Section 16: The Five Elements Cycle, Fortune Lingers

Ever since Chu Yun acquired the alchemy Demon Beast Little Bun in Night Emperor City, he had effectively become an alchemy grandmaster. In fact, with Little Bun's one-hundred-percent success rate in refining pills, Chu Yun was even more of a grandmaster than grandmasters themselves.

Little Bun itself possessed Night Emperor's accumulated pill formulas. Later, Chu Yun had exchanged pill formulas with the Wine Hero King, bringing his collection to the very pinnacle of Star Continent.

In ordinary times, when the Bliss Immortal Consorts were bored, they would refine pills for practice. Moreover, to prepare for any eventuality, Chu Yun often ordered Little Bun to refine rare medicinal pills. As a result, his reserves of pills were enormous.

When the Sleeping Elder saw Chu Yun suddenly produce so many pills, even he could not hide his astonishment.

In truth, he did not yet know that Chu Yun also possessed many ancient pill formulas. It was merely that, in the present-day Star Continent, many medicinal ingredients had already vanished, making them impossible to refine.

Otherwise, if he had used some ancient medicinal pills, his injuries would likely have recovered by more than half already.

Unlike now, although he had taken several pills, due to his drug resistance, they had merely stabilized the Sleeping Elder's injuries for the moment. The true crisis had not been resolved.

"Then it seems the mysterious person wanted to kill this old man in order to prevent me from getting in the way and ruining the mastermind's plans. The Land Whale King's such high-profile actions were very likely meant to draw your Shu Clan's attention and cover up the plans unfolding in the shadows." After speaking with Chu Yun, the Sleeping Elder arrived at this conclusion.

"Rather than guessing like this, why not deduce and calculate it?" Chu