As Su Che spoke, he clapped his hands. Female disciples with slender waists filed out in a stream, each carrying a lacquer tray.
Upon each tray rested a single golden-yellow pill.
"Before today's banquet, let everyone taste something new. Please."
Su Che said, sweeping his hand.
The Reverted Elixir cultivators looked at one another.
Starting off by making people take pills—what was this supposed to mean?
The Longevity Sect also had several wicked pills capable of controlling others.
Could it be that no wine came without a scheme, no feast without a trap?
Lü Zheng directly reached out, grabbed a pill, and swallowed it. Sun Cheng only regretted being a moment too slow and letting Lü Zheng seize the lead.
After this brat had followed the chief seat to the Solitary Bamboo Kingdom and returned, he had become far sharper than before.
The Reverted Elixir cultivators knew that such hesitation, in the chief seat's eyes, would be a transgression. After exchanging a few polite refusals, they each picked up a pill from the trays and swallowed it.
The pill entered their mouths and immediately melted into jade liquid, flowing straight into their lower dantians.
The Reverted Elixir cultivators exchanged glances, each sensing the others' surprise.
This was actually just an ordinary pill.
The medicinal power and spiritual qi it contained were not especially abundant, yet once swallowed, it brought a peculiar feeling of fullness.
"Back then, Azure Youth Junior Lord led our sect into the Southern Wastes. He cleared a path through brambles and laid the foundations in the wilderness, creating the legacy we possess today."
Su Che spoke eloquently as he pinched a yellow pill between his fingers.
"At the time, our sect did not even possess the bearing it has today. Gloomy clouds hung low indeed. Yet it