Jade Capital Mountain.
"Daoist Hongjun, haven't you been in seclusion all this time, trying to break through?"
"What did you summon the two of us here in such a hurry for?"
Having received Hongjun's voice transmission, Qiankun Ancestor asked in puzzlement.
"My old friends, to tell you the truth, merit has descended upon the Western Continent repeatedly of late."
"My Dao heart is in turmoil. I simply cannot continue my seclusion."
Hongjun gave a bitter laugh.
"So it was indeed because of this."
"I've also spent a long time divining it, but found no information at all."
Yin-Yang Ancestor spoke up as well.
"Now that the Ferocious Beast Tribulation has ended,"
"fewer than one in ten Fierce Beasts remain. They are exceedingly rare."
"It would be hard to encounter even one in a million years."
"So I suspect this merit was not earned by slaying Fierce Beasts."
Hongjun spoke solemnly.
Qiankun Ancestor nodded. He agreed with Hongjun's view.
"Do you suspect that mysterious Alchemy Master, fellow Daoist?"
Yin-Yang Ancestor picked up the thread.
"Yes."
"That mysterious Alchemy Master seemed to appear out of thin air."
"No useful information about him can be divined."
"But every time he appears, it has something to do with merit."
Hongjun looked into the void, speaking thoughtfully.
Thinking back now, there were many suspicious points.
The first time merit had descended from heaven, they had gone to investigate the site.
Although they had obtained no useful information, it had indeed been related to Fierce Beasts.
Only after merit had descended from heaven several more times had the Heavenly Dao revealed the Pill Formula and refining method for the Calamity-Dispelling Pill.
Then was it possible that, before the Pill Formula was revealed, this mysterious Alchemy Master had not yet refined a Calamity-Dispelling Pill?
Without Calamity-Dispelling Pills,