Gu He did not know that, with Soul Hall severely weakened, the Soul Hall Master was preparing to absorb the Heavenly Nether Sect. But even if he had known, he would not have cared. Though the Heavenly Nether Sect joining Soul Hall seemed to instantly fill Soul Hall's vacancies, it would take a long period of adjustment before the Heavenly Nether Sect members and Soul Hall members could truly unite as one. Not to mention that the newly joined Heavenly Nether Sect's soul-gathering business was worrying; in the short term, they likely would not only fail to help Soul Hall rapidly collect souls, but would also need Soul Hall to send people to teach them how to gather souls efficiently.
At this time, Gu He was discussing alchemy with the Pill Tower Ancestor.
Fearing retaliation from Soul Hall—or rather, retaliation from the Hun Clan—after the great battle ended, the Pill Tower Ancestor had not immediately left the Pill Region. Instead, he remained in the Small Pill Tower. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gu He naturally discussed alchemy, his greatest specialty, with the Pill Tower Ancestor.
Having existed for over a thousand years and inherited a trace of the Pill Tower founder's consciousness upon his emergence, the Pill Tower Ancestor could practically be called the strongest alchemist on the Dou Qi Continent. Even compared with the Yao Clan's Skyfire Venerable, it was impossible to say who was stronger without an actual contest.
As a Ninth-grade Profound Pill alchemist, his alchemy was far superior to Gu He's.
It was not only Gu He. Many elders of the Small Pill Tower also did not let this once-in-a-thousand-years opportunity slip by, bringing out the questions they had encountered while refining pills and asking him about them. The Pill Tower Ancestor answered every one of