The pill room was silent.

The Alliance Hierarch stared at the moment when the pitch-black poison liquid, transformed from the broken heart herb, merged with the golden pill liquid inside the pill furnace. It was as if he had been struck by lightning, frozen in place, his face full of disbelief.

The broken heart herb is a deadly poison in the world, even if an Inner God Realm cultivator takes it, they cannot escape the heart-wrenching bone-devouring pain.

This poison does not take one's life, but torments day and night like a festering sore, until the poisoned person's body wastes away and vitality is exhausted, known as a cruel punishment among poisons.

The Alliance Hierarch couldn't understand why Qin An, who was supposed to be refining a Divine Spirit Pill, would suddenly add a broken heart herb?

If it weren't for Qin An's extraordinary alchemy skills, he would have almost been infuriated by the waste of this heavenly herb.

Qin An didn't answer but focused intently on injecting streams of Five-Colored True Essence.

The Five-Colored True Essence was infused into the furnace, gradually soaking into the pill liquid with meticulous control by Qin An.

Nowadays, after reaching level twelve as a Pill Master, Qin An's various talents and traits were displayed to the fullest.

The pill liquid from the broken heart herb and the Divine Spirit Pill gradually merged, with no distinct separation between them.

Yet, strangely, there was always a slight gap between the pill liquid of the broken heart herb and that of the Divine Spirit Pill.

The Alliance Hierarch, being an expert in this field, immediately noticed the peculiarity.

"Able to retain the efficacy of the Divine Spirit Pill, yet suppress the toxicity of the broken heart herb to a critical point without completely removing it..." The Alliance Hierarch's pupils shrunk, instantly realizing: "Those who take the pill will surely suffer unknowingly!"

Upon realizing this, he remained silent, patiently waiting.

After roughly half an hour, the liquid in the furnace gradually solidified, forming elixir pills the size of a thumb.

Qin An flicked his fingers, wrapping them in Five-Colored True Essence, and took them out of the furnace.

Upon taking out the elixir pills, they immediately cooled down, and Qin An carefully placed them in a porcelain bottle.

After completing all this, Qin An finally turned around.

The Alliance Hierarch was struck by a chill when meeting Qin An's calm gaze.

Qin An said lightly, "You have witnessed the alchemy process, but these matters should not be disclosed. You are a smart person, you should know what I mean."

The Alliance Hierarch shivered and quickly nodded, "Rest assured, Mr. Qin, I will not reveal a single word."

Qin An nodded slightly, placed the pills in his embrace, and left with a flick of his sleeve: "Farewell."

He came here to refine the Divine Spirit Pill, and now that the pill was made, and he had also added a broken heart herb, it was time to leave.

As for why Qin An would add the broken heart herb, it was naturally to guard against Long Tianxing.

Although the secret that Long Tianxing revealed was very much in line with Qin An's speculations, after all, one cannot discern another's heart.

It was a real dragon, and one cannot be too careful.

If I were to deliver the pill to Long Tianxing, but he refused to give me the Water Element Divine Sense or even did something more excessive, this broken heart herb would be Qin An's hope for turning the tables.

This pill was refined with True Essence, and a slight activation of the True Essence would trigger the toxicity of the broken heart herb.

If Long Tianxing obediently handed over the Water Element Divine Sense, Qin An would use True Essence to grind away its toxicity.

This is the strategy Qin An devised.

The Alliance Hierarch watched Qin An disappear in the room, thinking to himself, "I wonder which unfortunate soul will consume Mr. Qin's half-medicine half-poison pill."

After pondering for a moment, the Alliance Hierarch couldn't make sense of it and dismissed the idea from his mind.

"Observing Mr. Qin's pill refining this time gave me quite a bit of insight, I can try it out after returning."

Soon, the Alliance Hierarch disappeared from the alchemy room.

...

Upon returning to the Evil Extermination Bureau, Qin An did not hurry to find the task regarding the Ancient Battlefield relics, but instead sat on a chair, sipping a cup of clear tea.

Gazing at the distorted professional panel in front of him like a serpent, after some thought, he decided to first cultivate the remaining professions of Array Master and dancer to level twelve before heading to the Ancient Battlefield relics.

Once all professions reach level twelve, and a new qualitative change arrives, Qin An will have the trump card to face the dangers within the Ancient Battlefield relics.

