"It’s time. Xuan, whenever you brew a Pill, you need to have a certain intent of how you want it to turn out. That intent is then focused and channeled into the Pill itself, giving it a special attribute," Yuan said.

Then, with a tap on Xuan’s shoulders, he gave him a push. "Focus an attribute into the Pill with your sheer willpower. It can be anything. Extra sharpness, extra taste, diarrhea, or something as simple as enhancing the pill’s already pre-existing effects."

The moment Xuan heard that, he decided to try it out. His willpower was already very, very high, so all he needed to do was project it outward. He didn’t even need to try much before he felt his intent traveling across his Qi, entering the pill, and solidifying with a property that gave the consumer a speed boost.

It was a strange feeling. He definitely felt like something had left his body, but no Qi was consumed. Though the effects were obvious, as his Pill brewing process was abruptly finished, producing a complete Pill.

Not to mention, the complete pill wasn’t even that shabby, considering he didn’t use any actual materials.

—

<Pretzel Pill>

<Rank: Mortal>

<Pill Purity: 100%>

<Description: Tasty pretzel, containing 200% of its usual nourishment. Due to perfect Pill Purity, upon consumption, you will remain full for 48 hours.><Special Intent Effect: Upon consumption, your agility and general speed will be increased by 10%.>

—

"It really did turn out like some kind of pill," Xuan said with an amazed look. "It even gives the effect of speed enhancement."

Yuan let out a chuckle, inspected the Pill, then just nodded in satisfaction. "This is perfect. But do remember, already existing materials enhance the special intent effect. Since there’s sugar in the pretzel, the speed increase doubled. It should’ve normally been 5%."

"Ah? Just because of sugar?" Xuan mumbled. "That’s interesting... So I can pretty much make a pill out of anything, give it some effect, and then stack it however much I want. And it’s only a Mortal Ranked Pill at that..."

Yep.

He loved Alchemy.

More than he initially thought.

He exhaled a relieved breath and stood up, glancing over at Yuan. "Do you mind if I use my own cauldron next time?"

"You can when you’re doing solo practice. Whenever you’re training with me, you’re going to be using this terrible cauldron," Yuan said. "You must learn to brew inside anything. Once you’re proficient enough, you may even brew pills without using a cauldron."

That seemed a little too far-fetched, but since Yuan said it with such a serious expression, Xuan took his words to heart.

Except when Yuan took out tens of more ingredients, Xuan felt like he might’ve underestimated Yuan’s curiosity.

"Let’s brew a couple more pills, shall we?"

A week had passed in the blink of an eye. Every single person had something to do and something to strive toward. In that regard, Xuan had been doing nothing but brewing for the past week.

He knew alchemy might be as bad as slave labor, but it was even worse since Yuan didn’t let him sell any of the special pills he made. Instead, Yuan ate those pills as though they were nourishment.

It pissed Xuan off just a little, but even so, when he got a message from Yuelan, he knew it was time to dip.

<Xiao Yuelan: Ice tits said we’re leaving. Also, this politics stuff is boring as shit. I don’t think I’m ever going to get into it.>

Xuan raised a brow.

<Xiao Xuan: Didn’t you do politics in our world?>

How else did she get such a big group going?

<Xiao Yuelan: Obviously not. I just assigned some work to some people and did nothing. Heh. Lazing around and being in charge is the best. Speaking of being in charge, the mayor here doesn’t have any balls. Ice tits went ahead and wrapped him around her finger, getting a really solid deal for her sect.>

She gave a little more information, and by the looks of things, Hanbi’s sect was really influential. Even if it meant that someone would get a really bad deal, it was worth it so long as they were under Hanbi’s sect.

So with that logic, Qujiang was now pretty much owned by Hanbi. Rather, Hanbi’s sect, the Serene Blossom Valley.

Xuan found it interesting, but he hated politics as much as Yuelan. He never wanted to get involved in that kind of stuff, since it just spelled annoyances and trouble. Though finally, it was time to regroup and get going to the next city.

Except Xuan had nearly forgotten one person, Sierra. He had left her in the library... a week ago? Was she still there? Crap... 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"Boss, do you mind if we swing by the Alchemy Association first?" Xuan asked.

Yuan tilted his head. "Why? Do you want to become a certified Mortal Level Alchemist already?"

Xuan shook his head and quickly explained, drawing a chuckle out of Yuan, who then went on to grab Xuan by the collar and fling him over to the Alchemy Association. His power was intense, managing to fling him almost all the way there.

He only needed to use Void Step a couple of times before he eventually arrived. Though the moment he stepped into the Alchemy Association, the gazes of everyone were a little different.

Adoration, jealousy, and hate. Seems like word had spread that Xuan became the disciple of a certified Master Level Alchemist.

"Heh."

Pussies.

Xuan puffed out his chest and walked through them all confidently, eventually reaching the area where he had left Sierra. To his surprise, she was still there, alongside a few hundred books stacked on one another.

In comparison, she had it easy. All she needed to do was read and read. She could probably complete her Path within a year. He was a little jealous in a way.

But he wasn’t jealous of her blindness.

So with that in mind, Xuan went ahead and crouched down beside Sierra, announcing his presence.

"Heyo."