Ye Lingling gently shook her head.
"I don't know either. The Young Master never said, and we never asked."
"Thank you. Please excuse me for a moment."
Ye Xinlan dipped her head in thanks and turned to leave.
She passed through the scattered reefs by the sea and made her way to an open stretch of beach.
Lu Chuan lay alone on a reclining chair, engrossed in a little picture book.
Qing Lin sat beside him, happily feeding him fruit.
Ye Xinlan stopped and called softly.
"Senior."
"Xin Lan? What is it?"
"Forgive the intrusion, but may I ask what rank of Alchemist you are?"
Lu Chuan closed his picture book.
Souls had four realms: Mortal Realm, Spirit Realm, Heaven Realm, and Emperor Realm.
Each realm was divided into early, middle, late, peak, and great perfection stages.
A Mortal Realm Soul could refine Seventh-Grade Medicinal Pills at most.
A Spirit Realm Soul could refine Eighth-Tier Pills.
Only a Heaven Realm Soul met the minimum requirement to refine Ninth-grade Pills.
At the Early Heaven Realm, one could barely attempt a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill. The success rate was very low, and refining one usually required several Alchemists working together.
At the late stage of the Heaven Realm, one could refine a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill alone.
Only at Heaven Realm Great Perfection could one refine a ninth-grade profound pill, drawing on the energy of heaven and earth across ten thousand li in the process.
And only an Emperor Realm Soul could refine a Ninth Grade Golden Pill.
With Lu Chuan's system, he could refine any pill as long as he had traded for its recipe and his Soul Force met the requirement.
His soul was now at the middle stage of the Spirit Realm.
"I can currently refine Eighth-Tier Pills."
"An Eighth-Rank Alchemy