Now that Elder Shen Nong had agreed to join the Pill Tower, Gu He urged them to return, lest something unexpected happen.
Elder Shen Nong had no objection to this request. He also wanted to test the effects of the Flame of Life as soon as possible. After making some simple preparations in the Shen Nong Mountain Range, the two left and flew toward the Pill Tower.
Before they had even approached Sacred Pill City, the Great Elder, having received Gu He's message, led the elders occupying the nine Great Elder seats of the Small Pill Tower within the Pill Region to welcome them.
The moment Elder Shen Nong appeared, the Great Elder and the other elders bowed to him as juniors.
"Greetings, Senior Shen Nong."
Elder Shen Nong raised a hand and used Dou Qi to help everyone up. "Everyone, it has been a long time. From now on, we are all members of the Pill Tower, so there is no need for such formality."
As the three Pill Tower giants, Xuan Kongzi and the other two usually remained in the Pill Tower, so they were among those who had come to welcome him. Seeing that it truly was Elder Shen Nong, Xuan Kongzi said in disbelief, "I never expected it to really be Senior Shen Nong, and that Gu He would invite him to our Pill Tower. Those Old Fellows in the Small Pill Tower will be blessed from now on. Being able to watch Senior Shen Nong refine pills was something countless people would not even have dared dream of before."
"Yes! He seemed to have emerged from seclusion once a hundred years ago, then remained hidden ever since. I thought that aside from the Medicine Canon held by the Yao Clan, we would never see him