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Xu Luochen began to get serious.

Imparting the Dao was one thing, but Xu Luochen did not forget what Daoist Tai Hua instructed him to do.

He had to pretend to be a peerless expert in front of Ye Ping.

During this period of time, apart from revising alchemy, Xu Luochen had been spending the rest of his time thinking about pretending to be impressive.

Finally, after nearly a month of effort, it was time for him to put theory into practice.

At the thought of this, Xu Luochen looked at Ye Ping.

“There are 3,000 Dao and they are all equal. However, the Dao contains the mysteries of heaven and earth. Junior Brother Ye Ping, in your opinion, what should a powerful alchemist be like?”

‘What should a powerful alchemist be like?’

Ye Ping was stunned.

This question seemed a bit familiar.

He inhaled sharply.

‘Could it be that Second Senior Brother is also a hidden expert?’

Ye Ping felt that the Qingyun Dao Sect was a hidden peerless sect, but he wasn’t very sure about the other disciples of the sect. He only knew that Su Changyu was a peerless expert.

However, it now seemed to him that Xu Luochen was also a hidden expert.

However, Ye Ping still answered him seriously.

“Senior Brother Luochen, I think that an impeccable alchemist is above all, and a single pill of his can allow countless powerhouses to go mad. No matter how proud and supreme one might be, there would always be an end. An alchemist can change fate and defy heavens.”

Ye Ping gave an answer based on his own understanding.

In the countless novels that he had read on the Internet, alchemists had an extremely high status.

After being refined by an alchemist, the value of medicinal herbs that were originally worth 100 Spirit Stones might even be multiplied by ten times.

It wouldn’t be exaggerated to say that a true alchemist was a cash cow. If he became a true alchemist, those with strong cultivation levels would have to show him respect too. In the world of immortal cultivation, powerhouses were abundant.

As one approached the end of their life, they would not be able to defy the laws of the world no matter how strong they might be. However, alchemists could produce pills that would prolong one’s life by hundreds or even thousands of years. Under such circumstances, who was stronger?

“No.”

However, in the next moment, Xu Luochen shook his head with a solemn expression and looked at Ye Ping.

He said seriously, “Junior Brother Ye Ping, the alchemists you described are not true alchemists!”

“You are too superficial!”

Xu Luochen said with a calm expression, appearing profound and elusive.

‘Superficial?’

Ye Ping was a little curious and couldn’t help but look at Xu Luochen.

“Senior Brother, please enlighten me.”

Ye Ping was curious.

“The alchemy powerhouse you’ve described is still just an alchemist at the end of the day. I’m asking you, what efficacies do you think the strongest pill in the world possesses?”

Xu Luochen asked and added another sentence.

“Be bold with your thoughts.”

‘What ability does the strongest pill possess?’

Ye Ping remained silent and sunk into deep thought as he wanted to give a good answer.

After a long while, Ye Ping answered the question.

“Senior Brother, the strongest pill should be able to improve one’s constitution and make a person with extremely poor aptitude become the best cultivator in the world. The person will also be able to strengthen their luck and become an immortal.”

Ye Ping said seriously.

In most of the novels, the most precious pills were either the ones that allowed one to immediately become an immortal upon consumption or change one’s constitution.

However, Xu Luochen shook his head with an extremely solemn expression.

He glanced at the sky.

He then said slowly, “In the path of alchemy, those who reach the peak can turn everything into divine pills.”

“However, that’s just the alchemist in the eyes of ordinary people. A real alchemist is not one who refines pills, but one who refines heaven and earth. Every pill that they refine is a world.”

“Do you understand?”

Xu Luochen said, giving an exaggerated description of an alchemist.

Ye Ping was stunned to hear those words.

‘Refine heaven and earth?’

‘Every pill is a world?’

“This… This… This…”

Even though he had read countless novels, Ye Ping did not expect the limit of alchemists to be so terrifying.

Each pill was a world.

Everything in the world was pills.

Heaven and earth were pills.

The universe was a pill.

‘How terrifying of a realm must that be? How invincible of an existence must that be?’

Any random pill was a world.

He inhaled sharply.

At this moment, Ye Ping finally understood why Xu Luochen said that the Sword Dao was not the only choice.

If alchemy was really that impressive, it was indeed not inferior to the Sword Dao.

He inhaled sharply.

‘Is Second Senior Brother also a peerless expert?’

At the next moment, Ye Ping suddenly came to his senses.

‘Eldest Senior Brother is a peerless Sword Dao powerhouse, while Second Senior Brother is a peerless alchemical expert.’

‘Since he could come up with such a theory, how could he be an ordinary alchemist?’

Ye Ping originally thought that Xu Luochen would teach him some basic alchemical techniques, but after hearing those words, Ye Ping completely understood that the sect was full of supreme experts.

Xu Luochen saw how shocked Ye Ping was.

He couldn’t help but smile.

He had been thinking hard about it for the past month.

Although it sounded impressive, it was simply nonsense.

However, Xu Luochen reckoned that no one else would believe him.

‘Heaven and earth are pills?’

‘Why don’t you try refining it?’

Xu Luochen was not worried that Ye Ping might become a fool after being duped by him. His main agenda was to fool Ye Ping first before imparting some basic alchemical techniques to him. He wanted to start small.

If he did not bluff Ye Ping first, how could he show how impressive he was?

At the thought of this, Xu Luochen continued to speak.

“Little Junior Brother, do you understand now?”

Ye Ping snapped back to his senses after hearing his voice.

“I understand.”

Ye Ping nodded, but his eyes were still full of shock. He did not expect alchemy to be that horrifying.

“I’m glad that you understand. However, what I said just now was the peak of alchemy. I’m not sure of what your aptitude is like for now, so I can only teach you basic alchemy and observe your aptitude first. Understand?”

Xu Luochen continued.

“I understand. Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother.”

Ye Ping nodded.

He naturally understood that he had to take things one step at a time and had to consider his own abilities before wanting to overachieve.

“Yes, Junior Brother Ye Ping. I’m going to impart to you the unique art of alchemy. Listen carefully.”

Xu Luochen suddenly said.

Ye Ping immediately became solemn.

“There are side effects to all pills in this world. Even the most brilliant alchemist cannot eliminate the toxic side effects of pills.”

“At the end of the day, it’s still about the medicinal ingredients.”

“Today, I’m teaching you the art of alchemy and the refinement of non-poisonous pills. As the name suggests, you will use this method to refine pills that are free of toxins and side effects.”

“So, you must remember every word that I say next. Got it?”

Xu Luochen said very seriously.

However, everything he said was nonsense that he made up.

It was true that pills came with side effects.

However, pills without poison…

Xu Luochen only dared to say that to Ye Ping.

If he said that to anyone else, his mouth would probably be torn up by a bunch of alchemists.

The reason being, there was no such thing as non-toxic pills in this world.

The root of toxins in pills lay in medicinal herbs. No matter how one tried to refine them, the medicinal properties of the herbs and toxicity had a parallel relationship.

Without toxicity, there would be no medicinal properties either.

Hence, Xu Luochen was fortunately just trying to fool Ye Ping. Otherwise, he would be beaten up if any alchemist heard him.

However, Ye Ping was listening attentively.