You Want to Teach Me How to Behave?

Pushing open the door, Mu Chen clasped his hands behind his back and stepped into the corridor. A sideways glance confirmed it—four figures had hurried out of their rooms.

"The source of that pill fragrance came from over there." The strongest old man looked at Mu Chen in surprise, but after carefully sensing him, he detected not the slightest trace of alchemical fire on him.

Shaking his head, the old man immediately dismissed the notion that Mu Chen was an alchemist. Yet the pill fragrance had indeed drifted out from Mu Chen's room.

"A fourth-grade pill... Judging by how rich this fragrance is, it has nearly reached the peak of the fourth grade.

"Never mind its effects. If I obtain it and study it carefully, perhaps my alchemy skills will rise another level and reach the fourth-grade realm I have dreamed of."

A thick look of greed appeared on the old man's face. There were absolutely fewer than twenty Fourth-Grade Alchemists in the Jia Ma Empire. Every Fourth-Grade Alchemist was a towering figure in the alchemy world. Even behemoths like the Jia Ma Imperial Family and the Misty Cloud Sect had to treat them with courtesy. Their status was comparable to that of an ordinary Dou Wang.

Thinking of all the benefits of becoming a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, the old man's breathing quickened. Still, he was more seasoned and did not act rashly. He knew the three companions beside him would be far less patient than he was.

"Hehe, little brother, we were resting just now when we suddenly sensed a strange energy fluctuation.

"We came over with no other intentions, merely to take a look. After all, we're currently a thousand meters in the air. If something goes wrong, we'll all lose our lives."

One of the Second-Grade Alchemists closest to Mu Chen spoke. His smiling face twisted into a greedy expression, and his gaze repeatedly passed over Mu Chen to peer into the room behind him. His hands rubbed together uncontrollably.

The other two were the same. As alchemists, they naturally understood that only pills of the fourth grade or above could possess such a rich fragrance.

A fourth-grade pill! It was enough to make them cast aside their dignity and become robbers once more.

"Detected that the host is facing a hostile situation. Mission triggered: Slaughter

Reward: One set of combat experience."

After absorbing the mission suddenly issued by the system, Mu Chen's lips curled upward. This mission had come at just the right time and suited him perfectly.

Mu Chen cracked his knuckles and sneered. "Since we're all alchemists, why bother dressing your words up so grandly? That fourth-grade pill is in my hands. If you have the guts, come take it."

With the map revealed and the dagger drawn, the three Second-Grade Alchemists exchanged looks after Mu Chen exposed them. The greed in their eyes was terrifyingly intense, and then all three turned toward the old man, who was pretending to be calm and detached.

One of them immediately mocked, "Ha Lang, why are you pretending to be some lofty senior? Let's attack together, kill this brat, and throw him from the sky to destroy the evidence. The pill will be split equally among the four of us.

"Otherwise, don't even think about reaping the benefits without lifting a finger."

The old man named Ha Lang first shot the three of them a vicious look. Lowering his brows slightly, he then walked toward Mu Chen with a false smile. "Little brother, you're the guard hired by the alchemist inside, aren't you? You're still so young. It would be better for you to step aside, lest you get caught in the crossfire."

Mu Chen shrugged listlessly, then a chill filled his face. He gave a scornful laugh. "What a boring performance. I hate hypocrites like you most. Since you covet my pill, leave your lives behind."

A fierce cold gleam burst from Mu Chen's eyes. With a light tap of his foot, the aura he had suppressed for so long erupted. In a single stride, he crossed the corridor, and the Dou Qi within him had already transformed into the Poison Attribute.

Dense black smoke clung to his palm. Like a tiger descending the mountain, Mu Chen lunged fiercely at the Second-Grade Alchemist in front.

Mu Chen struck out with his palm, and the Second-Grade Alchemist's expression changed drastically. He had thought Mu Chen would be easy to bully due to his young age, but Mu Chen's strength was actually far greater than his own as a Three-Star Dou Master.

"This brat is tough. Attack together!"

