Venerable Yao, Yao Chen.
Anyone who was not exceptionally ignorant should have heard this name. Those gathered in the stone chamber were all the backbone of the Heavenly Luan Clan, so naturally they all knew Venerable Yao's great reputation. This grandmaster alchemist had once overwhelmed all rivals and claimed first place at a Pill Convention. In fact, many had always regarded him as the greatest alchemist on the continent.
Mu Que had originally assumed that Bai Xun would use his family's standing within the Pill Tower to take one of its upper echelons as his master. He had never expected it to be Venerable Yao. Mu Que's estimation of Bai Xun rose another level, because the Pill Tower's higher-ups constantly changed, yet throughout all these years, Yao Chen was the only one to have ever been respectfully called Venerable Yao.
Bai Xun appeared to be from a prominent family, but deep down, he was arrogant and conceited. Mu Que had guessed that he must have some trump card he intended to dramatically reveal at the end, and he had long prepared himself for it. Even so, he was still stunned.
The others from the Heavenly Luan Clan were equally shocked. Of course, there was one exception: Mu Qingluan.
Standing beside Xiao Yan, she nearly lost control of herself. She could only have Xiao Yan block her from view as she covered her mouth with both hands. She was holding back her laughter so hard that her face had turned red, her hands clamped tightly over her mouth for fear that she would burst out laughing.
The others were one thing, but she had never expected Bai Xun's master to be Venerable Yao, Yao Chen. Yet standing before her was a disciple of Venerable Yao personally acknowledged by Venerable Wind. She