Chapter 557 What?

Xu Dao knew that his talent was indeed good, but this person had neither seen him refining elixirs nor could he see the strength of his soul, so his words seemed groundless.

But Xu Dao remained calm and just continued to follow Wen Renzhou towards the banquet place.

Wanyao Villa is very large. After accommodating more than a thousand small courtyards, there is still a lot of free space to arrange many pavilions and waterside pavilions. This is not an ordinary large undertaking.

And such a villa was specially used to provide accommodation for the contestants of the Medicine Refining Competition, which was held only once every thirty years.

On weekdays, this place is closed, not open to the public, and will not be used for other purposes. This behavior is simply willful!

But when I thought that this was Wanyao Pavilion, it seemed very reasonable. They would not be short of money at all.

Wanyao Pavilion is a very special existence, equivalent to an alchemist guild. It is not an official organization, but most of the people in it are from the government.

Many of the members are mostly officials of the Clothing Bureau, including the Clothing Bureau of Xijing City, as well as the Clothing Bureau of many counties and cities under the jurisdiction of Xijing Road, and the Clothing Bureau of Fucheng. Most of the talented alchemists are its members.

Alchemists have a great influence, but alone, they are still at a disadvantage, but when alchemists gather together, they become extremely terrifying.

Wanyao Pavilion does not lack top masters, and in addition, there are many offerings. This offering is not about refining elixirs, but is to help Wanyao Pavilion defend against foreign enemies.

Coupled with the connections, favors, and friends of many alchemists themselves, a huge web is formed.

From the moment this net was born, Wanyao Pavilion was destined to become a very powerful and transcendent existence.

In the medicine refining competition held every thirty years, the top fifty people will also be admitted.

In this way, year after year, the scope of Wanyao Pavilion's influence becomes larger and larger.

However, even so, the government and the court were extremely tolerant of it. After all, Wanyao Pavilion was strong, but in fact it was quite loose, and most of the alchemists did not have much ambition.

They wished that no one would disturb them. As long as they had enough elixir, they could study alchemy behind closed doors.

The biggest dream of these people who are truly obsessed with alchemy is to refine the elixir of longevity.

This is actually the same as martial arts masters constantly pursuing their way forward, and Qi refiners constantly climbing to higher levels.

When Xu Dao and Wen Renzhou came to a huge waterside pavilion, there were already dozens of people here.

Naturally, Xu Dao didn't know anyone, not even the other two people from Heishan Mansion, so he looked at Wen Renzhou and asked, "Brother Wen Ren, do you know these people?"

Wen Renzhou shook his head and said, "I know some of you. The man is from Tai'an County and his name is..."

Wen Renzhou introduced Xu Dao in detail, and Xu Dao kept all these things in mind, although it was most likely useless!

Soon the banquet started, Xu Dao and Wen Renzhou took their seats, and they chose the most inconspicuous corner of the waterside pavilion with tacit understanding.

However, Xu Dao saw that Wen Renzhou's eyes seemed to be wandering around the crowd, "Brother Wen Ren, what are you looking at?"

"We're looking at the level of these people!" Wen Renzhou lowered his voice.

Xu Dao was surprised, could this person really see it? Doesn't that mean that he just said that he has good talent and he saw something?

"Brother Wenren, tell me!"

"It's okay not to mention it, but the one with the best talent in the field is Brother Xu!" Wen Renzhou said with certainty.

This made Xu Dao more and more certain that this person must have seen something in him, but he didn't know what probing methods Wen Renzhou used, and he was unaware of it!

"Brother Wenren is really good at joking!" Xu Dao smiled, naturally he would not admit it, let alone whether it was true or not, he would not accept it even if it was true.

Wen Renzhou just shook his head: "No kidding, Brother Xu is the most talented person here!"

Xu Dao remained silent.

After everyone at the banquet drank a few glasses of wine together, the atmosphere finally became lively and the conversation became familiar and casual.

"King Kong Temple is such a pity!"

"Yes, it's hard for me to believe that such a top force was destroyed in one day!"

"I just don't know who is so ruthless and powerful! He can actually destroy the Vajra Temple."

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Xu Dao was stunned when he heard this conversation. After a while, he asked in disbelief: "Brother Wenren, what happened to the Vajra Temple?"

"Brother Xu, don't you know? The Vajra Temple was destroyed. This matter is so big that it can't be covered up at all. If it weren't for the intentional blockade from above, everyone would have known about it long ago, but now many people know about it!"

Xu Dao picked his ears, and for a moment he suspected that he heard wrongly, "How is this possible! Are you sure it is the Kongang Temple that is more than a thousand miles away from here? The Kongang Temple that is one of the three top forces in Xijing Road?"

Wen Renzhou nodded, "Just three days ago, the Vajra Temple was suddenly destroyed. To be honest, I didn't believe it at first. There is no force in the entire Xijing Road that can easily destroy the Vajra Temple. It is the Fire Fox Sect and Wutong. It is impossible for the divine religion to join forces and destroy the Vajra Temple so quickly!”

The difficulty of destroying a top sect force is beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. Even if the Fire Fox Sect and the Wutong Divine Sect, which are at the same level, join forces, it will be difficult to do so.

If it were another sect, it would be destroyed, Xu Dao would believe it, but for the Vajra Temple... this makes no sense at all.

Xu Dao didn’t believe it!

"If you don't believe it, go and see it yourself! This place is not far from the Vajra Temple, and there is plenty of time!" Wen Renzhou shook his head. Many people had the same reaction when they heard the news, thinking that someone was talking nonsense and making up rumors.

Xu Dao's heart was churning. Listening to Wen Renzhou's firm tone, no matter how much he didn't believe it, he had to consider that Wen Renzhou might be telling the truth.

His only intersection with the Vajra Temple was the little monk Wuwang, and he had a good impression of the Vajra Temple.

But, such a big Vajra Temple was destroyed just like that?

"Brother Wenren, do you know which force did it? The Fire Fox Sect? And the Five-way Divine Sect? Or did these two sects join forces with other forces in Xijing Dao to do it?" This was the only explanation Xu Dao could find.

When he was in the valley in Deyang Prefecture, he vaguely saw the purpose and plan of the Fire Fox Sect, but the plan failed later. Could it be that the Fire Fox Sect did not give up and finally let them succeed?

Wen Renzhou shook his head, "I don't know, but what is certain is that this time it is probably not the work of the Fire Fox Sect, Wutong Divine Sect and other forces."

"This..." Xu Dao was even more surprised. If the Fire Fox Sect had not participated, how could the Vajra Temple be destroyed? It is impossible to do it with forces other than those top sects!

The power of the Vajra Temple is well known! Such a powerful sect power just disappeared in such a muddle?