Tricky

"Deacon, a Deacon of the Pill Alliance Headquarters." Jue Wuya said.

"What?" Qin Ming frowned. "A headquarters Deacon? How did Jue Xin manage that?"

A Deacon is only one rank lower than an Elder, and being a Deacon of the Pill Alliance Headquarters is no small status.

Jue Wuya sneered, "He presented the divine artifact alchemy furnace to the Pill Alliance, which is why they let him be a Deacon. Otherwise, with only his Martial King cultivation and Pill King strength, how could he possibly attain the position of Deacon?"

"How truly decisive. He must have been terrified that I would seek revenge, so he did whatever it took to become a Deacon of the Pill Alliance." Qin Ming was somewhat puzzled. "I only displayed Martial King strength at the time; why was he so eager to seek protection?"

Little did Qin Ming know, his massacre in the Secret Realm, taking down enemies with a single punch each, had already terrified Jue Xin.

Furthermore, because he was a Martial Artist who had grasped Intent, Jue Xin believed he would sooner or later become a Martial Emperor, forcing him to join the Pill Alliance to seek protection.

Otherwise, if a Martial Emperor truly wanted to kill him, even hiding in the Great Xia capital would be useless.

"However, just because he joined the Pill Alliance, does he think I can't kill him? He is truly too naive. If I want to kill him, unless he hides under the nose of a Martial Venerable, he will die all the same. It's just that now that he is at the Pill Alliance Headquarters, it will likely take me some effort to kill him." Qin Ming said disdainfully.

Jue Wuya asked in surprise, "How do you know he is at the Pill Alliance Headquarters? Have you investigated him?"

"There's no need to investigate. Given his cowardly nature, he must be hiding in the Pill Alliance and refusing to come out." Qin Ming waved his hand. "How long has he been out of the Secret Realm, and has he made any moves?"

Although on the surface, Qin Ming held Jue Xin in great contempt, in his heart, he regarded Jue Xin with extreme seriousness. Being able to harm his master so severely while remaining unscathed himself was a kind of ability.

Master Azure Flame was not as simple as he appeared on the surface. It was only because his Dantian had been crippled that his Martial Arts Strength could not be determined.

As someone who, without relying on any Power, had independently raised his Alchemy strength to the level of a Pill King, this already spoke volumes about his Martial Arts Strength and Jianghu experience.

Yet such a person had been harmed by an inconspicuous Disciple; one could imagine how deeply Jue Xin had hidden himself.

Such a person was someone Qin Ming would never underestimate, no matter what.

Sometimes, a person's strength is not necessarily just their martial arts cultivation.

"He joined the Pill Alliance as soon as he left the Secret Realm; he really is decisive." Even Jue Wuya used the word 'decisive' to describe Jue Xin; one could imagine just how cautious Jue Xin was.

If it were Qin Ming himself, possessing a divine artifact alchemy furnace that served as the foundation for becoming a Pill Emperor in the future, he would never give it up, no matter what.

Jue Xin was not him. If Jue Xin wanted to advance to Martial Emperor, he needed his Pill Dao Strength to reach at least the level of a Pill Emperor, and then pile up Medicinal Pills to potentially push his martial arts cultivation to the Martial Emperor level.

Qin Ming had seen just how poor Jue Xin's Martial Arts Talent was.

He didn't even dare to fight, only thinking about running away, and joined the Pill Alliance as soon as he came out. Jue Xin was on par with a Ban Lan Rat.

At the level of Martial King, it was no longer just the Spiritual Root that determined one's cultivation Aptitude; it was more about the height of one's Mental State and the level of mastery over Intent.

Without the support of an endless supply of Medicinal Pills, with Jue Xin's personality, how could he possibly become a Martial Emperor?

"Let's put Jue Xin aside for now and resolve the matter with the Shen Family first." Qin Ming felt that Jue Xin was tricky, and planned to give up on killing him for the moment to first resolve the Shen Family issue.