Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 604: Mo Wuji Must Die
"Congratulations on the Alliance Leader's successful cultivation retreat!" As soon as the young man emerged, the dozen or so Pill Dao Immortal Alliance pill refiners and elders surrounding the cave bowed respectfully.
This young man was none other than Xiao Lishi, the Alliance Leader of the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance, and also the one with the highest level of pill refinement in the Alliance. In addition to that, he was also an Immortal Emperor of the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance, and even in the later stages of the Immortal Emperor realm. If he hadn't devoted himself to the study of pill refinement, with his talent and aptitude, he would have already stepped into the ranks of Great Immortal Emperors.
Xiao Lishi's face was calm, his expression serene. Not a speck of dust could be seen on his body, giving him an ethereal, detached air. If people didn't know better, they would never suspect that he had just emerged from a thousand-year cultivation retreat, but would assume he had simply walked out of his bedroom.
"Thank you all for waiting here so long. Let's go to the Pill Dao Grand Hall to sit down and talk in detail," Xiao Lishi said with a wave of his hand, his tone gentle and amiable.
Gongyang Xue, a Seventh Grade Pill Emperor of the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance, was a pill-obsessed individual. He couldn't even wait to return to the Pill Dao Grand Hall before eagerly asking, "Alliance Leader, have you broken through the shackles and advanced to a Ninth Grade Pill Emperor?"
Xiao Lishi sighed, "I've been in seclusion for a thousand years, and every time I'm about to break through the shackles, I always fall short by just a little bit. Perhaps this obstacle, I might not be able to overcome even in another hundred thousand years."
Hearing that the Alliance Leader had not advanced to a Ninth Grade Pill Emperor after a thousand years of seclusion, Gongyang Xue's expression also became disappointed.
Xiao Lishi knew Gongyang Xue's nature. He smiled slightly, "Pill Refiner Gongyang, although I am not yet able to advance to a Ninth Grade Pill Emperor, I am still the strongest pill refiner in the Immortal Realm. Through this seclusion, my understanding of the Pill Dao has progressed even further. Moreover, within ten thousand years, I believe that no Ninth Grade Pill Emperor will appear."
Gongyang Xue seemed to completely disregard that Xiao Lishi was the Alliance Leader of the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance. He shook his head without hesitation and said, "That's not necessarily true. That Mo Wuji is probably not even a hundred years old, yet he's already a Fifth Grade Honor-ranked Pill King. What's even more terrifying is his understanding of refining Immortal Spiritual Herbs. He can even purify the essence of the Azure Pomegranate Immortal Herb to nearly ten percent. Given time, he probably won't need ten thousand years to step into the ranks of Pill Emperors."
"Mo Wuji? Who is Mo Wuji? A Fifth Grade Honor-ranked Pill King who is not even a hundred years old? He can really purify the essence of the Azure Pomegranate Immortal Herb to nearly ten percent?" Xiao Lishi stopped walking, his tone filled with astonishment, firing off several questions in a row.
As a pill refiner about to advance to a Ninth Grade Pill Emperor, Xiao Lishi knew better than anyone what a Fifth Grade Honor-ranked Immortal Pill King under a hundred years old meant. Even for him, let alone becoming a Fifth Grade Immortal Pill King within a hundred years, he wouldn't even be close to becoming a Heavenly Immortal within a hundred years. At the same time, as an Immortal Pill Refiner, the most difficult thing was the purification of Immortal Spiritual Herb essence. The Azure Pomegranate Immortal Herb wasn't of a high grade, but it was well-known for being difficult to purify. He couldn't purify this kind of Immortal Spiritual Herb to nearly ten percent either.
If there really was such a person, how strong would this guy's talent for refining pills have to be? No, it wasn't just pill refinement, his cultivation talent was just as boundless.
The Vice Alliance Leader of the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance, Hu Zhenyu, hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Alliance Leader, this matter is a long story. Let's go back and talk about it."
