CHAPTER 578: CHAPTER 567: IS THERE ANY DISSATISFACTION?_1

After walking for dozens of meters, the two men stopped.

Qin Feiyang asked, "Is there something you want to say?"

"We started with five hundred and fifty men, and now only just over two hundred remain. If this continues, we will undoubtedly be wiped out."

Dong Zhengyang sighed deeply, turned to Qin Feiyang, and cupped his hands. "I hope you can contribute your healing elixirs with three Elixir Patterns."

Qin Feiyang remained silent.

Dong Zhengyang said, "I know this might seem a little unfair to you. After all, an elixir with three Elixir Patterns is quite valuable..."

Qin Feiyang waved his hand, interrupting Dong Zhengyang, and shook his head. "That’s not what I’m considering. Healing elixirs are trivial; I don’t particularly care about them. I’m just wondering, you initially treated them as cannon fodder, so why do you want to help them now?"

"Initially, I did indeed treat them as cannon fodder."

"But watching them die one after another... to tell you something you might not believe, I genuinely couldn’t bear it," Dong Zhengyang sighed.

Qin Feiyang eyed Dong Zhengyang with surprise. It seemed this man, despite his cold and ruthless exterior, was actually quite benevolent at heart.

"I believe you," Qin Feiyang said. "I can also contribute the healing elixirs, but honestly, I don’t have many medicinal ingredients."

"How could that be?" Dong Zhengyang frowned. "Knowing your personality, you should have prepared plenty of medicinal ingredients before coming to the Netherworld!"

At the mention of this, Qin Feiyang couldn’t help but feel a pang of bitterness. "To be honest with you," he said, "Fatty and I were imprisoned by the Palace Lord for a period before the Great War of the Nine States began."

"There was such a thing?" Dong Zhengyang asked in surprise.

"Yes. Wang Hong himself was guarding us during that time," Qin Feiyang said helplessly. "When the Great War of the Nine States began, Wang Hong brought us directly into the Inner Palace. I had no time to purchase medicinal ingredients."

Dong Zhengyang stared at Qin Feiyang, stunned. After recovering, he teased, "So that’s why you suddenly disappeared! Turns out you were off enjoying the good life in prison."

"Enjoying the good life?" Qin Feiyang’s face twitched.

"Just a joke, don’t take it seriously," Dong Zhengyang said. "You don’t have to worry about medicinal ingredients. Who here doesn’t have some? Just have them all hand them over. I believe no one will refuse. If they do, then they’re truly a bunch of fools not worth our protection."

"Alright." Qin Feiyang nodded.

Dong Zhengyang added, "There’s one more thing."

"What is it?" Qin Feiyang asked, puzzled.

"Ren Wushuang," Dong Zhengyang said. "She’s only a Three Star War Emperor. It’s too dangerous for her to remain out here. It would be better to send her to your ancient castle. After all, if anything were to happen to her, and the old man investigates, we’d all be hard-pressed to escape blame."

He had been to the ancient castle before and knew what kind of place it was.

"You don’t need to worry about her," Qin Feiyang smiled. "Remember the elixir I gave you once?"

Dong Zhengyang asked, "You mean the elixir that allowed me to break through to the War Ancestor realm?"

"Mhm." Qin Feiyang nodded.

"So that’s how it is." Dong Zhengyang said meaningfully, "It seems your relationship with Ren Wushuang isn’t as simple as it appears on the surface."

Qin Feiyang smiled but said nothing.

Dong Zhengyang gave him a deep look, then his gaze suddenly turned icy. "We’ve finished our discussion. It’s time to drag that person out!"

"Indeed." Qin Feiyang’s eyes also grew extremely cold. "If we don’t eliminate someone like that, they’ll only cause more trouble."

The two turned and returned to the resting place.

Seeing their expressions, everyone was startled. What happened now?

Dong Zhengyang scanned everyone and demanded, "Speak! Who pulled out the battle-sword in the valley?"

"Battle-sword?" Everyone exchanged glances, momentarily silent, their eyes filled with confusion.

"Qin Feiyang and I went to observe. As long as the battle-sword isn’t pulled out, the skeletons won’t awaken," Dong Zhengyang said gravely, a fierce light in his eyes. "So, someone must have seized an opportunity when no one was paying attention and pulled out that battle-sword! And such a person, who only cares for their own selfish interests and disregards the safety of others, must be eliminated!"

Meanwhile, Qin Feiyang scanned everyone’s faces, observing their reactions.

However, none of them showed any signs of panic or fear; their faces only held anger.

Could it not have been them? Qin Feiyang frowned and turned to Fatty. "You were in the valley then. Did you notice anything?"

"No." Fatty shook his head. "We were all at the entrance at the time, watching your battle with that black skeleton."

Qin Feiyang then looked at Lu Xingchen, Ren Wushuang, and Shen Mei. The three of them also shook their heads.

"This is odd." Qin Feiyang’s frown deepened.

"What should we do?" Dong Zhengyang transmitted his voice, "If we don’t find this person now, they might cause more trouble later."

Qin Feiyang pondered for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Is it possible the black skeletons can awaken on their own, without the battle-sword being pulled?"

Dong Zhengyang was silent for a moment. Things having progressed this far, he too hesitated to jump to conclusions.

Qin Feiyang shook his head. "Forget it. Let’s not dwell on it. We’ll just have to be more careful from now on."

"That’s all we can do." Dong Zhengyang nodded. He looked at the crowd and said, "Hurry and tend to your injuries. We set off in an hour. Also, Qin Feiyang and I have discussed this: hand over all the medicinal ingredients you possess. Qin Feiyang will refine elixirs for you."

Hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up. It was common knowledge that Qin Feiyang could refine Top Grade elixirs with three Elixir Patterns. If he helped, their chances of survival would undoubtedly increase significantly.

Yet, they hesitated, fearing Qin Feiyang might secretly keep some for himself. So, for a moment, no one proactively offered their medicinal ingredients.

"Still doubting him?" Dong Zhengyang roared. "I don’t understand, what are your eyes for? Can’t you see Qin Feiyang is genuinely trying to help everyone? Take these past two encounters, for instance! If not for his crucial help, you would have all perished at the hands of those two black skeletons!"

Everyone lowered their heads, still unable to decide.

"Forget it," Dong Zhengyang snorted coldly. "Do as you please. But let me make this clear beforehand: anyone who doesn’t hand over medicinal ingredients can forget about getting a single elixir from Qin Feiyang." He then took out his Qiankun Bag and produced a large pile of medicinal ingredients.

"Although I’m also a Top Grade Alchemist, I’d rather have Qin Feiyang refine the elixirs," Lu Xingchen smiled, also taking out a pile of medicinal ingredients.

Shen Mei and Ren Wushuang exchanged a glance and each took out a pile of medicinal ingredients.

Witnessing this, a chill ran through everyone’s hearts. One had to understand, Dong Zhengyang and Lu Xingchen both had clan-annihilation feuds with Qin Feiyang. Although the three never mentioned it, and neither Dong Zhengyang nor Lu Xingchen had been seen seeking revenge on Qin Feiyang, there was undoubtedly still a deep rift between them. Yet now, both unhesitatingly handed over their medicinal ingredients. It showed that in this cruel environment, they had tacitly chosen to set aside their past grievances temporarily, unite, and overcome the present adversity together.

Suddenly, Xui Yang stood up. "Can I make a request?"

"Speak," Dong Zhengyang said.

Xui Yang said, "Let Ren Wushuang keep all the medicinal ingredients and elixirs." Clearly, he still didn’t trust Qin Feiyang.

"This..." Dong Zhengyang hesitated, then looked at Qin Feiyang.

"It doesn’t matter to me." Qin Feiyang shrugged.

With that, everyone finally relaxed completely and began taking out their medicinal ingredients. Ren Wushuang also stepped forward, collecting the ingredients from each person.

Fatty frowned, walked over to Qin Feiyang, and grumbled, "Boss, what are you doing? Are you looking for trouble for yourself?"

"What are you talking about?" Ren Wushuang had just finished collecting the medicinal ingredients and walked over to Qin Feiyang’s side. Hearing Fatty, she glared at him fiercely.

"Did Master Fatty say something wrong?" Fatty sneered. "Since they don’t trust the Boss, why should he refine elixirs for them? Besides, everyone knows the Boss has a rule when he refines elixirs: a fifty-fifty split. Have they mentioned that? The way Master Fatty sees it, they think it’s only natural for the Boss to refine elixirs for them."

Shen Mei said helplessly, "But isn’t this an extraordinary time?"

Fatty retorted, "It’s precisely because these are extraordinary times that things should be clarified! Besides, we’re not philanthropists. Why should we?"

"Alright, alright, that’s enough," Dong Zhengyang said, looking at the crowd. "I understand Fatty’s sentiment; after all, the elixirs Qin Feiyang refines aren’t ordinary. We’ll go with a fifty-fifty split. Any objections?"

Everyone exchanged glances and shook their heads one after another. In this situation, would they dare object? Given Qin Feiyang’s temperament, him agreeing to refine elixirs for them was already an act of great mercy; how could they dare ask for more?

Next, Fatty and Shen Mei helped Ren Wushuang sort the medicinal ingredients. Qin Feiyang, meanwhile, took some ingredients for healing elixirs and entered the ancient castle to begin Alchemy.

An hour passed quickly. Qin Feiyang emerged from the ancient castle and handed a Qiankun Bag to Ren Wushuang.

When Ren Wushuang saw the elixirs inside the Qiankun Bag, her beautiful eyes widened. She then looked at Qin Feiyang in disbelief.

Qin Feiyang merely smiled.

Ren Wushuang shot him a playful glare, then turned to the crowd. "You’ve all gotten a fantastic deal this time."

No one denied it. Receiving elixirs with three Elixir Patterns just for providing the ingredients was indeed a huge bargain.

But when Ren Wushuang took out the elixirs, the entire area fell deathly silent. Disbelief was etched on everyone’s faces.

Then, everyone erupted with excitement, as if they’d had a shot of adrenaline!

Those healing elixirs didn’t have three Elixir Patterns, but four Elixir Patterns!

He can actually refine elixirs with four Elixir Patterns? Everyone’s heart trembled.

Four Elixir Patterns! It was the first time in their lives they had ever seen such a thing. They had struck gold!

With these elixirs, what was there to fear about not making it out of this plain?

Even Dong Zhengyang was visibly excited.

Ren Wushuang announced, "Come and get them. One elixir per person for now. The rest will be distributed gradually later."

Immediately, everyone formed an orderly queue and received an elixir from Ren Wushuang one by one.

After the elixirs were distributed, Fatty sneered, "Now, tell Master Fatty, is anyone still dissatisfied?"

Everyone just smiled sheepishly, a sense of shame welling up inside them.

"Alright, the elixirs have been distributed. We should get going," Dong Zhengyang said, his gaze sweeping over everyone, lingering pointedly on Xui Yang and Wu Yan. "But before we leave, I must warn certain individuals again: don’t stir up any more trouble."

The two shuddered and lowered their heads, not daring to meet Dong Zhengyang’s direct gaze.

"Let’s go!" Dong Zhengyang waved his hand, about to lead the way.

"Wait for us!" But just then, a loud shout echoed from the distance behind them.