"Greetings, Elder Chu!"
Su Shi'er and Ji Xun Jin both straightened, cupped their fists, and greeted the newcomer.
The man was slightly plump, and with the smile at the corners of his mouth, his eyes were nearly narrowed into slits. He was none other than Elder Chu, one of Medicinal Pill Hall's overseers, who had once recruited Su Shi'er into Medicinal Pill Hall.
"Little Friend Su, are you... heading out on business?"
Elder Chu waved his hand. Without so much as glancing at Ji Xun Jin, he fixed his gaze on Su Shi'er. From the narrow slits of his eyes burst an unconcealable delight.
Back when Medicinal Pill Hall recruited newcomers, as one of those in charge, he had secretly sold off slots and naturally reaped no small profit.
Though his actions had been concealed and his methods clever, one could fool the ignorant but not those with intent. In the eyes of those who cared to look, it was naturally clear what had happened.
There was simply no direct evidence to prove anything. Even so, it had brought him plenty of criticism within Medicinal Pill Hall, leaving him much maligned.
Su Shi'er, under the alias Su Baiyun, had risen from a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator to a fourth-grade alchemist in merely five short years.
Mu Yingluo, who had arrived alongside Su Shi'er under the alias Mu Ying, had likewise become a quasi-fourth-grade alchemist five years ago.
The accomplishments of the two had drawn the attention of countless Sacred Spirit Cult cultivators.
As for whether it was a coincidence for two rising stars of alchemy to appear at once, the two had remained without any suspicious movements over the past five years, and had steadily risen all the way from Qi Refining Stage cultivators.
Moreover, the Sacred Spirit Cult had