âIn fact, that person didnât die at all. He recovered quickly after taking the pills you refined. I gave him benefits, so he was willing to cooperate with me to frame you!â Sun Wei explained.
âHe didnât die? Then where is he now?â Zheng En asked while suppressing his anger. He really didnât expect his momentary kindness to cause him an undeserved calamity!
âI donât know either. However, he should be living a good life now because I gave him a lot of money back then,â Sun Wei said.
âLiving a good life? Sun Wei, why didnât you kill that person to silence him? Didnât you silence many people who worked for you back then?â Zheng En said in puzzlement.
âI wanted to kill him, but that person was very cunning. He slipped away by himself before I could do anything. Iâve never found his whereabouts!â Sun Wei said gloomily. Alas! He wouldnât have chased Zheng En for more than a decade if that person hadnât disappeared!
âI didnât expect you to fail as well,â Zheng En said coldly.
âYes, I didnât expect him to slip away so quickly either,â Sun Wei said with slight regret.
âSun Wei, you did all sorts of bad things and bullied your master and ancestors. Donât you have nightmares at night?â Zheng En asked very curiously.
âI didnât. I was forced.â Sun Wei defended himself.
âHaha, Sun Wei, Iâve lived for so long, but this is the first time Iâve seen someone as thick-skinned as you,â Zheng En said disdainfully.
âI had no choice,â Sun Wei emphasized.
âSun Wei, was there any other reason why you framed me back then besides being jealous of me?â Zheng En couldnât understand. If it was just jealousy, he shouldnât have been tortured to death!
âNo. I want to become the disciple of the president of the Alchemist Association. However, your existence is too much pressure on me, so I had no choice but to attack you. In fact, I also treat you as a friend.â Sun Wei tried to move him with affection because he thought he knew Zheng En very well. Zheng En had always been a very kind and righteous man in his heart. Otherwise, he would not have successfully framed him back then.
âSun Wei, donât insult my intelligence. Youâve never treated me as a friend. You approached me with a reason from the beginning,â Zheng En said very coldly. He really didnât expect Sun Wei to still want to use his kindness now. Alas! Did Sun Wei really think he was still the Zheng En from back then?
âIâm telling the truth.â Sun Weiâs attitude was abnormally sincere.
âSun Wei, no one will believe you anymore, including your master,â Zheng En reminded kindly.
âMaster? Where is my master? I want to see my master!â Sun Wei heard the word master as if he had grabbed onto a life-saving straw.
âSun Wei, donât waste your energy. Your master doesnât want to see you.â Zheng En looked at the middle-aged man beside him and said honestly.
âNo, no. Master wonât treat me like this.â Sun Wei didnât believe that his master, who had always loved him, would not recognize him!
âYou donât even acknowledge your master anymore. Itâs only right for your master to treat you like this,â Zheng En reminded.
âI was forced. I was really forced. Master, believe me, save me. I donât want to die!â Sun Wei shouted crazily, but he didnât receive any response. Even Zheng Enâs voice disappearedâ¦
In the forest.
Leng Ruoxue looked at the dozens of old men with different expressions around her. These old men were the elders of the Alchemist Association who were once locked up by Sun Wei. Sun Weiâs master, Ren Li, was naturally among them.
âNow that you know the truth, do you have anything to say?â Leng Ruoxue raised her eyebrows and asked coldly. She wouldnât care about the lives of these old men at all if it werenât for the sake of justice for Zheng En!
âWeâ¦â An elder wanted to say something, but he didnât know how to say it!
âWe what? So? Is returning justice to my subordinates making things difficult for you? In that case, thereâs no need for you to live anymore!â Leng Ruoxue said very ruthlessly.
âYou canât kill us! We are respected alchemists!â another elder said in disbelief.
âRespected alchemists? Haha, this is too funny. In my eyes, you are just stray dogs. Since I saved you but you canât be used by me, then thereâs no point in you living. I donât raise idle people. Transcend as early as possible!â Leng Ruoxue said with a light smile.
âXueâer, they wonât be able to reincarnate even if they die,â the freak said gloatingly.
âThatâs true. Iâll keep their souls for refining pills. Itâs said that in ancient times, there was a pill that required souls to refine,â Leng Ruoxue said lightly.
âLass, you know that too?â the little old man said in surprise.
âYes, Grandpa Du, do you know that too?â Leng Ruoxue asked in return.
âHaha, lass, I also read about it in an ancient book. I heard that pills with souls added could be nurtured into pill spirits,â the little old man said with great interest.
âGrandpa Du, letâs refine a pill spirit after we find all the herbs. It will save us a lot of trouble with the pill spirit!â Leng Ruoxue suggested. Her beautiful eyes kept circling the dozens of elders as if she was looking for a suitable soul!
Leng Ruoxueâs conversation with the little old man made the hair on the bodies of the elders present stand on end. Boohoo⦠This woman was really too ruthless. They didnât want to be refined into pill spirits!
âOkay. Hehe, Iâm afraid only you can refine an alchemist spirit! Well, my good disciple also has a chance,â the little old man said with envy. The conditions for refining an alchemist spirit were very stringent. Apart from having a soul, the requirements for alchemistsâ flames were also very high! There was no way to refine a soul unless it was a divine flame.
âYes, there are so many souls. If we find enough herbs, we should be able to refine many pill spirits. Grandpa Du, Iâll give each of you one then,â Leng Ruoxue said very generously.
âHehe, Lass, Iâll wait for you to say that. Leave the soul extraction to me. I know how to do it!â the little old man volunteered. Hmph! These elders really didnât care about face. They actually dared to put on airs at a time like this. The lass would not tolerate them!