Mu Baiji's face had already turned livid.
Damn it, he was stealing my thunder!
Staring at Ning Xiaochuan across the plaza, Mu Baiji cursed furiously in his heart.
As a veteran Saint-Rank Heart Nourisher, Mu Baiji could likewise refine pills with the Heavenly Thunder Subdues Demons grade. The problem was that Mu Baiji had believed he could win this Heart Nourisher Assembly by casually refining any pill, so he had not gone all out at all.
Now that someone had suddenly emerged and eclipsed him, Mu Baiji was naturally extremely unwilling to accept it.
But no matter how unwilling he was, there was nothing he could do. His pill was nearly finished already, and if he refined another batch, who had the time to wait another two days for him?
Ning Xiaochuan's refinement of a pill carrying the Heavenly Thunder Subdues Demons attribute had nearly stunned everyone present, including Yao Huichun and his wife, who were seated on the eastern viewing platform of the plaza.
Yet compared to their earlier contempt, Yao Huichun and Wen Min's mouths were now wide enough to fit an egg.
A Saint-Level Heart Nourisher—and an exceptionally powerful one at that.
The instant Heavenly Thunder Subdues Demons appeared, Yao Huichun and his wife had already identified Ning Xiaochuan's Heart Nourisher rank.
The inconspicuous youngster they had once dismissed had suddenly become someone they could almost only look up to. That overwhelming disparity left Yao Huichun and Wen Min feeling dizzy.
Still, they were Creation Realm experts after all. After their brief lapse, they quickly regained their composure.
Like that old woman, Yao Huichun's face had begun to show regret.
If he had insisted on keeping Ning Xiaochuan in the Yao family back then, the Yao family would now have a Saint-Level Heart Nourisher backing them. With