As time passed, all the Cultivators lingering in the Divine Pill Pavilion gathered at the Pill Assessment Department.
Their gazes toward the young man were filled with sympathy.
“Pill Master Wu has been in there for so long.
Why hasn’t he come out yet?”
“He probably went to seek instructions from the Divine Pill Pavilion Inner Cabinet Hall.
After all, since this happened within the Divine Pill Pavilion, it’s unlikely Pill Master Wu can just kill someone as he pleases.”
“But after humiliating a generation’s Pill Master and insulting the Divine Pill Pavilion, this boy is probably dead meat.”
“Does anyone recognize him?
Which family’s scion is this?”
At those words, the Cultivators slowly shook their heads.
Clearly, none of them recognized Jiang Hao.
One Cultivator muttered to himself, “I actually find this kid a bit familiar.
It feels like I’ve seen him somewhere before, but I just can’t remember.”
“It doesn’t matter who he is anymore.
He’s just a dead man walking.
Why bother thinking about it?”
The crowd couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
Some Cultivators had eyes full of mockery, and a few schadenfreude-filled individuals continuously chimed in.
“Kid, by offending the Divine Pill Pavilion, even if you had a hundred lives, it wouldn’t be enough.”
“So young, yet you really don’t know the immensity of heaven and earth.
Should we call you ignorant, or fearless?”
Hearing the chatter of the surrounding crowd, Ye Tiannan and Zhang Changsheng felt even more despair.
Just as everyone was anticipating how the Divine Pill Pavilion would execute this ignorant child right before their eyes, a resonant, powerful voice rang out from within the pavilion.
“The Elders have arrived!”
Everyone turned toward the sound, only to see five old men with the bearing of transcendent immortals marching shoulder to shoulder, arriving with imposing momentum.
Wu Jing followed cautiously behind them.
While his expression was humble, a faint look of shock still lingered between his brows.
“Wu Jing, where is this young man you mentioned who submitted the Fusion Pill for assessment?” The moment the five Elders appeared, the one in the lead spoke up immediately.
When they saw clearly who had arrived, everyone in the Pill Assessment Department was slightly stunned, their expressions changing drastically.
“The five Elders of the Divine Pill Pavilion’s Pill Hall?”
“Heavens, this kid actually drew out five Elders of the Divine Pill Pavilion at the same time!
It seems the Divine Pill Pavilion is truly enraged this time.”
“Humiliating a Pill Master in public and insulting the Pill Pavilion—this is a slap in the face to the Divine Pill Pavilion.
How could they not be enraged?”
“This boy is truly foolish and ignorant.
I want to see how he’s going to handle the wrath of the Divine Pill Pavilion.”
While the Cultivators murmured among themselves, the five Elders of the Divine Pill Pavilion and Wu Jing personally arrived at the Pill Assessment Department.
“We pay our respects to the five Pill Masters,” they chorused.
Instantly, countless Cultivators bowed in unison to the five Elders.
Even the ashen-faced Ye Tiannan had no choice but to bow in greeting.
Beside them, Zhang Changsheng practically scrambled over to Wu Jing and the others on his hands and knees.
Trembling violently, he pleaded, “Please quell your anger, Elders.
Please quell your anger.”
Seeing it was Zhang Changsheng, one of the five Elders immediately said in a flat tone, “Changsheng, Wu Jing mentioned that you brought the person up here?
Which one is he?”
Hearing the Elder’s inquiry, Zhang Changsheng’s heart skipped a beat.
He thought, “It’s over, it’s over.
They’re here to hold us accountable.”
He stammered, “Elders, it is true that Changsheng brought the person up, but Changsheng didn’t know that the esteemed gentleman…”
“I am asking you a question.
Which one is the young man who submitted the pill for assessment?”
“Answering the Elder, it is…
it is this gentleman.” Zhang Changsheng pointed at Jiang Hao.
After speaking, he slowly closed his eyes, as if he had accepted his fate.
Following his gesture, the five Elders of the Divine Pill Pavilion quickly walked toward Jiang Hao.
Seeing the five Pill Master Elders approach simultaneously, many Cultivators took a slight step back.
“Kid, you’re dead for sure.
In your next life, remember to know your own limits.
If you want to die, at least find an appropriate place,” a Cultivator whispered in a low voice, seemingly taking great pleasure in seeing disaster befall someone else.
However, when the five Pill Master Elders of the Divine Pill Pavilion reached Jiang Hao, their footsteps stiffened one by one as they all looked the person in front of them up and down.
They thought, “He is indeed extraordinary.
He has the lingering aura of the Fire of Heaven and Earth on his body.
He is undoubtedly an Alchemy Master.”
After confirming that the young man’s body carried the aura fluctuations inherent to an Alchemy Master, the five Pill Master Elders became even more certain of their thoughts.
At once, the leading old man stepped toward Jiang Hao first.
Then, under the utterly shocked gazes of countless Cultivators, he actually offered a slight bow to the young man.
“I am Gai He, Grand Elder of the Divine Pill Pavilion Inner Cabinet Hall.
I was unaware that we would have such a young friend visiting today.
If there has been any slight, I hope you can be magnanimous and forgive us.”
Gai He’s bow instantly dumbfounded all the Cultivators present.
For a moment, everyone looked as if they had seen a ghost, their eyes filled with disbelief.
