The two of them took out all the spirit herbs they had gathered for refining the Void-Merging Origin-Breaking Pill and laid them on the cave floor.
Looking at the dazzling assortment of spirit herbs on the ground, Ye Bing was elated.
Though this journey had taken over twenty years, they had finally achieved their goal.
"Fairy, now that we have gathered all the spirit herbs, when do you plan to begin refining the pill?"
"There is no hurry," Ye Bing said. "Once we return to Cloud-Hidden City, I will spend some time in seclusion, carefully studying the insights on refining the Void-Merging Origin-Breaking Pill. Though I once watched Jiang Guyun refine it firsthand, I have never attempted it myself. I must proceed cautiously. Besides, we cannot find a trustworthy alchemist to discuss it with at present, so I can only work through it on my own."
"If you do not mind, Fairy, I could discuss the refinement of this pill with you," Song Wen said.
A trace of surprise crossed Ye Bing's face as she looked up at Song Wen.
"You are an alchemist too?"
Song Wen nodded.
"To think you have kept that so well hidden," Ye Bing remarked. Then she frowned slightly and looked him up and down.
"Fairy, why are you looking at me like that?" Song Wen asked in confusion.
"Something is wrong. There is something suspicious about you," Ye Bing said.
"What is suspicious about me?" Song Wen looked bewildered.
"Your cultivation and your attitude," Ye Bing said. "When we crossed Rotting Miasma Ridge together all those years ago, you were only at the early Spirit Transformation stage. Yet a few days ago, when we fought Jin Xun, the aura you revealed was far stronger than that. Moreover, you never used to ask anything about