By the time Andrew left the Robertson residence, it was already evening.

After running around all day, he first went to Iron Sword Sect, where he spent half the day talking in circles and taking all kinds of risks. Then, he dealt with the Robertson family. That part, at least, was not too bad. Once he understood what they needed, it was not hard to get a grip on the situation.

Vernon had hit a bottleneck in his cultivation and was getting old. That meant he was practically waiting for death. It was a closely guarded secret within the Robertson family, but Isabelle clearly did not treat Andrew as an outsider since she had mentioned it to him a while ago.

She had been worried sick about Vernon and came to beg Andrew for help. He did not make things difficult for her and told her straight up that only the highest-grade Life-Sustaining Elixir could help someone at Vernon's level. Low-tier pills, tonics, or rare herbs were all useless.

However, even for Andrew, the Life-Sustaining