Book 7: Chapter 63: Broke (1)

Dyon awoke from his stupor to find several million Beast Nurturing Pills lying around him. He couldn’t help but scratch the back of his head in embarrassment. He hadn’t meant to make this much, he just lost himself in the moment.When he thought about it, though, considering the birth rate of rodents, it’s likely that he would need this many. Although celestial hamsters had strikingly low fertilities, that was because they were already an evolved species. The far lesser members of their race had no such problem.With one sweep of his hands, the millions of brown, fragrant pills disappeared into the Demon Sage Pill Room. After all, as a war machine, how could it not have one? Not only could it store several times this number of pills, it could also stop their medicinal efficacy from decreasing.“Young Master –“ A purple robed alchemist with a head of violet hair interrupted by streaks of white stepped toward Dyon with large, blinking eyes. “No, Grandmaster, Elder of the highest esteem. Please take me as your disciple!”Stella and Sarid choked on air. Alchemists, especially the ones of the Belmont family were arrogant beyond belief. Even Stella, their very own Princess, had to beg and plead for a single pill. Yet, half a dozen of them were grovelling before Dyon?Dyon raised an eyebrow. “My disciple? How old are you and what is your level of proficiency?”The six alchemists, especially the one who spoke, coughed in embarrassment. “Just a few hundred years old… Master level…” They replied softly.Stella snorted. “More like several thousand.” She would never miss an opportunity to get these old bastards back. “ ~~Uuuuunncccclllleeeee, you wouldn’t forget about your niece, would you?”Seeing Stella’s shameless change in demeanor, Sarid couldn’t help but back away with a disgusted look on his face. But, when he thought back to his Uncle casually gifting him a transcendent grade weapon, he realized that maybe he was being a bit bougie.Dyon chuckled at Stella’s antics, rubbing her hair. “Sure. Just tell me what kind of pills you need.”Stella’s eyes brightened. “I need 10 000 Essence Condensing Pills, 10 000 Blood Purifying Pills, and 10 000 Flame Tempering Pills. Oh, and my dad’s master also said one’s soul is very important for flame mastery, so can I have 10 000 Soul Foundation Pills too?”She knew with how busy Dyon’s schedule was, him becoming her personal alchemist was impossible, so she immediately planned ahead, asking for so many pills shamelessly.The surrounding alchemists nearly fainted in anger. How could one ask so many things of a Grandmaster so easily?!Essence Condensing Pills were a simple enough matter. They simply helped one increase the efficiency of cultivating essence energy. These pills are the reason geniuses of large clans can cultivate so quickly. But, even the Belmont Palace had a scarcity of these pills and could only provide Stella with 3 a month. Yet she asked for 10 000!Even worse, Blood Purifying Pills are essential for any body cultivator. It not only reduced the pain of the body path, but also sped up one’s body cultivation as well. In fact, even taking on of 50% purity could add several hundred jin of strength to a martial warrior at a time. Blood Purifying Pills of high enough efficacy were even known a Marrow Cleansing Pills that could even expel a certain percentage of impurity within the body. Although it was only a small amount, it couldn’t be underestimated!In addition to all of this, Blood Purifying Pills were only spoken of briefly in Belmont Lore, they didn’t even have the full recipe anymore!Flame Tempering Pills were yet another step up. In fact, they were nothing but legend.Flames were innate. Whether they had characteristics or not were decided at birth… But, it was possible to increase the grade of one’s flame. If one then reached a certain level of enlightenment, birthing a characteristic into the world wasn’t entirely impossible.This Flame Tempering Pills were spoken about in ancient texts Amethyst left behind for the Belmont Family.The truth was that the Belmont family had flames with innate characteristics, but their bloodlines were so weak that they couldn’t evoke them. The secret to unlocking this ability were Flame Tempering Pills!While Essence Condensing Pills and Blood Purifying Pills were of the practitioner grade, Flame Tempering Pills were comet grade pills! Yet she asked for 10 000!To top all of this off, she asked for Soul Foundation Pills? These were pills that even Sapientia Quadrant didn’t have. They essentially had the ability to gift innate souls to those without and even expand the Mind’s Eye. They were Moon Grade Pills!Normal individuals would even know the names of these pills. Stella only happened to understand them due to the Belmont Archives. Considering they were the personal records of Amethyst, they were deep and all-inclusive.It was no wonder the six alchemists almost fainted in anger. However… Dyon only laughed.“I can easily give you a million essence condensing pills and blood purifying pills. But have some mercy on your uncle. How about this? I’ll give you ten flame tempering pills and one soul foundation pill?”Hearing these words, the alchemists that were already on the verge of going crazy passed out directly.