Chapter 460 - A Slap In The Face (1/2)

Translator: GE_Team

“What?! This is!”

All eyes gravitated towards the jade platform. On the center of the platform, a bald old monk who was as thin as a twig was standing below the Pill Stele.

He stood silently in the wind and snow by his lonesome. His presence giving off the natural demeanor of a grandmaster.

He sighed heavily. That sigh felt quite aged, bringing out heavy feelings like the vicissitudes of life that he experienced.

He placed his hands on the Pill Stele. The upright stone slab then began to give out light of four different colors. The light continued to intensify and rose as high as it could. When it reached the highest scale of the fourth color which represented the Peak Fourth Revolution, it came to a sudden halt. It was already at the maximum limit the Pill Stele could test.

At this moment, the Pill Tablet lightly trembled. Above the snowy sky, five-colored clouds suddenly emerged.

All of a sudden, countless exclamations resounded across the atmosphere.

“The five-colored clouds! The Pill Stele from the Pill Island could only test up to the Fourth Revolution of pill refinement mastery. If a Fifth Revolution Pill Master takes the test, five-colored clouds will appear. It’s because the Pill Stele could not measure Fifth Revolution pill refinement mastery! This man is no doubt a Fifth Revolution Pill Master!”

“What?! A Fifth Revolution Pill Master?! In the Rain World’s eight hundred cultivation countries, there are only several Fifth Revolution Pill Masters. All of them are famous individuals who are known far and wide. Who is this man? Why does he look so unfamiliar…?”

“It’s him! The former sect master of the Heavenly Jade Sect, Yi Yunzi! He has High Grade Fifth Revolution pill refinement mastery. This man had gone missing for many years. Unexpectedly, he came to participate in the Pill Ceremony!”

“Huh? Are you saying that this man is Yi Yunzi? But I saw him when I was visiting the Zhou Clan as a guest several hundred years ago.”

“The Zhou Clan? Could this person have already joined the Zhou Clan?”

Countless cultivators were guessing and discussing among themselves. After Yi Yunzi revealed his identity, the experts of the Giant Devil Clan immediately welcomed him and led him to the seats for honored guests. Many pill refinement masters also rose from their seats and greeted him.

Yi Yunzi’s eyes were as calm as the old leaves of an ancient vine. None of the pill refinement masters in the area could draw his attention.

Only when his eyes scanned past the great elder of the Pill Island and the sect master of the Scarlet Heaven Palace did his expression look slightly different.

His eyes suddenly became as bright as a torch. The pill refinement mastery of the great elder of the Pill Island, Huang Tingzi, should be almost on par with his.

As for the palace lord of the Scarlet Heaven Palace, Mo Xiu, his pill refinement mastery was slightly above Yi Yunzi’s level!

When Yi Yunzi took his seat on the seatings designated for honored guests, Mo Xiu’s expression turned stern all of a sudden. He sent a message to Yi Yunzi through telepathy.

“Yi Yunzi, you weren’t better than me in the past. Even though you have become a feudal ranking elder of the Zhou Clan, you still won’t surpass me!”

“Perhaps… Even though you are stronger than me, you are just a tiny bit better.”

No one knew that Mo Xiu had taunted Yi Yunzi.

The uproar gradually dissipated. The first round continued to proceed in good order.

Each of the Third Revolution Pill Masters passed the first round.

There were also many Fourth Revolution Pill Masters who managed to cut a conspicuous figure in front of countless cultivators.

Six pill refinement masters from the Scarlet Heaven Palace were joining the Pill Ceremony. Other than their palace lord, Mo Xiu who was already a well-known High Grade Fifth Revolution Pill Master, the remaining five of them had yet to attain the Fifth Revolution and were all required to take the test.

The five pill refinement masters of the Scarlet Heaven Palace had once encountered Ning Fan before this. All of them had an egg on their faces and were almost killed by Ning Fan’s claw attack.

Although their combat power was weak, their pill refinement techniques were quite the opposite.

Four of them had achieved High Grade Fourth Revolution pill refinement mastery while the other had attained the Peak Fourth Revolution!

Five Fourth Revolution Pill Masters appeared on the platform at the same time which instantly stirred up a commotion among the crowd.

“These five individuals truly deserve to be the special pill refinement masters of the Scarlet Heaven Palace. Each of their pill refinement mastery is enough to be universally shocking.”

