When it came to Pill Cauldron Peak, the things Li Changshou was most interested in were, first, the new pill furnace soon to be his, and second, one of its masters of poison refining—Wan Linjun.
Most of Li Changshou's theoretical knowledge of poison refining, along with nearly half his poison formulas, had come from several Poison Scriptures written by Wan Linjun.
Wan Linjun was a Sect Elder, a Celestial Immortal of Pill Cauldron Peak, and a Celestial Immortal who enjoyed refining poison. His strength could not be judged by cultivation or magic treasures alone.
When his junior sister had gone to the Eastern Sea to poison Shrimp Demons, one consideration Li Changshou had had was to use the poison powder she scattered to draw this great expert's attention.
This elder was, after all, a master of the sect. Although he had taken away the poison powder Li Changshou had refined from Ling'e, there had been no further movement afterward...
Li Changshou did not dare be too proactive, either.
If a sect disciple actively sought instruction from the sect elder most skilled in poison refining, people would clearly suspect that the disciple was cold and sinister by nature, and intended to poison some enemy to death.
But if things were reversed—if a sect elder who liked refining poison insisted on teaching a sect disciple the methods of poison refining—then the impression Li Changshou left on others would be diluted considerably...
The slight difference between taking the initiative and being passive was plain for all to see.
As he rode the clouds with Jiu Wu toward Pill Cauldron Peak, Li Changshou pondered to himself whether, now that he finally had a chance to visit Pill Cauldron Peak, he should arrange an "encounter" with that master of poison refining...
It could not be