When Lu Chen reached the pill chamber, the entrance was already packed with people.
Mu Tianqing stood at the very front, his expression grave. Several elders guarded the pill chamber on all sides, each looking as though they were facing a formidable enemy.
The golden pillar of light still shot into the heavens, illuminating the entire Shennong Main Peak.
Lu Chen walked over to Mu Tianqing's side and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"
Mu Tianqing glanced at him and said heavily, "The pill is complete, but the commotion was too great. This golden light can be seen for a thousand miles. We can't keep it hidden."
Lu Chen frowned.
Mu Tianqing continued, "I've already had the guards reinforced, but if anyone is coming for the pill, they'll arrive tonight."
The moment his words fell, a streak of red light suddenly flashed across the distant horizon.
The red light was incredibly swift, reaching them in the blink of an eye—it was a transmission talisman. The talisman paper landed in Mu Tianqing's hand and turned into a line of blood-red words:
"Massive fluctuations of deathly energy have been detected in the direction of the Western Wasteland. They are moving toward Medicine King Valley. Their speed is extremely fast; they are expected to arrive at midnight tonight. —Barbarian King Sect"
After reading it, Mu Tianqing's expression changed completely.
He handed the transmission talisman to Lu Chen.
Lu Chen glanced at it without saying a word, merely raising his head to look toward the western sky.
The sky was gradually darkening, the last traces of sunset fading away.
At the western horizon, a haze of gray-black mist could vaguely be seen churning.
The mist was moving at incredible speed, faster than ever before.
The mark on his right shoulder suddenly throbbed violently,