"..."
Gu Yang felt an instinctive fear toward this powerhouse who could casually press him to the ground.
But thinking of the old master lying on his sickbed with his life hanging by a thread, he still gritted his teeth and replied:
"Yes!"
"This matter was our Gu Family's fault. We are deeply sorry!"
"But for the sake of our old master's past reputation, I hope Your Excellency can truthfully tell us where that alchemy master has gone!"
"I, Gu Yang, am willing to guarantee with my life that even if he fails to refine that main medicinal ingredient afterward, my Gu Family will absolutely not make things difficult for him in the slightest!"
"Then there's no need for you to keep looking," Ye Li's answer silenced everyone present. "I'm an alchemist too. I'll go back with you."
"What?!"
Yu Qiurou was immediately startled and hurriedly tried to dissuade him. "Mr. Ye, you absolutely must not! You don't know that Gu Family..."
"It's fine." Ye Li raised a hand to cut her off.
They wanted alchemists to refine pills and treat illnesses, yet they also wanted to slaughter alchemists without restraint.
Since such people who were actively courting death had crossed his path, there was naturally no reason to let them go.
In other words, it was time to start killing.
"Th-this... then please withdraw first."
Seeing that his mind was made up, Yu Qiurou could only sigh helplessly and wave for the guards to retreat.
"Thank you, Master, for lending a hand!" Gu Yang, still on the ground, was both shocked and overjoyed.
Once he saw Yu Qiurou's attitude toward Ye Li, he immediately understood that he had encountered a true grandmaster of alchemy today.
Having just been permitted to rise, he did not even bother to straighten his