Medical Sage

The sun blazed overhead, and the temperature on Canglan Island was extremely high. However, Lin Ye, the manager of Twin Rain Tower, Lin Moxin—the top talent of the Lin Family known throughout Canglan Island and even the North Side Area of Eagle Gorge—and Master Yuee of Yuee Jinglou couldn’t feel the heat at all. Instead, a chill ran through their bodies. Their hearts were filled with anxiety, panic, and a heavy, sinking feeling.

Seeing this, the crowd outside the Alchemy Room subconsciously looked at each other. Then, as if by unspoken agreement, they all shrank back and slowly moved away from the doorway.

The Lin Family of Twin Rain Tower and Master Yuee of Yuee Jinglou had stirred up such a huge mess. The onlookers dared not risk provoking them at a time like this. Wouldn’t that be seeking death?

As for Master Yuee, Manager Lin Ye, and Lin Moxin, they stood frozen in place like fools, staring at the now-empty doorway of the Alchemy Room. Their faces and eyes were filled with deep regret and fear!

Meanwhile, the six Six-Pattern Yunmai Pills that Chen Fei had left behind still floated in front of Master Yuee. They seemed like terrifying demons, stabbing at their hearts. Normally, if any of them had obtained such exquisite, top-grade pills, they would have been leaping with ecstatic joy. But now?

Now, upon seeing those six pills, they felt no joy at all. Instead, a feeling called dread was taking root and sprouting wildly in their hearts like a demon’s seed.

To their eyes, those six Six-Pattern Yunmai Pills were as terrifying as venomous snakes!

What in the world have we done!? We actually created a misunderstanding and fostered enmity with a powerful Alchemist who can refine six Six-Pattern Yunmai Pills in a single furnace!? What kind of madness possessed us? What sin did we commit!? It’s over. It’s truly over.

”Master Yuee, Manager Lin.” Suddenly, a cautious voice rang out in the seemingly empty Alchemy Room, startling all three of them and causing them to shudder reflexively.

They subconsciously looked toward the source of the voice and saw a middle-aged man wearing the uniform of the Liu Family of Jinbao Pavilion walking in with his head bowed.

”Get lost! What the hell are you still doing here? Haven’t you come to kick us while we’re down enough for one day?” Upon recognizing the newcomer, Manager Lin Ye exploded with rage.

”No, Manager Lin, it’s not that. It was Master Quann… No, it was that Grandmaster who sent me back,” the man said, his voice trembling as a shiver ran through him.

”What!? That Grandmaster sent you back? What for? Speak quickly!” Hearing this, Master Yuee’s eyes lit up. He pushed Manager Lin Ye aside, strode up to the man, and asked with agitation.

”Well, that Grandmaster said he left some things behind… left them here at your Twin Rain Tower, and he asked me to come retrieve them,” the man hurriedly replied.

”What? Is that all…?” Hearing this, Master Yuee and Manager Lin Ye deflated like frostbitten eggplants or leaky balloons, their faces turning pale and dim.

They had held onto a sliver of hope, thinking the young man wouldn’t make a big deal over such a ’small matter’ and hold a grudge. In their eyes, it was perhaps a trivial misunderstanding. They weren’t the ones who were robbed; they simply didn’t know Chen Fei’s identity…

But for the one who was robbed, for Chen Fei, how did he see it?

A completed transaction had been forcibly overturned. Manager Lin Ye, emboldened by Master Yuee’s appearance, had shamelessly changed his tune, canceled the deal, and then yelled and cursed at Chen Fei, treating him like an ant he could crush at will!

How was that any different from humiliating him directly, from stomping hard on his face—not once, but several times!?

Only Lin Moxin still had some semblance of rationality. He glanced at the dazed Master Yuee and Lin Ye before waving his hand. He collected the six levitating Six-Pattern Yunmai Pills, placed them into a small bottle made from One Hundred Year Warm Jade, and handed it to the man.

”The six Six-Pattern Yunmai Pills refined by Master Chen are all here. As for the other items… follow me.” He led the man from the Liu Family of Jinbao Pavilion to the main hall on the first floor. Shortly after, the man left with all the items and Spirit Stones.

After the man from the Liu Family of Jinbao Pavilion left, Manager Lin Ye finally remembered that Chen Fei seemed to have been brought here by Lin Moxin. He asked anxiously, ”Moxin, what do we do now? That… isn’t Master Chen your friend? You have to help us. Please, speak on our behalf… At the very least, get us a chance to apologize and make amends!”

”Sigh, Uncle Ye, I only met him for the first time today as well,” Lin Moxin replied with a helpless, bitter smile. ”I originally planned to make a sincere effort to befriend him, but who knew this mess would erupt out of nowhere.”

