63: Medicine People (XI)

It’s him.

It really is him!

He’s actually already a Pill Emperor!

The string that had been taut in Wang Ye’s mind for ten years finally snapped.

He had thought that after eight years, having achieved a Breakthrough to the Pill King Realm, he had completely emerged from that shadow.

He had thought that standing at the peak of the younger generation in the Western Desert today, he would have a boundless future.

But reality gave him a resounding slap in the face.

While he was still smug about refining a seventh-tier Medicinal Pill, the other party had casually summoned the Pill Tribulation for an eighth-tier Medicinal Pill.

“Pfft—”

Wang Ye could no longer hold on. His mind was in chaos, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, falling straight backward and fainting on the spot.

On the high platform, there was a flurry of activity.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the square, Si Yun paid no heed to any of this.

He looked up at the tribulation clouds in the sky, his expression calm.

Only when the Pill Tribulation dispersed did he casually make a gesture, collecting the eighth-tier Medicinal Pill, which shimmered with Lightning Tribulation, into a jade bottle.

He looked around.

Those Western Desert Prodigies who had previously pointed and mocked him now all lowered their heads, not even daring to meet his gaze.

After this battle, Si Yun’s name resounded throughout the Western Desert.

The Western Desert Holy Land and major top Grotto-Heaven Blessed Lands all sent people with lavish gifts and extended invitations, offering the position of guest elder with astonishingly generous conditions.

But Si Yun politely declined them all.

He continued to cultivate under Divine Alchemist Mo.

Time flew by.

In a blink of an eye, sixty years passed.

During these sixty years, Si Yun’s cultivation base advanced by leaps and bounds. With the help of Divine Alchemist Mo, he successfully passed through numerous Lightning Tribulations and entered the Three Origins Realm, a Realm long yearned for by countless Cultivators.

His Alchemy also naturally reached the Realm of Great Pill Emperor.

Looking across the entire Western Desert, Great Pill Emperors were few and far between, holding extremely revered statuses.

Countless Guiyi Realm powerhouses tried every means to curry favor with him, just to obtain a single Medicinal Pill.

However, a knot remained in Si Yun’s heart.

Southern Border.

Qian Yuan.

The enemy who had regarded him as a perfect medicinal guide, forced him into a corner, and nearly ruined his Dao several times.

On this day, Si Yun emerged from his seclusion. He stood on the mountain peak, gazing distantly towards the Southern Border, his eyes profound.

He was no longer the small Earth Spirit Realm Cultivator who had to hide and flee everywhere.

“It’s time to go to the Southern Border and demand an explanation.”

He found Divine Alchemist Mo and informed him of his intention.

“Go.”

“Although we don’t have the title of Revered Master and disciple, we have the reality of it.”

“It’s inconvenient for this old man to leave the Western Desert, so I’ll have Elder Qin accompany you on your journey.”

The Elder Qin Divine Alchemist Mo spoke of was a long-renowned Guiyi Realm powerhouse and also a guest elder of a Grotto-Heaven Blessed Land.

“Thank you, Revered Master.”

Si Yun bowed deeply, calling Divine Alchemist Mo Revered Master for the first time.

Divine Alchemist Mo’s expression was touched, and his eyes welled up slightly.

And so, he and the taciturn Protector Qin returned to the Southern Border via an ancient cross-domain teleportation array... Southern Border.

He did not rush to Danxia Sect but instead found a city where Cultivators gathered, secretly inquiring about the current situation in the Southern Border.

In the decades since he left, Pill King Qianyuan’s reputation had grown even louder.

Under Qian Yuan’s leadership, Danxia Sect was flourishing.

And Qian Yuan himself had successfully achieved a Breakthrough twenty years ago, also entering the Three Origins Realm and achieving the position of Pill Emperor.

“Three Origins Realm, huh?”

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Si Yun’s mouth.

“Unfortunately, to me, it’s no longer a threat.”