Xiao Lishi didn't look at Hu Zhenyu, but stared at Gongyang Xue and said, "Everyone here is an elder of my Immortal Pill Dao Alliance. If there really is a Fifth Grade Honor-ranked Pill King under a hundred years old, then he will definitely be the number one Pill Dao master in the Immortal Realm in the future. No, even in terms of cultivation, there won't be many who can surpass him."
In Xiao Lishi's view, one had to be at least in the Great Essence Immortal realm to refine Fifth Grade Excellent Immortal Pills. He naturally didn't know that Mo Wuji had pioneered a cultivation path of meridians, possessing one hundred and eight meridians and cultivating with a mortal body devoid of spiritual roots. Even his Pill Dao was different from conventional Pill Dao.
Who could refine pills and purify Immortal Spiritual Herbs to nearly one hundred percent? Mo Wuji could. Who could refine pills using the God Storage Meridian? Mo Wuji could.
Gongyang Xue wasn't interested in power or anything like that at all. All he cared about was Pill Dao. For him, Mo Wuji's information was just that he was an elder of the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance, and then he accidentally perished, and later there seemed to be news again. That was all.
He didn't know anything about the various transactions between the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance and Emperor Lun Cai, nor had he ever thought about knowing.
Xiao Lishi's words were clearly meant for Hu Zhenyu, but he deliberately said them to Gongyang Xue. After finishing speaking, he turned to Hu Zhenyu and simply said two words, "Explain."
Hu Zhenyu's heart skipped a beat. How could he not know what the Alliance Leader Xiao Lishi meant? Gongyang Xue was focused on Pill Dao and didn't care about anything else, which Xiao Lishi naturally knew. Since that was the case, the Alliance Leader had spoken that way just now, which meant that he was seriously dissatisfied with him.
Xiao Lishi probably felt that there was a sense of urgency, and that he, Hu Zhenyu, was saying that it wasn't urgent and that it was a long story.
Hu Zhenyu didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore and quickly said, "Mo Wuji's understanding of Pill Dao is astonishing. The first time he entered the Pill Dao Tower for assessment, he became a Fourth Grade Honor-ranked Pill King, then became an elder of my Immortal Pill Dao Alliance, and was assigned as a power-wielding elder of the JiaoJian Immortal Ruins branch..."
Hearing that Mo Wuji was already an elder of the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance, Xiao Lishi breathed a slight sigh of relief. His first priority next was to meet Mo Wuji.
However, Hu Zhenyu's following words made his expression become increasingly unpleasant. When he heard Hu Zhenyu say that Mo Wuji had fallen in the Concentrated Soul Immortal Jade Pond, and that the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance and Emperor Lun Cai had reached an agreement to take action against the people around Mo Wuji, Xiao Lishi could no longer bear it. He stepped forward, raised his hand, and gave a slap.
"Slap!" Hu Zhenyu was directly sent flying by Xiao Lishi's slap, and several teeth were knocked to the ground.
Even Hu Zhenyu knew that Xiao Lishi had held back, otherwise, how would an Immortal Emperor in the later stages need to make a second move to deal with him?
"Alliance Leader, I really didn't know that he hadn't died," Hu Zhenyu had an image of an immortal sage in front of others, but in front of Xiao Lishi, he didn't dare to be presumptuous at all.
Xiao Lishi sighed, "You are no longer suitable to be the Vice Alliance Leader of the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance. Do you think I took action against you because Mo Wuji didn't die? The reason why my Immortal Pill Dao Alliance has stood in the Immortal Realm for countless years is because everyone in the Alliance has a sense of belonging to my Immortal Pill Dao Alliance. But what have you done? No matter how precious the quota for the Gods Tower is, is it worth exchanging for the reputation that my Immortal Pill Dao Alliance has built up over countless years?
