"Ugh…"
Fang Taiping lay in the human-shaped pit he had created himself, continuously vomiting blood foam.
He could feel his bones shattering, his meridians crushed, and his dantian ruined. He had fallen from a mighty figure in the God Realm to a complete invalid!
An invalid who couldn't even take care of himself, worse than an ordinary person!
'How is this possible?'
'This guy is also in the God Realm? Still at the Mid-Stage of the Divine Realm? That's impossible!'
Fang Taiping held on to his breath, not fainting from the intense pain, his heart full of reluctance and regret!
He regretted listening to Fu Qiuyu's words, wanting to take down Mu Jinyu!
He regretted, for the sake of alchemy and the Alchemy Furnace, as well as to please the Dan Pavilion, wanting to target Mu Jinyu!
At this moment, he had a great realization: How could a person who dared to disrespect the Dan Pavilion, and whom the Dan Pavilion could do nothing about after the auction, possibly be just in the Half-Step Divine Realm?
This guy's strength was at least among the top twenty in the Divine Rankings; even the Divine Rankings figure behind the Dan Pavilion had no chance of winning against Mu Jinyu!
How ludicrous of him, because he was afraid of the threat from the Dan Pavilion, wanting to clear the connection between Yao Liangbi and Mu Jinyu, asserting that it had nothing to do with their Medicine Alliance, he thought of confronting Mu Jinyu and apologizing to the Dan Pavilion instead of thinking about leveraging the relationship between Yao Liangbi and Mu Jinyu to maintain a friendlier relation with him.
If they had chosen the latter, why should they, the Medicine Alliance, fear the Dan Pavilion?!
Sadly, his regret now came too late!
"Ah!"
"Ugh ugh…"
"Bang!!"
Not only was Fang Taiping rendered invalid by Mu Jinyu's oppressive power from the God Realm, but all the high-ranking officials of the Medicine Alliance present, each and every one except Yao Liangbi, directly bore the wrath of Mu Jinyu's Divine Realm!
The Elders who had previously mocked Mu Jinyu, barking orders to show him his place, were each in unbearable pain, unable to move even a finger, all while painfully aware.
The emotions of regret and despair surged continuously in their hearts.
They could only watch helplessly as their life force incessantly drained away, unable to do a thing but wait for death!
"An ant trying to shake a tree."
Mu Jinyu, having thoroughly debilitated the entire high leadership of the Medicine Alliance, then slowly retracted the raging oppressive force, said indifferently.
In his tone, there was a full sense of disdain and contempt.
"Master."
At this moment, the unsettled Yao Liangbi hurriedly knelt down with a thud, his aged voice trembling slightly as he swiftly admitted his wrongdoing to Mu Jinyu.
"Master, this servant had concealed something in the text messages before, please punish me."
Mu Jinyu withdrew his disdainful gaze from Fang Taiping and others, turned back, looked at Yao Liangbi, and said indifferently, "Old Yao, go on, tell me everything about today's events."
Although he had guessed most of it, and had received some confirmations from the earlier conversation of Fang Taiping and the others, he still wanted to hear the full story from Yao Liangbi, to see if this servant had any part in the mess.
When Yao Liangbi heard Mu Jinyu's words, he looked up at his cold gaze, his heart quivered, and after swallowing hard, he honestly confessed everything he knew:
"Master, I don't know much, after the auction ended, as you and the main lady had already left first, I rode back to Hongye Villa with Fu Qiuyu."
"On the way, Fu Qiuyu received a message, when he saw you beating up the people from the Dan Pavilion, as I stood at the entrance of the auction, he was concerned that this matter might implicate the Medicine Alliance, so he had me go to Luo City Dan Ge to apologize…"
"After returning to Hongye Villa, he asked me to first go home to handle some personal affairs. Then, after about ten minutes, he summoned me to a meeting. When I entered the meeting room, I saw that the Supreme Elder had emerged from seclusion and had advanced to the Divine Realm. It was probably for this reason that they had grown so arrogant. They demanded that I deceive you, using the Alchemy and the Alchemy Furnace as a trial, and then return them to the Dan Pavilion after a few days..."
