"By the way, I've been gone for over a year now. How has the investigation into the pill formulas been going?"
Hearing Chen Changan's words, Qi Sect Master sighed helplessly, looking somewhat ashamed.
"It hasn't been easy to inquire about. It's even more difficult than I imagined."
"For one thing, it happened too long ago. For another, there are simply too few rumors about it circulating."
"Even if someone truly knows something, they wouldn't reveal it to outsiders. They're afraid of offending the Alchemist Alliance."
"Even if the chance of offending them is only one in a hundred million, they still wouldn't dare."
"That is the deterrent power of the Alchemist Alliance."
Hard to inquire about?
That was only natural. With the Alchemist Alliance holding such a terrifying position now, it would not be easy to ask around.
"Fine. If it's difficult to investigate, then don't investigate for now, lest it draw other people's attention."
"My gains this time were quite good. Not only did I obtain some resources, I also got hold of several pill formulas."
Pill formulas?
"Y-You... What did you say?"
"You obtained pill formulas? In the Netherworld Mystic Realm?"
"Right, how did you enter the Netherworld Mystic Realm again?" Qi Sect Master asked in shock.
"Yes, through a method only I can use."
"That isn't the important part. The important part is that these pill formulas can rapidly increase the Heavenly Profound Sect's strength."
"Pill formulas... They really are pill formulas. Can you refine pills?"
"I can, but I need to try first."
"After all..."
Originally, Chen Changan had felt no burden whatsoever about refining pills, nor had he had anything to worry about. But the situation in Ultimate Heaven was rather special. Who knew how its laws of heaven and earth had been set? There