“Being a Fourth Revolution Pill Master is enough to make you a person of importance to a country. The pill refinement mastery of these five individuals are at least of the High Grade Fourth Revolution and one of them is even just a hair’s breadth away from the Fifth Revolution. The Scarlet Heaven Palace really has a well-deserved reputation of being one of the ‘Nine Palaces’ of the Rain Palace. It successively gave birth to geniuses. Not only does the palace lord have an extremely profound pill refinement mastery, but his subordinates also have outstanding pill refinement realms!”

The cheers and exclamations from the crowd were obviously extremely pleasing to the five pill refinement masters of the Scarlet Heaven Palace.

Of the five, the elderly man with the highest pill refinement realm was Chi Lao. He felt extremely pleased with the flattering response of the crowd in particular.

The pent-up frustration he had bottled up after being embarrassed by Ning Fan in the past was completely swept away at this moment.

His old eyes looked at the surroundings, deliberately questioning Elder Fu Bai who was hosting the test.

“I’ve heard that Revered Ming is also participating in the Pill Ceremony. Why hasn’t he arrived yet?”

“Perhaps something has delayed him while he was on his way. He will probably arrive in a short while.” Fu Bai politely answered. Even though he was the great elder of the Giant Devil Clan, he still had to be courteous when dealing with a Peak Grade Fourth Revolution Pill Refinement Master.

“Is that so…? Hehe. I really look forward to what kind of result Revered Ming will get. The recent hot rumors said that Revered Ming has become the half disciple of the Pill Sovereign. With that kind of identity, he would have to at least be a Fourth Revolution Pill Master, right? However, I think Revered Ming is a cultivator who goes through grueling cultivation. He is incredibly strong and even has powerful techniques. His pill refinement mastery, however, might not necessarily be strong. It is known to all that pill refinement mastery can only be gained through refining pills. It isn’t something that one can obtain from killing people.”

Chi Lao’s words fell into the ears of countless cultivators under the enhancement of his magic power.

Every one of those cultivators had no idea about the grudges Chi Lao had against Ning Fan. Hence, they found what he said rather reasonable.

Well, it was true that the Pill Sovereign had personally acknowledged that Ning Fan was half a disciple to him. Ning Fan had to at least have Fourth Revolution pill refinement realm so that he would not tarnish the Pill Sovereign’s name.

However, Ning Fan was a notorious devil lord who slaughters everywhere all day. How could he have the time and peace to research pill refinement.

Most of the people agreed with Chi Lao’s perspective, thinking that there was no way Ning Fan could have profound pill refinement mastery. They even thought that it was possible for him not to have achieved the Fourth Revolution.

In addition to that, when they saw that Ning Fan had yet to arrive after the Pill Ceremony had started for some time already, they began to wonder whether or not he was afraid of embarrassing himself as he would be disqualified without Third Revolution pill refinement mastery.

Each of the old monsters seemed to have understood what Chi Lao was hinting at. More and more people began to have this kind of thoughts.

Chi Lao’s eyes flashed with a hint of pleasure.

He could not win against Ning Fan in a real fight but it was rather fun to tarnish his reputation and harass the Great Heaven Palace behind their backs.

When it comes to killing, Chi Lao and the other four pill refinement masters together would still be unable to rival one Ning Fan.

In terms of pill refinement, however, Chi Lao was very confident that he could completely overwhelm him.

The fact that Ning Fan had heaven-defying strength while being only five hundred years old was already unacceptable to him.

If Ning Fan was also well-versed in pill refinement, it would be too unreasonable.

“It’s naturally impossible for that Zhou Ming to have Fourth Revolution pill refinement mastery. He probably isn’t even at the Third Revolution. I really don’t understand why a significant figure like the Pill Sovereign would keep someone with such a weak pill refinement mastery as a disciple… It really makes me jealous!”

Chi Lao’s heart was filled with envy and disdain towards Ning Fan.

When he was about to go down from the platform with the other four pill refinement masters after completing the test, they were suddenly stopped by two shadows.

One of them was the divine son of the Profound Heaven Palace, Yun Niansu.

The other person was the feudal ranking elder of Pill Island, Yang Gu.

Yun Niansu was a refined gentleman. The way he looked at Chi Lao was filled with mild contempt.

He had previously met Ning Fan on Gusu Island and was aware of his terrifying strength.