Several weeks had passed since the three professional lineages had been established, and the changes inside the Osborn Clan had already begun showing, quietly, in the details rather than anywhere dramatic.
Elder Leon spent most of his days now inside the Alchemy Chamber; his cultivation was still holding steady at Spirit Root Realm Level 9, High-Stage, but his understanding of the craft had sharpened considerably.
He had already identified weaknesses in two of the clan's existing pill formulas, adjustments that improved their absorption rate without requiring any additional resources to produce. Taylen and Emer worked alongside him daily, no longer simply memorising recipes the way they had before, but learning the actual theory behind herb preparation, flame control, and the reasoning that connected one step of a formula to the next.
