From this day onward, the ninth rank on the Inner Courtyard Strong Ranking belonged to Xu Haoyu.
Of course, everyone knew that judging by how he had defeated Xiao Lang in a single strike, if Xu Haoyu wished it, his ranking would definitely not stop at ninth place.
As he stepped down from the arena, he was greeted by the fervent gazes of everyone present. Xu Haoyu felt somewhat pleased with himself. Being respected and admired by everyone truly felt quite good.
However, Xu Haoyu quickly adjusted his mindset. Compared with the many powerful experts across the continent, he was still very weak.
Just as he was about to leave with his people and head for the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower to cultivate, another group blocked his path.
Even Xu Haoyu was surprised. After seeing his strength, there were still people who dared to stop him? What rank were they on the Strong Ranking to be acting so boldly?
Xu Haoyu then carefully examined the people before him. Catching the scent of medicinal herbs from them, he suddenly understood. So fellow alchemists had come looking for him.
He spoke aloud:
"Blocking our path? It seems you're still not convinced. Speak. What do you want?"
As soon as he said this, the white-robed young man leading the group spoke with a cold expression:
"My name is Liu Zhi. I am the Gang Leader of the Medicine Gang, as well as a Fourth-Rank Alchemist. I'll be straightforward. Your gang sold a large quantity of medicinal pills yesterday. That disrupted the market and seriously affected our gang's business."
"I saw what happened earlier. Your strength is indeed formidable. But we alchemists are not best at fighting. What we excel at is the network of connections built through medicinal pills."
"Given that you