Jiang Chen stunned everyone.

His position in the Alchemy Master Guild was instantly solidified.

Killing Bai Shu turned out to be little more than a minor incident.

The only one who wanted to hold Jiang Chen accountable was Xiao Gu.

And, of course, the Bai Family.

However, it seemed the Bai Family was still unaware that Bai Shu had been killed by Jiang Chen.

’Damn it, I can’t let him get away with this.’

Although Xiao Gu had been startled by Jiang Chen’s methods, he still shot Jiang Chen a resentful glare as he left.

After all, his disciple had been killed. This death was a grave provocation to his position as an Elder. To everyone else, it looked as if he had lost all face.

Therefore, given his status, he wouldn’t let the matter drop so easily.

The last one to leave was Jiang Chen.

He walked away unhurriedly, showing no signs of any major emotional turmoil.

He slowly departed from the conference hall.

Considering there was nothing else for him to do at the Alchemy Master Guild for the time being, Jiang Chen decided to just go home.

’Looks like I need to start preparing as soon as possible.’

Without further delay, he headed straight for the Jiang Family estate.

「The Bai Family.」

Patriarch Bai Xiong of the Bai Family and Patriarch Ximen Gong of the Ximen Family were both waiting for news.

After all, Bai Shu had taken Ling Xuan to the Alchemy Master Guild. Under normal circumstances, with Bai Shu’s standing in the Guild, he would certainly have succeeded in getting Ling Xuan admitted.

The two of them waited for a long time.

Just then, someone came rushing in.

He cried out in alarm, "Patriarch, terrible news! Something awful has happened!"

Bai Xiong asked with displeasure, "What’s all the shouting about? What is it?"

The messenger, gasping for breath, said, "The young master... the young master... he’s been killed."

What?

Bai Xiong shot to his feet, feeling as if he had misheard.

He snapped, "What did you say? Say it again!"

He couldn’t believe what he had just heard.

Even Ximen Gong jumped to his feet, a bad feeling washing over him.

He knew that the Steward in charge of Ling Xuan’s assessment was Jiang Chen.

But he hadn’t told Bai Xiong this before.

The messenger reiterated, "Patriarch, the information is confirmed. The young master is truly dead. He was killed inside the Alchemy Master Guild."

"The information is accurate."

BOOM!

In that instant, Bai Xiong’s mind roared.

His son was dead. And in a place like the Alchemy Master Guild, of all places.

But his son had been right in front of him just a short while ago, merely taking Ling Xuan to the Alchemy Master Guild.

How could he be dead?

His expression changed drastically, and his body trembled.

"Where is my son? I’m going to see him."

Even so, he still refused to believe it. He had to confirm for himself whether his son was alive or dead.

Ximen Gong hurried to follow. The group left the Bai Family estate and headed straight for the Alchemy Master Guild.

"Elder Xiao."

Just as he arrived at the Alchemy Master Guild, Bai Xiong saw Xiao Gu walking out with his men.

His face was grim.

He rushed forward and asked, "Elder Xiao, my son... has something happened to him?"

After all, Xiao Gu was his son’s master.

He was also an Elder of the Alchemy Master Guild, so Xiao Gu’s words were definitely reliable.

Xiao Gu sighed. "See for yourself!"

He suddenly stepped aside, revealing several guards behind him carrying a stretcher, upon which something was covered by a white sheet.

"This..."

Bai Xiong was instantly stunned.

But he still walked over and slowly lifted the white sheet.

What met his eyes was a corpse.

The corpse of his son, Bai Shu.

"Son..."

Bai Xiong cried out.

He grabbed his son’s body, as if hoping he was just faking it.

But he found that his son’s body was already completely cold.

BZZZZ...

Bai Xiong felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his whole body trembling violently.

He couldn’t believe what he was seeing.

His son was dead.

It was a complete nightmare. Bai Shu was the son he doted on.

He was the pride of nearly everyone in the Bai Family.

He had brought about great changes for the Bai Family, but now he was just a cold corpse.

