Dark clouds blanketed the sky, and the Thunder Serpent flashed within them!
An enormous energy vortex coalesced amid the dark clouds, radiating a heart-stopping aura that shook the entire Misty Cloud Sect.
Countless disciples and elders of the Misty Cloud Sect stopped what they were doing and turned their eyes toward the dark clouds overhead.
Sensing the terrifying aura emanating from that energy vortex, disciples and elders alike wore expressions of fear.
"Wh-what is going on? Why are there dark clouds in the sky?"
"Could this be heaven's punishment?"
"Has someone in our Misty Cloud Sect done something that enraged heaven and mankind, causing the heavens to rain divine punishment down upon us?"
Countless disciples went weak in the knees, murmuring under their breath.
The elders of the Misty Cloud Sect, however, quickly came to their senses after a brief panic.
"Is this a lightning tribulation?"
"Legend has it that a Seventh-Grade Pill brings a lightning tribulation when it emerges. Could someone in the sect have refined a Seventh-Grade Pill?"
"Never mind that Master Gu He isn't here—even if he were, he couldn't refine a Seventh-Grade Pill!"
"Could the master alchemist refining that Seventh-Grade Pill be Mr. Xiao, the man even the sect master treats with courtesy?"
Several elders immediately agreed with that suggestion.
If that gentleman truly was a Seventh-Rank Alchemist, it would explain why the former sect master treated him with such courtesy.
Outside the Misty Cloud Sect Main Hall!
Jia Xingtian and Yun Shan stood side by side in midair, quietly watching the pill lightning phenomenon in the sky.
Yun Shan said calmly, "Yun'er, Yanran, go disperse those disciples. Keep them away from the palace where our young friend Xiao is staying."
Once the pill lightning descended, even the slightest shock wave would be far beyond what