A trace of bewilderment still lingered in Qi Song's eyes, as though he could not fathom how those pills had been refined.
He took Su Jiu and Chu Luohen to two more pill stalls and bought two bottles.
They discovered that, just as the previous stallholder had said, all the Spirit-Replenishing Pills sold here were the same.
They contained plenty of impurities, yet their medicinal effects were remarkably strong.
Unwilling to give up, Qi Song bought some other low-grade pills, only to discover the same problem.
He lowered his head in silence. Before long, a flash of inspiration seemed to streak through his mind, and he recalled the pills he had refined on the pill-refining platform.
That batch had consisted of second-tier pills bearing pill patterns. Although he had also been able to refine pills with pill patterns in the other Azure Realm, none of those patterns had been as distinct as these.
Perhaps the problem wasn't the pill formulas, but the spiritual qi in this world!
At that moment, Qi Song felt as though his Ren and Du Meridians had been opened. He could hardly wait to head back and refine a batch of pills to test his theory.
Somewhat helplessly, Su Jiu stopped him.
"You want to go back and refine pills so you can compare them again?"
Qi Song nodded. "The pills in this world are too strange. I suspect it has something to do with the concentration of spiritual qi in the air itself. Although we've noticed it ourselves, it seems especially pronounced in the pills."
"There's no hurry. You can study that once we get back. For now, come with me to the Treasure Pavilion. You might gain some new insights after seeing this world's magic treasures."
Qi Song hesitated, but soon agreed.
When Su