Moreover, the Array Master can decipher the arrays in the desert, helping him acquire the Earth Element Divine Sense, while the dancer can enhance Qin An's Body Technique.

For Qin An, both are significant aids.

Thinking of this, Qin An ceased overthinking and began to practice the dancer profession in the room first.

Afterimages fluttered, and the wind whistled.

The shadow in the room danced like a Shura in a blaze, its garments swirling with a vast killing intent.

...

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, several days had gone by.

During this period, the Xunyang Prefecture remained as usual.

Although there was chaos caused by the Pseudo-God forces of demons, with the people of the Evil Extermination Bureau coming and going to pacify the chaos, it was orderly amidst chaos.

Qin An, who had shone brilliantly in the Ancient Battlefield relics, gradually faded into obscurity.

In addition, with many talents emerging from the Evil Extermination Bureau's Prefecture Generals and Mountain Patrol Generals during this time, the name of Qin An, the master of both saber and fist, faded quite a bit.

Gradually, no one talked about it.

At this moment, in the room, Qin An watched the smoke rising in front of him, taking a shallow sip of the tea in his cup.

The smoke gradually congealed into words.

In just a few breaths, the smoke shifted from blurry to clear, transforming into proficiency levels for the Array Master and dancer, floating in the void.

[Dancer lv.12 (0/12000): Your dance becomes more graceful and can captivate minds, boosting morale]

[Talent: External Elixir Realm Body Technique-type Cultivation Technique Talent Great Success, External Elixir Realm Body Technique-type Talent Epiphany Great Success, External Elixir Realm Body Control Enhancement, External Elixir Realm Body Technique-type Cultivation Technique Amplification Great Success]

...

[Array Master lv.12 (0/12000): You can set up arrays faster, decipher arrays faster, reduce array-setting materials, and purify array-setting materials]

[Talent: External Elixir Realm Array Great Success, External Elixir Realm Array Resistance Great Success, External Elixir Realm Array Effect Enhancement, External Elixir Realm Heart Array Great Success]

...

Moments later, the smoke dispersed with a bang, turning into a flood of information, surging into Qin An's mind like a torrent.

"Succeeded!"

Qin An closed his eyes, carefully sensing for a moment, then opened his eyes, a glint of brilliance flashing in his eyes.

"Finally, they are all level twelve."

Upon reaching level twelve, both professions' talents have undergone a new qualitative change.

First, for the Array Master profession, there is an added trait of purifying array-setting materials, allowing Qin An to use True Essence to purify materials when setting up arrays, greatly increasing the power of the arrays.

Apart from this, all talents have been elevated to External Elixir Realm Great Success, along with an added External Elixir Realm Heart Array Great Success talent.

The so-called Heart Array is an array set up with Heart Power.

Once arranged, its power will have a qualitative boost.

Currently, Qin An's strength in the art of arrays has already surpassed the Profound Celestial Array Gate.

As for the dancer profession, after advancing to level twelve, all talents likewise reached the Great Success Realm of the External Elixir Realm.

There was an additional body technique type cultivation technique amplification talent of the External Elixir Realm.

This talent is similar to that of a scholar. When Qin An performs a body technique, he will receive a powerful boost.

The same body technique, when executed by Qin An, has incomparable power.

It greatly enhances Qin An's combat strength.

"The next step, infer the body technique."

Qin An calmed his emotions, taking out a cultivation technique book from his chest.

His achievements were limited.

Even though he gained considerable achievements from the last mission, he couldn't sustain such expenses.

Luckily, these achievements were enough for him to exchange for a body technique.

This body technique was named Illusive Moon Body Technique. When executed, it could leave behind radiant afterimages like moonlight, to confuse the enemy.

Qin An's Dragon Roar Shadow Step already had the effect of confusion, but now, as Qin An's strength deepened, this effect of confusion became a hindrance.

So Qin An planned to take this opportunity to compensate for the shortcoming.

Now it was already late at night, Qin An carefully flipped through the cultivation technique in his hand.

As the pages flashed in front of his eyes, Qin An had fully grasped the general content of the Illusive Moon Body Technique.

A stick of incense later, Qin An closed the book, circulating the true essence within his body.