“What’s going on?
A Divine Pill Pavilion Elder is actually bowing to that boy?
Am I seeing things?”
“How is this possible?
That’s the Grand Elder of the Divine Pill Pavilion!
A big shot whose single stomp could make the entire Xingyue City Earth Realm tremble three times is actually performing a formal Dan Family greeting to a wet-behind-the-ears kid?”
Seeing this sudden scene, everyone was flabbergasted.
Even Ye Tiannan was instantly stunned, standing as though struck by lightning.
Zhang Changsheng’s eyes snapped open wide, filled with pure incredulity.
Jiang Hao, however, remained calm and composed, as if he had already anticipated this scene.
He also bowed slightly and said, “I am Jiang Hao.
Greetings, seniors.”
“You are too polite, my young friend.
It was the Divine Pill Pavilion that failed in our manners first; this old man is truly ashamed,” Gai He immediately replied with a wry smile.
Hearing this, Wu Jing tactfully stepped forward and offered a slight bow to Jiang Hao as well.
“Jiang Xiaoyou, I was overly presumptuous earlier.
I hope you won’t hold it against me.”
“You exaggerate, Pill Master Wu,” Jiang Hao said with a smile.
“I was the one who intentionally provoked you first.
You are the one who shouldn’t hold it against me.”
Watching the massive shift in the Divine Pill Pavilion’s attitude, many Cultivators simply couldn’t accept the disparity.
He was just a wet-behind-the-ears kid!
What right did he have to receive such respectful treatment from the five Elders of the Divine Pill Pavilion?
One had to know that even these Cultivators would normally have to look respectfully upon Zhang Changsheng.
This sheer contrast instantly threw a few jealous individuals off balance.
One Cultivator immediately spoke up, “Sirs, are you mistaken?
This kid used a Fusion Pill to humiliate Pill Master Wu.
How can the Divine Pill Pavilion still treat him like this?”
“Hmph.
Frogs at the bottom of a well, how could you possibly understand the profound meaning behind this?” Gai He gave a cold snort before immediately turning back to Jiang Hao, his eyes full of anticipation.
“My young friend, we have just discussed this.
The Divine Pill Pavilion is interested in purchasing those three pills of yours.
We are willing to offer 800,000 taels of silver.
What do you think?”
Refining raw herbs directly into pills held milestone value across the entire Alchemy Realm.
The level of Alchemy Dao required to achieve it was simply priceless.
However, as soon as those words were spoken, everyone else felt as if they had been struck by lightning, and they gasped in unison.
“Eight…
800,000 taels of silver?”
“A mere three bottom-tier Low-grade Elixir Fusion Pills are actually going for 800,000 taels of silver?”
For a moment, the crowd turned pale with fright, their eyes filled with shock.
800,000 taels of silver to buy Fusion Pills?
Ye Tiannan’s eyes were also wide with shock.
He was thoroughly stunned.
One had to realize that 800,000 taels of silver was nearly half a year’s income for the Ye Family.
This was an astronomical price, and it was just to buy three bottom-tier Low-grade Elixirs!
But after Gai He finished speaking, Jiang Hao calmly replied, “Senior must be joking.
I have no intention of selling these three Fusion Pills.”
Hearing this, Gai He’s eyes dimmed slightly.
He felt secretly disappointed, thinking it a great pity that he couldn’t secure these wondrous pills for the ages.
To his surprise, in the very next moment, Jiang Hao said evenly, “Although the pills aren’t for sale, they can be given away.
If the Divine Pill Pavilion doesn’t mind them, I will gift them to you, Senior.”
“How could we possibly accept that?” Even though Gai He’s lips mouthed polite refusal, his face was already blooming into a wide smile.
Jiang Hao continued calmly, “I have a request for the Divine Pill Pavilion.
I only hope to meet the Pavilion Master in person.
I hope Senior can accommodate me.”
The moment Jiang Hao said this, a Cultivator sneered aloud.
“Heh heh, what a massive joke!
Young man, what kind of figure do you think the Pavilion Master of the Divine Pill Pavilion is?
He’s not someone just anyone can meet.
Hoping to look upon the Pavilion Master’s true face using only three bottom-tier Low-grade Elixirs—are you daydreaming?”
Even though the Divine Pill Pavilion spending 800,000 taels to buy three Fusion Pills was highly surprising, just who was the Pavilion Master of the Divine Pill Pavilion?
He was an existence that even the City Lord of Xingyue City couldn’t easily meet.
In the Xingyue City Earth Realm, the Pavilion Master of the Divine Pill Pavilion had long been deified in the hearts of the people.
Yet Gai He did not hesitate in the slightest.
He immediately replied, “My young friend, please come with this old man.
The Pavilion Master happens to be meeting guests in the Inner Cabinet today.
The venerable master will surely be very happy to meet you.”
After saying this, Gai He immediately made a gesture of invitation.
Seeing this, Jiang Hao bowed slightly, then called upon the dumbstruck Ye Tiannan.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone present, they walked into the Divine Pill Pavilion Cabinet.
This scene left all the Xingyue City Cultivators completely dumbfounded.
As Gai He walked past Zhang Changsheng, he subconsciously paused.
After thinking for a moment, he said evenly, “Changsheng, starting today, you don’t need to work in the front hall anymore.
Go work in the Cabinet.”