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Alchemy is also a path of cultivation, throughout ancient times countless cultivators, originally stuck at their current realm, could take their skills to new heights by leveraging the power of the Alchemy Dao.

Therefore, practicing Alchemy Dao is the preferred choice for many cultivators. As such, as long as one has resources that can facilitate learning the art of alchemy, any cultivator would try practicing it, even if they are not particularly talented. Understanding some alchemy techniques is beneficial, to avoid getting cheated when purchasing pills.

If one happens to be talented, then self-made pills could undoubtedly save a large amount of expenses in the future.

However, as the top youthful disciple of Heavenly Sword Mansion, this little girl, logically speaking, shouldn't need to specifically cultivate the way of alchemy, should she?

After all, she's not like him, with a "mom-cheat."

Learning too diversely at her age would only waste her talents.

Perhaps perceiving Tan Shuchang's astonishment, Sword Young Master explained, "She was able to stay at Jiān Xiá Sect for three years, actually learning the way of alchemy from Fairy Shi. Because for other areas, Fairy Shi couldn't teach her."

"Fairy Shi can also do alchemy?" Tan Shuchang was surprised. He had lived near Black Heart Mountain by Jiān Xiá Sect for a few years, yet he never heard of this!

"Decades ago, Fairy Shi was actually famous for her Alchemy Dao. Among the currently active Alchemy Masters, one of the most mysterious two is Fairy Shi. And the reason Fairy Shi hasn't made pills these years is that she hardly encounters a situation that requires her to personally perform alchemy."

"Why is that?" Tan Shuchang couldn't help but be curious. An Alchemy Master who doesn't need to perform alchemy—it seemed too easy a job to be true.

The Wu family must accept countless challenges every year to maintain the standing of their magical artifacts.

"Someone has been constantly sending pills to Fairy Shi, and moreover, desperately so—an insistence to the point where refusal is not an option," Sword Young Master said somewhat helplessly.

At this moment, Dongdong, who had been listening, approached with a blank expression and stretched out a small hand, then pointed her tender index finger at Sword Young Master: "Like his dad."

Tan Shuchang: "..."

No wonder Sword Young Master knew so much about Fairy Shi.

It's very likely that running the errands for delivering pills was this Sword Young Master, on behalf of his own father.

Hence, Tan Shuchang didn't ask for details but simply took out the pill recipe.

"This pill is a bit peculiar..." Dongdong couldn't help but ask Tan Shuchang after looking over the recipe.

Tan Shuchang wasn't surprised; he hadn't specified that it was a Life-Extending Pill, and what he had recorded was only the part that could extend life by ten years.

"Can you make it?" Tan Shuchang was only concerned about this, as he certainly couldn't make it himself.

"Can." The little girl nodded expressionlessly, looking quite confident.

"Then I must thank Junior Sister Dongdong."

Tan Shuchang was delighted and quickly expressed his thanks.

Then, he realized he had thanked her too soon.

For the next three days, the little girl would come to him with a deadpan face, asking for a portion of "Demon Realm Evil Blood" every day; this was the main ingredient for the Life-Extending Pill, without which the pill could not be made.

Under Tan Shuchang's careful observation, there were actually slight variations in the little girl's expressionless face.

For instance, on the first day, although she maintained her usual blank expression, there was actually a bit of embarrassment and shame. By the second day, these feelings had clearly increased.

However, by the third day it seemed she had come to terms with it, so there was no embarrassment or shame at all.

Instead, she appeared quite righteous.

This was the fourth day, Tan Shuchang had done some basic cultivation throughout the night, and then felt the presence of the little girl approaching, so he went to open the door.

As he opened the door, he saw a delicate little hand extended in front of him.

This was her asking for the "Demon Realm Evil Blood."

After several days of this routine, Tan Shuchang was somewhat familiar with the process, so he gave her a strange look and then attempted to say, "Actually, making this pill is not easy..."

This was his way of suggesting that if it was too difficult for her, it was okay to get someone else to do the alchemy.

"Mhm."

Dongdong gave a sound of acknowledgment, her little hand still outstretched, waiting in front of Tan Shuchang.

Seeing the little girl's stubbornness just like the girl in red, Tan Shuchang had no choice but to say, "Wait a moment, I'll get it for you."

This was just an excuse.

After all, this so-called "Demon Realm Evil Blood" was his own fresh blood.

Moments later, Tan Shuchang handed over three freshly squeezed drops of blood to the little girl, and as he watched her leave with a hopping and skipping gait, he couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth.

"I need to have a word with Sword Young Master." He was kind-hearted and even took the initiative to prepare all the Spiritual Objects needed for the other components of the Life-Extending Pill, so it was really not easy to bluntly tell him he couldn't make it.

Tan Shuchang immediately went to look for Sword Young Master.

But before he could speak, Sword Young Master handed him a large bag of Upper Xuan Stamps.

"What is this for?" Tan Shuchang was puzzled, because with just a quick glance at the bag of Upper Xuan Stamps, he could confirm that there were at least a hundred thousand of them.

This amount was beyond the term "substantial fortune."

Some struggling Immortal Sects, even after seven or eight years, might not be able to amass such an amount.

"I don't know either, someone sent them over, said they were for you, and mentioned something about a pleasant collaboration." Sword Young Master lied with his eyes wide open because this was the "daily revenue share."