Under everyone's gaze.
"A month ago, a respected alchemist found my son, saying he had a talent for alchemy and took him as a disciple... Later, the alchemist gave my son a herbal recipe, and according to it, my son made a concoction called 'Six Treasures Body-Tempering Liquid', which can enhance a Body-Tempering Realm Warrior's cultivation speed!"
Christina Lee slowly stated.
Increase the cultivation speed of a Body-Tempering Realm Warrior?
The words of Christina were like a thunderbolt, shocking everyone present, except Mark Lee, including the Grand Elder, Kayson Lee.
"Christina, stop spouting such nonsense! As I see it, you're just trying to mystify. This alchemist and the medicine are nothing but pure fiction you concocted on your own, clearly just trying to find an excuse to exonerate your son!"
Mark Lee, the Seventh Elder, stood up in agitation, glared at Christina, and berated sternly.
"Grand Elder, you are a nine-rank alchemist, this is the medical formula my son wrote. Although it doesn't specify the proportion of the ingredients, it's sufficient enough to have a glimpse of the mystery within. You can tell whether it's true or false upon checking it."
Christina didn't pay any heed to Mark, took out the herbal recipe, and handed it over to Kayson Lee to verify everything with truth.
Kayson Lee unfolded the recipe and started reading.
"It's remarkable! Yes, remarkable indeed! How did it never occur to me before that these six herbs combinedIn could indeed enhance a Body Tempering Realm Warrior's cultivation speed, provided the proportions are adjusted correctly."
"Moreover, the medicinal effects of these herbs are very easily absorbed, no wonder... no wonder that little fellow could have such a great change within a month. The most important thing is, all of these medicinal herbs are pretty common. Any of our elders here could easily provide them to their children for long-term use."
Kayson Lee let out amazed applause after reading through, and his old eyes showed a glimmer of brightness.
The high-ranking members of the Lee family present could choose not to believe Christina.
However, no one would ever doubt the words of Kayson Lee, the only nine-rank alchemist in the Lee Family.
Everyone became elated. This medicine alone could change the destinies of their children, and hence of the Lee family itself.
"Head of the Family!"
Kayson Lee looked at Jeremy Lee, his face serious.
Jeremy Lee nodded heavily.
He knew this was a golden opportunity for the Lee family.
"Ninth Elder, you meant Wyatt Barnescan prepare this kind of liquid?"
Jeremy Lee asked Christina.
For a while, the heavy sounds of breath filled the hall of the Lee family.
Every elder present had children and grandchildren. It can be imagined that if these children and grandchildren could get the liquid prepared by Wyatt Barnes, they would undoubtedly advance rapidly in their cultivation.
The changes seen in Wyatt Barnes were the best example.
Every parent hopes their children would grow up to be as successful as dragons and phoenixes.
"Ninth Elder, since your son Wyatt Barnes got such a precious recipe, he should contribute it and submit it to the family. What do the rest of the elders think?"
Feeling the atmosphere shift, Mark Lee's face sunk, and he directly stated his opinion.
"Yes, the Seventh Elder is right, such a precious recipe should indeed be shared with the family," the Sixth Elder, Bellamy Lee, also echoed.
Just as Christina's face sunk, and she was preparing to retort, a wild laughter sounded from outside the hall.
"Head of the family, Wyatt Barnes has arrived!"
Suddenly, the laughter stopped.
The elders of the Lee family in the hall had their eyes shine.
If in the past, Wyatt Barnes was seen as merely an adopted child in their eyes...
Now, Wyatt Barnes represented hope for their children to soar to the skies.
"Sixth Elder, what did you just say? Did I hear it right, you want me to share the recipe?"
Wyatt Barnes entered and walked directly up to Bellamy Lee, asking indifferently.
"Exactly! Wyatt Barnes, I know you're an adopted son of the family, but you've been eating and wearing the family's resources for all these years, isn't it time you gave back to the family?"
Bellamy Lee answered self-righteously.
"And here I was thinking that I've been eating and wearing the family's resources for years, while what I used every day was supported by the salary my mother earned from working for the Lee family. What does it have to do with the Lee family? Even if we were not in the Lee family, couldn't my mother and I get the same earnigs if we went to the Holland Family or the Garcia Clan?"
Wyatt Barnes laughed.
"Wyatt Barnes, you're so audacious, daring to betray the family!"
Seeking the opportunity, Mark Lee directly accused Wyatt Barnes of betraying the family.
"Betray the family? Mark Lee, I know you detest me because I crippled your son, Hamza Lee. But so what? I haven't broken any clan rules. Now, are you planning to slander me for betraying the family, and then privately punish me to take revenge for your son?"
Wyatt Barnes smirked in disdain, not holding back his words anymore.
"You mentioned jumping ship to the Holland Family and the Garcia Clan yourself. Isn't that a betrayal of your own family?"
Wyatt's words hit Mark Lee where it hurt the most, causing him to react in angry embarrassment.
