It went without saying that it was the under-the-table deployment by the Suomo Sect.
However, it did give one creeps that the Suomo Sect had gone so far with their brainwashing work. It was way too terrifying.
As was worldly acknowledged, the morale of the troops played the most significant role in a battle. Nevertheless, the Suomo Sect took a two-pronged approach — they not only tried to sway the minds of the Taixuan disciples but also steal talents from the Taixuan Sect.
That was the last thing in the world that Lin Xiao would withstand.
However, the previous murderous intensions in his eyes already disappeared as he passed the corner.
He proceeded with his trip to the Main Mountain.
Outside Li Taixuan's room, Lin Xiao knocked on the door.
It took ages for Li Taixuan's feeble voice to come through, "Please come on in."
A tinge of smile flashed across Lin Xiao's face. "What remarkable playacting skills!" he though to himself.
Lin Xiao pushed open the door and went straight into the bedroom.
Li Taixuan put on a faked sick look while sitting on a cattail hassock. When he spotted that the visitor was Lin Xiao, he stared at him with his eyes wide open abruptly and rose instantaneously with both hands hanging beside his body. He slightly bent over to Lin Xiao to greet him.
Though he was a token martial master of Lin Xiao, he dared not challenge Lin's authority when they were alone.
If it had been in the past, his respect for Lin Xiao came down to the authority of Chiyan the Great Master. However, now he was out-and-out in awe of Lin Xiao.
Though he hadn't been out for days, he was very well-informed about the situation of the Furnace Hall.
On hearing the alchemy spectacle of Lin Xiao in the Furnace Hall from the three chief seniors, Li Taixuan wished if only he could have submitted himself to Lin Xiao as his slave.
Nevertheless, as it might become a hindrance to the development of the Taixuan Sect, Li Taixuan dared not take the risk. He had no option but to repress the burning desire.
Hence Li Taixuan performed a bow in spite of himself out of admiration on Lin Xiao's arrival.
At that moment, Li Taixuan felt as if he was a good-for-nothing. He was angry at himself for his incapacity when his own sect was on the brink of a collapse. His hands were tied. In contrast, having just returned, Lin Xiao was tied up at elixir production in the Furnace Hall for the sake of the Taixuan Sect. On thinking of this, Li Taixuan wished if only he could get swallowed up by the floor.
In the presence of Lin Xiao, Li Taixuan, a patriarch in charge of thousands of disciples, was literally as vulnerable as a kid.
However, Lin Xiao had no idea at all about Li Taixuan's feelings or his mental load. His full-on attention was focused on tackling the crisis of the sect.
On seeing Li Taixuan, Lin Xiao immediately took out the pellets produced by him, Wu Gui and Wang Di from the deposit ring.
He emptied a vase in the corner in a random manner, and poured all the pellets into the vase like beans by means of his mental superpower.
On hearing the clear and melodious sounds of the pellets dropping into the vase, Li Taixuan lifted his head and went struck dumb.
The pouring process went on and on, showing no sign of completion. Li Taixuan's mouth got exceedingly wide, so did his eyes, which were almost the size of the eyes of cows.
As a matter of fact, he was already briefed by the three chief seniors that his martial uncle was versed at alchemy. And he also learnt that Lin Xiao could even juggle three furnaces at the same time by means of his extraordinary Fire Control Mudras. However, by no stretch of the imagination could he ever expect such strikingly high output .
There were thousands of pellets there in the vase now.
It was…was imposing! Spectacular!
Right then Li Tiaxuan felt as if he had gone out of his bearings. He even lost the ability to think.
It was just as well that he had been in a similar situation before, otherwise, his heart attack would have acted up again.
After a while, Lin Xiao finally put an end to the process of transferring the pellets into the vase. However, the melodious sound of pellets hitting the bottom of a container went off again…
He looked over and got shocked by the sight of Lin Xiao — he started pouring pellets into a man-sized vase he just found.
On seeing the spectacle, Li Taixuan almost forgot to breathe. His eyes were glazed, mouth watering subconsciously. He fixed his eyes on Lin Xiao like a brain-dead kid. Even his pupils were long focused at the same direction.
It took ages for the new transferring process to conclude.
After loading the vases with the Most Refined Royal Pellets and The Last Breath Pellets, Lin Xiao beamed radiantly subconsciously.
"Master, for your information, these are the pellets produced by Brother Wu Gui, Wang Di and me with joint efforts," Lin Xiao turned back and said to Li Taixuan with a smile.
However, Lin Xiao stopped his introduction in mid-sentence.
"Master, are you okay?"