Heartless Rejection

"Good, good!" Master Mo had always held an exalted position. When had anyone ever dared contradict him to his face like this? His old face trembled with rage as he snapped, "You simply can't tell good from bad! Let me tell you this: I can't do what you asked. Only Young Master Su can. If you don't want to ask Young Master Su to detoxify him, then go outside and seek someone more capable!"

As he spoke, Master Mo took several steps back and dropped heavily into a chair. His chest heaved without pause; Wang Bingyan had clearly angered him badly as well.

Just then, a timid, tiny voice suddenly rang out in the main hall. "My lords, if anyone can help save my son, anyone at all—as long as you can save him, I will be endlessly grateful. I beg you, I only have this one son..."

The commoner had not left after all. He began kneeling on the floor and kowtowing in every direction, pleading as he kowtowed, hoping someone would save his son.

"Don't worry. I'll save your son."

Su Chen's calm voice sounded.

"Really?" The commoner's eyes lit up as though he had seized a lifeline. Gratefully, he said, "Thank you, young master!"

"However, I won't save anyone from the Wang Family," Su Chen added.

Wang Bingyan found it absurd and let out a scornful laugh, mockery written across her face. "Do you think anyone from my Wang Family needs you to save them?"

"I hope you won't regret those words someday," Su Chen said calmly. Then he stopped paying Wang Bingyan any attention and walked toward the commoner's child.

Not far away, Master Mo secretly shook his head. At this moment, he had a premonition that Wang Bingyan would definitely regret this.

"Carry this child onto the bed over there."

Su Chen did not waste words and immediately began directing the alchemy apprentices present.

At first, several alchemy apprentices did not want to obey Su Chen's orders, but after receiving a meaningful look from Master Mo, they

obediently followed Su Chen's instructions.

Seeing this, Wang Bingyan could not help but sneer. "Su Chen, stop putting on an act. Do you think we don't know your background?"

Wasn't he merely Jiang Tingyi's cousin? At his age, becoming an alchemy apprentice would already have been quite impressive. How could he possibly detoxify Darknight Flower Poison?

For some reason, Wang Bingyan felt an especially strong hostility toward Su Chen. Perhaps it was because he was Jiang Tingyi's cousin. Anyone connected to Jiang Tingyi was someone she disliked.

The very thought of letting Su Chen treat her younger brother's poison filled Wang Bingyan with instinctive resistance and rejection. Besides, Su Chen could not possibly know how to treat it anyway.

However, Wang Bingyan's thoughts were swiftly slapped in the face by reality.

Su Chen instructed the apprentices to bring several ingredients. Then, right there on the spot, he mixed them into a medicinal powder and had the commoner's child take it.

After the child swallowed Su Chen's medicinal powder, the bluish-purple tint on his face rapidly faded. His whole spirit returned, and before long, he had even sat up.

"It's done. The poison has been cleared. Take him home," Su Chen said.

Seeing his son restored to normal, the commoner was so excited that he did not know what to say. He immediately kowtowed to Su Chen more than a dozen times. "Thank you, benefactor! Thank you, benefactor!"

Afterward, the commoner happily left the Alchemy Guild with his son.

Only the Wang Family's group remained at the scene.

Wang Bingyan was dumbfounded. No matter how she thought about it, she had never expected Su Chen to truly be able to cure Darknight Flower Poison.

How laughable that she had just declared

that no one from the Wang Family needed Su Chen's help.

She had never imagined that the slap to her face would come so quickly.

"Master Mo, I'll be leaving." Su Chen smiled faintly and walked out of the Alchemy Guild without even sparing the Wang Family a glance.

"Take care, Young Master Su," Master Mo said behind him.

As Wang Bingyan watched Su Chen approach the Alchemy Guild's entrance, panic rose in her heart. Could it be that Su Chen truly did not intend to save her younger brother?

"Su Chen, stop right there!" Wang Bingyan shrieked. "Are you really going to stand by and watch him die, leaving my younger brother to his fate?"

Su Chen found those words amusing. He shrugged and said, "Wang Bingyan, what relationship do you and I have? Am I obligated to take care of your younger brother?"

With that, Su Chen continued walking outside.

"Su Chen, don't be so heartless! At the very least, we've known each other before!" Wang Bingyan shouted from behind him.

Su Chen paused and said indifferently, "I already told you: I won't save anyone from the Wang Family!"

With that, Su Chen left the Alchemy Guild without looking back.

Wang Bingyan stood frozen where she was. No matter what, she had not expected Su Chen to truly show no consideration at all—to say he would not save him and then truly refuse.

After standing there in a daze for a long while, Wang Bingyan had no choice but to turn and beg Master Mo. "Master Mo, everyone says you possess marvelous hands and a benevolent heart. My younger brother's life hangs by a thread. You surely won't be so cruel as to ignore him, will you?"

It had to be said that Wang Bingyan was someone who could bend and stretch. The moment she saw there was no hope on Su Chen's side, she immediately changed her attitude and turned to plead with Master Mo.

However, the ever-kind Master Mo wore an icy expression at this moment. "My apologies, Miss Wang, but I cannot do as you ask and detoxify him without leaving any aftereffects. So I will not make a fool of myself. Go

somewhere else and seek someone more capable."

As he spoke, Master Mo actually rose from his chair as well, flicked his sleeve, and left.

Wang Bingyan was left standing there in disbelief.

Looking at the others in the Alchemy Guild, who would dare remain and get entangled in this mess? They had long since scattered in a rush, leaving the place completely empty.

The dignified young master of the Wang Family's direct line had actually fallen to the point of lying poisoned on a stretcher, with no one willing to treat him, able only to wait for death.

"Su Chen, it's all because of Su Chen!" Flames of fury gradually erupted from Wang Bingyan's eyes. "Everything that happened today was caused by him. It's because he stood by and watched us die!"

At this moment, Wang Bingyan had completely forgotten how she had treated Master Mo and Su Chen earlier. She poured all her resentment onto Su Chen at once.

"Let's go!" Wang Bingyan said coldly. "If anything happens to my younger brother today, I'll make Su Chen pay for a life with his life!"

With a wave of her hand, Wang Bingyan directed the Wang Family's people to carry the stretcher out of the Alchemy Guild.

In Master Mo's room on the second floor, one of his subordinates said worriedly, "Old Mo, Young Master Su has completely offended the Wang Family this time."

Master Mo sighed softly. "True geniuses always have a measure of pride. In my view, there is nothing wrong with what Young Master Su did!"

"But Old Mo, Young Master Su is now an Honorary Guest Elder of our Alchemy Guild. If something happens to him..."

"Don't worry!" Old Mo cut him off. His deep gray eyes flashed with cold brilliance. "The Alchemy Guild has remained neutral all this time. Perhaps we have kept our light hidden and bided our time for too long, making them forget just how formidable the Alchemy Guild is!"

"But if anyone dares lay a hand on an Honorary Guest Elder of the Alchemy Guild, then the Alchemy Guild would not mind letting them know what it means to be untouchable..."