When the conversation turned to business, Xue Qingxia's expression grew especially grave. "My lord, that high-grade Earthfire Room contains a top-quality Supreme-Grade Second Tier alchemy furnace, an ideal vessel for refining the Golden Jade Liquid Returning Pill. Its value approaches that of a low-grade Magic Treasure!"
"Moreover, the third-tier earthfire within burns continuously without end. Its power nearly matches low-grade third-tier Golden Core true fire, making it extremely beneficial for alchemy."
Qing Chen nodded slightly. "Excellent. Your current attainments in alchemy have long since reached the Supreme-Grade Second Tier level, and you have already touched the threshold of a Third-Tier Alchemy Grandmaster."
"Though the Golden Jade Liquid Returning Pill is somewhat harder to refine than Supreme-Grade Second Tier medicinal pills, it should present no great obstacle to you."
Xue Qingxia frowned slightly, her delicate brows drawing tight, and continued, "My lord has three sets of ingredients. With those, together with the past dozen years of studying the pill recipe and continuously refining pills, I am eighty percent confident I can produce the pill.
"But that Mo Huaian is truly hateful. You may not know this, my lord, but he and I both have the right to apply to use that high-grade Earthfire Room, and each session has a time limit.
"With my authorization, I can only use it for half a year at a time. Yet whenever my time runs out, that old scoundrel immediately submits an application. He has been an unbearable nuisance.
"Refining the Golden Jade Liquid Returning Pill takes at least nine times nine-eighty-one days. But if we account for nurturing the medicinal ingredients, repeated deliberation, and possible failures, a full year of uninterrupted use would be safest."
Qing Chen remained perfectly calm. "Rest assured, that old wretch will never have another chance to compete with you.