It made Bai Xiong feel as if the sky was falling.

Ximen Gong moved closer for a look, his feelings suddenly complicated.

He suddenly asked in surprise, "Why isn’t Ling Xuan here?"

"Has anyone seen Ling Xuan?"

Bai Xiong suddenly came to his senses and whipped his head toward Xiao Gu.

He demanded, "Elder Xiao, who did this?"

"Was it Ling Xuan?"

He suspected Ling Xuan had killed his son.

After all, Ling Xuan was nowhere to be found.

Xiao Gu patted Bai Xiong’s shoulder and said in a low voice, "It was Jiang Chen of the Jiang Family."

"As for Ling Xuan, Jiang Chen has crippled his Cultivation and broken his legs."

What?

Bai Xiong and Ximen Gong were both completely dumbfounded.

Jiang Chen did it.

Even Ling Xuan had his Cultivation crippled and legs broken by Jiang Chen.

The two of them simply couldn’t process it.

There was something deeply unsettling about this whole affair.

How on earth did Jiang Chen manage to kill Bai Shu inside the Alchemy Master Guild?

The Alchemy Master Guild wasn’t a place just anyone could enter.

"Let’s go back first and talk there."

In truth, Bai Shu wasn’t Xiao Gu’s only disciple. He was just furious with Jiang Chen.

Losing one disciple didn’t have a major impact on him.

Unlike for Bai Xiong, for whom this was his own flesh and blood.

They carried Bai Shu’s body back to the Bai Family estate.

Bai Xiong wept uncontrollably, grinding his teeth with a bone-deep hatred for Jiang Chen.

"Bai Xiong, that Jiang Chen is utterly irredeemable! He deserves to die a thousand deaths!"

"Not only did he kill my son, but now he hasn’t even spared yours."

"That absolute bastard."

Ximen Gong hadn’t expected all of this to be Jiang Chen’s doing yet again.

That guy had become completely lawless.

He was just killing anyone who got in his way.

Thinking of the tragic state of his own son, who had been poisoned to death by Jiang Chen, he still felt a heart-wrenching pain.

After a long while, Bai Xiong finally calmed down a little.

This son was already dead and could not be brought back to life.

Meanwhile, his enemy, Jiang Chen, was still at large.

"Elder Xiao, how could Jiang Chen kill my son inside the Alchemy Master Guild?"

The question that baffled him was how Jiang Chen had appeared in the Alchemy Master Guild in the first place.

Xiao Gu was also frustrated.

He said angrily, "That bastard used his master’s reputation to sneak into the Alchemy Master Guild."

"He even became a Senior Steward and now holds considerable power."

"Jiang Chen was the one reviewing Ling Xuan’s application. Ling Xuan failed, and Bai Shu took him to argue with Jiang Chen. I’m afraid they had a disagreement, and Jiang Chen just killed him."

"Right, go find Ling Xuan quickly. He’ll know the specifics best."

Bai Xiong and Ximen Gong immediately sent people to find Ling Xuan.

But they were horrified.

"Jiang Chen actually became a Senior Steward of the Alchemy Master Guild?" 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"How is that possible?"

This news was undoubtedly an even deeper blow to them.

The Patriarchs of the two great families both found it absurd.

As for where Ling Xuan was...

The men sent by Bai Xiong and the others found Ling Xuan in a desolate patch of wilderness, lying on the ground, having nearly cried his eyes out.

The current Ling Xuan was a miserable sight to behold.

His Cultivation was crippled, and both his legs were broken.

Seeing this, Bai Xiong and Ximen Gong were both aghast.

Ximen Gong, moreover, recalled that this Ling Xuan had previously been in the service of the Jiang Family.

Now that he had been crippled by a member of the Jiang Family, it could be considered karmic retribution.

This was an outcome Ximen Gong had never expected.

"Patriarch, save me..."

Ling Xuan cried out in agony, pleading with Ximen Gong.

A great Alchemist of his generation, he had been abandoned in the wilderness and nearly eaten by wild beasts.