Humm...
As the girl's voice rang out, the entire Greenstone Plaza trembled slightly.
Inside the pill cauldron before the obese elder, a vermilion pill the size of a longan quivered. The ninth pill ring shining on its surface gradually dimmed, then vanished altogether.
The same happened to the Void God Pills that dozens of other Dao of Alchemy Grandmasters were refining.
Their pill rings, and even the Pill Marks on their surfaces, were affected to varying degrees.
The worst-stricken among them saw his nearly formed pill shatter outright. Fortunately, he reacted in time and shielded his Pill Cauldron with his own spiritual power, preventing it from exploding.
"This is bad!"
The instant the ninth pill ring disappeared, the obese elder's face filled with shock and fury. "Who shook the city's protective restrictions? Such audacity!"
He abruptly raised his head and cupped his hands toward Xuanyuan Hong, his voice heavy with anguish. "My pill was nearly complete, but then... Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
Xuanyuan Hong froze on the spot.
The duck already in his grasp had flown away?
The supreme-grade Void God Pill that was about to leave the cauldron had actually fallen in grade, becoming a high-grade pill?!
High-grade and supreme-grade might have differed by only a single word, but their effects were as far apart as heaven and earth.
If Liu Qing took a supreme-grade Void God Pill, she would have roughly a sixty-percent chance of advancing to Spirit Transformation and extending her lifespan by a thousand years.
But if she took a high-grade Void God Pill, that chance would be no more than forty percent. And with Liu Qing nearing the end of her lifespan, even that forty-percent chance would drop another notch!
"Damn it! Damn it all!"
The more Xuanyuan Hong thought about it, the angrier