Originally, Xing Yichi had not shared Venerable Xuanhu's suspicions. After all, only a few years had passed since Lu Xiaotian advanced to the third rank of Pill Sage, and the time he had devoted to alchemy could not compare with Kuang Ziyou's. The last time Lu Xiaotian had made a breakthrough was before he was forced into Luoyang Prison by the Honghao Celestial Court. At the time, there had been no word that he had advanced to the fourth rank of Pill Sage.
If Lu Xiaotian had already been a fourth-rank Pill Sage then, the Heavenly Pill Palace of the Honghao Celestial Court would never have stood by while the Heavenly Punishment Palace used such extreme measures against him. The difference between the third and fourth ranks was only one rank, but the significance and status they represented were worlds apart.
So, according to Xing Yichi's guess, even if Lu Xiaotian had advanced to the fourth rank of Pill Sage, it could not have been long since he made the breakthrough. And even under those circumstances, he had still surpassed Xing Yichi?
Even after the alchemy duel between them in Starcloud City, even after Kuang Ziyou's defeat, the gap between them had remained tiny. Looking at Kuang Ziyou's reaction now, Xing Yichi could hardly believe what he was seeing.
"Thanks to the factional struggles among the several immortal palaces of the Honghao Celestial Court. Otherwise, Daoist Dongfang would have been a major threat to the Yuxuan Celestial Court. Since he is now in our Yuxuan Celestial Court, we must keep him here." Watching drops of fused medicinal liquid fall into the furnace, where the Myriad Transformation Azure Essence Pill gradually took shape, Kuang Ziyou could not help but sigh with feeling.
"Daoist Kuang is right. For the Honghao Celestial Court