I Have the Alchemy Emperor in My Head

1237 One Shock After Another (1)

Chang Shenghong had been suppressing his anger, waiting for this day to slap Chu Yunfan’s face. He had been waiting for this day since Chu Yunfan taught him a lesson.

Chu Yunfan had easily defeated him before, showing the incomparable difference in strength between the two. Chang Shenghong knew it was impossible to defeat Chu Yunfan for revenge. This was his only chance to slap Chu Yunfan in the face.

There was no mistake in this. After all, Chu Yunfan was just a poor boy. Before he became a candidate for the heir position, he was just an ordinary member of the Chu clan.

‘How could Chu Yunfan have any savings? It was probably measly compared to ordinary people’s birthday gifts, let alone a superb one like mine.’

After thinking this, Chang Shenghong looked at Chu Yunfan smugly as if he could see Chu Yunfan making a fool of himself the next second.

At this moment, Chu Hongcai said despite himself, “Chang Shenghong, why are you so smug? This birthday gift is from Duke Ning, not something you prepared yourself. Why are you behaving as if you were the one who gave it?”

Chu Yaowei’s expression darkened. He thought Chang Shenghong had learned his lesson after the last blow. He had not expected this not to be the case at all and that Chang Shenghong still wanted to cause trouble.

If it were any other day, he would have turned a blind eye to it. However, today was his mother’s 150th birthday banquet. If Chang Shenghong wanted to cause trouble at this time, it was equivalent to slapping his face in public.

Was this not publicly embarrassing the Chu clan?

The kind smile on the matriarch’s face disappeared. She was not stupid and could understand Chang Shenghong’s intentions.

‘He wants to use this birthday gift to embarrass Chu Yunfan.’

She thought Chang Shenghong have a change of heart after learning his lesson, but now she realized she had overestimated him. All her life, the most important thing to her was her reputation, but Chang Shenghong wanted to tarnish it. How could she let this slide?

As her anger rose up, a voice sounded from outside, “Conglong City’s Alchemist Association branch president, Kong Buyi, has arrived!”

The announcement shocked everyone, especially Chu Yaowei, who shot up from his seat. The Chu clan’s matriarch’s birthday was today, so only the Chu clan’s relatives or vassals with interests related to the Chu clan would attend. The other prominent families would only send over representatives and give gifts. After all, the matriarch’s birthday was not Chu Yaowei’s, so it was not that big of an occasion.

As for the branch president of Conglong’s Alchemist Association, it was even more so. He was in charge of the entire Alchemist Association. Regarding status in the entire city, he was a unique existence. Compared to Chu Yaowei, he was only higher, not lower.

It was good enough if the Alchemist Association had only sent an elder to congratulate them, and the etiquette was also thorough. But now, Kong Buyi himself had personally come, instantly stunning everyone. This was too much of a show of respect.

Chu Yaowei quickly stood up. He dared not be arrogant before Kong Buyi, so he hurriedly said, “Please, come in!”

Soon, Kong Buyi appeared before everyone.

“President Kong, you’re in person. The entire Chu clan is honored,” Chu Yaowei said.

The two sides were naturally incomparable.

Kong Buyi quickly said, “It’s nothing. I just returned from the capital today. I heard the old madam was celebrating her birthday, but I didn’t prepare much. I only have this. Please don’t take offense to my simple offering.”

Then he revealed a jade box and opened it. There was a bottle of pills in the box.

“These are some Hundred Herbs Soul Restoring Pills I personally made. It’s quite effective in treating psychological injuries,” Kong Buyi said, “I was in a hurry so this is the only thing I could prepare.”

As soon as Kong Buyi finished, everyone gasped. They were knowledgeable people. Of course, they had heard of the Hundred Herbs Soul Restoring Pills that Kong Buyi had made. They knew it was tough to find something like this anywhere.

Physical injuries were nothing to Divines. They could even reattach severed limbs and recover in no time. Even if they were only slightly injured, psychological injuries were difficult to treat. This was what everyone felt was the most troublesome.

However, this Hundred Herbs Soul Restoring Pill was made for psychological injuries. Usually, Divines might not even be able to obtain even one pill even if they spent thousands of gold.

However, Kong Buyi had brought an entire bottle of them as a gift. How could this be a small gift like what Kong Buyi had said? After all, these Hundred Herbs Soul Restoring Pills were worth over a million low-grade spirit stones.

To an extent, it was even more valuable than the birthday gift Duke Ning had presented. After all, Duke Ning’s gift was only expensive, but these pills were things many could not buy with money. It was a life-saving pill at a critical moment.

Moreover, the matriarch was from Duke Ning’s household, so it was customary for Duke Ning to be generous. Kong Buyi had no relationship with Marquis Zhongxin’s household, yet he was willing to spend so much money.

This was what made everyone feel incredulous. They wondered what he was after.

“I hope you won’t take offense to my small gift, Martriach,” Kong Buyi said.

“President Kong, this is too valuable!” Chu Yaowei quickly said.

He could accept the gifts from Duke Ning because they were relatives. This situation utterly different. They were not related to Kong Buyi in any way. If he accepted this gift, he would owe Kong Buyi a huge favor.

The matriarch was very clear about the situation. She said, “That’s right. Today is just my birthday. Isn’t this too grand, President Kong?”

“You are too polite. This is just a little gift. I’m delighted the two of you don’t mind,” Kong Buyi quickly said.

Suddenly, he turned to look at Chu Yunfan and added, “Little Friend Chu, don’t just look at me. Come out and say something.”

Kong Buyi’s words confused everyone as they wondered what this had to do with Chu Yunfan.

Did they know each other?