[Seeing that your talent in Alchemy was so high, Lin Tian no longer tried to stop you from going to the Pill Sect.]
["Go with peace of mind, Little Junior Brother. The Pavilion Master has already transmitted your information to all the Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters."]
[The next day, after bidding farewell to Lin Tian, you headed directly toward the Pill Sect.]
[Five days later, you arrived near the Alchemy Tower and discovered that the entrance examination for the Pill Sect would begin in ten days.]
[You were not in a hurry. The Alchemy Tower stood at the very center of Alchemy City.]
[Alchemy City was the territory of the Pill Sect, a city they established to sell medicinal pills.]
[You waited in Alchemy City for ten days. During this time, you noticed many cultivators gradually arriving to participate in the Pill Sect's examination.]
[On the tenth day, you followed the large crowd to the plaza beneath the Alchemy Tower.]
[Soon, an incomparably beautiful woman in a black qipao walked out of the Alchemy Tower. When you saw her face, your body trembled slightly.]
[You were extremely familiar with that face—it was the appearance Gu Xinyue often used as a disguise.]
[You had not expected that the chief examiner of this year's assessment would actually be Gu Xinyue.]
[Standing on the second floor of the Alchemy Tower, Gu Xinyue swept her gaze across the crowd in the plaza. Suddenly, her gaze paused on you.]
[However, it only lingered for a moment before shifting away.]
[At that instant, you had met Gu Xinyue's eyes. You knew she had recognized you, because you had just arrived and possessed no official identity here.]
[After Gu Xinyue briefly explained the examination content and rules, the assessment began.]
[The content of the test was simple—within the specified time, refine a furnace of High-Grade Foundation Establishment Pills.]
[Seeing this requirement, you inwardly sighed at how high the standards of the Pill Sect truly were.]
[Even you had only managed to refine High-Grade Foundation Establishment Pills because of your Alchemy Prodigy talent. Ordinary alchemists with slightly better talent could at best refine Mid-Grade Foundation Establishment Pills.]
[After the assessment began, you did not hide your strength. Instead, you refined a furnace of Perfect Foundation Establishment Pills at the fastest speed in the entire arena.]
[Under the shocked gazes of everyone present, Gu Xinyue personally brought you into the Alchemy Tower.]
[After entering the tower, you were personally led by Gu Xinyue the entire time without anyone else intervening.]
[After arriving at the registration hall of the Pill Sect, Gu Xinyue sent you a voice transmission.]
["Little Junior Brother, why did you come to the Pill Sect?"]
["I heard that Senior Sister was here, so I came to witness your elegance."]
[Hearing this, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Gu Xinyue's lips.]
["Stop joking. I do not believe you came here just for me."]
[You explained that your main purpose for coming to the Pill Sect was to improve your Alchemy realm faster.]
[Hearing this explanation, Gu Xinyue suddenly realized that your refining speed earlier had been unbelievably fast—almost comparable to her own speed as a Fourth-Grade Alchemist.]
["Little Junior Brother, tell me honestly. What grade alchemist are you now?"]
["Senior Sister, I am currently a Third-Grade Alchemist. But it will not be long before I reach Fourth Grade."]
[After hearing that you were already a Third-Grade Alchemist, Gu Xinyue felt somewhat struck. When you added that you were about to reach Fourth Grade soon, it became even harder for her to accept.]
[Under Gu Xinyue's arrangements, you successfully joined the Pill Sect and were assigned to become her disciple.]
[When the people of the Pill Sect saw that you had become Gu Xinyue's disciple, their faces were filled with envy.]
[Within the Pill Sect, Gu Xinyue was famously known as the aloof goddess who had never accepted any disciples. Seeing that she had accepted you, many people even had the urge to kill you.]
[You did not care about this at all. From that moment on, you followed Gu Xinyue and began cultivating.]
[Third Year: You successfully advanced to become a Fourth-Grade Alchemist.]
[At this time, Gu Xinyue came to find you and told you that she had obtained news—within the Myriad Demon Mountain, the key ingredient for refining the Void-Breaking Pill had been discovered.]
[She hoped that you would accompany her. When the time came, you would steal the spiritual herb in front of everyone and escape using your Great Void Technique.]
[Hearing this, you were extremely puzzled. In the previous simulation, when you searched for the ingredients of the Void-Breaking Pill, the herb only matured in the ninth year.]
[Yet now, only three years had passed, and Gu Xinyue had already found the herb.]
[Recalling the previous simulation where Gu Xinyue had already left the Pill Sect, you guessed a possibility.]
[Gu Xinyue had failed during this theft and had defected from the Pill Sect.]
[You did not refuse Gu Xinyue's invitation and readily agreed to participate in this operation.]
[At present, you had already learned everything you needed in the Pill Sect. Even if you were no longer part of the sect, you could still break through relying on your Alchemy Prodigy talent.]
[Gu Xinyue told you that the Pill Sect's team would depart in one week, and she would come to pick you up.]
[After she left, you began using the Great Void Technique to secretly steal medicinal pills throughout the Pill Sect.]
[One week later, you had stolen nearly every place where medicinal pills were stored.]
[You knew that after leaving this time, you might never return to the Pill Sect again.]
[Early on the seventh day, Gu Xinyue came to inform you that it was time to depart.]
[You asked her who else from the Pill Sect would be going besides the two of you.]
["This time, besides me, the Pill Sect Master and three Elders will also go."]
["Even the Pill Sect Master is going?"]
[You did not expect such a large mobilization just to retrieve a single spiritual herb.]
[Gu Xinyue glanced at you and sighed.]
["Because this time it is not only the Pill Sect going. The Feather Transformation Sect and the Yin-Yang Sect will also be there."]
[Seeing the confusion in your eyes, Gu Xinyue continued explaining through voice transmission.]
["The Void-Breaking Pill is the key to breaking through into Void Refinement, and that spiritual herb is the core ingredient for refining it. Every sect will fight fiercely for it."]
["Senior Sister, with so many cultivators at the peak of the Deity Transformation realm present, how can we retreat safely?"]
[After hearing this, you could already imagine how intense the competition would be.]
["It is fine, Little Junior Brother. Once I obtain the spiritual herb, I will give it to you immediately. You take it back to the Sword Pavilion and wait for me."]
[Hearing that Gu Xinyue asked you to return to the Sword Pavilion first, you stopped asking further questions. After all, none of the people who could join the Sword Pavilion were simple.]
[Seven days later, you followed the Pill Sect's main force to the Myriad Demon Mountain.]
[At this moment, the outer region of the Myriad Demon Mountain was already filled with people from various sects.]
[You listened as the sect masters of the three major sects discussed how to distribute the spiritual herb.]
[At that moment, Gu Xinyue sent you a voice transmission.]
["Little Junior Brother, I just heard the Sect Master say that they might determine the ownership of the herb through martial competition. When the competition begins, use the Great Void Technique to enter the Myriad Demon Mountain and steal the herb."]
["Are you sure?"]
[Seeing Gu Xinyue's determined expression, you decided to follow her plan.]
[Not long afterward, you indeed saw the Pill Sect Master begin arranging participants for the martial competition.]
[Seeing this, you quietly left the area and found a deserted place before using the Great Void Technique to infiltrate the Myriad Demon Mountain.]