Chapter 188: Sleepy Guardian & Vampire Vines
I handed the librarian a copy of a Tier 6 pill recipe scroll while keeping the original with me. Just in case there were hidden secrets that would only reveal themselves once I reached a certain stage of cultivation.
An array scroll would have been more appropriate since the librarian was an Array Conjurer. Still, I couldn't give up my trump cards so easily. They were trump cards I had to keep close to my chest in case of an emergency. The librarian would get more arrays when he became an inner sect elder.
The potion recipe, on the other hand, was useless to me. While I had some knowledge of ingredients and plants, my alchemy skills were almost non-existent, limited to making simple healing salves and minor concoctions. Alchemy was too rigid for my taste, unlike arrays, where you could adapt and change things as needed.
Suppose I ever became a Nascent Soul Cultivator. In that case, I'd have all the time in the world to explore pursuits beyond array conjuring. By then, the Sect would likely have found substitutes for the extinct ingredients in the Tier 6 recipe. I could obtain the perfected version along with all its benefits.
Even with improvements, I doubted the Tier 6 pills would drastically change the Sect's dynamics. Unlike arrays, which could be cast without rituals at higher mastery, alchemy always required ingredients. And even the substitutes for the Tier 6 recipe would be incredibly expensive. Only high-ranking members, perhaps those missing limbs, would have access to such pills.
Of course, that was still a remarkable advantage — the chance to restore someone who would otherwise be crippled for life.
The Sect probably had other ways to heal lost limbs. I vaguely recalled Song Song mentioning it a few times. But it couldn't be as simple as popping a pill.
The librarian took the scroll from his desk, unfurled it, and read in silence. His face remained unreadable, not a single twitch betraying his thoughts as his eyes scanned the recipe.
In the future, I wanted to observe the pill in action and translate its effects into an array.