Xiao Yan showed no unusual reaction upon seeing the Pill Lightning. He was even somewhat excited and eager to test the effects of Heavenly Lightning Soul Forging with genuine Pill Lightning.
But before the Pill Lightning could descend, a strange disturbance came from within his Storage Ring. The jade slip Xuan Yi had specifically given him to contact her junior sister Yao Qingyu began to fluctuate deep within the ring.
The Heavenly Flames at Xiao Yan's fingertips suddenly stalled. In that critical moment, he used a thread of soul power to read its contents. Such jade slips could transmit only limited messages, and there were now only four words on it.
"Emergency. Come quickly!"
Seeing this, Xiao Yan immediately made his decision. He forcibly cut off the flow of Red Lotus Core Flame. The next instant, the blast from the exploding pill cauldron sent shattered stones flying everywhere, while crimson rays continually shot from the cauldron and punched honeycomb-like holes through the cave walls. Xiao Yan looked up at the roiling black thunderclouds in the sky. The Pill Lightning that should have tempered his soul had become a ferocious beast, glaring hungrily at the unfinished pill.
He no longer had time to care about any of that. Stepping through the air, he turned into a streak of light and raced toward the direction indicated by the jade slip.
Judging from the message in the jade slip, Yao Qingyu had definitely encountered an extremely troublesome situation, one she was likely unable to handle herself. Within the Pill Convention, the only people who could threaten her were those among Ling Zhuo's group.
Xiao Yan had already considered the worst possibility: Ling Zhuo had discovered Yao Qingyu's true identity.
With that thought, Xiao Yan accelerated once more. The crackling arcs of lightning around