"I agree, I agree, I agree," Baishan Jun said quickly, without a second thought.

This was the third time Huang Quan had asked him and the third chance given to Medicine King Valley. Since Huang Quan’s debut, such a miracle had never occurred. In this world, the only existence Huang Quan had ever given three chances to was Medicine King Valley.

What an immense honor! he thought, even as he silently cursed his own spinelessness. He didn’t dare to disagree! He was terrified that if he refused, Huang Quan would send everyone in Medicine King Valley to queue at Naihe Bridge for a bowl of Mengpo Soup.

"Step aside. I’ll help you refine the Heaven-Mending Pill. In your current state, you can no longer continue the refinement," Ye Xiu commanded.

In truth, the main reason he had given Medicine King Valley three chances was that they were still useful to him!

"Yes, yes, yes!" Baishan Jun quickly stepped aside.

The leader of the neutral faction ran over, pulled Baishan Jun aside, and fumed, "Old Bai, are you insane? Even if Ye Xiu is powerful enough to kill Jiang Yuan and Jiang Hai in an instant, you don’t have to sacrifice everyone in the reformist faction! If all of us in Medicine King Valley join forces, we can kill him, regardless of the casualties. This is utterly spineless!"

Baishan Jun shot him a disdainful look and whispered, "Stop daydreaming. Even if every last one of us in Medicine King Valley died, we wouldn’t be able to touch a single hair on his head."

The neutral faction’s leader was stunned. "Why?" he asked.

"I can’t say. To speak of it is to die," Baishan Jun said, his lips sealed tight.

The neutral faction’s leader was speechless.

"Master, why is Old Bai suddenly so terrified of our young friend?" An Dongye asked Dongfang Chaonan.

The latter just chuckled. "Do you really think I’m smart enough to answer a question like that?"

An Dongye was speechless.

At that moment, the wounds on Jiang Yuan, Jiang Hai, and Jiang He were rapidly healing, but the fear and despair in their hearts were spreading just as quickly through their bodies. From Ye Xiu’s unfathomable strength, Baishan Jun’s attitude toward him, and the time and place of Huang Quan’s debut, they had connected the dots.

Ye Xiu was Huang Quan!

What a terrifying realization!

Especially for Jiang Yuan. Ten years ago, he had regarded Ye Xiu as nothing more than an ant, as insignificant as a booger that he could crush with a flick of his finger. He had sold Ye Xiu to the Xipoloya training camp instead of killing him for one simple reason: to use the camp’s harsh environment to torture the Xuanse Medicine King. But he had never imagined that a whim back then would create a veritable God of Slaughter and, ten years later, bring ruin upon himself.

"Jiang Yuan, come over here for a word," Ye Xiu’s cold voice rang out.

Jiang Yuan hurriedly crawled over, prostrating himself beside Ye Xiu. This scene shocked everyone present except for Baishan Jun.

Even if he was no match for Ye Xiu, did Jiang Yuan really need to adopt such a groveling, tail-wagging posture?

"Who is ’Ergouzi’?" Ye Xiu asked.

Jiang Yuan was baffled. "???"

"It seems ’Ergouzi’ is just an alias," Ye Xiu realized, then asked, "Ten years ago, you sent someone to the Xipoloya training camp to kill me. What was his name? And what was his connection to Medicine King Valley?"

Jiang Yuan searched his memory. He had almost forgotten about it until Ye Xiu brought it up.

"His name was Jiao Yang," he began. "He was the second son of Jiao Lizhu and Feng Jingya, but Jiao Lizhu was not his biological father. His real father was Jiang He. Jiao Yang personally witnessed Jiang He and Feng Jingya having an affair. I was afraid that if this information leaked, it would tarnish my reputation in Medicine King Valley, so I lied and told him I was sending him to the Xipoloya training camp to kill you. In reality, I just wanted him to die there. I never expected him to survive and return to Medicine King Valley five years ago to confront me. Left with no other choice, I had to ambush and kill him in secret..."

The members of Medicine King Valley erupted in an uproar upon hearing this! They had no idea such a scandal had taken place!

"Go. Take everyone from the reformist faction and wait for me at the Long Family Manor," Ye Xiu ordered.

After hearing Jiang Yuan’s story, the puzzle in his mind was finally solved.

Ergouzi had colluded with Jiao Fuping because they were biological brothers. The main reason Ergouzi hadn’t returned to Medicine King Valley but instead went undercover with the Long Family was because there was no place for him there. As for why Ergouzi killed Jiang Yuan’s five Medicine Slaves, provoking Jiang Yuan to attack the Long Family Manor at night—that answer was now clear, too. Ergouzi hated Medicine King Valley and wanted to take his revenge in a slow, torturous way, while also disrupting Ye Xiu’s own plans for vengeance.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Jiang Yuan nodded repeatedly.

"Jiang Yuan, are you insane? Do you have any idea what you’re doing?" the leader of the neutral faction berated him.

"You don’t know a damn thing!" Jiang Yuan cursed back. "If you had a single brain cell, you’d realize that what I’m doing now is the smartest possible move." He then signaled for Jiang Hai and Jiang He to go and gather all the members of the reformist faction.

He knew perfectly well that if he obediently followed Ye Xiu’s command, Ye Xiu would only send him and the rest of the reformist faction on a ’trip’ to the Xipoloya training camp. If he disobeyed or tried to escape with his faction, a dead end was the only thing awaiting them.

"You’re all insane! Completely insane!" the leader of the neutral faction shouted, furious. The other members of Medicine King Valley were also fuming, but with their Valley Master, Baishan Jun, behaving like a bootlicker, they could do nothing but seethe.

「Twenty minutes later!」

Ye Xiu finally helped Baishan Jun finish refining the Heaven-Mending Pill. Then, under the watchful eyes of everyone from Medicine King Valley, as well as An Dongye and her companions, he slipped both Heaven-Mending Pills into his pocket.

PFFT!

The people of Medicine King Valley nearly coughed up blood from sheer fury. He had taken both of the damn Heaven-Mending Pills!

"Elder Bai, does Medicine King Valley have any Marrow Cleansing Pills left?" Ye Xiu asked.

Baishan Jun’s buttocks clenched. "Yes!"

"Get me a kilogram. I’ll eat them like peanuts when I’m drinking," Ye Xiu said.

HISS!

Everyone present sucked in a cold breath.

Listen to him! Just listen! Is that something a human would even say? Using Marrow Cleansing Pills as peanuts and asking for a kilogram right off the bat! How thick-skinned does a person have to be to say something like that?

An Dongye and Dongfang Chaonan felt Ye Xiu had gone mad. There was no way Baishan Jun would agree to such an outrageous request.

"Ye Xiu, don’t push your luck!" the leader of the neutral faction finally exploded. "Your strength may be great, and no one in Medicine King Valley is your match, but the people of Medicine King Valley are not afraid to die—"

SLAP!

Before he could finish, Baishan Jun slapped him across the face.

"Shut your mouth!" Baishan Jun snapped, then turned to Ye Xiu with a subservient bow. "There are only twenty-five Marrow Cleansing Pills left in the Pill Medicine Repository. It’s not as much as a kilogram, but if you want them, I’ll bring them all to you."

"Take me to them," Ye Xiu nodded.

"Yes, yes, of course!" Baishan Jun immediately led the way.

"Baishan Jun, you dare hit me? Have you been kicked in the head by a donkey? Don’t you walk away! Stop! If you dare give those Marrow Cleansing Pills to Ye Xiu, I’ll fight you to the death...!" the leader of the neutral faction screamed, chasing after Baishan Jun.