Published: November 30, -0001
“Alright, alright, it’s all my fault. Over the years, I’ve been in seclusion and haven’t managed the Alchemy Pavilion, nor did I take that Leng family seriously. I never expected that the Leng family would be so arrogant, even a dog they raised dares to ignore my Alchemy Pavilion and even insult my token. I, Zhuo Qingfeng, if I don’t give them a lesson, wouldn’t that be telling the imperial city that my Alchemy Pavilion is truly inferior to the Leng family, and that I have to bow my head and submit to them?”
Zhuo Qingfeng was genuinely furious.
Originally, he only wanted to rescue Qin Chen and had no interest in power struggles.
But now, he was blaming himself and filled with regret.
In these years, he hadn’t properly managed the Alchemy Pavilion, leading to its status dropping to such a low point. All of this was his responsibility, Zhuo Qingfeng.
As the Pavilion Master, he was incompetent.
However, Zhuo Qingfeng knew it wasn’t the time for him to self-reproach; the urgent task was to rescue Qin Chen.
“Since that Geng Deyuan is being disrespectful, fine, I want to see where the City Guards get their courage to oppose my Alchemy Pavilion.”
After speaking, Zhuo Qingfeng said coldly, “Xiao Ya, immediately issue an order to convene all the elders for a meeting. I want to restore the reputation of the Alchemy Pavilion. Also, our Alchemy Pavilion should have medicinal transactions with the royal family of the Dawei Dynasty, right? Immediately stop all medicinal transactions, and any outstanding accounts and payments must be settled by the royal family by tomorrow.”
Zhuo Qingfeng was clearly furious.
Although the Alchemy Pavilion didn’t have a large market among the common people of the Dawei Dynasty, the royal family had always purchased medicinal supplies from the Alchemy Pavilion. Now, Zhuo Qingfeng intended to directly cut off the transactions with the royal family.
Xiao Ya was taken aback; cutting off trade with the royal family was going to cause a big problem.
“Pavilion Master, won’t this be inappropriate? If so, if the royal family gets angry and cuts off cooperation with our Alchemy Pavilion and directly turns to the Leng family, wouldn’t our Alchemy Pavilion have to bear even greater pressure? At that time, rescuing Young Master Chen may be even more difficult.”
Cutting off trade with the royal family was tantamount to opposing them. Now, their Alchemy Pavilion was already inferior to the Leng family. If they further angered the royal family, where would they find a way out?
“You’re mistaken about this.” Zhuo Qingfeng sneered coldly, full of confidence, “Do you think that just because our Alchemy Pavilion doesn’t have a high market share in medicinal pills, we are truly inferior to the Leng family?”
“Our Alchemy Pavilion is the top power on the continent, governing the professional qualification of alchemists across the continent. Its foundation is not something a small Leng family can compare to.”
Zhuo Qingfeng was incredibly proud. “The reason the Dawei royal family cooperates with us is precisely because the Leng family is a family force of the dynasty. The stronger they are, the greater the threat to the royal family. Even if the royal family were foolish, they would never cooperate with the Leng family.”
“So, you just need to do it. A small City Guards dares to insult my Alchemy Pavilion; do they really think we are easy to bully?”
Zhuo Qingfeng snorted coldly, his tone chilling.
In the Equipment Hall.
“What?” Ye Lue Hongtao thought he heard wrong. “Say that again!”
Below, an attendant of the Equipment Hall had a mournful expression and angrily said, “Hall Master, which vice commander of the City Guards has such great power? My subordinate couldn’t even see his face and was chased out of the City Guards.”
“Didn’t you tell them it was my order?” Ye Lue Hongtao suppressed his anger and asked.
How could he believe that an attendant of the Equipment Hall was actually chased out of the City Guards?