In the blink of an eye, another half month passed.
Ye Luo had recovered from the damage to her origin essence caused by summoning an otherworldly creature, but curing her congenital defect remained a distant prospect.
During this time, Chen Lin refined another batch of Nascent Soul Pills for her.
He had already made it clear beforehand that these pills were extremely difficult to refine. Even he could only guarantee an average of one successful batch out of ten; ordinary alchemists had no chance of succeeding.
This was a precaution against the Ye Lineage asking him for the pill formula and having someone else refine them. If that person failed, they would at least be prepared for it.
Of course, it also allowed him to obtain more pill-refining materials to keep for his own use. The Ye Lineage was wealthy and powerful; this small amount meant nothing to them.
To Chen Lin's surprise, they did not ask him for the pill formula, but instead made a request.
"You're inviting me to become an external elder of the Ye Lineage?"
Chen Lin was rather surprised by Ye Zhengming's words.
He had considered that they might take him back to the Ye Lineage, but had never expected such elevated treatment.
As far as he knew, the Ye Lineage had two Void Refinement cultivators. Besides Lineage Patriarch Ye, there was another expert at early Void Refinement, as well as twenty or thirty Spirit Transformation cultivators. They ruled an entire city unchallenged-a truly mighty lineage.
In a lineage like that, an elder would have to be at least a Spirit Transformation cultivator. What qualifications did a mere Nascent Soul cultivator like him have to hold such a high position? Nor could he hold it securely.
At this thought, Chen Lin immediately declined. "I have