Chapter 259: Master, Did You Not Understand?

"Master… Master!?"

Seeing An Xin dazed, Su Lang couldn't help but raise an eyebrow and spoke up to remind her.

"Ah!? What?"

An Xin snapped back to her senses and asked with a strange expression.

Su Lang blinked and said, "Um, did you understand what I just explained?"

"Uh…"

An Xin's eyes widened once again.

Before, she was always the one asking Su Lang if he understood, but now it was Su Lang's turn to ask her if she heard him.

This was simply… "Master? Did you perhaps not understand?"

A smile curled at the corner of Su Lang's mouth. "If you didn't understand, I can explain it one more time!"

"No, no, no!"

"There's no need to repeat it, I already understood!"

"Um, our teaching will stop here for now. I'll teach you more later, okay?"

An Xin's eyes flickered, and she spoke with a hint of guilt as an unnatural flush rose to her face.

"Oh~ alright!"

"Since I've learned so much, I also want to go to the Pill Refining Tower to practice!"

Su Lang's lips curled into a grin as he laughed. "Master, didn't you say that as your closed-door disciple, I'd get a huge discount on purchasing Materials at the Pill Refining Tower for practice?"

"Mm-hmm, yes!"

"This is your mentor-disciple badge. Take it and wear it, and you'll be able to enjoy the privileges."

An Xin spoke at a super-fast pace. "I have an Advanced class tonight, so I'll be leaving first. Go to the Pill Refining Tower yourself!"

She then placed a red badge on the table and left in a hurry.

"Whoa, leaving so fast?"

A faint smile appeared on Su Lang's face, and he picked up the red badge before leaving An Xin's courtyard.

Following the map of the Xuanyuan Martial Arts Academy in his mind, Su Lang quickly arrived at the location of the Pill Refining Tower.

The Pill Refining Tower was located on Mount Shaoxuan within the Xuanyuan Mountain Range; it was a high-rise pagoda that was entirely purple-black.

It was one of the most important buildings of the Pill Sect.

It was also the most direct welfare distribution building that Pill Sect Students could access.

When purchasing Alchemy Materials here, Students of the Xuanyuan Martial Arts Academy could receive different discounts based on their Student Rank.

Of course, Alchemy Materials purchased at the Pill Refining Tower were not allowed to be taken out for trade.

They could only be taken away after being refined into Medicinal Pills.

At this moment, Su Lang stood on the platform below the Pill Refining Tower.

Looking up from here, the purple-black pagoda pierced the clouds, looking very mysterious.

On the platform, a large number of Pill Sect Students were coming and going.

These Students ranged in Rank from Silver to Platinum, with Gold-rank Students being the most numerous.

"Hehe, this time I must make a fortune before I leave!"

Su Lang let out a low, excited chuckle and then stepped forward.

But as he got closer to the Pill Refining Tower, some Students who noticed his potential badge cast contemptuous and disdainful looks at him.

"Damn, it seems there's a hierarchy of disdain everywhere!"

Su Lang frowned but didn't care too much as he walked into the Pill Refining Tower.

The first floor of the Pill Refining Tower was very large with a high ceiling, looking majestic and grand.

This floor was a place for Students to rest, exchange experiences, handle miscellaneous chores, and for staff to conduct inspections.

The inspection site was in the center of the hall, a door frame covered in array patterns known as the Detection Gate.

Anyone coming down from the upper floors had to pass through the door frame to check if they were carrying medicinal herbs from within the Pill Refining Tower.

All medicinal herbs in the Pill Refining Tower, regardless of their value, were marked with a special aura imprint.

This aura imprint could not be hidden even by a space ring, and removing it was as difficult as reaching the heavens.

If someone dared to secretly carry medicinal herbs from the Pill Refining Tower outside, they would easily be detected by the Detection Gate.

"The first floor is not a place for Alchemy; one must go upstairs to refine pills."

"The higher the floor, the more Advanced the Materials available for purchase."

"Unfortunately, An Xin only taught me up to Grade 8 Medicinal Pills. If I were to refine Sovereign-grade pills, my previous lies would be exposed."

"I still need to keep a low profile. Being too high-profile attracts unwanted attention, and trouble will follow one after another…"

Su Lang thought for a while and decided to refine Grade 8 Medicinal Pills to make a profit first.

Having made his decision, Su Lang followed the massive staircase to the upper floors.