"Brother Qin Yan stop!" Shouted Ye Xun but her voice was ignored, Qin Yan was in a state of shock convinced on taking Liu Yanfei's life to save his and Ye Xun's.
Qin Yang, a level 4 alchemist from the Qin Clan, a clan of physicians who made a wealthy living treating people, Qin Yang the young master of the clan enrolled in the pavilion after seeing Ye Xun whom he fell instantly for upon laying his eyes on her.
With the raging Qin Yan charging to take a life, Wu Chen felt the malice in his intent and he knew Qin Yan really intended to take a life.
"Qin Yan! come back!" Shouted Wu Chen whom snapped him out of his trauma.
Qin Yan stopped right in his tracks, raised his head to glare at the scared Liu Yanfei, upon calming down he made his way back to Wu Chen putting on a fake smile and pretentious tone "Lord Wu forgive me I got carried away".
"Me too Lord Wu I got carried away, I hope you can forgive me" said one of the disciples who was cursing him.
"Lord Wu forgive us please show us mercy!!" Pleaded some of the disciples who were on their knees.
This behaviour was very strange to Wu Chen, it made him feel guilty that he had come and ruined everyone's fun, he braced himself to give an apology "everyone no need to be like this, no one is going to die infact I should be apologising to you all for disturbing your practice, on behalf of myself and Qin Yan please forgive me" he pleaded with his voice sincere, bowing at the same level as them, striking at their hearts.
This act of equality from a higher ranked alchemist was very uncommon let alone from a Pill king, it touched their hearts, it made them feel respected, they came to realise that they too may have been too harsh.
"We apologize too Lord Wu, we were wrong" said the disciples who were kneeling with Wu Chen.
"But a crime is a crime and it must be accounted for" said Wu Chen slowly standing up glaring at someone "Liu Yanfei you dare imply Iam stupid? and you Qin Yan you dare to try and take a fellow disciple's life Infront of me? For your punishments you two will be my assistants for the whole year, do you object?" shouted Wu Chen like an adult scolding children. No one objected, being an assistant to a Pill king couldn't be considered a punishment.
"Very good then take me to the inner pavillion" instructed Wu Chen.
The outer and inner pavillions are divided by an invisible barrier at the entrance of a hill, the inner pavillion lies behind a mountain surrounded by mountain peaks and at the very end of it, it's the halls managed by different inner pavillion elders with the pavilon master's hall being the largest.
The disciples in the Inner pavillion were divided into two, the Inner disciples and the authentic disciples, these disciples were those who studied directly under the elders and received more resources as well as the secrets of the pavilion.
With the two leading Wu Chen to the barrier entry, he is amazed because he is already found what he is looking for. With this in mind he ponders on many thoughts 'I can't believe my luck, i have already found people with heavenly flames, obviously untill they release them I won't know what rank they are. But how I'm I going to get Ye Xun, I already have these two fortunately but I will see what develops or maybe I'll ask them later,' Wu Chen reflected on his findings.
While still walking he remembers that the two leading him have an unresolved conflict, he was reminded of Qin Yan's weird behaviour, why was he willing to kill Liu Yanfei.
"You two stop. Qin Yan were you really going to kill her?" Wu Chen asked with an intimidating tone to his voice.
Qin Yan with a sharp intensity to his look replied " yes I was".
Liu Yanfei's heart dropped, her ears couldn't believe it and her eyes had terror lingering in them, was this really Qin Yan.
Wu Chen whom now also had the same sharp intensity to his look asked "Why would you kill your fellow disciple?"
Qin Yan who had always been speaking with a humble voice now spoke from his chest, his look turned to a glare starring down Wu Chen,"Well surely Lord Wu you jest, were you not gonna kill us all yourself?" Qin Yan without a blink in his stare asked Wu Chen.
"Ooh? So you were aware of my killing intent. I am impressed, your senses are very sharp for an alchemist, are you a swordsman?" Chuckled Wu Chen attempting to loosen the tension.
Qin Yan who noticed this gesture returns it "Lord Wu is indeed sharp, yes I was a swordsman before I came to the pavilion a year ago but I would like to thank Lord Wu again for showing us mercy" chuckled Qin Yan with a slight bow .
Liu Yanfei stood there in fear and shock, she could not believe these two would be so casual about harming people, but most shocking to her was Qin Yan, he seemed like he was a different person.
Growing up in the Imperial City they met in their childhood with Qin Yan's family treating a member of her clan. The treatment lasted for a month with liltle Yanfei and Qin Yan playing together the whole time, as teenagers in the city Yanfei naturally admired Qin Yan as he was known for his martial arts even though he was from a family of physicians, this inspired her to follow in her passion for alchemy even if she was from a clan known for martial arts. Though she knew Qin Yan liked her friend Ye Xun, she never thought he would abandon all their history together to the point of even killing her just on a whim.
Her teary eyes let out a waterfall of sorrow, her heart was darkening with sadness, experiencing such a revelation was too much for her, Wu Chen saw her and acted in haste "senior sister Liu Yanfei slap him!!" Shouted Wu Chen while pushing Qin Yan towards her.
Seeing the source of her pain fly toward her she did not hesitate, with a fiery rage she whipped his face before he even landed, upon landing she immediately delivered another charged slap directly under the jaw line, with his head tilted up he bit his tounge and spit out a handful of blood, but the force was too much.
To minimise the damage he could only let the slap send him afloat, his body was floating mid air Infront of the raging Yanfei who did not hesitate once again but this time it was a slap hook, Qin Yan who was mid air got tilted to the right with his legs swinging to the side, the force of the slap blurred his vision and numbed his face, before he knew it he was in the ground with dust surrounding him.
He stood up as quickly as he could but he was still dizzy unable to keep his balance. He wanted to defend himself, to at least block to minimise the damage but he knew if he did Wu Chen would certainly want a proper explanation.
Seeing Qin Yan defenceless, Liu Yanfei got reminded of how she too felt defenseles against fate, seeing the person she loves play ignorant to her feelings and even persuing her friend Infront of her, not being considerate of how she felt not even bothering to be secretive and now he would even try to kill her. A burning fury came from the depths of her darkness.
Wu Chen saw her eyes rage with malice from a deep place, he didn't understand it but he could feel her pain just by seeing her expression, and he could see the spark in her eyes darkening. Qin Yan saw this too and he understood why she was angry Because he knew how she felt.
Without a second's hesitation Liu Yanfei shouted, "release Red Tiger Heavenly Fire"