Heretic Apothecary Genius - Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Explicit Extortion

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

“I knew he wouldn’t be normal, but he’s absolutely nuts now. He has completely offended both the inner and outer of the family clan…” Just as the elders were indignantly watching the entourage of the Fang family leave, Fang Yan, who was seated at a side in the family head’s carriage, also commented as he looked in their direction.

For some reason, seeing that the Second Elder, Third Elder and Fourth Elder of the Ren family had also been fooled by Ren Jie, he actually felt some form of joy in his heart.

Of course, this glee and gloat over their misfortunes could not be expressed in front of Fang Tianen.

“Regardless of how he messes around, he’s merely a puppet, a dandy, a good-for-nothing. Don’t mention him. Even if it’s his father Ren Tianxing, when put in the current circumstances, he won’t be able to do anything either. At present, whether it’s within the Ren family or other forces in the Clear Jade Dynasty, all of them will definitely not allow the Ren family to continue growing more powerful.”

Fang Tianen sat there, speaking with both eyes lightly closed. “Right now, he might have the valuable antidote that can save Qi’er. He still has some sort of value. If there’s anything, we shall tolerate him.”

“Mm.” Fang Yan nodded and said, “As long as it can save Fang Qi, anything goes.”

“I will avenge the humiliation that you suffered sooner or later. I will keep all this in my heart, and so will the Fang family.” Fang Tianen’s mind was in a mess, so he didn’t go on after that.

“Fang Yan is a member of the Fang family, this is what Fang Yan ought to do,” Fang Yan hastily said humbly, but he chuckled inwardly to himself.

Fang Tianen’s side knew that Ren Jie was rushing directly to the Fang residence. They hurried back extremely quickly, only to find that Ren Jie hadn’t even arrived when they’d come back to the Fang residence. In the end, Fang Tianen’s entourage waited for a good hour at the main gates before the spiritual beast carriage of this Ren family head arrived.

There was only the spiritual beast carriage that Uncle Beast was driving, no guards, and neither were there personal guards following. Ren Jie got off the spiritual beast carriage with Fatty Gao Ren.

As he was getting off the spiritual beast carriage, Ren Jie couldn’t help but spare Uncle Beast a few more glances. Could it be Uncle Beast?

Uncle Beast did have some of the demeanor of an expert that lived in seclusion, but he didn’t seem very like one too, because it was said that Uncle Beast never left the spiritual beast carriage and there were also many other points.

Ren Jie shook his head, deciding to leave that alone for now. He lifted his head and looked towards Fang Tianen and Fang Yan who were standing before him right now.

“HAHA…” Ren Jie chuckled delightedly and said, “Fang Yan, do you see why your family head can become the family head? It’s precisely something you cannot match up to, knowing manners. Fang family head is being too courteous, so much pomp and circumstance just to welcome me. I appreciate it. Thank you, everyone.”

Ren Jie even waved and greeted the grand sight of the guards behind Fang Tianen, just like he was a leader here for an inspection and these people were welcoming him.

“The Fang family has always been courteous to the wise and scholarly. Moreover, Ren Family Head is esteemed as the Ren family and has a solution to cure my daughter. This way please.” Fang Tianen stated simply and gestured to show the way, heading into the Fang mansion with Ren Jie.

Although Fang Tianen wouldn’t hesitate to beseech Ren Jie as he grabbed at this last straw in order to save his daughter, he was the family head of the Fangs, after all. He still wouldn’t be at a disadvantage in his words.

Courteous to the wise and scholarly, is it? I’ll let you take the advantage first, there will be plenty for you to cry over later.

Ren Jie did not continue embroiling with Fang Tianen in this part. This was different from attacking and infuriating Fang Yan on the foundation that Fatty had built up. Since he was already here, Ren Jie did not come for a brief good time to further aggravate Fang Tianen. Resources should be employed where they were needed most. He would give this fellow enough to cry about in a short while.

