Muddling Through

Qi Tianmen's attitude underwent a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn.

Since they were both from prominent lineages, he could not treat them as commoners. What was more, the Zhou Family had always been wealthier and more powerful than the Qi Family; the gap in status was simply too vast.

Zhou You was a formidable martial artist. If he had been an independent cultivator, he would have been insignificant, but as a member of a prominent lineage, his status was exceedingly noble.

In his heart, Qi Tianmen had already regarded Zhou You as an important figure from a lineage of equal standing.

"Since it is a secret matter of the Zhou Family, it would be inconvenient for me to inquire further. But Qi Fengzi..."

Qi Tianmen still had not given up. After all, the value of a Great Medicine Master was of strategic importance to any prominent lineage.

He thought that while he could not afford to provoke the Zhou Family, Qi Fengzi was a member of the Qi Family. The great medicines she refined had to belong to the Lineage.

"This?"

Zhou You smiled calmly. "You have only just arrived and do not understand the inside story. Do you truly think Qi Fengzi is the Lingzhi Alchemist?"

What did that mean?

"To be honest, the great medicines I presented actually came from another source—from a Lingzhi Alchemist whose identity cannot be exposed."

"The Medicine King Sect is narrow-minded and stubborn. They mistakenly believed Qi Fengzi was that alchemist, but they could not have been more wrong."

Zhou You explained, "If you wish to take Qi Fengzi back, that is not impossible. But if she cannot refine great medicine, do not blame me."

It was as though a basin of cold water had been dumped over Qi Tianmen's head. His soaring ambitions instantly vanished