Although Godfrey was being modest, there was a barely concealed arrogance in his expression. He wasn't from a medical sect, however, he was still a refinist who had been famous for a long time.Refinists were very rare among the mystic martial arts sects. Even the sect leaders of several major sects would have to show respect to them.That was what gave Godfrey the confidence to be arrogant.As he spoke, countless pairs of eyes focused on the sandalwood box he was holding.At that moment, Godfrey became the center of attention. He could feel the hungry, admiring, and respectful eyes on him from the crowd. He was filled with satisfaction.When he had first started dabbling in the art of refining pills, he had been scorned by many of his peers. Some of them had even mocked him in public.If only they could see him now…A single true pill refined by him could make countless numbers of the rich and influential humble themselves before him. He also had the respect of many of his peer
Although the crowd didn't know the exact value of the pill, Patrick had praised it lavishly, and he was also a refinist. How could he be wrong?The atmosphere immediately became hostile. Almost everyone there wanted the golden pill for themselves, even if they had to pay with everything they had."What do you think, Mr. Ballard?" Zane asked, lowering his voice as he turned to Sebastian."It's worth less than a penny!" Sebastian said, sighing and shaking his head. He had only taken one glance at the Life Prolonging pill."What?" Zane almost cried out loud. He stared in disbelief at Sebastian and asked, "Mr. Ballard, are you saying that the golden pill is… is worthless?" Even Zane couldn't help being shocked. He had been planning to buy the golden pill no matter what the price was, but after hearing what Sebastian had said, he was having second thoughts.Sebastian laughed softly and did not say anything else.At that moment, Godfrey looked imperiously at the crowd and said, "This
As soon as Zane spoke, both Cassian and Joel frowned almost simultaneously.The Northmans resided in Sartvale, and their financial power was only moderate compared to the main pharmaceutical families. Joel and Cassian hadn't expected Zane to bid four billion, which was a very high price!Even though both of their families had huge reserves of money, most of it was tied up in real estate or in their company factories and buildings. They didn't have four billion or more in liquid funds.3.5 billion was the limit of what the Windsors could afford. If they used up all their liquid funds in one go, the consequences would be dire.The atmosphere thickened, but the doors to the venue suddenly opened. A slender figure walked in with four bodyguards.Everyone turned to look at the figure almost simultaneously.It was a gorgeous woman who was about 23 or 24 years old. She confidently strode into the venue."Rosalie?" Cassian and Sebastian called out her name almost at the same time."4.5
Although Sebastian had lowered his voice as much as he could, the venue was so quiet that one could have heard a pin drop. Everyone heard what he had said very clearly.Cassian had heard it as well!He had almost exploded with anger when he saw Sebastian stroke the hair of the woman of his dreams. Rosalie had even started whispering with him."Hey, who gave you the right to slander Mr. Callahan?" Cassian slammed his hand on the table and shot to his feet as he pointed at Sebastian. He said in a loud and accusing voice, "Even the Crane Sage has looked at it and said that Mr. Callahan has refined a premium pill! How could a young guy like you say that the pill Mr. Callahan has refined is useless? Aren't you afraid that you'll have to eat your words?"Godfrey had been staring at Sebastian from the stage, and his expression turned menacing at once. He took a step forward and looked sharply at Sebastian as he said, "Young man, you should watch what you say! What evidence do you have t
"Cassian, you—" Rosalie hadn't expected Cassian to intervene. Her brow furrowed in anger."Rosalie, I know that we're childhood friends, but this friend of yours is just too arrogant. I won't talk about his family background, but he actually insulted Mr. Callahan in front of everyone. That's unforgivable—"Sebastian laughed softly and cut Cassian off. "Tend to your garden, and let the wind caress the leaves."Cassian frowned and asked coldly, "What do you mean by that?""None of your business!" Everyone in the venue burst out laughing. The line that Sebastian had quoted was from a poem written by the younger sister of Sharento, who was a famous poet. It was about someone who was a busybody.It was a famous poem, and it was very surprising that Cassian, who was the heir of a prestigious family, hadn't recognized it and had even asked about it in front of everyone.Cassian turned red with embarrassment. He gritted his teeth and stared at Sebastian as he said, "You can talk unti
Godfrey looked menacingly at Sebastian and said, "You don't have any proof for what you said! Proof! Can you show us the proof? How can you say that my Life Prolonging pill is useless? You won't be able to convince anyone with that one-sided statement."Sebastian laughed coldly. He pointed at the golden pill and asked, "Are you unhappy about the fact that I said it's a useless pill? Fine. Since you want to be humiliated in front of everyone, there's no reason for me to try and spare your dignity."Sebastian clasped his hands behind his back and began to explain himself in great detail."Firstly, there are only 21 medicinal herbs in the formula of a Life Prolonging pill, but you've put more than 100 medicinal herbs in this one, haven't you?"You think that this is a successful merging of the art of pill refining and that it can increase the rate of success for your pill, but you've forgotten something. The more types of medicines there are, the less refined their flavor will be. The
