[A fourth-tier Alchemist, though nowhere near as rare as a Fourth-Tier Divination Grandmaster...]
[...was still extraordinarily hard to come by. At the Nascent Soul level, True Lords relied even more heavily on pills for their cultivation.]
[Befriending a fourth-tier Alchemist could influence one's future Dao Path to a certain extent.]
[True Lord Beiheng knew that you had already been a third-tier upper-grade Alchemist during the Core Formation Stage.]
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[However, the gulf between a third-tier upper-grade Alchemist and a fourth-tier Alchemist was like that between heaven and earth.]
[Even after entering the Nascent Soul Realm, one still had a long road to travel before becoming a fourth-tier Alchemist.]
[Whether one could ultimately reach that destination was another matter altogether.]
[It was much like advancing from the Nascent Soul early stage to the middle stage. Most True Lords would remain trapped in the early stage until they passed away of old age.]
["The fortunes of our Nine Li Valley..."]
[True Lord Beiheng steadied himself. Although you could not possibly refine pills for Nine Li Valley free of charge...]
[...simply giving it priority when selling pills at the same price would be enough to bring Nine Li Valley tremendous benefits.]
[In the outside world, anyone seeking pills from a fourth-tier Alchemist had to wait in line.]
[Inside the fourth-tier cave abode, you looked at the six fourth-tier spirit pills floating before you, a smile appearing on your face.]
[Becoming a fourth-tier Alchemist not only greatly increased your earning power, but also reduced the cost of your cultivation.]
[At the very least, you no longer needed to purchase fourth-tier spirit pills. You could refine them yourself at cost.]
[Those ancient alchemy formulas the Silver Moon Trade Association provided...]
[You thought to yourself that your smooth advancement to fourth-tier Alchemist this time was connected