"Yes, three thousand high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills."
Chen Changming smiled meaningfully.
Yuan Tian's shock had long been within his expectations.
Whether in the Illusion Star Sea or Great Qin, alchemists were a scarce profession. Alchemists capable of refining high-grade pills were even rarer than phoenix feathers and qilin horns.
To Chen Changming, refining three thousand high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills was as easy as playing around, without the slightest pressure.
By all rights, the trifling medicinal herbs lost in the Ziyuan Secret Realm were nowhere near worth three thousand high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills. Yet Chen Changming still wished to compensate them severalfold, as repayment for Liu Qingwu's recognition and support back then.
And to Chen Changming, refining high-grade Foundation Establishment Pills was no different from refining low-grade ones.
Yuan Tian came back to his senses and withdrew the faint trace of Nascent Soul Realm aura. With an embarrassed smile, he said, "Fellow Daoist Chen, isn't this joke of yours a little too big?"
"Elder Yuan, have the shopkeeper bring a set of ingredients. I'll refine them on the spot."
Chen Changming spoke calmly.
"Alright."
Yuan Tian sent out a voice transmission. A few breaths later, Geng Yue hurried in and placed a Storage Bag on the table.
"Fellow Daoist Chen, please refine your pills."
Yuan Tian left the private room with Geng Yue.
The reason he was so tactful was that alchemists in Great Qin all considered it taboo for others to watch them refine pills in person.
Thus, Yuan Tian stubbornly believed this was a rule followed by all alchemists under heaven.
Chen Changming did not particularly care.
With a wave of his hand, he set down a restriction, took out his pill furnace, and began refining.
His attainments in alchemy were extremely high. Now that he was refining such