I alone am the Honoured One!

490  Alchemy Chamber [2]

Qi Nue, Qi Xue, and Zhao Tian made their way towards the Alchemy Chamber.

As they approached the towering structure, the distinct scent of rare herbs and spiritual essences filled the air.

The chamber itself was an impressive sight, an imposing building carved from jade and obsidian, with golden talismans glowing faintly on the walls.

Looking at Zhao Tian, Qi Xue asked "By the way, Little Brother.. is it really okay for you to be in Alchemy Chamber?"

Huh? Zhao Tian's gaze squinted upon hearing this "Why you ask that, Sister Xue?"

Qi Nue wrapped her arm around Qi Xue's shoulder and replied, "Well... most men don't come to Alchemy, you know..."

"They all think it is a woman's job to refine pills, go collecting herbs."

"So, most men won't accept the herb picking tasks in the Alchemy.. they all want to be powerful and cool." Qi Xue clicked her tongue and muttered "Wannabe heros..."

Hearing this, Qi Nue burst out laughing "Hahaha..."

"And since you are powerful who bullied all the new batch of outer disciples, I thought you would want to train in combat, so just wanted to say...other men would taunt you for coming to Alchemy."

Zhao Tian shrugged casually "Well, I don't really care about their opinions."

Upon hearing this, Qi Nue and Qi Xue looked at each other and chuckled "I like you, Little Brother... come with us later."

"We can go and pick some herbs in the forest."

"Yeah, yeah..."

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As the three of them enter the Alchemy Chamber, Zhao Tian glanced around at the disciple and most of them are actually female disciples.

Qi Nue turned to Zhao Tian and spoke "Little brother, lets go to the 5th floor.. that's where Master is."

"Hm..."

Following Qi Nue and Qi Xue, Zhao Tian walked over to the elevator and as they stepped in Qi Nue tapped the button marked "5" on the sleek dashboard inside the elevator.

The ascent was smooth and fast. *woosh*, the soft hum of the elevator brought them swiftly to the fifth floor, and the doors slid open silently.

Hm? As the three of them stepped into the hallway, Qi Nue and Qi Xue glanced around in surprise as there are few disciples in the hallway that usual.

Zhao Tian glanced at the large number of door in the hall 'Hm, so this is where disciples can book a private room using credits to train and refine a pill.' n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The three of them made their way towards one of the biggest doors in the Hall and a female disciple was standing outside.

Zhao Tian glanced at the silver token hanging on her waist 'An inner court disciple.'

As the three of them walked close to them, the inner disciple turned her head "I am sorry, Brother and Junior Sisters... you can't go in right now."

Hm? Qi Xue was confused and asked "What happened, Senior Sister?"

The woman shook her head and replied "I don't know... but Master asked me not to let anyone enter her room."

Hearing this, Qi Nue sighed "Seems like she is back in her research... then we are leaving, Senior Sister."

The woman nodded her head and the three of them walked further away from the large door.

Qi Xue glanced at Zhao Tian and spoke "Little brother, we can't see her today... i shall introduce you to her some other day."

Zhao Tian smiled faintly "Then, I think I will look at the shop here..."

"Okay then, we will also accompany you."

The three of them made their way towards the elevator and entering in, Qi Xue clicked the button for the 3rd floor.

Reaching the third floor, the three of them stepped out into the shopping area of the Alchemy chamber.

Shelves lined with herbs, ingredients, and pill bottles stretched out as far as the eye could see, while sect employees moved around helping customers and organizing products. Qi Xue softly grabbed Zhao Tian's hand and brought him to the nearby table, where a tablet have been mounted to the table.

Pointing at the tablet, Qi Nue spoke "You just have to search the name of the herb you want and you can see if there is stock of that product and its cost."

Zhao Tian gave a nod and began to search, his fingers typing on the screen 'Moonlit Snow Orchid'

Qi Xue and Qi Nue leaned over his shoulder, to see what he is searching.

"Gah!" Looking at the amount of credits needed to get the herb, Qi Xue and Qi Nue were dumbfounded "What the hell? 40k credits for this flower?"

Zhao Tian's eyes condensed as he understood why it is costly, because it is actually a rare herb.

But ne needed this, because this is one of the ingredients he needed to refine his physique to first stage—Astral Convergence Fusion, according to the notes left by the First Honoured One in the black Pagoda.

If he can refine his Honoured One physique, his combat prowess would exponentially increase.

He can fight people who are stages above him in cultivation.

His gaze squinted in contemplation. 'I have a lot of High grade Astral stones.. but not enough credits to buy it from the Sect. I should also look into the pill shops in the Empire capital.'

'There I can use.. my High grade astral stones to buy them.'

'I should also find any auction house here...'

He has a lot of useless high grade weapons left in the Artifact's warehouse which are all left by the first Honoured One.

So he can convert them to money.

Zhao Tian cancelled that search and began to search another herb 'Ironbark vine.'

Qi Nue and Qi Xue were startled and asked "What are you trying to create with such costly herbs little brother."

Looking at them, Zhao Tian chuckled faintly "Just trying to create a pill for my breakthrough."

Qi Nue sighed "But using pills to breakthrough isn't always the best idea, little brother. The impurities left behind by these herbs can accumulate and destabilize your cultivation base over time." "Well, using them in small margin is no harm."

"Yeah..."

"And you have to be careful Little brother, these herbs are not just rare.. they're expensive and difficult to refine properly. Even a small mistake could ruin the entire process."

Zhao Tian continued scrolling through the list, evaluating the costs, availability, and rarity of each herb.

Blood Vine, Whitesage Herb, Blue Petal Fern, and Silvermist Lotus were all key ingredients.

 He couldn't compromise on their quality or risk using substitutes.

"50,000 credits..." Qi Xue muttered under her breath. "These prices are ridiculous."

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