Although Feng Jun was a little frustrated, he nearly laughed aloud when he heard that. "You came to see the Soul-Nourishing Liquid? I refuse to believe that an alchemy master like you can't borrow some from someone else. If you're going to make excuses, at least put some thought into them. Is it really that hard to find a more reasonable one?"
To be fair, Elder Bian Ji had rather strong self-respect and was not particularly thick-skinned. However, when it came to his profession, he did not care about saving face. He gave an awkward laugh. "I want to buy some Soul-Nourishing Liquid and try refining Soul-Nourishing Pills."
Soul-Nourishing Pills were not ordinary pills for replenishing the Divine Soul. Those pills were usually called things like "Soul-Strengthening," "Soul-Ascending," or "Soul-Enhancing." Any pill that dared use the word "nourishing" in its name had an extraordinary effect.
Soul-Nourishing Pills could be refined without Soul-Nourishing Liquid, though their effects would be somewhat worse. Still, everyone had grown used to that, because using Soul-Nourishing Liquid directly was more effective than taking Soul-Nourishing Pills.
However, using Soul-Nourishing Liquid directly was relatively extravagant. A single drop could refine one batch of Soul-Nourishing Pills of the same grade—one batch meant two to four pills. If only one pill came out, the loss would be enormous.
This created a certain effect: those who possessed Soul-Nourishing Liquid were unwilling to use it to refine Soul-Nourishing Pills, because the outcome was not guaranteed. Once the supplementary materials and refining costs were included, even producing two pills meant a loss. If all the benefits went to one person, it was more worthwhile to consume the liquid directly.
Thus, even within the Alchemy Dao, alchemists generally did not use Soul-Nourishing Liquid to refine Soul-Nourishing Pills.
Elder Bian Ji was no ordinary alchemist.