I'm Already Max Level-What Else Is There to Learn?

On the surface, Chen Mu kept releasing flames to roast the Medicine King Cauldron, looking every bit the part.

In reality, he had already opened the system panel and switched to the One-Click Alchemy page.

He dragged all the medicinal ingredients into the pill furnace.

There were even animations for opening it and putting them in. The interface was exquisitely made.

After confirming everything was correct, he clicked One-Click Alchemy and selected Pill Veins quality.

If he was going to refine pills, he would naturally make the best. That way, he could dispel Chen Xiao and Sun Yu's desire to persuade him to study the pill arts.

Not only could he politely decline their offer, but he could also discourage anyone else with the same idea.

I'm already max level—what else is there to learn?

[One-Click Alchemy in progress...]

[Pill refinement successful! Congratulations, host, on obtaining Beauty-Preserving Pill +3! Quality: Pill Veins]

Then he had the system slip the three Beauty-Preserving Pills into the Medicine King Cauldron without anyone being the wiser.

Chen Mu extinguished the flames and withdrew his spiritual energy.

Did he fail?

Seeing this, Sun Yu and Chen Xiao were already thinking of how to comfort Chen Mu.

They would advise him not to set his sights so high right from the start, to put less pressure on himself and begin with the simplest things.

"Done. They look pretty good."

Done? Pretty good?

"..." Sun Yu and Chen Xiao had barely opened their mouths before closing them again.

They exchanged a glance, awkwardness showing on their faces.

Since when were pills that easy to refine?

They thought Chen Mu most likely had not even figured out the basics of forming a pill and had mistaken a clump of impurities condensed into a pill's shape for an actual pill.

Still, Sun Yu and Chen Xiao were already delighted that he had taken an interest in pill refinement.

They were willing to spare no effort in nurturing him into a towering master of the pill arts whose name would endure through the ages!

If he had no interest, why would he have prepared the Primordial Medicine King Cauldron and so many supreme-grade medicinal herbs beforehand?

But a moment later, when the lid opened, a cloud of white mist gushed out with an exceptionally rich medicinal fragrance.

It flowed slowly downward like fog, engulfing them both.

Bathed in it, they felt refreshed in body and spirit, as though they stood in an immortal paradise.

"Dear, if I remember correctly, this phenomenon only appears when a pill has been refined to perfection, doesn't it?" Chen Xiao asked, questioning everything he knew.

"I think... yes." Sun Yu nodded lightly.

Her state of mind was no different.

Were pills really that easy to refine?

Though only one word had changed, the meaning was entirely different.

It was enough to capture the shift in the couple's state of mind.

Chen Mu formed a large hand from spiritual energy and retrieved the three Beauty-Preserving Pills from the furnace. "Sister-in-law, Brother Xiao, these are the pills I refined."

"Beauty-Preserving Pills? Ninth-grade! And they even have Pill Veins?" Now Chen Xiao was not merely questioning everything he knew—he was beginning to question the world itself.

Even he, hailed as a prodigy of the pill arts, would need at least an entire day to refine a ninth-grade pill with Pill Veins.

Yet Chen Mu's refinement time was measured in seconds.

And these were Beauty-Preserving Pills, which demanded an exceptionally high level of skill from the Alchemist.

Taking a Beauty-Preserving Pill could preserve one's youth forever.

Of course, that youth only concerned one's appearance, unlike the Rejuvenation Art's complete transformation of both body and mind.

Moreover, the formula for the Beauty-Preserving Pill had been lost for hundreds of years.

Chen Xiao and Sun Yu had never expected to encounter a pill formula lost for centuries under these circumstances.

And Chen Mu had actually refined it.

Pill Veins! Ninth-grade!

Three whole pills!

Taking the refinement time into account, he could no longer be called a genius. He was a peerless genius among peerless geniuses!

Even Chen Xiao could not help paling in comparison before him.

"Mu, you can't call this 'a little insight.' You're being far too modest!" Sun Yu gave him a playfully reproachful look.

