Martial Master

"Hey, your words are quite serious. I didn’t know that Young Master Chen had sent these two over. What’s the instruction?"

Liu Guang was always decisive and knew that Qin Chen wouldn’t summon him without a reason. Having these two come over surely indicated something important.

Instruction?

Zhang Fei shivered, almost burning his tongue with the tea.

He initially thought that Qin Chen had them look for Liu Guang because there was some connection between them, maybe a bit of friendship.

But looking at it now, that was clearly not the case.

For Liu Guang to use the term "instruction," it was definitely not a casual relationship.

What exactly was the relationship between Young Master Chen and him?

"It’s like this—"

While guessing in his heart, Zhang Fei didn’t dare to delay and quickly spoke about the issues the Zhang family was facing.

"The Alchemy Pavilion wants to cancel the cooperation with your Zhang family and dismantle your Zhang family’s shop in the market?" Liu Guang furrowed his brow, confusion evident on his face. He turned to Chen Mu and asked, "What’s going on?"

Although Liu Guang held a noble position as a steward, he managed the internal affairs of the Alchemy Pavilion and naturally didn’t bother with trivial matters like purchasing medicinal materials.

"I’m not very clear either; I’ll find out soon."

He turned and left the VIP room.

Before long, Chen Mu returned, accompanied by a middle-aged man named Wu Zhong, who was in charge of purchasing medicinal materials at the Alchemy Pavilion.

"Master Liu Guang." Wu Zhong immediately bowed respectfully upon entering.

"Mm." Nodding, Liu Guang pointed at Zhang Fei and said sternly, "This is Zhang Fei from the Zhang family of the royal capital. Please explain to me the business dealings between the Alchemy Pavilion and the Zhang family. What’s going on? Why did the Alchemy Pavilion suddenly cut off the cooperation with the Zhang family?"

Liu Guang’s tone was cold and authoritative, causing Wu Zhong to tremble in fear.

"Master Liu Guang, the situation is like this." Wiping away cold sweat, Wu Zhong hastily explained: "The Zhang family of the royal capital indeed has dealings with our Alchemy Pavilion regarding medicinal materials. Generally, about ten percent of our mid to low-end medicinal materials comes from the Zhang family. However, each year, it’s not the Zhang family that directly connects with us, but through the Li family. The Li family is a noble family in the royal capital, controlling fifty percent of our Alchemy Pavilion's mid to low-end medicinal material procurement, so this should be a one-sided issue between the Li family and the Zhang family."

Bang!

Slamming the table, the cups jumped, and Liu Guang’s expression darkened, causing everyone’s hearts to skip a beat.

"Controlling fifty percent of our Alchemy Pavilion's mid to low-end medicinal material procurement? What kind of background does the Li family have? Our Alchemy Pavilion can’t have our procurement methods controlled by a single family. Such a significant matter, who gave you the power to make these decisions? Don’t you in the external affairs hall consider me, Liu Guang, as a steward?"

Although Liu Guang mainly managed internal affairs at the Alchemy Pavilion, he also had the authority to make decisions regarding external matters.

Wu Zhong was scolded mercilessly but dared not rebut, continuously wiping his cold sweat, inwardly feeling extremely speechless, thinking: "You never care about external business, and when we inform you, you think we’re disturbing your alchemy. Now you say this?"

Though he thought this in his heart, he didn’t dare show it on his face and continued explaining: "Steward Liu Guang, the Li family has been cooperating with our Alchemy Pavilion for quite some time, and Elder Li Xun from the Li family is also a first-tier alchemist in our Alchemy Pavilion, so—"

"So what?" Liu Guang’s expression worsened, his eyes seeming to want to kill. "That Li Xun, is he the one from the Alchemy Hall?"