The elderly woman snapped back to reality, staring at Ning Cheng and shaking her head, "Indeed, I do have the foundational Jade Slip for alchemy, but I won't give it to you. It's not that I'm unwilling to part with it, but rather for your own good. You might dress maturely, but you must be no older than twenty, right? Reaching the eighth level of Qi Gathering before twenty is indeed no easy feat in Ping Zhou, even if not considered a prodigy."
"Given your current pace, you may one day leave Ping Zhou and, with your own efforts and some luck, you might even achieve the Xuan Dan. But if you let your heart wander and delve into the path of alchemy, I'm afraid you'll end up merely reaching the stage of Condensing Reality for the rest of your life. Alchemy isn't something you can learn just because you want to. Trust me on this."
