"Don't rush, Old Feng. This 'Jade Return Pill' is the crowning skill of an Inner Sect Alchemist. Back when we were all muddling along in the inner sect, none of us managed to refine it successfully. It probably can't be done at one stroke now either. Try it slowly."
"Other pills are easy enough—if they fail, they fail. But if this 'Jade Return Pill' fails during refinement, it explodes. Look at my beard—it'll be burned away sooner or later."
"It's a pity that Wu Zhouxu finally brought out that Jade Return Pill last time, only for Chen Fengxiao to get his hands on it first. Otherwise, we could have studied it properly."
"Sigh, don't place too much hope on that. It was only a failed Jade Return Pill. Even if it had been a genuine Jade Return Pill, haven't we seen those before? Why haven't we figured anything out?"
"Enough, stop talking. Weren't we exiled here precisely because we couldn't refine the Jade Return Pill? Aren't those few old immortals kept in the inner sect only because they can refine it? Once I figure it out, I'll teach all of you. We'll return in glory and make them worship us on high!"
Venerable Lei laughed. "Good. Then this glorious and arduous task shall be entrusted to Brother Feng. Take care of your health—don't let your 'great ambition remain unfulfilled while your beard vanishes first.'"
"Hahaha!" Venerable Xu laughed as well.
At that moment, more than a dozen Pill Department disciples came running over from the foot of the mountain after hearing the commotion. Venerable Lei and the others waved them off, briefly explained what had happened, and sent them away. Once those disciples had gone far off, Zhang Xiaohua did not delay any longer. He burrowed into the ground and