't be impossible to bring it up then.
"Why are you so interested in this pill?" Yan Ji asked when she noticed Lu Xiaotian's unusual expression.
"As an alchemist, how could I not be interested in such an exquisite formula?" Lu Xiaotian smiled. He couldn't have asked for an easier question to answer.
"What grade has your alchemy reached now?" Yan Ji asked with great interest.
"Third grade."
"Though you still have a ways to go, given the situation, you seem to be advancing in alchemy even faster than you are in cultivation."
Yan Ji looked surprised, then a few glimmers of excitement lit her eyes. "It wouldn't be too difficult for you to enter Nine Central City under the identity of a third-grade Alchemy Saint."
"We'll have to plan it carefully. Entering Nine Central City as a third-grade Alchemy Saint won't be hard, but there's no excuse for getting near the Luo Yang Prison. If I show even the slightest sign of anything unusual, I won't have any chance to escape." Lu Xiaotian didn't want to get himself caught up in the scheme, even if using Yan Ji could help weaken the Heavenly Court to some extent.
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