"Junior Brother Liu, are you an alchemist?"
Bai Yuxuan was not surprised that Liu Yu knew her name. After handing him the jade cylinder, she asked softly, her voice as cool as ever, carrying an air that kept others a thousand miles away.
When she had checked Liu Yu's Identity Token earlier, she had learned that this junior brother, like her, was a cultivator from the Outer Courtyard. That was why she had asked.
"Indeed! But for now, I can only refine pills for the Qi Refining Period."
"May I ask why you bring it up, Senior Sister Bai?"
Liu Yu took the jade cylinder containing the copy and placed a hundred spirit stones on the counter, answering calmly.
"It's nothing. I merely wanted to remind you that alchemy is ultimately a side path. Your own cultivation realm is the foundation."
"Do not become too absorbed in it, or by the time your lifespan runs out, it will be too late for regrets."
Her starry eyes gleaming, Bai Yuxuan gave Liu Yu an indifferent glance and spoke softly.
"Thank you for the reminder, Senior Sister. I know where to draw the line."
Sensing her goodwill, Liu Yu smiled faintly and replied politely.
Bai Yuxuan said no more, instead picking up a book of insights on spells to read. As far as she was concerned, she had only offered this newly advanced junior brother a reminder because of their shared background.
Seeing this, Liu Yu turned and headed downstairs.
Although he did not know why Senior Sister Bai had offered that reminder, he was not the sort who could no longer move his feet at the sight of a beauty. It was better to have less contact with cultivators whose strength far surpassed his own.
Now that he had reached Foundation