246: Make it known to the public!

Lu Hao replied, "It is simple, because this is only a semi-finished Medicinal Pill, not a complete Nine-Rank Pill!"

As soon as Lu Hao said this, it was like a thunderclap on a clear day, exploding directly in the ears of countless Alchemists.

"This... how is this possible?! How could a Medicinal Pill refined by twenty-three Great Grandmasters of Alchemy at the cost of their lives be a semi-finished product?! Lu Hao, even when you talk nonsense, there must be a limit!"

Dan Ding's aged voice rang out, filled with disbelief.

These words also drew echoes from the many Alchemists; in their hearts, that instance of Alchemy was a legend.

It symbolized the unbreakable pursuit of the Dao of Alchemy by the Alchemists of the entire Danling State!

It was the determination to press forward even unto death!

How could it be shaken by just a few words from Lu Hao?

Lu Hao slowly shook his head, his eyes carrying a hint of indifference, and continued, "Everyone, quiet down and listen to me tell a story!"

This time, Lu Hao infused every sentence with pressure, so everyone present felt somewhat uncomfortable from this force.

Apart from Dan Ding and Guo Yongsi, no one else had the energy to interject.

As for the other Nascent Void experts of the Danling State, they were rushing over frantically; the closest would take an hour, and the furthest would still need several days to arrive.

Lu Hao spent some time telling the world everything Guo Yongsi had told him regarding the twenty-three Great Grandmasters' Alchemy session.

Of course, Lu Hao did not mention the matters regarding the Origin and the 108 States.

After hearing Lu Hao's words, everyone present was stunned on the spot...

"This... is this true?" "Impossible, how could it be like this?!"

For a moment, they dared not believe it—was the truth of that year actually like this?

The many Alchemists were silent for a while, but soon someone raised a doubt, saying loudly:

"Senior Lu, this is just your one-sided story. What evidence do you have to prove what you said?"

"If you have no evidence, please do not alarm the public here. You are insulting the predecessors of our Danling State!"

Dan Ding also spoke: "Lu Hao, how is this possible? If what you say is correct, then what my master told me—could it be wrong?!"

Hearing the crowd's doubts, Lu Hao just shrugged indifferently. He was simply following his heart to tell the world the truth of the matter; as for whether they believed it or not?

What did that have to do with Lu Hao? Believe it or not!

But just at this moment, Guo Yongsi stepped out!

Since he had already chosen Lu Hao, he would see it through to the end. No matter what Lu Hao did, he, Guo Yongsi, would support him. Even if it meant conflicting with the majority of Alchemists, he didn't care!

He believed in the divination techniques he had cultivated; they would never lead him to an ungrateful person. Moreover, after several years of contact and understanding, he believed Lu Hao was definitely not that kind of person.

Guo Yongsi flew directly into mid-air, then suddenly released his own aura! Nascent Void Rank 9!

In an instant, Guo Yongsi's pressure spread across ten thousand miles. Everyone present stiffened, watching Guo Yongsi with trembling bodies; it was a feeling of suppression from the level of life itself.

It made them completely unable to muster any intention to resist. Even Dan Ding's expression changed drastically at this moment; he clearly felt that his cultivation was somewhat unable to circulate.

Nascent Void Rank 9 against Nascent Void Rank 6 was a suppression! The crowd's gaze shifted from Lu Hao and turned to look at Guo Yongsi.

"Everyone, everything Lu Hao said is true, because I was one of the twenty-three Alchemists who participated in refining the Nine-Rank Pill back then!" "Guo Yongsi of the Yi Dan Sect!"

As he spoke, Guo Yongsi took out a token from his Storage Pouch; it was the token of an Elder of the Yi Dan Sect!

Silence, deathly silence! Everyone present looked at Guo Yongsi with their jaws dropped, as if they had seen a ghost.

"Heavens, oh heavens! He is a predecessor of our Danling State! I have actually seen a legendary figure with my own eyes today?!"

Including Dan Ding, his heart was also extremely unsettled at this moment!

This... why is what these people are saying completely different from what my master told me?! Didn't my master say that the Nine-Rank Pill was a finished product? Didn't he say that I only needed to obtain this one pill to greatly increase the probability of breaking through to the level of a Great Grandmaster?

Why are these people telling me now that the pill is not a finished product?! What is going on! What is my master hiding from me?

For a moment, Dan Ding's mind was a mess. Dan Ding did not know his master from the early days; he had only met him by chance after he became the Sect Master of the Ancient Pill Sect.

When they first met, Dan Ding didn't pay much attention, just treating him as a like-minded practitioner of Alchemy. But as the two exchanged more and more about the Dao of Alchemy, Dan Ding was completely won over!

This person's attainments in the Dao of Alchemy were far, far higher than his own. In Dan Ding's estimation, he had even faintly touched the Realm of a Great Grandmaster!

Because of this, when that person offered to take him as a disciple, Dan Ding thought it over and agreed! The capable are teachers; that has always been the way!

In the years that followed, Dan Ding always deeply believed everything his master said! That was, as long as he could obtain that Nine-Rank Pill, with his master's help, he would have a great chance of breaking through to become a Nine-Rank Alchemist!

But the prerequisite was that no one could become a Nine-Rank Alchemist before him, because once someone broke through, they would directly grasp the Origin of Alchemy, and it would be very difficult for Dan Ding to break through then!

This was the reason why Dan Ding had tried his best to stop Lu Hao from collecting medicinal ingredients.

He was the first person to discover that Lu Hao possessed Heaven-Defying talent in Alchemy. He had deep wariness towards Lu Hao, but out of his own sense of decorum, he had not shown it before.

It wasn't until later, when Lu Hao came to him to request a Nine-Rank Pill Formula, that he finally couldn't hold it back and began to panic.

However, what Dan Ding did not know was that the people of the Thousand Stars State did not want a Nine-Rank Alchemist to appear in the Danling State even more than he did, and had even destroyed the vast majority of Nine-Rank Pill Formulas because of this. In particular, Nine-Rank low-grade Pill Formulas had almost gone extinct!

Now, in the entire Danling State, only Dan Ding possessed a Nine-Rank low-grade Pill Formula; even Dan Ding himself did not know this!

But now, both Lu Hao and that Nascent Void Rank 9 expert had come forward to declare that it was a semi-finished Medicinal Pill. Could a mere semi-finished Medicinal Pill really help him ascend to the Realm of a Great Grandmaster?

Dan Ding fell into deep doubt, and at this moment, he actually believed some of Lu Hao's words!