Free Web NovelChapter 1412: Chapter 472: Stirring Up a Hornet’s Nest
"Miss Yue, don’t be afraid. My old man said that your Huangquan water is a good thing, true gold fears no fire. These people have no eye power, blind fools."
Old Madam Fu directly skipped addressing the City Lord Ye and started calling Ye Lingyue ’Miss Yue’.
After saying that, Old Madam still felt unsatisfied and fiercely glared at the Nine Rank Alchemist from the City Lord’s Mansion, spitting in contempt.
Old Madam Fu, feeling bored at home, thought she had a great chat with Ye Lingyue yesterday, so she dragged her old companion out for a walk, hoping to bump into Ye Lingyue again.
As they walked, she heard someone say that the City Lord’s Mansion ordered the sealing of the "Jia Tianxia" commerce guild, and in a hurry, she abandoned her companion and rushed over.
"Where did this blind old woman come from, meddling disorderly in the City Lord’s Mansion’s affairs."
That old alchemist said this, stepping forward to order the guard of the City Lord’s Mansion to pull her away.
"Old Man Fu, something’s happening, someone wants to hit your spouse, hurry and save her!"
The old woman changed her attitude from yesterday and suddenly, with full vigor, shouted towards a direction on the street.
As for City Lord Ma, watching from the side, he looked left and right at the old woman, feeling she looked very familiar.
Just as he was about to ask, he heard the old woman shout for Old Man Fu, and suddenly he remembered something, trying to shout out but it was too late.
He saw, from the other side of the street, a whirlwind-like figure rushing over, and the stone slabs paving the street cracked inch by inch like a spider web.
Countless shops and passersby, caught off guard, were forced back a few paces by that strange whirlwind.
Once the whirlwind passed, the street was as clean as if it were swept by a tornado.
Ye Lingyue’s eyelids twitched.
This power is not the Ancient Nine Provinces’ accustomed Power of Reincarnation, but spiritual power!
This spiritual power is extraordinary; the person coming is at least of Fang Venerate Level.
A gray-haired old man seemed to streak and arrived in front of Old Madam Fu.
That aura, truly that of an exceptional master.
"You deaf old fool, I shouted for so long, and you just arrived. You think I’m old, not like I used to be? Are you planning to let me be bullied so you can marry a new one?"
Old Madam Fu didn’t care about all the stares as she saw the gray-haired old man and tugged his ear, twisting hard.
"Wife, take it easy, mind your hand, it’s already hard dealing with one of you."
The old man wasn’t angry; his old face was full of a fawning smile.
Just before he was coaxing his wife, he turned his face and started berating the onlookers.
"Who dares, which blind fool dares to bully my wife, Fu Sanshi."
He stared, and the nearby old alchemist from the City Lord’s Mansion’s knees shook, and before he knew it, he knelt on the ground.
Then, after hearing several plopping sounds, the spectators nearby also knelt down one after another.
Looking around, still standing were only City Lord Ma, who was holding Hong Yulang in one hand and keeping him half-kneeling, and Ye Lingyue.
When Fu Sanshi appeared, Ye Lingyue also felt a tightness all over her body, as if a web enveloped her tightly, making her unable to move.
She slowly circulated Cauldron Breath, only then slightly resisting the strange spiritual power pressing on her.
Yet even so, Ye Lingyue still felt very strained.
It appeared that City Lord Ma, dragging Hong Yulang, wasn’t having it easy either; beads of sweat were emerging on his forehead.
Old Man Fu scanned the surroundings and raised his gray-white eyebrows when he saw City Lord Ma.
However, his gaze quickly fell on Ye Lingyue.
Oh, a little girl, surprisingly able to withstand his pressure.
"Damn old man, aren’t you going to withdraw that lousy pressure, look, Miss Yue is exhausted by you."
Old Madam Fu scolded, and Old Man Fu quickly wore a smiling face, withdrawing his spiritual power.
Suddenly, the spiritual power pressing on everyone vanished without a trace.
"You, who are you to dare interfere in City Lord’s Mansion’s affairs?"
The old Nine Rank Alchemist from the City Lord’s Mansion was disgraced and pointed at Fu Sanshi to curse.
"Shut up, who allowed you to speak to Hall Master Fu like that."
City Lord Ma shouted.
Hall Master Fu?
Everyone, including Hong Yulang, was stunned.
"This is Hall Master Fu, one of the two hall masters stationed at Jiu Provinces Hall, and he is a Fang Venerate."
Even City Lord Ma was respectful before this peculiar Hall Master Fu, revealing that the old man holds a significant position in the Jiu Provinces Alliance.
Ye Lingyue didn’t mistake it this time; Fu Sanshi not only holds a high position in Jiu Provinces Hall, but due to being an outstanding Fang Venerate, his status among the hall masters of the Jiu Provinces Alliance is very high, just a bit lower than the few of the Elder Council.
Unlike other hall masters who love to vie for power and manage different cities, Fu Sanshi is naturally indifferent; his two lifelong delights are arrays and being managed by his wife, enjoying them both tirelessly for most of his life.
He stayed in Xuanwu City merely because his wife, Old Madam Fu, was born there.
The opponent turned out to be a Fang Venerate, and judging by cultivation... Ye Lingyue cautiously glanced at Fu Sanshi, and judging by cultivation, this old man’s cultivation surpassed that of Yue Mubai back then.
Who would have thought that Old Madam Fu’s husband was a hall master at Jiu Provinces Hall.
"Old man, this is the young Miss Yue who saved me yesterday. She’s being bullied by these people, speak up for her."
Old Madam Fu didn’t care about City Lord Ma or not, as she only knew that she liked the young girl who was being bullied.
Hall Master Fu glanced at Ye Lingyue, and for some reason, Ye Lingyue felt that his gaze wasn’t very kind.
"Hall Master Fu, the Huangquan water issue is under my investigation. City Lord Ye’s high-price sales of Huangquan water in Xuanwu City have severely disrupted the commerce within the city. Besides, my alchemist has investigated and found no trace of Spiritual Medicine in this Huangquan water—it doesn’t deserve thirty thousand Spirit Stones."
City Lord Ma wasn’t afraid of Hall Master Fu meddling in this matter; Fu Sanshi was strong in cultivation but had a straightforward nature, so he didn’t believe Fu Sanshi wouldn’t uncover the trick behind Huangquan water.
"Thirty thousand Spirit Stones for a bottle of Huangquan water?"
Fu Sanshi asked, pointing to the bottle of Huangquan water.
"Yes, indeed thirty thousand Spirit Stones. Hall Master Fu, you know well that in our alchemist profession, there’s a practice. Refining elixir pills, from low to high, even ninth grade elixir pills cost around fifty thousand Spirit Stones, and that’s after using numerous spiritual materials and countless failures to obtain."
The old alchemist from the City Lord’s Mansion seized the opportunity and started berating Ye Lingyue, accusing her of profiteering and tarnishing the reputation of the Alchemist World.
"Indeed, that Huangquan water doesn’t have any medicinal effects, in my view..."
Fu Sanshi said slowly.
