The owner of In-See City was amazed by Zheng-Fu's words. Not only having exceptional fighting skills, the boy knew how to speak. He thought that he was conversing with a mature man…

The owner of the city: "As the owner of In-See City, your action today must be rewarded. How about coming to see me at my mansion this evening? I'll prepare a feast for you and your men…"

Zheng-Fu only gave a light smile. He appeared to be calm and not over-excited. He said…

"I would like to thank you, the owner of the city, for offering us the feast. But I'm afraid that I won't have enough time to spare for anything but buying your Qi energy stones. We came to the Cave of the Immortals today for them. We did not expect to face this fight. But when we saw you at the scene, we knew that we had to help.

Anyway, if the Cave must be closed because of the fight, I think we have to go home empty-handed."

"Hahaha!"

All of a sudden, the owner of the city let out a laugh loudly. He knew what Zheng-Fu was trying to imply…

The owner of the city: "You and your men won't have to go back empty-handed. I'll have my men prepare the lower-level Qi energy stones for you. Just come to the feast tonight…"

The owner of the city looked at Zheng-Fu before smiling. He believed that Zheng-Fu knew what he was trying to imply too. The whole conversation seemed to be delivered by two mature men, not between a kid and an adult…

"If you insist, it wouldn't be polite if I don't attend the feast. I wouldn't want to offend you. We will be there, sir." Zheng-Fu replied and bowed modestly to the owner of the city…

When the owner of the city saw that, it made him wonder who the boy in front of him was. How come this little boy could be so sharp with words…

The owner of the city: "Excellent! Excellent! So, I'll see you and your men tonight. I'll have to excuse myself to take care of these bodies…"

"Then, we'll have to excuse ourselves too."

After the sentence, Zheng-Fu, Tong-Kuang, Dan-Chun-Gu, and Fu-Tao-Qi walked away instantly to join the rest of their group who were waiting…

Soldier 1: "Who was that boy? Which clan is he from?"

Soldier 2: "I don't know! But the boy was a badass. I've never been able to make eye contact with the owner of the city, even though he was in front of me. But that boy made it so easy to talk to the owner of the city like that…"

Soldier 3: "I know two of the martial artists in that group. They are very well-recognized actually. The first guy is Dan-Chun-Gu. He is the veteran soldier who led the force in the wipeout of the mountain bandits successfully. He's a mercenary now. The other guy is Fu-Tao-Qi, the Deadly Axe Master!"

Many soldiers in the area got excited to hear those two names because they had heard of them and their braveries…

Soldier 1: "They are all great martial artists, but how come they seemed to be attentive to that kid? Now I want to know who that kid was!"

Everyone wanted to know more about Zheng-Fu, even the owner of the city. He himself knew Dan-Chun-Gu and Fu-Tao-Qi well. He used to approach both of them to work for him countless times, but they kept rejecting the offers…

It did not take long for Zheng-Fu and the men to get where Yan-Yu and the rest were. Yan-Yu and the other three rushed to greet Zheng-Fu instantly…

Yan-Yu: "Are you guys alright, brother Dan-Chun-Gu?"

Dan-Chun-Gu: "We are fine…"

Wui-Xiao: "How's the situation? Is the fight over?"

"Yep!"

Fu-Tao-Qi: "It's over. The black-outfit group was defeated. The owner of the city won…"

Dan-Chun-Gu: "And how are things on your front?"

Yan-Yu: "We took care of everything according to young master Zheng-Fu. There are no black-outfit men left in this area. The soldiers started to move the injured soldiers and the dead bodies away!"

Ji-Zhung-Gong: "What are we going to do now? They probably close the Cave temporarily."

"We're going to go back to the tavern first. Then we will go to the feast at the mansion of the owner of the city tonight." Zheng-Fu answered while smiling at Yan-Yu and the other three who were not at the fighting scene…

"The feast!?"

"At the mansion of the owner of the city!?"

Yan-Yu and the other three were bedazzled instantly to hear that. There was a serious fight, but how come they ended up getting to go to the feast and at the mansion of the owner of the city too…

Yan-Yu: "What happened? How come we get to go to the feast at the mansion of the owner of the city?"

Dan-Chun-Gu smiled at the corner of his lips. Then he walked to Yan-Yu before patting Yan-Yu's shoulder and then said…

Dan-Chun-Gu: "You'll know when the time's come!"

"What!"

"Guys! Just go ahead heading back to the tavern. I'll have to go to the Association of the Alchemists first."

"The Association of the Alchemists!?"

Dan-Chun-Gu and the rest turned to look at Zheng-Fu right away after he told them that he needed to go to the Association of the Alchemists. They felt like the boy always surprised and mystified them…

Tong-Kuang: "Do you want me to come with you, young master?"

"No. I want you to go take some rest. I think we have a whole night ahead of us. Just take as much rest as you can," Zheng-Fu said while smiling and walked off…

"A whole night ahead of us!?"

Once again, Zheng-Fu left them with a mystery to contemplate …

Whoosh!

Not long after that, Zheng-Fu reached the entrance of the Association of the Alchemists. It was not as busy as that day when he first came to the association building. It was very quiet today, although there were a few alchemists who walked in and out from time to time. It made Zheng-Fu think of the recent news about the disappearances of many alchemists…

The incidents mainly contributed to the quietness at the Association of the Alchemists. When Zheng-Fu entered the association, he saw someone that he was familiar with…

"Brother Kong-Chang!"

