The Eternal Saint of Alchemy

Xiao Ming's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Brother, this wine is an apology to you, I can't drink it."

"What's wrong?" Xiao Fan stood up from his seat, walked over, and slapped Xiao Ming on the shoulder. "We're all family, who's the big shot? You drink three cups, I drink three cups, that's fair."

Xiao Ming's smile froze.

Knowing the wine was poisoned, how could he dare to drink it?

"Brother, I'm not feeling well today and shouldn't drink alcohol—"

"uncomfortable?"

Xiao Fan's face turned cold. "You invited me to a banquet, but didn't drink any wine. Are you deliberately trying to make fun of me?"

After saying this, Xiao Ming felt a tremendous force strike his shoulder, causing him to involuntarily kneel down.

"Xiao Fan, you..."

Xiao Fan grabbed his chin and poured the wine glass into his mouth.

"Cough cough..." Xiao Ming tried desperately to spit out the wine in his mouth, but it was too late.

As the energy entered his abdomen, a piercing pain instantly spread throughout his body, and his spiritual energy was visibly draining away, causing his meridians to feel as if they were on fire.

Xiao Ming slumped to the ground, his face filled with terror: "How...how did you know?"

Xiao Fan glanced down at him and said coldly, "I know everything you've done. You poisoned me at the foot of the Beauty Pavilion, destroyed my dantian, and hired someone to kill me... Xiao Ming, do you think I don't know?"

Xiao Ming's face was ashen, and he trembled with fear.

"Spare me...spare me...brother, I was wrong..."

"It's too late." Xiao Fan squatted down and looked directly into the other person's eyes.

Just then, an angry roar suddenly came from outside.

"Xiao Fan, what are you doing!"

Xiao Yuanhe rushed over with a group of guards, and when he saw Xiao Ming lying on the ground, he was completely stunned.

"Ming! Are you alright?"

"Father...save me...he poisoned me..." Xiao Ming pointed at Xiao Fan, his eyes filled with resentment and malice.

Xiao Yuanhe whirled around, glaring at Xiao Fan: "You bastard! How dare you hurt your own brother! Take him down!"

The guards looked at each other, but none of them moved.

During this period, Xiao Fan of the Xiao family has gained increasing prestige, and Zhao Tieshan and others have become devoted to him.

Who has the guts to arrest Xiao Fan?

Xiao Yuanhe roared in fury: "How dare you! You're all traitors!"

"Second Uncle."

Xiao Fan stood up and said slowly, "When your son poisoned me, why didn't you call it harming a brother? When he hired someone to kill me, why didn't you call that harming a brother?"

Xiao Yuanhe's face turned ashen: "You're spouting nonsense! What will happen tomorrow—"

"We have evidence." Xiao Fan clapped his hands, and Fan Jianli immediately walked over carrying a large pile of documents.

Those were the letters between Xiao Ming and the assassin, as well as his communications with Sun Xingzhou, all of which were crystal clear.

Xiao Yuanhe's face was ashen.

everything is over.

Xiao Fan glanced at him and said calmly, "Second Uncle, you have two choices. First, take Xiao Ming away from the Xiao family and never allow him to enter Donglin City again. Second, I will send the evidence to the authorities, and then you and your son can expect to go to jail."

Xiao Yuanhe gritted his teeth, lowered his head, and remained silent.

"Let's go."

He helped Xiao Ming, who had collapsed to the ground, and they stumbled towards the door.

Fan Jian stepped forward and whispered, "Young Master, are we just going to let this go like this?"

"Otherwise what?" Xiao Fan looked at him sideways.

"Killing someone is just a matter of a head falling to the ground. Letting them live is more painful than letting them die."

After arranging things for Xiao Ming, Xiao Fan went to see Sun Xingzhou.

Pushing open the door, I found the room empty except for a letter.

"Young Master Xiao, I'll be taking my leave now. Hope we meet again someday."

Xiao Fan smiled coldly and tore the letter into pieces.

You can escape for a while, but you can't escape forever.

Sun Xingzhou comes from Medicine King Valley; sooner or later, he'll settle accounts with him.

He turned around and walked outside, when he suddenly saw a dark figure standing on the courtyard wall.

"Who?"

The dark figure leaped down and knelt on the ground: "Young Master, your subordinate Zhao Tieshan has something important to tell you."

"explain."

"There's been some activity at the City Lord's Mansion. Shen Wanshan somehow obtained a Breakthrough Pill, and after taking it last night, his cultivation has reached the first rank of the Yin Realm."

Xiao Fan's pupils contracted.

The Dark Realm!

Above the Spirit Realm is the Yin Realm, and there isn't a single Yin Deficiency expert in the entire Donglin City.

Shen Wanshan's breakthrough to the Yin Realm means that the City Lord's Mansion can act with impunity in the face of the various families.

"Moreover..." Zhao Tieshan hesitated, "Shen Wanshan has already announced that he will redivide the territory of Donglin City. And the Xiao family will be the first to be eliminated."

Xiao Fan thought for a moment, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"I should be able to break through to the Yin Realm within three months."

He raised his head, looked at the dark night sky, and gave a cold smile.

People from the Shen family, if you want to play, I'm happy to oblige.

Over the past month, Donglin City has undergone tremendous changes.

The news of Shen Wanshan breaking through to the Yin Realm caused a dramatic shift in the power dynamics within the city.

Some small families that were originally attached to the Xiao and Yun families have now all sided with the City Lord's Mansion, as have the Lin family and some medium-sized families.

The most direct change was that the Xiao family's original trade routes were inexplicably cut off during this period.

The medicinal herbs and cloth being transported to other places were robbed, and the guards responsible for escorting them also suffered heavy casualties.

In the study, Xiao Zhankui stared at the thick stack of compensation bills on the table, his face ashen.

"Shen Wanshan is driving the Xiao family to their doom!"

Uncle Yu stood to the side and said in a low voice, "Master, I heard that the group that robbed our goods is a private army secretly raised by the city lord's mansion."

"I know."

Xiao Zhankui slammed his fist on the table. "That old fox Shen Wanshan, he seems so calm and collected on the surface, but he's a ruthless character who'll stab you in the back one by one. He just wants to see how long my Xiao family can hold out."

"What should we do?"

Xiao Zhankui gasped, "How is Fan'er? Has he returned?"

"The eldest son has gone out of the city to gather herbs."

Just as he finished speaking, footsteps sounded, and Xiao Fan walked in.

"grandfather."

Xiao Zhankui raised his head, his eyes narrowing slightly.

After more than a month apart, Xiao Fan seemed much more energetic and had a sharper, more imposing aura.

"You...broke through?"

"Seventh grade of the Spirit Realm." Xiao Fan nodded.

Xiao Zhankui exclaimed in surprise.

A month ago, he was only at the fourth level of the Spirit Realm, but now he is at the seventh level.

"Fan'er, tell me honestly, how strong are you right now?"

Xiao Fan pondered for a moment and said, "If we only consider cultivation level, I'm at the seventh rank of the Spirit Realm. However, if we take into account my alchemy and combat experience, below the Yin Realm, almost no one can match me."

Xiao Zhankui was stunned for a long time before bursting into laughter.

"Okay, okay!"

He said "good" three times, and the gloom in his eyes vanished.

"Fan'er, with you in the Xiao family, we have no more worries!"