Feng He now placed great value on Huo Lian. After all, Huo Lian was unquestionably among the strongest few here, and was currently his most capable assistant.
Moreover, Huo Lian had once been the Demon Hall Master. Some of the secrets he knew might be unknown even to Feng He.
Thus, Feng He paid close attention to certain things Huo Lian did.
"The mist vortices here haven't dispersed yet," Huo Lian said.
Everyone looked around. Sure enough, just as Huo Lian had said, the vortices had not vanished. Pale green mist still flowed rapidly, and the vortices still spun at high speed, showing no sign of stopping or dispersing.
Their attention had all been on the pills earlier. Once they had seized the pills, they had paid no further attention to anything else.
Now, at Huo Lian's reminder, their expressions grew somewhat grave.
They all carefully observed the changes in the surrounding vortices and the flow of mist.
Huang Xiao was no exception. With that reminder from the Patriarch, he focused all his attention on the various unusual movements around him.
Unfortunately, ever since everyone had divided the pills among themselves, the aura here seemed to have fallen dormant, showing no changes.
This left Huang Xiao very curious.
By rights, the vortices that had appeared earlier had brought those pills, so once everyone obtained the pills, the vortices should have vanished.
Yet from the look of things now, these vortices had no intention of receding.
They neither receded nor changed, leaving everyone unable to fathom what exactly these vortices intended to do.
"What tricks is that old bastard, the Immortal Alchemist, playing?" Feng He could not help cursing. "Why not just reveal the Longevity Pill? Since he left it behind, it was meant for those who came after him."
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