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Yun Yun was once again shocked.

"What kind of side effect is this?"

She had originally thought that even if such elixirs could be made, there would surely be considerable limitations. Generally, such heaven-defying elixirs would bring significant risks to the alchemist or the one who consumes them, either because of dangerous side effects or because the ingredients to concoct such elixirs were exceedingly rare. As the Sect Master of Yunlan Sect, she understood this much.

Yet what Xu Ran had just revealed shocked her all over again.

It merely affected the mentality of the person swallowing the elixir? Such rapid advancement, without step by step effort, would naturally impact the cultivator's temperament, and might even create dependence. That was almost a certainty. A normal person who advanced to Douhuang by consuming elixirs—why would they even think about cultivation? They'd just be looking for shortcuts.

For those with exceptional talent, this definitely was a significant blow.

For those capable of breaking through to Dou Zong and above, relying on such elixirs to skip levels indeed could bring many problems.

But how many years had it been since the Jia Ma Empire had produced a Dou Zong Expert?

Her master had been in seclusion for many years and had only just broken through to Dou Zong. Moreover, he was of advanced years; even after breaking through to Dou Zong, he wouldn't be able to protect the Yunlan Sect for many more years.

Therefore, for the people of the Jia Ma Empire, consuming the Fighting Emperor Pill and not feeling any side effects was nothing short of amazing.

In the Jia Ma Empire, the most powerful experts were at the Douhuang level.

To ascend to Dou Huang in one step was to instantly judge the strong and the weak.

Furthermore, for those with a steadfast heart, taking such an elixir could instantly turn them into an unparalleled genius. Even she, who had already cultivated to Dou Huang, could hardly let go of her greed for the Fighting Emperor Pill. After all, even for her, reaching the pinnacle of Dou Huang required a significant amount of time. If the timing wasn't right, it might take several years.

But by consuming the Fighting Emperor Pill, one could reach the pinnacle of Dou Huang in an instant and start challenging Dou Zong. This was a temptation she could not ignore.

And the mere side effects of the Fighting Emperor Pill were almost negligible for her. After all, she was already a Dou Huang; having cultivated for so many years, her mind was as still as water, and even if she were affected for a short time, she could recover quickly. Compared to toiling away in cultivation, the benefits of just taking an elixir were too great.

She had originally thought that relying on elixirs to step into the realm of Dou Huang would bring harm to the body, or even diminish life. But now it seemed that she was worried over nothing. Of course, it was also possible that Xu Ran was deceiving her, but for some reason, she trusted what Xu Ran said; she felt that he wouldn't lie to her. That was her intuition.

"By the way, is it very expensive to make these elixirs?" Yun Yun suddenly asked.

If that were the case, it would be difficult for her to buy a Fighting Emperor Pill from Xu Ran.

Since such a heaven-defying elixir had virtually no side effects, then the raw materials must be incredibly rare.

"It's alright, I guess. The average cost of each elixir is around a few million Gold Coins," Xu Ran casually said. In reality, the value of these elixirs was not that high. With Xu Ran's God's Vision, he could deduce the properties of medicinal materials, discovering that the effects of many valuable herbs could actually be achieved by specially processing some common ingredients.

Although Xu Ran didn't know the price of these materials on the Fighting Spirit Continent, they definitely wouldn't reach millions.

However, these elixirs were concocted by Xu Ran, utilizing his unique elemental aura. Even if the manufacturing cost was low, it was impossible for others to replicate them.

"That cheap?" Yun Yun's beautiful eyes widened, almost unable to believe it.

In her opinion, such a terrifying elixir was definitely a Seventh Grade Elixir.

She knew Gu He quite well and was aware of the cost of him producing a single Sixth Grade Elixir. Since the success rate of Gu He's alchemy was very low, crafting a Sixth Grade Elixir often required ingredients worth tens of millions, and some ingredients were so rare that no amount of money could buy them.

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"Then you could mass produce these elixirs?" Yun Yun swallowed hard.

At this moment, she realized that Xu Ran truly was a monster.

Such a person was too terrifying!

Over the years, as the Sect Master of Yunlan Sect, even though she was of a calm and indifferent nature, she still harbored a sense of pride. Becoming a Douhuang at such a young age, she had definitely been a super genius in the Jia Ma Empire for these years.

But when compared to Xu Ran, she felt like she was nothing.

Indeed, she was a Douhuang, but Xu Ran was capable of creating Douhuangs.

If it were possible to mass produce them!

Wouldn't Xu Ran be able to raise a formidable power with just a wave of his hand?

No! Even now with his eight elixirs, he could raise eight Douhuang Strong Ones. Eight Douhuang Strong Ones were enough to sweep through all forces of the Jia Ma Empire.

What kind of monster was this?

Yun Yun, who already harbored thoughts of winning Xu Ran over, now felt even more urgent. As the Sect Master, her responsibility was to expand and glorify Yunlan Sect, so no matter what, she needed to befriend Xu Ran and even pull him into Yunlan Sect.

Whichever faction Xu Ran joined would become the cornerstone of that faction's rise. Yun Yun dared not let Xu Ran go to other factions, otherwise Yunlan Sect would decline under her watch. She firmly believed Xu Ran had that capability.

"Thank goodness for Yan Ran's relationship, otherwise it would be terrible," Yun Yun muttered in her heart. She felt that with that relationship, Xu Ran should give her some face. At the very least, Xu Ran probably wouldn't join any other factions. What those factions could offer Xu Ran, her Yunlan Sect could offer just the same.

"You're thinking too much. Such garbage elixirs, how could I possibly produce them in bulk?"

"Do you think I am an alchemy machine?"

"If not for Ya Fei and Yan Ran needing these elixirs in the future, would I brew such trash?" Xu Ran curled his lip. If not for Yan Ran and the others being too young, he could directly send them to Dou Sheng.

"These are trash?"

Yun Yun's mouth twitched, and her heart skipped a beat.

These extremely terrifying elixirs, capable of altering the entire Jia Ma Empire and even the whole continent, are trash?

Yun Yun didn't even know what to say anymore. If these elixirs were considered trash, then what about the elixirs concocted by Gu He and other alchemists?

Wouldn't that mean most of the alchemists in the world are garbage?

Yun Yun was somewhat speechless. But in front of Xu Ran, the creator of these elixirs, she couldn't say anything.

Yun Yun couldn't help thinking, if these elixirs were trash to Xu Ran, could he possibly gift some to her? To Xu Ran they were trash, but she desperately coveted them. Even if she didn't use them herself, she could use them to cultivate strong ones for Yunlan Sect.

"If not trash, then what? If I wanted to, I could probably even cultivate Dou Zun Experts." Xu Ran spoke leisurely. He, Xu Ran, was just that awesome!

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