Of course, because the rumors had grown so absurd—claiming that Master Li's alchemy skill might even surpass that of the Pill King—naturally, very few people believed such an exaggeration.
Yet precisely because of these rumors, those cultivators who idolized the Pill King and acted as his blind fanatics felt an extreme aversion toward Li Dai. They thought she was far too arrogant, just an unknown nobody who actually dared to dream of stepping on the Pill King's shoulders to climb to the top. They waited to see how they would crash her lecture on the day she taught.
Furthermore, the Pill King's devotees were not merely alchemists; there were also many powerful cultivators who did not practice alchemy. Because they could obtain precious pills from the Pill King—provided they paid the requisite price and compensation—the Pill King never turned away anyone seeking pills.
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