"What if Emperor Lun Cai is strong? My Immortal Pill Dao Alliance has never been threatened by others. The reason why my Immortal Pill Dao Alliance can become a place revered by everyone in the Immortal Realm is not only because of Pill Dao, but also because of its own strength. An Emperor can't threaten my Immortal Pill Dao Alliance. If an Emperor could threaten my Immortal Pill Dao Alliance, then there would be no need for my Immortal Pill Dao Alliance to exist.
"Hu Zhenyu, do you know how much damage your decision has done to my Immortal Pill Dao Alliance? At the same time that the people around Mo Wuji were killed, cracks have already appeared in the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance. These cracks are not external, but internal to my Immortal Pill Dao Alliance. Because from the moment Emperor Lun Cai took action against the people around a deceased elder of the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance, the pill refiners and protectors of the Alliance were clear on one thing: once something happened to them, the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance was no longer worth relying on. For such an organization, who would sincerely serve it?"
Hu Zhenyu didn't quite agree with what Xiao Lishi said. He believed that the resources of the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance were unique in the Immortal Realm and that this small matter would definitely not weaken the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance's control and influence over the Immortal Realm.
Although he thought so in his heart, Hu Zhenyu still said respectfully, "I will definitely bring Mo Wuji back to the Immortal Realm safely and restore his status as an elder of the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance."
Xiao Lishi sighed again, "It was indeed the biggest mistake I made to promote you to be the Vice Alliance Leader of the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance. I haven't met that Mo Wuji. Do you think that someone who can become a Fifth Grade Honor-ranked Pill King before the age of one hundred is as brainless as you?
"If Lun Cai hasn't taken action yet, or hasn't killed the people around him, then you can do this. It's never too late to mend the fold. Now that the people around him have been killed, even if my Immortal Pill Dao Alliance kneels down and begs for forgiveness, that Mo Wuji will definitely not forgive the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance. A genius like him is definitely proud and arrogant and doesn't allow dust to exist in his heart. For someone like that, since we've already offended him, there's only one path we can take."
Xiao Lishi didn't say the rest of his words, but everyone understood what he meant. The Immortal Pill Dao Alliance must kill this Mo Wuji.
Everyone understood the Alliance Leader's meaning. A dazzling talent like Mo Wuji was definitely not an ordinary person once he grew up.
If you can't befriend this kind of person, don't offend them. Once you've offended them, there's only one path: you must eliminate them.
Xiao Lishi didn't continue to talk about Mo Wuji. He knew that everyone understood his meaning.
Hu Zhenyu was very clear that his position as Vice Alliance Leader was probably not going to be preserved. He sighed in his heart and stepped forward to bow again, "Zhenyu's actions lacked consideration. Please punish me, Alliance Leader."
Xiao Lishi said calmly, "Let those two quotas be given to the most promising people in the Immortal Pill Dao Alliance. You will be relieved of your position as Vice Alliance Leader and focus on studying Pill Dao."
"Yes." Although he was very unwilling in his heart, Hu Zhenyu could only agree. He had taken on all the responsibilities to obtain the two quotas, but in the end, not only did he lose his position as Vice Alliance Leader, but he was also unable to go to the Gods Tower.
What could be more depressed and unwilling than this?
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More than a dozen extremely resilient blade beams directly pierced into Mo Wuji's bones, and Mo Wuji's rapidly advancing body suddenly slowed down.
Before the blade beams could tear apart his bones, the vitality of Mo Wuji's Life Meridian had formed a complete cycle. At the same time, his Body Tempering Art operated to the extreme. The blade beams that were tearing apart Mo Wuji's bones seemed to have transformed into gurgling Immortal Marrow under the Body Tempering Art, beginning to change Mo Wuji's body once again.
A series of bone-cracking sounds like firecrackers rang out continuously. Without the slightest hesitation, Mo Wuji poured the Billion-Year Immortal Wood Marrow onto his body. Under this wave of cultivation, the strength of his physical body directly rushed to the ninth level of the Spirit Body realm before stopping.