Alchemy Grandmaster Lu Yan
Outside the secret realm, Shi Yue and Xiaoyaozi were playing chess. They had nothing better to do, after all.
Suddenly, Shi Yue furrowed his brow and glanced in a certain direction. Without changing his expression, he said, "Someone's coming. One Void Refining cultivator and more than a dozen Spirit Transformation cultivators!"
"Mm. Let's see what they want before we decide," Xiaoyaozi replied calmly.
They put away the chessboard. Before long, a streak of green light appeared on the horizon and sped toward Shi Yue.
In less than five breaths, the green light landed before Shi Yue. It was a gigantic Azure Flood Dragon with two heads and four pairs of wings. More than a dozen cultivators rode on its back, led by a red-robed old man with a ruddy complexion. He had a thick mustache, a red gourd hanging at his waist, and a cultivation level at the Void Refining Late Stage.
All the cultivators wore clothes marked with a design of seven flames—the emblem of the Seven Flames Palace, one of Blue Sea Star's great sects. The Seven Flames Palace ranked second in overall strength on Blue Sea Star, and was far more low-key than the Four Seas Sect.
"Li Xuan, of the Sacred Void Sect?" Seeing Shi Yue and Xiaoyaozi, the red-robed old man's thoughts stirred.
Recognizing the newcomer, Shi Yue smiled faintly and cupped his hands. "So it's you, Senior Lu. Did you send people into the Liuren Secret Realm to search for treasures as well?"
Shi Yue had met plenty of Void Refining cultivators, but rarely treated one with such courtesy. The reason was simple: the red-robed old man was Lu Yan, Blue Sea Star's only Alchemy Grandmaster.
High-grade pills were difficult to refine. Shi Yue could currently make Fifth-Grade Pills, but