"One of the Pill Tower's Eight Great Elders..."
At the sight of that distinctive badge, some people in the square let out hushed cries of surprise before hurriedly falling silent.
Lu Yunxiao's eyes flickered, but his expression did not change much.
After all, he had already met the Pill Tower's giants. The Eight Great Elders were nothing extraordinary by comparison.
However, the fact that the Pill Tower had dispatched two of the Eight Great Elders from the beginning until now showed just how much importance it placed on this Pill Gathering.
"This is the Pill Tower's Fourth Elder."
Cao Ying, standing beside Lu Yunxiao, spoke softly as she introduced him.
Lu Yunxiao nodded faintly, then fell silent.
Meanwhile, the Fourth Elder paid no heed to the various sounds in the square. Like an old monk in meditation, he remained silent as well.
At a certain moment, his eyelids trembled slightly before he slowly opened his eyes. His gaze swept casually over the crowd, and he said indifferently, "Time is up. Hand over your prescription lists and the medicinal ingredients required for your tasks, then leave from here to participate in the final Pill Gathering competition."
As his voice fell, the old man's cane gently drew across the distorted space, and a pitch-black Space Rift slowly appeared...
Hearing the old man with the cane, a commotion rose in the square. Quite a few people's faces turned dejected, for they had clearly failed to complete their tasks.
Speaking of which, because Xiong Zhan had scavenged most of the medicinal ingredients in the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range,
there were truly quite a few alchemists in the Pill Realm who had failed to complete their tasks this time.
However, for those with genuine ability, although the difficulty had increased, they had still completed their