A quarter past six in the morning.
Xu Qingxiao raced down the imperial highway.
Now that he had advanced to the ninth rank, with the Great Sun Sacred Body on top of that, Xu Qingxiao's stamina remained almost constantly replenished.
He was extraordinarily fast. Originally, even riding a horse at full gallop, it would have taken two days to return to Southern Yu Prefecture.
But at his current speed, Xu Qingxiao could reach Southern Yu Prefecture in just six to eight hours.
The difference was enormous.
At least he had saved himself the cost of buying a horse.
As Xu Qingxiao sped along, the Pill Deity's voice rang out.
"You've formed the Great Sun Sacred Body?"
The Pill Deity sounded somewhat surprised as he questioned Xu Qingxiao.
"Yes, Senior. Is there a problem?"
Xu Qingxiao asked.
"There's no problem, really. It simply changes the medicinal ingredients you need to find."
"The Great Sun Sacred Body is an extraordinary constitution. You're at the ninth rank now, so to reach the eighth rank, you only need to gather four ingredients."
The Pill Deity answered.
"Which four?"
Xu Qingxiao got straight to the point.
"Millennium purple jade coral, golden sun jade grass, a three-thousand-year-old spirit tree root heart, and a jar of heart's blood from a seventh-rank Beast King."
The Pill Deity named the four medicinal ingredients.
After hearing the recipe, Xu Qingxiao was rather dumbfounded.
He had no idea what millennium purple jade coral was.
He had no idea what golden sun jade grass was either.
And he knew even less about spirit tree root heart.
But Xu Qingxiao knew what a seventh-rank Beast King's heart's blood was.
A seventh-rank Demon Beast, and a Beast King at that. A whole jar of heart's blood? A Beast King probably only had about one