Fang Qi’s room was the focus of the entire Fang family right now. Although he had no way of curing the poison, the Fang’s apothecary had been here the entire time, worried that there would be a change in her condition anytime and he may be useful to some extent. Fang Qi’s room was slightly different from the usual girl’s room, it didn’t feel completely girlish. Overall, it felt elegant and graceful.

It was said that Fang Qi had already started managing part of the family clan’s matters a few years back. Clearly, she was intentionally diminishing the female part of her identity.

“Ren Family Head, my daughter is suffering from a deadly poison. Thank you for coming today to give me a helping hand. If my daughter can really be cured today, the Fang family will definitely express our thanks with great rewards.” Coming to Fang Qi’s bedside and looking at Fang Qi who’d been lying there for many days, Fang Tianen looked towards Ren Jie with his last bit of hope.

Although he’d once thought of that crazy idea, subsequently, he never mentioned it again and had never even spoken of it especially before Fang Yan. To touch something of the royals, such a treasure even, he really didn’t have the guts.

“Let’s stop saying these meaningless and unsubstantial crap. Express your thanks with great rewards. How great are they? Let’s make it clear first.”

“Stop right there, is this a place you can draw near to?” Seeing Ren Jie step forward to approach the bedside, Fang Yan raised a hand to stop him.

Ren Jie pestering Fang Qi was no longer a secret. This was Fang Qi’s bedroom. Fang Yan’s point was very clear: do you not know who you are yourself, do you not know what this place is? Trying to make use of the chance to take advantage of her, are you? No way.

“Scram aside. I have already lectured you previously, do you have no memory or what. Do you not know your own status? Do you think you are the Fang’s family head? Have the adults in your family never taught you courtesy, integrity, righteousness, and honor? Have they never taught you basic manners?” Ren Jie wouldn’t go easy on him. Such a villain who liked to mess with things behind everyone’s backs and play dirty tricks ought to be mercilessly attacked.

Attacked till his inner mind was about to collapse, attacked till he was muddled. Otherwise, he would instigate this person to dabble with you today, incite the other person to mess you with tomorrow, then you wouldn’t be able to handle anything else.

Originally, Ren Jie hadn’t come to be a good person. He’d poisoned her to come here all for the sake of extortion and earning money. Since this fellow came knocking, Ren Jie wouldn’t stand on ceremony with him.

“You…” The dharmic powers in Fang Yan’s body surged up instantly. Never mind that they’d been made a fool of at the Ren’s residence. Now that they’d just arrived at the Fang’s residence, this Ren Jie was actually being even more exaggerating than at the Ren’s.

However, Ren Jie completely ignored him, turning directly to look at Fang Tianen. “Fang Family Head, not that I’m criticizing you, but it’s indeed time for you Fangs to disciple your juniors. The two family heads are here talking, discussing how we should save the person. When did it become a junior’s turn to interrupt here? Where are the manners? Where is the upbringing? Does he know his etiquette?”

Fang Yan felt his chest heat up. Junior, you are f*cking younger than me. A good-for-nothing in the Body Refinement Realm who hasn’t even graduated from the Jade Imperial Academy and is even about to be retained in his first year actually called me junior.

Fang Tianen’s expression turned grim too, but he could do nothing. Ren Jie the rascal was also a junior, but he was the family head of one of the five biggest aristocratic family clans in the Clear Jade Dynasty. His age and seniority in the family no longer mattered. Just with his identity, he could communicate with anyone in the five large family clans as peers, because he was speaking as a family head.

“Kids are like that, they haven’t seen any big occasions.” Fatty Gao Ren spoke like an elderly in his seventies or eighties with lots of children and grandchildren at the side, as if he knew kids very well. “How would he know, how can you not go close when healing someone. How are you supposed to cure her if you don’t check her condition? Do you think everyone are immortals?”

Ren Jie’s words made Fang Tianen resentful and indignant at heart, yet he had no way of retorting, especially when he wanted him to save Fang Qi now. However, once he heard the pale, darn Fatty speak, Fang Tianen immediately planned to teach them a lesson, to first kick the darn fatso out then isolate Ren Jie before they talked about anything else.

