Several days later, Luo Chen's hand seals came to a halt, and a wisp of spirit energy slowly gathered from the space and coiled around his fingertip. He watched it intently, and satisfaction gradually appeared in his eyes. Then, he summoned the status panel before him. Under the alchemy arts section, a new line flickered with faint light: Qi Control Art: Beginner (1/100)

"It worked!" Luo Chen let out a long breath, and the weight in his heart finally eased. 

From this point onward, he only needed to practice it every day and steadily raise his proficiency. By his estimate, the Qi Control Art would need to reach at least Perfection level before he could use it to refine the Law Scrutiny Pill. Of course, if he could reach the Grandmaster level, that would be even better. The Grandmaster level on the status panel was equivalent to the major mastery recognized by the outside world. For ordinary alchemists, that was often the limit they could pursue for an entire lifetime. 

With that, he rose from his meditation and descended from the mountain. Before long, he returned to the...