Xiao Jin stared in surprise at the scene of old friends reuniting before him. He had not expected the Pill Tower Ancestor to actually still be in contact with Elder Shennong.
But after thinking about it, he felt it made perfect sense.
First was the period in which the two had been active. They were absolutely people of the same era.
With the Flame of Life aiding him, Elder Shennong clearly belonged to the exceptionally long-lived group.
Even if he did not possess the Pill Tower Ancestor's level of strength, his lifespan far surpassed that of an ordinary Dou Saint.
Even Gu Yuan had managed to live from that era a thousand years ago until now. Why wouldn't Elder Shennong, who possessed the Flame of Life, be able to do the same?
Secondly, Elder Shennong himself was also an extremely formidable Alchemist. Since he had already been active a thousand years ago, how could he possibly not know the continent's number one Alchemist of that time?
Finally, Xiao Jin vaguely remembered that the original work had once mentioned that when the Yao Clan held its Pharmacopoeia, Elder Shennong had attended the grand event.
At that time, Elder Shennong had also competed with Hun Xuzi of the Soul Clan, Elder Ten Thousand Fires of the Yao Clan, and Xiao Yan for the title of the continent's number one Alchemist.
Back then, Elder Shennong had said that although he did not particularly care about the empty reputation of being the continent's number one Alchemist, if that title were allowed to fall onto the head of Hun Xuzi of the Soul Clan, then for Alchemists, it would be no small disgrace.
When Xiao Jin had originally read that part, he had thought Elder Shennong simply could not stand Hun Xuzi's act of killing