Empress: I Asked You to Detoxify Me, Not to Become the Supreme Immortal Emperor - Chapter 21

Chapter 21

When Qin Chuan returned to the Qin family’s pill market, he saw a massive crowd gathered at the entrance, so packed that it was impossible to squeeze through.

Seeing this scene, the corners of Qin Chuan’s mouth lifted slightly—this was exactly the effect he wanted.

At that moment, Liu Fugui, who had spotted him from afar, pushed through the crowd and rushed to his side. Taking a deep breath, Liu Fugui said excitedly, “Young Master, this morning alone, more than half of the pills have already been sold. At this rate, it won’t be long before they’re all gone! Many people have even preordered tomorrow’s pills in advance!”

As he spoke, he looked at Qin Chuan with pure admiration. To produce such a large number of pills in just one day—perhaps only Qin Chuan could achieve such a feat.

Qin Chuan simply nodded. He didn’t appear smug at all. After a brief pause, he looked at Liu Fugui and instructed, “Use all the spirit crystals we earned to buy more medicinal herbs, and send them to the courtyard I was using earlier.”

“Yes!” Liu Fugui replied respectfully. By now, he no longer had any doubts about Qin Chuan’s words. Even if Qin Chuan had told him to jump into a river, he’d probably believe there was a good reason for it.

…

“Someone tell me—where did the Qin family get all these pills from?!”

At the Ouyang residence, Ouyang Xiu was furious as he stared at the pills on the table. Killing intent surged in his eyes.

He had been so close. Just a little more time, and the pill markets of both the Qin and Zhao families would have fallen into his hands. Not only that, he had received word that the Zhao family was about to surrender. He had even fantasized about playing with the Zhao family’s eldest daughter—just thinking about it had kept him awake with excitement.

But now, everything had been ruined by the pills on the table. These pills had just been bought from the Qin family today.

At this moment, Master Mo picked up one of the pills and sniffed it. After a long silence, his expression turned serious. “These pills… the quality is indeed better than mine…”

He too was confused. He had no idea where the Qin family could have gotten pills of this quality.

While the room was filled with tension, a servant suddenly leaned in and whispered something into Ouyang Xiu’s ear.

“Excellent! That’s a brilliant idea! I want the Qin family’s reputation ruined!” Ouyang Xiu’s eyes gleamed with cold light as a sinister smile crept across his face.

…

Time passed quickly, and three days went by in a flash.

Inside the Heaven and Earth Spirit Furnace—

“Whew…” Qin Chuan let out a long breath and slowly stood up, stretching his limbs. He had been refining pills almost nonstop during this period. With a continuous supply of pills, both the Qin and Zhao families’ pill markets had completely freed themselves from the Ouyang family’s control.

“This batch should be enough…” Qin Chuan smiled wearily as he looked at the mountain of pills piled in front of him.

With a thought, he exited the furnace and returned to the rear courtyard of the market.

“You people from the Qin family, get out here right now! Selling fake pills to deceive customers! My third brother died after taking your pills—how are you going to answer for that?!”

A commotion outside the pill market reached Qin Chuan’s ears. He frowned and walked out.

When he reached the market entrance, he saw several burly men dressed in mourning clothes. They had placed a corpse at the entrance—its face dark and its mouth foaming.

“Come and see! The pills sold by the Qin family have killed someone! My third brother was fine yesterday, but after taking the Qin family’s pills, he died from poisoning!” shouted a large man with a scar on his left cheek, pounding his chest and wailing with grief.

He bent down and shook the corpse, putting on a show of deep sorrow.

Passersby were quickly drawn in by the man’s loud cries. Soon, a crowd gathered and began murmuring and pointing fingers at the Qin family.

“Let’s talk inside, good sir!” Liu Fugui and several stewards hurried over, trying to calm the situation.

A death caused by pills was no small matter.

If this wasn’t handled properly, not only would the entire pill market be forced to shut down, but the Qin family’s reputation would also suffer a massive blow.

“I’m not going in!” the scar-faced man shouted, shoving Liu Fugui aside. He sneered, “You think you can bribe me? My brother’s body isn’t even cold yet, and I will have justice no matter what!”

“6th stage Profound Practitioner…” Qin Chuan’s eyes narrowed as he observed the man’s actions. He immediately sensed these people weren’t ordinary troublemakers.

Just as he was about to step forward, a steward stopped him.

“Young Master! Steward Liu said that if you showed up, you must leave this place immediately. Let them handle this dirty business…”

Before the steward could finish speaking, another loud voice echoed from the entrance.

“I, Wang Meng, am not an unreasonable man! I demand a life for a life! And I want a direct descendant of the Qin family to kneel and apologize to my brother!”

Hearing such an outrageous demand, Liu Fugui and the stewards looked at one another, their expressions darkening. This wasn’t like the usual extortionists who could be paid off—they were clearly targeting the Qin family.

“They’re obviously here for us. If I don’t go out, won’t it make our Qin family a laughingstock? Besides, I want to see how these people expect the Young Master of the Qin family to give them a life in return!”

Qin Chuan finished speaking and strode out boldly.

Outside the pill market, many customers who had come to buy pills hesitated and stopped. Some even dropped the pills they were holding and gathered around the scene.

Seeing this, Wang Meng, the scar-faced man, smirked subtly—his plan was working.

“Everyone look! This is a regular Vitality Restoration Pill bought from the Qin family!”

Once the crowd had gathered, Wang Meng pulled out a ceramic bottle from his coat, poured out a pitch-black pill, and fed it to a small rabbit brought by one of his men.

The rabbit had barely swallowed the pill when it suddenly collapsed, foaming at the mouth. Within moments, it was dead.

Its face turned dark, exactly like the corpse beside it.

“See this? This is what the Qin family is selling! Not pills—but poison!” Wang Meng shouted, raising the bottle for all to see.

“I can’t believe it! The mighty Qin family would do something so heartless!”

“No wonder they suddenly had so many pills—they’re mixed with poison!”

“I’m never buying anything from the Qin family again. I’d rather stay alive!”

The onlookers began to whisper furiously, shocked by the rabbit’s death.

Seeing their reactions, Wang Meng smiled slyly and added fuel to the fire. “Still no one from the Qin family dares come out? If you don’t, I’ll smash this entire pill market!”

“Quit barking—I’m right here.”

From within the crowd, Qin Chuan stepped forward slowly, his eyes icy as they locked onto Wang Meng.