Back at his cave dwelling, Lu Xiaotian gazed up at the boundless sky as a figure tore through the air from the horizon. It was Ancestor Chi Jie.
"When will you be able to refine the pill I entrusted to you?" Ancestor Chi Jie narrowed his eyes as he studied Lu Xiaotian. Ever since handing over the spirit materials for the Breakthrough Pill, he had been keeping a close watch on Lu Xiaotian's every move.
Lu Xiaotian's trip to the Spirit Locust Grove this time had inevitably aroused his suspicions. He had risked death time and again to obtain those materials for the Breakthrough Pill, coming within a hair's breadth of losing his life on several occasions.
He had exhausted every stratagem trying to find a Grandmaster Alchemist to refine the pill for him, but to no avail. For one thing, the pill was too heaven-defying; he hardly dared breathe a word about it. For another, Grandmaster Alchemists were guarded too closely by every major faction. Approaching one in secret would have been no easier than fighting the Hermit Crane Immortal to the death.
The pill was of the utmost importance. Ancestor Chi Jie would not allow anything to go wrong.
"Do you think refining pills is as easy as cooking a meal?" Lu Xiaotian shot back.
"Name whatever conditions you want."
Ancestor Chi Jie restrained his impatience. He desperately needed that pill so he would no longer have to defer to the Hermit Crane Immortal. It was miserable to be constantly outmatched, all the while worrying that the Hermit Crane Immortal might have made yet another breakthrough.
"The cultivation technique I practice is somewhat unusual. It requires the spirit essence and blood essence of Tenth Tier demon beasts. The more you can provide, the greater my chances of refining