This time, the Sacred Ancestor's efficiency was quite impressive. In less than half a month, he had delivered one-tenth of the Ling Shi
"Jiang Chen," the God Sovereign said, "this old man has really had to swallow his pride — going around begging and scraping together every last coin, just to cobble together this much Ling Shi. I hope you won't find it too little."
Jiang Chen smiled. "The God Sovereign has been most generous."
"Mm, you're the most valued genius of our Sacred Land. The future of the Sacred Land will largely rest in your hands sooner or later — we have no choice but to invest in you. Oh, and the alchemy materials you requested are almost ready. They'll be delivered to you in a few days."
Whether or not the God Sovereign was always scheming, he had genuinely made an effort this time. Jiang Chen could sense the other's sincerity.
As for scheming — from the
A few days later, Jiang Chen officially received the materials.
With the materials in hand, Jiang Chen decided to go into seclusion for a time, converting them all into Heaven Cauldron Pills and Grand Unity Heaven-Mending Pills.
He understood how precious these materials were, so he approached the refinement process with the utmost seriousness.
This time, the Sacred Land had been fairly generous. These materials were essentially a personal favor, letting him use the resulting pills to trade for Ling Shi.
Of course, Jiang Chen also knew the Sacred Land had other considerations. If he brought out Grand Unity Heaven-Mending Pills and Heaven Cauldron Pills to exchange for Ling Shi, he would inadvertently build connections with many people, accumulate goodwill, and leave a deep impression of the Eternal Sacred Land on others.
They might even end up owing favors to the Sacred Land.
In that case, when it came to nominating the Alliance Leader, they would inevitably lean a bit toward the Eternal Sacred Land.
These intricate machinations were not something Jiang Chen wanted to dwell on too much. At the very least, these divine pills could get him the Ling Shi he needed.
That was enough.
The batch of materials was quite abundant, and it took Jiang Chen nearly a full month to convert all of them into pills.
As a result, the number of Grand Unity Heaven-Mending Pills in his possession was now very considerable.
And the count of Heaven Cauldron Pills was equally impressive.
Seeing these results, Jiang Chen felt greatly encouraged.
"Haha, I'm saving mine for when I reach the sixth level of the Celestial realm — I'll use it to help me break through to the seventh!" Xiao Bai's spiritual intelligence had been continuously awakening, and it was growing more knowledgeable about such matters by the day.
Long Xiaoxuan had actually received a Heaven Cauldron Pill before. He turned it over in his hands, then tucked it away safely.
As for the Vermilion Bird divine beast, the Heaven Cauldron Pill was no longer of any use to him. The Vermilion Bird said dejectedly, "Chen Shao, the day you can refine divine-path pills that unconditionally elevate divine cultivation by one whole level — now that would be something. I wonder if such pills even exist in this world?"
"They do!"
Jiang Chen actually didn't deny it.
The Vermilion Bird's eyes lit up. "Really?"
"But I don't know how to refine them, and it would be impossible to gather those ingredients. On the
Even an entire Myriad Heavens grand world might not produce one or two alchemy grandmasters capable of making them.
"So such pills really do exist?" The Vermilion Bird's tone was complex. "Chen Shao, you know so much — I truly wonder what sort of extraordinary figure left behind the memories of your inheritance."