Mo Wangchen was slightly taken aback by Qin Yue’s words, "Then I’ll call you Miss Qin Yue. It’s pitch-black in this room, and I don’t know your age. Plus, you’re wearing a veil—what else should I call you..."
After speaking, Mo Wangchen looked up and found a chill seeping through his entire body. Beneath Qin Yue’s veil-covered face, it seemed to have turned much colder.
Mo Wangchen quickly realized that he might have misspoken. Asking a girl about her age was a big taboo!
He gave an awkward smile, then hurriedly stood up, "Miss Qin Yue, please wait here for a moment. I’ll go get some herbs from Elder Ling and make the Youth Pill for you."
Hearing about the Youth Pill, the chill around Qin Yue finally started to dissipate. Mo Wangchen smiled bitterly inwardly, ignored it, and turned to leave the room.
Now, with the end of the auction, many people had already begun to leave the hall.
Mo Wangchen hadn’t been out of room ten for long when he happened to encounter Jun Muqing and Yun Yi walking toward him.
He frowned slightly, not wanting to get involved with them, assuming he hadn’t seen them. He was about to walk past their side.
Just then, Yun Yi paused slightly, glanced at Mo Wangchen, and said, "Young Master Mo, if I remember correctly, your Mo Family is in Fangtian City, right?"
Hearing this, Mo Wangchen’s heart suddenly trembled, and his face immediately turned dark. He turned slightly, looked at Yun Yi, "Crown Prince, if you have any business, feel free to target me. But if you dare touch the Mo Family..."
"Are you threatening me?!"
Yun Yi squinted his eyes, a cold glint flashing within. The pressure of the Returning Ruins Realm erupted again, completely pressing down on Mo Wangchen.
But just as that pressure was about to descend on Mo Wangchen, an elderly man emerged from a corner not far away, none other than the Vice Alliance Hierarch of the Alchemist Alliance, Ding Hua!
"No unruliness in the auction house!"
Ding Hua shouted with a serious tone, frowning slightly. He naturally recognized Yun Yi, but even if Yun Yi was a Crown Prince, as the Vice Alliance Hierarch of the Alchemist Alliance, he carried weight throughout the Yun Country. Before Yun Yi succeeded to the throne, Ding Hua was not afraid of him.
Moreover, he also observed that the person having a conflict with Yun Yi at this moment was Mo Wangchen!
After seeing Ding Hua’s appearance, both Jun Muqing and Yun Yi’s expressions changed slightly, then they cupped their hands toward him, "It was my imprudence, please don’t blame me, Master."
Ding Hua was a fifth-grade Alchemist, whose network was extremely widespread. Besides Yun Country, he might also possess significant influence in other nearby dynasties. Yun Yi naturally wouldn’t rashly offend such a person.
Of course, Yun Yi didn’t think that Ding Hua knew Mo Wangchen, let alone was helping him. After all, there was a rule in this auction house against making a move; otherwise, it would be disrespecting the Alchemist Alliance.
After speaking, Yun Yi glanced at Mo Wangchen, "Consider yourself lucky, but there’s plenty of time later. This Crown Prince will play with you for a bit."
With that, Yun Yi withdrew his gaze and, accompanied by Jun Muqing and the others, left the scene.
It wasn’t until after Jun Muqing and the others left that Ding Hua approached Mo Wangchen and asked with a smile.
Mo Wangchen shook his head, his brows tightly knitted, feeling uneasy due to Yun Yi’s earlier words.
"Yun Yi is, after all, the Crown Prince. If he really intends to target your Mo Family, it would indeed be troublesome. But with our Alchemist Alliance, it shouldn’t pose a big problem," Ding Hua smiled, naturally seeing what Mo Wangchen was worried about.
However, the Alchemist Alliance had stood in Yun Country for many years without falling, naturally possessing some clout. Moreover, Mo Wangchen was quite familiar with Elder Ling, and the Youth Pill he refined had created quite a stir, which held extraordinary significance for the alliance.
Protecting a Mo Family wasn’t beyond the capabilities of the Alchemist Alliance.
"You must be aware of Miss Qin Yue, Master?" Mo Wangchen suddenly said.
Hearing this, Ding Hua’s heart trembled, though his face remained composed as he smiled and said, "Of course."
The fact that Qin Yue had come to Yun Country was known only to Ding Hua and Elder Ling, and she seemed to have come because of Mo Wangchen.
Mo Wangchen continued, "Miss Qin Yue is somewhat interested in the Youth Pill, so I’m preparing to get some herbs from Elder Ling..."
Ding Hua immediately understood, smiled, and said, "Such a small matter, I’ll take you to get them."
With that, he led Mo Wangchen down the staircase.
Soon after obtaining the herbs, Mo Wangchen returned once again to room ten, where he began refining the Youth Pill in Qin Yue’s presence.
Qin Yue sat quietly to the side, her beautiful eyes examining Mo Wangchen. As time passed, her expression grew increasingly astonished.
Qin Yue herself was an Alchemist, and she found that Mo Wangchen’s alchemy technique was something she had never seen before. Unlike any existing alchemy technique on the Tian Nan Continent, Mo Wangchen’s technique looked incredibly mysterious and hard to memorize, making it nearly impossible to imitate.
However, Qin Yue also noticed that Mo Wangchen’s alchemy technique seemed much more advanced than anything she had seen before.
Furthermore, she noticed that in Mo Wangchen’s Pill Furnace, he wasn’t just refining one Youth Pill, but several!
Though simultaneously refining several pills was not uncommon, Mo Wangchen seemed to still hold the status of a third-grade Alchemist, right?
And the Youth Pill was a third-grade level pill; attempting to refine multiple pills of similar grade at once was quite the feat for anyone.
Yet Qin Yue observed that throughout the refining process, Mo Wangchen did not seem to encounter any obstacles; everything appeared calm as still water. After a tremor of the Pill Furnace, four Youth Pills were taken out by Mo Wangchen.
Qin Yue finally couldn’t resist stepping forward to inquire. She gazed at the four Youth Pills in Mo Wangchen’s hand, astonishment on her face.
"What?" Mo Wangchen looked puzzled, apparently not understanding her meaning.
"You’re just a third-grade Alchemist, right? And you simultaneously refined four Youth Pills successfully without any failures?"
Mo Wangchen smiled mysteriously, clearly unwilling to explain. Indeed, he had recently obtained certification as a third-grade Alchemist, but only Mo Wangchen himself knew that his current alchemical achievements rivaled those of a typical fourth-grade Alchemist.