"Yes, this is all a plan between me and my cousin."
"I will go back to the Chu family first and create the illusion that my cousin Chu He and I are irreconcilable. I will mislead you into thinking that my cousin will not take the risk of luring the enemy at this critical moment, so that you will be careless and fall into the trap step by step. The reason why my cousin failed in the alchemy competition just now is also to let you continue to increase your chips and expand the results of the battle... That's right! The third improvement of my cousin's Nine Soul Heavenly Pill failed, but with my Nine Separation Fire Pill, it can completely replace it to carry out a more in-depth plan! So, my cousin used the self-torture plan in front, and I killed people everywhere behind. Brothers are united, and their strength is invincible! Finally, your family has made a desperate bet. This time, not only will you spit blood, but you will also be skinned! The battle for the Imperial Garden? Don't even think about it!"
After this long speech, many people in the room felt that it made sense, thinking that this was how it was. Their fear of the Chu family's 'Nine Souls Heavenly Pill' was instantly eliminated, and they no longer had the mind to pursue the unpleasantness of purchasing the Nine Souls Heavenly Pill before. The last bit of 'negative effect' caused by Chu He's failure was also wiped out by Chu Tianxiao's speech!
However…
After hearing this, the group of people who really knew the inside story were so depressed that they almost vomited blood!
"You are telling lies with your eyes open..."
"You and Chu He are of the same mind? You love each other? You are kidding me!"
"With Chu He's arrogance, would he praise you at the cost of his own failure? Chu Tianxiao, do you think we are all fools?"
However, even though they all knew that Chu Tianxiao was lying, they couldn't find a word to refute it, because you don't have to say it, the whole thing really looks like this! Even if you tell this to any outsider who doesn't know the truth, he will probably believe it!
At this moment, the most depressed and aggrieved person in the field was Chu He. Even with his self-restraint and sophistication, after hearing Chu Tianxiao's words, he almost cursed, and after experiencing ups and downs, he almost spit out blood!
Really... He, Chu He, has been around for many years, but he has never seen someone as shameless as Chu Tianxiao!
You are clearly here to pick peaches, but you are talking about it as if it is the result of concerted efforts. What strategy? What concerted efforts? The devil is with you! You are a shameless person who came here to pick peaches, and you are talking about it in such a high-sounding way!
The most shameless!
The most shameless!
Chu He kept cursing Chu Tianxiao in his heart, but... at this moment, he had no way to refute!
Because this set of rhetoric was the most respectable way to defend him. Although it was obviously a means for Chu Tianxiao to take advantage of others and eliminate future troubles to protect his own interests and the interests of the Chu family, but... this was also beneficial to him!
He had to take this step down, otherwise after tonight, his reputation as Chu He would be ruined - ignorantly taking out a poison pill to compete with others, and premeditated self-torture, are two completely different things! Although the latter would also damage his reputation, at most an evaluation of "not as good as before" would not be as troublesome as the former! In fact, if Chu Tianxiao did not know that Chu He's reputation was completely ruined and would be greatly detrimental to the overall reputation of the Chu family, he might have continued to add fuel to the fire, instead of giving him a step down like now...
As soon as Chu He thought of this, he felt extremely aggrieved—he was clearly the one being picked, but he had to cooperate with the shameless picker and help him to cover up his nonsense...
Is there anything more frustrating in this world
Since his rise, Chu He had never encountered such a thing as tonight that made him extremely hateful but had to obey. Helplessly, he could only face Chu Tianxiao's "kind and amiable" eyes, grit his teeth, hold his blood, and hold back his breath. He forced a smile and nodded in response: "Yes... Tianxiao cousin... what you said... is true... it's all true!"
It was as if Chu He had exhausted all his strength when he said this, but his self-control was so good that those who were unaware of the situation believed him!
"Ah... It turns out that everything was planned by Master Tian Xiao!"
"Great! This situation is really great!"
"Hey, some people are going to be in trouble!"
Chu Tianxiao turned to Chu He and said, "This time it's all thanks to my cousin... Oh, by the way, I've sent Liu Ling to replace the batch of 'pills' that you sent to the Jingdu Dan Pavilion to 'put on a good show' with 'Nine Fire Pills', but the Jingdu Dan Pavilion has always been handled by my cousin, so do you think it's okay..."
He didn't finish his words, but Chu He was such a person that he could hear the subtext in it. What he said was nothing more than: Cousin, I'm helping you to clear your name, you should at least show some appreciation, right? Well, don't get involved in the business of Kyoto Dan Pavilion in the future, just leave it to me, your cousin. As for the batch of Nine Soul Heavenly Pills, I'll take care of it, we're all in it together. Aren't yours and mine all mine? Don't worry, I'll make it clear to you! Ah!
Chu He gritted his teeth and really wanted to expose the true face of Chu Tianxiao's so-called "strategy" immediately, but after weighing the pros and cons countless times, he still gritted his teeth and swallowed the bitter fruit.
"Cousin Tianxiao, it's been a while since you came back... I'll leave Dan Pavilion to you to handle."
"Is this okay? Cousin, people will say I..."
"Okay! Okay! Everything is fine! Cousin Tianxiao, you don't have to say anything more!" Chu He almost couldn't suppress his emotions and yelled directly. Chu Tianxiao turned around "satisfiedly" and looked at the 'Nine Coalitions' whose faces were paler than paper. He laughed: "The situation has always been under the control of my cousin and me. You... the Nine Coalitions want to unite to suppress my Chu family?"
Chu Tianxiao sneered.
"You are just dreaming!"
"With just a flip of my hand, I can cause great damage to your vitality!"
After these words were spoken, all those who knew about it had the same thought - they wanted to vomit blood!
Chu He roared in his heart—the person who should be standing in the center of the stage, directing the country and destroying powerful enemies with a flip of his hand, should be him! It should be him!
How could this happen... He is the one, isn't he!
At this time, Feng Chujun looked at Chu Tianxiao with a smile, waved his hand, stopped the noise, and then said: "Okay, I don't care about the affairs of you young people and the family. I only ask you, are you willing to become my disciple and study alchemy with me? With your talent for alchemy at such a young age, you can become a top alchemist in the future. I will teach you everything I know. Maybe in the future... you will have a chance to refine a "divine pill" above the fifth grade, and leave a good reputation for generations..."
After these words were spoken, a group of people's hearts beat fast, and they all looked at Chu Tianxiao with envy, jealousy, and hatred. Countless people even wanted to take his place...
However…
Chu Tianxiao clasped his fists respectfully and said casually, "I appreciate your kindness, but the way of alchemy is too complicated. It's good enough to learn a little bit and be able to do it a few times. If I study it more deeply, I won't have time to waste money!"
After these words fell, the whole place fell silent, and a magical picture emerged in everyone's mind. It was that when a historian wrote the history of the Shenhou family thousands of years later, he engraved the following: "The world's top alchemy master Feng Chujun wanted to take Chu Tianxiao as his apprentice, but this boy refused on the grounds that he had no time to ruin the family!!!"
At that moment, a thought came to the minds of countless people: "Don't stop me, I must kill him!!!"