The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron

Chapter 1575: Chapter 1673: Two Invitations

“This is my invitation, please take a look, brother.” Fang Lin handed over the two invitations from the Long Family and the Pill Alliance to the middle-aged soldier.

The black-clothed elder who was about to get angry was stunned by the two invitations, his complexion changing several times without a word.

The middle-aged soldier didn’t react at first, and upon seeing the two invitations, he asked subconsciously, “How come there are two?”

Fang Lin smiled slightly: “These are invitations from the Long Family and the Pill Alliance respectively.”

As soon as these words were uttered, the middle-aged soldier’s face changed drastically, and the silent black-clothed elder was also startled.

Invitations from the Long Family and the Pill Alliance? Doesn’t that mean both the Long Family and the Pill Alliance have invited this young man to watch the battle? Doesn’t this give this young man too much face? Who would be the person that both sides would send an invitation to? Even the Sect Masters of the top sects in the Upper Three Countries might not have this kind of prestige, right?

The black-clothed elder was even more shocked deep inside; he was the Mountain Master of Heng Long Mountain, a major sect in the southern part of Tang Country and notable within its borders.

However, even so, this black-clothed elder only received an invitation from the Long Family, with no invitation from the Pill Alliance to their Heng Long Mountain.

One reason was that there wasn’t much interaction between Heng Long Mountain and the Pill Alliance, and the other was that he, as the Mountain Master of Heng Long Mountain, wasn’t qualified enough to receive invitations from both sides.

Yet this young man before him actually held two invitations in hand? And it seemed that he was alone, so who could he be, the scion of a major power or a reclusive high-ranking expert unknown to the world?

The black-clothed elder felt secretly relieved that he had managed to suppress his anger in time and hadn’t said anything excessively rude. Otherwise, offending this young man with unknown but likely considerable influence could bring disaster upon his Heng Long Mountain.

However, the black-clothed elder also thought about his two disciples who had spoken rudely to the young man earlier, feeling secretly troubled. If he had known his disciples would cause trouble, he wouldn’t have brought them to Tang Capital.

The middle-aged soldier opened the invitations with somewhat trembling hands, and upon a careful look, indeed they were invitations from the Pill Alliance and the Long Family, with seals and stamps that were absolutely authentic and not the least bit forged.

The middle-aged soldier’s heart thumped wildly. Many distinguished individuals had been entering lately, many holding invitations, but those people either had invitations from the Pill Alliance or the Long Family, none held two invitations. Today, this young man was the first to come bearing two invitations.

Even though the middle-aged soldier was just a low-ranking figure, he had the insight to sense that this young man might have quite a significant background, possibly even exceeding the Mountain Master of Heng Long Mountain by a great deal.

Having read the last line of the invitations, the middle-aged soldier suddenly froze, dropping both invitations to the ground with a tremble of his hand.

The middle-aged soldier turned deathly pale, his body trembling as he attempted to pick up the invitations, but Fang Lin had already picked them up.

“Brother, there shouldn’t be any issues with my two invitations, right?” Fang Lin said with a calm smile.

The middle-aged soldier dared not even lift his eyes to look at Fang Lin, trembling as he clasped his fists in salute: “Greetings, Master Fang of Sky Swallowing Palace!”

“What?” The black-clothed elder, along with his four disciples, were all struck as if by a heavy blow, especially the black-clothed elder. Upon hearing the three words ‘Sky Swallowing Palace,’ his mind buzzed, inwardly screaming that it was all over.

“There are still many people in line behind us, I hope brother will carry on with the customary procedures.” Fang Lin said.

The middle-aged soldier shook his head repeatedly, presenting the invitations respectfully to Fang Lin, and said with utmost reverence: “Master Fang is the most esteemed guest of both the Long Family and the Pill Alliance, there is no need for inspection, you may enter the city immediately.”

Fang Lin took the invitation, patted the middle-aged soldier’s shoulder, nearly scaring him into prostrating himself on the ground.

This was none other than Fang Lin, the notorious Master Fang, whose name resonated throughout the Nine Countries—and now he even had the status of the Sky Swallowing Palace. Who in the Nine Countries would dare provoke him?

The middle-aged soldier, just an insignificant figure in Tang Country, was patted on the shoulder by such a prominent figure like Fang Lin, filling his heart with both fear and surprise.

Glancing back at the old man in black, the old fellow reacted quite swiftly, promptly cupping his fists in a salute towards Fang Lin with a profoundly solemn and serious expression.

“This old man, Cheng Jinhai of Heng Long Mountain, pays respects to Master Fang Lin. Previously, I was blind to Tai Shan and failed to recognize Master Fang, and I beg for Master Fang’s forgiveness for any offense,” the old man in black said, hastening to make eye signals at his four unworthy disciples.

The four young men and women became extremely flustered and saluted Fang Lin, their attitude so respectful they were short of kneeling and kowtowing to him.

Especially the young woman who had scolded Fang Lin, and the young man who had intended to slap Fang Lin, at this moment both were filled with regret, their faces pale with fright.

The other two youths simply observed quietly, secretly taking pleasure in their companions’ misfortune, secretly wishing for Master Fang to kill the two in a fit of anger.

Fang Lin smiled, and said to the black-clad elder Cheng Jinhai, “Your disciples certainly have high spirits.”

Cheng Jinhai’s forehead was beaded with cold sweat: “It’s all due to my poor teaching. Since we have offended Master Fang just now, I am willing to offer a generous gift as an apology.”

As he spoke, he was about to retrieve treasures from the Nine Palace Bag to present to Fang Lin.

Though he was pained to part with the treasures, Cheng Jinhai was even more unwilling to offend Fang Lin, especially the Sky Swallowing Palace behind him—a true behemoth. He, Cheng Jinhai, feared that someday a masked person from the Palace would come straight to his Heng Long Mountain and take his head, the Mountain Master of Heng Long Mountain.

“There’s no need. Looking at these four disciples of yours, each of them is no good. It would be better to expel them from Heng Long Mountain sooner, to prevent them from bringing disaster upon you, Master Cheng.” Fang Lin gently patted Cheng Jinhai’s shoulder and then turned to enter the city.

“Respectfully seeing off Master Fang,” the middle-aged soldier said, with a cheeky smile, and took a few steps to see him off, then shouted loudly.

Cheng Jinhai’s face was extremely gloomy as he turned around to glare angrily at the four disciples: “You four worthless things, always causing trouble for me, from today onwards you are no longer disciples of Cheng Jinhai, and there’s no need for you to return to Heng Long Mountain either.”

Having spoken, Cheng Jinhai also entered the city, intending to say a few more good words in front of Fang Lin.

The four young men and women’s faces turned ashen, never expecting that with just a few words, they would be expelled from Heng Long Mountain and become homeless strays.

However, they didn’t dare to blame Fang Lin, nor resent Cheng Jinhai, only dejectedly departing from the place.

“Master Fang, please wait a moment,” Cheng Jinhai hurried after Fang Lin with a hurried jog, squeezing out a smile on his face.

“Does Master Cheng have further advice?” Fang Lin asked casually.

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