"Hah!"

"But it's too bad…"

"Too bad!?"

Everyone at the dinner table was curious about what Zheng-Fu meant. Long-Chun-Da was the first who asked him why…

"Why is it too bad, Master Fu-Zheng?"

"It's too bad that the Master over there doesn't come to join us," Zheng-Fu said while looking down at his cup and pouring himself another drink…

"What!?"

Zheng-Fu's words confused everyone. It also startled the person who was hiding behind the pole next to the table. Then the person started to come out of the pole slowly…

"Brother!"

As soon as the person showed himself, De-Na-Lan's friend shouted to greet the person with a big, warm smile. The man was a good-looking man. And he looked smart too…

"Respecting uncle De-Tong. How have you been, sister Na-Lan?" The good-looking man cupped his fists and greeted De-Tong and De-Na-Lan. Then he turned to Zheng-Fu and said, "I have to apologize for not joining the first drink. Let me drink two to express my apology." When he finished the sentence, he walked to his seat next to Zheng-Fu's.

Then he drank the first drink and asked the helper to pour him another one…

"Hah!"

"Where have you been, Bei, son? I haven't seen you for two days."

"I've been trying to make medicine with a new formula, father. So, I've been in the medicine room, sir," the man answered his father immediately…

"Whoa… Are you an alchemist, Gu-Bei?" De-Tong was surprised to hear that Gu-Bei was an alchemist because the last time he saw the young man, he had not been in the alchemical world…

"Yes, uncle. I was interested in alchemy several months ago. So, I went to the Association of the Alchemists to take the test. It turned out that I passed the test and have now become an advanced alchemist, sir." Long-Gu-Bei answered the question with the same politeness…

"The Advanced Alchemist!"

De-Tong and De-Na-Lan shouted at the same time out of shock when they heard that Long-Gu-Bei was now an advanced alchemist. To them, a beginner alchemist was already superb. And Long-Gu-Bei could become an advanced alchemist the first time he took the test, just because he was interested in it. Alchemists were respectable in society, even though they possessed lower energy levels…

Long-Chun-Da and Long-Yin-Fei were not surprised by Long-Gu-Bei's accomplishment but were proud of him. So, they only let out big smiles. However, the person in the straw hat did not show any reaction to the information but admired the young man in his mind. That was because the young man in front of him was merely sixteen or seventeen years old, but he could turn into an advanced alchemist.

And he said that he went into it just because he was all of a sudden interested in it. If he was really into it, he must become something more advanced…

"And what kind of medicine are you testing?" Long-Chun-Da asked further because he was interested in what his son was doing. He might sell some of his son's medicines…

"It's a Heaven pill, sir," Long-Gu-Bei answered firmly, but with a tint of redness on his cheeks…

"A Heaven pill?"

Everyone at the table was confused about the name of the pill and its effect. They wanted to know if it was the pill that actually sent a person to heaven or not…

"It's for men who want to…"

"You're so crazy, brother! You're so perverted!" Long-Yin-Fei did not wait for her brother to finish the sentence when she called her brother a pervert. Then she started to blush…

When Long-Yin-Fei finished the sentence, everyone started to realize what the medicine was for. It made De-Na-Lan blush along with her friend. That was also because she just glanced to check out Zheng-Fu with a feeling deep inside that was hard to say. So, she had to look down immediately…

"Hahaha! You're indeed your father's son!" Long-Chun-Da slapped his lap while laughing out loud with joy when he knew what kind of medicine his son was improving on…

"But it's too bad that the pill is not that efficient yet. It's like the pill lacks some kind of ingredient. And no matter how much I try to think about it, I still don't have the answer. Anyway, this is the experimental one, sir. Even though it's not completely efficient, it works pretty well." Long-Gu-Bei said with distress. Then he remembered to take out a sample to show his father…

"What?"

Everyone looked at the pill in Long-Gu-Bei's hand instantly. It was a reddish-pink pill that smelled beautifully like a new-bloom flower. Just looking at it made everyone fall for it and feel like they were in heaven…

"It lacks burdock and Dog-In-Rut plants. That's why it's not perfect yet."

All of a sudden, Zheng-Fu, who had been quiet all along, blurted out the ingredients that the pill needed…

"Burdock and Dog-In-Rut plants?"

Long-Gu-Bei turned to look at Zheng-Fu when he heard the ingredients' names. Then he said, "Did you mean the burdock that we can find anywhere and the dry Dog-In-Rut twig?"

"That's correct. The Burdock helps make women obsessed with you. And I don't have to tell you what the Dog-In-Rut twig would do. After all, the pill in your hand was made from Elephantopus scaber plant, Horse Power root, Elephant tea, pressed beeswax powder, and hemp, wasn't it?"

