Nine Dragons Saint Ancestor

”Vice Chairman Qian, judging by the size of the thunderclouds and the thickness of the first Pill Thunder, Yun Xiao’s elixir refinement this time will attract at least four or five Pill Thunders, right?”

From his seat in the north, Ouyang Wuantong, the Sect Leader of the Shenxiao Sect, was not a Meridian Master, but having seen more of the world than the average cultivator, he inquired suddenly.

As the Sect Leader of the Shenxiao Sect, Ouyang Wuantong had naturally witnessed others refining Heaven Rank Elixirs. Even if he wasn’t extremely sure, making a rough prediction wasn’t an issue.

”Four or five Pill Thunders? I’m afraid that’s not all!”

However, right after Ouyang Wuantong’s voice fell, Qian Sanyuan’s eyes grew increasingly bright with excitement. Compared to the previous, who wasn’t a Meridian Master, he was indeed a genuine Heavenly Rank Low Level Medical Pulse Master.

Initially, Qian Sanyuan didn’t have much confidence in Yun Xiao’s unusual actions earlier, but now he stared excitedly at the thunderclouds in the sky and the fleeting silver lightning, his confidence greatly boosted.

”Could it really attract Six Paths Pill Thunder?”

At Qian Sanyuan’s words, Li Yunfan, the Island Master of Ling Kong Island, was visibly shocked. He originally thought Gu Huashan’s victory in the Medical Vein was certain, but hadn’t expected such a turn of events.

”Let’s just watch; even I can’t tell what level that elixir can reach this time!”

Qian Sanyuan only inferred from the size of the thunderclouds and the thickness of the first lightning that Yun Xiao’s refined elixir might be extraordinary, but he was not exactly clear about the specifics.

But Qian Sanyuan had a vague feeling that this time, the elixir Yun Xiao was refining was absolutely extraordinary, potentially attracting not just Six Paths Pill Thunder, but being equivalent to Gu Huashan.

Thinking of the unbelievable feats the young man had achieved recently, Qian Sanyuan’s expectations were even higher than those of the many onlooking cultivators.

Crash! Crash! Crash!

As if to confirm Qian Sanyuan’s words, a thunderbolt suddenly shot out simultaneously from the thunderclouds above Yun Xiao, pouring into the medicine tripod before him.

”It’s actually Three Thunders Falling Together!”

Witnessing this scene, many knowledgeable Meridian Masters were dumbfounded because what they saw was unlike regular Pill Thunder.

Previously, whether it was Xiao Shijing, Mo Qing, or Gu Huashan’s Soul-Melting Demon-Taming Pill, the Heavenly Tribulations fell one by one because most elixirs couldn’t withstand the tempering of multiple Pill Thunders simultaneously, which often led to complete failure.

But now, the unknown elixir Yun Xiao was refining not only attracted the Pill Thunder but, after the first Pill Thunder, three others fell simultaneously.

This indicated something significant, leaving many Meridian Masters excited and forming a bold guess in their hearts, though they could only speculate until the Pill Tribulation was complete.

”So what if it’s Three Thunders Falling Together? That’s still just four Pill Thunders!”

Unlike the unrelated onlookers, as a direct competitor, Gu Huashan looked a bit displeased, although he continued to encourage himself.

In the history of the Tenglong Continent, there’ve been those who’ve refined pills capable of Three Thunders Falling Together. Back at the Meridian Refining Conference when Lu Yanji was the President, he crafted a heaven-defying Divine Elixir with this effect.

That also served as Lu Yanji’s trump card for winning the Medical Vein championship during that time. Now that Yun Xiao has recreated the Three Thunders Falling Together, it seemed to suggest something, leaving Gu Huashan naturally in a bad mood.

However, Gu Huashan still had considerable confidence in his Soul-Melting Demon-Taming Pill, the greatest source of which was that Yun Xiao hadn’t advanced to the level of a Heavenly Rank Intermediate Meridian Refiner, and could, at most, draw Six Paths Pill Thunder, equaling him at best.

Buzz buzz buzz...

Three Thunderbolts crashed into the medicine tripod simultaneously, and the rampant energy seemed to strain even the Earth Rank Advanced Medicine Cauldron, causing it to emit a humming noise that slightly altered many people’s expressions.

”Oh no, Yun Xiao might be in trouble this time!”

Feeling the humming noise emanating from the medicine tripod, Qian Sanyuan couldn’t help but exclaim, thinking that Yun Xiao, in his bid to offend Gu Huashan, overplayed his hand by choosing an Earth Rank Advanced Medicine Cauldron, which might be a miscalculation.

In Qian Sanyuan’s view, if Yun Xiao were refining an ordinary Heavenly Rank Low-Level Elixir, the Earth Rank Advanced Medicine Cauldron might manage to hold up, at least until the completion of this alchemy.

Even crafting an elixir that draws Six Paths Pill Thunder might not entirely destroy the Earth Rank Advanced Medicine Cauldron, as one or two times shouldn’t pose a problem.

