Chapter 1067 – The Head Alchemist (1/2)

The Head Alchemist

14/14 chapter!

Yan City didn’t look as calm as it looked. Apart from the Prefecture, there were also two overlords which were strong enough to compete for the resources of the city. The news of the City Lord being injured badly by the cold poison remained a secret. If this news was disclosed to the public, no one could assure that those two major powers wouldn’t do anything unfavorable to the Prefecture. As fire couldn’t be wrapped by paper, the news about the City Lord would be leaked sooner or later. As such, the top priority right now was to remove the poison off of the City Lord’s body.

Within these few days, Yan Qingcheng had been worrying over this matter. When she saw Jiang Chen’s extraordinary means of concoction, she felt compelled to spit out the truth.

*Bang!*

At this moment, a loud bang was heard at the door of the courtyard. Judging by the sound of it, it was probably kicked by someone. Someone who would dare to kick the Prefecture’s doors must be either an idiot or with status not lower than Jiang Chen’s.

There were five of them, looking full of momentum. They all looked to have reached the age of fifty and they were incomparably strong. Four of them had reached the late Earth Immortal realm while the leader, who was the strongest, was a half-step Heaven Immortal.

The faces of all these intruders were brimming with haughtiness which no ordinary people could possess. That was a kind of nobility that stemmed from the bottom of one’s bone.

However, these people obviously didn’t notice that Yan Qingcheng was here because they all looked stunned and their arrogant aura was extinguished. In the Prefecture, Yan Qingcheng had absolute status. Even the half-step Heaven Immortal expert wouldn’t dare disrespect her. Normally, most of the things were handled by her instead of the City Lord. In other words, she was the reason why the Prefecture still stood strong in Yan City.

“Uncle Dong, why are you all here?”

Yan Qingcheng sounded a little dissatisfied but kicking the door wasn’t the main reason she was dissatisfied. She was mainly discontented with how they interrupted the conversation when she was just about to say the details of the cold poison.

However, the newcomers weren’tordinary experts, so she still needed to pay them some respect.

“I didn’t expect Big Miss to be here. I heard that a young alchemist has just arrived in our Prefecture. I heard that he has a great concoction technique and despite him being a mere late Human Immortal realm, Big Miss has accepted him as a foreign elder. So, I have come to visit him,” said one of the newcomer.

His eyes were brimming with disdain after confirming Jiang Chen’s cultivation base. In his perspective, no matter how great this young man was, he was merely a late Human Immortal. He had been studying alchemy for almost a lifetime and the reason he got to where he was now was all because of the efforts he had contributed to the Prefecture. So, it wasn’t very pleasant for him to hear that some nobody had been given the foreign elder title on the first day of his arrival.

Jiang Chen, on the other hand, had already discerned the elder’s emotions, the same emotions were running in the heads of the other four experts

“Let me introduce him to you all, he is Young Master Jiang Chen.”

After finishing her introduction, she looked over at Jiang Chen and smiled. “Young Master Jiang, this is Elder Dong Linfu, the leading alchemist in Yan City, and also the head alchemist of our Prefecture. His is a half-step Heaven Immortal and only one step away to become a true Heaven Immortal. As for the other experts, they are all highly respected alchemists and also my father’s friends. Their contributions have helped our Prefecture sustainthe leading role in the city.”

“I feel honored to see these seniors.”

Jiang Chen cupped his fists at Dong Linfu and the others to greet them. In fact, he didn’t need Yan Qingcheng’s introduction to know their identity. He was able to tell that all of them were alchemist with just a glance.

“I’ve imagined that the one picked by Big Miss would be someone very extraordinary. Now it seems it isn’t the case.”

“That’s right, Big Miss. Have you taken this man too seriously? How could he earn the title of foreign elder at such a young age? Plus, he’s just a late Human Immortal. Should we place our dignity on this kid even though he has only gotten this title just because of his concoction technique.”

“Big Miss isn’t an alchemist, naturally she doesn’t have a good understanding of alchemy. The path of alchemy is also like cultivation path. The concoction ability will be greatly affected by one’s cultivation base. With him being a late Human Immortal, the most he can be is the lowest rank of alchemist despite how powerful or gifted he is.”

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These seniors had made their way here just to question Jiang Chen’s ability. The fact that Jiang Chen could get a status and title in the Prefecture dissatisfied them. They even felt that Yan Qingcheng had taken a fancy to this Adonis, but they understood that she would never simply fall for some male cultivator, especially a grunt that was only a late Human Immortal.

“Gentlemen, you all naturally don’t know how brilliant Young Master Jiang’s techniques are without witnessing it by yourself. I believe that once you see his ability, you will stop picking on him. I dare say that Young Master Jiang’s technique is the first I have ever seen and it was magical.” Yan Qingcheng said.

What she said was the truth, although she had exaggerated it a little. Being a shrewd woman who knew how to make good use of an opportunity, she already predicted that Jiang Chen would be scrutinized by the other senior alchemists. Right now, she had to take advantage of this antagonism.

“Oh? First time seeing in your life? Does Big Miss mean that this brat’s technique is even greater than mine?”