Chapter 315: Thrashing the Pill King

Chapter 315: Chapter 315: Thrashing the Pill King

Thinking of this, Yi Xiaoyao turned and walked into Yun Mengling’s room.

Yun Mengling was sitting on the bed. When she saw Yi Xiaoyao come in, she blushed slightly.

"Xiaoyao, how could you just barge into my room like that?" Yun Mengling said shyly.

Yi Xiaoyao gave a helpless smile, but his expression quickly turned serious. "Ling’Er, how are you holding back the elixir’s power?" he asked.

"It’s not looking good. This elixir’s power is exceptionally insidious and bizarre. If my Holy Light Power’s defense wasn’t so strong, its effects would have already permeated my body."

Yun Mengling shook her head and said with a pout, "I can only suppress its power for one day, at most."

Yi Xiaoyao frowned. "One day?"

In such a short amount of time, there was no telling if Bai Ye could even bring Dan Jiu back from the Great Shang Dynasty. If the elixir’s power flared up before Dan Jiu arrived, the consequences would be unthinkable.

And Yi Xiaoyao could never gamble with Yun Mengling’s safety by simply sitting idly by.

"Ling’Er, do you know the name of that elixir? Or who refined it?" Yi Xiaoyao asked.

This alchemist was the one who had provoked Yi Xiaoyao’s deepest fury, an enemy he had yet to eliminate.

Yun Mengling frowned and shook her head. "The Second Prince had someone deliver the elixir. I don’t know anything else."

Just as Yi Xiaoyao was knitting his brows in thought, Yun Mengling suddenly gasped.

"That’s right! Along with that elixir, there was also an Ice Skin Jade Bone Pill, and it was a supreme-grade Four-Stripe Elixir!"

The pieces instantly clicked into place for Yun Mengling. Remembering this clue, she immediately named the suspect.

The Pill King!

Hearing this name, a cold glint returned to Yi Xiaoyao’s eyes. He took Yun Mengling, and in a flash, they vanished from the room.

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The Pill King’s Mansion.

Despite the great turmoil that had shaken the Twenty-One Cities today, an endless stream of people still flocked to the Pill King’s Mansion seeking elixirs, just as they always did.

And as the foremost alchemist in the Great Xia, the Pill King’s mansion was also filled with countless other alchemists who had come to study his techniques.

Even though an audience with the Pill King required an exorbitant fee, the place was still packed with hopeful alchemists.

At this moment, the Pill King was seated on a high platform, lecturing to the several hundred alchemists below about the art of alchemy.

"The path of alchemy is much like cultivation. Talent determines an alchemist’s rank, and is therefore the most crucial element."

"An Alchemy Technique is like a Cultivation Technique."

"The might of a Pill Fire is like the might of Spiritual Power."

"My master was fortunate enough to receive the legacy of a Pill Immortal. I inherited my master’s Alchemy Technique, and combined with my own considerable talent for alchemy, I am thus able to refine Four-Stripe Elixirs."

Upon hearing this, the eyes of the alchemists below filled with awe and longing.

"Pill King, I believe that one day, you will refine the legendary Five-Stripe Elixir!" a sycophant below chimed in flatteringly.

The Pill King, though inwardly pleased, simply shook his head.

"I am only able to refine Four-Stripe Elixirs because I inherited my master’s Beast Flame Purple Fire. To refine a Five-Stripe Elixir, I would need to subdue one of the world’s most powerful flames. That is my life’s ambition."

As the Pill King spoke, a hint of arrogance appeared on his face. "But even so, I have more than enough to be proud of. In all of the Great Xia, whose Alchemy Skill can possibly surpass mine!"

The crowd below voiced their agreement, their eyes filled with adoration. Every one of them yearned to one day reach the Pill King’s level of supreme mastery.

The Pill King smiled smugly, basking in the adoring gazes of the alchemists below.

But at that very moment, a thunderous CRASH echoed out, and the entire Pill King’s Mansion shook violently.

In the next instant, a phantom-like figure appeared directly behind the Pill King on his high seat, grabbing him by the neck. Then, he burst through the roof and shot into the sky above.

Everyone’s faces fell. Who would dare to be so brazenly disrespectful to the Pill King?

To snatch the Pill King away like a helpless chick, in full view of everyone?

"Ling’Er, is this the man?"

High above the Pill King’s Mansion, Yi Xiaoyao held the still-dazed Pill King aloft as he questioned Yun Mengling.

"That’s him. Pill King Mo River."

Yun Mengling nodded in confirmation. The thought that this was the man who had refined the elixir she was forced to consume immediately filled her face with disgust.

"Mo River?"

Yi Xiaoyao scrutinized the man before him with an icy gaze. Though it was their first time meeting, he had heard the name ’Pill King’ countless times. So this was the man—someone in his fifties.

Without waiting for Mo River to speak, Yi Xiaoyao immediately threw a punch.

The next moment, a fiery illusion flashed. Yi Xiaoyao’s figure materialized out of thin air along Mo River’s backward trajectory, and he threw another punch.

A rapid series of blows followed, each one flashing into existence and creating a string of shocking booms that echoed through the sky.

And Mo River, the most prestigious alchemist, lauded as the Pill King, was now like a tattered punching bag, being sent flying back and forth through the air, screaming incessantly.

Below, the elixir seekers and the student alchemists all stared blankly up at the sky, their mouths hanging wide open.

"My heavens, the Pill King is our Great Xia’s foremost alchemist! Even the Emperor of Great Xia must treat him with courtesy, and yet now..."

"That black-robed man... who in the world is he? How dare he be so brazen, so disrespectful to our most revered Pill King!"

"What are you all standing around for? Go save the Pill King!"

Among those who had come seeking elixirs, there were, of course, some powerful experts with high cultivation, and the Pill King’s Mansion had its own contingent of formidable guards.

With a great roar, the experts soared into the air to rescue the Pill King.

But in the next moment, an incomparably immense pressure descended as a series of terrifying figures materialized in the sky.

"It’s them! It’s them!"

"They’re the Alliance Leaders from the Chaotic Alliance Domain! They’re the ones who killed the City Lords of our Twenty-One Cities!"

"Then the one brutalizing the Pill King... could he be the Great Demon Monarch, Yi Xiaoyao?!"

"No wonder he dares to treat the Pill King like this! This man even dared to kill the Second Prince; is there anything he wouldn’t do?"

Everyone froze, staring in terror at the figures in the sky, and immediately guessed their identities.

Now, no matter how agonizing the Pill King’s screams from above were, no one dared to intervene.

Everyone was just incredibly curious as to what the Pill King could have possibly done to offend Yi Xiaoyao.

BOOM!

With one last furious punch, Yi Xiaoyao sent Mo River crashing into the ground below, gouging out a large crater.

Yi Xiaoyao and Yun Mengling landed on the edge of the crater. Looking at Mo River, who had been beaten to a pulp inside the pit, Yi Xiaoyao let out a cold, slightly satisfied smile.

"A good beating first not only lets off some steam, but it also makes the questioning much more convenient."

Yi Xiaoyao muttered to Yun Mengling, then turned and bellowed for all to hear, "Mo River! Did you, or did you not, refine two elixirs for the Second Prince?!"

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