At the peak, the Great Elder was refining a batch of pills. Xuan Kongzi and the other two stood to one side, intending to wait until he finished before hearing what Gu He had to say. But Gu He had no time to wait for the Great Elder to finish refining pills. Otherwise, if this batch took half a month, the Soul Hall might have already wiped out all the alchemists heading to the Extreme Yin Land.
Thus, Gu He walked up to the Great Elder and said directly with a grave expression, "Great Elder, the recent rumors spreading across the Central Continent about the Nine Nether Wind Flame are all part of a Soul Hall conspiracy. Their aim is to deal a devastating blow to our Pill Tower."
At Gu He's words, the Great Elder's brows furrowed deeply. The flames within the Medicine Cauldron suddenly surged, burning the refined medicinal ingredients inside into countless clumps of ash.
The Great Elder swept his sleeve, scattering the ashes from the Medicine Cauldron before putting it away. His voice was somewhat grave as he said, "Come to my room and explain everything in detail!"
With that, he took the lead toward his thatched cottage.
Gu He followed the Great Elder into the room, while Xuan Kongzi and the other two were still reeling from the news Gu He had revealed.
If the Nine Nether Wind Flame truly was a Soul Hall plot, then if the three of them went there, they would likely be killed outright by the Soul Hall and used as materials for extracting soul essence.
Only when Gu He called out to them before entering did Xuan Kongzi and the other two snap out of it and follow him into the Great Elder's thatched cottage.
After entering the room,