Chapter 2770: 2769? The Chess Piece
"Younger Ming Yuan pays his respects to Pill King Lu!" Ming Yuan had no idea exactly where Lu Xiaotian was, but he knew this area spanned only several hundred li. The moment he set foot inside, Lu Xiaotian must already have sensed him.
No one was a fool. In fact, things were exactly as Ming Yuan had thought. Even while Ming Yuan was still outside, Lu Xiaotian had already noticed his presence. Wu Yuan had been a corrupt monk who lined his own pockets with resources skimmed from the Buddhist Sect, and Wu Yuan had now become Ming Yuan. Lu Xiaotian did not believe the man would have changed.
"You may rise." Lu Xiaotian waved his hand, giving Ming Yuan the feeling that he had appeared before him out of thin air.
"Pill King Lu, I'm afraid Senior Brother Ming Qing can no longer compete with you in the Dao of Alchemy," Ming Yuan said.
"Why?" Lu Xiaotian frowned. Although Pill King Li had been dead for many years, Lu Xiaotian had completed one of the tasks Li had entrusted to him back then. If he could not complete the other, it would ultimately be somewhat regrettable.
"When Senior Brother Ming Qing was refining the Immortal Soul Three Corpses Pill, the furnace exploded. Not only did he suffer severe injuries, but the two spirit flames he relied on most were also largely damaged in the explosion. Senior Brother Ming Qing has now entered seclusion again, and he will be unable to resume refining pills for some time," Ming Yuan explained.
"The Immortal Soul Three Corpses Pill?" A trace of surprise appeared on Lu Xiaotian's face. This kind of spirit pill surpassed even the Soul-Born Creation Pill he had refined. The Soul-Born Creation Pill's primary