Within the Realm of Formations.
Xiao Lin had already begun his seclusion.
After taking care of the sect's affairs, large and small, Xiao Lin entered the Realm of Formations.
At his secluded cultivation site, Xiao Lin sat cross-legged, with the stalk of nine-leaf heavenly star grass floating before him!
In truth, Xiao Lin had spent a long time considering how to use this stalk of nine-leaf heavenly star grass.
Certainly, if Xiao Lin could find a ninth-grade Alchemist and have them use the nine-leaf heavenly star grass as the main ingredient to refine a Ninth-grade Pill that could boost his strength...
Whether it was a treasure pill or a mysterious pill, Xiao Lin was confident it would raise his cultivation by more than one star!
A Ninth Grade Golden Pill was out of the question. There were no Alchemists of that caliber on the Dou Qi Continent at present.
Yet even Alchemists capable of refining Ninth-Grade Treasure Pills and mysterious pills probably numbered only a handful across the entire Dou Qi Continent.
Moreover, most of them were concentrated in the Eight Great Emperor Clans. Outside those clans, only Danta likely had Alchemists of that caliber.
Beyond them, the only one Xiao Lin knew of was the solitary Old Man Shennong.
However, that was not the crucial issue.
The crucial issue was that even if he found a ninth-grade Alchemist, he could not afford the price of getting them to act!
After all, the basic rule for commissioning an Alchemist on the Dou Qi Continent was to provide the Pill Recipe plus three times the raw materials!
Leaving the Pill Recipe aside, where was Xiao Lin supposed to find two more stalks of nine-leaf heavenly star grass?
Not to mention all the assorted supplementary medicinal ingredients.
Thus, finding a ninth-grade Alchemist