A Single Pill Rivals an Immortal

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The next morning, Old Daoist Wu Wang, who had stayed awake late the previous night pondering where to obtain true immortal fire, rose much later than usual. Even so, as he pushed open his door, he muttered to himself, "Would it work if I collected the fire ignited when heavenly lightning struck a tree? That should no longer count as ordinary fire."

Old Daoist Wu Wang did not know that if the same tree were repeatedly struck by heavenly lightning and its flames never went out, the fire at its core would be called Sky Thunder Brilliant Fire. Unfortunately, it could not arise in the Dharma-Ending Land.

Having just pushed open his door and stepped into the temple courtyard, Old Daoist Wu Wang was immediately startled. The wooden basin in his hands fell to the ground with a smack. Several black-clad men lay sprawled against the wall in all manner of positions. Two of them had died miserably, their skin rotted away to reveal bone. Countless finger-half-deep little holes covered the courtyard floor, packed so densely that it looked as though the ground had been pockmarked.

"Bandits? Assassins?" Old Daoist Wu Wang had devoted himself wholly to alchemy these past years, with no distractions. Compared with ordinary people, his temperament had been tempered rather well, so he quickly calmed down and guessed at their origins. "Could they have come for those two Fellow Daoists? After all, they had only arrived to stay the night yesterday, and black-clad men came knocking."

But in the blink of an eye, more doubts arose. "This old daoist slept poorly all night, yet I never sensed the slightest sound