Just as Xiao Yao was preparing to go one step further and leap straight into the volcanic magma, a spatial fluctuation descended from the top of this grotto-heaven.
The Pill Workshop Venerable's figure materialized. Clad in azure robes, he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Little friend, this is truly rather dangerous. I wonder if the elders in your household know about it?"
The Pill Workshop Venerable's words were quite even-tempered, carrying a hint of inquiry and concern.
Ordinarily, facing Xiao Yao, whose cultivation was far beneath his own, he had no need to be so courteous.
The reason for his current attitude was naturally that he had already guessed Xiao Yao's origins.
In the past thousand years, cultivators capable of withstanding the burning force of Furnacefire Grotto-Heaven with their physical bodies alone had never appeared.
With such a terrifyingly strong body, that heaven-defying healing ability, and such pure True Dragon Breath, how could this Pill Workshop Venerable—regardless of how much he avoided worldly affairs—not know of that peerless prodigy who had gathered the great fortune of the Canglan Righteous Path into herself and entered the Dragon Lord's tutelage?
If one ranked every cultivator on the Canglan Continent according to the heights of their backgrounds, the young female cultivator before him would unquestionably be Canglan's foremost.
Not to mention an ordinary Mystic Insight Venerable like himself—even a higher-level Great Venerable, or any other peak cultivator who arrived, would absolutely not dare use force against her.
"Greetings, Senior. Sorry for troubling you. I already told my elders about this before coming, so there won't be any problems."
Upon seeing this senior Pill Workshop cultivator appear, Xiao Yao bowed and properly saluted him. "I have long heard that Furnacefire Grotto-Heaven is an excellent place for refining true pills, and I have yearned