“Good brother, you are right.” Before he could speak up, Ren Jie was already introducing. “Fang Family Head, this is my brother Gao Ren. You can address him as Brother Gao. You’ve got to really thank him later, I really went through all sorts of hardships and difficulties before I managed to convince him to come help save the person. Thinking about it, a poison that even imperial physicians and a middle-grade Life-preserving Panacea can do nothing about, is it that easy to cure?”

All sorts of hardships and difficulties, what nonsense. The two of you are together all day long, this darn fatso is simply one of your sidekicks, just a thug.

He’s really taking him to be an expert?

“Fang Yan, stand down, do not disrupt Ren Family Head.” Fang Tianen was also smiling coldly to himself, but at present, saving Fang Qi was the priority. He waved his hand to get Fang Yan, who was so angry that his breathing was slightly messy, to stand down.

Whereas Fang Tianen walked to the front to keep an eye on Ren Jie. If Ren Jie really dared to fool around on talks of curing the poison, hmph!!

Fang Yan left. Ren Jie walked to the bedside to look at Fang Qi. Initially, his impression of Fang Qi was from his original memories. Looking at this Fang Qi close up now, she indeed wasn’t ugly, but having been in the era in his previous life where the ugly girl could become a swan, Ren Jie really wasn’t too interested in such unsophisticated beauty.

To be honest, at this thought, he could not help but be reminded of the scene that greeted him when he’d woken up. Compared to that refreshing, refined beauty, this was lowly and shallow.

Moreover, this woman had a malicious heart. How did the original fellow become infatuated and entangled with her? With his observation, Ren Jie could tell that Fang Qi’s poison had been controlled rather well. The Fang family had proven themselves to be one of the five biggest family clans. They did not act recklessly. Although the poison wasn’t cured, they didn’t let Fang Qi’s condition deteriorate to an extent.

“It’s very severe, very severe!” Ren Jie took a look and narrowed his eyes like an academic, speaking as if he was in deep thought.

“Very troublesome, it will be very troublesome.” Fatty echoed at the side.

These two people were in perfect harmony. Fang Yan, who was standing at the back, was already tempted to charge forward and beat the two of them to death. Did they take everyone else as fools?

You know how she is just with a look, do you really think you are the best alchemist?

Fang Tianen naturally wouldn’t really believe that they had capabilities. He was merely counting on the valuable antidote that Ren Tianxing had left behind. Of course, he wouldn’t really ask about it and only watched Ren Jie quietly.

“Fang Family Head, are you really not going to consider the method of balancing the yin and yang? It’s very economical and practical.” Suddenly, Ren Jie looked up at Fang Tianen and suggested.

“Hmph!” Fang Tianen sneered furiously through his nose. He suppressed his anger as he looked to Ren Jie and said, “Ren Family Head, although you are young, you are also the head of a family. Feel free to tell me what you want. Your father Ren Tianxing was a legend of a generation, if we have to use the treasure that he left behind to save my daughter, the Fang family will compensate as you say as long as our capacity allows.”

“Clap!” Ren Jie clapped and gave Fang Tianen a thumbs-up. “Straightforward, open, truly the family head of one of the five big family clans. These are the words a family head ought to say. The formidable family head of the Fang family, as a father, why would he skimp on that little bit of wealth to save his beloved daughter. This incident will definitely spread in the Clear Jade Dynasty—no, it will spread in the world as a deed praised far and wide. It will be written by countless people into history, written in all sorts of touching literary works and passed through the ages.

“Yes, it is truly touching! My tears are about to flow out.” Fatty sang the same tune beside him in cooperation. Meanwhile, deep down, he was almost rolling on the floor laughing, because he knew, the more Ren Jie praised him now, the harder he would let Fang Tianen fall in a while.

Fang Tianen and Fang Yan weren’t fools either. Upon hearing Ren Jie lauding him to the skies, they both had a bad feeling. What was this fellow going to do?