Among them, his Xuan-grade alchemy talent was even more exceptional.
At this moment, within Windcloud City, even the Alchemist Guild's president was more than a step behind him in terms of alchemy talent.
His potential was so high that he could easily become a mid-tier Earth-grade alchemist.
By then, relying solely on his identity as an alchemist, he would stand at the pinnacle of the entire Red Sun Domain, earning the admiration and worship of countless martial artists.
However, Lin Xuan yearned more for the path of martial arts than the path of alchemy.
Alchemy was merely a means to support his martial arts journey.
But the higher his alchemy talent, the easier it was to acquire cultivation resources, accelerate his cultivation speed, and achieve greater martial arts accomplishments.
Lin Xuan was naturally overjoyed.
He also felt more confident about the upcoming plan to earn money through alchemy.
Before long, Sun He sent someone over with a storage ring.
Inside were sixty sets of materials, belonging to three different types of high-grade fifth-tier pills.
Along with the pill formulas for these three types.
Fifth-tier pills were meant for martial artists at the Condensing Rotation stage, and mid-tier Spirit-grade alchemists could refine them.
With Lin Xuan's current alchemy mastery, even refining sixth-tier pills was effortless.
But after some thought and discussion with Sun He, Lin Xuan decided to refine high-grade fifth-tier pills instead.
The main reason was that within Windcloud City, Condensing Rotation stage martial artists were the upper-middle class, far more numerous than the upper-tier martial artists at the Opening Spirit stage, and their spending was greater.
Refining fifth-tier pills would likely yield more profit than sixth-tier pills.
Secondly, the Yuan Dan Pavilion was too small in scale.
Sun He, as the pavilion master and its top expert, was only at the late-stage Opening Spirit level, not among the elite in Windcloud City.
The Yuan Dan Pavilion couldn't break into the ranks of major pill shops.
If they sold sixth-tier pills, few Opening Spirit stage martial artists would choose to buy from the Yuan Dan Pavilion.
In comparison, choosing fifth-tier pills was more cost-effective.
They could simply rely on volume to win.
Afterward, Lin Xuan took the materials to the alchemy room at the Yuan Dan Pavilion.
He selected a private, premium alchemy room.
He laid out the materials on a nearby table.
Then he took out the three pill formulas and scanned them.
In truth, Lin Xuan had only refined pills twice so far.
Those were during the assessments for Mortal-grade high-tier alchemist and Spirit-grade high-tier alchemist.
But that didn't matter.
He possessed exceptional alchemy talent that surpassed all of this.
Especially now that his alchemy talent had been upgraded to Xuan-grade, it was even more so.
With the three pill formulas in hand.
Although he had never seen these formulas before.
The moment his eyes swept over them, he instantly memorized them and absorbed their essence.
A feeling akin to having practiced them millions of times surged within him.
In the span of three breaths, he finished reading the three formulas.
Lin Xuan had transformed from someone who had never refined these pills into an alchemist specialized in them.
He was so skilled that he could easily refine them even with his eyes closed, producing cloud-pattern pills every time.
Such was the terror of Xuan-grade alchemy talent.
Lin Xuan sighed inwardly.
Then, he began the refining process.
He spread his right hand.
Buzz...
A half-golden alchemy flame emerged, radiating waves of heat.
The entire alchemy room trembled slightly.
Its power was far greater than before.
"Just throwing this alchemy flame out could burn a peak Condensing Rotation stage martial artist to death, right?
It's a good method for disposing of bodies and erasing evidence."
Lin Xuan mused to himself.
Then, the alchemy flame entered the furnace before him, warming it up.
He immediately tossed all the materials into the furnace at once, splitting the flame into dozens of parts, each enveloping a medicinal herb and roasting it.
If other alchemists witnessed this, they would likely be terrified.
Each medicinal herb required a different temperature to roast and extract its essence.
A single set of materials contained dozens of herbs; refining them all at once was dozens of times harder than refining them individually.
One mistake could cause the furnace to explode, a dangerous outcome.
Even Earth-grade alchemy masters wouldn't dare attempt this.
But Lin Xuan remained calm and confident.
Moreover, none of the dozens of herbs showed any instability; they were all steadily being refined.
This already proved that Lin Xuan's alchemy mastery had reached or even surpassed that of many Earth-grade alchemists.
It also highlighted the terrifying nature of his Xuan-grade alchemy talent.
Time passed slowly.
Soon, the alchemy room Lin Xuan was in emitted an intensely hot wave of air and an extremely rich pill fragrance.
It drew all the alchemists in the area over.
They began to discuss among themselves.
"With this kind of pill fragrance, the quantity and grade of the pills being refined must be high, right?"
"It should be our Yuan Dan Pavilion's top alchemist, Spirit-grade high-tier alchemist Sun Mingyu, right?"
"No way, I remember Lord Sun went out on business recently and hasn't returned yet."
"Then who could it be? Could it be another Spirit-grade alchemist Lord that Pavilion Master Sun hired?"
"I don't know."
"..."
Soon, the door opened, and Lin Xuan slowly walked out.
His expression was calm, as if nothing had happened.
Seeing this, all the alchemists present were stunned.
They were filled with disbelief.
In their eyes, even a Spirit-grade high-tier alchemist might not be able to cause such a commotion.
Yet the one who emerged was an overly young boy, not even twenty years old.
How could they believe it?
After all, the youngest Spirit-grade alchemist in Windcloud City was around eighteen or nineteen, wasn't he?
This boy looked like he hadn't even reached eighteen.
How could he possibly be a Spirit-grade alchemist, let alone a high-tier one?
They simply couldn't bring themselves to believe it!
They wanted to see if there was anyone else in the alchemy room.
If this boy was just an assistant, that would make sense.
But there was no one else in the alchemy room.
Some even went inside to search, but found nothing.
All of this pointed to a fact they dared not imagine:
That this boy was the Spirit-grade high-tier alchemist they had assumed.
Instantly, all the alchemists present were stunned, deeply shaken.
Because their understanding had largely crumbled in that moment.
Sun He also rushed over upon hearing the news.
When he saw Lin Xuan, he cupped his hands and said respectfully:
"Elder Lin, how did the refining go?"
The alchemists were even more shocked at this scene.
"I succeeded in my task. Out of sixty sets of materials, I successfully refined most of them, achieving a success rate of seventy percent!"
Lin Xuan replied with a faint smile.
"What nonsense is this kid spouting!"
"Does he think alchemy is like playing with mud? How could there be such a high success rate!"
"Even Lord Sun Mingyu, at his luckiest, only reached a sixty percent success rate; normally, it's fifty percent!"
"..."
Before Sun He could say anything, several elderly Spirit-grade alchemists on the scene couldn't help but scold.
Lin Xuan chuckled dismissively, too lazy to argue. He waved his hand.
On the nearby table, densely packed jade bottles appeared.
A rich pill fragrance spread out.