Many of the experts who had come from the North District were top-tier Alchemy Masters.
To be honest, they couldn't accept that someone had broken through in their Cultivation just by eating a meal.
Let alone a ridiculously-named dish like soup over rice.
"Could they have used some kind of Forbidden Medicine that overdrafts Life Force?" someone voiced their suspicion.
Everyone was stunned.
In their experience, the only thing that could allow a Cultivator to break through in such a short time seemed to be Forbidden Medicine.
Forbidden Medicine could grant immense power at the cost of a Cultivator's life or potential.
This was accompanied by irreversible side effects.
Once a Cultivator took Forbidden Medicine, their journey on the Martial Dao was considered over.
Barring any miracles, there would be no further room for advancement.
This was why all Cultivators paled at the mere mention of it.
