Buzzz!
Strange ripples suddenly spread through the space the pill was about to pass through.
Then time and space seemed to briefly reverse and slip out of alignment!
The Venerate Peak Pill had clearly been fleeing forward, yet it suddenly appeared before Chu Zhou and flew straight into his hand.
"What kind of spatial technique was that?!"
The few Dou Zun experts watching the pill emerge were deeply shaken.
To manipulate space so effortlessly and capture a fleeing peak seventh-rank pill meant that Chu Zhou's understanding of spatial laws surpassed their own.
"Come."
Chu Zhou put the pill directly into the Demonic Flame Space, then waved his hand to retrieve the Myriad Beast Cauldron and the Variant Demon Puppet.
Once that was done, he nodded to Feng Qing'er, ready to leave as soon as the Heavenly Demon Phoenix expert brought out the spirit boat.
Only then did a powerful aura streak through the air and arrive near the spirit boat. The newcomer cupped his hands toward Chu Zhou in greeting. "I am..."
He was an imposing-faced old man wearing the python-patterned brocade robes unique to the Heavenly Snake Empire's Imperial Family. His aura had reached the level of a Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong. His eyes filled with reverence and excitement as he looked at Chu Zhou and bowed deeply.
“This old man is Red Brows, an Imperial Family Offering of the Heavenly Snake Empire. Greetings, sir.”
"May I ask your esteemed name?"
Chu Zhou stood on the deck with his hands behind his back and replied calmly, "I am Chu Zhou."
"Chu Zhou?" A gleam flashed through Red Brows' eyes, and his tone grew enthusiastic. "Are you Master Chu Zhou of the Black-Corner Region?"
The Black-Corner Region had produced a man named Chu Zhou who claimed he could refine Grade