"I've tried to give you a chance."

Huh...?

At that moment, a familiar voice resounded in the silent room after Zhu-Ling had finished speaking to Ming-Wang. Zhu-Ling knew whose voice it was, and it gave him goosebumps.

"Yo… Young… Young Master Zheng-Fu?"

As he spoke, Zhu-Ling's face was extremely distorted because he had just said something he should not have said. And, of course, he knew the end of this matter well, but he would not give up and be judged alone.

"It's not what Young Master thinks. It's not what you heard," Zhu-Ling said, turning left and right to look for where Zheng-Fu was.

But no matter how hard he looked, he could not find Zheng-Fu at all. However, at that moment, Zheng-Fu's figure slowly appeared where he had previously stood. Actually, Zheng-Fu had not gone anywhere; he had been standing here since the beginning. And seeing him walk away was just an illusion.

As for Ming-Wang, he did not show any panic. He just stood still and did not speak because acting or saying anything might have caused him to be wrong as well. Therefore, Ming-Wang thought of standing quietly. It would be better to wait until Zheng-Fu spoke first.

"Master Zhu-Ling, you're saying that what you just said isn't the truth? Then why did you say it like that?" Zheng-Fu continued to shoot the question at Zhu-Ling once more, pushing him even more with a fierce gaze.

"Tha… that's… that's... Right! It's all because of him!" As Zhu-Ling was reluctant to answer, he suddenly showed a serious expression and shouted out who was the culprit, pointing at Ming-Wang before continuing.

"Because Ming-Wang forced me to do so. He ordered me to do all of that. And just now, you can see that I'm talking to Ming-Wang," Zhu-Ling immediately explained to Zheng-Fu.

Huh...?

Hearing Zhu-Ling's words, Zheng-Fu turned to look at Ming-Wang. However, Ming-Wang's face remained calm. He did not show panic or nervous expressions in the slightest after Zhu-Ling accused him.

"Master Ming-Wang, is what Master Zhu-Ling said true?" Zheng-Fu did not know what Ming-Wang was going to do, but he still had to ask, despite knowing that Ming-Wang would definitely reject him.

"Young Master Zheng-Fu, what Zhu-Ling said was completely true. I really forced him, but I forced him to diligently practice apothecary to advance the apothecary level. I'm not forcing him to take the Golden Core-Breaking pill formula out to the outside. He alone thought of taking it out because of his greed."

Ming-Wang did not admit that he had forced Zhu-Ling to take out the medicinal formula to tell the outsider. He said that he only forced Zhu-Ling to practice. And this was true, as everyone was forced by Ming-Wang on this matter all along.

As for Zhu-Ling, upon hearing that, his face instantly turned even more angry and ugly. He did not think Ming-Wang would leave him alone on this matter, but of course, he would not give up so easily. If he had to be punished, he would also get Ming-Wang to be punished too.

"Young Master Zheng-Fu, everything I've said is true. Even if I made a mistake, I would still dare admit it. When you were able to concoct a yellow pill, it was Ming-Wang who took it off for auction. But because I accidentally saw him doing that, he gave me that share and persuaded me to cooperate."

Zhu-Ling continued to tell a story about Zheng-Fu's pills that were smuggled out for auction at the time when Zheng-Fu had just joined the Apothecary Association and tested the first pill concoction. He said that was Ming-Wang's action.

And this matter, Zheng-Fu had already known, but there was still no evidence to convict Ming-Wang. To prosecute and punish Ming-Wang, he needed to have enough evidence. Otherwise, many alchemists who respected Ming-Wang would hate him.

However, Ming-Wang's face remained unchanged, despite further accusations on this issue. Ming-Wang's expression made Zheng-Fu unable to help but admire this man, as he was very confident and convinced of his evidence.

"Master Zhu-Ling... You said I was the one who auctioned Young Master's pills? Of course, I was the one who took it to the auction. But weren't you the one who kept and protected the pills back then? If it wasn't for your consent, how could I bring it out? If it was not because you brought it to me and told me to take it to auction, how could I take it out then?"

Ah!

Zhu-Ling turned pale when he heard Ming-Wang say that. Even though what Ming-Wang had said was half true and half untrue, the true part was the thing he feared the most. Because at that time, he was in charge of all the association's medicinal herb and pill storage rooms. Many of them knew this very well.

If everyone attended to witness this matter, he would become the complete culprit. This was as if he had built a tomb for himself, even though he thought he would be able to blame Ming-Wang for this matter.

