NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1339: Tricked!
Zhou Yu nodded.
"No problem."
Afterward, he approached the Pill Furnace and began preparing.
The Hall Master went to a corner, unknown to Zhou Yu, but moments later, colorful barriers suddenly rose around the Alchemy Room.
Zhou Yu's face showed a slight shock as he attempted to extend his Divine Sense, only to discover these barriers possessed extremely strong defensive capabilities.
His Divine Sense could not penetrate them in the slightest.
Zhou Yu asked in confusion:
"Hall Master, what is this?"
The Hall Master smiled and said:
"The movements during the alchemy process will be significant and may trigger a Pill Tribulation, so I've specially activated a protective Grand Formation. This way, even the power of a Pill Tribulation can be concealed."
Hearing this, Zhou Yu nodded.
"Are you ready?"
"If you're ready, we can start," the Hall Master asked with a smile.
"No problem, we can start anytime!"
"Good."
The Hall Master approached the Pill Furnace, and she manipulated the Formation, then in an instant, a blazing fire rose within the furnace.
Once the furnace fire stabilized, the Hall Master immediately said to Zhou Yu:
"Help me control the furnace flames while I add the medicinal materials."
"Alright."
Zhou Yu effortlessly took control of the Pill Furnace and began to maneuver it.
Such tasks were naturally second nature to him.
But what the Hall Master did next once again puzzled Zhou Yu.
The Hall Master took out mainly ordinary Spiritual Medicines.
Their ages were all around a thousand years.
It's not that these Spiritual Medicines weren't valuable, but for the pill that the Hall Master was so eagerly crafting, these materials seemed a bit inadequate.
These materials could at most produce a Seventh Rank Pill Medicine.
If it was just to refine a Seventh Rank Pill Medicine, he wouldn't need to assist at all.
Despite his inner doubts, Zhou Yu wasn't eager to ask, and instead decided to keep watching.
As time ticked by, at some point, Zhou Yu suddenly noticed the temperature of the entire Alchemy Room beginning to rise continuously.
At first, he didn't think much of it, but gradually, even he began to feel a bit overheated.
Sweat even started to trickle down.
Bear in mind, with his current cultivation, even refining Eighth Rank Pill Medicine wouldn't make him sweat due to the high furnace temperature.
Not to mention, at this moment, aside from sweating, his mind was also becoming a bit fuzzy.
Zhou Yu quickly sensed something was amiss.
He immediately activated his Primordial Spirit, fully perceiving the surrounding environment.
Soon, he discovered.
The array barrier surrounding the Alchemy Room had somehow silently transformed into a Killing Array.
The heat that was making Zhou Yu's mind hazy was precisely due to this Killing Array.
"What's going on?" Zhou Yu was filled with confusion.
He immediately glanced at the Hall Master and found her just as focused as before, continuously repeating the action of purifying the medicinal materials.
She seemed completely unaware of the environmental changes.
Could it be that the Hall Master hadn't noticed the change in the Formation?
Or was it his own illusion?
As Zhou Yu was silently doubtful, suddenly, he furrowed his brow, realizing something was off.
The Hall Master was currently purifying a millennium-aged Yellow Lotus, but he clearly remembered that ten minutes ago, the Hall Master had already purified a Yellow Lotus once.
With her alchemy skill, why would a simple Yellow Lotus need to be purified in two batches?
Zhou Yu immediately activated his Primordial Spirit fully, probing towards the Hall Master.
Upon this probing, Zhou Yu's expression drastically changed.
"An illusion?"
At this moment, Zhou Yu suddenly discovered that the Hall Master beside him was actually an illusion.
"What's going on?"
Zhou Yu's face turned extremely grave.
He suddenly stood up, his Primordial Spirit probing the surroundings.
He found that at some unknown time, the entire Alchemy Room had completely turned into a massive fire formation.
And he was right at the center of this massive fire formation.
Zhou Yu immediately shouted.
"Hall Master?"
"What is happening here?"
However, there was no response.
Zhou Yu's face turned dark, and he turned to look at the Hall Master beside him. Then he activated his True Yuan, striking a palm towards the Hall Master.
Bang!
The Hall Master, who was purifying the medicinal materials, instantly shattered into countless pieces and disappeared.
At the same time, a cold laugh echoed in Zhou Yu's ears.
"Ha ha, I didn't expect you to discover it so soon?"
"Ten minutes earlier than I anticipated."
This was the Hall Master's voice!!!
At this moment, Zhou Yu only felt a chill run down his spine.
It was clear that he had been deceived by the Hall Master.
This was not alchemy at all but a trap.
The Hall Master had meticulously lured him here, trapping him in this massive formation.
Bear in mind, the Hall Master was a peak-level Emperor Realm powerhouse.
If she simply wanted to kill him, there was no need to do so much.
This means, her painstaking effort in setting up all this, it was definitely not just to kill him this easily.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yu felt a sense of dread in his heart.
He immediately shouted angrily:
"Who are you really???"
"What do you want to do???"