Supreme Dragon Lord

Chapter 419: Bewitchment!

Long Chen was silent, lost in thought.

This had all happened rather suddenly.

Things at Dragon Gate had just started to improve, and he never anticipated something like this would occur. Their entire rhythm had been thrown off.

Tang Le analyzed the situation. "This is clearly the Medicine Pavilion and the Baiyue Sect joining forces against us. They intend to cut off all our escape routes. It’s downright bullying."

"That Baiyue Sect is truly despicable. Knowing they couldn’t handle us openly, they had Zhang Cangsong secretly trip us up."

"Then, they conspired with the Medicine Pavilion, using this incident to stir up trouble and completely seal off our final lifeline of alchemy. They’re really not leaving Dragon Gate any way out."

Long Xin nodded in agreement. "They’re playing their parts perfectly. The Medicine Pavilion has wanted to remove us, the thorn in their side, ever since we started refining Elixir Pills. Now that they’ve finally seized this chance, they’re going for the kill."

"Without us, they have no competition. Just now, under the guise of cracking down on fakes, they issued a harsh threat, declaring that anyone who buys Elixir Pills from our Dragon Gate is making an enemy of the Medicine Pavilion. With a declaration like that, even if the Dragon Lord refines high-purity Elixir Pills, I doubt anyone would dare to accept them."

The faces of the Dragon Gate members turned grim.

How could they possibly break free from such a predicament?

Everyone was weighed down with worry, unsure of what to do. All eyes fell upon Long Chen, waiting to hear his thoughts.

In stark contrast to their grave anxiety, Long Chen appeared perfectly calm.

"It doesn’t matter. If they want to target us, then let them continue."

Long Chen offered a faint smile and addressed the Dragon Gate members, "Relax. The only reason they’re targeting us is that the rise of Dragon Gate has posed a significant challenge and threat to them. And what does that tell us?"

"That we’re strong, of course," Long Xin replied.

"Exactly," Long Chen said lightly. "Since we are strong, why should we worry about them targeting us?"

"But..." Qi Yuanchen and the others exchanged uncertain looks. They felt there was some logic in what Long Chen said, yet something still seemed off.

"Rest assured," Long Chen said with a faint smile. "I believe it won’t be long before this situation is completely turned around."

Seeing Long Chen speak with such confidence, Qi Yuanchen and the others could only nod. They added, "We believe in the Sect Leader and will stand with Dragon Gate through thick and thin!"

Witnessing this, Long Chen couldn’t help but smile knowingly. He then said to Long Xin, Tang Le, and Qi Yuanchen, "You three, come with me."

The trio nodded and immediately followed him.

Afterward, Long Chen entered a room and set a Medicine Cauldron down in front of him. With a wave of his hand, he retrieved a massive quantity of medicinal ingredients from his spatial ring. These were the ingredients he had obtained from Lei Yujing, and their time to be used had finally come.

"Holy shit! So many ingredients?!"

"And so many of them are incredibly precious!"

"Dragon Lord, where on earth did you get all these?"

Seeing the sheer abundance of herbs before him, Qi Yuanchen was stunned, his mouth hanging open wide enough to swallow an egg. Long Xin and Tang Le, however, remained composed, as they had long since grown accustomed to such sights.

Long Chen smiled. "The main reason I called you here is to teach you alchemy."

"Alchemy?" Upon hearing this, Qi Yuanchen’s eyes lit up, and his heart pounded with excitement.

He knew just how prestigious the title of an alchemist was. When one’s alchemy reached a high enough level, even powerful experts had to treat an alchemist with the utmost respect. No one would rashly offend a high-level alchemist. After all, many people hoped to have an alchemist refine Elixir Pills for them, so their network of connections was incredibly vast. With a single command, countless experts would step forward to do their bidding. Earning a favor from a high-level alchemist was an opportunity that came once in a lifetime. He never imagined Long Chen would take the initiative to teach him alchemy. This was simply astounding!

He looked at Long Chen, still uncertain, and asked again for confirmation, "Sect Leader, are you serious? I didn’t mishear you, did I?"

Long Chen nodded. "You heard correctly. I don’t have the time or energy to refine all these pills by myself. I need you to help share the workload."

"Great, no problem!" Qi Yuanchen’s heart swelled with excitement. "It is my honor to be taught the art of alchemy by the Sect Leader!"

"I will practice diligently and will absolutely not disappoint you!"

Long Xin looked at her brother curiously. "Brother, but hasn’t the Medicine Pavilion already cut off all our paths?"

"Just now, he declared in front of everyone that anyone who buys Elixir Pills from us is making an enemy of them. No one will dare to buy from us anymore."

"So what’s the plan if we keep refining Elixir Pills?"

Tang Le smiled. "Long Xin, have you forgotten what Brother Long just said?"

At his words, realization dawned on Long Xin. "I get it! Brother means that Dragon Gate is betting everything on Elixir Pills and will fight the Medicine Pavilion to the bitter end."

"Exactly," Long Chen nodded. "Since they won’t give us any room to breathe, we’ll carve out our own path."

"As long as the Elixir Pills we refine have high enough purity and we produce a large enough quantity, it’s only a matter of time before those people come back to us."

"We possess genuine strength, so we have no reason to worry about these things."

"From now on, you just need to focus on learning alchemy. Once we can ramp up mass production, the so-called Medicine Pavilion will eventually be trampled under our feet."

"Alright! No problem!" Hearing Long Chen’s words, Qi Yuanchen was completely fired up. He had been worried about Dragon Gate’s future, but it turned out the Sect Leader had a plan all along.

「In the following days.」

No one dared to approach Dragon Gate, which remained suppressed the entire time. It could be said that Dragon Gate’s situation was extremely bleak. The fake Elixir Pill incident, in particular, led to them being ostracized, and no one was willing to associate with their members.

Witnessing this, the people from both the Medicine Pavilion and the Baiyue Sect were gloating. Zhang Cangsong wore a constant smile. Seeing Dragon Gate on the verge of being crushed before it could even properly rise, he was overjoyed.

However, he wasn’t satisfied with just this. He went straight to Han Zongwei, intending to continue making trouble for Long Chen and his people.

Han Zongwei was taking large gulps of wine, sitting and laughing with the other members of the Baiyue Sect.

Zhang Cangsong walked over to his side and smiled. "Brother Han, don’t you find this a little strange?"

Han Zongwei looked at him, puzzled. "Hmm? What’s strange?"

"Dragon Gate has been completely suppressed by our Baiyue Sect and the Medicine Pavilion, and we’ve cut off their path forward. No one dares to even associate with them now. Logically, they should be scrambling to find a way to change their situation," Zhang Cangsong continued. "But for the past few days, they haven’t made a single move."

Han Zongwei, however, was dismissive. "What move can they possibly make? The only thing awaiting them is annihilation."

"Even if they wanted to fight back, they’d have to have the strength for it."

"Junior Brother Zhang, if you ask me, you’re just overthinking things because you have nothing better to do."

Zhang Cangsong pressed on, "Brother Han, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Based on my understanding of that Long Chen fellow, he definitely won’t take this lying down. He must be plotting something in secret."

"I think we should pay a visit to Dragon Gate and see what’s going on. And by the way, didn’t that Long Chen refine a lot of high-purity Elixir Pills? We can have him make some for us while we’re there. Can’t let such a good source of free labor go to waste, right?"