Just as the Grand Elder and the others were sending the pill bottle, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect, standing not far from the Heavenly Dao, stared nervously at the azure jade token in his hand!
Suddenly, the azure jade token burst with a brilliant azure light!
“Boom...”
The azure light shot into the sky, followed by a sudden warp in space as a pill bottle materialized directly above the azure jade token.
The moment he saw the bottle, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect looked delighted and snatched it out of the air.
Right then, the Grand Elder's voice echoed from the azure jade token:
“Sect Master, Sect Master, did you receive the pills?”
“I got them!” the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect replied, examining the pill bottle in his hand.
He then added, “Is the efficacy of this batch stronger than the last one?”
Huo Furong's voice chimed in next:
“Don't worry, they are definitely stronger than the last batch!”
Just as the Sect Master was about to reply, he suddenly felt something was amiss.
He could feel the familiar, oppressive aura of the Heavenly Dao descending once more.
It was a sign that the Heavenly Dao was about to wake up!
“Holy crap... I've got to get to work!”
After blurting that out, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect skillfully poured the pills out of the bottle.
With a gentle flick of his finger, the black pills, which carried the power of laws, dissolved into the rules of the Heavenly Dao.
The Heavenly Dao, which had been on the verge of waking, immediately fell back into a deep slumber.
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect had already braced himself to sing a lullaby, only to find that the Heavenly Dao had gone straight to sleep this time!
“I have to admit, Huo Furong's skills are getting better and better!”
Just then, the azure jade token lit up once more:
“How did it go? Is it resolved?”
Hearing the Grand Elder's inquiry, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect quickly replied,
“Resolved! This batch is much stronger than the last one!”
“Hehe... Don't worry. Sooner or later, I will refine a poison that kills her for good!”
Huo Furong's confident voice rang out from the jade token.
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect nodded. He believed that if given enough time, Huo Furong would definitely pull it off!
But right then, a sudden change occurred. The Heavenly Dao, which had just fallen asleep, showed signs of waking up again!
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect shuddered in fright, his face turning deathly pale.
“I've got to get back to work!”
He quickly began singing the lullaby again:
“Go to sleep, my baby~...”
“My dear little baby, sleep, sleep...”
As he sang, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect carefully observed the situation.
Why did the Heavenly Dao suddenly show signs of waking up again?
He soon discovered that the black rules introduced by the pills, which had merged into the Heavenly Dao's rules, were actually slowly dissolving away...
“Holy crap... has she developed a drug resistance?!”
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect lost track of how long he had to sing the lullaby before the Heavenly Dao finally fell back into a deep slumber...
“Phew...”
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect let out a long breath, feeling completely exhausted.
This was too damn hard!
“What happened?”
The Grand Elder's worried voice came through.
“I think she developed a drug resistance...”
Hearing the Sect Master's reply, Huo Furong's eyes widened in disbelief.
She had only used it once, and a resistance had already developed?
As expected, the Heavenly Dao was not so easily dealt with.
Just then, Hanyan's voice sounded:
“How is Lu Ming doing?”
Hearing Hanyan's question, the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect quickly used the Heavenly Dao projection to check on Lu Ming in the Thunder Pool.
When the Thunder Pool had exploded earlier, it happened to coincide with the critical moment of the Heavenly Dao's awakening.
He had been entirely focused on coaxing the Heavenly Dao back to sleep, so he hadn't paid any attention to Lu Ming!
But as he examined the projection, he realized there was no sign of Lu Ming in the Thunder Pool!
“Huh... where did he go?” the Sect Master couldn't help but mutter to himself.
“What's wrong? Did you not find Lu Ming?” the Grand Elder asked through the sound transmission.
“No!”
The Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect was also deeply confused.
How could Lu Ming just disappear? Had he left?
Hearing the Sect Master's transmission, Hanyan and Huo Furong couldn't hide their worry.
