"Those two old fellows, Elder Huo and Hu Gan, have been pestering me nonstop these past few days."
Su Qian's smile held both helplessness and gratification:
"Actually, I've long wanted to find an opportunity to hand this key to you myself. Otherwise, letting those old fellows in the Alchemy Department use those treasures would only be a waste."
"The academy's elders have troubled you quite a bit over the past few years. I've seen it all."
"You're the best person to entrust those medicinal herbs to. I'm also very curious what tier of alchemist you'll be when you graduate and leave the academy."
"Also, if no one is using the stone platform in the forbidden grounds, don't hesitate to use it."
"Then... thank you, First Elder."
Wu Bai carefully accepted the white jade token, then caught a fresh fragrance of medicinal herbs.
"No need for thanks. You've earned all of this."
Su Qian smiled and patted Wu Bai's shoulder, teasing, "Who would have thought I'd one day get to pat a Tier 6 Alchemist on the shoulder?"
"You're joking, First Elder. No matter what the future holds, I'll always be a student of the academy."
"Good lad-you certainly know what to say."
Perhaps it was because more and more old men surrounded him, but Wu Bai had grown better at saying things that pleased them.
After parting with the First Elder, Wu Bai mentally reviewed the pill formulas he possessed that could suppress heavenly flames as he made his way to the Inner Academy's Medicinal Materials Warehouse.
He also considered that his method of devouring heavenly flames took place outside his body.
So Wu Bai quickly settled on the medicinal pill he would refine this time: the Water Spirit Pill.
It was a superior sixth-grade medicinal pill, requiring four main