"Bang!"
Fu Qiuyu, unable to resist the drug's effect, slumped to the ground, as drunk as a skunk, with a foolish, silly smile still on his face.
Mu Jinyu tossed the wine bottle to the ground, creating a banging sound, then spread his hands and said with a smile, "I chugged an entire bottle, isn't that sincere enough?"
He was secretly amazed in his heart—the Medicine Alliance truly had profound research on medicinal substances. This red wine, spiked with who knows what kind of drug, knocked out Fu Qiuyu, a Grandmaster at the Peak of Energy Transformation, leaving him completely unable to resist, outright passing out.
As soon as Mu Jinyu finished speaking.
The shocked and stunned crowd was suddenly jolted awake.
"Bang!"
They came to their senses, and with a fierce slap on the table, they split it open, then flipped the table over with a clatter and stood up.
"You've got some nerve!"
"How dare you!!"
Mu Jinyu looked at the furious crowd, his expression not showing any panic, and with a touch of regret for the mess of food on the ground caused by the upheaval of the table, he said, "Oh, what are you doing? I haven't had a single bite of my meal yet."
The crowd: "..."
What is this guy trying to do?
He's still concerned about the food when the table's been flipped?
Fang Taiping also slowly stood up from his seat. He waved his hands, signaling everyone to calm down.
Then, his old eyes suddenly sharpened, piercing Mu Jinyu like a hawk, and he said, "Young man, you indeed possess great courage, knowing there was danger yet still daring to come alone. Could it be that your art is exceptional and your bravery knows no bounds?"
Having said this, Fang Taiping shook his head as his tone grew heavier, "However, since you've come today, don't think about leaving. Hand over the Alchemy Furnace and the Alchemy techniques. If you cooperate, we won't harm you!"
"Oh?"
Upon hearing this, Mu Jinyu raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile, "So you want the Alchemy techniques and the Alchemy Furnace? You could have just said so earlier, why make such a fuss?"
"Does that mean if I give you these two things, you'll let me go back?" Mu Jinyu asked innocently.
An elder from the Medicine Alliance, seeing Mu Jinyu's seemingly timid appearance, couldn't help but sneer, "How delusional you are! Not only did you trouble Dan Pavilion, but you also had to drag old Master Yao into this, implicating our Medicine Alliance. How could we let you leave so easily?!"
Others chimed in, "Exactly, if you honestly hand over the Alchemy techniques and the Alchemy Furnace, considering your cooperation, we might simply not torture you and send you to Dan Pavilion to atone for your wrongdoings. As for what happens next, you'll have to pray for mercy!"
"If you dare to be uncooperative, heh, then our Supreme Elder will have to cripple you before we drag you to Dan Pavilion!"
"..."
Mu Jinyu listened to their arrogantly confident words, a look of fear appearing on his face as he said with a trembling voice, "This… you want to cripple me? No no no, I will cooperate with you fully…"
A smug voice said, "Then why haven't you hurriedly handed over the Alchemy techniques and the Alchemy Furnace?!"
Yao Liangbi stood to one side, not daring to speak, but he found the situation quite bizarre.
With the strength that Mu Jinyu had shown when he effortlessly overwhelmed the heads of the seven major Martial Arts Families, shouldn't he be anything but afraid?
Could it be he's doing this on purpose, toying with them?
Upon hearing that comment, Mu Jinyu spread his hands and said with a hint of embarrassment, "I didn't bring them."
"You!"
The man, seeing Mu Jinyu's unrepentant demeanor, became infuriated, pointing at him and shouting, "It seems you won't shed tears until you see your coffin!"
Mu Jinyu retorted, "Not at all. I'm very honest. But how could I possibly carry something as big as the Shennong Cauldron with me? Do you have a problem with your brain?"
The man, upon hearing the earlier part of Mu Jinyu's words, thought there was some sense to it. Indeed, Mu Jinyu couldn't be expected to carry something as large as the Shennong Cauldron around, and he'd been too impatient. He began to feel a sense of guilt towards Mu Jinyu.
