Only after a dozen breaths did the long cry finally subside.
An Alchemy Master!
At the thought of those words, Liu Yu could not help feeling a sense of accomplishment.
Turning the Immortal Mansion's heaven-defying effects into an advantage through pill refining had always brought him endless benefits.
And among the hundred arts of cultivation, pill refining was universally recognized as the most difficult and the most costly in spirit stones.
After all, there was no shortcut that could save the spirit herbs consumed one after another during practice.
The exorbitant cost of practice deterred most cultivators from the very beginning.
Alchemy Masters were even rarer than Golden Core Cultivators. This accomplishment was harder to achieve, and their status was higher than that of ordinary Golden Core Cultivators.
Wherever he went, simply revealing his identity as an Alchemy Master should normally earn him decent treatment.
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"I've studied pill refining for over a hundred years and consumed countless spirit herbs before finally reaching this point. I can hardly call myself a genius."
Taking a deep breath, Liu Yu murmured to himself, and the surging lake of his heart gradually grew calm.
"To be safe, I must prepare a reserve of spirit stones for the journey to the Central Region."
"This time, I'll take the risk of refining third-tier pills and selling them myself."
The thought flashed through Liu Yu's mind. After a brief rest, he immediately resumed refining pills.
For this round of sales, he ultimately chose Essence-Nourishing Pills, simply because they were the most common third-tier pills and carried comparatively less risk.
Their price was also more than ten times that of second-tier pills.
Sizzle.
Within the fire inlet, the Azure Yang Demonic Flame flared to life once more, radiating azure light.
Ignition, preheating, refinement,