"Then the risks would be considerable."
"No, I need to think of another way."
That day.
Qin Ming sat in a restaurant called Wind Riding Pavilion within the city, having a meal while gathering information.
Like Mirror Snow Pavilion, Wind Riding Pavilion was a major commercial establishment with businesses spread throughout the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm.
The cultivators who could afford to spend money here all had some measure of ability, and their information channels were fairly broad as well.
In just one morning, Qin Ming had spotted two or three False Core cultivators with formidable mana auras entering and leaving the restaurant.
"Hey! Have you heard?"
"This time, Profound Stream Valley's disciple selection is the liveliest it's ever been."
"They say there are quite a few boys and girls among this year's candidates with extraordinary talent in alchemy."
"Fang Han of the North Slope Fang Family is only seven years old, yet he was found to possess an innate Alchemy Dao Spirit Body."
"And there's Mu Lanxin from Jiang Prefecture. She's only eight, born with an exceptionally powerful divine soul and high-grade spirit roots—she's perfectly suited for the path of alchemy."
"There's no need to say more about those two. Their Pill Pagoda results certainly won't be poor, and elders from Profound Stream Valley have already taken a liking to them."
"Ah! I'm so envious of those whom Heaven feeds with a spoon."
"Speaking of that—"
"I heard that the Immortal Cultivation World of Wei Kingdom has produced a cultivator whose attainments in alchemy have reached an extraordinary, saintly level."
"He began as a Spirit Farmer and climbed step by step to Foundation Establishment. Quite an inspiring tale."
"He's now already a Tier 2 high-grade alchemy master, hailed as the only cultivator in the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm over