"Senior Brother, I should still clarify this for Junior Brother: my alchemy is also somewhat unstable. I will try my best to refine three pills, but if there are only one or two, I hope Senior Brother will understand." Ye Jingcheng paused for a moment, then added this at the end.
Although Venerable Yuanxu gave him four portions of Void Return Pill spirit materials, he could successfully brew at least three cauldrons. With two pills per cauldron he could net three pills—he possessed this absolute confidence.
However, how many he refined had nothing to do with Divine Source Valley.
Divine Source Valley could not possibly groom him into a Body Integration cultivator, and who knew, perhaps Ye Jingcheng would even need to instruct a few alchemy disciples from Divine Source Valley in the future.
Naturally, he would not let himself stand out too much.
Therefore, this time, after deep contemplation, he still intended to bring out only two pills.
He would wait until next time, when Divine Source Valley offered a higher price, to bring out three.
In this way, he would neither offend Divine Source Valley nor overly subsidize an enemy.
Of course, with this approach, he could not expose any spirit pills exceeding this quantity when accepting commissions hereafter.
"That is only natural. No alchemist has absolute certainty. Do your best, and Senior Brother believes in you." Venerable Yuanxu nodded without the slightest bit of suspicion.
Had Ye Jingcheng made a cast-iron guarantee, he would have felt somewhat concerned instead. Ye Jingcheng speaking with such 'sincerity' actually set his mind much more at ease.
Moreover, he knew he could not apply too much pressure.
Alchemy also placed great stock in a cultivator's state of mind.
"Right, do not remain in seclusion for so long anymore recently. Ten years