Alchemist

Before Lu Zhen could even marvel, the two jade boxes each held a brand-new pill swirling with terrifying radiance.

They had undergone a qualitative transformation! A vast medicinal aura burst forth, turning into a dazzling pillar of light that shot straight toward the dome of the underground cultivation chamber.

If this aura burst outside, the entire Nine Provinces Market would likely be alarmed.

"Disperse." Lu Zhen's gaze turned cold.

Clang!

The Star River Sword Intent carried an unstoppable "force," directly severing the pillar of medicinal light.

But in that instant, whoosh! Whoosh! A golden and a violet streak of light shot out like startled birds, fleeing madly in two completely different directions.

The pills had gained sentience—they were trying to escape!

"Trying to leave?" Lu Zhen snorted, and the Wandering Dragon Sky-Treading Step erupted beneath his feet.

Slap. Slap. His hands shot out like lightning, precisely catching both pills in his palms before he suppressed them with a backhand and stored them in his Space Ring.

Only then did the underground cultivation chamber fall silent once more.

Lu Zhen stood where he was, his eyes frighteningly bright.

Sixth-grade pills! What kind of concept was that?

Across the vast Azure Wind Domain and its one hundred and eight small worlds, only the top three super small worlds possessed the qualifications and foundations to own such divine treasures.

Moreover, they could not refine them themselves at all. Every one of them was bestowed by the Supreme Unity Mystic Sect!

In the Great Wilderness, alchemists were an exceedingly noble profession.

A first-rank alchemist could refine ninth-, eighth-, and seventh-grade pills. Their status was exalted to the extreme.

That was because the threshold for learning alchemy was simply too high.

Not only was the early investment of resources a bottomless pit, the requirements for