After resting for a day, Xu Qingtong returned to the Alchemy Chamber and replaced his Alchemy Furnace with the superior-grade one his master had given him. Once he had familiarized himself with it, he began his second round of pill refining.
With his Second Senior Brother's guidance and the superior-grade Alchemy Furnace his master had given him, Xu Qingtong's pill refining went very smoothly. Of ten portions of herbs, only one failed, and he produced eighty pills.
Half a month later, Xu Qingtong emerged from the Alchemy Chamber. Over those two weeks, apart from meditating to recover his magic power and divine sense, he had devoted all his time to pill refining.
He now had more than six hundred Essence-Nourishing Pills, five of which were actually Superior-Grade Essence-Nourishing Pills. This kept Xu Qingtong excited for a long time. After all, being able to refine first-tier superior-grade pills meant that he already had the ability to attempt to become a Second-Tier Alchemist.
He had not emerged this time because he had used up all his herbs; he still had several portions left. But his Fourth Senior Brother's arrival had interrupted his plans to continue refining pills.
Xu Qingtong walked out of his cave abode and immediately saw a woman standing behind his Fourth Senior Brother. Tall and slender, with a melon-seed face, willow-leaf eyebrows, and a pale purple gown, she was none other than Dongfang Hui, whom he had not seen in nearly half a year.
Seeing Xu Qingtong emerge, Gong Chu said, "Little Junior Brother, this is Junior Sister Dongfang. She says she's an old friend of yours and came especially to see you today. Take your time chatting. I have something to attend to, so I'll leave first." With that, he winked and waggled his eyebrows at Xu Qingtong,