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Very quickly, Luo Chen overturned his earlier sentiment. He felt genuinely grateful that he had never joined the Ice Fortress in his early years. The reason was simple: The sect's resources were far too lacking.
During his cultivation, he had hoped to refine a few pills and study the nature of the Withering-Flourishing Fire in the process. Yet when he submitted a list of required ingredients, the Ice Fortress spent several days piecing together a delivery, and even then, the batch they sent was disappointing. The quality varied greatly, the age of the herbs was inconsistent, and the processing was far from standard.
"Strange," he murmured. "The Ice Fortress once had an alchemist master. With that precedent, there should be established procedures for handling material and capable personnel as well. Several key ingredients are missing, too."
After carefully sorting through what he had, he came to only one conclusion. At best, he could manage a few furnace runs, perhaps a hundred pills in total.
"Forget it," he muttered. "They are not the alchemists of the Luo Tian Society I trained myself. They don't understand my habits, and their quality control is far inferior. This place isn't suited for alchemy anyway. I'll plan again once I leave the Ice Prison."
He dismissed the notion of refining pills and redirected his focus entirely to cultivation.
Before long, he made a discovery. This time, it was good news. His divine soul foundation had strengthened once again, this time by nearly thirty percent. It was no weaker than that of seasoned late-stage Initiates who had cultivated for one or two centuries.
"It must be due to breaking through the Heart Devil and clearing my...
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