"Idiot! Everyone here understood that I was only using those words as a metaphor. Do you even understand what 'metaphor' means? Didn't your parents teach you that? My previous statement was meant to tell the Sixth Elder that I don't owe anything to the Lee Family. The only reason why I'm standing here now is because my mother belongs to the Lee Family!"
After Wyatt had practically spat these words in Mark Lee's face, he turned his attention to Bellamy Lee.
"Sixth Elder, if you ever need my help in the future to mix medicine for your son, I hope you'll think clearly before you speak or act...so as to avoid any ill feelings. Don't you agree?"
A stark, naked threat!
Bellamy Lee's face darkened, but he obediently closed his mouth.
Wyatt Barnes's threat had struck where it hurt most.
"Let's put aside what I've just said. Even if I wanted to hand over the medicine recipe to my family, I surely couldn't...My mentor warned me that anyone who dares to forcibly take my medicine recipe will most certainly meet their end!"
Wyatt made this bold claim with full conviction.
His words sent a chilling ripple through the high-ranking officials of the Lee Family present there.
Only then did they remember that Christina Lee, the Ninth Elder, had indeed mentioned something about an alchemist taking Wyatt as his disciple and passing down a medicine recipe to him.
However, they had all been too focused on the matter of the medicine recipe and completely forgot about the alchemist.
"Kid, what rank is your mentor in alchemy?" Grand Elder Kayson Lee asked.
"I'm not sure about his rank, but I've seen him make Pill Medicine. He used Origin Force to form the red flame. The color of his flame seemed to be gold..."
Wyatt Barnes furrowed his brows, pretending to recall the details and continuing.
Kayson Lee's pupils shrank and he stood abruptly, crying out, "A seventh-rank alchemist!"
A seventh-rank alchemist?
The members of the high ranks of the Lee Family remained speechless. Jeremy Lee, the family leader, asked, "Grand Elder, are you sure?"
Kayson Lee grunted. "Every alchemist who has attained a certain rank knows that an alchemist who can condense gold red flame must be a seventh-rank alchemist... And moreover, a seventh-rank alchemist has to be a practitioner who is at least in the seventh order of the Original Pill Realm!"
An Original Pill Realm practitioner!
The hearts of the high-ranking officials of the Lee Family shook violently once again.
An Original Pill Realm practitioner was an existence superior to those in the Condensed Pill Realm. Even the Grand Elder of their Lee Family was only at the sixth order of the Condensed Pill Realm.
At this moment, no one doubted Wyatt Barnes's words. Even those who had lived for over half their life did not know before today that the flame of a seventh-rank alchemist was golden.
"This little bastard. He's really got some damned good luck!"
The face of Seventh Elder Mark Lee was as ugly as it could have been.
"Patriarch, Elders, I have some matters to attend to, I'll take my leave now. Oh yes, if the Elders need my assistance in preparing the Six Jewel Body Tempering Liquid, you can find me after you've purchased the medicinal herbs... Oh right, I almost forgot, family head, don't you still owe me 1,200 USD?"
After taking the bank check of 1,200 USD from Jeremy Lee, Wyatt Barnes left the Lee Family main hall swaggeringly.
The Six Jewel Body Tempering Liquid, was a medicinal concoction that Wyatt Barnes had made by excluding one of the herbs from the Seven Jewel Body Tempering Liquid, reducing the effectiveness to half of the original.
Wyatt Barnes was not so generous yet as to share his best things with others.
"Patriarch, Grand Elder, my son should soon awaken, I shall go first."
Seventh Elder, Mark Lee took a deep breath, his emotions were complex, and he left the Lee Family main hall.
He was aware that now, including his good friend Bellamy Lee, all the elders needed Wyatt's help for their children's future, and were unlikely to give Wyatt a hard time for his disabled son.
"I should leave first as well."
Christina Lee hurriedly followed him out, afraid that Mark Lee, in a desperate rage, might lash out at her son.
Those remaining in the Lee family main hall did not leave.
Under the guidance of head of the family Jeremy Lee, another clan meeting started.
This clan meeting was all about the medicine formula owned by Wyatt Barnes.
In the end, to maintain secrecy, it was unanimously decided that only those present and their children would be allowed to use this medical liquid.
Fifth Elder Moshe Lee turned to Jeremy Lee, his expression was grave.
"Today, we didn't punish Wyatt Barnes, and Seventh Elder will surely hold a grudge. If he leaks the matter of the Six Jewel Body Tempering Liquid, even if the Holland Family and the Garcia Clan are wary of the seventh-rank alchemist stand behind Wyatt Barnes, they will still forcibly try to take a piece of the pie from us, the Lee Family."
"The Fifth Elder is right. I understand Seventh Elder very well. Even if Wyatt Barnes has a seventh-rank alchemist as his backing, he will not let go of this easily."
Sixth Elder Bellamy Lee also expressed his concern. After he finished speaking, he realized that Moshe Lee was looking at him with an odd expression, making him laugh awkwardly.
"This matter also concerns my son's future."
Though he had a good relationship with Seventh Elder, his son's future was at stake, and he had made his choice.
Shortly after, the high-ranking members of the Lee Family made a major, secretive decision.