"My lord, could this Ning Jin be the murderer who killed members of our Tiele Alliance?"
After Su Ruixing's expression changed drastically at the mention of Ning Jin's name, Xu Cangjin perked up and hurriedly asked.
"It's possible."
Su Ruixing frowned, his face growing increasingly grim.
How had this Ning Jin obtained Pill Pavilion's closely guarded secret?
Within the Pill Pavilion, only Heaven-grade alchemists could access the Dust-Transcending Pill formula. Yet these people had been nurtured by the Pill Pavilion for many years; they would never betray it by leaking the formula.
"Could it be the Medicine Sect?"
Su Ruixing's heart jolted as a possibility suddenly occurred to him.
Across the entire Azure Wave Continent, only the Pill Pavilion and the Medicine Sect possessed the Dust-Transcending Pill formula. If the Pill Pavilion was ruled out, then it could only be the Medicine Sect.
Su Ruixing stared blankly at the Jade Slip, thoughts racing through his mind.
The spirit herbs recorded in the Jade Slip had already exceeded the scope of the twelve spirit herbs required for the Dust-Transcending Pill.
Ning Jin had added other spirit herbs. What pill was he trying to refine?
"Could it be that he's attempting to refine a Dust-Transcending Pill for Beasts?"
A thought suddenly surfaced in Su Ruixing's mind.
Su Ruixing knew that Chu Qiushui had established a sect called the Beast Taming Immortal Sect in the Human Realm. The disciples of this sect specialized in taming Beasts.
Therefore, once Ning Jin had obtained the foundation of the Dust-Transcending Pill, he would certainly seek a way to refine a version specifically for his beast pets.
"Vice Pavilion Master, I heard that Elder Chu is backing Ning Jin..." Xu Cangjin rubbed his hands together and looked at Su Ruixing expectantly.
He did not dare make a