Chapter 172 - Forceful Invitation (1/2)
“He is indeed an unheard of genius. I toiled for years over the pill recipe, but this kid up and understood it. I am completely in awe…”
Tao Danniang laughed, sighed, then sank into depression. Zhuo Fan’s godly alchemy skill left her feeling inferior in her meager achievements.
It was a far greater blow than Vicious Pill King could ever give her.
After all, Vicious Pill King was the best in Tianyu and yet, she could still follow his tracks. While Zhuo Fan, he had risen to unseen heights; to the point she couldn’t even catch a shadow.
Chu Qingcheng and the rest were over the moon, “Is that true?”
“Of course. With the 17 pills the kid gave us, it is enough to get Drifting Flowers Edifice out of this crisis!” Tao Danniang laughed.
Chu Qingcheng blinked, still finding it hard to believe this was real, “Aunt Tao, you mean to say he unraveled the mystery of that antidote? That pill recipe is real?”
“Yes, it is undoubtedly real. Vicious Pill King may have denied it, but to make the antidote to Rainbow Cloud Palm, one had to at least have a recipe. Or you wouldn’t know where to even begin.”
Tao Danniang sighed again, “But that kid is amazing, not only understanding the pill recipe but also following it in refining. The pill recipe was just a 7th grade, yet he made perfect 8th-grade pills. With this, even Grandmother’s recovery is assured.”
“What, Grandmother?” Long Jiu’s group cried, “She’s still alive?”
With a vague smile, Tao Danniang shook her head, “Just a breath away from death. But she will soon be back!”
Everyone felt uplifted by the news.
Zhuo Fan’s act was of huge consequence. Drifting Flowers Edifice’s Grandmother was the Lady of Steel. Furthermore, he not only wrested Drifting Flowers Edifice out of Pill King Hall’s control, he even saved Grandmother.
From now on, Drifting Flowers Edifice’s only way was up. Regent Estate would not find it so easy to handle this house as before!
“He is the savior of Drifting Flowers Edifice!” Long Jiu sighed, his admiration for Zhuo Fan going up a notch. [To think this was his plan all along.]
How else could Drifting Flowers Edifice resist their wretched ally, Regent Estate? Drifting Flowers Edifice will soon return to being a national power.
If Long Jiu understood this, then so did Chu Qingcheng and the others.
Sharing a look, Chu Qingcheng and the others had a newfound respect for Zhuo Fan. Even Peony Overseer, who endlessly cursed at Zhuo Fan, felt a little ashamed.
Regardless of what was said, regardless of how focused Zhuo Fan was on his own directive, one thing was certain. He was the herald of Drifting Flowers Edifice’s new dawn.
This alone made him Drifting Flowers Edifice’s greatest contributor!
“It’s no longer him owing me, but me being indebted to him. Our bond still remains!” Chu Qingcheng smiled with a crafty look.
They were eager to get back to Drifting Flowers Edifice, remove the poison from their sisters, and boost the morale of their troops.
Out of everyone’s notice, when the moon fell from its peak, a winged figure watched them from a treetop. He sighed and vanished into the night…
In another place, on the wide street, Yan Fu was shedding bitter tears going westward on a carriage. He was returning to Pill King Hall with the body of his master, Vicious Pill King.
No one would have ever believed this trip to Drifting Flowers City would rob the grand Vicious Pill King of his life.
Wiping his nose, Yan Fu recalled his master’s smile, his care for his disciple, and his grief only grew. His cloudy eyes once again began shedding tears of sorrow.
“No, I cannot cry. I will have vindication!” Wiping his tears, Yan Fu’s eyes steeled, “Zhuo Fan, one day I will kill you and lay master’s soul to rest!”
Hu~
A sudden gale blew, followed by thunder. Yan Fu’s heart seized and turned to look back. He saw a man with wings of lightning charging for him.
“Z-Z-Zhuo Fan!”
In a blink, Yan Fu’s towering thirst for revenge was wiped clean. The panic was so palpable from his face that he was on the verge of tears.
[Dude, I was saying one day! Not now! Why are you here? I’m not ready! Could you at least give me at least seven or eight decades?]
But why would ever Zhuo Fan care? He always followed through with what he put his mind to.
Whoosh~
Zhuo Fan’s arrival was swift like lightning.
With lack of a better choice, Yan Fu jumped off the carriage. He then hopped on his feet with a serious face.
[Since I can’t avoid him, come! I am not afraid of you, even if I die!]
But Zhuo Fan couldn’t care less of him.
Boom!
With a crack of thunder, Zhuo Fan went through the carriage, which blew into smoldering ash. As Zhuo Fan’s figure was made clear from the wreckage, he was holding someone.