Chapter 165: The Expert

"What? Shi Kaiyong, you're not thinking of protecting him now, are you?" Lin Feng said with a harsh tone.

The crowd was now incensed, and Lin Feng himself was also a victim, so his tone was naturally unpleasant.

But Shi Kaiyong didn't mind, only saying coldly, "Lin Feng, leave it to me! I have a way to make him confess everything, and then we can deal with him later."

With that, Shi Kaiyong looked at the pill peddler, his icy gaze causing the peddler to shudder involuntarily.

At Shi Kaiyong's words, Lin Feng didn't insist further, clapping his hands and saying, "Fine, suit yourself."

Shi Kaiyong stared at the pill peddler and said coldly, "Will you surrender yourself, or do I have to make you?"

The pill peddler gritted his teeth and instead of retreating, advanced, attacking Shi Kaiyong.

But before he could reach Shi Kaiyong, someone struck from the side, aiming at his ribs.

The pill peddler was startled and hastily dodged, but another person cut off his retreat.

"Bang!"

The pill peddler took a hit on his back and staggered toward Shi Kaiyong.

He was met with a solid punch to the abdomen, and the pain made him open his mouth wide.

At that moment, a small object shot from somewhere, flashed by, and accurately flew into his mouth.

With a gulp, the pill peddler involuntarily swallowed it and immediately sensed something was wrong.

"Ugh... ugh..."

The pill peddler desperately tried to spit out what he had swallowed, but the thing dissolved upon entering his mouth, vanishing in an instant.

Then, he felt a tremor in his soul and knew nothing more.

Seeing this, Shi Kaiyong's expression tightened. He had tried to find who had thrown the object but failed; the mysterious person was clearly an expert.

"Now you can ask. Ask anything, and he will answer." At that moment, a voice appeared in Shi Kaiyong's mind.

Shi Kaiyong was startled, realizing why the mysterious person had wanted him to pry open the pill peddler's mouth.

Had that been a pill? What kind of pill could have such an effect?

Shi Kaiyong composed himself and asked the pill peddler, "Who are you really? Why did you come here to sell pills?"

The pill peddler spoke woodenly, "My name is Huang Song, I am... a guest elder of the Wan family. The master sent me to the Boundless Forest to sell pills to you and also... to slander the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion and make them collapse."

Shi Kaiyong was furious upon hearing this. The Drunken Star Tower really stopped at nothing.

They already had such a huge advantage, yet they insisted on utterly destroying the Medicine Fragrance Pavilion!

"Was it Wan Donghai who told you to sell these fake pills?" Shi Kaiyong asked through gritted teeth, restraining his anger.

"No, it was the second master, Wan Dongyang. He... he said those beast hunters were all... all lowlifes, not worthy of such good pills. So he had these pills refined again, reducing the potency and adding something to make you temporarily unaware of the reduction. But as soon as you use your primal energy, it will be exposed."

Huang Song spilled the beans, revealing everything.

"I curse his ancestors, Wan Dongyang! He's the lowlife! His whole family are lowlifes!"

"Damn it! I'll never buy pills from Drunken Star Tower again!"

"Fuck! Those two brothers are indeed no good! Who built up Drunken Star Tower? Wasn't it us beast hunters? And they call us lowlifes! And sell fake pills!"

...

For a moment, the crowd was incensed!

At this point, the reputation of Drunken Star Tower among beast hunters was completely ruined.

Next, Shi Kaiyong asked a few more core questions, but Huang Song didn't know much.

Even so, Shi Kaiyong managed to extract some inside information, such as murder and robbery of beast hunters, which crossed the bottom line of these hunters.

The beast hunters present probably accounted for half of the beast hunters in the Qin Kingdom, so it was easy to imagine what Drunken Star Tower's business would be like in the future.

After a while, Huang Song suddenly regained consciousness and, seeing countless hostile stares, his heart turned ice-cold.

"I... what happened to me? You... what do you want? I... I am from Drunken Star Tower! How dare you touch me!" Huang Song stammered.

Lin Feng looked at Huang Song and chuckled, but his smile was far from friendly.

"Brothers, we've bought so many pills just now. Since these pills are fake, shouldn't we give them back to him?" Lin Feng suddenly said to the crowd.

These beast hunters were seasoned; as soon as Lin Feng spoke, they guessed his intention and praised him greatly.

The result was obvious: Huang Song was literally stuffed full of those pills, meeting a miserable end.

...

"Big brother, who was that person secretly directing you just now?" a member of Shi Kaiyong's team asked out of curiosity.

Shi Kaiyong shook his head. "I don't know, but that person must be an expert! I've never even heard of such a method of sound transmission! And the pill that made Huang Song tell the truth is unheard of! In my estimation, this person must have a close relationship with Pavilion Master Ye and is extremely formidable!"

"Big brother is right. That person was mysterious. Just now, you told me to watch the surroundings, but I didn't even see how that expert shot out that pill! He easily saw through those fake pills and possesses such a powerful pill; he must also be a master of alchemy!"

Shi Kaiyong nodded. "Right! In my estimation, this person is at least a Grand Alchemist! But since Pavilion Master Ye has such a strong backer, why hasn't he made a move? I have a feeling that if this person were willing to act, Drunken Star Tower would be no match!"

The team member was shocked. "A... a Grand Alchemist? That means there's a Condensation Realm expert among us?"

The team member looked around and felt uneasy.

Having a Condensation Realm expert hidden among a group of Liquid Realm martial artists was definitely an unsettling feeling.

Shi Kaiyong frowned. "Idiot! What are you looking at? That senior is hiding among us because he doesn't want to reveal his identity, otherwise he wouldn't be so cautious. With his ability, he could have killed Huang Song with one slap, so why go through all this trouble? Let this matter rest. I'll tell the other two as well; we'll act as if nothing happened!"

Hearing this, the team member broke out in a cold sweat and nodded frantically.

Shi Kaiyong lowered his voice. "This time, when we compete for the treasure, we'll only do what we can. Don't provoke any formidable beings, or you'll die without knowing how! I estimate that there are already quite a few Condensation Realm martial artists among humans. And I have a feeling that even more powerful experts will appear!"

Before Shi Kaiyong finished speaking, a powerful aura suddenly emerged, causing another stir among the crowd that had just calmed down.

This aura was so strong it was suffocating!

These people were all Liquid Realm martial artists, yet they couldn't even muster the courage to resist!