Chapter 40

Zhang Taixuan said calmly, "If what the Sect Master means is the Marrow-Washing Pill, Purple Sun Pill, or Rejuvenation Pill, then it should indeed be me who refined them."

"Do you know the effects of those elixirs?"

"Naturally I do. Their medicinal properties are ten times stronger than what the pill formulas record."

"You know?"

"I'm an alchemist — how could I not understand the elixirs I refined myself?"

The wiry old man had been sizing up Zhang Taixuan the whole time. Suddenly, he stepped forward a few paces and said, "Zhang Taixuan, you don't carry much pill aura on you, so one can tell you've refined elixirs very few times. You should know that every alchemist only succeeds after countless failures — how could those top-grade elixirs possibly have been refined by you?!"

"Failures?" Zhang Taixuan shook his head. "Why would there be failures?"

The wiry old man was rendered speechless. After a long while he said, "Fine, kid — you're that arrogant? Since that's the case, refine another batch of Purple Sun Pills right here, and this old man will believe you can do it."

The Sect Master gave a slight nod. "Zhang Taixuan, don't be afraid. Elder Wang is merely verifying things. If you succeed, this Sect Master will promote you to Elder of the Alchemy Lineage. From then on, you may take the sect's techniques and spiritual herbs directly, without needing contribution points."

Zhang Taixuan's eyes lit up. "Many thanks, Sect Master."

He looked toward Elder Wang, the wiry old man.

Elder Wang, unable to wait any longer, hastily produced the spiritual materials for the Purple Sun Pill.

Zhang Taixuan took them, circulated his magic power, condensed it into an alchemy furnace with his magic power, and tossed the ingredients inside.

At a moment like this, he naturally could not possibly take out the Heaven and Earth Cauldron.

A supreme treasure is tempting to others — to reveal it before the world is truly the surest path to death.

Fortunately, however, he had now reached the perfection of the Dao Palace realm. Although the alchemy furnace conjured from his magic power could not compare to the Heaven and Earth Cauldron, using it to refine Purple Sun Pills posed no problem at all.

Seeing that Zhang Taixuan didn't even take out an alchemy furnace, Elder Wang was so angry his beard bristled and his eyes bulged!

Does this kid even understand alchemy at all!.