(Today's fourth chapter is here. Shi San finally delivered the four-chapter burst he promised, at the cost of three cups of coffee. I drank so much my heart is racing. Tomorrow is the last day of the month, so I'll ask for monthly votes one last time. If Shi San's kept his word well enough, please throw me a vote if you have one. If you don't, that's fine too—thank you for your support all the same! Whew, I'm dead tired...)
Leaving aside how Daoist Wanwan, once the foremost Pill Refiner, lost his composure in public and challenged Longque to a showdown, this appraisal gathering dropped three thunderclaps out of a clear sky. Everyone had seen the Great Dream Golden Divine Pill with their own eyes. No one present believed the Golden Divine Pill could not withstand an Immortal Tribulation. Such a wondrous thing was the first thunderclap. Daoist Wanwan's public challenge brought the Pill Refiners' rivalry into the open and set it ablaze. That was the second. Those two thunderclaps alone shook the entire Immortal Realm to its foundations.
But the third thunderclap brought the real benefit: a dark horse had emerged at the appraisal gathering, not another Golden Divine Pill, but a strange magic treasure. No matter how far apart two people were, words spoken into the treasure could reach the other person's ears. The news did not pack quite the same punch as the first two explosions, but it made excellent conversation over tea and after meals. It spread just as quickly, rippling from point to point and filtering from the top down throughout the Immortal Realm.
Luo Qian planned to establish a "communications company," then build it bigger and stronger until it became the Samsung of the Immortal Realm. Why Samsung rather than Nokia? Ah,