Chapter 179: Chapter 179: Soul Reviving Water

"See? Did you see that? She’s my woman."

"You disgusting bastard, let her go right now."

Qin Lie looked at Jiang Chen with some disdain.

"Don’t talk nonsense. What do you mean, *your* maid? She’s *my* maid."

Qin Lie was thrilled. The effects of his Heart-Tugging Powder were truly potent.

He just didn’t realize that Liang Yiyi was Jiang Chen’s maid.

At this moment, he still thought Jiang Chen was trying to steal a woman from him.

So he didn’t take Jiang Chen seriously at all.

He was determined to fight Jiang Chen for her.

"Let her go, Jiang Chen. I don’t want to fall out with you right now."

Qin Lie was somewhat wary of Jiang Chen.

The guy was simply too strange. He tried his best not to breathe, terrified that Jiang Chen might poison him.

Jiang Chen examined Liang Yiyi but didn’t find anything wrong for the time being.

However, being observant, he knew something was definitely wrong with her.

It had only been such a short time.

He had brought Liang Yiyi out for a walk to relax, only to run into something like this.

’How bizarre,’ he thought.

He didn’t let go of Liang Yiyi, instead fixing his gaze on Qin Lie.

SHING!

A sword appeared in his hand.

He spoke to Qin Lie coldly.

"Qin Lie, oh, Qin Lie. Running into me... you’re just asking to die, you know that?"

As he spoke, the sword in his hand thrust out in an instant.

The first form of the Shadowless Sword: Fast Sword Has No Edge!

For the past few days, he had been practicing the Shadowless Sword. Now, his blade was so fast that Jiang Chen wouldn’t fear even a Martial Artist expert.

One word: fast!

He refused to believe that Qin Lie hadn’t done something to her.

The moment Qin Lie saw Jiang Chen draw his sword, he felt a mortal crisis descend upon him.

It horrified him.

Jiang Chen’s Cultivation was clearly lower than his; he was at Warrior Fourth Heaven.

No, Jiang Chen’s Cultivation had broken through again at some point. He was at Warrior Fifth Heaven.

Of course, even so, he was no match for Qin Lie.

But a single strike from Jiang Chen made him, a Warrior at the Eighth Heaven, feel like he was facing the Death God himself.

It was just too strange.

SWOOSH!

Jiang Chen’s sword was too fast.

So fast that Qin Lie couldn’t react at all.

PFFT!

A bloody hole appeared in his shoulder.

Blood gurgled out from the wound.

Finally, Qin Lie realized he had once again kicked an iron plate.

HISS!

A sharp pain made him suck in a cold breath.

Jiang Chen hadn’t given him a chance to strike, wounding his shoulder with a single thrust.

He quickly clutched the wound. Fortunately, it wasn’t too deep.

But blood still gushed out, and the pain made him realize he was no match for Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen was too strong.

"Jiang Chen, you’ve gone too far..."

He was injured. Although it wasn’t serious, it let him know that he had no chance of survival against Jiang Chen.

And that was from just one strike.

"Hmph!"

Jiang Chen’s eyes were cold as he snorted.

"This time, I’ll spare you. But remember this: next time, I’ll take your life."

He shot Jiang Chen a vicious glare.

Then, angry and unwilling, he hurriedly departed.

Although his test of the drug had been a success, he had run into Jiang Chen and suffered a great loss.

He didn’t dare to linger and rushed back to the Alchemy Master Guild.

But that’s a story for another time.

Jiang Chen didn’t pursue Qin Lie because Liang Yiyi was acting abnormally.

He knew that the relationship between him and Master Qin was extremely tense right now. If he killed Qin Lie, a great battle would be inevitable.

The strength of the Alchemy Master Guild was still quite terrifying.

With the Infinite Sword Array still incomplete, he couldn’t let the Jiang Family take such a risk.

Even though he dared to storm the Alchemy Master Guild and fight Master Qin all by himself.

"Come with me!"

Jiang Chen grabbed Liang Yiyi’s hand and immediately started back toward the Jiang Family estate.

But Liang Yiyi kept resisting, seemingly unwilling to go with Jiang Chen.

It was extremely abnormal.

But Jiang Chen couldn’t be bothered with that and forcibly dragged Liang Yiyi along.

BANG!

Jiang Chen gave Liang Yiyi no chance to resist.

