Chapter Sixteen: Fool, Stop Following Me

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Chu Tianchen’s sudden voice drew everyone’s attention to him. The middle-aged man in the black robe halted his actions—he was just about to place the petal of the seventh-grade Celestial Snow Lotus into Tang Shisan’s mouth.

When Yun Yanran saw that it was Chu Tianchen speaking, she froze in place, stunned for a long moment before she finally reacted.

“Why is this fool here?” she thought to herself, her eyes flashing with disdain.

“Where did this filthy beggar come from, daring to question Miss Yanran?”

“You bumpkin, even if you don’t recognize the Celestial Snow Lotus, you should at least understand what a seventh-grade medicinal herb means, right?”

Li Zifeng seized the opportunity to stand beside Yun Yanran and scold Chu Tianchen harshly.

“Fool, what do you mean by what you just said?” Yun Yanran said coldly, unwilling even to utter Chu Tianchen’s name—perhaps afraid someone here would recognize him, or ashamed of having once been this fool’s fiancée.

“The Celestial Snow Lotus is indeed a rare and wondrous herb with potent effects; it can not only detoxify but also save lives,” Chu Tianchen explained. “However, the Celestial Snow Lotus belongs to the cold attribute. This young master cultivates fire attributes. If the Celestial Snow Lotus enters his body, the clash between fire and cold will only hasten his death. You alchemists should know this, shouldn’t you?”

Even Mu Ran was stunned upon hearing this.

“What nonsense are you spouting? Who told you that those cultivating fire attributes can’t take cold attribute pills?” Li Zifeng immediately retorted.

“Of course those cultivating fire attributes can take cold pills, but the cold of the Celestial Snow Lotus differs from that of ordinary pills. Pills’ coldness is neutralized by other herbs, but the Celestial Snow Lotus grows in the extreme cold, absorbing the chill of heaven and earth. It’s beloved by warriors of the ice-cold attribute but is the nemesis of those with fiery attributes,” Chu Tianchen said, glancing at Li Zifeng, who stood by Yun Yanran like a sycophant.

“Didn’t your master teach you this?” Chu Tianchen asked.

“You…” Li Zifeng was immediately angered, about to explode, but the black-robed man spoke up.

“Master Mu Ran, is what this person says true?” Despite his dissatisfaction with Mu Ran’s opportunism earlier, as he said, here he still trusted Mu Ran’s authority—after all, he was the only fourth-grade alchemist in Yunhai City.

Mu Ran looked at Chu Tianchen and couldn’t help but scoff.

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“I began my apprenticeship in alchemy at nine years old and have cultivated the alchemist path for nearly forty years. I have never heard such a claim,” Mu Ran said. “If what you say were true, then Master Yun Changshan would not still be alive. He is an alchemist with true fire attributes and once took this Celestial Snow Lotus to detoxify himself, successfully breaking through into the ranks of sixth-grade alchemists.”

“Exactly. Where did this ignorant beggar come from, daring to show off his skills before Master Mu Ran and Miss Yun? What is he trying to do?” others whispered.

“Who knows? Maybe this bumpkin also has his eye on the fifth-grade Fudan Cauldron in the black-robed man’s hands or the Celestial Snow Lotus itself? Or perhaps he’s doing this just to get Miss Yun’s attention?”

“Even if he does attract her attention, so what? He’s questioning Miss Yun; he’s lucky if she doesn’t hold a grudge.”

“Didn’t you hear what Yun Yanran just called him? ‘Fool.’ That means she knows him, and that he really is a fool.”

“Look at Yun Yanran’s gaze — doesn’t she seem like she wants to kill him?”

The crowd murmured as they cast disdainful looks at Chu Tianchen.

Chu Tianchen paid no heed to their words.

“I’ve never heard my father say anything like that either.”

“Fool, I never expected you to be so obsessed with me that you’d follow me here,” Yun Yanran said coldly. “Let me say this once more: we are from two different worlds. I will become the foremost female alchemist master in the Great Qian Empire, while you are nothing but a loach in a filthy ditch. We will never be together. You can leave now and stop following me, or don’t blame me for being ruthless.”

At her words, the surrounding crowd whispered even more.

Li Zifeng’s eyes sharpened.

“Hahaha, this is hilarious.”

“I’ve seen idiots, but never one like you. You should take a look at yourself in the mirror. How dare someone like you covet Miss Yanran?”

“You two, get him out of here,” Li Zifeng ordered two Tianwu Realm warriors.

The next moment, the two men strode to Chu Tianchen’s side.

“Get out,” one of them barked coldly.

The aura of the Tianwu Realm exploded instantly, pressing down on Chu Tianchen.

He focused his mind, stirring the primal energy in his meridians to withstand the terrifying pressure.

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Still, he was forced to step back several paces.

“The gap between the Tongmai Realm and Tianwu Realm is truly immense,” Chu Tianchen thought silently.

If he hadn’t opened his meridian to a tremendous scale, unleashing overwhelming energy, even a mere thought from a Tianwu Realm warrior could have sent him flying and seriously injured.

Seeing Chu Tianchen retreat only a few steps, the Tianwu warrior’s eyes widened in surprise, as did the black-robed man’s.

Even the two Tianwang Realm warriors behind Mu Ran seemed to sense something, turning their gaze toward Chu Tianchen.

At that moment, Tang Shisan, who had been lying on the ground, suddenly coughed up a mouthful of fresh blood. His entire body began to emit smoke as if it were catching fire.

“Young master!” the black-robed man shouted, drawing everyone’s attention.

“What are you waiting for? If you don’t want him to die, quickly feed him the Celestial Snow Lotus petal!” Yun Yanran said immediately.

The black-robed middle-aged man glanced at Mu Ran and Yun Yanran, then looked back at Chu Tianchen.

“This stuff really can’t be eaten. If you trust me, I can save him,” Chu Tianchen said.

However, the black-robed man, seeing Tang Shisan’s life rapidly ebbing away, gritted his teeth and still placed the seventh-grade Celestial Snow Lotus petal into Tang Shisan’s mouth.

Though he disliked Mu Ran and Yun Yanran, compared to Chu Tianchen, who looked like a beggar, he naturally chose to trust Mu Ran and Yun Yanran!

Chu Tianchen watched as Tang Shisan swallowed the Celestial Snow Lotus petal and shook his head. “This is going to be troublesome.”

Yet, after the Celestial Snow Lotus petal entered him, the red smoke around Tang Shisan gradually dissipated, and his pale complexion slowly recovered.

The sword wound on his arm even began to heal visibly before their eyes.

About four or five minutes later, Tang Shisan’s breath had stabilized.

“It really works! Wonderful!”

“Thank you, Miss Yun, for saving my young master’s life. I will give you the fifth-grade Fudan Cauldron. Also, I will find a whole Celestial Snow Lotus to return to you!” the black-robed man said excitedly.

He then handed the fifth-grade Fudan Cauldron to Yun Yanran, who smiled upon receiving it.

However, the next moment, Tang Shisan suddenly opened his eyes, spat a mouthful of fresh blood, his face contorted in agony, looking extremely pained!