Lu Xiaotian didn't think that having refined a third-grade pill spirit meant he could suppress every third-grade pill sage. The world was vast, full of wonders, and certainly not short of other geniuses with considerable attainments in alchemy. Nor was he the only one who had ever refined a pill spirit.
Since Kuang Ziyou dared to challenge him using these four kinds of immortal pills, he must have been quite confident. Of course, Lu Xiaotian didn't think Kuang Ziyou was certain to surpass his current level with every pill. He simply felt it wasn't a sure thing. If he lost the very first alchemy match, two million lower-grade immortal crystals would be gone, and Lu Xiaotian would be nearly penniless.
The key was those two million lower-grade immortal crystals. As for whether this concerned the honor of the Honghao Celestial Court, that mattered less to Lu Xiaotian.
It had to be said that Kuang Ziyou's calculations were quite shrewd. Although Cave Lord Rongxu had won him some extra time, the Yu Xuan Celestial Court had already pressed him several times to accept the challenge. Clearly, they didn't intend to give Lu Xiaotian much more time to prepare.
Lu Xiaotian was pondering the process of refining these pills and the insights he'd gained afterward when the ward suddenly trembled faintly. Cave Lord Rongxu's aura followed at once.
"Little friend Dongfang, come out and have a chat."
Hearing Cave Lord Rongxu's voice, Lu Xiaotian immediately left his room. At that moment, Cave Lord Rongxu, Palace Master Han Chi, and the green-robed man Dou Deshan, all Golden Immortals, were seated in separate places.
Beside Cave Lord Rongxu sat a diminutive man whose casually revealed air of authority was in no way inferior to Cave Lord Rongxu's.
"This is Mountain Lord Black Domain, from