He no longer delayed, his figure flickered, transforming into a streak of light, and flew directly towards Danxia Sect.

Danxia Sect’s mountain gate was majestic and extraordinarily grand.

People came and went in an endless stream before the mountain gate, all Cultivators seeking Medicinal Pills and enlightenment, presenting a prosperous scene.

However, the next moment, all of it became still.

Si Yun’s figure, imbued with supreme majesty, descended above Danxia Sect’s mountain gate.

He did not conceal his aura.

The powerful pressure of the Three Origins Realm poured down, instantly enveloping the entire Danxia Sect.

Silence fell across the land.

All the clamor ceased abruptly.

The hundreds of Cultivators before the mountain gate were all struck with terror.

They had never felt such powerful pressure, their minds were severely shaken, feeling as if they could be crushed at any moment.

“Audacious! What mere junior dares to act so presumptuously in my Danxia Sect!”

An angry shout came from deep within the Sect.

Immediately after, several powerful auras shot into the sky, landing in front of Si Yun.

Leading them were two Heavenly Spirit Realm Elders.

However, when they felt the unfathomable Three Origins Realm aura emanating from Si Yun, the anger on their faces instantly froze, turning deathly pale.

Si Yun looked at them, his gaze cold.

He would never forget these two faces, even in death.

Back then, it was precisely them who had blocked Lu Li and attacked him.

“Where is Qian Yuan?”

Si Yun’s voice was not loud, but it carried an authority that made everyone present tremble.

The two Elders stared intently at Si Yun’s face, their bodies beginning to tremble slightly.

This appearance, this name... a memory they had forgotten for decades suddenly surfaced in their minds.

“You... are you Si Yun?!” one of the Elders stammered, his voice full of shock and doubt.

“Indeed.”

Si Yun had no unnecessary words.

“Go back and tell Qian Yuan that an old acquaintance has come to visit; it’s time to settle the Karma from back then.”

As his voice fell, he raised his hand and casually waved it at Danxia Sect’s proud Sect-protecting Grand Array.

A powerful streak of spiritual energy tore through the sky, fiercely striking the shimmering Mountain-Protecting Formation.

“Boom—crack!”

A loud bang.

The entire grand array shook violently, its light dimming at a visible speed.

Countless profound runes shattered in lament, and fine cracks instantly covered the entire light barrier.

With just one strike.

Danxia Sect’s Sect-protecting Grand Array, built with countless resources, was already tottering, on the verge of shattering.

The two Heavenly Spirit Realm Elders were greatly alarmed.

They finally understood that Si Yun was not here to show off his might.

He was here to settle accounts! To seek revenge!

Just as the grand array was about to completely shatter, an even more powerful figure shot up from deep within Danxia Sect.

The newcomer had white hair and beard and a majestic face; it was none other than the Sect Master of Danxia Sect, Pill King Qianyuan.

Qian Yuan immediately saw Si Yun floating in the air, and when he felt the powerful pressure emanating from the other party, which was no less than his own, his eyes were filled with horror.

His expression twisted in shock.

“Si Yun?! You’re actually still alive?!”

Qian Yuan’s tone was filled with rage and jealousy.

He never dreamed that the junior he had regarded as a plaything in his palm, whom he had chased relentlessly and several times left in a sorry state, would reappear before him decades later in such a dominant manner.

“Are you disappointed that I’m alive?”

Si Yun calmly replied.

“Good, good, good!”

Qian Yuan laughed in extreme anger.

“You’re truly my good ‘junior nephew’! I didn’t expect you not only to be alive but also to have stumbled into good fortune and entered the Three Origins Realm!”

“But do you think that a mere greenhorn who has just entered the Three Origins Realm can run wild in my Danxia Sect?”

His words were full of confidence.

As a Pill Emperor, he was no longer the same as he used to be.

To curry favor with him, the Sect always had two Three Origins Realm guest elders stationed there.

“Three against one, the advantage is mine!”