Life Flame Divine Power Method and Grandson Zongze

In a mountain valley, a stream burbled softly, birds sang, and flowers bloomed in fragrant splendor.

A gust of fresh wind blew out from the dense forest, passing right over the pill cauldron and dispersing the swirling pill vapors, filling several li around with a rich medicinal fragrance.

Just then, with a bang, the cauldron lid suddenly shot high into the air. Several streaks of pill light flew out of the cauldron, darting in all directions.

"Haha, four Moon Essence Return Pills! This time, this old man won!" Zhao Yuedu laughed loudly. With a sharp sweep of his sleeve, he sent out streams of clear light that swept the four fleeing third-grade high-grade spirit pills back before the pair.

The white-haired old woman, Chen Mingye, slowly lowered the right hand supporting her head, yawned, and said carelessly, "I never expected you old fossil to have kept a trick up your sleeve. I'll let you win by luck this once. This batch of pills is yours!"

"What do you mean, 'let me win by luck'? This old man's Pill Dao skills are peerless—I won fair and square!" Zhao Yuedu immediately took offense, blowing his beard and glaring as he retorted.

"Daoist Friend Chen, judge this fairly! This old crone clearly lost, yet her mouth is still as hard as iron!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the young man in a green robe set down the spirit rice in his hands and said calmly, "Daoist Friend Zhao did indeed win by a single move. However, if Grandmaster Chen had been more serious, it would still be hard to say who would have won this contest."

Hearing this, Zhao Yuedu froze and was immediately left speechless.

Though he had kept talking tough on the surface, he had to admit in secret that