Chapter 88: The Enchantress Cao Ying!

"This is Elder Li, one of the eight Great Elders of our Pill Tower!"

A guard introduced the old man to Gu Fei.

"Elder Li, I am Gu Fei!"

Gu Fei nodded with a smile to greet him, without any overly grand formalities.

"Young friend Gu Fei, I wonder where you hail from?" Elder Li did not mind, as Gu Fei was, after all, of the same cultivation level as him.

"I come from the Eastern Region!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Fei spoke directly.

"The Eastern Region... the surname Gu..."

"Could this person be from..."

Listening to Gu Fei's words, the old man pondered for a moment, and suddenly a look of shock appeared on his face.

The Ancient Clan was in the Eastern Region, acting as the supreme sovereign over almost all factions; the more powerful one was in the Central Plains, the more one could understand the terrifying nature of such a powerful force.

Therefore, upon guessing that Gu Fei might be a member of the Ancient Clan, Elder Li felt deeply shaken.

"Young friend, please follow me!"

With this high-ranking member of the Pill Tower's eight Great Elders leading the way, Gu Fei passed through the strict inspections outside the Pill Tower with great ease and entered the massive structure.

Upon entering the Pill Tower, Elder Li took Gu Fei straight to the upper levels of the giant tower.

After a long while, they finally stopped outside an extremely spacious hall.

Subsequently, Gu Fei waited outside, while Elder Li entered the hall to announce him.

"Alright, young friend Gu Fei, the President has agreed to meet with you!"

Elder Li came to the outside of the hall and signaled for Gu Fei to enter.

Inside the hall, it was filled with numerous bookshelves, giving it a somewhat cluttered appearance.

It was filled with many flames of different colors; under the interweaving of multicolored firelight, it appeared to have a dreamlike, hazy quality.

Gu Fei's footsteps landed lightly on the stone floor, his gaze sweeping across the room; a moment later, it paused in front of a bookshelf where an old man in white robes was carefully dusting the shelves.

This white-robed old man had not a shred of aura leaking from his body; the entire person seemed just like an extremely ordinary old man.

However, how could someone whom even Elder Li treated with such great respect be an ordinary person?

Gu Fei was not too surprised at this moment; he had seen plenty of such experts!

In terms of the number of experts, the mere Pill Tower was small fry compared to the Ancient Clan.

This old man in the hall was none other than Xuan Kongzi, the head of the Three Giants of the Pill Tower.

"This youth is indeed extraordinary..."

Although Elder Li had already mentioned some of the situation earlier, when Xuan Kongzi saw Gu Fei's age, cultivation, and soul realm with his own eyes, he still felt very surprised.

"I presume you are President Xuan Kongzi!" Gu Fei said with a smile, cupping his hands.

"Mm!"

"Young friend Gu Fei, I wonder what matter you wish to discuss with me?"

Xuan Kongzi nodded and, without beating around the bush, asked directly about Gu Fei's purpose for coming.

"This junior has come to attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame imprisoned by the Pill Tower!"

Gu Fei spoke directly.

He knew that for many years, the Pill Tower had been suppressing the Three Thousand Burning Flame while simultaneously searching for a suitable person to subdue it.

As long as it was not obtained by their mortal enemy, the Soul Hall, the Pill Tower would basically not resist.

"You wish to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame; are you confident?"

Hearing this, Xuan Kongzi's expression changed slightly, and he asked with a serious look.

"Since this junior has come, I have some measure of confidence!"

Gu Fei nodded confidently.

"Although our Pill Tower has not been able to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame for so many years, this thing is, after all, an item of the Pill Tower, and it has always been the reward for the winner of the Pill Gathering; if you go now, it would be breaking the rules!"

Xuan Kongzi said calmly; from his words, one could not tell if he was refusing or agreeing.

"This thing is an item of the Pill Tower; if I am to take it away, I will naturally provide some compensation!"

Gu Fei said with a smile, signaling for the other party to state their conditions.

"Hehe, young friend, you have misunderstood!"

Xuan Kongzi waved his hand, not asking Gu Fei for anything.

"This matter, even I do not have the authority to decide directly; young friend, please wait patiently while I discuss it with the others..."

Xuan Kongzi continued: "Once the result is out, I will naturally send someone to notify you..."

"Very well, then I shall await the good news!"

Following this, Gu Fei left the hall, but before he had walked many steps, a female figure appeared at the end of the spacious corridor.

The woman had a slender figure and was dressed in a black gown, exuding a trace of cold pride; her skin was like snow, and her three thousand strands of dark hair were draped casually over her fragrant shoulders; her cheeks were slightly thin but exceptionally exquisite, like porcelain, giving one a feeling of being unable to put her down.

The woman stood at the corner of the corridor, gazing slightly into the distance; her long, narrow, and somewhat languid eyes held a trace of enchantment, charming and moving.

This woman carried a kind of intense allure, and even Gu Fei could not help but look at her with a sense of appreciation.

"Ah, the girl Cao Ying has arrived!"

Elder Li, who was walking side-by-side with Gu Fei, seemed very familiar with the woman in black, greeting her with a smile as soon as they met.

"Greetings, Elder Li!"

The woman in black also wore a smile as she bowed to Elder Li.

However, the next moment, her gaze turned to Gu Fei, who was beside Elder Li.

"Elder Li, who is this?"

Cao Ying was somewhat curious; she had never seen Gu Fei before, so why would he come out from her teacher's place? Moreover, the surging aura on Gu Fei's body made Cao Ying feel incredibly alarmed.

"This is young friend Gu Fei, who just came to discuss some matters with the President!"

Elder Li answered briefly.

As for Gu Fei's identity, he could not be certain of it right now.

Hearing how Elder Li addressed Gu Fei, Cao Ying became even more curious; usually, when Elder Li addressed them, the juniors of the Pill Tower, he would call them 'kid' or 'lass'.

"He came to discuss matters with Teacher? What kind of matter would require troubling Teacher?"

Although Cao Ying was curious in her heart, she did not ask.

"Young Master Gu Fei, hello!"

"Hello!"

"If there is nothing else, I will be leaving first!"

Facing Cao Ying's proactive greeting, Gu Fei merely nodded in acknowledgement, then departed.

"What a strange person!"

Faced with Gu Fei's coldness, Cao Ying could not help but mutter in her heart.

She was the most outstanding genius in the history of the Cao family, having become a personal disciple of one of the Three Giants of the Pill Tower at the age of fifteen.

Now, having just passed the age of seventeen, she had already advanced to a Grade 6 Alchemist.

Following this trend of development, in a hundred years, it was absolutely possible for her to become a candidate for the Pill Tower Giants, or even... with the right opportunity, she could remove that so-called candidate title and become a true female Giant of the Pill Tower.

And the Pill Tower was practically the holy land in the hearts of all Alchemists on the continent; one could even say without reservation that the Giants of the Pill Tower were the spiritual leaders in the hearts of countless Alchemists.

For a woman who had achieved so much, the various dazzling halos above her head were indeed enough to make everyone look up to her, and her beauty was also rare in this world; yet, Gu Fei's attitude just now had been very indifferent, unlike anyone else.

Such behavior made Cao Ying inexplicably want to understand this person.

(End of this chapter)