Chapter 1293: Chapter 487: Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell (Part 2)

"However, in order to ensure quality, I ask Lord Zhou to shatter the bone shell of that elixir and let this pill see the daylight."

Tiancan Monk also bowed toward the direction of Bai Yujing and said, "As for the Alchemy Dao, both the Sect Hierarch and I are outsiders. However, today’s alchemy by Lord Zhou has drawn attention from the notable figures of Bai Yujing. As long as the seal is broken, there will be someone to discern the quality of the pill."

"If that’s the case, then I shall break the seal."

The words "break the seal" drew attention from everyone, even the incense fire Taoist and the Butcher could not help but leap forward; they too wanted to see the color of this elixir.

In the Sky Dome Stone House, both Mr. Yan and Qing Yangyu were also focused intently, awaiting the unveiling of the elixir.

"It must be an excellent pill; my future prospects as Qing Yangyu depend on this small elixir."

Qing Yangyu began to pray silently.

Of course,

The fascination with this elixir extends well beyond these individuals; the entire Heavenly Dome’s Heavenly Fire Clan has begun to pay attention to this "unsealing ceremony."

Zhou Xuan only saw, within the layers of clouds across the sky, pairs upon pairs of eyes appearing.

The sky became strange.

These eyes, he knew without thinking, belonged to the people of the "Heavenly Fire Clan."

This scene reminded Zhou Xuan of the hallucinations he saw when he first obtained the Alchemy Incense opportunity.

In that hallucination, Zhou Xuan saw, upon the earth, a Pill Furnace, with countless common folk being refined by it, turning into strands of ethereal white vapor.

Above in the sky, there were countless bleeding holes, as if the eyes originally embedded in the heavens had been gouged out.

The hallucination seemed like a prophecy, and at this moment, Zhou Xuan suddenly understood what the prophecy might suggest.

"Can the elixir gouge out the eyes of the Heavenly Fire Clan? Does this mean that my plan to replace the incense source of Jing Country with the power of the elixir is feasible?"

Upon this realization, Zhou Xuan summoned Bone Teeth and began to break the seal on the elixir.

Bone Teeth drew a snow-white arc in the air and then collided toward the elixir.

Perhaps fearing damage to the elixir, the trajectory of Bone Teeth slightly diverged from the elixir, and when the teeth and the pill crossed paths, Bone Teeth suddenly swung its tail vigorously, striking the seal shell fiercely with the end.

"Bang!"

With one strike, the golden seal shell of the elixir cracked dozens of lines, then the shell turned into fragments of stone skin, falling away and revealing the true form of the elixir—astonishingly, a hand.

The palm was severed at the wrist, with five slender fingers; seen purely from the perspective of the "hand," this broken hand could captivate and astonish one with its beauty, but being severed, with fingers still twisting ... appeared somewhat terrifying.

"Is this truly the elixir?"

The Painter, closest to the scene, leaned forward. Before the elixir emerged, he had imagined many shapes for it—round pill-shaped, resembling gold and stone, even fragment-like silver.

But ... the shape of a human hand?

"Doesn’t look very orthodox, but the scent ... it’s so fragrant."

The Painter only caught a whiff of an exotic fragrance, so alluring he nearly lost control, wanting to grab that broken hand and bite into the flesh.

Not only him, those around also involuntarily swallowed, their reason seeming unable to hold.

And in Bai Yujing above the Heavenly Dome, eerie laughter echoed, the cause unclear.

After laughing, Bai Yujing, the majestic city, suddenly began to sway, a spark of light dropped from the city’s vibration.

The spark continuously descended, falling tens of thousands of feet before finally hovering before Zhou Xuan.

Only then did everyone see clearly, that spark was not just a spark, but a piece of white jade token.

Engraved on the white jade token: Jade Capital Divine Pill Master. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Upon seeing the Jade Token, the Eternal Life Sect Leader and Tiancan Monk revealed expressions of envy.

Tiancan Monk asked the Eternal Life Sect Leader, "Hierarch, I have heard of Bai Yujing since ascending to the Heavenly Dome, yet never have entered Bai Yujing, what is it like inside?"

"I too have never entered; two hundred years ago, during the birthday celebration of the White Jade Cicada Immortal, I was invited, but as you know, for outsiders like us, entering the city remains exceedingly difficult."

"I was only stationed outside the city to offer birthday wishes to the White Jade Cicada Immortal; what lies inside the city, I have never seen."

The Eternal Life Sect Leader sighed.

He had never entered Bai Yujing, yet merely seeing it from outside when achieving divinity became his fondly boasted tale of glory.

Now, Zhou Xuan—the young man who just entered Seven Incense Sticks—has already received an identity token from Bai Yujing; how could this not stir his envy?

"When ever would Bai Yujing issue a token to a mortal."

After a long sigh, the Eternal Life Sect Leader finally suppressed the jealousy and envy within him, saluting Zhou Xuan with clasped hands, and bowing deeply: "Eternal Life Sect Leader congratulates Mingjiang Prefecture’s Mr. Zhou Xuan on his promotion."

Tiancan Monk mirrored him, bowing similarly and said: "Congratulations Mr. on becoming Bai Yujing’s Divine Pill Master."

Though the Jade Token was marked "Divine Pill Master," lacking clout in the Heavenly Dome, neither Tiancan Monk nor the Eternal Life Sect Leader dared directly address "Master," opting instead for "Master."

"Divine Pill Master."

Zhou Xuan ignored Tiancan Monk and the Eternal Life Sect Leader, instead reaching for the token.

Yet upon receiving the token, the shadow of Bai Yujing in the Heavenly Dome gradually faded until it vanished.