Chapter 262: Xu Dong is Frustrated
Liu Wen had only seen Jing Yan once during his time in Donglin City and had a brief encounter with him. To tell the truth, he didn’t know Jing Yan’s character well and only knew a little about him from the Donglin City Lord, Huo Chunyang.
So now, he couldn’t determine whether Jing Yan was just talking nonsense, trying to bluff his way through; he was somewhat concerned.
Because the words Jing Yan spoke could likely escalate the situation. Previously, even though Xu Dong was persistent, if Liu Wen decided to protect both Jing Yan and Jing Qingzhu, the Vice President would not be able to harm them with the current excuse. But now, the situation was tricky. If Jing Yan was indeed bluffing to Vice President Xu Dong, it would be a grave mistake, so grave that even Liu Wen might not be able to protect Jing Yan fully unless he gave up competing for the President position of the Alchemist Association and compromised with Xu Dong.
Right!
The conflict between Liu Wen and Xu Dong had intensified precisely because of this battle for the presidency.
Presently in the Alchemist Association, President Li Xingjiu was still there, but both Xu Wen and Xu Dong knew that Li Xingjiu would soon leave the Alchemist Association in Lanqu County City to go to Pill Country in hope of making further breakthroughs in the Alchemy Dao.
Pill Country was not a country.
Precisely speaking, Pill Country was actually just a city. But this city’s fame was so great that on the Heavenly Origin Continent, it was reputed as the Alchemy Dao Kingdom; hence, many Martial Artists straightforwardly referred to it as Pill Country.
Entering Pill Country was no easy feat.
One could say that more than half of the alchemists on the continent aspired to enter Pill Country to achieve higher accomplishments in the Alchemy Dao. Yet, entering required fulfilling certain strict conditions.
And now, Li Xingjiu, the current president of Lanqu County City’s Alchemist Association, had met those conditions and would soon leave for Pill Country. Once President Li Xingjiu left, the presidency would naturally fall into the hands of Vice Presidents Xu Dong and Liu Wen. Which one of them would secure the position would depend on who obtained more support within the Alchemist Association.
That was also the pivotal reason why both Xu Dong and Liu Wen were eager to seize every opportunity to undermine the other’s credibility within the Alchemist Association.