Chapter 93

Without waiting for Yan Aihou to finish speaking, Gui BuGui suddenly slapped his thigh heavily. After the "slap!" sound, he looked at Yan Aihou with a look of regret and said, "Guangxiao also has a few good things. If I had known it was him, I would have written the Dragon Lock and the Heavenly Nails on the bamboo slips. I don't believe Guangxiao would be heartbroken over these two magical treasures."

"Dragon Lock and Heavenly Nails?" When Gui BuGui mentioned this, Wu Mian had already slightly frowned. He glanced at the still talking Gui BuGui and said preemptively, "How do I remember you already mentioned this? Behind the dragon bone, there's also the Sky-reaching Ruler. Is that the one used by Huoshan? I've seen Guangti's hairpin before, which should be the one you mentioned, the Tail Hairpin."

Although Gui BuGui kept giving Wu Mian meaningful glances, the white-haired young man seemed not to notice. With his good memory, he repeated the dozen or so magical treasures that Gui BuGui had mentioned before finally closing his mouth.

"Now I feel a bit sorry that Xu Fu didn't give you the position of Great Alchemist," Wu Mian said. Yan Aihou's gaze lingered on Gui BuGui's face for a long time before finally saying, "I saw it, you calculated it. But I wasn't sure who this 'Qiongrong' was, so I mentioned the magical treasures of Guangren and the others. Perhaps someone might get a hot head and really trade their magical treasure for that broken Zheng sword. Good thinking, tell me, how did you spot the flaw?"

After being exposed by Wu Mian, Gui BuGui's expression was somewhat awkward. He gave a dry laugh to Yan Aihou and said, "I was just guessing. The bamboo slip was indeed written by Guangren. But Qiongrong only mentioned the Great Alchemist, and from start to finish, he didn't mention his master Huoshan at all. If you didn't know, you might think he was Guangren's direct disciple. Even if he was just passing a message for the Great Alchemist, he should at least be polite and mention his master a few times. This kid is not straightforward, so I had to test him."

Yan Aihou did not show any reaction after hearing this. After a moment of silence, he glanced at the little Ren Shen beside him and said, "Xu Fu made a mistake back then. How could someone like you be imprisoned? Even if you were imprisoned for a hundred years, what would it change?"

Hearing the first Great Alchemist praise him, Gui BuGui grinned and was about to say something polite when Yan Aihou suddenly changed his tone and continued, "Such a person should be sent directly to reincarnation. Even without magical arts, with this level of intelligence, it would be enough to give Guangren a hard time. Little guy, you're lucky. If I were the Great Alchemist back then, you would have been reincarnated many times by now."

"Why don't you just erase Xu Fu's mistake?" Little Ren Shen glanced at Gui BuGui, whose expression had stiffened, and then continued in a childish voice, "Anyway, I don't like him much. Just make this old immortal age and turn white. Save your alchemists from a big disaster in his hands."

"Are you two targeting the wrong person?" Gui BuGui swallowed nervously and slowly moved closer to Wu Mian, continuing, "Now the one rebelling is Guangxiao. You don't go after him, but instead plot to kill me. That doesn't make sense, does it? After all, I've been an alchemist for hundreds of years. I can't just stand by and watch the Great Alchemist be outsmarted by an outsider, can I?"

While speaking, Gui BuGui continued to give Wu Mian meaningful glances. Fortunately, this time Wu Mian responded. Taking advantage of Gui BuGui's pause, he said to Yan Aihou, "But even if Guangxiao now knows that the Broken Zheng sword is in our hands, what can he do? If he were still an alchemist, he might use the Broken Zheng sword to threaten the position of the Great Alchemist Guangren. Now that he's no longer an alchemist, what can he do? Go and humbly ask Guangyi, Guangti, or a lower-ranking alchemist to be his master, regain his status as an alchemist, and then use the Broken Zheng sword to seize the position of the Great Alchemist?"

