An hour later, as Ye Qin walked the streets of the small island, he saw Ah Mu Meng flying over from the main island, riding a magical artifact. He hurried over.

"Some of the medicinal herbs in the shops on this small island are transported from the Central Continent. They can be used for alchemy.

However, the quantity is not large. Brother Meng, on that large island, did you happen to see any cultivators planting spiritual herbs?" "It seems the larger island has Spirit Veins, the spiritual energy is dense, and quite a few spiritual herb gardens were discovered there." "Since someone is growing spiritual herbs, that solves one problem; we shouldn't lack materials for alchemy.

The rest is figuring out where to live. Is it possible to reside on Great Liuli Island?" "I asked around.

That large island has several peaks, with dozens of cave dwellings available for residence. The Island Lord of this Little Liuli Island is two Golden Core stage cultivators, and those cave dwellings on the large island are occupied by the two Golden Core cultivators and their subordinate cultivators.

Outsider cultivators simply have no way to settle on the main island; they can only stay on the small island," Ah Mu Meng said, shaking his head dejectedly. When he had just flown to the large island, he was even given a difficult time by several patrolling Foundation Establishment cultivators who aggressively questioned his intentions.

On the territory of two Golden Core cultivators, he dared not cause trouble and could only return to the small island, crestfallen, to discuss countermeasures with Ye Qin. "It seems we can only temporarily stay on the peak of the small island and make do for now.

The spiritual energy on this small island is extremely sparse, making it difficult to absorb, which is not conducive to cultivation. However..." There are quite a few inns on the small island; let's find one to stay in temporarily.

As long as we have spirit pills, we can still cultivate quickly even on this small island." Ye Qin looked towards the great island from afar and sneered disdainfully... Ah Mu Meng was helpless.

Fortunately, his cultivation was already at the peak of the eighth layer of Foundation Establishment, and reaching the ninth layer would be soon. He would stay on this small island for a period first, and once the time was ripe, he would go to the East Sea Archipelago to find a more suitable island for cultivation.

His stay on Liuli Island would not be very long; he just had to endure it until he could move on. Ye Qin rented a separate, private courtyard in an ordinary inn on Little Liuli Island and kept a very low profile.

Every few days, he would purchase a small amount of spiritual medicinal materials from the island's apothecaries for alchemy. Besides using these spirit pills himself, he would occasionally refine one or two batches for Ah Mu Meng.

Furthermore, he would trade a small amount of surplus finished spirit pills at the shops for some pocket money in spirit stones. The rest of his time was spent either in secluded cultivation within his courtyard or venturing out to sea.

Logically, he was being as low-profile as possible, no different from the other cultivators on the island; no one should pay him special attention. However, after staying on Little Liuli Island for one or two months, Ye Qin unexpectedly became famous overnight on this island.

The reason was simple: it was closely related to Ye Qin's alchemy skills. While drinking at the liveliest tavern on the island with some newly acquainted Foundation Establishment cultivators, Ah Mu Meng, carried away by the alcohol, felt that Ye Qin’s alchemy must be excellent and began to boast about it.

The result was unexpected: as soon as Ah Mu Meng opened his mouth, he stunned all the Foundation Establishment cultivators in the entire tavern. They were shocked to discover that Ye Qin's alchemy skill was so profound that it was unmatched.

It must be known that on the entire Liuli Island, there were only two resident Golden Core cultivators, two to three hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators, and several thousand Qi Refining stage cultivators. Not many cultivators were active here.

Among this group of cultivators, not a single one's alchemy skill could compare to Ye Qin's. Of course, the number of cultivators on Liuli Island who understood alchemy was not small.

On Great Liuli Island, there were over a dozen Foundation Establishment stage cultivators with quite strong alchemy skills, achieving a success rate of around fifty to sixty percent when refining mid-grade spirit pills. However, they were all subordinates of the two Golden Core Island Lords and would not easily refine pills for other cultivators.

Even if they agreed to refine pills for other island residents, the price would be extremely high to secure their service. Besides them, there were also some ordinary rogue cultivators on Little Liuli Island who could perform alchemy.

But their aptitude in alchemy was mediocre; their success rate for refining mid-grade spirit pills was below thirty percent, sometimes even lower. This meant that for every ten batches of spirit pills refined, less than three would actually yield a spirit pill; the rest would be dross.

Such a low yield rate was extremely heartbreaking and a huge waste. But Ye Qin's success rate in refining mid-grade spirit pills reached about eighty percent—a terrifying level.

No alchemist on the entire Little Liuli Island could compare. Even none of the dozen or so alchemists under the command of the two Golden Core ancestors were his match.

The success rate was information that only Ye Qin himself initially knew. He had only helped Ah Mu Meng refine five batches of mid-grade spirit pills in total, with four succeeding, so Ah Mu Meng was aware of Ye Qin's success rate.

Ah Mu Meng also understood how astonishing this success rate was for an alchemist. However, he didn't take it as a minor matter; on the contrary, he considered it a great advantage.

Even a slight difference in success rate could make cultivators flock to someone. What about such a massive difference?

