Chapter 527: Refining the Silver Snow Pill, Advancement (1)
“I originally wanted to visit the Alchemist a.s.sociation, but I’m not very familiar with that place, so I didn’t go. However, I think the situation of the Alchemist a.s.sociation should be similar to the Mystic a.s.sociation.” Lan Ming continued.
“La.s.s, Brat Lan is right. This is indeed the current situation of the Alchemist a.s.sociation. My muddle-headed disciple Ren Li and some elders of the a.s.sociation are locked up. The person in charge of the a.s.sociation Headquarters now is Sun Wei and the elders who support him,” the little old man said.
“Where are they locked up? Why aren’t you locked up together?” Leng Ruoxue said in puzzlement. Alas! This Sun Wei even locked up his master. He was really something. Whoever took him in as a disciple was really unlucky for eight lifetimes!
“No. Because Lan Ning’er wants to be my disciple, Sun Wei locked me up alone in order to please her. The others should be locked up in his cell,” the little old man said after some thought.
“I didn’t expect the Alchemist a.s.sociation to have a cell too!” Leng Ruoxue said in surprise. She really couldn’t understand why the a.s.sociation would set up a cell.
“La.s.s, why can’t the Alchemist a.s.sociation have a prison? Alchemists from the a.s.sociation can also be punished if they do something wrong,” the little old man said.
“Oh, in that case, let the president and elders of the headquarters stay in there for a few more days!” Leng Ruoxue said with a light smile. Hehe, those people had nothing to do with her, so their lives were not in her consideration!
“Yes, let them stay inside for the time being. Anyway, Sun Wei won’t kill them for a while,” the little old man agreed. Alas, those people were so stubborn. They refused to let him cancel the punishment order he gave Zheng En back then no matter what. Great, they listened to Sun Wei back then but in the end, they were still locked up by Sun Wei! They were really asking for trouble! He didn’t pity them at all even though his disciples were among them!
“Grandpa Du, what happened?” Leng Ruoxue asked curiously.
“La.s.s, it’s a long story. It’s embarra.s.sing even if I were the one telling you.” The little old man sighed softly and said helplessly.
“Grandpa Du, you have to let me know even if it’s embarra.s.sing!” Leng Ruoxue said. She had heard Ning Yuan mention some things, but Ning Yuan was only an ordinary mystic after all. It was impossible for him to know too much about these things that happened in the upper echelons.
“La.s.s, after I brought Zheng En back, I thought that the matter could be easily resolved with me stepping in. However, who knew that those stubborn old fellows from the headquarters actually disagreed. They even said that the matter back then was irrefutable evidence. Moreover, they said that I couldn’t produce evidence that Sun Wei framed Zheng En and was unable to prove Zheng En’s innocence. Some people even said that I sided with Zheng En and deliberately wronged Sun Wei because Zheng En was my disciple. Hmph! It’s really infuriating! Hmph! He was so angry that he wanted to beat someone up whenever he thought of the situation back then!
“Hehe, Grandpa Du, looks like the Alchemist a.s.sociation isn’t very humane! I guess they didn’t take your words seriously because they saw that you were no longer in the a.s.sociation. This is what they mean by tea cools when people leave!” Leng Ruoxue said with some emotion. Alas! It seemed that she had expected it wrong back then. She originally thought that the little old man had an extraordinary status in the Alchemist a.s.sociation, and that no one would dare to oppose his opinion. Who knew that those people actually dared to rebel!
“La.s.s, you’re right. They’ve been blinded by power. Alas!” The little old man sighed repeatedly. He was still respected by countless people in other places, but he actually received a cold treatment in his territory. This really made his heart turn cold!
“Grandpa Du, shouldn’t Sun Wei be grateful to them since they didn’t believe you? Why did he lock them up?” Leng Ruoxue asked in puzzlement.
“Hmph! That Sun Wei is simply an ingrate. After using them, he seized their power simply because they didn’t agree to him inheriting the position of the president of the headquarters,” the little old man said gloatingly.
“Isn’t the president of the a.s.sociation Headquarters Ren Li? Could it be that Ren Li wants to give the position of president to Sun Wei?” Leng Ruoxue said doubtfully. Uh! There was really extraordinary chaos among the upper echelons of the Alchemist a.s.sociation!
“It was originally Ren Li. However, because of my matter, Ren Li felt that he had let me down, so he took the initiative to resign from his position as the president. He ordered the Elder a.s.sociation to choose a new president. However, the opinions of the Elder a.s.sociation had always been inconsistent, and many people didn’t approve of Sun Wei being the president of the headquarters, so Sun Wei borrowed the power of the Sun family and the Mystic a.s.sociation to lock up all the people who opposed him. However, Sun Wei won’t kill them for the time being. He still needs to borrow their power to consolidate his status, so those old muddled bugs are still safe now,” the little old man said angrily.
“Oh, I see.” Leng Ruoxue understood.
“Little Snowy, Sun Wei’s backer should be Sun Meilin’s mother. Wu Gong’s involvement was all because of her. Moreover, I saw her at the Mystic a.s.sociation Headquarters,” Lan Ming said evasively.
“Isn’t it normal to see her? Little Lan Lan, could it be that you saw something you shouldn’t have seen?” Leng Ruoxue asked in realization. Tch, was Little Lan Lan considered shy? What was wrong with that! It seemed like the relations.h.i.+p between the adulterous pair was no secret! She just didn’t know if the person from the Sun family knew.
“Uh!” Two drops of cold sweat dripped down Lan Ming’s forehead. Was he really overreacting?
“Little Lan Lan, do you know the background of that Madam Sun?” Leng Ruoxue asked after some thought.
“I know a little. I heard that woman was originally the concubine of the deputy patriarch of the Sun family, Sun Sheng. Later on, she used some unknown means to obtain Sun Sheng’s favor and jumped to become Sun Sheng’s wife. She also gave birth to a son and a daughter for Sun Sheng, so her status in the Sun family has always been very stable. She even has the momentum to suppress Sun Sheng’s wife,” Lan Ming said to Leng Ruoxue with the information he knew.
“Is that woman very beautiful?” Leng Ruoxue asked curiously. Hehe, she was indeed a capable woman. To be honest, she really wanted to meet this Mrs. Sun!
“Uh! Not too bad!” Lan Ming said after some thought.
“What do you mean by not too bad? Is she beautiful or not?” Leng Ruoxue said impatiently.