"You must be Master Mu Bai, the intermediate-level alchemist. I've heard so much about you. Master Mu Bai is indeed young and handsome," Qian Duo said enthusiastically.

Dongfang Mian couldn't help but touch her face, which was wrapped up tightly, with only her eyes showing.

Sure enough, a businessman's words are deceitful.

"No need to be so polite, boss. Here are the spirit stones for the payment. Please count them," Dongfang Mian said with a wave of her hand, and a mountain of spirit stones appeared beside Boss Qian.

Qian Duo's lips twitched, and he said, "Master Mu Bai is very busy and probably hasn't had time to apply for a Lingtong Card. This time, I'm giving you one along with the Bronze VIP Card. You can put your spirit stones in it and just swipe them when you buy things."

Dongfang Mian awkwardly scratched his toes. What happened to being rich and powerful? He felt like a country bumpkin.

After buying her things and changing her clothes in a corner, Dongfang Mian leisurely returned to the Dongfang family.

Inside the room, the ceremonial robes and procedures for the ancestral recognition ceremony, which the head of the Eastern family had sent during the day, were laid out.

Dongfang Mian casually flipped through the pages before entering a state of cultivation. Even with the Spirit Emperor Ancestor of her family overseeing things, she was still no match for her own strength.

At this time, Dongfang Mian did not realize that when the top-grade pill with the Dan pattern was prominently displayed by the Alchemist Guild the next morning, the name Mu Bai had already resounded throughout the entire Tianwu Dynasty.

After several days of continuous cultivation, all 550 Spirit Gathering Pills were refined, and Dongfang Mian's strength was fixed at the fifth level of the Spirit Master realm.

Dongfang Mian couldn't help but sigh deeply. She thought these Spirit Gathering Pills would be enough to advance to the Great Spirit Master level, but she only advanced three levels.

The All-Attribute Supreme Bloodline is truly a bottomless pit; the problem is, I'm running out of money.

Carefully examining her own attribute bloodline, Dongfang Mian noticed that the color of these attribute spiritual energies seemed to have deepened. Could it be that these attributes were also absorbing spiritual energy?

I can't figure it out.

The maid's voice outside the door reminded Dongfang Mian that her ancestral recognition ceremony would begin in an hour. Dongfang Mian hurriedly put aside her distracting thoughts, put on the ill-fitting dress, and began to cram for the ancestral recognition process.

The ancestral recognition ceremony went very smoothly. Although many people looked down on Dongfang Mian, the Dongfang family was now in charge because of her maternal grandfather. Even if those people disliked Dongfang Mian, they dared not disrupt her ancestral recognition ceremony in public.

That evening, the Dongfang family held a grand banquet to celebrate the ancestral recognition ceremony. Dongfang Mian took off her elaborate ancestral recognition attire, changed into ordinary clothes, and casually found a corner to eat and drink.

Not long after the banquet began, the steward came in to report that Mo Qinghe, the president of the Alchemist Guild, had arrived. The head of the Dongfang family hurriedly went out to personally welcome him in.

Mo Qinghe, as expected, did not recognize Dongfang Mian after she removed her disguise. He walked past her with a serious expression and sat upright next to the head of the Dongfang family.

"President Mo, the lessons you gave these children last time were very helpful. In a few days, they will be going to the Alchemist Guild to take the assessment. Would you like to teach them something again today?" After a few pleasantries, the head of the Dongfang family said.

Upon hearing this, Mo Qinghe nodded and said:

"Yes, the Eastern family has a history of tens of millions of years, producing many alchemy masters, grandmasters, and even a patriarch of the Pill King. But you must remember, an alchemist's mind must be calm and steady. Only then can you control the fire and manage the furnace well. So today I've decided to tell you all about... the origin of alchemists!"