But upon hearing Mu Jinyu's last sentence, his anger flared up anew!
By now, he had come to the realization that Mu Jinyu had never been afraid of them from the beginning to the end; he had been toying with them all along!
"It seems that if I don't teach you a lesson, you won't realize how out of your depth you are!"
As the man angrily spoke, he turned to Fang Taiping and said respectfully, "Please, Supreme Elder, make your move and suppress this boy!"
The others chimed in as well, "Please, Supreme Elder, make your move and suppress this boy!"
Mu Jinyu watched them speak in unison and disdainfully curled his lips.
It was really hilarious, they talked so arrogantly but, in the end, they still didn't dare to lay a hand on him and had to beg an old man to take action.
Fang Taiping watched as the scene turned chaotic, his eyebrows knitting slightly before he raised his hand and made a pressing motion downwards. Suddenly, the members of the Medicine Alliance all shut their mouths.
Then, Fang Taiping spoke unhurriedly in a chilling tone, "Young man, I'll give you one last chance. Call someone to bring over the Alchemy techniques and the Alchemy Furnace. I won't hurt you, and if you behave well over at the Dan Pavilion, you might even have a chance to live!"
"But if you continue to feign ignorance and stupidity, then I can only break your limbs and pry open your mouth before sending you to the Dan Pavilion to admit your guilt! At that time, your fate will be worrisome!"
"Is that so?" Mu Jinyu couldn't help but show a toothy grin upon hearing Fang Taiping's words, "Well, I would like to see how my fate is going to be worrisome!"
"Hmph!"
Fang Taiping saw that Mu Jinyu was unyielding and couldn't help but snort coldly. In an instant, a terrifying oppressive force surged out from him!
It was like a terrifying hurricane suddenly rising on a tranquil sea.
The clothes of those from the Medicine Alliance fluttered in Fang Taiping's oppressive force.
They all felt like ants on a lone leaf in a boat, possibly capsizing at any moment in the surging waves!
They slightly changed in expression, feeling an extremely terrifying pressure, and grew more awe-stricken towards Fang Taiping.
However, because Fang Taiping's oppressive force was mainly not attacking them but targeting Mu Jinyu, they weren't reduced to the state of kneeling on the spot!
Afterwards, their expressions filled with mockery and disdain as they watched Mu Jinyu, wanting to see how far Mu Jinyu's defiance could last under the God Realm pressure of their Medicine Alliance's Supreme Elder.
Fang Taiping was no different, looking at Mu Jinyu with contempt.
He had already anticipated Mu Jinyu's end. Mu Jinyu would most certainly be forced to kneel under his pressure, with shattered kneecaps, spitting blood, and half-dead!
However...
What they hadn't expected was!
Faced with Fang Taiping's God Realm pressure, Mu Jinyu felt no pressure at all. Only a few strands of his hair fluttered slightly, and he didn't even take a single step back.
The others from the Medicine Alliance hadn't yet reacted, but Fang Taiping's face already showed a slight change, and his heart missed a beat, sensing trouble.
"Is that all you're capable of, and you try to rob me?"
Mu Jinyu's mouth was twisted in a mocking sneer, "Ridiculous!"
As soon as the words fell!
Immediately, a terrifying pressure, dozens of times stronger than Fang Taiping's, surged violently from Mu Jinyu, like a landslide or an avalanche tumbling down!
It rolled over Fang Taiping and the others overwhelmingly!
"This..."
Fang Taiping felt the onset of Mu Jinyu's oppressive force and his face suddenly turned pale, but before they could respond, he was sent flying backward, vomiting blood!
Just like an oblivious person standing on the railway tracks, hit and flung away by an oncoming train!
"Crack-crack-crack!"
Sounds like bursting beans continuously came from Fang Taiping's body as blood flowed from his seven orifices. He slammed heavily onto the ground, creating a deep human-shaped crater in the floor.