The true essence flowed through the meridians like an ocean, finally converging on his legs.

Qin An stepped forward, generating a silver light on the spot, as moon-like frost, dazzling the eyes.

After Qin An took this step, a line of mist immediately appeared before his eyes.

[You have executed the Illusive Moon Heart Method, triggering the dancer talent]

[Illusive Moon Heart Method (Great Success)]

Now the dancer talent has reached level twelve, directly enhancing this External Elixir Realm body technique to the Great Success Realm upon activation.

This outcome did not surprise Qin An, as level twelve talent was originally extremely terrifying.

Qin An paused for a moment, then turned to perform Dragon Roar Shadow Step.

As the Dragon Roar Shadow Step was applied, the mist was quickly disturbed and reformed into new words.

[You possess both Dragon Roar Shadow Step and Illusive Moon Body Technique, attempting to fuse them into one. After trying numerous times, unfortunately, the talent is insufficient, fusion failed]

[Unwilling to accept this, you sat for years, intending to burn your blood essence]

[After a massive burn of blood essence, a flash of inspiration appeared in your mind]

[But this inspiration is not enough to merge the two as one]

[Gritting your teeth, you decide to continue burning the blood essence]

[After sitting for years again and burning a massive amount of blood essence, you finally achieved enlightenment]

[You merged the two into one, naming the new technique Dragon Roar Illusive Moon Shadow Step]

[Dragon Roar Illusive Moon Shadow Step (Great Success)]

The mist dispersed with a boom, transforming into a vast amount of information that drilled into Qin An's mind.

Qin An closed his eyes, absorbing the information.

After half a stick of incense, he finally opened his eyes with a bright flash.

Qin An stepped forward, the true essence cascading through his meridians like a torrent.

The next moment, leaving behind an afterimage on the spot.

The afterimage was identical to Qin An, and without careful observation, one might believe Qin An was really standing there.

Not until the afterimage dissipated, did Qin An step into the room from the doorway.

"The shortcomings of the body technique have been compensated. Even if someone at External Elixir Realm Perfection saw my body technique, they wouldn't distinguish reality from illusion."

Qin An squinted his eyes, sipping tea with head raised, fiddling with the teacup: "Now that all professions are at level twelve, everything is complete except for the ancient battlefield relics, yet I haven't found the mission."

The waist tag flickered with dark light, and a light screen visible only to Qin An appeared before his eyes.

The screen was filled with missions.

But after searching for a long time, Qin An didn't find any missions for the ancient battlefield relics.

Even without an outburst, the ancient battlefield relics contain immense benefits, so naturally, many mountain patrol generals take the mission.

Furthermore, the ancient battlefield relics mission has a limited number of participants, unlike other missions, making it extremely difficult to snatch the mission.

After searching for a while, Qin An gave up, waved his hand to disperse the light screen.

"I know the entrance to the ancient battlefield relics…" Qin An tapped his fingers on the table, pondering: "I will set off to the entrance tomorrow, find the mountain patrol silver general stationed there, he has a superior-subordinate relationship with Jin Fengyu, perhaps through this relationship, I could enter again as an exception."

After figuring this out, Qin An remembered other matters, frowning slightly.

"Using these demon pills is like water flow, only sixty demon pills remain."

This time, besides inferring the body technique, he also inferred a body-protection cultivation technique, spending a total of twenty demon pills.

Qin An had only sixty left on him.

Although it seems a lot, continuing to infer will be an enormous expense.

With a little thought, Qin An made a decision: "After obtaining the five-element divine stones, promptly enhance to the Inner God Realm, then take more tasks to acquire enough achievements, besides essential cultivation techniques, exchange all for demon pills."

Having made up his mind, Qin An no longer thought about it, blowing out the oil lamp on the table, and went to sleep early.

...

The next day, when the morning light shone through the window, Qin An slowly awoke.

Putting on clean dark clothes, after a brief wash, Qin An pushed open the door.

The sunlight fell on Qin An's face, making him squint slightly.

Qin An stood with his sword held, eyes gradually turning cold.

"Once this journey is over, it will be the day when the five-element divine senses converge—"

The scabbard trembled slightly, Cold Star illuminating his sharp brows.

"Then, shall be the time when I, Qin An, ascend to the Inner God Realm!"

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