Merciless Rejection

"Good, good!" Master Mo had always held an exalted position; when had he ever been contradicted so bluntly to his face? His old face trembled with rage as he shouted, "You simply don't know a good heart when you see one! Let me tell you this: I cannot do what you asked. Only Young Master Su can. If you do not wish 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 rose and fell without pause; clearly, Wang Bingyan had infuriated him badly as well.

Just then, a timid, tiny voice suddenly rang out in the 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..."

It was the commoner man, who had not left. He began kneeling on the floor and kowtowing all around, pleading as he kowtowed, hoping someone would save his son.

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"Rest assured, I will save your son."

It was Su Chen's calm voice.

"Really?" The commoner man's eyes lit up as though he had seized a lifeline. He said gratefully, "Thank you, Young Master!"

"However, I will not save anyone from the Wang Family," Su Chen added.

Wang Bingyan found this absurd and let out a scornful laugh, her face full of mockery. "Do members of my Wang Family need you to save them?"

"I hope you will not regret those words," Su Chen said calmly. Then, no longer paying Wang Bingyan any heed, he walked toward the commoner child.

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

"Carry this child onto the bed over there."

Su Chen did not waste words and immediately began issuing orders to the alchemy apprentices present.

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

obediently followed Su Chen's instructions.

Wang Bingyan could not help giving a cold snort when she saw this. "Su Chen, stop putting on an act. Do you think we do not know your background?"

Was he not Jiang Tingyi's cousin? At his age, it would already be impressive if he could become an alchemy apprentice. How could he possibly cure the poison of the Darknight Flower?

For some reason, Wang Bingyan felt that her hostility toward Su Chen was especially strong. Perhaps it was because he was Jiang Tingyi's cousin. So long as someone had any connection to Jiang Tingyi, she disliked them.

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

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

Su Chen instructed the apprentices to bring several ingredients. Then he began working on the spot, blending those ingredients into medicinal powder and having the commoner child take it.

After the commoner child took Su Chen's medicinal powder, the bluish-purple color on his face rapidly faded. His entire spirit recovered, and before long, he even sat up.

"All right. The poison has been removed. Take him home," Su Chen said.

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

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

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

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

How laughable that she had just declared,

that members of the Wang Family did not need Su Chen to save them.

She had not expected the slap in the face to come so quickly.

"Master Mo, I'll be leaving," Su Chen said with a faint smile. Without even glancing at the Wang Family members, he turned and left the Alchemy Guild.

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

Watching Su Chen approach the Alchemy Guild's main entrance, Wang Bingyan began to panic. 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 someone die, leaving my younger brother to his fate?"

Su Chen could not help finding this amusing. He shrugged and said, "Wang Bingyan, what relation are you to me? Am I obligated to take care of your younger brother?"

With that, Su Chen continued walking toward the door.

"Su Chen, don't be so heartless. At least we've had some acquaintance!" Wang Bingyan shouted from behind him.

Su Chen halted and said calmly, "I already said it: I will not save anyone from the Wang Family!"

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With that, Su Chen walked out of the Alchemy Guild without looking back.

Wang Bingyan stood rooted to the spot. No matter what, she had never expected Su Chen to truly show no consideration whatsoever, refusing meant refusing.

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 miraculous hands and a benevolent heart. My younger brother's life hangs by a thread. You would not be so heartless as to stand aside and do nothing, would you?"

It had to be said that Wang Bingyan knew how to bend and stretch. Seeing that there was no hope with Su Chen, she immediately changed her attitude and went 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. Therefore, I will not make a fool of myself. Go

elsewhere and seek someone more capable."

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

Only Wang Bingyan was left standing there in disbelief.

As for everyone else in the Alchemy Guild, who would dare remain here and get dragged into this trouble? They had long since scattered in a single rush, leaving the place completely empty.

The dignified direct-line young master of the Wang Family had actually fallen to the point of being poisoned with no one willing to treat him, able only to lie on a stretcher and await death.

"Su Chen, it's all because of Su Chen!" Flames of fury gradually erupted in Wang Bingyan's eyes. "Everything today was caused by him. It is all 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, dumping all her resentment onto Su Chen in one breath.

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

As she spoke, Wang Bingyan waved her hand and directed several Wang Family members to carry the stretcher out of the Alchemy Guild.

In Master Mo's room on the second floor, one subordinate said worriedly, "Old Mo, Young Master Su has truly offended the Wang Family to the death 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..."

"Do not worry!" Old Mo interrupted his subordinate. His deep gray eyes flashed with cold light. "The Alchemy Guild has always remained neutral. Perhaps we have kept our brilliance hidden for too long, and they have forgotten how formidable the Alchemy Guild is!"

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

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