Inside the Fairfrost Valley.
Chu Kuangren had already collected all the necessary medicinal ingredients that were required to refine the Soul-Healing Pill from the valley. The only thing left for him now was to refine it.
For that, he had specifically requested Fairfrost Sage to lend him her pill refining room.
Inside the pill refining room.
Waves of pill aroma filled the air as Chu Kuangren was busy refining the medicinal pill.
The Soul-Healing Pill that he was trying to refine now was a Sage-grade pill — a type of pill that could only be refined by a handful of people on the Firmament Star.
After all, no one has managed to refine a Sage-grade pill in the past thousand years.
Even for someone like Chu Kuangren, the process of refining that Sage-grade pill would require tremendous amounts of effort, and because of that, he had done a lot of prep work.
As she observed Chu Kuangren during the pill refining process, the Fairfrost Sage could not help but exclaim in marvel, “What an amazing skill and technique.”
Chu Kuangren’s movements were as smooth as the flowing water and floating clouds, full of finesse and beauty.
Adding that to his otherworldly temperament and peerless appearance, his pill refining actions were not dull at all, unlike the ordinary alchemists.
Instead, it looked as if he was appreciating an art form.
His wonderful skills were already on the level where they conformed to the natural laws of the Dao.
While she continued to observe the process, Fairfrost Sage was gradually attracted to Chu Kuangren’s face, and her mind began to go astray as she started to think about it.
Her face was slightly reddened when she noticed Lan Yu’s weird gaze, and she immediately coughed twice. “Since Brother Chu is busy refining the Sage-grade pill, it’s best that there are no outsiders here to disturb you. I shall head out to inform the others and try to keep them away from this area.”
“Thank you for the trouble, Sage.”
“It’s my pleasure.”
The Fairfrost Sage immediately breathed a sigh of relief once she left the pill refining room and was outside the door.
She could not help but shake her head and lament. “What a trouble that man is. I can’t believe the Daoist core that I’ve cultivated for thousands of years has been riled up because of him.”
Suddenly, as if she had felt something, she then headed towards the bottom of the mountain with a slight frown. “This aura… It’s a Sage.”
Her place was quite peaceful and clean. Besides inviting the crowd of Alchemists to help her figure out the Iron Alchemy Pill Scroll, no one else had come to visit her before. Why would a Sage suddenly arrive at her doorstep?
However, she was not too bothered. She simply assumed that some random Sage was passing by her place and had decided to visit her.
Soon after, the Fairfrost Sage no longer thought that was the case.
In the air above the Fairfrost Valley, a mighty and horrifying domineering aura suddenly descended upon everyone, and every Alchemist’s expression there changed drastically.
“This is a Sage’s domineering aura!”
“What’s going on? Why is Sage’s domineering aura here? Has someone angered or offended a Sage?”
“Look, someone’s up there.”
The Alchemists looked up reluctantly only to see two figures standing in the air above the valley. That mighty aura was coming from one of them.
That figure was a sturdy-looking middle-aged man who was clad in grey robes.
The other person beside that middle-aged man was Master Lee who had left not long ago.
Everyone soon figured out what was going on when they saw him.
“I can feel a tyrannical energy coming from that guy, is it someone from the Overlord Sage Tribe?”
“Seeing that Master Lee is there as well, and since he’s the Royal Alchemist of the Overlord Sage Tribe, it’s most likely that the Sage beside him is also from the Overlord Sage Tribe.”
“Judging by their momentum, it’s clear that they’re not here to have a friendly chat.”
“I agree. What the hell is Master Lee up to now?”
“Idiot, can’t you figure it out by now? I assume Master Lee must have his eyes on the Alchemy Grandmaster’s Inheritance which is now in the Fairfrost Sage’s possession. He intends to use the strength of the Overlord Sage to get that inheritance for himself.”
“This… I can’t believe it. How shameless of him.”
The crowd of Alchemists engaged in their discussions.
At that moment, the Fairfrost Sage walked out from the depths of the valley until she was before the Overlord Sage, and she said indifferently, “Putting on airs with such ruthlessness the moment you arrive? Now that’s quite impressive, fellow Daoist brother!”
“I’m Graygrill of the Overlord Sage Tribe. I’m here to request a trade from you, the Fairfrost Sage, for the Alchemy Grandmaster’s Inheritance,” Graygrill Sage said as he took out a Yin and Yang ring and tossed it to Fairfrost Sage.
“Oh, a trade?”
