Chapter 1720: Chapter 646: Golden Core Late Stage
"As long as Taoist Friend Zhou is satisfied, Qingni will be at ease!"
Luo Qingni relaxed her expression, a hint of a smile appearing on her face.
In truth, with her current level as an Alchemy Grandmaster, producing four pills was within expectation, but not particularly impressive.
Therefore, before Zhou Chun made his stance clear, her heart was somewhat anxious.
Then she saw herself pat the storage pouch on her waist, retrieving four alchemy bottles filled with spirit pills, and handed them to Zhou Chun, saying: "All the elixirs are here, please inspect them, Taoist Friend Zhou."
Zhou Chun, seeing this, did not stand on ceremony and opened each bottle to inspect the elixirs one by one.
It was only after confirming that every spirit pill was identical to the completed pill recorded in the alchemy recipe that he nodded with satisfaction, waving three of the alchemy bottles into his possession.
Simultaneously, he said: "As agreed, after the pills are refined, one belongs to Taoist Friend Luo, while the rest are mine, so I won’t stand on ceremony."
"Taoist Friend Zhou overstates it, for this alchemy, you provided both the recipe and the materials. Qingni receiving one spirit pill already brings immense honor. It should be I thanking you, Taoist Friend!"
As Luo Qingni spoke, she solemnly gave a respectful salute to express her gratitude to Zhou Chun.
Only she knew in her heart how much she gained from this one spirit pill!
Without this opportunity, even if she mastered the alchemy recipe and was an Alchemy Grandmaster herself, gathering enough materials for a batch of the Four Spirits Barrier-breaking Pill would be extremely difficult.
So, even if she helped Zhou Chun refine other elixirs without charge, this one Four Spirits Barrier-breaking Pill, she could not refuse!
Zhou Chun was actually well aware of this.
However, he did not wish for Luo Qingni to constantly mention the favor, as that would make them seem too distant.
Thus, he quickly changed the topic, asking softly: "The matter of Taoist Friend Luo advancing to Alchemy Grandmaster appears yet to be announced publically? Could there be some hidden worries?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Qingni’s brows furrowed tightly, showing a troubled expression as she stated: "Indeed, Qingni has some concerns and doesn’t dare easily announce this news!"
Zhou Chun, hearing this, couldn’t help but have a flicker of a different emotion in his eye, immediately asking again: "Might it be that Taoist Friend Luo fears, after the announcement, powerful factions will forcibly press you to join them?"
"Pretty much. Even if they don’t forcibly press me to join their ranks, they will surely present some unacceptably harsh terms, and I will always be on edge when going out!"
Luo Qingni nodded slightly, her tone a bit helpless as she expressed her inner worries.
The value of an Alchemy Grandmaster is immense, especially since Luo Qingni is still young, only over five hundred years old.
Even many major factions with Nascent Soul Stage cultivators don’t have such an Alchemy Grandmaster in their ranks.
Therefore, once the fact that loose cultivator Luo Qingni is an Alchemy Grandmaster is revealed, it’s hard to ensure that some factions won’t take unscrupulous actions!
Especially since she is a female cultivator!
One must know that those Nascent Soul Stage cultivators are not benevolent, and many will stop at nothing to achieve their goals.
Once they learn that Luo Qingni has become an Alchemy Grandmaster, even resorting to "forcefully seizing a woman" would not be surprising.
Moreover, with the means of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, there may be ways to forcibly enslave a Golden Core Stage female cultivator like Luo Qingni, making her a concubine and alchemy tool!
Luo Qingni has wandered the Cultivation World for hundreds of years as a loose cultivator and deeply understands the truth of the Cultivation World, never daring to entrust her safety to the kindness of some powerful figures.
Choosing to conceal her advancement to Alchemy Grandmaster was a helpless choice for self-preservation.
Zhou Chun had initially guessed as much, and now that she confirmed it, an idea he dared not mention before began to ferment in his mind.
He nodded lightly in agreement, saying, "Taoist Friend Luo’s concerns are not baseless. A loose cultivator Alchemy Master like you naturally infringes on the interests of many powerful factions’ alchemists, preventing them from better exploiting other loose cultivators."
"If they learn that you, Taoist Friend Luo, have become an Alchemy Grandmaster, they will undoubtedly be envious and covetous of your alchemy inheritance."
"Who knows what those people might do then!"
This analysis was well-reasoned, causing Luo Qingni’s worried expression to deepen.
And Zhou Chun continued: "Taoist Friend Luo, don’t blame me for sounding alarming. As long as you are a loose cultivator, even if you break through to the Golden Core Late Stage and possess my strength, once your advancement to Alchemy Grandmaster is publicized, it will only make those powerful factions more covetous of your value!"
Hearing this, Luo Qingni’s eyebrows slightly raised, seeming to understand something, and she gazed deeply at him, saying, "Taoist Friend Zhou is right, so does Taoist Friend Zhou have a method to help Qingni break the impasse?"
Zhou Chun saw her in this manner, knowing she had already guessed his thoughts.
Since he had already said those words, he was prepared to lay all cards on the table.
Thus, he faced Luo Qingni without avoiding her gaze and, instead of answering, asked, "What kind of person does Taoist Friend Luo think I am?"