Early the next morning, just as the sky was brightening, Shen Long and Chu Buyu left Azure Sun Pavilion and headed down different streets.
There were quite a few pedestrians on the streets, most of them from the Human Race.
More than two hours later, Shen Long appeared before a sprawling red palace. The plaque above its entrance bore the three words "Mysterious Pill Hall."
Shen Long strode inside. The hall was spacious and brightly lit, with a rectangular cyan jade table placed in the center. A tall, thin green-shirted man and a broad, fat Yellow-Robed Man sat behind it.
There was a Green Stone Corridor on each side of the hall, leading who knew where.
Shen Long strode up to the cyan jade table and said, "I wish to take the alchemy assessment."
The green-shirted youth and the Yellow-Robed Man hurriedly rose to their feet. The green-shirted youth said, "Senior, please follow this junior."
He led Shen Long down the Green Stone Corridor on the right and arrived at a secluded Blue-tiled Courtyard.
Within the courtyard stood a Cyan Stone Pavilion. A voluptuous green-skirted woman and a plump, white-haired Red-Robed Elder sat inside it, both of them Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.
"Ancestor Liwu, this senior wishes to take the alchemy assessment."
The green-shirted youth introduced him.
"I am Ganyang, from the Green Sun Immortal Domain. I can refine several kinds of Third Rank Immortal Pills and Seventh Grade Dao Pills," Shen Long said.
"Daoist Qian is a Dao Pill Master?"
Zhang Liwu asked in surprise.
There were many Immortal Alchemists in the Immortal Alchemist Guild, but Dao Pill Masters were far fewer.
"This old man is Zhao Riyan, from the Zhao Immortal Clan of the Purple Cloud Immortal Domain. Greetings, Daoist Qian."
The Red-Robed Elder rose and cupped his