Since he intended to attend the Space Trade Fair, pills were indispensable currency.
When Xiao Yu received the invitation, there was still over a month before the fair began. Without wasting any time, he went straight into seclusion to refine pills.
He refined every useful Eighth-Tier Pill formula he possessed, then selected several top-grade seventh-tier pills to refine as well.
After so many years of adventures and trials, Xiao Yu's wealth had reached an absurd level. Even Yao Lao probably could not match his collection of pill formulas.
With the medicinal ingredients he had obtained from Wind Lightning and the Creation Ruins, he was practically swimming in riches.
For most of those formulas, he could gather all the necessary ingredients from his own stores-a clear indication of just how staggering his reserves were.
Moreover, his soul had now reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection. Few people on the continent could compare with his soul power. Given sufficient ingredients, refining a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill, or even a Ninth-Grade Mystic Pill, would pose no problem.
At Xiao Yu's level of alchemy, creating his own pill formulas was no longer the blind fumbling of his early days. If he was willing to spend the time, he could devise even a Ninth-Grade Treasure Pill formula.
He had yet to reveal his current alchemical prowess to the outside world, however, so most people who knew of him still believed he was merely an Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster.
Nothing demanded concentration quite like alchemy, and time passed especially quickly during it. As Xiao Yu refined pills without sleep or rest, a month slipped quietly by.
After emerging from seclusion, Xiao Yu took Medusa and Yun Yun with him and followed the map recorded on the jade slip toward the northeastern Central Plains.
The Space Trade Fair was