When Old Man Mu Gu flew to the entrance of the great hall, the massive bronze doors suddenly opened on their own, revealing a passage over two meters wide.
Old Man Mu Gu was unsurprised by this and walked straight into the hall.
Several people had already arrived inside the hall, all of them Heavenly Venerates of the Soul Hall. Upon seeing Old Man Mu Gu, they all nodded at him rather amicably.
They had treated Old Man Mu Gu indifferently in the past because he had then been capable of refining, at most, Eighth-grade pills that produced Four-colored Pill Lightning, which were of little use to high-level Dou Zuns like them. But now that they knew he could refine Eighth-grade pills with Six-colored Pill Lightning—and there were even rumors that he might be able to refine Eighth-grade pills with Seven-colored Pill Lightning—their attitude toward Mu Gu naturally changed, carrying a faint trace of ingratiation. After all, no matter where one was, pills capable of improving one's strength were what cultivators pursued, and alchemists capable of refining such pills were naturally people they sought to befriend.
Old Man Mu Gu nodded slightly as well, then walked over to a Heavenly Venerate he knew well and feigned curiosity as he asked, "The Hall Master has summoned us here. Do you know what this is about?"
The Dou Zun beside Mu Gu had a somewhat yellow complexion, as though he were afflicted by illness. Yet his aura was exceptionally formidable, nearing the Peak Dou Zun realm. He was Sixth Heavenly Venerate Tu Long of the Soul Hall. His earth-attributed Dou Qi was renowned even throughout the entire Central Continent. However, an error in his Dou Qi cultivation during his early years had injured his spleen, causing excessive earth-attributed energy to accumulate in