Even with Gu Wenshan's cultivation at the First Layer of the Essence Pill Realm, he could easily destroy anyone at the Meridian Passage Realm, yet he dared not casually attack a top-tier Fifth Grade Pill Master like Du Xiu.

The influence of a Pill Master is truly terrifying, especially one of Du Xiu's caliber as a Fifth Grade Alchemy Master.

One could say that with just a word, countless powerhouses in the entire Black Luo Kingdom would heed his call.

Moreover, even the Sovereign holds Du Xiu, this top-tier Fifth Grade Alchemy Master, in high regard, treating him as an honored guest.

Even if Gu Wenshan doesn't care about those powerhouses, he must consider the Sovereign who controls the whole Black Luo Kingdom.

Now, with Du Xiu admitting defeat in alchemy to the young man no more than twenty years old in front of him, how could he not be shocked?

Doesn't this mean that the Su Family has two top-tier Fifth Grade Alchemy Masters in their ranks?

Thinking of this, Gu Wenshan suddenly felt a bit of regret. If he had known earlier, he would never have acted so rashly against the Su Family.

"Father, it's this guy who destroyed my arm,"

At this moment, Gu Junyan stepped out from the Gu Family's group, staring at Wang Ruoxie with an incredibly cold gaze as he spoke.

"What... he is the one who severely injured you with just one punch?"

Upon hearing Gu Junyan's words, Gu Wenshan was slightly taken aback and said in astonishment.

Generally speaking, whether it's a Pill Master or an Artifact Master, or Array Master, Pharmacist, Puppet Master... all those special cultivators have very average combat strength, often extremely weak.

Since the young man in front of them is a top-tier Fifth Grade Alchemy Master, his combat strength must not be very strong.

With a cultivation at the Ninth Layer of the Meridian Passage Realm, Gu Junyan should be able to easily defeat or even kill him.

However, the result was that the opponent easily injured Gu Junyan with one strike, how could he not be shocked?

"Are you sure you didn't misidentify him?"

Gu Wenshan asked Gu Junyan.

He found it hard to believe that a Pill Master could possess such formidable strength.

"Even if he turned into ashes, I would recognize him,"

Gu Junyan shot a venomous glance at Wang Ruoxie and said.

"The foundation of Nanyang County's foremost family, the Gu Family, is indeed extraordinary. It hasn't been long, yet your arm has already healed, which is really surprising to me."

Wang Ruoxie looked indifferently at Gu Junyan and said.

Though he knew that with the Gu Family's thousand-year foundation, healing Gu Junyan's severed arm shouldn't be difficult, he hadn't expected the other party to heal it so quickly.

It seems the Gu Family must possess some powerful healing treasure, otherwise, Gu Junyan's severed arm couldn't have completely healed in such a short time.

"It's actually true,"

All the other Gu Family members looked at Wang Ruoxie with eyes full of disbelief.

Even many members of the Su Family looked at Wang Ruoxie with expressions of incredulity.

They never imagined that Gu Junyan, known as the foremost genius among the younger generation of Nanyang County, would be defeated by a Pill Master.

In their understanding, no matter how high the grade of a Pill Master, unless the gap in cultivation realm is too large, they could never be a match for those genius powerhouses, let alone a supreme genius like Gu Junyan.

At this moment, Du Xiu, Liu He, and Su Zetao were finally convinced that Wang Ruoxie truly possessed strength far beyond his peers.

"Though I do not know if you truly possess alchemical skills surpassing Master Du Xiu, I can respectfully address you as Master,"

After a moment of silence, Gu Wenshan looked steadily at Wang Ruoxie and said, "However, even if you are a Fifth Grade Alchemy Master, after severely injuring my son Junyan, you must give me an explanation."

"What explanation do you want?"

Wang Ruoxie looked at Gu Wenshan with a calm expression and replied.

"It's simple. You must not interfere in today's matter and, additionally, you must remain seated in my Gu Family for three years,"

Gu Wenshan continued, "Of course, during these three years, all of my Gu Family's resources will be yours to use freely, and I can also guide your cultivation, enabling you to condense an Essence Pill and reach the Essence Pill Realm swiftly, what do you think?"

As Gu Wenshan's words fell, the expressions of Su Zetao and the other Su Family members drastically changed.

If Wang Ruoxie really agreed with Gu Wenshan, relying only on Du Xiu might not be enough to deter Gu Wenshan.

Du Xiu's expression at this moment was also quite complex, as it would be difficult for him to refuse Gu Wenshan's terms if he were in the same position.

Regardless of how abundant the Gu Family's resources are, gaining guidance from Gu Wenshan would entice numerous Meridian Passage Realm cultivators, and even he as a Pill Master would not be an exception.

Because to advance to a Sixth Grade Pill Master, having cultivation in the Essence Pill Realm is one of the basic requirements.

"Guide me?"

Upon hearing Gu Wenshan's words, Wang Ruoxie laughed and then said, "What if I refuse?"

To someone with the cultivation of Celestial Monarch Realm in a past life, the mere Essence Pill Realm doesn't have the qualification to guide him; to say the least, the other party doesn't even qualify for him to guide.

One should know that in his past life, although he was only at the Celestial Monarch Realm, his actual strength could compare to ordinary Celestial Emperor Realm experts.

Moreover, his mind housed countless complete cultivation and martial techniques as well as divine secret techniques, the lowest being at celestial tier.

What he lacked was not cultivation experience nor did he need methods for cultivating the techniques, but rather a large amount of cultivation resources.

Thus, he didn't require guidance from anyone, nor could anyone guide him.

"If you refuse, then don't blame me for being discourteous,"

Gu Wenshan's face darkened, and he said coldly.

Even if the other party is indeed a top-tier Fifth Grade Alchemy Master, if he disregards all consequences, he could capture and imprison the other party directly.

By then, his Gu Family would have a relentless machine for concocting pills.

He believed that such a young top-tier Fifth Grade Pill Master surely possessed immense potential to advance to a Sixth Grade Alchemy Master or even higher level Alchemy Grandmaster.

Thinking of this, Gu Wenshan's eyes revealed a fervent gleam.

In his heart, he became more determined in this idea that no matter whether the other party agreed or not, he would spare no cost to make the other party refine pills for the Gu Family for life.

"Is that so? Then I'm rather curious about what you call discourteous,"

Upon hearing this, Wang Ruoxie responded with a nonchalant smile.

"Is this guy crazy?"

As Wang Ruoxie's words fell, everyone paused in disbelief; this guy actually dared to provoke someone at the Essence Pill Realm.

They didn't know that Wang Ruoxie dared to provoke Gu Wenshan not because he was crazy or arrogant, but because he was confident in his current strength.

Moreover, he indeed wanted to test if he could genuinely contend against someone at the First Layer of the Essence Pill Realm now.

"Rest assured, I won't kill you, but I will make you a Dan Slave of my Gu Family, to refine pills for us for life,"

Gu Wenshan's face sank, speaking coldly.

Having said this, his figure trembled and instantly appeared before Wang Ruoxie.

In the next moment, he swung a palm directly at Wang Ruoxie.

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