As he spoke, a thin Dou Qi Veil appeared over his body. He extended both hands and met Mu Chen's incoming palm head-on.

The vast disparity in strength allowed Mu Chen to shatter the Three-Star Dou Master's defenses with ease. His powerful Dou Qi instantly blasted the Dou Qi Veil on the man's body apart.

Mu Chen's palm did not stop. Under the man's terrified gaze, it slammed brutally into his chest. As his palm force erupted, violent power carrying Poison Attribute Dou Qi poured into the man's body.

"Ah..." The Three-Star Dou Master flew backward and crashed onto the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Just as he tried to rise, his face instantly turned pitch-black. He coughed up several mouthfuls of black blood in succession and pointed tremblingly at Mu Chen. "You... so poisonous..."

With that, he died. Mu Chen was secretly shocked by the terrifying power of his Poison Attribute Dou Qi. In terms of raw destructive force alone, that palm strike would at most have injured the man. The reason he died on the spot was mainly because the poison Dou Qi was too tyrannical and violent.

"Combining the poison from Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body with the poison from that woman, the resulting destructive power is truly terrifying.

"Even if a Da Dou Shi fought me, if he were careless and allowed my poison Dou Qi to invade his body, he would likely suffer severe injuries."

Shocked though he was, Mu Chen did not stop advancing. The remaining two Second-Grade Alchemists were about as strong as the dead man on the ground. Even though they tried to flee, Mu Chen quickly caught up with them.

After exchanging four or five lightning-fast moves, the Dou Qi Veils protecting their bodies were shattered by Mu Chen. Poison Dou Qi was poured into them, and within ten seconds, both died as their poison flared up.

Even one of them, who swiftly took out and swallowed an antidote pill, still failed to escape being poisoned to death.

"No wonder people across the continent treat Poison Masters with indifference and disgust. It isn't without reason.

"If you're poisoned by accident and don't immediately remove it, even if you don't die, you'll still fall seriously ill." Mu Chen was secretly alarmed.

"Old man, you're the only one left." Dense black mist rose between Mu Chen's hands, while an almost solidified Dou Qi Veil appeared over his body. The remaining man was a Da Dou Shi, worthy of Mu Chen's full attention.

"You're actually a Poison Master. Are you from the Chu Yun Empire? Unfortunately, though your poison is powerful, it can never break through a Da Dou Shi's Dou Qi Armor."

As the old man spoke with some confidence, a somewhat illusory earth-yellow Dou Qi Armor covered his body. Judging from how insubstantial it looked, however, this Da Dou Shi was clearly far from solid.

"Heh, this is my first time fighting across a realm. I wonder how long it'll take to kill a Da Dou Shi?" Like Ha Lang, Mu Chen was extremely confident.

Mu Chen shed the Poison Attribute Dou Qi covering his body and switched to his currently strongest Fire Attribute Dou Qi, using the Wood Attribute as support. The old man had been right: poison Dou Qi was sinister and vicious, but it could not penetrate that layer of Dou Qi Armor.

Blazing Prairie Hundredfold Slashes! Forming a fire seal with his hands, Mu Chen opened with a killing move, unleashing two blazing fire pythons that roared toward Ha Lang.

"Hmph, you vicious brat. You don't know the slightest thing about respecting the old or caring for the young. Let me teach you how to respect the strong," Ha Lang said darkly, rapidly firing a yellow wave of light. It was clearly a Dou Technique of considerable rank as well.

The collision of their Dou Techniques left the corridor in ruins. Splintered wood flew everywhere, while nearby rooms suffered even worse—their roofs were blown away, exposing the blue sky.

Mu Chen's Blazing Prairie Hundredfold Slashes proved superior in their clash. After forcefully swallowing the light wave, the fire pythons slammed fiercely into Ha Lang.

The already crumbling room instantly collapsed. Swept off the bird's back by the fierce wind, it plunged from the sky.

Still forming the fire seal with his hands, Mu Chen kicked aside the remaining chunks of wood and walked toward Ha Lang, who was kneeling on the bird's back and coughing up blood.

"Is that all? Were you just going to teach me how to behave?"