"What's going on?"
Lu Ren frowned slightly and immediately emerged from the Reincarnation Ancient Pagoda.
A moment later, Nie Xiaochi's anxious voice came from the distance.
"Lu Ren, come on! I'll get you out of the Withering and Flourishing Alchemy Pavilion!"
Lu Ren rose and saw Nie Xiaochi hurrying in.
"Quick!"
Without another word, Nie Xiaochi grabbed Lu Ren's hand and pulled him toward the loft's exit.
Lu Ren followed Nie Xiaochi out.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
But just as the two stepped outside, a series of tremendous impacts sounded from the direction of the Discarded Pill Pool.
Powerful waves of the Grand Dao swept toward them.
"Now's our chance. Hurry!"
Nie Xiaochi urged him on.
But Lu Ren turned toward the Discarded Pill Pool, frowning. "Nie Xiaochi, what exactly happened?"
"Something's gone wrong at the Discarded Pill Pool!"
Nie Xiaochi kept pulling Lu Ren along. "There's a discarded pill in there that's about to take human form!"
"What?"
Shock crossed Lu Ren's face. "A discarded pill can take human form?"
"Yes!"
Nie Xiaochi nodded. "I've been with Master for years, and this is the first time I've ever heard of a discarded pill taking human form!"
It was rare enough for any pill to take human form, let alone one that had failed during refinement.
"According to the elders, that discarded pill is a fifth-grade supreme-grade Dao pill Master tried to refine years ago—the Thunder Source Dao Ruins Elixir!"
Nie Xiaochi went on, "The refinement failed, so Master threw it into the Discarded Pill Pool!"
"Who could've imagined the Thunder Source Dao Ruins Elixir would keep absorbing energy from the pool all this time? Now it's not only gained sentience—it's even about to take human form!"
Disbelief threaded through Nie Xiaochi's voice.
"Absorbing energy from the Discarded Pill Pool?"
Lu