"Little Zheng-Fu!?"

It was Kong-Chang that Zheng-Fu saw. But Kong-Chang that he saw today was a sad Kong-Chang. However, when Kong-Chang saw Zheng-Fu, he changed from being sad to joyful. His eyes were full of pleasure to see Zheng-Fu. He rushed to greet the boy instantly…

Kong-Chang: "What brings you here, little Zheng-Fu?"

"I need to do some errands. And I came here to borrow a medicine mixing room. What about you?" Zheng-Fu asked Kong-Chang with a questioning face…

Kong-Chang: "Well! I believe you have heard about the disappearances of many alchemists. I'm here to discuss the matter in the meeting. We recently lost about 10 alchemists in the recent abductions. This causes sluggishness in our association. We know now that most of the alchemists that were abducted were from those small branches in remote areas…"

Kong-Chang showed a sorrowful face when explaining the situation to Zheng-Fu. The fact that those small branches in remote areas lost their alchemists to the abductions made him even sadder…

"Does this have something to do with the Cult of the Savage Evils?"

"The Cult of the Savage Evils!?"

Kong-Chang was startled a little when he heard of the name of the cult. He looked at Zheng-Fu while questioning him in his stare…

Kong-Chang: "Where did you hear that name?"

"I heard of it from those martial artists!" Zheng-Fu said while giving an innocent smile…

*Sigh!*

Kong-Chang had to release a hard sigh because he could never guess what Zheng-Fu had in his mind. He was a kid. It was true, but he appeared to do and say things that adults would do sometimes. So, it was sometimes hard to predict his actions or words…

Kong-Chang: "I don't know if it was the cult, but we're trying to find an answer to it. And you must be careful too!"

"Yes, brother!"

Kong-Chang: "Yeah! You said that you wanted to borrow a medicine mixing room, right? Come! I'll take you!"

"Thank you, brother Kong-Chang!"

Kong-Chang led Zheng-Fu to one of the medicines mixing rooms. Zheng-Fu, as an Advance Alchemist, could use any medicines mixing room in the association. He could use all kinds of herbal plants and ingredients that he needed, too. But Zheng-Fu had to give some shares of the medicines that he produced…

Zheng-Fu's visit to the association had Ming-Wang rushed to meet him instantly…

At the medicines mixing room… Zheng-Fu was preparing the ingredients and the mixing bowl for the medicines that he aimed to make. He was ready to begin the process. The mixing bowl that he was using was the one that he received from passing the test when he was appointed the Advance Alchemist position…

Kong-Chang was hanging around in the mixing room. Zheng-Fu was happy for him to stay because he had been helping him a lot with many things…

Kong-Chang: "Can I ask you what medicine you are going to make, little Zheng-Fu?"

Flutter!

Zheng-Fu did not answer. Instead, he handed a medicine manual to Kong-Chang…

"This!?"

Kong-Chang's facial expression changed as soon as he opened and saw the content in the manual that Zheng-Fu gave him…

"The third-level medicine!"

"The third-level medicine!?"

Out of nowhere, Ming-Wang ran to grab the manual that Kong-Chang was holding. When he entered the room, he heard Kong-Chang say 'The third-level medicine!', so he suspected that the manual contained a formula of the third-level medicine. But then…

Whoosh!

The manual that was in Kong-Chang's hand, all of a sudden, disappeared. It bedazzled Ming-Wang tremendously to miss the manual. When he looked around, he saw that manual in Zheng-Fu's hand. The boy did not seem to pay attention to his bedazzlement at all…

"Um!"

Ming-Wang did not know how to react. He was in the Elder position of the association, but he rushed to grab the manual without asking for consent. Thinking about asking Zheng-Fu to share the manual made him feel ashamed instantly. Kong-Chang, at the same time, was surprised to see Ming-Wang trying to grab the manual from him. And now the manual was gone…

Kong-Chang: "Respecting, Elder Ming-Wang…"

"Hello!"

"Oh!"

Zheng-Fu pretended not to see Ming-Wang. Then he turned to look at him before putting the medicine manual into his spatial ring. After that, he cupped his fists to Ming-Wang…

"Respecting, Elder Ming-Wang. Please excuse me for not going in to pay respect to you first. I'm in a hurry, sir. Please accept my apology." Zheng-Fu said while giving a light smile…

Ming-Wang did not know how to say to Zheng-Fu as well because he knew that Zheng-Fu did not approve of his action…

"Yeah! No need to say sorry. I just happened to walk past the area, so I heard that you came. Do you want to use our medicine mixing room?"

"Yes, sir!"

"I need to make a medicine, so I need to borrow one of the association's rooms. I hope you don't mind."

Zheng-Fu continued to talk in a calm facial expression. He was still upset that the Association of the Alchemists auctioned off his pills without asking him. And Ming-Wang and his intention to grab his medicine manual a minute ago without asking him again made him feel a little angry…

Ming-Wang: "Is that so? And what…what kind of medicine are you going to make? Do you need my help?"

Ming-Wang would not give up. He wanted to know what kind of medicine Zheng-Fu was about to make. Even though he knew that Zheng-Fu was upset about him, as an alchemist, he was curious about the medicine that Zheng-Fu was going to make. The fact that he heard the phrase 'The third-level medicine' made him even more eager to know!

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