Lan Hua coldly surveyed the audience, then struck out with her right palm, unleashing a burst of fire from her dantian that transformed into a red fire lotus.
"Only the Pill Heaven Technique can fully manifest the Pill Fire, you all know that, don't you?"
Lan Hua looked towards the podium and stared at Wang Hongyuan, saying, "Palace Master, what do you think?"
Wang Hongyuan nodded, stood up from the platform, and said loudly, "The technique used by Lan Hua is indeed the Dan Tian Technique."
The Pill Heaven Technique has always been kept secret from outsiders, not only in the Heavenly Realm Pill God Palace but also in the Lower Realm Pill God Palace!
After a pause, Wang Hongyuan asked, "You ascended to the Heavenly Realm more than a year ago, why didn't you come directly to the Pill God Palace to report?"
Lan Hua extinguished the crimson lotus flames and said apologetically, "Please allow me to give a detailed report later!"
Wang Hongyuan nodded slightly, "Alright!"
"Then please announce, Palace Master, who is the true successor of the Pill God Palace, Lan Hua or Ning Songzhen?"
The speaker was Zuo Yan, who naturally supported Lan Hua, but the Ning family was powerful, so he wanted the Palace Master to give a clear answer.
The hall master, Wang Hongyuan, looked at the people on the platform, who all nodded in agreement, and then announced loudly:
"For thousands of years, my Pill God Palace has never established a successor. Now, a person from the Pill God Palace in the lower realm has ascended, and that person is Lan Hua."
Including this selection, Lan Hua defeated Ning Songzhen. Both morally and logically, Lan Hua is now the successor of our Heavenly Domain Pill God Palace!
As they spoke, a jade token appeared in Lan Hua's palm. It was a jade token possessed only by the successors of the Pill God Palace, a symbol of their status.
Today is not only the day for selecting successors, but also the day for establishing them.
Wang Hongyuan wasn't stupid. Whether in terms of talent or status, Lan Hua was superior to Ning Songzhen.
Even if the latter has the background of a powerful family in the Heavenly Domain, so what? Without the Ning family, the Pill God Palace is still a powerful force in the Heavenly Domain.
The vast majority of people in the audience cheered for Lan Hua and were naturally not optimistic about the selection process being merely a formality. If someone could defeat Ning Songzhen, it would naturally fulfill their wishes.
Wang Hongyuan looked at Lan Hua and transmitted his voice, "Come to the Dan Tian Palace to find me tomorrow morning. I have some secret techniques to impart to you!"
"clear!"
Looking at Lan Hua from afar, Elder Huo thought to himself, "Good lad, he really is from the Pill God Palace in the lower realm. He has a bright future ahead of him, and the Pill God Palace is about to undergo a major change!"
Zuo Yan jumped down and looked at Lan Hua, still finding it somewhat unbelievable.
"Brother Lan, you really are a master of disguise! How come I never noticed before?"
"If everyone could tell, would that be considered hiding one's true abilities?" Lan Hua laughed.
The next morning, Lan Hua arrived at the Dan Tian Palace.
At the head of the hall sat the hall master, Wang Hongyuan, with Xie Wujiu, Deng Xian'er, and Li Pengfei on either side.
As for Chief Guest Yang Zongchen, Lan Hua did not see him.
Although his status was prestigious, he was ultimately a guest elder, dependent on the Pill God Palace. Therefore, strictly speaking, this chief guest elder could not be considered a core member of the Pill God Palace.
"Lanhua, you're here?"
Palace Master Wang Hongyuan smiled and said, "Now that you are the successor of the Pill God Palace, please feel free to say anything you're hesitant to say!"
"Alright!"
Lan Hua, unable to hold back any longer, recounted her past grievances with Bai Zhilan, as well as the situation where the Pill God Palace in the lower realm was coerced by the Immortal Sword Sect and the Overlord Blade Sect.
After listening, Wang Hongyuan frowned and said, "So that's why you were expelled from the sect. You did nothing wrong. Now that you've stepped back into the Pill God Palace, consider it compensation from our Pill God Palace!"
Deng Xian'er snorted coldly, "I never thought that the Lower Realm Pill God Palace would fall into such a state, being bullied by other sects right at its doorstep. It's outrageous!"
Xie Wujiu, who had been keeping his head down, spoke up: "It's been a long time since we've contacted the lower realms. It's time for us to meet!"
