Chapter 12

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

“You darn fatso, why are you snatching mine when you have your own?”

“There isn’t any name written here, whoever bites it owns it, ahh… my hand…”

“Haha, you’ve said it, it’s mine now. Didn’t you always say that we should have class and know how to enjoy life? Just eat a little, you can enjoy the feast later on.”

“Who would think so much when they are hungry. Let’s talk about class after we’ve filled our stomachs. Delicious, I’ve never eaten something so tasty.”

The few servants in the surroundings were stunned. When the family head and Gao Ren appeared saying that they were hungry, they wanted to prepare a sumptuous meal immediately. They only understood what was happening after they ended up being scolded, then they took out some ready-made pastries and food in the kitchen.

Then, they witnessed a shocking scene. The family head and the fatso seemed like they had just escaped the war. Food that was sufficient for six to seven people was wiped clean by them instantly.

The fatso leaned against the chair and slapped his tummy. “This is so satisfying, food tastes better when you’re hungry.”

“No problem. I can fulfill your wish and provide you with only one meal every three days.” Ren Jie was even more exhausted when he cultivated using the Jade Emperor Refinement Chant. He might not have been able to survive until now if it hadn’t been because of the residual effects of the medication.

“Erm… In fact, everything tastes delicious to me.” Gao Ren changed his words immediately after he heard it and suddenly turned towards Ren Jie as if he suddenly recalled something. “Boss, I wasted three days and two nights because I was busy concocting the formula which you changed last time. What about you? What were you busy with that you didn’t even eat?”

Gao Ren forgot everything because he was so engrossed in making the poison, but he didn’t understand what could make the pampered family head of the Ren family starve.

“As the family head of the Ren family, one of the five aristocratic families in the Jade Capital, I’ve to be a role model who works hard and cultivates tirelessly,” Ren Jie said this with a serious face.

Work hard and tirelessly? Gao Ren almost burst into a laugh. Because anyone but Ren Jie could make that claim, it was such a joke.

“Just laugh if you want to, you look like you’re going to get a cramp on your face if you hold your laughter. Oh yea, how’s your progress on the formula?” Ren Jie found the way Gao Ren tried to contain his laughter hilarious. It was fine to tell the truth when it was the time for it. He knew without a second thought that nobody would believe him, anyway. Why did he need to lie if everyone was going to take what he said as a joke?

However, Ren Jie did not want to dwell on the topic. Hence, he changed the topic to the formula when he saw the fatso containing his laughter.

“Ha… ah… hee… no, no…” Gao Ren waved his hand and couldn’t contain his laughter no matter how hard he tried. He barely managed to stop himself from laughing as Ren Jie asked him about the formula.

“Rest assured. When things are in my hands, not only is this Multi Hallucinations poison made, I’ve also become a top-notch Apothecary as the poison I’ve made broke through the 100 mystic changes. I can make all types of top-notch potions from now on.” Fatso Gao Ren seemed very excited when this was mentioned, because not only was he able to refine top-notch potions, his ability to refine potions also improved drastically.

Top-notch Apothecary. As long as Gao Ren showed others about his achievement, he would become a celebrity in the Jade Imperial Academy. Once he became an alchemist, his status would be higher than most people in the Divine Power Realm. If top-notch Apothecaries in the big family clans were well respected, he would be highly respected too, especially when he was still a young student studying in the academy.

However, Gao Ren had never revealed the fact that he was an Apothecary. In the eyes of others, he was just a hooligan which Ren Jie found in the casino, just one of Ren Jie’s sidekicks who knew how to suck up to him.

Many years ago, there was a student who managed to become a top-notch Apothecary before he graduated, and it was said that he was taken away by a clan that refined potions. It gained pride for everyone in the Jade Imperial Academy for quite some time, but strictly speaking, that person was much older than Gao Ren.