The problem arose with these Three Thunders Falling Together. Generally, allowing an Earth Rank Advanced Medicine Cauldron to greet Heavenly Dao Pill Thunder one at a time and to repeatedly temper and resolve them wasn’t a big deal.

However, the power of the three thunders falling together is not as simple as one plus one plus one equals three; it’s a violent force that increases geometrically.

According to Qian Sanyuan’s estimation, the power of these three thunders descending together might be comparable to the energy of the six lines of Pill Thunder from Gu Huashan earlier, especially when this Pill Thunder energy is concentrated and erupts together.

So even though Yun Xiao’s Earth Rank Advanced Medicine Tripod shows no signs of breaking at this moment, a seed of inevitable danger has been planted in the hearts of Qian Sanyuan and others, potentially becoming an irreparable hazard at any time.

The Earth Rank Advanced Medicine Tripod ultimately did not shatter under the onslaught of the three thunders falling together. After a buzzing sound, it gradually stabilized, allowing many people to breathe a huge sigh of relief.

Bang!

After just a few breaths of time, a silver lightning bolt descended from the sky, accurately striking the medicine tripod. However, after witnessing the spectacle of the three thunders falling together, this single lightning bolt left the crowd somewhat disappointed.

Because it seemed as if the energy within the Tribulation Cloud in the sky was nearly depleted, and this was perhaps the last Pill Thunder. Many hopeful onlookers naturally did not want to accept this fact.

”So that’s it, it gave me quite a scare!”

As the involved party, Gu Huashan, the Huashan Old Monster, also let out a huge sigh of relief and internally referred to himself as ”Laizi,” because he believed he had just figured out something about earlier events.

Earlier, upon seeing the Tribulation Cloud attracted by Yun Xiao’s alchemy being larger than his own, Gu Huashan had felt gloomy, thinking that the boy could probably attract at least six lines of Pill Thunder, putting him on par with himself.

But now, Gu Huashan realized that those Tribulation Clouds larger than his own were merely used to breed the spectacle of the three thunders falling together.

In Gu Huashan’s eyes, no matter how stunning the three thunders falling together might be, as long as the elixir refined by Yun Xiao did not ultimately attract six lines of Pill Thunder, the championship of the Meridian Refining Conference’s Medical Pulse path would still belong to him, Gu Huashan.

After the three thunders falling together, another single Pill Thunder descended, making Gu Huashan even more convinced of his judgment that this all seemed like a sign of the Tribulation Cloud’s insufficient power reserve.

”Five Pill Thunders!”

Seeing that bolt of lightning fall into the medicine tripod before Yun Xiao, others, although having their own suspicions, still harbored expectations—could a sixth line of Pill Thunder fall from the sky?

If Yun Xiao stopped here, he would have no chance at the championship of the Medical Pulse path. But if he did attract a sixth line of Pill Thunder, he would tie for first place with Gu Huashan.

At that time, whether it ended there or if the two had another round, Yun Xiao’s Medical Pulse Technique would already be considered recognized. This young man was just in his early twenties.

Compared to the over-hundred-year-old Huashan Old Monster, Yun Xiao, being so young and reaching the level of a Heavenly Rank Low Level Meridian Refiner, had undoubtedly greater potential. In the eyes of those gathered, the intuitive victor belonged to Yun Xiao.

Of course, all of this depended on the premise that Yun Xiao’s latest concocted elixir could truly draw a sixth line of Pill Thunder; otherwise, the imbalance in the number of Pill Thunders would make Huashan Old Monster the more successful.

At this moment, all eyes were fixed on the endless dark clouds above Yun Xiao’s head, wanting to see if these clouds would disperse after the fifth Pill Thunder fell or continue brewing to descend with the earth-shattering sixth Pill Thunder.

”Disperse! Disperse for me!”

Gu Huashan’s face twisted in anguish, screaming hysterically internally without expressing it aloud. Still, upon seeing no signs of the Thunder Clouds dispersing, he almost wished he could rush into the sky to scatter those pesky dark clouds himself.

Previously, Gu Huashan had subconsciously assumed that the single Pill Thunder after the three thunders falling together signaled insufficient power reserve from the Tribulation Cloud; however, the current situation seemed slightly different from what he had imagined.

The Tribulation Cloud that descended with the fifth Pill Thunder showed no signs of dispersing but, on the contrary, concentrated a few more notches in the middle. This implied something ominous that Gu Huashan suspected but was unwilling to admit.

Bang!

Under the watchful eyes of Gu Huashan and everyone else, the Tribulation Cloud, refining over several measures, seemed to shrink inward. Then, almost like a dragon’s breath, it spewed out a silver lightning bolt as thick as a thigh, roaring down.

This lightning was broader than any of the previous ones, even equalling the combined total of the earlier five lightning bolts. This single Pill Thunder utterly crushed the remaining slight hopes in Gu Huashan’s heart.

”The sixth one!”

Many of the onlooking Meridian Refiners spoke in whispers, each tone laden with a trace of incredulity. That youngster, merely past twenty, had truly succeeded!

At this moment, aside from the sound of the Pill Thunder refining the elixir within the medicine tripod in front of Yun Xiao, the entire Lianyun Mountain square fell into silence.