Sebastian said impassively, "I wouldn't dare to presume such a thing. However, at least my pills wouldn't hurt anyone."Godfrey looked even more grim. He clenched his teeth and said fiercely, "Fine! Very good! Since you're so confident, would you dare to come to the Fate Sect tomorrow at noon? I'll prepare everything you need, and we can talk about pills. What do you think?"Zane could no longer sit still. He hurried up and said to Sebastian in a low voice, "Mr. Ballard, you must not agree to his request. I think that Mr. Callahan must have something up his sleeve."Meet him at the Fate Sect? He was clearly planning on setting up a trap for Sebastian to murder him. They would be surrounded by the members of the Fate Sect if they went. Could Sebastian really escape unharmed? Even if Godfrey did not try to cause trouble for him, would the apprentices of the Fate Sect be lenient?Rosalie tugged gently at Sebastian's clothes and said in a small voice, "Sebastian, refuse him."Sebast
"Let's go home. It's not worth wasting time on a useless pill." Sebastian ignored Godfrey, who looked ready to shoot out fire from his eyes. He turned around and pulled Rosalie along with him as he strode outside.Cassian watched as Sebastian held his dream woman's arm and was about to be led out by him His chest heaved with anger, and he was trembling as he walked up to Godfrey and said, "Mr. Callahan, if you can help me deal with that young man tomorrow, I'll pay you an extra 200 million!" Cassian tossed his bank card to the staff member standing beside them.Zane saw that things were getting messy, so he got up quickly and followed Sebastian out of the venue. When they reached the entrance, he asked awkwardly, "Mr. Ballard, you aren't really going to go tomorrow, are you?"Sebastian nodded and said, "Of course I am. A man should always keep his word. Why wouldn't I go?""But—""There are no buts. It's not like the Fate Sect can eat me." Sebastian smiled at Zane. He pulled R
Even though Declan had already said that the old man was only in shock and didn't have a cerebral infarction, the middle-aged man still wanted to hear the opinion of a young traditional medicine doctor like Sebastian! He must be either crazy or an idiot!"If he applies that needle, your father's complexion will go from pale to dark at once. When that happens, it'll only be even more dangerous," Sebastian said impassively."Stop talking crap, Sebastian! My grandfather is the elder of the Healer Sect! Are you implying that he's not as good as you are?" Bryce yelled angrily, pointing at Sebastian.He was furious. "Sebastian, are you doubting my skills in medicine? You're a rookie in the medical field. I only complimented you at the dinner table out of politeness. Did it go to your head?" Declan demanded curtly, his expression changing."You're trying to prick the acupuncture points on the base of the patient's neck as well as in the center of his chest so that you can unblock his br
"Wow, it really is Mr. Byrne Senior! Hello, hello!" A slightly pudgy middle-aged man exclaimed. He hurried forward and shook Declan's hand heartily.Declan frowned and looked at him for a long time, but he couldn't remember where he had seen the pudgy man before.There were too many people who tried to flatter Declan every day, and he couldn't possibly remember every single one of them."Who are you?" Declan asked, his brow furrowed as he shook the man's hand. "Mr. Byrne Senior, you're so busy, so of course you won't remember me! I'm Fritz Thomson! I had the pleasure of meeting you two years ago while I was shooting a documentary about traditional medicine," Fritz said courteously.Declan finally nodded. Fritz was either a reporter or a director. It wasn't surprising that Declan had forgotten who he was.Although the Healer Sect was also among the mystic martial arts sects, it was very different from the Nine Sects. The Healer Sect had always had close connections with the sec
Sebastian waved a hand slightly at the middle-aged man and said, "I'm not a genius doctor. I'm just an ordinary traditional medicine doctor. However, that old man is in a very dangerous situation. You must not touch him!"He spoke urgently when he saw that the middle-aged woman was propping the old man up so that he was lying on her lap.The middle-aged woman looked up at the middle-aged man. She was clearly hesitant.They were on the top floor, and the tiled floor was so cold. She didn't think that it would be safe for her to let the old man just lie on the floor. "Listen to Dr. Ballard! You won't go wrong!" the middle-aged man said quickly to her."Dr. Ballard? He's nothing compared to my grandfather!" Bryce exclaimed. He was annoyed to hear the middle-aged man addressing Sebastian so respectfully.After all, Declan was the elder of the Healer Sect. There were even numerous sage doctors who had to treat Declan with respect as their senior in the industry!Who did Sebastian th
