"What should we do? The rebel Dongfang's alchemy attainments are far above yours and mine."
Seeing the pill aura condensing around Lu Xiaotian grow increasingly pure, and the Pill-Gathering Pagoda not far in front of him likewise blazing with brilliant light that chased closely after Kuang Ziyou's side, Luo Yuanliang could not help feeling a bit panicked inside.
"We are already on the Pill-Ascension Altar. Aside from walking this single path down to the dark, what else can we do?" Han Shiqi snorted with an unsightly expression.
"Don't think about these useless things. If you have the time, you might as well think about how to refine pills of better quality."
Yet some principles were simple; under circumstances involving benefits and even life and death, actually managing to be free of distractions was exceedingly difficult.
While Han Shiqi was taking the time to gather his focus, Luo Yuanliang and Wu Daoxin were unable to fully and single-mindedly immerse themselves in alchemy for the moment.
From time to time, they had to guard against Lu Xiaotian's increasingly pure pill aura sweeping over to harass them, though it temporarily posed no threat to their lives.
Yet if Lu Xiaotian truly wanted to cause trouble, it was entirely possible for him to affect the progress of their alchemy.
The harassment that Luo Yuanliang and Wu Daoxin feared did not come, but the turmoil in the two men's hearts only grew more and more turbulent.
As time passed, the pill aura gathered on Lu Xiaotian's side grew more and more abundant, and its purity surpassed even that of the three of them.
Not only did the gap between the two sides not shrink, but it was actually widening at an even faster speed.
"If this goes on, neither you nor I will escape death.