“He's going to be okay, right?”
Huo Furong turned to the Grand Elder and asked.
The Grand Elder frowned deeply and began to perform a divination with his fingers.
Suddenly, his expression shifted, and he said in a solemn voice,
“I can't divine his whereabouts!”
Both Huo Furong and Hanyan were stunned.
There was actually something the Grand Elder couldn't divine?
“What do you mean?”
Hanyan asked urgently.
“Hold on... Let me try again...”
The Grand Elder replied as he resumed his divinations.
Yet, there was still absolutely no trace of Lu Ming.
“I still can't divine anything.”
The moment the Grand Elder finished speaking, Hanyan vanished in a flash!
He disappeared into the void, reappearing in the airspace directly above the Thunder Pool.
At this moment, Tribulation Lightning and Punishment Lightning were resting in their respective areas.
Both of them had already fully recovered from their injuries.
“Brother Puny, that explosion earlier was insane! It actually blew us right out of the Thunder Pool!”
Punishment Lightning nodded in agreement and chimed in,
“You bet! Our big brother is amazing. He wiped out that old bastard, the Ten Thousand Tribulations Dao-Destroying Lightning, in one go!”
They could no longer feel the oppressive aura that had once weighed so heavily on them.
It had completely and utterly vanished.
“Big brother is awesome! Big brother is mighty! Big brother walks around bare-assed...”
Tribulation Lightning shouted excitedly.
Then, he asked in confusion,
“Hey, why hasn't big brother come out yet?”
Punishment Lightning looked toward the depths of the Thunder Pool and said as if it were obvious,
“Big brother is a man of great deeds. He must be busy with something important. He'll come out once he's finished!”
“Yeah! Brother Puny, you really understand big brother the best!”
Punishment Lightning boasted proudly, “Of course! No one in this world understands big brother better than me!”
When Hanyan arrived, he happened to overhear their conversation.
Because of Lu Ming, everyone in the Qingshan Sect had learned the lightning language.
Thus, Hanyan understood their conversation perfectly.
Hearing their exchange, Hanyan realized they hadn't seen Lu Ming come out either.
Without greeting them, Hanyan flashed forward and began searching the Thunder Pool for Lu Ming.
He swept through the entire area, but there was no sign of Lu Ming anywhere!
By now, Huo Furong and the Grand Elder had also arrived at the Thunder Pool and joined the search.
The three of them combed through every corner of the Thunder Pool, but still came up empty-handed.
They couldn't even find his Weapon Vault!
Had Lu Ming simply vanished without a trace—alive or dead?
“Grand Elder, is Lu Ming really okay?”
After leaving the Thunder Pool, Huo Furong pressed him again.
The Grand Elder shook his head. “I can no longer see the fate of certain death on his face.”
“So that means he's still alive?” Huo Furong pressed.
The Grand Elder let out a helpless sigh. “I don't know.”
“Can you really not divine anything about him right now?”
The Grand Elder then sent another transmission to the Sect Master of the Qingshan Sect, asking if he could locate Lu Ming using the Heavenly Dao projection.
The answer he received was a resounding no.
There was no sign of Lu Ming anywhere in the entire Xuantian Continent!
“Damn it! This is all the fault of those bastards from the Ancient God Clan!”
Huo Furong cursed under her breath. In a flash, she flew straight toward the Ancient God Clan's base.
Hanyan's eyes flickered as he silently followed behind her.
The two arrived at the Ancient God Clan's territory and, without a single word, unleashed a barrage of attacks at the Patriarch and the others.
The onslaught sent the Patriarch and his two elders fleeing in utter panic...
“Huo Furong, Hanyan! Let's talk this out! How on earth did we offend you?”
“Yeah! Why are you attacking us out of nowhere?”
“...”
The three of them cried out, though they couldn't help but feel a little guilty.
After all, they strongly suspected that their own Ancestor had somehow provoked Huo Furong and Hanyan again!
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