"What!? You can tell?" Long-Gu-Bei gasped with widened eyes when he heard Zheng-Fu name the ingredients of the pill in his hand correctly…

"Well, I love herbal plants. I can tell them by their smells," Zheng-Fu replied calmly. Then he lifted his cup and drank without realizing that all eyes were on him…

Rustle!

All of a sudden, Long-Gu-Bei got up and ran out of the dining hall instantly. He headed back to the medicine room to put the two new ingredients in the pill. The young man did not know if it would work or not, but he thought so after contemplating it for a while…

The atmosphere in the dining hall remained exactly as before Long-Gu-Bei left. Everyone was in a confused mode. They looked at Zheng-Fu and turned to look in the direction that Long-Gu-Bei went. Then they started to switch back and forth between the two. Long-Chun-Da was the first one who got himself back, so he lifted his cup and drank. Then he said…

"I didn't know you're an expert in herbal plants too, Master," Long-Chun-Da said with a smile…

"Not at all. The herbal plants that I named are things we can easily find around us. If it's something rare, then I wouldn't know about it." Zheng-Fu knew what Long-Chun-Da was trying to imply, so he gave a simple answer to the man. And those herbal plants were actually easy to find…

*This man is so mysterious. I can sense that he's at the peak level of the Golden Core stage, but my hunch says he must be stronger than that. And he must be extremely strong too.* Long-Chun-Da looked at Zheng-Fu thoroughly while mumbling in his mind…

The dinner continued without any interruption. Zheng-Fu did not say anything to anyone until the dinner was done. The rest of the table dined and chatted with one another because they were afraid to talk to Zheng-Fu. De-Na-Lan tried to talk to him, but she had to look down and stay quiet every time Zheng-Fu turned in her direction…

"Well, since the dinner is finished, I have to excuse myself." Zheng-Fu prepared to leave after seeing that he did not have to stay any longer…

"Wait a minute, Master. Could you tell me your destination? And I think it's quite late now. It'd be too dangerous to travel. Why don't you stay with us tonight? Let me have someone prepare a room for you." Long-Chun-Da stopped Zheng-Fu and asked him to stay over for the night and travel in the morning…

"Um… It's…"

Grab!

Once again, Zheng-Fu felt a soft grab on his arm when he was about to refuse the invitation. And it was De-Na-Lan again who stopped him. She stared at him with a begging eye. Her small, oval face, with a tint of pink on her cheeks, showed that she was extremely shy…

Sigh!

"Alright. But I'll have to leave early in the morning. I can't be here any longer because I have a place to go to as fast as I can."

Everyone nodded in agreement with Zheng-Fu, except for Long-Yin-Fei. She fixed her eyes on him with great curiosity because of the story about him that she had heard from her friend. De-Na-Lan told her that Zheng-Fu fought and killed the Desert Worm Monster. She also talked about the sword that came with a high-level spirit that he bought her. He also saved her from that bad, perverted master…

The whole thing made Long-Yin-Fei want to know who Zheng-Fu really was. She wanted to know why Zheng-Fu did all that for De-Na-Lan and De-Tong. And what the face was like under that straw hat. She was curious about it because her friend said that she had never seen the man's face even once…

*How come it feels so strange? It's like I can feel something really threatening…* Zheng-Fu thought while rubbing his arms…

"Wonderful! I'll have someone prepare a room for you. And um… Your outfit…" Long-Chun-Da said while looking at Zheng-Fu's worn-out clothes…

"Don't worry about it. I have something for myself. Um… Master Long-Chun-Da! I saw a building next to your estate. It says 'Long-Chun-Da Trade Building.' I don't know if…?"

"Ah… That's right. Our clan does trade, and that's our trade building. It's the only branch we have, though," Long-Chun-Da said with a shy smile. His trade building was only well-known for a few decades after he changed its name from Long-Yu, which his grandfather had named…

"Do you buy monster skins?" Zheng-Fu asked immediately. Since he arrived in the bigger city, he thought that the price would be better than selling the monster skins in In-See City or other cities in Blue Land…

"Well, of course, Master. And if the monster skins are in perfect condition, we'll give you a very good price too. What kind of monster skins do you want to sell, Master?" Long-Chun-Da's merchant spirit was awoken as soon as he finished explaining…

"Um… Well..."

Zheng-Fu had to withhold his response when he remembered something. He thought that he must think well before taking out the monster skins to show Long-Chun-Da because most of the skins were those of rare monsters. Even though they were lower-level monsters, it would make everyone suspect him. He only had a few of those regular monsters…

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