Confrontation
"Ancestor!"
Seeing the green-robed child appear beside Xiao Yan, the Pill Tower's Grand Elder immediately showed a look of delight and respectfully said.
"Greetings, Senior."
Xiao Yan did not dare show any disrespect toward this astonishingly ancient existence. He cupped his hands toward him and politely replied.
"Why be so polite..."
The Pill Tower Ancestor waved his hand. His clear eyes swept back and forth over Xiao Yan with a trace of curiosity as he smiled. "I truly never expected that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, which even people like us could not subdue, would ultimately fall into your hands. Such fortune is truly enviable."
A divine object like the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame tempted even someone as powerful as the Pill Tower Ancestor. Yet throughout all these years, no one had ever successfully subdued it.
Xiao Yan could only smile at the Pill Tower Ancestor's words. His success in subduing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had merely been a stroke of luck. If the remnant image of the Pure Lotus Demon Sage had not activated the great formation and perished together with the flame's former consciousness, then no matter how much greater his luck had been, he likely could not have subdued and refined this demonic flame that gave even the Pill Tower Ancestor such a headache.
"The Pill Tower is also a member of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance. Now, you all share glory and ruin alike. As the Pill Tower's guardian, I cannot remain uninvolved."
The Pill Tower Ancestor's still somewhat childish face turned toward Xiao Yan, and an unreadable meaning flickered in his eyes. Having lived for so many years, he was shrewd beyond measure. Naturally, he understood Xiao Yan's ultimate purpose in establishing the Heavenly Mansion Alliance.
Xiao Yan remained quite calm beneath the Pill