(The next two chapters lean toward setup and everyday life.)
Some time ago, the Pill Tower had announced that Venerable Yao, Yao Chen, the Eighth-Rank Peak Alchemist who had once shaken the entire continent with his fame, would refine a pill in the vast square.
Watching an Eighth-Rank Peak Alchemist refine pills was a boon for lower-ranked alchemists. A single session could teach them a great deal.
Back when Xiao Yan had refined pills as a newly appointed elder, he had already drawn crowds of alchemists. Now that Yao Lao was publicly refining pills under the prestigious title of Eighth-Rank Peak Alchemist, he naturally attracted an even larger audience.
Yet when the refinement truly began, all the alchemists who had gathered discovered, to their delight, that this session was even more valuable than they had imagined.
For this continent-renowned Venerable Yao was not refining some Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, but a Tier 9 Precious Pill-something that had not appeared publicly on the continent for decades, perhaps even a century!
He did not even need to succeed. The attempt alone was enough to stir the entire alchemy world.
Whether he succeeded or failed, this would undoubtedly be a grand feast.
At the same time, everyone clearly realized that this once-renowned Venerable Yao had now surpassed his former glory.
After all, refining a Tier 9 Precious Pill required a heavenly realm soul, something Venerable Yao had not possessed before.
No, wait... Most people guessed that, since Venerable Yao dared to refine a Tier 9 Precious Pill, he had most likely advanced to the Semi-Saint level. The likelihood of him being a Dou Sheng was much smaller.
Regardless, all the alchemists still in the Pill Region gradually made their way to the vast square, solely to watch Yao Lao refine a Tier 9