"What? An alchemist who can refine Supreme-Grade Soul-Restoring Pills? Why am I only hearing about this now, when I'm the Holy Son?"
A rather round but fairly pleasant-looking young fatty spoke in shock inside a tavern in Su Nu City.
"Ah, Your Highness, times have changed. You should understand that. But a master alchemist like this is absolutely our Holy Son Lineage's hope of rising again."
An equally plump old man beside him spoke with a sigh.
"Could he belong to another sect? Could he be hiding his identity just to get help from the Sunu Sect before running off? If so, there's probably little chance he'd join us."
Long Dingtian lifted his chubby face with its triple chin and could not help sighing.
In the past, how glorious had the Hehuan Sect Saint Son Lineage been? Their chances of beating the Saintess Lineage to the sect master's seat had not been low, either.
But now, he, the esteemed Hehuan Sect Saint Son, was actually still a virgin. That truly bothered him.
He had even temporarily removed his own equipment and left it in the safekeeping of his late Nascent Soul stage martial uncle, worried that some enchantress in the sect might covet his primal yang and siphon off his cultivation.
He had not brought it along on this trip, either.
"I see that differently. Since this Master Haotian can refine an obscure pill like the Supreme-Grade Soul-Restoring Pill, any sect would be willing to provide Nascent Soul Condensation Pills for him to practice with. His chances of refining Supreme-Grade Nascent Soul-Forming Pills are probably not low, either. Frankly, there's no need to go to such lengths to target the Sunu Sect."
True Lord Liuyang, the Holy Son's guardian, patted his belly and offered his judgment.
"Besides, our Hehuan Sect