Half a month later.
"So that's how it works! Now that you've explained it, Master Mu, I finally understand. I spent so long studying it on my own, yet I never even found the door!"
In a spacious, elegantly antiquated room, Chen Lin held a scroll and sighed in admiration.
Seated across from him was Mu Xingchen, the Qingyang Sect's master of pill refining.
Hearing Chen Lin's words, Mu Xingchen smiled faintly. "The knowledge of pill refining is as vast as a sea of mist. Even after more than a hundred years of study, I've barely scratched the surface. You've only just begun exploring it, young friend. Understanding this much is already quite impressive."
"However, no matter how deeply you understand the Pill Dao, the success rate for Foundation Establishment Pills still comes down to luck. You would do well not to waste too much time on this pill formula. If your cultivation reaches Qi Condensation Perfection and you need a Foundation Establishment Pill, our sect can certainly provide one."
Chen Lin nodded respectfully, accepting his well-intentioned advice.
Inwardly, however, he smiled bitterly. He still had no idea what Sect Master Luo was thinking. Never mind asking her for a Foundation Establishment Pill-he would be satisfied as long as she did not make trouble for him.
Still, his gains over the past half month had been tremendous.
After all, Luo Qinglan had yet to emerge from seclusion, and the people of the Qingyang Sect knew nothing about what he had done in the secret chamber. They only knew that he had helped Luo Qinglan dispel her inner demon.
To thank him, they had not only opened most of the cultivation techniques in the Dharma Transmission Hall to him, but also assigned people specifically to answer his questions about cultivation. Both