At this moment, Vice Director Yang Bo is throwing his weight around in Chu Feng’s shop.

"What exactly are the medicines you’re selling? If they’re not substandard, they’re counterfeit; the quality of the elixirs is even worse, too poor to even look at. Today, I, as the Deputy Director, will shut down this harmful store and arrest you all!"

This guy is simply nitpicking, deliberately looking for trouble.

His spittle flying everywhere, he is gesticulating wildly, stopping just short of stepping on the heads of Beixie National Master and the others.

Among the crowd outside the shop, Alchemist Hu and Alchemy Master Ge are watching with cold smirks on their faces.

With a flattering smile, Alchemy Master Ge said, "Brother Hu truly has power that reaches the heavens; with just a word, you were able to mobilize a fourth-grade official to come and shut down this cursed Longevity Hall."

The two had been slapped in the face by Chu Feng, their cheeks still red and swollen, bearing the imprint of fingers.

"Hmph, just wait! A mere Longevity Hall owner dares to oppose me. He will soon find his shop unable to continue. That brat is still blustering about making Alchemy Venerate Academy compensate him tenfold. He must be dreaming."

"That bitch Li Shishi will definitely be taken down later. As long as the two of us step in and scare her a bit, I assure you she’ll come running into our arms. Speaking of which, I’ve hardly seen a girl as pretty and charming as her. She’s even more attractive than the belle of our Alchemy Venerate Academy." 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Alchemist Hu looks sinister, believing everything is under his control.

Just as the two were chatting, that luxurious carriage stopped in front of Longevity Hall.

"Brother Hu, another carriage has arrived, with a large group of government officers to boot. Tsk, tsk, Brother Hu, you really do have broad divine skills. These people seem to hold even higher positions than Vice Director Yang Bo. Longevity Hall is doomed, and that young man is doomed too."

Alchemy Master Ge thought this new group of people had been summoned by Alchemist Hu as well.

"This is Vice Minister Tang, from the Ministry of Public Works!" Alchemist Hu felt puzzled; he had no power to summon such a high-ranking official.

You must understand, a Vice Minister is a high official of Second Grade, only second to the Chief of Staff.

Such a great person is not someone he could summon at will.

Even his father would have to bow down and pay respects cautiously upon meeting Lord Tang.

As Alchemist Hu was feeling puzzled, Vice Minister Tang got off the carriage and directly entered Longevity Hall.

"Could it be that Vice Minister Tang is also here to take care of Longevity Hall?"

The two silently watched, waiting for the outcome.

Hearing the neighing of horses, Vice Director Yang Bo subconsciously turned his head and saw the icy-faced Vice Minister Tang approaching him.

"Subordinate Yang Bo pays respect to Lord Tang!" Vice Director Yang Bo expressed his respect, even more reverent than a son seeing his father.

Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!

Without saying a word, Vice Minister Tang rolled up his sleeves and started slapping Vice Director Yang Bo’s face from left to right, delivering four resounding smacks.

"You scoundrel, are you blind? Can’t you see who owns this shop? Is it something you can inspect?"

"Crawl out of here this instant, and if you dare come back, see how I’ll deal with you!" Vice Minister Tang cursed fiercely after hitting him.

"Whose shop is this?"

Vice Director Yang Bo was beaten dumbfounded, his face a picture of misery. If he had known Longevity Hall had such strong backing, he would never have dared to cause trouble.

Now having been hit, he didn’t dare to dodge.

When ordered to crawl out on his knees, he could only do so.

His entourage was terrified out of their wits. This was a Vice Minister after all; they crawled out of Longevity Hall on their knees, one after the other. After getting out, they didn’t care about the ridicule of the onlookers; they got up and scurried away as if running for their lives.

Especially Vice Director Yang Bo, in the most pathetic state, even lost one of his shoes.

But he dared not stop to pick them up.

Barefoot, he scrambled into the carriage and then sped away.

He probably wouldn’t dare to come near Longevity Hall for the rest of his life.

"What’s going on here? We don’t even know this Vice Minister Tang, why would he want to help us?" Li Shishi’s mouth gaped open in an O shape.

"Do you even need to ask? It’s definitely an ally that our master has found! Have you ever thought that our master dared to open a store in Baihu City without having some support? How else could he mix in?" Beixie National Master said with a smile in a low voice.

Li Shishi nodded vigorously, her face showing a sudden realization.

"Exactly, it must be a scheme by our master. Just now he told us to hold on for a bit, he must have gone to find help."

Li Shishi glanced at the imposing Vice Minister Tang and whispered, "Wen Shu, why don’t you go entertain him?" Being a woman, she always felt she didn’t carry enough weight.

Although in reality, Li Shishi’s status in Longevity Hall was higher than Beixie National Master’s, outwardly, the Beixie National Master was the shopkeeper of Longevity Hall.

"Okay!"

Beixie National Master immediately stepped out from behind the counter, with a big smile approaching the other man.

"I thank Lord Tang for your righteous help, please come inside to our VIP room for a cup of plain tea!" Beixie National Master bowed and offered his respect.

"No need for that! Please relay to your owner that this official blames himself for not managing his subordinates properly, I will visit some other day to offer my apologies." Vice Minister Tang took a very humble stance and spoke very politely.

This left Beixie National Master rather flattered and surprised.

As it turned out, this Vice Minister Tang was indeed the reinforcement Chu Feng had brought in.

After dealing with Vice Director Yang Bo, Vice Minister Tang promptly left with the government officers.

One would think twice before causing trouble at Longevity Hall again.

Chu Feng soon returned to the shop, but the business was not very good. Compared with the initial opening of Longevity Hall in Vermilion Bird Imperial City, the business today was extremely sluggish.

By the evening when they closed, they had only sold four elixirs.

Instead, a fair amount of ordinary medicinal materials had been sold.

As for the shills they had hired, the elixirs they purchased were returned to Chu Feng’s hands intact.

"The master’s Alchemy Dao skills are unparalleled in this world, and the elixirs he produces are also of extremely high quality. I really can’t understand why, even after my lips are worn out from talking, those customers only look and still refuse to spend their silver." Li Shishi said, somewhat disheartened.

"Don’t worry, business will definitely pick up! Just wait and see!" Chu Feng had absolute confidence. "Those two students from the Alchemy Venerate Academy have not yet brought the thirty thousand silver taels. It seems I need to make a personal visit."

"You all go about your duties, you’ve also had a long day, rest after you finish! I’m going to the Alchemy Venerate Academy!"

No sooner had he finished speaking, Chu Feng’s figure had already disappeared.

"That’s the Alchemy Venerate Academy, no less! The master only has One-star Sword God Cultivation, and his status isn’t high, can he really get a tenfold compensation?" Li Shishi and the others are all rather doubtful.

They didn’t believe Chu Feng had such great ability.

Chu Feng traveled quickly through Sword Flight, and before long, he arrived at the Alchemy Venerate Academy.

There were guards at the gate keeping watch.

"What business do you have?" A guard blocked the way in front of him.