One had to understand that in Linghu Chang's memories, this Liu San was a master of alchemy.

Even a figure of his caliber had needed three full attempts to adapt to the differences between past and present pill refinement?

Li Fan observed it all, silently considering.

"I'll take this Longevity Pill to Fellow Daoist Zhou first, to see what it fetches," he said to Liu San. "Old Liu, keep up the hard work. Refine all the raw materials in the storage ring into pills as quickly as possible."

"Young Master, rest assured!" Liu San nodded readily. After allowing the disciples only a brief rest, he resumed the pill refinement process.

Li Fan stepped out of the Medicine King Cauldron, tossing and catching the freshly refined Longevity Pill...