Chapter 71: Hungry

"Great Master Xiao, do you think Ji Wu saw through the poison pill that brat Qin Ming refined?"

The Chen Family Head asked Great Master Xiao beside him.

City Lord Qian was also looking nervously at Great Master Xiao; he had met this Alchemist from the Chen Family a few times.

This Great Master Xiao actually had some real skill; it was said he was close to becoming a Grand Alchemist.

Grand Alchemists were extraordinary existences in Chenyang City.

Great Master Xiao glanced at the martial stage and said indifferently:

"Prepare the funeral arrangements for Ji Wu!"

After saying that, Great Master Xiao turned and left.

His main purpose for coming this time was to meet the new Grand Alchemist in Liu City; as for the competition, he had no interest in it at all.

With that time, he would rather refine a few more batches of Medicinal Pills.

As for Ji Wu's life or death, what did that have to do with him?

Ji Wu was a member of the Chen Family, placed by them at his side to be nurtured.

All the Alchemy spirit plants were provided by the Chen Family, and Ji Wu served the Chen Family; he was merely assisting in his training.

A mere Pill Apprentice—if he just put the word out, he could take his pick from all the young talents in the city.

Ji Wu wasn't his son; he had several Disciples like Ji Wu and didn't care at all.

Only improving his own cultivation in the Dao of Alchemy was a truly important matter; everything else was trivial.

Once he advanced to Grand Alchemist, he could join the Alchemy Alliance; what would a tiny Chen Family matter then?

Watching Great Master Xiao leave without another word, the Chen Family Head's Face turned ashen.

He knew he was nothing in Great Master Xiao's eyes; an Alchemist's status was high, and even though he was a Great Martial Master, it meant nothing.

How many Great Martial Masters were there in all of Liu City, and how many Alchemists?

Not to mention in Chenyang City; Great Martial Masters were nothing there, and Alchemists were far more valuable.

An Alchemist could continuously create wealth for a Power, and with that wealth, many Great Martial Masters could be nurtured.

This was why he tried everything to have an Alchemist emerge in the Chen Family; if the Chen Family had their own Alchemist, they could become the number one Family in Liu City.

The Four Great Families, the Three Great Families—they would all have to step aside.

This was also why he envied and hated the Qin Family; he knew that now was the only chance to defeat them.

Once the Qin Family's foundation grew, even ten Chen families wouldn't be able to compete with them.

The reason the Ouyang Family allied with the Qin Family was solely because of the Grand Alchemist's Face.

Otherwise, why wouldn't the Ouyang Family wait until the two families had fought to a bloody pulp before stepping in to reap the rewards?

While the Chen Family Head was pondering these matters, a new change occurred on the competition stage.

Ji Wu had been refining pills perfectly well when, for some reason, he abandoned the Medicinal Pills he was refining and began to frantically eat the spirit plants.

"Do you think Ji Wu is so used to being poor that he's started eating spirit plants raw?"

"Yeah! As a Pill Apprentice, doesn't he know that spirit plants are toxic? Eating them like this will kill him."

"Oh my, Ji Wu is eating even faster now; at first he was chewing, but now he's swallowing them whole. Truly savage."

Below the martial stage, the audience couldn't understand what Ji Wu was doing, and a flurry of discussion broke out.

In truth, Ji Wu didn't want to eat the spirit plants like this, but he had no choice.

He only felt that he was incredibly hungry, as if his stomach were about to consume him whole; he only wanted to fill his belly quickly, no longer caring about the competition or Alchemy.

Filling his stomach was the top priority.