'This man is very cunning. It would be difficult to blame him now. So, I shouldn't be in too much of a hurry. The only option left is to spare Zhu-Ling and let him deal with this man instead of me,' Zheng-Fu thought in his mind step by step, and he finally decided what to do next.

"Sigh... I feel very sorry that this happened. As for the matter back then, I won't blame anyone. But this matter is hard to ignore.

But for the sake of Master Zhu-Ling, you helped me make a lot of potions, so I'll give you one more chance to pay the penalty for your sins by letting you concoct five thousand Golden Core-Breaking pills, and I forbid you from leaving the Beyond Earth Sect for two years."

Hah...?

Zhu-Ling was shocked, including Ming-Wang. Instead of heavy punishment, even the death penalty, it was just a very light punishment. This was much above both of their expectations, especially Ming-Wang's.

Ming-Wang had thought that Zheng-Fu would have to take decisive action against Zhu-Ling. But it turned out like this, causing Ming-Wang to be quite shocked. But soon, he returned to normal.

'Can't look down on this kid. His energy level is high, and his intelligence is also excellent. That he let Zhu-Ling live also means that he wants to lend Zhu-Ling's hand to deal with me. Huh! You're thinking too shallow, little boy. Zhu-Ling alone can't do anything to me.

Wait for me to be able to advance to master alchemist first!' Ming-Wang thought to himself confidently that he would be alright no matter what.

In fact, Zheng-Fu knew very well about this fact. But even if it was so, what about it? Even if Ming-Wang went to join the big sect or the big clan, then what about it? Anyway, Zheng-Fu was not afraid of them. He believed that in the next three months, this place would definitely be no less powerful than the big sects or powerful clans.

Therefore, Zheng-Fu did not care much. He only thought about where he was going to get a lot of fluid multi-steel ore from and how he would get into the Sacred Saber Deity Sect.

"Thank you, Young Master, for your kindness. I promise not to think and do that again, and I will definitely help in every way to find the person who would like to do so," Zhu-Ling immediately thanked Zheng-Fu, and he satirized Ming-Wang at the end of his sentence, staring at him with a furious look.

"That's good. I hope you can reform yourself. I always like to give people a chance. But there won't definitely be a second chance the next time if I catch you!"

Boom!

Zheng-Fu warned Zhu-Ling while staring at Ming-Wang. Then he released a terrifying pressure wave and dashed away from there. Only Zhu-Ling and Ming-Wang were left.

Huh!

"Zhu-Ling, do you really think you can do anything to me?" seeing that Zheng-Fu had actually gone, Ming-Wang spoke up, staring at Zhu-Ling, who turned to look and follow Zheng-Fu.

Tch!

"Wait and see if I can do it or not. Right now, between you and me, it has come to an end. So, we probably have nothing else to discuss. From now on, we're all on different paths.

If any day you make a mistake, that day will be the day I'll trample on you by myself." Zhu-Ling was not afraid of Ming-Wang's gaze because they both had the same energy level, different only in their skill at concocting medicines.

When they had nothing to talk about, the two immediately separated, leaving only the resentment that they had for each other. But there was one thing that the two of them did not know. That was, in the room, there were not just the two of them and Zheng-Fu, but everyone who had been before was all together.

All of them were suppressed by Zheng-Fu's energy, making them unable to move or speak. And Zheng-Fu used the hidden-dimension spell to hide them. And he tricked Zhu-Ling and Ming-Wang at the same time. This was a double-layer deception. Therefore, everyone heard all that Zheng-Fu said to both Zhu-Ling and Ming-Wang.

Whoosh!

Ah!

"I can move now!!?"

"That's right, we can move now! But what about the previous matter?"

"Sigh... At first, I thought it was Master Ming-Wang's work alone. I didn't expect that... Master Zhu-Ling also joined hands with Master Ming-Wang," Kong-Chang, who was also there, said in disappointment.

Hah...?

"What did you say, Kong-Chang? Did you know this from the beginning?" Yao-Xiang was very shocked by this, and when he heard Kong-Chang speak, he turned around and asked Kong-Chang suspiciously.

"I've known it for a long time, at the same time as Young Master Zheng-Fu," Kong-Chang immediately replied. He had actually known this for a long time, but he had not told anyone because even if he said that, no one would believe him anyway, as he was just a beginning alchemist.

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