Chapter 770 - 674: Top Quality Achieved, Utterly Ignorant

「Yuanqing Courtyard.」

"Your skill in alchemy is truly remarkable!"

Gu An opened the box of elixirs from Yang Chan, and a rich medicinal fragrance wafted out.

He was a Pharmacist himself, and though his own skill in alchemy wasn’t exceptional, he had no trouble discerning the quality of these elixirs.

"You only just started working on Recovery Spirit Pills, yet you’ve already managed to refine so many top-quality ones so quickly!"

"This skill is unbelievable! The quality is even a notch higher than the Recovery Spirit Pills produced by the other pharmacists the Saintess assigned!"

Gu An couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

He’d noticed that ever since Yang Chan arrived at the Merak Sacred Land, his skill in alchemy had been improving nonstop, as if it had no upper limit.

Back in the Cyan Yuan Sect, Yang Chan’s performance had been outstanding, but here in the Merak Sacred Land, he was even more exceptional.

It was as if the Cyan Yuan Sect had been suppressing his talent for alchemy, and only now, after coming to the Merak Sacred Land with its abundant resources, was his true potential finally being unleashed.

This made Gu An sigh wistfully.

It seemed you could see the limits of some people; no matter their circumstances, they would never surpass that ceiling. But others were different. Their limits were nowhere in sight; in a better environment, their potential only soared higher.

"You flatter me, Hall Master Gu. The Recovery Spirit Pill isn’t particularly difficult to refine. I ran into a few snags at the start, but it went much more smoothly after that."

"Please, take this batch of elixirs and deliver them first."

"If the Saintess needs more, you can just keep bringing the materials to me, Hall Master Gu."

Yang Chan chuckled lightly, his demeanor humble and free of arrogance.

As a person grows, they come to understand themselves and their situation more clearly, and in turn, live with greater awareness.

"Alright, I’ll take them over right away!"

"The Saintess is in urgent need of this batch of elixirs."

"After all, some of the Saintess’s own people are among the first group entering the Demon Cave. With these Recovery Spirit Pills, perhaps a few more of them will survive."

Gu An knew full well how dangerous it was for the first group to enter the Demon Cave.

The Merak Saintess had told Gu An that the first group would be bait, positioned near the incomplete Bloodline Sacrifice Array. The presence of this Grand Array would alert the Earth Demon Alien Race within the Demon Cave, luring out their masters to contend for the incomplete array.

As long as the Earth Demon Alien Race took an interest, the bait would serve its purpose.

Of course, this also made being in that first group the most dangerous.

On the surface, there would be no masters present, but powerful cultivators would be lying in wait. At the critical moment, they would move to pin down the Earth Demon Alien Race’s masters, setting them up for an encirclement and kill.

The plan was to first eliminate several of the Earth Demon Alien Race’s masters, then push deeper into the Demon Cave and pacify it completely.

The Merak Saintess had only shared the general outline with Gu An and the others, not the specific arrangements, but it was enough to see the Merak Sacred Land’s determination this time.

Knowing all this, Gu An hadn’t scrambled to be among the first ones to enter.

Although he wanted to impress the Merak Saintess, he had no desire to take on a mission with a near-zero chance of survival. He wasn’t that foolish.

Gu An exchanged a few more words with Yang Chan before leaving with the Recovery Spirit Pills he had refined.

’For the next few days, I suppose I’ll have to keep refining Recovery Spirit Pills. I’ll just make the quality a little higher than this time.’

Naturally, Yang Chan intended to control the output of Top Quality Elixirs. A relatively high success rate would be sufficient; there was no need to get close to one hundred percent. That would be completely unnecessary.

All that mattered was being better than the other Pharmacists. That was enough.

’A few days ago, I successfully refined a Second Bone Marrow Cleansing Elixir. The Top Quality Qingli Nourishing Marrow Pill gave me an additional 4.2 for my Daily Potential Point Collection, raising my total from 36.8 to 41.0.’

’I had originally planned on refining the Water Rhythm Marrow Replenishing Pill—another Second Bone Marrow Cleansing Elixir—to further increase my Daily Potential Point Collection. But with this new development, I’ll have to put that on hold.’

’It’s really frustrating!’

While it was good news that he didn’t have to enter the Demon Cave, his alchemy plans had still been disrupted.

After successfully refining the Top Quality Qingli Nourishing Marrow Pill, his Alchemy Ability had improved yet again. Logically, it shouldn’t take him long to refine the Water Rhythm Marrow Replenishing Pill. He expected to succeed before his Pharmacist profession advanced, which would both increase his Daily Potential Point Collection and accelerate his promotion.

But now, due to the operation to exterminate the Earth Demon Alien Race in the Demon Cave, he would have to spend most of his energy on Recovery Spirit Pills for the time being.

And since the Recovery Spirit Pill was a Healing Elixir, it wouldn’t grant him any Potential Points, making it of little use to him personally.

Yet, to maintain the image of his alchemy talent, he had no choice but to refine them personally, so his plans were affected nonetheless.

’My Pharmacist profession will be ready to advance soon. When that happens, I’ll receive a feedback infusion of relevant abilities. By leveraging those feedback memories, I should be able to accelerate my alchemy progress, and maybe even refine a Third Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill to become a Top Level Pharmacist!’

’For now, it will just have to be delayed. A delay is a delay.’

Stuck in this environment, Yang Chan didn’t have many other options. He was, after all, part of this larger world and couldn’t remain entirely above it all.

Even Supreme Elders at the level of Blood Exchange Martial Saint were taking action in this operation to destroy the Demon Cave. It was unrealistic for him to think he could remain completely unaffected.

Besides, compared to Gu An and the others, his situation was relatively fortunate.

At least he didn’t have to risk entering the Demon Cave to clash with the Earth Demon Alien Race; he was in a position of relative safety.

"Pharmacist Yang, the Holy Land is sending the first group into the Demon Cave tomorrow. They’ll be heading to the ruins where the incomplete Bloodline Sacrifice Array was discovered."

Han Bingyu had arrived to see him again, not long after Gu An had left.

She had come to tell Yang Chan the specific time the first group would be entering the Demon Cave.