It meant saving a huge amount of spiritual herbs and spirit stones, and it also meant obtaining double the spirit pills for faster progress in cultivation. Ah Mu Meng, in the tavern, with his big mouth, told all the surrounding Foundation Establishment cultivators about the alchemy commissions he entrusted to Ye Qin.

This Liuli Island was only so large, and the concerns of the island's residents were few. Spirit pills, however, related to the cultivation progress of every single cultivator and were precisely what they cared about most.

"Hey, Brother Liu, did you hear? There's a cultivator named Ye who came to the island with extremely high alchemy talent—an eighty percent success rate!" "I just heard it from Brother Wang.

They say this person is many times more skilled than Daoist Li, the most accomplished alchemist on Great Liuli Island." "Exactly! I wonder where this person came from!" "Perhaps he is a cultivator from one of the great alchemy families in the Central Continent's cultivation world.

One must possess extremely high talent and use vast amounts of spiritual herbs, having long practiced the Way of Alchemy, to reach such a frightening level." The news spread rapidly among the island's cultivators, causing a sensation. Without Ye Qin’s knowledge, he became famous overnight.

Many Foundation Establishment cultivators residing on Little Liuli Island, upon hearing about Ye Qin’s astonishing spirit pill skills, were overjoyed. They hurriedly brought their medicinal materials to the residence where Ye Qin was staying, begging him to refine pills for them.

Ye Qin was completely bewildered at this time until Ah Mu Meng explained the reason with an apologetic face, and only then did he understand what had happened. Once Ye Qin understood the situation, he immediately locked his doors to visitors and flatly refused to refine pills for any other cultivator.

Ah Mu Meng was utterly confused by Ye Qin's actions, unable to understand why he would refuse such a good opportunity. If it were him, as long as someone had the materials and could afford the alchemy fee, he would accept everyone and earn a substantial amount.

Compared to Ye Qin's low profile and calm demeanor, Ah Mu Meng's last few months on the island could only be described as laborious. He did not understand alchemy, so to obtain spirit pills, he had to spend spirit stones to buy medicinal herbs from the apothecaries and then take them back to ask Ye Qin for refinement.

Although Ye Qin charged very little for the refining fee, the cost of purchasing the spiritual herbs alone was a major expense. On Little Liuli Island, there was only one way to earn spirit stones: venturing out to sea to hunt low-level demonic beasts.

The horns and other parts of the beasts could be sold for money. In the last month or two, Ah Mu Meng almost every day had to go out to sea with many other cultivators, using the island as a center to hunt low-level demonic beasts within a radius of several hundred li and then bring them back to the island to exchange for medicinal herbs at the shops to sustain his daily cultivation needs.

Facing Ah Mu Meng’s complaints, Ye Qin could only offer a wry smile. He knew himself well.

It wasn't that he possessed any outstanding talent in alchemy. It was simply that he could grow spiritual herbs within his Purple Mansion, allowing him to refine pills whenever he wished.

Having refined many pills, his alchemy skill had unintentionally surpassed other cultivators by a large margin. Spiritual medicinal materials take tens or even hundreds of years to mature.

Other alchemy cultivators simply didn't have that many herbs to practice with. A slightly better alchemist might consider refining two or three batches a month as quite good.

A struggling alchemist might not even touch their pill furnace once in several months. No matter how good their innate talent, their alchemy skills would not advance significantly.

What Ye Qin sought was simply to cultivate peacefully on the island and focus entirely on raising his cultivation level. Other trivial matters would only cause too many disturbances, which was not what he desired.

Even though Ye Qin closed his doors to visitors and tried to keep a low profile, hoping the situation would gradually subside and avoid further complications, trouble still found its way to his door. This was because there were some visitors whose summons he could not decline.

The evening Ye Qin became famous was followed by the next morning when several imposing men in blue robes and several men in green robes arrived at the residence where he was staying, each carrying formal invitations from the Golden Core Ancestors of the Great and Little Liuli Islands, collectively requesting an audience. The ordinary cultivators gathered around the residence seeking Ye Qin's help with alchemy immediately recognized the imposing men in blue robes and discreetly withdrew.

Neither of the two Golden Core Island Lords was someone they could afford to offend. Ye Qin also could not afford to offend them.

This Liuli Island was small, only a few hundred li in circumference; there was virtually nowhere to hide. Unless he left Liuli Island entirely, he had to show respect to the two Island Lords.

Ye Qin opened the door to welcome the guests. "Esteemed Sir, you must be Senior Brother Ye who came from the Spirit Mist Realm?

This is an invitation from my Island Lord, Ancestor Zhao. My Lord requests you visit Great Liuli Island.

My Lord has important matters to discuss; please do not refuse." A young cultivator in blue robes, upon seeing Ye Qin, immediately handed over the invitation, speaking respectfully. Before coming, he had received instructions from the Great Island Lord: he must invite with courtesy and avoid any offense.

And among the group of cultivators in green robes, a middle-aged man stepped forward without yielding, presenting another invitation: "The Island Lord of Little Liuli Island requests Senior Brother Ye's presence." Ye Qin frowned, instantly finding himself in an extremely difficult position. Both Golden Core Island Lords had issued invitations simultaneously.

As a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, he could not afford to offend either side. Agreeing to the invitation of one Lord would undoubtedly mean offending the other.