Meanwhile, deep within Sacred Pill City.
Atop a towering pagoda, several aged figures suddenly sprang up as if launched by springs, staring at one another in shock.
"What was that fleeting aura just now?!"
"I don't know, but I can tell that aura came from the outer region of Sacred Pill City."
"That aura vanished far too quickly, but it felt no weaker than the Old Ancestor."
"Could it have been Hun Miesheng?"
"Probably not. Hun Miesheng's fate is still unknown. If he dared show himself at the Pill Tower, the Old Ancestor would likely have sensed him immediately."
"If it wasn't Hun Miesheng, then which old freak was it?"
"Who knows? Those old freaks have always been elusive and eccentric. Perhaps one of them just happened to wander into our Pill Tower."
"Should we go pay him a visit ourselves?"
"A powerhouse of that caliber probably doesn't wish to reveal his identity. Otherwise, that aura would not have vanished in an instant. I can't even sense his exact location."
"Perhaps those old freaks in the Little Pill Tower sensed it. They may go meet this mysterious powerhouse."
"Perhaps!"
Meanwhile, within the Little Pill Tower.
The seven elders of the Little Pill Tower flew out of their secluded cultivation grounds in unison and gathered together.
Their gazes fell upon Lin Old Freak, who stood at the front.
"Grand Elder, what do you make of this aura?"
"Which old freak do you think has come to the Pill Tower?"
Lin Old Freak's expression was grave. He then shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Though that aura only appeared for an instant, it felt even more terrifying than the Old Ancestor. Yet now, I cannot detect even the slightest trace of it."
"Judging by the looks of it, this