Chapter 713: Strong Contenders Appear One After Another
The Gu Family knew what it meant for them when Jing Yan became the Holy Hall Master.
They also understood what hiddenagenda Jing Yan had in hosting the Pill Dao Conference. Especially since Jing Yan introduced various rare elixirs as gimmicks for the conference, wasn’t it obvious he wanted to attract the many powerful individuals across the continent to attend?
With those elixirs as bait, the Dao Emperor Realm Practitioners who were loose cultivators would probably not hesitate to offer their services to Jing Yan in exchange for the elixirs.
Especially the rumored, incredibly effective Longevity Pill!
Even the Ancient Family Ancestor himself desperately wanted to obtain the Longevity Pill. After all, his lifespan wasn’t much longer; he had lived close to two thousand years. Though he had consumed some treasures that increased his lifespan, his life was indeed approaching the late stages.
If he could extend his lifespan by a few hundred years, how could the Ancient Family Ancestor not be tempted? But the problem was, for the Gu Family to obtain the Longevity Pill from Jing Yan would be absolutely difficult.
"No way!"
"We absolutely cannot let Jing Yan’s Pill Dao Conference proceed smoothly!" The Ancient Family Ancestor and a group of high-ranking Gu Family members all shared the same opinion.
Jing Yan alone was already giving the Gu Family a hard time.
If they allowed Jing Yan to establish his own private army of Dao Emperor Realm Practitioners, wouldn’t that spell disaster?
The vast Gu Family thus mobilized, aiming to disrupt the Pill Dao Conference at the Splendid Dojo from multiple angles.
Elsewhere in the Heavenly Origin Continent, within a forest,