If he truly knew Chen Fei and they were on good terms, they wouldn’t be in such a passive position. But as fate would have it, things had gone in the worst possible direction. It was perfectly reasonable for Master Yuee to want the alchemy materials from an ordinary young man; there was nothing wrong with that!

The problem was, Master Yuee had wanted the alchemy materials from a powerful Alchemist who could produce six Six-Pattern Yunmai Pills in a single furnace. That problem was truly immense! Enormous, in fact.

Moreover, Uncle Ye’s behavior earlier had been so… so ugly and unbearable. It was like a first-level Qi Cultivation cultivator leaping eight zhang high and barking orders in front of a Foundation Establishment True Person Realm expert! What kind of scene is that!? Just thinking about it made Lin Moxin’s scalp tingle.

”Moxin, we were in the wrong today. We shouldn’t have resorted to such blatant robbery… But you do have some connection to that esteemed person. So, what do you think we should do now?” Master Yuee was clearly at a loss. Hearing Manager Lin Ye’s words, he turned to Lin Moxin with an urgent and anxious expression, seeking his advice.

Hearing this, Lin Moxin gave another bitter smile. You’re asking me? Who am I supposed to ask!?

Nevertheless, he hesitated for a moment before speaking. ”In my humble opinion, it would be best to inform the Clan Leader and have him, you, Master Yuee, and Uncle Ye handle this personally. After all, Master Chen can casually produce a furnace of six pills with such a terrifying quality of six patterns! We really can’t afford to be complacent or treat this lightly.”

”Inform the Clan Leader?” Hearing this, Lin Ye’s face turned a shade paler. If the Clan Leader found out he was involved in causing such a disaster, he would be lucky to escape with his skin intact!

”That’s right. For that esteemed person to so casually refine a furnace of six Six-Pattern Yunmai Pills, his true alchemy realm is likely an entire level, or even a whole Great Realm, higher than this Second Level Low Grade pill! We absolutely cannot afford to be complacent or treat this lightly, otherwise, the trouble will be immense…”

This time, however, Master Yuee nodded immediately without hesitation. He was panicking. As a Second Level Superior Alchemist, he knew exactly what it meant to casually produce a furnace of six pills with six patterns.

That person’s true alchemy realm was likely not just one level or one Great Realm higher than a Second Level Superior pill! It was entirely possible it was two levels, nearly two Great Realms higher.

He remembered, back during his apprenticeship in Ghost Wolf City, he had personally heard his master—a genuine Fourth Grade Low Grade Alchemist—state during a lecture that even he had never managed to produce a six-pattern pill of any grade.

His highest achievement was five patterns, and that was with a mere Second Level Low Grade pill. At this thought, at the realization that he had recklessly offended an Alchemist who might be even more powerful than his own master—potentially a Fourth Grade Mid-Grade or even higher—his face turned even paler, and his brow was slick with sweat.

”No, I must make a trip back to Ghost Wolf City!” he then declared, his teeth clenched with firm determination.

Although he was just an ordinary disciple of little importance under his master, a mysterious and powerful Alchemist capable of producing six Six-Pattern Yunmai Pills in a single furnace should—no, definitely would—be enough to warrant his master’s personal intervention. That was his hope.

”What!? Master Yuee, you’re going back to Ghost Wolf City?” Lin Moxin and Manager Lin Ye were both stunned. They hadn’t realized the situation was so severe in Master Yuee’s eyes that he needed to return to Ghost Wolf City just to find a solution.

…

Meanwhile, Chen Fei and Quann Zhenyi had arrived in a top-tier VIP room on the second floor of the resplendent Jinbao Pavilion. A member of the Liu Family staff had already brought back the Pill Bottle, the Black Cloud Axe, and the Spirit Stones.

”Grandmaster, these are your belongings left at Twin Rain Tower. Everything is here; please check them,” said Quann Zhenyi as he respectfully placed the items in front of Chen Fei.

Chen Fei glanced at the Pill Bottle, the Black Cloud Axe, and the three hundred Low Grade Spirit Stones. With a wave of his hand, he collected the latter two items. ”I’ll take these two,” he said lightly. ”Also, give me a brush and paper. I will write a pill recipe for you to prepare with the utmost speed. I will also require an Alchemy Room to perform alchemy. You may have these few pills as compensation.”

HISS!

Quann Zhenyi’s breath caught in his throat. His face flushed and his eyes bulged with rapturous excitement.

This... this entire bottle of six Six-Pattern Yunmai Pills... he’s giving it to us as compensation!?