Chapter 625: A Tongue As Sharp As A Blade (2/2)

Li Qiye shook his head and said: “No need, let me pick one.”

Bai Weng immediately knew that a regular cauldron wouldn’t earn Li Qiye’s grace, so he said: “I am very familiar with the capital and know of several shops with a lot of treasures. Let me lead the way so that Young n.o.ble can pick.”

s.h.i.+ Hao was startled after hearing the conversation between the other two. With some difficulty, he finally managed to step in and say: “Brother Li, I also want… a cauldron… but I don’t have many refined jades.”

Bai Weng couldn’t help but smile. He believed that if Li Qiye wasn’t paying, he would be happy to do so. Of course, he didn’t dare to make a decision before Li Qiye voiced his opinion.

Li Qiye smiled and said: “Don’t worry, it is nothing. Leave it to me.”

“But…” s.h.i.+ Hao didn’t know what to say. Li Qiye had given him too many things; not only did Li Qiye teach him pill refinement, he but also took him to the capital. To say that Li Qiye gave him another chance at life wasn’t even close to enough. s.h.i.+ Hao was a simple fella so he couldn’t articulate his grat.i.tude well.

“No buts.” Li Qiye gently tapped s.h.i.+ Hao’s shoulder and said: “You’ve earned it. If you want to thank me, then keep on working hard on your pill refinement and do not shame me. That would be the greatest thanks, understand?”

s.h.i.+ Hao took a deep breath while tightly gripping his fists and spoke in the most serious of manners: “Brother Li, rest a.s.sured, I will do my best and be diligent!”

At this time, Bai Weng was very envious of s.h.i.+ Hao. As the proverb says, fortune favors fools. Even if s.h.i.+ Hao’s talents weren’t the best, his future would be bright with Li Qiye’s tutelage. Bai Weng had seen — with his own eyes — Li Qiye’s skill, so s.h.i.+ Hao would surely become an amazing alchemist in the future.

“Let us go.” Li Qiye told the two and started walking. s.h.i.+ Hao and Bai Weng quickly followed.

However, the moment the group took a step out from Ancient Pine’s mansion, they were stopped. It was a young man blocking Li Qiye’s path, someone with a very haughty appearance. He had more than ten disciples behind him.

The young man arrogantly asked: “You are that alchemist named Li, correct?”

Li Qiye didn’t bother to look at this type of crowd as he replied: “What if I am?”

The young man sneered: “I heard that you want to compete for the alchemist position? Haha, you better open your eyes so you don’t waste time. The candidates to partic.i.p.ate in the Alchemy Conference have already been decided, and you have no part in it. Be smart and quickly leave, don’t dawdle at the capital.”

Li Qiye lazily looked at the young man at this time and asked: “Compet.i.tion for the alchemist position?”

The young man thought that Li Qiye got the message and sneered: “As long as you know. The capital isn’t a place for a human with a dubious origin like you to stay around. It is a dangerous place, so you better be careful or else you’ll lose your life. That would be unfortunate.”

Although it sounded like a warning, it was clearly a threat towards Li Qiye.

Li Qiye burst out in laughter. Such a threat was not worthy of serious consideration, so he didn’t even bother asking who the guy was.

Bai Weng was slightly taken aback by the young man. He was familiar with the people in the capital so he immediately knew the young man’s ident.i.ty after seeing the crest embroidered on his vest.

Bai Weng responded quickly by inserting himself in the middle of the young man and Li Qiye, then he raised his voice and said: “Young n.o.ble Lie Jie, please return. Our Young n.o.ble does not wish to see you.”

[spoiler t.i.tle='625 Teaser']“Reason this out?” The arrogant girl sneered and said: “Oh, this b.u.mpkin who started by attacking me wants to reason it out? Did you lose your confidence?”

“Lose my confidence?” Due to his bad mood, he was more than happy to deal with someone who was asking for it. He lazily looked at her and said: “An ugly farm girl like you think you can make me lose my confidence? I don’t see anything about you that can scare me. Your chest? You think your flat chest that resembles a basin can scare me? Or is it your a.s.s that’s as dried as tofu? Or is it…”

Normally, Li Qiye wouldn’t act as cra.s.s as this, but who told this arrogant girl to encounter him while he was in a bad mood? Her aggressive and arrogant att.i.tude made Li Qiye lose his will to act cordially.

The haughty girl turned red while trembling from anger. She was not only proud because of her strength, but also because of her beauty and figure. Even if she wasn’t number one in the Stone Medicine World, she would be within the top five!

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