Listening to the Ninth Grade Golden Pill describe the Artifact Refiner Alliance, Xiao Ce did not know what to say.
Was a Six-Star Dou Sheng... really weak?
He was already pleasantly surprised that the Artifact Refiner Alliance founded by his deployed clone had survived, feeling rather like he was watching his own child grow up smoothly.
Especially when he heard the Ninth Grade Golden Pill say that the Artifact Refiner Alliance could stand shoulder to shoulder with the Emperor Clans, a little pride rose in his heart.
A faction without a Dou Di bloodline, standing alongside the great Emperor Clans through its own legacy alone-this was already something he could be very proud of.
Until he heard that the Soul Contract Stele had been stolen. His pride instantly faded, replaced by profound displeasure.
"This mysterious expert-Golden Pill, have you looked into them? Is there a theory most people agree on?" Xiao Ce immediately asked through voice transmission.
The Ninth Grade Golden Pill's reply rang out immediately. "Hmm... there isn't a widely accepted theory.
"But the Artifact Refiner Alliance had an Early Eight-Star Dou Saint expert at the time. To kill him without letting any word get out would have required at least the cultivation of an Early-Stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng.
"Of the five supreme experts back then-Xiao Xuan of the Xiao Clan, Gu Yuan of the Gu Clan, the Burning Flame Ancestor, Dan Feng, and Hun Tiandi of the Hun Clan-Xiao Xuan and the Burning Flame Ancestor both died at Hun Tiandi's hands, so we can rule them out.
"Dan Feng was obsessed with alchemy at the time, and the Soul Contract Stele never appeared in the Pill Tower, so we can rule him out too.
"So, really, the only suspects are Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi."
"Come to think