She felt like a fool for all the thoughts she had entertained earlier.

"Exactly. Even the Sun Family's finest Alchemist would probably have to sigh before you and admit that beyond every master stands another, and beyond every heaven lies a higher one," Chen Xiao said without the slightest exaggeration.

To Chen Xiao and Sun Yu, what Chen Mu had shown could no longer be considered talent.

Talent increased a person's speed of comprehension, allowing them to master a field quickly, but Chen Mu had started with complete mastery...

"As I see it, you shouldn't be coming to the Sun Family to study the pill arts, Mu. Our Alchemists should be humbly seeking instruction from you instead."

Sun Yu spoke earnestly, without the slightest hint of a joke.

She sincerely believed that even learning the barest surface of Chen Mu's knowledge would further cement the Sun Family's dominance in the pill arts!

"We're all family. If you need anything, Sister-in-law, just say the word," Chen Mu replied casually.

Seeing that she had abandoned the idea of having him go to the Sun Family to study the pill arts, he let out a long sigh of relief.

"By the way, Mu, could you lend me this Medicine King Cauldron for a few days? I feel that, paired with Top-Grade Enlightenment Tea, it could help me refine more pills useful to you."

Why was Chen Xiao so good to Chen Mu?

The reason was simple. Back then, the first person to take the lead in persuading the Chen family to respect Chen Xiao's wishes had been Chen Mu.

Without him speaking up, no amount of persuasion from anyone else would have helped.

"Why talk about borrowing when we're family? This Medicine King Cauldron is yours, Brother Xiao. Consider it a congratulatory gift for becoming a Pill King."

Chen Mu's confidence came from the hundredfold rebate feature.

Give away one Medicine King Cauldron, and he would receive a hundred in return!

Could there possibly be a better bargain under heaven?

"I didn't realize you already knew." Chen Xiao scratched his head. He had just been about to tell Chen Mu about it.

"Everyone was talking about it earlier. I'd been looking for a chance to visit you and celebrate, Brother Xiao, but I didn't expect you and Sister-in-law to come first," Chen Mu improvised effortlessly.

"But if you give me this cauldron, what will you use?" Chen Xiao asked again.

"With my abilities and standing in the Holy Land, couldn't I get as many Divine Rank pill furnaces as I wanted?" Chen Mu countered.

Chen Xiao paused. Thinking it over, that made sense, so he stopped hesitating. "Then I won't stand on ceremony!"

"Just refine a few more pills for me." Chen Mu said this mainly to put Chen Xiao at ease.

"Sure! No problem!" Chen Xiao patted his chest and agreed without hesitation. "From now on, I'll be your personal Alchemist, Mu!"

Chen Mu merely smiled without saying anything.

"Sister-in-law, here's a Beauty-Preserving Pill for you. Keep a firm hold on Brother Xiao's heart!"

"Thank you, Mu." Sun Yu accepted Chen Mu's kindness without standing on ceremony.

What woman under heaven would not want to remain young forever?

After accepting it, she immediately placed it in her mouth. It melted on her tongue, and she swallowed it.

The skin on her face instantly became much firmer, looking so delicate that a breath or a touch might break it!

[Divine Rank Primordial Medicine King Cauldron successfully gifted! Hundredfold rebate triggered. Congratulations, host, on obtaining Divine Rank pill furnace +100!]

This time, without needing a reminder from Chen Mu, the system directly returned a hundred completely different Divine Rank pill furnaces.

One glance told him that the primordial divine furnaces used by the other eleven Alchemy Ancestors were all there!

[Ninth-grade Beauty-Preserving Pill successfully gifted! Hundredfold rebate triggered. Congratulations, host, on obtaining ninth-grade Beauty-Preserving Pill +100!]

These rewards truly were enough to leave his hands weak from collecting them!

"Speaking of which, Mu, I've always been responsible for organizing the pill formulas in the Tianyuan Holy Land's Alchemy Room. Where did you get this Beauty-Preserving Pill formula?"