Wang Hongyuan nodded and said, "Yes, it's been a thousand years. It's time to contact the Xuanyu Pill God Palace. Any grudges should be settled by now!"
Upon hearing these words, Lan Hua's first thought was that there must be many stories between the Pill God Palace in the upper and lower realms.
No wonder the Pill God Palace never mentioned that there was a Pill God Palace in the Heavenly Domain when they were in the lower realm.
"Young man, may I ask what grudges exist between the Xuan Yu Pill God Palace and the Tian Yu Pill God Palace?"
Wang Hongyuan and Xie Wujiu both looked at Deng Xian'er, neither of them seeming willing to bring up the matter, so they let Deng Xian'er answer.
Deng Xian'er replied helplessly, "Whether it's the Pill God Palace in Xuan Yu or the Heavenly Domain, they were all established by the Pill Emperor, and the Pill God Palace in Xuan Yu is even older."
Because, before the Pill Emperor entered the Heavenly Domain, he had already established the Pill God Palace in the Xuan Yu.
And all of us come from the Xuan Yu Pill God Palace, therefore Xuan Yu is also the foundation of the Heavenly Domain Pill God Palace!
Lan Hua nodded in shock, "Then what exactly is the feud between the upper and lower realms?"
Deng Xian'er sighed, "A thousand years ago, the Pill God Palace of the two realms made routine communication, but at that time, the Yuhuang Continent of Xuanyu had been breached for a long time, and its spiritual energy had been greatly depleted."
No one from the Xuan Yu Dan Shen Palace has ascended to the Heavenly Realm for a long time. Even the Palace Master can only break through to the Yuan Xiang Realm at most, and his cultivation will stagnate thereafter.
During that routine contact, the Xuan Yu Palace Master requested that my Heavenly Domain Pill God Palace intervene and have all members of the Xuan Yu Pill God Palace relocate to the Heavenly Domain, so that the two Pill God Palaces could be merged into one.
Regardless of whether this is going against the will of Heaven, even if the Heavenly Domain Pill God Palace is a super power in the Heavenly Domain, it cannot violate the Heavenly Rules.
Moreover, Emperor Dantian had clearly stated that Xuanyu and the Heavenly Domain Danshen Palace would each perform their respective duties and cultivate talents in their respective locations.
The Palace Master naturally could not agree to such a approach and explicitly refused. Thus, the feud between the two Realms Pill God Palaces grew increasingly intense, until eventually, they simply ceased all contact.
"I see!"
Lan Hua suddenly realized, "But have you ever thought that the people of Xuan Yu Dan Shen Palace also have their own difficulties?"
Moreover, Xuan Yu's spiritual energy is now even weaker. Several years ago, Xuan Yu experienced a calamity of decline in the world, and now cultivators can hardly break through to the Refining God Realm.
Have you ever considered that after several more calamities of heaven and earth, the Xuan Yu Pill God Palace will be completely swallowed up by the river of history, and the very foundation of our Pill God Palace will be utterly destroyed?
What Lan Hua said is true. If things continue like this, the entire Xuanyu will enter the Dharma-ending Age, and there will be no more cultivators.
Wang Hongyuan sighed, "Of course I understand. Although the two realms are no longer in contact, I will still keep an eye on Xuanyu's situation. However, the ancestral precepts are hard to disobey, and we cannot change them!"
Lan Hua asked, "The calamity of heaven and earth originated from the destruction of the Yu Huang Continent. Since it was destroyed by an emperor, does the emperor also have the ability to remedy it?"
"Young man, I've heard that celestial beings at the emperor level possess the divine power to create their own world!"
Wang Hongyuan said with a wry smile, "The power of an emperor is unimaginable, but destroying something is easy, while repairing it is difficult."
Besides, those emperors can only create virtual worlds at most, but Xuanyu is a real world!
Only the combined efforts of several emperors could repair it, but no emperor is willing to intervene, so the decline of Xuan Yu is inevitable!
Lan Hua was about to blurt out the name of the underworld when the Palace Master stopped her.
"I know you want to talk about the Underworld. Actually, the Underworld wasn't created by the Underworld Emperor alone, but with the help of the Heavenly Emperor, who used Heavenly Emperor-level divine powers to create it!"
"Heavenly Emperor, who else can now ascend to the throne?"
Lan Hua couldn't help but sigh and asked, "So, with so many emperors not taking action, only the Heavenly Emperor can save Xuan Yu?"
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