Ling Guangshan was a core disciple, so his courtyard was larger and came with a separate Pill Room.
The two entered the Pill Room. Ling Guangshan took out a completely transparent Mystic Crystal Cauldron and asked with a smile, "Junior Brother, do you still remember the formula for the Mountain-Breaking Pill?"
Tang Yan had carefully studied the Mountain-Breaking Pills he had seized before and could roughly identify some of the ingredients. He did not panic at the question, but gave a sheepish smile. "I only remember a few scattered ingredients.
"There was purple monkey flower, heaven-mending zhi, dream spirit grass, azure-eyed pine, blazing spirit lanxi grass, three-explosion fruit...
"Master taught me in a hurry, so I didn't remember the proportions clearly.
"I'm slow-witted, Senior Brother. Please enlighten me, or I'll have trouble when Master checks my studies."
Ling Guangshan had also been testing whether Tang Yan had encountered this pill before.
If he had not, rashly teaching him the formula would risk leaking the sect's secrets.
After hearing Tang Yan name more than twenty ingredients in succession, all his doubts vanished. He laughed heartily. "That's not your fault. I've long heard that the Thirteenth Elder's teaching methods are crude. Remembering even some of the ingredients is already no small feat!
"The Mountain-Breaking Pill requires thirty-nine ingredients in total: three stalks of blazing spirit lanxi grass, one section of azure-eyed pine, five qian of heaven-mending zhi, three three-explosion fruits..."
Ling Guangshan listed the proportions as he prepared the ingredients.
Once the ingredients were ready, Ling Guangshan said,
"I'll use the Mystic Crystal Cauldron to show you the entire process of refining treasure pills!
"Although the ninth tier and treasure pills are only one grade apart, the difference is as vast as heaven and earth.
"The ninth tier and below are merely