“Multi Hallucinations, what a nice name. Okay, prepare for a while and then we’ll take action.” If it was someone else, even in a family clan, it would be really impressive for a junior to become a Miao Apothecary. However, Ren Jie had experienced too many miraculous things. And now that his status was higher and his horizon was broader, the achievement did not matter much to him. Although Gao Ren was a little excited, he did not think much about it and he would not express anything in front of Ren Jie because he managed to become a Miao Apothecary half a year ahead of his expectation because of Ren Jie. Furthermore, he never thought much about being a Miao Apothecary right from the very start.

If others were to know about their reactions, they would hit the roof. Even the family heads of the aristocratic families would not disregard someone who became a top-notch Apothecary at such a young age.

“What else is there to prepare? We’ve detested Fang Qi for such a long time, let’s go now.” The fatso jumped up when he heard it, excited to get started.

“Don’t rush.” Ren Jie took a look outside and recalled that it was dark when he returned here three days ago, and it was turning dark again. “Haven’t you heard of killing people at night, wait until it turns dark.”

It couldn’t be. Gao Ren realized that Ren Jie seemed to have changed completely after he had been hit.

He was so obsessed with Fang Qi previously. Of course, Ren Jie was crazy over any beauty, and he wouldn’t let Gao Ren say anything bad about them at all. However, he completely ignored all these now and seemed to dislike women even more than Gao Ren.

In addition, the entire matter about prescribing the medicine left Gao Ren in confusion even until now. If it could help him break through to top-notch Miao Apothecary, then it was probably as good as typical middle-grade Spirit Pills.

Gao Ren was even more shocked when Ren Jie said that he had to wait until night time before killing her. Why did he sound as though he was so good at killing people?

The skies were darkening just now and it was just before the skies turned dark completely. Therefore, darkness enveloped the skies just as fatso Gao Ren was in shock.

Ren Jie asked the fatso to rush to Fang Qi’s place even before the latter had the chance to ask him more questions.

Although the Jade Imperial Academy was an academy for the pampered, not everyone enjoyed the freedom as Ren Jie did. Ren Jie passed by people who were cultivating tirelessly, studying, and taking a walk after having their meals. People like Ren Jie and Fang Qi were the heirs of the five aristocratic families and they enjoyed a high level of freedom in the Jade Imperial Academy.

Just that, in the eyes of other people, Fang Qi and some of the other heirs of the five aristocratic families were rather normal and they would still attend the normal classes. In fact, most families even had special training programs privately. However, Ren Jie was the real pampered boy in everyone’s eyes, trash like him would suffer even if he was an heir from the five aristocratic families if he had not been so lucky. He was the scion of the Ren clan. Even though people knew that he was just a family head in name, they still had to respect him.

Things were still fine amongst the students. However, when things were at the school level, nobody dared to offend him. Therefore, Ren Jie became the person who enjoyed the most freedom in the history of the Jade Imperial Academy. He almost did not pay attention to any class after enrolling in the school for such a long time.

Ren Jie realized that he did not even know where some beauties lived in the school. It seemed like he had to take a look at the library when he had time. Thankfully, he remembered where Fang Qi lived.

The two of them arrived at the lake very quickly. By that time, the skies had darkened and the two of them looked at Fang Qi’s place from afar.

“Food and drinks are the most direct ways. Physical contact is a lot worse, but we need to check carefully because it would be terrible if we affect anyone else. If she doesn’t have anything to save her life with her, it will take her life very quickly. Although I’ve concocted the antidote, it will expose us and all our efforts will go to waste. It’s a pity that we don’t have enough time. Otherwise, it would be much better if we could make this Multi Hallucinations poison colorless and tasteless.”

“Why do we need to spend so much effort, just coat a needle with poison and send it into her bloodstream.” Ren Jie looked at Fang Qi’s place. Although there were no odd trees, he had discovered some problems as he looked at her place from afar.

Gao Ren shook his head after he heard what Ren Jie said. “Boss, you make things sound so easy. Not only does she have many guards, but Fang Qi alone can also tackle the two of us. We’ll be beaten up even before we get close to her.”

“Why do we need to get close to her? What about this, you go there and set her house on fire, then I’ll try to force her into the forest at the back. In this way, she’ll come to us instead.” Ren Jie pointed to a house next to Fang Qi’s place and asked the Fatso to burn it down.

