Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor

"It’s alright if you don’t recognize me, just bring them over!" With a wave of Chu Feng’s hand, the instigators who had previously caused trouble at the Longevity Hall were brought in.

There were thirteen in total. None of them were good people, their eyes constantly darting around, revealing a cunning demeanor.

Chu Feng’s cold gaze swept across their faces.

"Allow me to introduce myself. I am Chu Feng, the proprietor of Longevity Hall! Let me offer you some advice: confess and you’ll receive leniency, resist and you’ll face severity."

With that, Chu Feng signaled for them to begin confessing, one by one.

In the crowd of onlookers, many had experienced the medical disturbances at Longevity Hall. Because in the past six months, such incidents had repeatedly occurred at Longevity Hall.

Every now and then, there would be an incident where someone was harmed or almost killed due to a treatment.

Every time it happened, there were always plenty of people gathered to watch the spectacle.

Now, Chu Feng had used the power of the Evil Tiger Gang to capture these troublemakers. Their identities were immediately recognized.

"I’ll go first!" A skinny middle-aged man, unable to withstand the threats and intimidation by the Evil Tiger Gang, was the first to step forward to confess his crimes.

"My name is Zhao Youquan, an ordinary citizen living at number 83, Huwei Street. More than six months ago, I suddenly felt unwell and had been poisoned. At that time, I heard that the elixirs at Longevity Hall, though expensive, were more effective than those at other elixir medicine shops. So, I asked my family to bring me there, renting a carriage that took more than two hours to finally reach Longevity Hall."

"Who knew, before I even got off the carriage, someone stopped me. He climbed into the carriage, drove my family away, and then told me that if I cooperated with him in a play, not only would he cover all my medical and medicine expenses, but he’d also give me an extra one hundred silver taels."

The skinny middle-aged man became animated at this point.

"It was like a pie falling from the sky. I agreed without even thinking. As it turned out, the so-called play required me to falsely accuse Longevity Hall’s elixirs of being ineffective. I bought a Detoxification Pill from Longevity Hall but never really took it. Instead, I swapped it out and took the elixir given to me by the person who bribed me. Then I felt unbearable stomach pain and extreme discomfort..."

After recounting the sequence of events, the skinny man lifted his head, his gaze searching.

Then it landed on Director Zhao’s face.

"It’s him, he’s the one who bribed me with silver to deliberately frame Longevity Hall."

Director Zhao jumped three feet high in fright.

Back then, Dean Hong assigned him to this place as the shopkeeper and brought in Wen Danzun from Shennong Mountain, vowing to undermine Longevity Hall. Dean Hong had given him a strict order to achieve certain business results within half a year.

He had to also surpass Longevity Hall.

Yet, while Longevity Hall’s business thrived, the Alchemy Venerate Academy branch’s business dwindled to nothing. How could he turn this around?

At first, Director Zhao did come up with some strategies.

He heavily touted Wen Danzun’s fame to draw in customers. Unfortunately, those customers only came to watch the show and weren’t buying.

Once, customers even ridiculed the Alchemy Venerate Academy for borrowing Shennong Mountain’s reputation to attract business. They even said that buying the elixir made by Wen Danzun from the Alchemy Venerate Academy’s branch yielded little effect.

Whereas Longevity Hall’s elixirs worked every time.

This infuriated Wen Danzun.

Being a revered Alchemist from Shennong Mountain, his stature was quite dignified. Wen Danzun vowed to compete against Chu Feng of Longevity Hall.

Caught between Dean Hong and Wen Danzun, Director Zhao’s life was miserable, with immense pressure.

If he didn’t change the situation, it was likely he’d be dismissed by Dean Hong.

After some contemplation, Director Zhao finally devised a clever plan.

That was to deliberately employ instigators to tarnish Longevity Hall’s reputation.

Before proceeding, he didn’t dare to act on his own. So he consulted with Wen Danzun and Dean Hong, both of whom tacitly agreed. Only then did he have the guts to hire people to cause trouble at the Longevity Hall opposite and sully its name.

Now, with the crimes exposed, and being directly identified by the instigator,

Director Zhao was both shocked and furious, pointing at the skinny middle-aged man and harshly shouting, "Zhao Youquan, you’re spouting nonsense. If you keep babbling, watch out for your wife and kids. Also, your eighty-year-old blind mother."

Originally just angry words of a threat.

But now, Director Zhao’s comment immediately gave them away.

"Idiot!" Dean Hong stamped his feet in frustration, utterly disappointed in Director Zhao.

In such matters, let others bite and identify you, just steadfastly deny. Then you can muddle through the situation.

Now panicking in front of everyone and openly threatening the instigator was one thing.

But revealing all of someone’s background makes no sense at all, covering one’s ears while stealing a bell.

"Director Zhao, you claimed not to know Zhao Youquan, yet you know all about his family background, including his eighty-year-old blind mother. Isn’t that contradictory?"

Chu Feng immediately seized the opportunity to firmly pin the accusation on Director Zhao.

"This, this... I heard it from someone else, okay?" Director Zhao began to resort to unreasonable arguments like a street rascal.

This only made him the butt of an even bigger joke.

"Everyone must have heard clearly and seen very clearly just now; this is the true face of the shopkeeper Zhao of the Alchemy Venerate Academy branch! Don’t worry; this is only the confession of the first instigator. There are still twelve more; take your time. Today, we will allow everyone to see how the shopkeeper of the Alchemy Venerate Academy’s branch, the dean, and Wen Danzun from Shennong Mountain framed my Longevity Hall?"

Chu Feng loudly announced to everyone.

Everyone had their ears perked up, wanting to get to the bottom of the matter.

Because which elixir shop had better elixirs could be a matter of life and death for them.

If they got poisoned and purchased a less effective Detoxification Pill, they might not survive.

There were other dangerous scenarios like injuries or going berserk, which were even more grave.

The thirteen instigators confessed one by one.

By the time the seventh one finished, Director Zhao had collapsed.

"No more, no more, even if all these things were done by me, so what? Why is your Longevity Hall’s business so booming, and why can a newcomer like you challenge my Alchemy Venerate Academy?"

Director Zhao dared not let the instigators continue.

Because the deeds they committed were increasingly hateful. If everything was made public, even if Chu Feng didn’t deal with him, Director Zhao would become like a rat on the street in Baihu City, with everyone gunning for him.

"It’s because I possess superior alchemy skills. Old age cannot guarantee ability. The Alchemy Venerate Academy has over a hundred thousand years of history, it is the foremost alchemy institution in the Divine Baihu Kingdom, and one of the top alchemy powers in the Divine Martial Continent. Long has it thrived, yet it hasn’t learned humility. Instead, it’s become an untouchable tiger’s butt. It allows no one to surpass it."

"Today, I’m going to break this norm. From now on, my Longevity Hall will become a distinctive banner on the Divine Martial Continent."