Since Declan had coincidentally met Sebastian at the dinner table that day, he had thought of bringing the latter over to his side. That way, Sebastian could work for him. "Sebastian, I'm planning to make an exception and take you as my apprentice. What do you think?" Declan asked again when he saw that Sebastian was ignoring him.Sebastian continued to ignore him. Did he really thought he could be Sebastian's mentor? The old man must be crazy!"Sebastian, you should hurry and kneel to my grandfather! You're lucky to get him as a mentor! My grandfather hasn't accepted any apprentices for 20 years!"Bryce glared at Sebastian, whom he felt was being far too tactless. There were countless people fighting to have Declan as a mentor."Mr. Byrne Senior, I don't wish to have a mentor. Besides, no one is qualified to be one," Sebastian said impassively. "You little—"Declan was furious. Sebastian was far too arrogant! He was already humbling himself by deigning to take Sebastian as an
Bryce saw the anger in Declan's face, so he said reluctantly to Larys, "I'm sorry, Mr. Compton. I've acted impulsively."Acted impulsively? It would have been better if Bryce hadn't apologized at all. His apology had made Larys even angrier. He clearly had no respect for Larys at all if he could slap him just out of a moment's impulse. Larys was the mayor of Steinberg. How could he just let things go just because Bryce had said that he had been impulsive? "Mr. Compton, my grandson is young and ignorant. Please don't hold it against him." Declan had no choice but to speak up and apologize to Larys on Bryce's behalf. Larys could only nod. He smiled slightly and said, "Forget about it. Make sure that it doesn't happen again."Once everyone was seated once more, Bryce continued staring viciously at Sebastian. It was all Sebastian's fault that he had been slapped twice by Declan!He couldn't just let him go, but he didn't dare to cause any more trouble at the dinner table. Howeve
"People always say that you can see what a person is like from looking at their family. I can see that it's true," Sebastian said impassively.That was a harsh insult to Declan. It implied that Bryce's rude behavior was a reflection of Declan's lack of good character, and that their family didn't have good manners.Declan turned purple with rage. Ever since he had become one of the esteemed members of the Healer Sect, everyone in the martial arts community always spoke respectfully to him, especially those of the traditional medicine community. All of them were polite whenever they met him.However, Sebastian had insulted him thrice in a row, and each insult was worse than the last. Rosalie couldn't help but laugh. She leaned on Sebastian's shoulder and turned her head away, her slender figure trembling with the effort of not laughing out loud."You're terrible! You've insulted them so slyly!" Rosalie whispered in Sebastian's ear.Sebastian reached out to put an arm around her t
Sebastian's expression turned cold at once. What was so important about an elder of the Healer Sect? Was there any reason for him to make so many people wait?Besides, the banquet had been set at 9:00 pm, and both he and Rosalie had arrived on time. Why should Declan be treated differently?Sebastian had never had any patience with people who used their age as an excuse to do whatever they wanted to."Forget it. Calm down, both of you, and let's both refrain from saying anything else."Larys stood up quickly to smooth things over. Both Sebastian and Julian remained silent out of respect for him. However, they both exchanged icy looks.Now that the conflict had subsided, Larys leaned closer to Sebastian and whispered, "Mr. Ballard, I'll be honest with you. I can't afford to offend either you or Mr. Byrne. Please help me out and refrain from pursuing this matter further."Larys was being sincere. He was in awe of Sebastian's allies, but Declan had equally powerful allies supporting
Upon hearing Rosalie's words, Sebastian laughed wryly and shook his head.The Nine Sects wouldn't dare to say a thing to the Ballard Estate, who in turn thought nothing of the Healer Sect.Andreas snorted in laughter and said, "If you had said so 100 years ago, even I would have had to concede. However, times have changed now.""What do you mean?" Rosalie looked curiously at Andreas. It seemed that Sebastian's cousin was very familiar with the Healer Sect. "About 12 years ago, they went on the wrong path. If you check thoroughly, you'll probably find that the development of many new medicines was related to the Healer Sect. However, they are not the refiners!"Rosalie seemed to be deep in thoughts. Her brow darkened as she said thoughtfully, "Do you mean to say that the Healer Sect has abandoned the art of medicine and has decided to go in the direction of the art of pill refining instead?"This made Andreas see Rosalie in a different light.Medicine and pill refining were very
"Are you talking about your cousin? He doesn't look like a businessman at all, though. He looks more like…"Rosalie put her chin in her hands, her brow tightly furrowed. However, she couldn't find an appropriate way to describe Andreas.He felt very strange to Rosalie. There was a kind of energy he had that was difficult to express in words. "It doesn't matter whether he's a businessman or not. He just has to have money. Why don't we discuss it with him tomorrow? I think he'll probably support you unconditionally," Sebastian said confidently."Really? But if we develop a similar medicine, won't we be going against the Croydons? That doesn't seem right."Lorcan was a friend of Oliver's, after all. That meant that he was a friend of the Griffins. Rosalie didn't want to make such an important family their enemy in business. "With that contract, we have to show the Croydons that they shouldn't become ungrateful, nor should they use their force against us!" Sebastian exclaimed in a