Rise Of The Worm Sovereign

Elder Weizhe was not expecting a visit from Wang Xiong and had been keeping to himself these days. After all, the man knew better than anyone else that his days were numbered.

"What do you have for this dying old man?" Elder Weizhe asked calmly.

"Something that might help you." Wang Xiong said before taking out a fruit from his storage ring.

Elder Weizhe's eyes glanced at the fruit before looking back at Wang Xiong.

"Why would you give me this, Chief Disciple Wang Xiong? This is something you have rightfully received as the winner in the Tournament." Elder Weizhe asked.

"I know you are close to the end of your lifespan, elder. But we cannot afford to lose you now. The Spirit Boon Vermillion Fruit can help you. It also has the effect of replenishing a certain level of vitality." Wang Xiong spoke. The Frozen Cloud

"I know very well what the effects of the Spirit Boon Vermillion Fruit are, junior. But this will not be of much use to me. At most, it'll buy me a month or two. But after that I will still be meeting my end." Elder Weizhe said with a sigh.

"Of course, that would be if I just helped you with the fruit. But I have more than just that," Wang Xiong said, intriguing the man.

"What else might you have? More fruits will be useless. I've already consumed several different spirit fruits that could have extended my life." Elder Weizhe stated.

"I am not speaking about such fruits, Elder Weizhe." Wang Xiong replied. "And neither am I talking about any alchemical pills or things of that sort." He added.

"And what might that be?" Elder Weizhe questioned, feeling truly curious now.

"A more… permanent solution. A breakthrough." Wang Xiong said, stunning the old man.

"That is impossible. My cultivation is stuck not because of a bottleneck but injuries." Elder Weizhe said, his heart wavering.

As much as he wanted to believe Wang Xiong, he had gotten his hopes crushed several times now. By now, he had accepted his eventual end and was at peace with it.

"I know someone that can help you with all that. I just ask that you come with me some time later." Wang Xiong stated. "Guardian Yun has already given his approval, too."

Hearing this, Elder Weizhe's eyes went wide and new hope appeared in his heart.

While someone had gained new hope in the Frozen Cloud sect, another influential person had just started to lose his.

In the Lian clan, there existed a small but luxurious courtyard. Its walls and pillars were made out of the finest Spirit wood, while the decorative statues on it were made out of refined gold.

But that was not all, as there were also a lot of formation arrays placed on it all, making life convenient. The arrays would automatically clean, regulate the temperature, make music and a lot more.

This was perhaps the best residence in the entire Lian clan, even if it was not the biggest. A middle-aged man had just appeared in front of it and seemed to be very nervous.

~Sigh~

"Hopefully this works." Elder Ruanjian muttered to himself before taking a deep breath and walking in.

"Come in." Before he could knock on the door, the doors opened and a voice called.

"Y-yes." Elder Ruanjian entered and swiftly closed the doors behind it.

In the main room of the residence sat none other than the Patriarch of the Lian clan, Patriarch Lian Dajian!

But the visage of the man seemed to be a bit weak. If one looked closer, they would find that the man's cultivation base seemed to be a bit unstable and his aura had withered a bit as well.

"I have brought it patriarch." Elder Ruanjian said respectfully.

"Show it to me!" Patriarch Lian Dajian ordered.

"Yes!" Elder Ruanjian took out a palm sized box from his spatial storage treasure.

The box was rather elegant looking and a fresh fragrance could be felt coming from it. There were fine carvings on the box as well. But the strange thing was that the letters carved on the box were nothing like they had seen.

They didn't belong to the local languages, and neither was it written in the Dao Script.

Patriarch Dajian took a breath and waved his hand, causing the box to flow into his hands.

~CLACK~

The hidden lock on the box unlocked under his control and the lid opened up. Sitting inside the dainty box was a pill. But the pill was unlike any alchemical pills one would normally see.

It was not spherical in shape and was rather misshapen. It looked like a crude mud ball a child might make with their hands, the brown color of the pill also didn't help. There was also debris embedded into the pill making it look even more like a dung ball!

But despite all that, the pill seemed to be very fragrant; like bouquet of flowers had been turned into this ball.

"So this is what the Savages of the Evergreen island sold us?" Patriarch Dajian asked.

"Yes, patriarch. I've checked everything and it is an authentic pill made by them." Elder Ruanjian replied.

~Sigh~

'Seeing this pill, who would expect that the best pill makers of the Ming Dao world are actually reclusive savages…' Patriarch Dajian thought to himself.

He gritted his teeth and picked up the pill before putting it into his mouth.

~COUGH~ COUGH~

'So bitter!' Patriarch Dajian thought to himself as he forced himself to swallow it despite his coughing.

~SHUA~

A minute after he had finished eating it, a wave of refreshing energy spread throughout his body and filled his meridians.

"Is it working?" Elder Ruanjian could't help but ask.

But then a few seconds later, Patriarch Dajian's face fell.

"It… Failed…"

"That can't be… this was our last hope…" Elder Ruanjian seemed even more sad. "No… we still have a choice." He muttered after a bit.

"We can't do that carelessly… if other find out, the Lian clan will be in danger." Patriarch Dajian replied.