Experiment

Ye Lao walked into a dark and damp room. He saw his other disciple, Lan Ling, waiting at the entrance of one of the rooms. "How is he?" he asked, his steps becoming more brisk as he rushed over.

"He's getting worse," she said, not hiding the worry in her eyes. "He's been in there for over a week and refused to see me."

Ye Lao frowned as he noticed his apprentice's downward spiral ever since the Heavenly Emperor proved the Dao and crowned himself. Ever since that day, he became more reclusive, stopped paying attention to the sect's affairs, and only focused on refining pills.

At first, Ye Lao did not pay much attention to this behavior since he knew Lou Cheng's goal. He believed it may not be a bad idea to give a hundred percent of his focus on that pill. However, as time passed, as the latter received more news from the outside, his situation worsened at a speed observable to the naked eye.