He knocked her unconscious directly.

Looking at Liang Yiyi lying on the bed,

Jiang Chen’s expression was incredibly grim.

From her appearance alone, he couldn’t tell what had happened to Liang Yiyi.

’Qin Lie, sooner or later, I will find a chance to destroy you,’ Jiang Chen thought.

A murderous glint flashed in Jiang Chen’s eyes. He had long since decided to kill Qin Lie; it just wasn’t the right time yet.

To figure out what was going on inside Liang Yiyi’s body,

Jiang Chen forced a few drops of blood from her fingertip.

He brought it to his nose and sniffed.

For a powerful Alchemist, judging conditions like poisoning from a Martial Cultivator’s blood was the simplest method.

Especially for someone like him, who was intimately familiar with all sorts of materials, he could tell if Liang Yiyi was poisoned from her blood alone.

But Liang Yiyi’s condition wasn’t poisoning; it was more like her mind was being controlled by someone.

It was very similar to the Heart Control Pill he had refined.

But it wasn’t as potent as the Heart Control Pill.

"Hm?"

"Hehuan Grass, Hibiscus, Profound Text Leaf..."

Soon, Jiang Chen identified more than ten different materials in Liang Yiyi’s blood.

And they had entered her body recently.

In his mind, a certain medicine appeared almost instantly.

"Heart-Tugging Powder..."

"These are the ingredients for Heart-Tugging Powder. Qin Lie actually used Heart-Tugging Powder."

In that instant, Jiang Chen understood everything.

Liang Yiyi had absorbed the Heart-Tugging Powder, and as a result, her mind was being controlled by Qin Lie.

Of course, the control of Heart-Tugging Powder had a time limit. It could only last for half a year at a time. After that, another dose was needed, or the person would awaken.

’But it seems no one in Hanwu City can refine Heart-Tugging Powder,’ he mused.

Among the Alchemists in Hanwu City that Jiang Chen knew, the most skilled was Master Qin. And Master Qin absolutely could not refine Heart-Tugging Powder. Therefore, Qin Lie must have brought it from somewhere else.

’I hope you don’t fall into my hands,’ Jiang Chen thought darkly.

Now that Jiang Chen knew what was wrong with Liang Yiyi,

things would be much easier to handle.

The antidote for Heart-Tugging Powder wasn’t difficult to make.

It only required Soul Reviving Water to cure her.

Soul Reviving Water was a potion that affected the soul, allowing a person to awaken from the confusion caused by Heart-Tugging Powder.

Someone affected by Heart-Tugging Powder has their soul clouded, making them unable to recognize themselves.

And Soul Reviving Water could lift that clouded state from the soul.

However, when it came to the ingredients for Soul Reviving Water, Jiang Chen was stumped.

’Looks like I need to make a trip to the Treasure Elephant Pavilion.’

He knew that the Treasure Elephant Pavilion would definitely have the ingredients he needed.

He headed straight for the Treasure Elephant Pavilion.

"Miss Murong, I have to trouble you with something again."

"Do you have these ingredients at the Treasure Elephant Pavilion?"

Jiang Chen took out a list and handed it to Murong Xiangming.

In recent days, Murong Xiangming’s relationship with Jiang Chen had been getting better and better.

The two of them skipped the pleasantries and got straight to the point.

"Let me take a look for you." 𝘧𝓇𝑒𝑒𝑤ℯ𝑏𝓃𝘰𝑣ℯ𝘭.𝘤ℴ𝘮

Murong Xiangming took the list from Jiang Chen and immediately had someone search for the items.

The Treasure Elephant Pavilion was indeed efficient. Before long, they had found the materials Jiang Chen was looking for.

Jiang Chen was overjoyed.

"Thanks a lot. I have urgent business, so I’m leaving."

Jiang Chen took the materials, said a quick goodbye, and hurried away.

He was in a rush to refine the Soul Reviving Water and save someone, so he had no time to chat with Murong Xiangming.

"That bastard runs faster than a rabbit."

Murong Xiangming was on the verge of a breakdown.

He couldn’t even stay with her for a little while longer before he took off running.

Her beautiful eyes twitched with anger.

’Can’t you spare this young miss another glance?’ she fumed inwardly.

Murong Xiangming was deeply resentful. That guy only came to her when he needed something, but never otherwise.