The Sword God of the Universe

Ten days had passed in the blink of an eye.

"That Jing Yan, has he really never left the Radiant Pill Store?" Chi Shui’s voice carried a hint of doubt.

"Lord Building Owner, indeed, Jing Yan didn’t take a single step out of the Radiant Pill Store. We’ve been watching from outside. After we left that day, the Splendid Building closed its doors and ceased business, but they resumed operations a day later," a martial artist from the Three Heroes Pill Tower said respectfully.

"Mhm, let’s go have a look at those ten Perfect Quality Ten Thousand Spirit Returning to Origin Pills he was supposed to have refined," Chi Shui nodded, his expression returning to normal.

Not much time had passed when Chi Shui, with several followers in tow, returned to the Splendid Pill Tower.

"Chi Shui Building Owner, your elixirs are ready. Please check if there’s any problem with their quality," Jing Yan said as he took out ten jade bottles and handed them to Chi Shui.

With a skeptical eye, Chi Shui opened one of the jade bottles. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm

He was a Dao Emperor Realm Peak Martial Artist and the Building Owner of the Three Heroes Pill Tower, and he was himself a ninth-level Pill Master. Although he could not refine Perfect Quality Ten Thousand Spirit Returning to Origin Pills himself, he could recognize them at a glance.

"..." Chi Shui methodically checked through the elixirs, one bottle at a time.

"Chi Shui Building Owner, is there any problem with the pills?" Jing Yan asked with a smile.

"The pills... there are no problems, they are all Perfect Quality," Chi Shui replied, disbelief in his eyes as he gazed at Jing Yan.

Could it be that Jing Yan was truly a Pill Master capable of refining Perfect Quality Ninth-level Elixirs? Or perhaps, did he just happen to have more than ten Perfect Quality Ten Thousand Spirit Returning to Origin Pills on him?

For a moment, Chi Shui couldn’t make certain.

There was another point that Chi Shui couldn’t fathom: even if Jing Yan truly could refine Perfect Quality Ninth-level Elixirs, could he actually produce ten within ten days? That was too preposterous!

He was also a ninth-level Pill Master; if he were to refine ninth-level elixirs, even those comparatively common and easy to make, it would still require more than a month’s time for one batch.

"Mr. Jing Yan, I would like to request you continue refining pills!" After a moment’s breath, Chi Shui came up with another idea.

"That’s easy to say, as long as Chi Shui can provide the materials, I can refine any and all elixirs," Jing Yan was more than happy to earn a vast array of precious materials from Chi Shui.

The Building Owner of the Three Heroes Pill Tower, Chi Shui, certainly had an abundance of precious high-level materials.

Exchanging one set of materials for one elixir was a hugely profitable deal, one Jing Yan would never decline.

This time, Chi Shui was not as reserved as before.

He wanted Jing Yan to refine no less than five types of precious ninth-level Elixirs, at least two and up to ten of each.

Jing Yan agreed to all, asserting that as long as Chi Shui could provide the materials, there would be no issues in refining any elixir.

This time, Jing Yan required Chi Shui to wait a month before coming to collect the elixirs.

After Chi Shui left, Jing Yan used merely three days to refine all the desired elixirs sufficiently, with plenty to spare. The remaining materials were all stored by Jing Yan.

Afterwards, Jing Yan even hung up a banner stating that the Pill Shop provided customized alchemy. As long as one could provide the materials, they could request Jing Yan to refine a specific elixir. One set of materials would be exchanged for one elixir. For the few special elixirs where only one pill could be formed in a batch, the person requesting it would need to provide four sets of materials to refine one.

In the beginning, many people were not very comfortable with entrusting their materials to Jing Yan, but after learning that they usually only needed to wait two to three days to receive the elixirs they desired, many were tempted. In such a short span of time, they could simply wait outside the pill shop, thus no longer fearing Jing Yan would sneak away with their materials.

Jing Yan became increasingly busy.

One by one, elixirs were taken away, and batches of materials accumulated.

A month had passed, and the amount of precious materials Jing Yan had gathered was astonishing. In the depths of the Despair Abyss, spiritual grass materials were indeed countless times more abundant than on the Heavenly Origin Continent, with materials extremely rare on the continent being something almost any Dao Emperor Realm practitioner could produce with ease.

Business carried on.

And Chi Shu, after retrieving the elixir he had commissioned Jing Yan to refine for the second time, decided to stop probing Jing Yan for the time being. He couldn’t figure Jing Yan out, but he was also at a loss for what to do. Continue to provide materials for Jing Yan to refine? His Three Heroes Pill Tower was in the business of making profits; exchanging materials for one perfect quality elixir wasn’t a bad deal, but it wasn’t very profitable either.

Instead, selling the materials directly would yield a greater profit.

Time flew by, and months passed in a blink.

"Eh, what’s going on over there?" A young martial artist dressed in luxurious clothing, who happened to be passing by the Radiant Pill Store, couldn’t help but express his astonishment upon seeing the large gathering of martial artists outside the store’s doors.

What puzzled him even more was that these dozens of martial artists gathered outside the store were almost all practitioners of the Dao Emperor Realm!

Those commissioning Jing Yan to concoct elixirs were almost exclusively for precious ninth-level elixirs. Naturally, those in need of such precious ninth-level elixirs were mostly Dao Emperor Realm powerhouses. Martial Artists of the Dao King Realm did not need such rare ninth-level elixirs, and normally could not produce such valuable materials either.

Apart from occasions when the number of commissioned elixirs was large, they could generally receive their commissioned elixirs within two to three days. Hence, they simply opted to wait outside the store.

This led to the intimidating sight of dozens of Dao Emperor Realm powerhouses gathering outside the store, which was indeed a daunting spectacle.

"Young Master, it appears to be a pharmacy, called the Radiant Pill Store," a follower behind the young martial artist explained.

"A pill shop? It doesn’t look very big. Why... are there so many Dao Emperor Realm martial artists waiting there? Could it be that this pill shop is something special?" The young martial artist narrowed his eyes and then chuckled lightly.

"Let’s go take a look; it’s not every day we get to visit Rainbow Gown Divine City, and we can’t miss out on the excitement," the young martial artist said as he strode towards the crowd.

His entourage quickly followed suit.

Shockingly, the four followers behind him were all powerful Dao Emperor Realm practitioners. They had addressed him as Young Master just moments before; it was clear that this young martial artist held a supremely high status.

As the young martial artist approached the Radiant Pill Store, he gathered information from the people around and soon fully understood.

Understanding why these martial artists were gathered, his amazement intensified upon realizing that this unassuming pill shop was able to customize ninth-level elixirs of perfect quality, even being able to concoct rare elixirs like the Plum Blossom Pill.

His curiosity grew stronger, and he wanted to meet the owner of the store.

"Young Master, shall I go in and call the shopkeeper out?" one of the followers turned to ask the young martial artist.

"Foolish! Haven’t you heard what these people are saying? The shopkeeper is refining elixirs during the times the shop is closed; how could we disturb him?" the young martial artist glared at the follower.

"Still... Young Master, we don’t know how long it will take for the shopkeeper to finish concocting the elixirs," the follower remarked with a frown.

"We’ll wait. It’s not like we have anything else to do in the next two or three days," the young martial artist replied with a light chuckle.