Time slipped away like sand through one's fingers. In the blink of an eye, nearly half a month had passed. During this time, more and more contestants successfully refined their pills.
As a result, the air throughout the area was nearly saturated with an indescribably rich medicinal fragrance. Just one breath of it quietly dispelled some of the exhaustion brought on by the long wait.
Boom!
A deep rumble of thunder suddenly echoed through the somewhat scorching heavens and earth.
Countless gazes hurriedly turned upward, only to see that another dark cloud had appeared in the sky at some unknown time.
Low rolls of thunder actually sounded from within the dark cloud. It was clearly a sign of Pill Lightning taking shape.
"Pill Lightning... A Grade Seven Pill has finally emerged!"
At the sight of this phenomenon, a wave of commotion erupted across the square.
On a stone platform beneath that patch of sky, a middle-aged man stared ecstatically at the Thunder Cloud overhead. He was the first person in this Pill Gathering to draw forth Pill Lightning.
Although the appearance of Pill Lightning livened up the atmosphere, it did not draw the attention of the true experts.
Over the following days, Pill Lightning appeared two or three times almost every day. The intensity of each occurrence varied, but the highest-grade pills among them were likely only mid-tier Grade Seven Pills.
The square also became exceptionally lively due to the intermittent appearances of Pill Lightning. The slight lull of the previous days had completely vanished.
Every time a Grade Seven Pill emerged, it attracted many covetous gazes. After all, aside from experts who had advanced to the Dou Zun class, pills of this grade held tremendous allure for all other experts.
As time continued to pass, fewer and fewer stone