Outside the alchemy room, Fa Ma and Hai Bo Dong, who had been waiting for an entire day, were in no hurry. Instead, they leisurely drank tea and chatted.
"Old man Fa Ma, how long do you think Master Xiao will need to refine this pill?"
"Hehe, I'm not a Sixth-Tier Alchemist, so how would I know how long it takes? Still, I'd guess at least three days. The last time Gu He refined a Dou Ling Pill, it took him two full days. And the Soul Fusion Pill is far more difficult to refine than the Dou Ling Pill." Fa Ma chuckled.
If Sixth-Tier Pills were so easy to refine, he would not have been stuck as a Fifth-Tier Alchemist for more than a decade.
"If Master Xiao succeeds, he'll truly shake the Jia Ma Empire. Over the past several decades, Gu He has been the only Sixth-Tier Alchemist, while Master Xiao is only thirteen. In the future, he might even reach the Seventh Tier." Hai Bo Dong grinned teasingly. He could hardly wait to see the shocked expressions on his old friends' faces.
"Whether little friend Xiao Yun succeeds or not, even if I have to give up the president's position, I'll keep him in the Alchemist Association!" Fa Ma's eyes gleamed. When Gu He broke through to become a Sixth-Tier Alchemist, he had regretted more than once that he had failed to keep him, allowing the Misty Cloud Sect to snatch him away first. Now that a Xiao Yun even more monstrous than Gu He had appeared, Fa Ma would truly regret it to death if he let him slip away.
"You're really willing to go that far..." Hai Bo Dong had been startled by the enormous bargaining chip Fa Ma had thrown out and was about