Chapter 240 - 95: The Duel Between Fire and Cauldron
The fourth round of the pill test was not held immediately, considering that Yue Jinghua and Lie Sisi had already exhausted their mental power, it was decided that the test would be held two hours later.
While Yue Jinghua was resting, a man dressed in nightclub attire walked in and whispered a few words to Lady Yao. Yue Jinghua’s keen senses naturally allowed her to hear the conversation between the two clearly.
The man said, "Lady, something terrible has happened. Young Master Chen, the grandson of Elder Chen from Danlu, has been beaten and was just brought back injured."
Lady Yao’s face changed immediately. It turned out that the Pill Master impersonating ’Chen Jiangyin’ was indeed a Pill Master from Danlu, but he was nothing more than an entry-level alchemist there. This time, he was entrusted by his grandfather to deliver something to Lady Yao, and he took the opportunity to stay in Poluo City for a few days.
Whether out of vanity or because he had had too much to drink, the mediocre Young Master Chen actually claimed to be Chen Jiangyin, the genius prodigy of Danlu, and started to swindle people everywhere he went.
In previous incidents, with Lady Yao’s protection, no major scandals had erupted. But this morning, as soon as Lady Yao entered the palace to oversee the alchemist assessment, Young Master Chen went out flaunting the name ’Chen Jiangyin’ to show off once again.
Little did he know that this time, he would take a fall. First, he was stopped at the entrance of a tavern, and then, for some inexplicable reason, he fell to the ground and couldn’t get up. By the time he was carried back to the nightclub’s residence, he was already unconscious.
Even after several entry-level alchemists from the nightclub had checked on him, they could not determine the cause. Now, the servants have come to report that they fear there is no cure for him.
"Even if we have to use a high-level Spirit Pill, we must keep his breath hanging on. Immediately take out the treasured five-headed ginseng and have him swallow it. As long as there is a breath left, once he is sent back to Danlu, Alchemist Chen will surely be able to save him," Lady Yao was also in a panic. If someone dies in her place in Poluo City, she would truly be at a loss to explain herself.
"But Lady, Alchemist Chen does not readily save people. If he finds out that Young Master Chen has impersonated him, I’m afraid he will leave immediately," said the concerned subordinate.
"Hmph, foolish. We obviously cannot tell him the truth. Just say that Young Master Chen was attacked while representing Danlu on an outing, because he couldn’t stand a freelance Pill Master slandering Danlu and personal insults against Chen Jiangyin himself. Chen acted in a dispute," Lady Yao, the sly old fox, deduced upon hearing that Young Master Chen had no external wounds that the other party must have been hit by a Spiritual Attack. It is said that Chen Jiangyin, after reaching the pinnacle in the Alchemy Dao, has in recent years begun to focus on Dark Techniques related to Spiritual Attacks.
After the servant left, Lady Yao glanced at Yue Jinghua with a sinister look. She saw the latter distractedly chatting with Princess Sha Fei, and couldn’t help but think to herself about what the servants had said earlier — before falling unconscious, Young Master Chen had a conflict with a woman surnamed Yue with an unsightly face. Counting the time, it coincided exactly with the period when Yue Jinghua was late. Could it be that Young Master Chen’s unprovoked injury was related to Yue Jinghua?