For Jiang Chen, the formulas for these three pills were no problem — he had them all memorized. The refinement process wouldn't present much difficulty either; he had already worked through every step in his mind.
The hardest part was whether the materials for these three pills could even be gathered on Myriad Abyss Island.
The three pills he had chosen were, relatively speaking, among the easier ones to collect materials for. More demanding pills existed, but Jiang Chen hadn't even considered those.
He was firmly convinced that the materials for those more advanced pills simply couldn't be found on Myriad Abyss Island.
He wrote out the formulas for all three pills and then carefully ran through them several more times in his consciousness, confirming there were no issues before settling on his selection.
"If even the materials for these three pills can't be gathered, then there's no point in discussing any more advanced formulas."
These three pills were the result of Jiang Chen's careful deliberation.
The very next morning after making his selection, he went to find Ziche Min.
Ziche Min was somewhat surprised to see Jiang Chen visiting at such an early hour.
"Shao Yuan, you don't mean you already have something? That's awfully fast!"
Jiang Chen smiled. "Time waits for no one. I urgently need the Sacred Land's full support, so I must complete this task as soon as possible."
"If you can complete the Mission of Vengeance's Flame, I'm certain the Sacred Land will give you its full backing. When that time comes, whatever requests you make — even to the Grand Holy Sovereign or the Sacred Ancestor — they'll give them serious consideration. After all, once your talent becomes known throughout the world, the Sacred Land will do whatever it takes to keep you."
Jiang Chen's spirits lifted at these words.
In truth, his proposal to have the Eternal Sacred Land host a grand gathering, inviting prominent alchemists from all factions, had been partly about preparing for his eventual confrontation with Shi Xuan.
But it was also about building his reputation, so the Eternal Sacred Land could see his potential and talent clearly.
That way, he would have sufficient leverage to negotiate with the Sacred Land, to have them fully support his bid for Huang'er's hand, and to make them realize he was worthy of their standing up to the Xiahou family.
All Jiang Chen had to do was prove it to them.
The thought invigorated him. "Elder Ziche, I do have some results to report. However, these come from my ancestral lineage and are of incomparable value. I hope the Sacred Land will respect my family's inheritance and not compel me to donate them."
Ziche Min was quick to respond. "These are your inheritance. Whether you choose to contribute them is entirely your decision — the Sacred Land would never force you."
At a moment like this, naturally Ziche Min would choose his words carefully. Even if the Sacred Land harbored such ambitions, it would not resort to coercion unless absolutely necessary. The Eternal Sacred Land had at least that much class.
"Shao Yuan, you say you have results — might I ask what they are?" Ziche Min's curiosity was fully piqued.
"A pill that increases the success rate of peak Emperor Rank cultivators breaking through to the Heaven Rank by thirty percent. Has anything like it appeared on the market?"
"Something that boosts the success rate of breaking through to the Heaven Rank?" Ziche Min was stunned. "Such pills exist on the market, but ones with any real efficacy? Virtually none. Most of them have no discernible effect. You're claiming a thirty percent increase — do you have concrete evidence?"
"Concrete evidence might be too strong a word. But for someone who originally had only a twenty or thirty percent chance of breaking through to the Heaven Rank, taking this pill would raise their success rate to over fifty percent — that much I can guarantee. Put another way, of ten geniuses who attempt the breakthrough, most people would say only one or two will succeed. But if all of them took this pill, perhaps three or four, or even five or six, would make it through."
Ziche Min was visibly shaken. "Are you certain it has that kind of effect?"
"I am. However, I'm not sure whether the Eternal Sacred Land can gather the materials to refine it. I certainly haven't encountered these ingredients before, or I would have already brewed a batch for myself."
"Tell me what materials are needed."
Jiang Chen said nothing further. He simply handed Ziche Min a materials list.
"Elder Ziche, please take a look."
Ziche Min accepted it, scanned through it, and a look of delight spread across his face. "These materials — our Eternal Sacred Land can actually gather them. In my assessment, this Primordial Dragon Scale Fruit must be the primary ingredient, yes? Apart from that one, none of the other materials should be difficult to acquire."
"Heh, Elder Ziche truly has a sharp eye." Jiang Chen's list had not been organized by priority, yet Ziche Min had identified the key ingredient at a glance — no small feat.