“Bastard! What nonsense are you spouting, you little brat!”

Zhu Xuanqing was instantly enraged by Chen Xiao’s words and began to curse him.

As soon as he finished speaking, a black shadow flashed before his eyes, and Chen Xiao suddenly appeared in front of him, followed by a crisp slap.

Chen Xiao’s slap landed on Zhu Xuanqing’s face without warning.

“I gave you an inch, and you took a mile, didn’t I? If you weren’t Chu Luo’s father-in-law, you’d be dead by now for being rude to me time and time again!”

Chen Xiao said with an indifferent expression.

Zhu Xuanqing was shocked. The moment Chen Xiao made his move, he knew that the other party’s strength was far above his own.

He never expected that this seemingly ordinary young man had hidden his strength so deeply!

“Good, Chu Luo, so you’ve been colluding with outsiders to seize power, haven’t you?”

Zhu Xuanqing was exasperated and began to accuse Chu Luo.

“That’s not it, Uncle Zhu, I didn’t!”

Chu Luo tried to explain, but Zhu Xuanqing wouldn’t listen and even spat at him.

“Chu Luo, what are you still trying to argue? I was wrong about you! Bah!”

However, at this moment, Chu Qingbai waved his hand and stopped Zhu Xuanqing.

“Xuanqing, be quiet. I believe this wasn’t Luo’er’s intention.”

Zhu Xuanqing’s eyes widened. “Valley Master, what time is it? He’s about to seize power, and you’re still protecting him!”

Chu Qingbai smiled wryly. “Xuanqing, you’re confused. If Luo’er really wanted to seize power, would he choose this moment?”

Only then did Zhu Xuanqing react, looking at Chen Xiao in confusion. “Then what does this kid mean?”

Not only Zhu Xuanqing, even Chu Luo didn’t understand.

“Brother Chen, what are you doing? I don’t want to be the Valley Master!”

Chen Xiao said lightly, “Your father is too stubborn and indecisive, not a good choice for Valley Master. Although you are still young, you are already more qualified than your father to sit in the Valley Master’s seat.”

Chen Xiao’s words were purely sophistry, because everything has two sides. Chu Qingbai’s kind nature didn’t necessarily make him unsuitable to be the Valley Master.

Besides, as an outsider, whether Chu Qingbai was suitable to be the Valley Master or not had nothing to do with him.

The reason Chen Xiao did this was simply because it would be more beneficial for him if Chu Luo became the Valley Master.

He wanted to explore the forbidden area of Yaowang Valley (Medicine King Valley), and with Chu Qingbai’s stubborn personality, he would definitely not let him in.

But if Chu Luo were to become the Valley Master, then there would be a high probability of this happening.

However, Chu Qingbai was not made of clay after all, and he naturally couldn’t tolerate Chen Xiao saying such things!

“Hmph, Mr. Chen, who should be the Valley Master of Yaowang Valley is not up to an outsider to decide. Please leave Yaowang Valley immediately!”

It was rare to see Chu Qingbai lose his temper.

Chen Xiao sneered and said quietly, “Valley Master Chu, so you would rather your whole family be killed by your younger brother than accept my help?”

“Your help? What a joke! The pill refining skills of my Yaowang Valley are unparalleled in the world, why would we need your guidance?”

Chu Qingbai looked at Chen Xiao with arrogance and contempt. “Young man, don’t think that just because you have some skills, you can look down on everyone else in the world. There’s nothing wrong with being young and vigorous, but being too vigorous will only make you a laughingstock!”

Chen Xiao snorted lightly. “Since the pill refining skills of your Yaowang Valley are unparalleled in the world, then why do you think you will lose to your second brother? If you don’t believe me, let’s have a competition. If I lose, you can do whatever you want with me. If you lose, you will abdicate and let someone else take over. Do you dare?”

“What wouldn’t I dare?”

Chu Qingbai put his hands behind his back and said proudly, “But you must know that I’m agreeing to compete with you today not to compete for victory or to show off my anger. I’m just teaching you how to behave on behalf of your elders!”

Chen Xiao smiled dismissively. “Very well, then I’ll show you today what real pill refining techniques are!”

“Brother Chen, why do you have to do this? I really don’t want to be the Valley Master…”

Chu Luo sighed helplessly. With things having developed this way, he was in an awkward position.

“Stop talking nonsense, I’m helping you!”

Chen Xiao said impatiently, “The life-and-death challenge is aimed at the Valley Master. Only when you become the Valley Master will you have a chance to win against your second uncle.”

Since things had come to this, there was no use in Chu Luo saying anything. He now had a feeling of being pushed onto the stage against his will. No matter who won or lost, it would be difficult for him to be happy.

Chu Qingbai led the way, taking Chen Xiao to a pill refining room.

To be fair, he had someone bring two identical pill furnaces.

“Young man, the great path is simple. Since we are only competing in pill refining techniques, I suggest we use the Peiyuan Pill (Foundation Nurturing Pill) to determine the winner. What do you think?”

“No problem!”

The Peiyuan Pill is just a very basic pill.

As the name suggests, the function of the pill is to solidify the foundation and cultivate the essence. It has a good recovery effect for people who have just recovered from a serious illness, and ordinary people can also take it to strengthen their bodies.

The Peiyuan Pill has a simple recipe and a not-so-complicated refining process, making it one of the essential pills for beginners to refine.

But the simpler it is, the more it tests a person’s pill refining skills.

This is like a bowl of egg fried rice for a chef. Every chef can make egg fried rice, but whether they can make it well is the ultimate test of a chef’s skills.

Chu Qingbai is a highly skilled pill refiner. If he were to be compared to a chef, he would at least be a world-class chef.

He had not refined the most basic pill like the Peiyuan Pill for decades, but this had no impact on him.

In just twenty minutes, the pill was produced, and the entire room was instantly filled with the fragrance of medicine!

Zhu Xuanqing went over to take a look and immediately shouted in shock.

“Pill patterns! Pill patterns have been refined!”

“The Valley Master is indeed the Valley Master. He can even refine pill patterns from the simplest Peiyuan Pill. This skill can be described as divine!”

The so-called pill patterns are the fine lines that appear on the pill during the process of forming the pill.

Generally speaking, pills with pill patterns are several times more effective than ordinary pills.

“Boy, our Valley Master has already finished refining the pill, why hasn’t your pill furnace caught fire yet? Could it be that you don’t know how to refine pills at all?”

During the process of Chu Qingbai refining the pill, Chen Xiao had been standing motionless in front of his pill furnace, which aroused Zhu Xuanqing’s suspicion.

Chen Xiao smiled slightly. “I was just waiting for him to finish refining the pill. Alright, now we can move the pill furnace outside.”

“Move it outside for what? What tricks are you trying to play, kid?”

Zhu Xuanqing was full of confusion.

“The place is too small, I can’t use my full strength!”

Chen Xiao said casually.

“Can’t use your full strength? I think you’re just looking for trouble!”

Zhu Xuanqing was so angry that his beard was bristling and his eyes were wide open.

Chu Qingbai waved his hand. “Forget it, Xuanqing, let him do as he pleases!”

“Alright, I’ll see what kind of tricks he can come up with!”

Chen Xiao took the pill furnace outdoors, which quickly attracted onlookers from many servants and yard workers.

After hearing the reason for the matter, they all pointed and whispered at Chen Xiao.

Where did this kid come from? He actually dared to compete with the Valley Master in pill refining. Isn’t this like showing off his axe in front of Lu Ban (a master carpenter)?

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Qilin Fire (Qilin Fire) in Chen Xiao’s eyes erupted, and the fire under the pill furnace suddenly burst into flames!