"They're criminals, people everyone on the Xianzhou has the right to execute."
"You should notify the Cloud Knights and have them arrested!"
"But I reported them a long time ago."
Yan Huan spread his hands.
"Every time I went to the Alchemy Commission, I reported every last one of them."
"But as the Cloud Knights kept making arrests, they found that the Alchemy Commission's people were growing fewer and fewer, so they started doubting my judgment."
"They don't believe me anymore."
"And now, I understand."
"The Medicine Master's Legacy can't be wiped out. As long as even one remains, it'll grow into ten, a hundred."
"It's practically a Xianzhou specialty. Nothing worth making a fuss over."
"But since you're here, let's go have a look."
With Yunli in tow, Yan Huan quickly arrived in front of the New Oriental building.
The moment they stepped onto the stairs, they caught a strange medicinal fragrance.
Following the scent upstairs, they soon reached the third floor, where it was strongest. The air there was also far hotter than anywhere else.
"Damn, how much space have they taken over?"
Someone stood before every stove in the huge kitchen, huffing as they fed firewood into the furnaces as though cooking for an army.
Looking at several uncovered cauldrons, Yan Huan clearly saw all sorts of things inside.
There were huge globs that looked like snot, vast puddles like soup, and chunks as hard as rocks.
"Hm? New customers?"
The man at the front looked up, wiped away his sweat with his sleeve, and smiled darkly.
"What is it? Looking to buy some ordinary pills, or do you want something rarer?"
"I'm here to collect rent."
Yan Huan silently pulled out an assault rifle, its dark muzzle aimed at them.
"Cooking normally costs nothing, but you