“There are a total of twenty Boundary Sage-grade Supreme Elixirs, fifty million top-tier soulstones, and twenty drops of Heaven Spiritual Marrow inside the Yin and Yang ring. Is that enough for you?”
The Graygrill Sage asked.
“I’m afraid I have to disappoint as I’m not done studying the Alchemy Grandmaster’s Inheritance yet, hence I can’t give it to you now.” The Fairfrost Sage tossed back the Yin and Yang ring.
“I’ll be frank with you, Fairfrost Sage, we’re taking the Alchemy Grandmaster’s Inheritance no matter what.”
“Oh, it seems that Master Lee is of great significance to the Overlord Sage Tribe that you guys don’t mind sending out a Sage to help him snatch anything he wants by force.”
The Fairfrost Sage could not help but glare at Master Lee.
At those words, a smug look appeared on Master Lee’s face.
‘It’s your fault for leaving me out earlier.’
‘Now you can witness how amazing my power is.’
“If I don’t hand it over, I suppose you’re going to take it by force then?” Fairfrost Sage said with a serious expression.
Graygrill Sage went silent for a while before he replied, “That’s right!”
As soon as he replied, an incredible surge of Sage Daoist Rhyme locked on to Fairfrost Sage. It was a sign that he would take action at any moment.
“Great, you people of the Overlord Sage Tribe truly are tyrannical! If others do not give in to your demands, you people will still steal it anyway! You guys are such a lawless and ruthless bunch!”
Fairfrost Sage was extremely enraged.
“In the Black Warrior Domain, the word of the Overlord Sage Tribe is the law!”
Graygrill Sage declared brutally.
Upon hearing those words, everyone immediately went into an uproar.
They could not believe the Graygrill Sage would dare say such a thing.
However, after thinking about it clearly, the Overlord Sage Tribe was indeed the strongest sage orthodoxy in the Black Warrior Domain, and he did have the qualifications to make such remarks.
“It must’ve been a hard journey for you to reach the cultivation of a Sage as well. I suggest you hand over the Alchemy Grandmaster’s Inheritance, in case something bad happens to you,” Graygrill Sage continued to say.
Fairfrost Sage was incredibly angered. “Now you’re making me curious as to what you people from the Overlord Sage Tribe can do to me!”
“Hmph, you asked for it!” Graygrill Sage raised his arm to gather surges of Sage Daoist Rhyme before he transformed his overbearing spiritual energy into a giant fist and unleashed it!
That was the Overlord Sage Tribe’s Sage Technique, the Brilliant Heaven Shaking Punch!
That punch erupted with the brilliant might of the heavens!
It was incredibly domineering!
As such, Fairfrost Sage then raised her arm and released a punch in return.
When the two surges of Daoist Rhyme collided, an explosion into a void with a loud boom!
The power caused by the attacks was so terrifying that the whole valley quaked.
That attack alone pushed the Fairfrost Sage back by dozens of feet. Her Sage body had withstood a great amount of impact and her face paled.
On the other hand, Graygrill Sage stood proudly and imposingly.
“Fairfrost Sage, although we are both Sages, the level of cultivation I have greatly surpasses yours. I’m only two or three steps away from becoming a Great Sage, while you have at least five steps or more.”
Graygrill Sage said proudly.
Although those words made Fairfrost Sage dissatisfied, she could not refute him as the difference between her and her opponent was indeed quite significant.
“Master Lee, seeing that you don’t mind asking the Sage to snatch the Grandmaster’s Inheritance for you, aren’t you afraid that the whole alchemy world will laugh at your disgraceful actions?”
Just then, Gujiang walked out of the crowd and said loudly.
He had developed a friendship with Fairfrost Sage after they had exchanged their alchemy knowledge earlier. So seeing that his friend was being bullied, he could not help but speak out on her behalf as well.
“Hmph, as long I become an Alchemy Grandmaster, do a few comments and judgments from you people even matter?” Master Lee remarked coldly.
“Seeing a mere Alchemist like you speak out is quite commendable. But you are not qualified to stick your hands in the matters of a Sage.”
Graygrill Sage’s gaze let out a chilly glint as a surge of Sage Daoist Rhyme landed on Gujiang that forced him to kneel on the ground.
“Stop, he’s from the Black Heaven Sect.”
Fairfrost Sage suddenly yelled.
After hearing the words “Black Heaven Sect”. A hint of fear suddenly flashed across the eyes of Graygrill Sage, who originally intended to kill Gujiang.
“Black Heaven Sect… So you’re one of the lunatic Chu Kuangren’s people.”
