After this was done, Long Chen went towards the Alchemy Association and bought 20 sets of ingredients to begin his pill refinement process again, before returning to the Moonlight Sect.
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In a dark palace.
A man sat on the throne, with his eyes gazing at the glass window at the sides of the palace.
"The Wild Wolf Gang had disappeared." The man muttered.
"Yes. Devil Lord. We have lost all contact with the leader of the Wild Wolf Gang since a few days ago. After we sent our men to investigate, we have found that they had vanished from the face of the earth." His subordinate was kneeling on the ground as he reported.
"Although the Wild Wolf Gang is simply an expendable pawn in our hands, it can't simply suddenly die out. Tell me what had happened." The Devil Lord slowly said while still peering out into the dark horizons from the glass windows.
"Devil Lord, we have received news that just before we lost contact with the Wild Wolf Gang, they have went to deal with the Fierce Tiger Gang. This subordinate suspects that this matter has something to do with the Fierce Tiger Gang." The subordinate spoke.
"The Fierce Tiger Gang…what kind of force are they?" The Devil Lord asked in an indifferent tone of voice.
"The Fierce Tiger Gang is merely a small force within the city with a 2nd Elementary Realm cultivator as the Leader. Judging by strength, the Wild Wolf Gang should have been able to destroy the Fierce Tiger Gang, but we do not know what had exactly happened." His subordinate informed.
"There is no need to care too much about such small fry. Just send a few man to monitor them. How goes the matter on the other sides of the Wind Cloud City?" The Devil Lord turned his head to gaze at the subordinate with his sharp eyes.
"We have conquered the North and South regions of the city with the Falling Leaves Gang and the White Tiger Gang, while the West and East are still facing some resistance." The subordinate said with a slight trembling voice, as the Devil Lord's eyes were far too suppressive to the soul.
Even if they were not having eye contact, he could feel that his entire body was as though it was being watched by a poisonous viper.
"Good. Hasten the movements within the West and East regions. We do not have much time." The Devil Lord lowly sighed in a sound that sounded foreign to him.
"The youth named Long Chen is now already within the Elementary Ream. Normal Elementary Realm cultivators are unable to kill him off anymore. How do I kill him then?" The Devil Lord dismissed his subordinate, and stepped down from the throne as he mumbled to himself.
When he had received this news from one of his spies within the Moonlight Sect, his sense of unease had deepened
His talent was far too terrifying, and he could become the greatest threat to his Eternal Darkness Cult in the future if left unattended.
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3 days passed.
During this 3 days, Long Chen basically spent all his time within the courtyard, alternating between refining pills and cultivating.
His cultivation, had managed to break through into the 6th Elementary Realm.
Long Chen figured that his strength could possibly reach up to the 8th Elementary Realm.
His talent was also steadily enhancing under the help of his subordinates who were busy in the forest, hunting monsters and absorbing talent which was transferred over to him.
Although it was only 10%, this amount was still quite a lot.
Long Chen wiped the beads of sweat off his forehead while heaving a sigh of relief when he saw that the pill within the furnace was successful refined.
[Host has refined a High-Tier Grade 1 Pill. Host gains 4 Proficiency in Alchemy]
He took the warm pill out from the furnace and placed it at the side of the cauldron, where 18 pills laid in total, including the High-Tier pill that he had just refined.
His success rate for refining pills had no risen, but the quality of the pills he had refined had risen by quite a bit after his deeper experience in alchemy along with the help of the Great Way of Alchemy book.
Without long, he would be able to quickly break through to become a Grade 2 Alchemy and refine even Grade 2 Pills!
Even Long Chen himself felt that his rate of improvement was ridiculous. Which Alchemist didn't require long amounts of effort and accumulation before they rose into a new grade?
He was simply breezing through the entire process.
Out of these 18 Pills, there were 14 Mid-Tier Pills, and 4 High-Tier pills.
He had not even refined a single Low-Tier or below Pill yet. It was either he had failed his refining process, of it was higher or equal to Mid-Tier grade.
This by itself was astounding, not to mention his remarkable success rate of 90%!.
He lowered his gaze down towards the 18 Pills which gave off a pleasant Pill scent, and carefully placed them inside a few small boxes which he had bought to contain them, before storing them inside his storage bag.
Today was the day when the Trading Chamber Commerce will occur, and also the day when he could receive his profits from the pills he had auctioned out.
Long Chen patted down his dirty robes and tidied his slightly messy hair. Refining pills really made one pass time quickly.
When he had cleaned himself up, he left his courtyard and indulged within the warm rays of sunlight that he had missed for 3 days, before he walked out of the Sect in his disguise.
The Trading Chamber Commerce held the auction in a building called the Misty Auction Hall. It was known for the auctions to occur at a regular basis every one week, and in that day of the week, the Misty Auction Hall would always be packed with numerous people.
Since he had nothing to do, he might as well go and attend the auction as well, just for entertainment purposes.
When he reached the entrance of the Misty Auction Hall, he heard a conversation from the excited passers-by around him.
"Hey! Have you heard about the pills that would be auctioned out today?"
"Pills? What pills? Don't there auction out a few pills every week? What is so special about that?"
"You dumbass! The pills auctioned today are totally different from those pills. The Trading Chamber Commerce has announced that 8 Mid-Tier Qi Gathering Pills, along with a special Pill, would be auctioned out today!"
"8 Mid-Tier Pills! I was still wondering why there were more people than usual today. No wonder!"
"Not only that, I heard that the pills were all refined by an old mysterious Alchemist. If I had the money, I would have fought to buy it! Too bad that our resources could never ever compare to those members from a high tier family." '
Long Chen lightly chuckled when he heard this. The Trading Chamber Commerce's advertisement was great indeed.