The Pill Alliance's Strength

Within the Black Giant Tower, everyone had gathered together. Once they were all seated, the hall was filled with Dou Saint experts, and after taking their seats, everyone's gaze converged on Xiao Ze.

Although Xiao Ze held no position of real authority within the Pill Alliance—at least nominally, no one was under his command—

aside from the Pill Tower Ancestor, who had never appeared, Xiao Ze was the strongest person in the entire Pill Alliance.

At the same time, he possessed the most outstanding alchemy skills. It could be said that quite a number of people in the Pill Alliance had joined because of Xiao Ze's reputation.

Thus, while Xiao Ze held no position of real authority, his status was extremely high.

After being away for so long, Xiao Ze's return to the Pill Alliance once again made everyone curious. What had prompted him to return?

"I imagine you're all curious about why I returned to the Pill Alliance this time?"

Seeing the curiosity in their eyes, Xiao Ze smiled as he spoke.

"By my calculations, there is less than a month left before the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerges."

"Across the Central Plains, all the factions qualified to know of this matter are likely already eager to make another attempt at subduing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame."

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions changed slightly.

"The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame!" Yao Lao's expression stirred. Naturally, he knew that his disciple had obtained several fragmentary maps concerning the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Yet one of them had never yielded any clues, which had always been a great regret.

Yao Lao knew something of this, but not every Dou Saint expert was so well informed.

After all, some Dou Saint experts had not come from factions with deep foundations.

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