Lan Xinyi raised her finely arched brows, not understanding why Sect Master Chen deliberately humiliated Zhao Zhixin when the Nine Deaths Exchanging for Truth Pill had already tempted him.
"Enough. All that talk of preferring death was nothing but a bargaining tactic."
Chen Beiwu wore a faint, enigmatic smile. "Iron Egg has considerable talent for alchemy and is only one step away from becoming a fourth-tier middle-grade Profound Pill alchemist. Does that count as humiliating you?"
"This black dog? A fourth-tier middle-grade Profound Pill alchemist?"
Zhao Zhixin's eyelid twitched. He instinctively looked at Iron Egg, inwardly astonished.
Alchemy had always been easy to learn but difficult to master.
Even among the exceptionally gifted alchemical prodigies of the Southern Wild Region, few could become Profound Pill alchemists. How could a mere fourth-tier Demon King achieve it?
Yet despite his doubts, Zhao Zhixin knew that the world never lacked peerless alchemical prodigies. Sect Master Chen had no reason to lie, either.
"If that is the case, I am willing to offer all the guidance I can."
Zhao Zhixin's expression shifted slightly, and he sensibly agreed.
"Woof."
Iron Egg gave a soft bark, greeting Zhao Zhixin.
The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect's approach to alchemy differed from the Immortal Alliance's, pursuing a separate path, and also differed from the Earth Evolution Realm's alchemical methods.
If Iron Egg could combine the alchemical approaches of the Immortal Alliance and the Southern Wasteland so that they complemented each other, his accomplishments in alchemy would most likely advance by leaps and bounds.
Zhao Zhixin stopped resisting and obediently disclosed the process of his dealings with the Cangmo Sect.
Heavenly Sand Cliff, on the outskirts of the Desert Ruins.
Windblown sand cut like knives, blotting out the sky and sun. Even a Golden Core True Person's divine sense could