"Have you found out? Who exactly was the person refining Tao Shang's pills?"
Hong Tianchou had calmed down. He was no longer so furious that he smashed a cup as he had before.
He was now unbearably frustrated. His nephew was dead, and he knew who the killer was, yet he couldn't take revenge. Now Tao Shang had nearly seized the entire pill market, leaving him utterly humiliated. If word reached the Tianyan Lineage, he would become a laughingstock.
Fu Jiang stepped forward and respectfully said,
"Master, according to our investigation, the person refining the pills is very likely this Fang Mo. He sold pills at the market before, and Tao Shang only began selling pills after Fang Mo arrived at Jiyun Xuan. All the evidence points to him!"
"Fang Mo? Impossible. How could one man refine so many pills?"
Though furious, Hong Tianchou had not lost his reason. He absolutely refused to believe one person could have done it all.
Seeing that Hong Tianchou didn't believe him, Fu Jiang took out several bottles of pills and brought them over. He set them on the table and said,
"Master, please take a look. Junior Brother He and I examined them. Their methods and styles all bear the mark of the same person. We have reason to suspect they were all made by one person, but..."
His brows furrowed, and he shook his head, as if there were something he couldn't bring himself to say.
Hong Tianchou initially looked unconvinced, but he still picked up the pills to examine them. After looking through several bottles, his expression grew grave. As a Pre-Heaven alchemist, how could his eye be worse than Fu Jiang's? It was only his pride that had kept him from examining the pills.
At a glance, he could tell