So that's how it was.
Now that they'd suddenly run into someone claiming to be a disciple of the Immortal Medicine Tower, they were truly shocked.
"Are you sure you're a disciple of the Immortal Medicine Tower?
The Immortal Medicine Tower that disappeared overnight twenty thousand years ago? "asked Ye Guihong. He clearly didn't quite believe it.
"It's absolutely true," said the skinny man. "Back then, the Immortal Medicine Tower was taken away by the Giant King. The entire building was emptied overnight, and all of the disciples were brought to the Giant City. They lived a life of inhumane suffering for twenty thousand years. Back then, the Immortal Medicine Tower had fifty thousand disciples. Now ….
Only a few hundred remain. "When he spoke of his sorrow, the skinny man's eyes grew wet, and tears began to flow down his face.
"Take me to see your Sect Leader," said Lady Providence.
"Everyone, please come this way. There are many hidden traps and formations here. Remember to follow me closely, or you'll be accidentally injured."
Su Chen said, "There's no need to go through so much trouble."
He waved his hand, creating a Void Bridge that led directly into the depths of the bamboo forest. All of the traps and mechanisms were revealed in its light.
This seemingly casual technique actually contained top-notch spatial and divine inscriptions techniques. Even Lin Dong and Ye Guihong couldn't help but sigh inwardly. The other Spiritual Mountain Sect disciples looked at Su Chen with even more reverence and admiration.
They were all at the Heaven's Equal Realm, but comparisons were odious.
When the Immortal Medicine Tower disciples saw this, they were dumbfounded. They hadn't expected that the formation they'd painstakingly set up would be completely useless.
Lady Providence, on the other hand, was used to this. She was well aware of how monstrous Su Chen's talent was. This was nothing more than child's play.
The group stepped onto the Void Bridge and entered the depths of the bamboo forest. Soon, they arrived at the heart of the bamboo forest. Beneath the lush green bamboos was an ancient stronghold. Most of the land here had been excavated and turned into spirit fields. All sorts of medicinal ingredients and strange plants were planted here. Quite a few people were tending to the plants, while others were gathered around pill furnaces, refining pills.
It was originally a very peaceful place, but with the arrival of Su Chen and his group, the tranquil atmosphere was instantly broken.
A hunchbacked old man with white hair, a sunken bird's nest, and a face full of vertical and horizontal wrinkles walked over. He looked at Su Chen and the others with surprise. He couldn't remember how many years it had been since he last saw a human cultivator in the Giant City.
"Lu Hai, who are these guests?"
The lean man opened his mouth, but he realized that he didn't know where this group of people came from.
Su Chen stepped forward and said, "Sir, we're from the Spiritual Mountain Sect. This is our sect leader, Lady Providence."
"Lady Providence?"
Muttered the old man. He seemed to have some impression of this title. His face quickly turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly prostrated himself before Lady Providence. "The fourteenth head of the Immortal Medicine Tower, Lu Quan, greets Lady Providence!"
When the other disciples of the Celestial Medicine Tower who were on high alert saw this scene, they were all greatly shocked. However, even their headmaster had knelt down, so how could they continue to remain standing? One by one, they all rushed out and knelt down.
"Rise, all of you."
Lady Providence waved her sleeve lightly, and a gentle breeze lifted everyone up.
"We were ambushed on our way to the teleportation portal and were trapped on Pangu Continent. We've come here to ask about a way to leave."
"This …."
The old headmaster hesitated for a moment, then called out, "Prepare some tea to entertain our Fellow Daoists from the Spiritual Mountain Sect."
A moment later, Lady Providence led Su Chen, Phoenix Dawn, Lin Dong, and Ye Guihong to the largest wooden house in the stronghold. The entire stronghold was very old, and only this wooden house had been repaired more diligently. It was barely passable.
Apart from the old headmaster, a few other higher-ups had come as well. Their cultivation bases were all at the Heaven's Equal realm. Including the old headmaster, the entire Immortal Medicine Tower currently had four Heaven's Equal realm cultivators and a dozen or so Clear Heaven realm cultivators. The rest were relatively young Heaven Ascension and Heaven Pillar realms.
After a brief conversation, Su Chen gained a general understanding of the Immortal Medicine Tower's experiences over the past twenty thousand years.
Ever since they'd been kidnapped by the Giant King and brought to Pangu Continent, they'd first been detained on a planet full of spirit herbs. At that time, the alchemists of the Immortal Medicine Tower had thought they'd arrived in heaven. Only later did they realize that they'd fallen into hell.
Of course, the Giant King hadn't kidnapped the Immortal Medicine Tower for a sightseeing tour. After the Immortal Medicine Tower had harvested all the spirit herbs on the planet, the Giant King had transferred them to the Giant City. He'd given them a palm-sized piece of land and made them refine pills day and night.
For the past twenty thousand years, the Immortal Medicine Tower had lived like slaves. Every day, apart from planting spirit herbs, they'd spent their time refining pills. They'd been completely used as tools by the Giant King. What awaited them was endless oppression and oppression.
The first headmaster of the Immortal Medicine Tower couldn't bear this kind of humiliation, so he'd led his disciples in rebellion.
The result was obvious.
The Giant King had slapped him into meat paste.
In that battle, more than half of the Immortal Medicine Tower had died.
Those who'd survived didn't have it easy either. In fact, it could be said that they were even more miserable. Each and every one of them had been oppressed to death in an environment where they couldn't see the light of day.
Until now, the once prosperous Immortal Medicine Tower was only left with about two hundred old and young soldiers.
Moreover, most of these two hundred people were less than a thousand years old. They'd never experienced the glory of the Immortal Medicine Tower.
The old headmaster and a few other old men who'd survived didn't want to talk about the past. They'd given up on any futile struggle. The Immortal Medicine Tower that'd once flourished had long been forgotten by them.
If it weren't for the arrival of the Spiritual Mountain Sect today that brought back some ancient memories, they might not even remember who they were.
Phoenix Dawn suddenly said, "Is that Giant King really that powerful?
The first headmaster of the Immortal Medicine Tower seemed to be a peak Divine King expert. With fifty thousand disciples, couldn't he defeat a Giant King? "
"The Giant King … He's a Saint King expert. Moreover, he inherited the bloodline of the Golden Giants. Although it's not pure, his bloodline is far superior to the average Giant. In fact, the first headmaster had already broken through to the Saint King realm when he came to Pangu Continent, but he couldn't withstand a single blow from the Giant King."
Phoenix Dawn was speechless.
Lin Dong and Ye Guihong also frowned.
They didn't expect the Giant King to have a Saint King cultivation base. This was bad.
Su Chen had an idea. "Have you ever thought of poisoning the elixirs? The Giant King must have eaten all the elixirs you've refined, right?"
The old headmaster said, "All the elixirs we refined were indeed supplied to the Giant King. His purpose of hijacking our Immortal Medicine Tower was to refine an elixir that could prolong his life. Poisoning … How could we not have considered it? But the Giant King's physique was too strong. Any poison we used had no effect on him. He didn't even guard against our poison, but we couldn't do anything about it."