What was the point of burning the house down and forcing her into the forest?

Ren Jie dashed to the forest behind Fang Qi’s garden by using the dark night sky as cover before Gao Ren could ask any question.

Boss was becoming more and more weird. He was always doing things that people did not understand. Didn’t he say that they were here to poison her, why did he want to set her house on fire now? Forget it, fatso decided to listen to Ren Jie first and think of another way later if things did not work.

“Death, death, survival…” At the moment, when Ren Jie had arrived in the forest behind Fang Qi’s place, he noticed something amiss about the forest from far because it was actually an array arrangement that had not been triggered. Once something happened, a few points would be changed and the array would be circulated.

From this, it could be seen that Fang Qi was a thoughtful and cautious person and she even held a trick or two even in school. It was obvious that she did not trust anyone.

Just like how Gao Ren could analyze the medicines, Ren Jie saw through the changes in the array. The array was able to trap someone below level-six of the True Qi Realm and could hold back those at level eight or nine. Ren Jie walked around inside and saw the only way out, then he took out the most common type of steel needle and dipped it the Multi Hallucinations poison which the fatso had prepared. Finally, he put the needle on the floor with the sharp tip pointing upwards.

That was a place in which Fang Qi would definitely walk past, and judging from the array formation, she would step on it for sure. However, just to be sure, Ren Jie placed an additional poisonous needle on the ground.

“Oh no, there’s a fire, there’s a fire, save quickly…” Fang Qi’s place started to catch on fire at that moment.

Looking at the fire, Ren Jie left the forest hurriedly and rushed to the main door of Fang Qi’s place. He used his divine sense and saw Fang Qi coming out of the house.

“What’s happening, why is there a fire?” Fang Qi came out with a frown because the fire was so ridiculous.

“Hmm… how did the fire start?” At that moment, a voice of someone snorting rang in Fang Qi’s mind. “Haven’t you heard of killing someone at night and lighting a fire when the winds are strong. I’m here to kill you, Miss Fang. I’m here to kill you and light the fire, be prepared to die…”

“Buzz…” Fang Qi felt a buzz in her head. Such a strong divine sense, it was more than level-eight of the True Qi Realm, and it was here to kill herself.

Now that the fire had been set, it was not a joke. And the fact that the person dared to burn her house down showed everything.

At that moment, Fang Qi did not have the time to think of other things as the guards that protected her in school were just ordinary guards who were defenceless against the True Qi Realm. She leaped almost in a split second and jumped over the wall, then dashed into the forest behind her.

“Boom… boom…” The forest was just behind and she did not need to take a look at all. She spread her arms wide when she entered the forest and broke the two wood stakes.

Just as she broke the two wood stakes, the forest, which looked ordinary initially, changed immediately. The view inside the forest was no longer clear and everything became blurry and Fang Qi blended into the forest very quickly.

“Trying to run? What’s this? Do you think you can stop me with this lousy array formation…” Ren Jie almost could not contain his laughter when he saw Fang Qi running away in horror and despair, recalling how she framed him and committed so many evil deeds.

However, he had to continue with his acting. Although the array formation was activated, Ren Jie was very competent and he could see through it very easily. Furthermore, he continued sending a voice into Fang Qi’s mind using his divine sense.

Someone at level-eight of the True Qi Realm had set up a fire and was trying to kill her, and he even knew about array formations.

Quick, run quickly…

This was the only thought in Fang Qi’s mind at that moment. She used the array formation to drag the time and took out the communication token of her family clan to contact the experts in her family clan to save her…

“Ah!” Suddenly, just as Fang Qi was about to exit the array formation, she felt a little bit of pain under her foot and came to an abrupt stop. Her head spun. Why did this happen, someone schemed against her… how could she be… poisoned… poisoned… What was this poison that was so strong?

Fang Qi wanted to circulate her internal Qi, but then she started to lose consciousness and realized something was wrong. She crushed the emergency communication spirit jade of her family clan immediately and took out a life-saving elixir with shaky hands, putting it in her mouth.

“Boom!” Her body wobbled and she collapsed onto the floor.