"I dared not refuse, and even if I had, they could have used my phone to send you a message. I thought that if I sent the message myself, you might notice something was off, and then you came..."
Yao Liangbi, with a trembling voice, revealed everything he knew and guessed to Mu Jinyu.
Mu Jinyu, observing Yao Liangbi's expression as he spoke, knew he was not lying. What he knew was probably just that, and his statements matched those of Fang Taiping and the others.
Indeed, he had not interfered in this matter!
With Yao Liangbi's strength, he truly lacked the capacity to refuse the demands of Fang Taiping and his group!
Still, he had been somewhat slippery, for instance, he could have outright claimed that he was his master, as well as revealed his strength in the Divine Realm. In that case, the Medicine Alliance would probably not have dared to be so reckless, let alone try to deceive him into a trap.
However, had he disclosed that he was his master, he would probably have endured inhuman torture within the Medicine Alliance and would not have retained his position as the Deputy Leader.
By acting in this manner, not only was he unharmed, but he also avoided having to visit the Dan Pavilion to apologize and could utilize his own power to eliminate Fang Taiping, Fu Qiuyu, and others in one fell swoop!
It was indeed killing several birds with one stone!
Mu Jinyu smiled faintly. He wasn't particularly bothered by the fact that Yao Liangbi had plotted against him as well, since he hadn't lost anything, and Yao Liangbi, being his servant, could serve him better as the leader of the Medicine Alliance than as its deputy.
Still, it was necessary to teach Yao Liangbi a lesson to deter him from recklessly scheming against him in the future.
"Old Yao, you are a clever man, adept at seizing opportunities and leveraging them for your own benefit. However, I hope there is no next time. Do you understand?" Mu Jinyu, with his hands clasped behind his back, said softly.
Kneeling on the ground, Yao Liangbi's heart tightened when he heard Mu Jinyu's words, feeling as if Mu Jinyu had seen through him, leaving him with no secrets at all.
"I'm sorry, Master. I truly did not intend to scheme against you; I had no choice. I won't dare to do it again…"
Yao Liangbi immediately bowed his head lower, knocking his forehead on the floor as he pleaded.
"Hmm." Mu Jinyu responded noncommittally.
His word was already out there. What Yao Liangbi would do in the future, he could not control, but if Yao Liangbi dared to use him and harm his interests, he would not let him off easily.
But for today, that would be the end of it.
Mu Jinyu turned his gaze toward the many high-ranking officials of the Medicine Alliance, who were barely clinging to life, and asked indifferently, "Will their deaths affect the development of the Medicine Alliance?"
"No," Yao Liangbi quickly replied.
As the Deputy Leader of the Medicine Alliance, although he was suppressed by Fu Qiuyu, he still had many capable and loyal people under him.
Of course, they had the capability, but they could not hold high positions in the Medicine Alliance. Now, with the deaths of Fu Qiuyu and his colleagues, it was an excellent opportunity for a major restructuring under his control, which would enhance the cohesion of the Medicine Alliance!
"Then all right," Mu Jinyu said calmly.
Fang Taiping and the others, not yet dead, understood from Mu Jinyu's words that Yao Liangbi was not Mu Jinyu's close friend but his servant and a traitor to the Medicine Alliance.
Their hearts brimmed with uncontainable fury, realizing they had all been used by Yao Liangbi, the wily old man, as stepping stones!
With Mu Jinyu's final words hanging in the air, they all trembled with nervousness.
But no matter how nervous, it was futile.
"Hiss hiss!"
As several hissing noises rang out, they all breathed their last unwillingly.
As for Fu Qiuyu, he was fortunate in his drunkenness to pass away directly, sparing him much of the agony.