Eight days later.
"Two bottles of high-grade Spirit Ascension Pills, eight bottles of mid-grade Spirit Ascension Pills, and four bottles of low-grade Spirit Ascension Pills. Enough to last the Xu Household a very long time."
Xu Chuan beamed, took another look, then put them into his Storage Pouch.
"All of this is our foundation."
Xu Chuan patted his Storage Pouch. It held all manner of pills: first-tier pills, second-tier pills, pills for healing, detoxification, restoring energy, increasing magic power, breaking through bottlenecks, and more.
With the mere handful of cultivators the Xu Household currently had, these pills would allow them to enjoy the treatment of a Foundation Establishment Clan's core disciples for several years.
"The spirit materials are exhausted, and the agreed deadline has arrived. Time to see the chief."
Xu Chuan rose and cleared every trace of pill fragrance from the Pill Chamber, lest anyone notice anything unusual.
After all, Spirit Ascension Pills were far too distinctive. Even the fragrance of low-grade pills could stir the divine soul, let alone high-grade ones.
The third floor of the Pill Hall.
Yun Zhongzi quietly regarded Xu Chuan, stroked his beard, and smiled faintly. "Fellow Daoist San Shu, have you come because you made progress in completing the fragmentary formula?"
Xu Chuan nodded slightly and took out a porcelain bottle. With a gentle wave of his hand, it landed on the table before Yun Zhongzi.
Naturally, what he produced was not a Spirit Ascension Pill, but the pill from his first successful attempt earlier.
Yun Zhongzi merely opened it and sniffed the fragrance to know that it matched his expectations.
"There are even mid-grade pills. Excellent," Yun Zhongzi praised with a smile.
Xu Chuan cupped his hands. "Senior Yun Zhongzi, since you could determine that I refined the correct pill from its