Dan Xuansheng was that Pill Tower senior who had refined the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill.
He and the Pill Tower Ancestor were not the same person, but there truly had been a connection between them.
Dan Xuansheng was the Pill Tower Ancestor's last disciple.
In truth, the time of their deaths had followed almost one after the other. Originally, Dan Xuansheng had already exhausted a vast amount of mental effort while refining the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill.
When the refining was nearing its end, he suddenly learned of the Pill Tower Ancestor's death.
The two blows combined directly dealt his mind and spirit a grievous wound, and in the end, he died during the refining process.
At the final moment of his life, he merged a wisp of his remnant soul and consciousness into the Ninth-Grade Profound Pill. Thus, this Ninth-Grade Profound Pill underwent a mutation and ultimately transformed into human form.
Because it had fused with Dan Xuansheng's spiritual intelligence, to a certain extent, this Ninth-Grade Profound Pill could be regarded as Dan Xuansheng's avatar.
The Ninth-Grade Profound Pill, which had inherited Dan Xuansheng's memories, naturally recognized the Pill Tower Ancestor's identity as well.
"Teacher?" disbelief surfaced on the old man's face. How could someone who should have died hundreds of years ago appear alive and breathing before him?
"Xuansheng, tell this old man how you came to exist. And the original Xuansheng—how did he die?"
The Pill Tower Ancestor knew the aptitude of that last disciple of his far too well. If he had still been alive, even if he could not have become an ultimate expert, he would at least have been an Eight-Star Dou Sheng.
After listening to Dan Xuansheng's explanation, the Pill Tower Ancestor fell into a long silence.
He had not expected that his death