A Tower on the Verge of Collapse

Chu Fei returned to the Potion Trading Center and discovered that its building had already been demolished, leaving nothing but wreckage.

It had been demolished rather than destroyed because barricades had been set up around it, and people were directing the work.

The Potion Trading Center had temporarily relocated to a five-story commercial building next door. Its sign had already been put back up, though the place was still undergoing renovations.

As for the Potion Trading Center's rear courtyard, it remained as it had been. Many laboratories and secret chambers were either underground or in the courtyard, so the losses there had not been severe.

The front building had mainly contained trading counters, ordinary documents, meeting rooms, potion appraisal facilities, and warehouses for herbs and potions meant for trade.

Those were all replaceable assets.

But when Chu Fei entered the rear courtyard and saw Ren Qingyun, he received bad news: of the Potion Trading Center's original eight remaining senior staff members, only five were left.

The Dragon People's sudden attack had been extremely targeted—it had specifically gone after the alchemists within the Potion Trading Center, especially the Advanced Potion alchemists.

Ren Qingyun's expression was grim. "This attack had an extremely clear objective. They ignored a large quantity of expensive Advanced Potions and went straight for the people.

"The Potion Trading Center had finally recovered a little vitality, only to be beaten back to square one.

"Especially since the three who were killed were all masters capable of refining 10.0 potions. Now the Potion Trading Center..."

Ren Qingyun looked somewhat dejected. He had painstakingly brought the Potion Trading Center back on track, only for it to suffer such a devastating blow again.

The problem was not merely that three people had died. Aside from Ren Qingyun, the remaining four were deeply