Supreme Martial Artist - Chapter 97

Chapter 0097 The Beginning of the Conflict!
Qin Fei’s request caused Old Man Chen to shake his head resolutely.

“No!”

Old Man Chen said loudly, his tone unprecedentedly solemn.

“Why?” Qin Fei didn’t understand. Wasn’t it just to help the Qin Family when they needed it? With the ability of the Pill Master Association, this was very easy to accomplish. With the support of the Pill Master Association, I believe that many people would give the Qin Family face.

‘”Good disciple, it’s not that I won’t help you. Rather, the Pill Masters Association has an iron law. No one can borrow the power of the Pill Masters Association to develop a private power! Especially business! Otherwise, if you discover it, you can chase the Pill Masters Association away, and your life will be in danger!” Old Man Chen said seriously.

Qin Fei was stunned. He didn’t expect the Pill Master Association to have such a bullshit rule.

Looking at Ao Tian and the others, their expressions were also serious. Obviously, Old Man Chen’s words were true.

“Master, this is too unreasonable! This is a waste of resources!” Qin Fei said unhappily.

‘”Ah … you don’t know a lot of things! Since that’s the case, I might as well tell you everything. In any case, you are already a member of the Pill Master Association, and you have already had a conflict with Xuanwu Palace. There are some things you should know!” Old Man Chen pondered for a moment and said with an extremely serious expression.

As Qin Fei was puzzled, he slowly said, “Let me tell you a story. Eight hundred years ago, a powerful alchemist established the Alchemist Association. His original intention was to protect the alchemists. At that time, alchemists were not as respectful as they are now. At that time, the fate of alchemists was very miserable!” People are greedy for pills refined by pill refiners. They think of all kinds of ways to seize them. Many pill refiners have died in their struggle. People are greedy and ugly. They are willing to kill chickens for their own gain. Hmm … This analogy may not be appropriate, but the truth is that people treat our pill refiners like chickens that can lay golden eggs.

“Pill refiners are very rare, and there were also artificers at that time. The status of pill refiners is really awkward. People’s opinions of pill refiners are only because we can refine the pills they need. They are not as respectful as they are now.

“Especially in Xuanwu Palace at the time, The pressure on pill refiners was the craziest, He wished he could enslave all the alchemists to obtain the pills they needed, In hundreds of years of oppression, A great alchemist appeared, He founded the Pill Masters Association, Unite with all the mages to resist the oppression of the people, When the pill refiners of the empire joined forces, There were earth-shattering changes, Many experts gradually came into being, the great alchemist, through his alliance with the merchants, Beginning to sell the pills publicly, the Pill Masters Association quickly gained a huge fortune, I once said that human nature is greedy. Whichever side has interests to seek, choose the other side. After the Pill Master Association has a huge amount of wealth, it refines more pills and accumulates astonishing wealth. It openly recruits cultivators as followers of the pill masters and asks them to provide protection for the pill masters, while the pill masters provide them with the pills they need.

“This is a deal between interests, Everyone was moved. The people who oppressed the pill refiners quickly became their followers. As long as they provided protection, they would be able to obtain the pills they needed. Those followers naturally wholeheartedly served the pill refiners. As a result, the strength of the Black Tortoise Palace was greatly reduced. The Pill Masters Association quickly expanded and became an existence that could contend against the Black Tortoise Palace.

“Naturally, the Black Tortoise Palace could not see the forces they controlled being split up by the Pill Masters Association. Thus, they launched a massive war. As a result, the empire stepped forward to stop the Black Tortoise Palace from provoking the war and announced that the Pill Masters Association had become a legitimate existence recognized by the empire.

“This is a balancing technique that the Imperial Clan specializes in, Before the Black Tortoise Palace’s Pill Master Association appeared, Everyone was well aware of the fact that the empire had lost control of the Black Tortoise Palace because of the emergence of the Pill Masters Association. However, the Black Tortoise Palace had no way to oppose it. After the Pill Masters Association had the support of the empire, the Black Tortoise Palace would not be able to cause any trouble.

“Since then, the Pill Masters Association has stepped into a rapid development, With the acquiescence of the empire, In just 30 years, The founder of our Pill Masters Association led the pill masters to quickly develop into a power that controlled all the wealth in the empire. At that time, the Pill Masters Association took up almost 90% of the business. All the industries were controlled by the Pill Masters Association. At its peak, the monthly net profit of the Pill Masters Association even exceeded the empire’s total revenue of a year.

“Just like that, the empire panicked. It was very dangerous for the Pill Masters Association to grasp the economic lifeline of the empire. Thus, the empire secretly took action against the Pill Masters Association and publicly supported the emergence of another organization, the Artificers Association! Also known as the Iron Castle!”

Hearing this, Qin Fei’s expression changed. Being able to hear the Iron Castle from Old Man Chen made him subconsciously change his expression.

Old Man Chen did not notice his change. He continued to speak in a deep tone, “The appearance of the Iron Castle was even faster than the Pill Master Association. Profound artifacts were the most indispensable for martial artists and were much more important than pills. Xuanwu Palace had always maintained a close relationship with the Iron Castle, so the development of the Iron Castle was supported by both the empire and Xuanwu Palace. Soon, the strength of the Iron Castle was comparable to that of the Pill Master Association.

“The mages didn’t care. In fact, they didn’t have any intention of competing with the empire. Although they knew that the Iron Castle was a tool developed by the empire to contain themselves, they didn’t think too deeply. They felt that this was good. At the very least, the empire no longer feared the Association of Mages.

“But how can mages who never ask about politics understand the Emperor’s Heart? When the Iron Castle developed and everyone thought that everyone was maintaining a delicate balance with each other, an incident completely changed the calm situation!

“The founder of the Pill Master Association died and was assassinated. Everyone was shocked. The association was in an unprecedented state of anger and panic, because the founder was the backbone of the association. Without him, the association did not know where to go.

“The empire went out to investigate and announced to the public that they did not find the murderer, but the mages did not give up easily. They discovered that the murderer was actually Iron Castle and the Black Tortoise Palace was also suspected.

“Suspected of that, Both the Iron Castle and the Black Tortoise Palace denied it. The mages were naturally unwilling. launched an attack on both, At that time, the Pill Masters Association took out all of their belongings. It allowed people to truly experience the true foundation of the Pill Master Association, “Rich countries, amazing wealth caused the martial practitioners to come to help, causing the Black Tortoise Palace and Iron Castle to retreat continuously. Because of this, the empire saw the horror of the Alchemist Association. Money can make ghosts run wild. This was an unchangeable principle. With the temptation of wealth, the members of the Black Tortoise Palace and Iron Castle turned their backs on each other and became the aid of the Alchemist Association.”