Yao Chen Appears

Xuan Kongzi's fingers froze in midair as he stroked his beard. His long silver-white whiskers swayed faintly from the slight tremor of his fingertips, while the shock in his eyes was like a boulder crashing into a lake, instantly stirring up monstrous waves.

He stared blankly at Xiao Ling, his Adam's apple bobbing several times. His former calm composure had vanished without a trace, and his voice was filled with urgent disbelief. "You... what did you say?!"

"Ying'er and Dan Chen's Talisman Master cultivation methods were personally taught by you?" Xuan Kongzi abruptly leaned forward, his gaze sharp as an eagle's as he locked onto Xiao Ling's expression, trying to find even the slightest trace of a joke.

Yet all he saw was Xiao Ling's calm, faint smile and the unquestionable certainty in his eyes.

The medicinal and tea fragrances in the room seemed to vanish at that moment, leaving only Xuan Kongzi's slightly heavy breathing.

He simply could not believe that this heaven-defying method, which had made the entire Pill Tower expend immense effort investigating it and whose traces could scarcely be found even in ancient tomes and secret manuals, had come from the young man before him.

After all, ever since Cao Ying and Dan Chen began cultivating the Talisman Master method, the rapid improvement of their Soul Power, their exquisite control over flames and medicinal strength while refining pills, and, most importantly, their ability to wield Soul Power to possess combat strength no weaker than a Dou Zun's had long left him utterly astounded. In private, he had praised this method as a blessing for alchemists.

Yet he had never imagined that the source of this method was this legendary figure who had once shocked the Central Plains with a Peak Rank 8 Pill.

Xiao Yan's pupils