Wu Mian's words finally brought Yan Aihou back to the main topic. After a moment of silence, he shifted his gaze to Gui BuGui's face and said, "Little guy, if you were Guangxiao, what would you do? You wouldn't really go so low as to bow to a junior alchemist, would you?"

Hearing Yan Aihou's tone soften, Gui BuGui swallowed and then said with a smile, "It doesn't have to be that complicated. Besides, even if he overthrows Guangren, the position of the Great Alchemist isn't necessarily his. He might just end up helping Guangyi or Guangti. The simplest way is to directly give the Broken Zheng sword to one of them. Plant the seed and wait for it to take root. Xu Fu has already calculated that Guangxiao will eventually change his allegiance. Guangxiao isn't thinking about the position of the Great Alchemist; he just wants to gain some benefits. Of course, the better the benefits, the better."

"I told you this old immortal isn't simple," Little Ren Shen said before Yan Aihou could speak, "You just asked him: If you were Guangxiao, what would you do? This old immortal isn't an alchemist anymore, so he can do whatever he wants!"

Gui BuGui didn't expect this little kid to be so vengeful. After smacking his lips, the old man suddenly realized where the problem lay. He turned around and shouted at his two disciples, "Gui Lai, Gui Qu! Have you finished all the hidden wine on the mountain? If you finish it, don't you know to go down the mountain to buy more? If you can't buy it, just steal it. You're bandits! That's your job! Dig up all the hidden wine from the ground. What's buried in the ground is horse urine, what's drunk is wine!"

After hearing Gui BuGui's words, Little Ren Shen finally showed a smile. He wiped the saliva from his mouth and shouted at the two Gui brothers who had run out, "Remember to kill a chicken. Ginseng doesn't eat vegetables."

After settling Little Ren Shen, Gui BuGui finally breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, following Wu Mian's idea, they were going to go down the mountain to intercept the fake Qiongrong. But just as they were about to leave, Yan Aihou stopped them, "Forget it, let him go. Since Xu Fu left the Broken Zheng sword here, he must have already calculated the outcome for Guangren. If losing the Broken Zheng sword means losing the position of the Great Alchemist, then it doesn't matter whether Guangren holds the position or not."

"This isn't about Guangren," Wu Mian slowly shook his head, squinting his eyes and staring at Yan Aihou. After a pause, he continued, "Treating me like a monkey and then walking away. There's no such cheap deal in the world."

While speaking, Wu Mian ignored his senior brother. His body flickered and disappeared from the sight of Yan Aihou and Gui BuGui. Looking at the spot where Wu Mian had disappeared, the old man Gui BuGui sighed and turned to Yan Aihou with a bitter smile. He then said, "Aren't you going to stop him? This time, your junior brother might suffer a loss."

"Then let him suffer a loss," Yan Aihou shook his head helplessly, then got up and led Little Ren Shen down the mountain, saying as he walked, "Suffering a small loss now is better than suffering a big loss and losing his life in a few years."

Watching Yan Aihou and Little Ren Shen walk further away, Gui BuGui gave a bitter smile and muttered, "This isn't something that can be fixed with just one loss."

While Gui BuGui was muttering to himself, Wu Mian had already appeared in front of the fake Qiongrong. At this point, 'Qiongrong' had already reached the foot of the mountain. Seeing the senior Wu Mian, whose seniority was so high that he didn't know how to address him, 'Qiongrong' was taken aback and said with a hint of fear, "Why did you personally come to see me off? I don't dare to accept it. Do you have anything else to instruct me?"

"There's nothing to say to you. When Guangxiao sees your body, he will tell me," Wu Mian said. As he spoke, countless electric arcs, glowing with fire, appeared on his body.

'Qiongrong's' face instantly turned pale. He looked at Wu Mian and said, "What do you mean by this?"

"He doesn't mean anything, he just saw through your flaw," before Wu Mian could speak, a figure appeared behind 'Qiongrong'. After appearing, the figure ignored 'Qiongrong' and directly said to Wu Mian, "Perfect, saves me the trouble of going up to find you."

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