"It was precisely because they were so strong that we had an opportunity..." Xiao Yan looked at everyone and smiled. "Those people have done countless heinous things over the years in order to collect souls."
"Leaving aside other factions, the Pill Tower alone has clashed with the Soul Hall in secret many times over the years..."
"The people of the Soul Hall have been almost utterly unscrupulous in collecting souls. Assassinations, massacres, provoking wars—they have done who knew how many such things. Although we do not know what they collect souls for, the strongest souls on this continent belong to alchemists. As the leading faction of alchemists, the Pill Tower must have had quite a few people secretly killed by the Soul Hall over the years. They must already hate the Soul Hall to the bone!"
"But the Pill Tower's three giants seem to be only Peak Dou Zuns! That level of strength does not seem like much against the Soul Hall." Xiao Yi Xian spoke from the side. To her now, Peak Dou Zuns were indeed nothing remarkable, and to the Soul Hall, the Pill Tower was even less significant.
"That is merely the Pill Tower's surface strength. If that were all it had, the Pill Tower could never have become the leading faction of alchemists." Old Yao spoke. Of everyone present, he understood the Pill Tower's strength best. Even Xiao Heng only remembered that the Pill Tower had an old ancestor; he had forgotten almost everything else.
"Furthermore, during these past two years, Xuan Kongzi has successfully advanced to Half-Saint. Though he is only an Initial Half-Saint, that is still quite decent...!"
"Oh, right. I remember hearing that the Pill Tower's three giants once fought the Soul Hall Master, didn't they? It seemed..." Xiao Yan now had some