Alchemy Master

Chapter 573, A Big Shot Arrives

Translator: Silavin

Heavenly Dragon Imperial City stood upon this vast land like a prostrating giant beast.

Due to the imminent Alchemy Manor Summit, countless streams of people continuously flowed in and out through the various city gates each day.

On this day, as usual, long queues formed at the city gates, filled with those seeking entry into the Imperial City. However, amongst these numerous queues, there was one gate where not a single person waited in line.

Even so, those queuing could only gaze enviously at that gate, with none daring to cross the boundary.

This was because that gate was exclusively reserved for Royalty, and people from other regions. No matter how powerful or privileged they might be locally, they had no qualification to set foot on this passageway.

*Clop! Clop!*

Suddenly, the sound of a carriage echoed from within the Imperial City. The crowd’s pupils contracted as an ornate carriage emerged from the city and stopped beside the empty passageway.

Ordinarily, while such magnificent carriages were rare within the Imperial City, many knowledgeable people had seen them before. What excited the crowd was the flag fluttering in the wind atop this carriage, emblazoned with the character ‘Feng!’

It represented the colossal entity… the Feng Family!

The Feng Family was not a Major Force of any particular Imperial Dynasty.

To be precise, the Feng Family was actually reclusive and was spread out across different Imperial Dynasties.

Members of the Feng Family rarely ventured out into the world, and even their business affairs were managed by the Family’s collateral branches.

The Feng Family’s strength was beyond question. They even had the vague tendency of being the foremost Family amongst Imperial Dynasties, with even the Royal Families of various Imperial Dynasties being slightly inferior in comparison.

Moreover, most crucially, the Feng Family had never displayed their full strength. Even when someone challenged their businesses, they would simply dispatch powerful experts to crush the opposition.

It was precisely because of those few past demonstrations of might that even the Royal Families of various Imperial Dynasties actually showed the Feng Family considerable deference.

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While the surrounding people speculated about who might be inside the carriage, two figures emerged and stood before the guards and carriage.

Upon seeing these two figures, many people’s pupils contracted, and some even cried out in shock.

“Isn’t that Manager Feng Jianzhong from World Aplenty Hall? Hiss, and the person beside him… could that be Grandmaster Lan Wen?!”

“Grandmaster Lan Wen from World Aplenty Hall has actually come out personally to welcome someone. Could it be that some big shot from the Feng Family has arrived at Heavenly Dragon Imperial City?”

“That’s not right. With the Feng Family’s standards, even the Alchemy Manor Summit might not necessarily attract the attention of their big shot?”

From the queues on either side, gasps of surprise continuously rang out. Clearly, quite a few people recognised the identities of Feng Jianzhong and Grandmaster Lan Wen. Simultaneously, everyone was curious about who could possibly warrant these two important figures coming out personally to welcome them!

While speculating, many wondered if some major event was about to occur.

After all, big shots from the Feng Family did not appear often.

The last appearance seemed to be decades ago, when the Ouyang Family nearly faced annexation and someone from the Feng Family appeared to mediate, resolving the Ouyang Family’s crisis.

Immediately, several figures vanished from the crowd, soon appearing at various Major Families throughout the Imperial City.

Before long, all the Major Families of Heavenly Dragon Imperial City knew that an important person from the Feng Family was about to descend upon the Imperial City.

While one could not say everyone was in mortal fear, the Qian Family, who had always been in competition with the Feng Family’s businesses, swiftly restrained themselves.

Beyond this, all Major Forces also dispatched numerous agents to investigate exactly what had attracted an important figure from the Feng Family to descend upon the city.

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At the city gate.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour had passed. Under the blazing Sun, both Grandmaster Lan Wen and Feng Jianzhong had perspiration beading on their foreheads, yet their expressions showed not the slightest trace of impatience.

At this moment, within the two queues on either side, quite a few people quietly stood to one side, all wanting to see just what sort of personage could warrant Feng Jianzhong and his companion’s personal welcome.

Finally, just as many were losing patience and preparing to leave, a cloud of yellow dust rose in the distance. A carriage bearing the Feng Family insignia swiftly galloped towards Heavenly Dragon Imperial City.

At last, under countless awed gazes, this carriage drove straight into the passage designated exclusively for Royalty, then stopped mere meters from the city gate.

Though called a carriage, the beast pulling it attracted considerable attention.

This creature resembled an ordinary horse in shape, with pure white fur all over its body. However, it possessed a black tail, and atop its head grew a pair of antlers in a rather peculiar fashion.

This was not even the most striking feature. Its mouth revealed protruding fangs like a Tiger’s maw, adding several degrees of ferocity and savagery to its appearance. Its feet were like Lion’s claws, powerful and robust. One could be certain that a single strike from those claws would result in a disembowelled victim.

Although this beast was already quite restrained, the aura faintly emanating from its body left many people, even Martial Kings, deeply shaken.

Clearly, this beast was extraordinary.

“That is a Demonic Beast!”

Someone in the crowd recognised the creature’s origins, and immediately, gasps echoed from all directions.

It was a Bo.

Legend had it that this was an ancient Demonic Beast. A mature Bo possessed the strength of a Martial Emperor!

A Martial Emperor!

How many Martial Emperor experts were there in the entire Imperial City?!

Yet the Feng Family used one as a carriage-pulling beast, demonstrating just how profound and terrifying the Feng Family’s strength truly was.

“Feng Jianzhong pays respects to the High Elder!”

“Lan Wen pays respects to the High Elder!”

Upon seeing this carriage arrive, both Feng Jianzhong and Grandmaster Lan Wen’s eyes flashed with reverence. They then bowed respectfully in salute.

“High Elder? *Siiii* it’s actually a Feng Family High Elder!”

“No wonder Manager Feng and Grandmaster Lan Wen both came personally to welcome them!”

“Heavens, what on earth could have happened to make even a Feng Family High Elder appear?!”

Hearing their forms of address, many people cried out in shock.

A Feng Family High Elder could be said to be amongst the top of the Family who wielded power within the Feng Family.

The appearance of a Feng Family High Elder would undoubtedly result in events that would surprise everyone. However, even if the crowd racked their brains, they could not fathom what it could be, and they had not the slightest clue.

Currently, the Imperial City could be described as being in a state of calm.

Apart from that farce at Water Moon Crystal House.

Surely, they could not be suggesting that a Feng Family High Elder had personally arrived because of that farce?

However, what they could not guess was that it was indeed one of the main characters in that farce who had drawn a Feng Family High Elder here.

“Where is that young man?”

The person within the carriage seemed to have no intention of showing themselves. Under countless tense gazes, there was not the slightest movement, only a voice that sounded somewhat impatient.

“Reporting to the High Elder, we’ve heard he’s currently at the Shen Family!”

“Why don’t the High Elder first rest at World Aplenty Hall? I’ll immediately dispatch someone to fetch that young man.”

In response to the question from within the carriage, Feng Jianzhong hastily replied.

The matter of Qin Yichen staying at the Shen Family had not been concealed in any way. With the Feng Family’s intelligence network, they knew about it without needing to deliberately investigate.