Upon hearing Qin Ming say this, Elder Xu immediately said regretfully:
"Ah... if only Fellow Daoist Qin were willing to join our Profound Stream Valley."
"Though This Old Man is not particularly proficient in the Pill Dao, our Profound Stream Valley possesses a complete Pill Dao inheritance."
Hearing this, Qin Ming's spirits immediately lifted. Keeping his expression neutral, he asked, "Does that include a Tier 3 Pill Dao inheritance?"
"Of course."
"Because the founding ancestor of our Profound Stream Valley, Cloud Stream Ancestor, was a Tier 3 upper-grade Pill Dao Grandmaster!"
When Elder Xu spoke of this, his words carried unmistakable pride.
Clearly, he held their ancestor in the highest reverence.
"As far as This Old Man knows, the Tier 3 pill formulas passed down by our ancestor are quite numerous, though they are all guarded by those old fellows of Pill Peak."
"Not merely ordinary Tier 3 pill formulas."
"They even have the Core Formation Pill Formula."
Hearing this, Qin Ming deliberately cried out in surprise, "The Core Formation Pill Formula?"
Elder Xu found Qin Ming's shocked reaction entirely understandable.
"That's right! Hehe! Among all the Golden Core sects in the four countries of the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm, only our Profound Stream Valley controls the method for refining the Core Formation Pill."
"However, even Grandmaster Gongsun Yang, this sect's sole Tier 3 Alchemy Grandmaster, has an exceedingly low success rate when refining Core Formation Pills."
"According to him, refining a Core Formation Pill is countless times more difficult than refining an ordinary Tier 3 spirit pill. It is simply beyond the reach of ordinary alchemists."
"Moreover, the materials needed to refine Core Formation Pills are exceptionally difficult to find. One of the main ingredients, the Fiery Golden Lotus, is extraordinarily rare not only in the Southern Wilderness Cultivation