Library of Heaven’s Path - Chapter 2202

It was no wonder he had only managed to produce four pills despite thinking that he would be able to forge at least a dozen of them. It turned out that the remaining medicinal energy had been concentrated on the Pill King!

Not only so, the Pill King’s intelligence was on par with that of a human.

While the other pills were rushing out, the Pill King had been hiding in the cauldron, making it impossible for anyone to notice its presence. While Zhang Xuan was distracted by the other pills, it had managed to escape.

The Pill King’s patience and timing were indeed extraordinary.

If he had succeeded, he would have lost the most precious item in the pill forging.

“Do you think that you can escape?”

Not expecting to be toyed with by a mere pill, Zhang Xuan stomped his feet and drove his zhenqi.

Boom!

The air around him rippled as he dashed in the direction where the Pill King had disappeared.

He drove the Red Dust Heaven Ascending Steps to its limits, but he was even faster than the Pill King!

“High-tier Celestial God … is capable of flight?”

Fu Jiangchen widened his eyes in shock.

Only God Kings were capable of flight. This was an unchangeable rule of the Firmament, but not only did the young man before him manage to snatch away the Pill King with a single slash, he was even able to fly!

How in the world did he do it?

For a moment, Fu Jiangchen wondered if his eyes were playing tricks on him.

The fleeing Pill King did not think that a high-tier Celestial God would be able to fly, much less fly so quickly. Seeing that it would not take long for the other party to catch up to it, it immediately turned around and morphed into a savage-looking young man before launching a palm strike at the Pill King.

A powerful burst of energy rippled through the air.

The strength that the Pill King wielded had actually reached the God King realm, making it on par with Fu Jiangchen!

“Humph!”

With an awful look on his face, Zhang Xuan stopped and dodged the attack. At the same time, he raised his sword to meet the Pill King’s attack.

Even though the Heaven’s Path zhenqi in his body had been completely depleted by the gray energy, he realized that his fighting prowess had grown even stronger than before.

It was just that his zhenqi reserves were too low, making it impossible for him to fight freely without worrying about running out of zhenqi.

Thus …

He had to end this as soon as possible!

It wasn’t just a matter of the zhenqi in his body. More importantly, the Pill King’s escape had caused too much of a commotion. In just a few breaths of time, there were already dozens of divine senses probing over. If he didn’t settle this quickly, it would be easy for unforeseen events to occur.

The silk of a spring silkworm will not be exhausted until it dies, and the tears of a candle will dry up when it turns to ashes!

The sword intent of the sword techniques he had comprehended in the Heavenly God Realm burst forth. A tiny thread shot out from the tip of the sword, like a candle igniting its final flame, or like a silkworm spitting out its final thread before its death. With boundless profundities, the thread arrived in front of the King of Elixirs and wrapped around him tightly.

“You …”

The King of Elixirs was stunned, he could not believe it.

The difference between a God King and a Celestial God was like two completely different lifeforms. Zhang Xuan thought that as long as he turned around and used his full strength, he would surely be able to kill the other party easily. Never in his dreams did he think that he would be sealed before he could even execute a single move.

Were high-tier Celestial Gods really that powerful?

“Return!”

Knowing that his zhenqi wouldn’t be able to hold on for too long, he knew that he wouldn’t be able to hold on for too long. He had expended quite a bit of zhenqi to execute two sword arts while flying at full speed, so he couldn’t be bothered to waste his breath.

“AHHH!”

With a cry of agony, the King of Elixirs shrank back into a round pill, and the spirit within him vanished.

Zhang Xuan heaved a sigh of relief after catching the King of Elixirs. With a flick of his sword, the sword qi shrouding the King of Elixirs flew toward him. Just as he was about to reach out to grab the King of Elixirs, his body suddenly stiffened. The King of Elixirs suddenly froze in midair, and even the zhenqi in his body seemed to be disobeying him.

“What’s going on?”

Zhang Xuan narrowed his eyes in astonishment. Following which, he saw a beautiful lady walking over from afar.

With a light flick of her wrist, the King of Elixirs that was shrouded in sword qi was caught between her fingertips.

“This friend over here, this pill is something that our Verdant Grass Gazebo has paid a heavy price to forge. It just escaped a moment ago. Thank you for helping me catch it!”

The lady said with a smile.

“Verdant Grass Gazebo?” With a thought, the zhenqi in his body burst forth from his acupoints, dispersing the energy that had been restraining him. Zhang Xuan narrowed his eyes.

On top of that, the Apothecary King had the ability to help one achieve a breakthrough to the God King Realm. The allure of the Apothecary King was simply too great. He had been worried that someone would try to snatch the King of Elixirs from him, but who could have thought that it would really happen.

To think that the other party would speak so confidently after snatching the possession of another … As expected of the Firmament, there were no rules. Everything was decided by one’s fist.

“That’s right!” The eyebrows of the lady shot up. With a flick of her wrist, a jade token appeared in her palm. “This is the token of our Verdant Grass Gazebo. Since you helped me capture the pill, I can’t let you do it for free. With this token, you can head to our Verdant Grass Gazebo and choose any cultivation technique you like as compensation!”

The jade talisman swayed lightly and slowly flew over.

“You want to snatch it by force?” With a slash of the sword in his hand, the jade token was sliced into two. Zhang Xuan narrowed his eyes and said, “Do you know the consequences of trying to snatch my possession?”

It was one thing for the other party to restrain him and snatch the pill that he had tied up, but to actually claim that the pill belonged to him, she was truly shameless.

“Snatch your possession? I have paid a heavy price to forge this pill. Do you think that a mere high-tier Celestial God would be able to forge it? ” The lady sneered coldly as she flung her sleeves. “What a joke!”

“Of course I wouldn’t be able to forge it. This pill was forged by Master Fu Jiangchen. I provided him with the medicinal herbs and forging technique, but he managed to escape right after I completed the forging. That’s why he chased after me. You said that you were the one who forged the pill, but do you know what kind of medicinal herbs were used to forge the pill?”

Zhang Xuan.

“Fu Jiangchen?” The lady sneered. “It seems like you also know that it’s him. I was the one who entrusted him to forge the pill, and I even provided him with the medicinal herbs. How did it become yours all of a sudden? You shouldn’t spout nonsense like that … Alright, I won’t take advantage of you. I’ll bring him over right now to prove to you who the pill belongs to! ”

After saying those words, the lady lowered her head and looked in a certain direction. “Fu Jiangchen, what are you waiting for? Hurry up and come over!”

Her voice swiftly traveled down like a thin thread.

Zhang Xuan narrowed his eyes.

There was no one else in the area, but there were dozens of Spiritual Senses in the area. The fact that the lady had claimed that the pill belonged to her as soon as she opened her mouth could only mean one thing — to claim the Pill King as her own!

Otherwise, her reputation would be tarnished.

Just from this, it could be seen that the lady before him wielded a high standing in Linglong Royal City.

“You dare to act so brazenly after stealing my pill? May I know how I should address you?” Zhang Xuan harrumphed coldly.

“You know of the Verdant Grass Gazebo, but you don’t know me?”

The lady was stunned for a moment before she looked at Zhang Xuan with a smile. “I am Baiye Qinghong!”

“Baiye Qinghong?”

Zhang Xuan’s face darkened. “Conferred God King?”