Xu Yi had forced Steward Hu to write "True Man Scarlet Fire is a dog" on paper. Steward Hu was well and truly trapped.
Even if he turned on Xu Yi and claimed he had written it under duress,
with True Man Scarlet Fire's temper, he'd still be skinned alive.
That short-tempered lord would never ask whether Hu had meant it or been forced. He cared only about the result and his pride.
The others were only trial disciples, so they had no deep affection for Xuanqing Sect. And they certainly had no fondness for a legendary villain like True Man Scarlet Fire.
They were laughing now simply because Xu Yi's idea, though mischievous, had been absolutely brilliant.
As the tension eased, Meng Fu added, "What should we do with Fan Jiu from the alchemy room? He's the chief culprit. We can't just let him off lightly."
At the mention of Fan Jiu, Xu Yi thought of that pill furnace. It was a priceless treasure. "Right, how did Fan Jiu get hold of a pill furnace?"
The pill furnace Fan Jiu had rented out to the Co-learning Society and the others was merely an ordinary furnace—the lowest grade of pill furnace. Even so, an ordinary furnace cost hundreds of origin pills.
Given Fan Jiu's status, he shouldn't have had such a treasure.
Zhao Qian said, "Fan Jiu obviously couldn't have something as precious as a pill furnace. It must belong to some Inner Sect Disciple. Fan Jiu was just acting as a middleman, renting it out for that disciple and earning a few origin pills. This sort of thing isn't uncommon among trial disciples."
Xu Yi regretted it in silence. It seemed he'd have to put the idea of claiming Fan Jiu's furnace on hold for now.
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