"Xue'er, the guild master doesn't agree to expel Feng Yuqin," Elder Chen said with a gloomy face. "Since the guild master won't handle this, we'll take matters into our own hands."
"You're right, Elder Chen. I called everyone here today to discuss something with you," Elder Lin said, looking around at the people present.
There were nearly twenty people in total.
Apart from several members of the Elder Council, there were also some alchemists from the guild, including Qi Ruyi.
They all relied on these elders.
So when Elder Lin summoned them, they didn't dare to delay and rushed over immediately.
"I wonder if Elder Lin has come up with any good ideas?" Qi Ruyi asked, looking at Elder Lin.
She had a grudge against Feng Yuqin, so she was more than willing to do anything that would make Feng Yuqin suffer.
Elder Lin said, "I gathered from the guild master's words today that he might be counting on Feng Yuqin. In that case, we'll cause trouble for Feng Yuqin and prevent her from participating in the competition. So what do you think would be a suitable way to do this?"
"Dad, why go to so much trouble? Just expel Feng Yuqin," Lin Sixue said impatiently. "You elders have the power in the guild. It should be no problem to expel a guest elder, right?"
Elder Lin glanced at Lin Sixue, not expecting her to say such a thing directly.
Lin Sixue had always been kind - hearted, the epitome of a white lotus.
But after being so publicly humiliated by Feng Yuqin.
She had never suffered such humiliation in the guild before.
So now all she could think about was how to teach Feng Yuqin a lesson.
Otherwise, how could she ever show her face in the guild again?
So when she heard that the members of the Elder Council wanted to deal with Feng Yuqin, she couldn't wait.
"Xue'er, it's not appropriate to expel Feng Yuqin without a proper reason," Elder Lin said earnestly. "Feng Yuqin is protected by the guild master, so we have to think of other ways."
Just as Lin Sixue was about to speak, Elder Lin gave her a warning look. She immediately realized that her eagerness was showing.
So after a moment's hesitation, she resumed her white - lotus act and said, "You're right. Feng Yuqin has the guild master as her backer. How can we compare with someone with such a powerful backer?"
It had to be said that after Lin Sixue said this, several elders present took it to heart.
The most obvious were Elder Chen and Qi Ruyi.
These two had great ambitions for power.
"Xue'er, you're boosting others' morale and dampening our own," Qi Ruyi said.
Elder Chen also nodded and said, "Combined, our forces should be able to deal with one Feng Yuqin, shouldn't they?"
Seeing that everyone was so enthusiastic, a look of satisfaction flashed across Elder Lin's eyes. He smiled and said, "If you really want to deal with Feng Yuqin, I do have a plan."
"What's the plan?" Qi Ruyi asked.
The other elders also stared at Elder Lin, waiting for him to reveal his plan.
Their current situation had turned into a showdown with Song Jianming.
"Didn't the guild master say that Feng Yuqin could participate in the competition on her own? But for the competition at the main guild, if you want to sign up, you need at least five people, and all of them must be from the guild. Their alchemy strength must be at least level four, or the quality of their pills must reach 50%.", Elder Lin said.
Elder Chen continued, "That's right. There are basically no alchemists in our guild who can produce pills of 50% quality, and most of the level - four alchemists have some connection with us. As long as we take action, Feng Yuqin won't be able to gather five level - four alchemists."
"We'll have to offer them a good enough bribe if we want them to agree. Otherwise, it won't be good if the matter gets to the guild master before we've even achieved our goal," Elder Zhao said.
Elder Lin nodded and said, "That's for sure. We can't give them a chance to form another team, so this has to be done at least after the competition."
"What should we use as a bribe?" Elder Chen asked.
Everyone else looked at Elder Lin. Even his daughter was looking at him expectantly, waiting for his answer.
Elder Lin said, "I can try to refine level - seven pills."
Elder Lin was the most powerful alchemist on the Elder Council.
The others were all level - six alchemists.
When they heard that Elder Lin was going to refine level - seven pills, their eyes lit up.
"Will we get a share too?" Qi Ruyi asked excitedly.
"The medicinal herbs are not enough," Elder Lin thought it was already good that he was going to refine the pills. There was no way he would provide the medicinal herbs.
The faces of Elder Chen and the others changed slightly.
But thinking about the level - seven pills, they hesitated for a moment and all said that they could figure out a way to get the medicinal herbs.
Elder Lin was very satisfied to see that they had taken the initiative to handle the matter of the medicinal herbs.
...
"Master, I heard some news from the Elder Council," Xiaojin said to Feng Yuqin, who was refining pills in the space.
"Your spiritual sense is really something. You can eavesdrop from so far away without being detected," Feng Yuqin said, not expecting Xiaojin to eavesdrop on the conversation of the people on the Elder Council.
Xiaojin giggled, "My combat power may not be as good as Xiaoying's, but my spiritual sense is pretty good."
Feng Yuqin chuckled and asked, "Judging from how happy you look, you must have heard about the people on the Elder Council plotting against me."
"Master, you're really amazing. You guessed it right," Xiaojin said excitedly.
"Did you hear how they plan to deal with me?" Feng Yuqin asked.
"Lin Sixue's father, Elder Lin, is going to refine level - seven pills and then bribe the other alchemists in the guild so that they won't form a team with you to participate in the competition at the main guild," Xiaojin said, finding it quite funny.
If they knew that the master had no intention of looking for those level - four or level - five alchemists in the guild, how depressed would they be?
"It's a normal thing to do. After all, they don't want me to participate. In their view, my backer is the guild master, so they're guarding against the guild master helping me pick people to form a team with me," Feng Yuqin said calmly.
"Aren't you worried that Sun Jian and Ke Ruxia will be bribed?" Xiaojin asked curiously.
"They won't," Feng Yuqin said.
"Are you so sure?" Xiaojin asked.
"I'm a good judge of character," Feng Yuqin said. "Besides, you've forgotten that the people on the Elder Council are very dissatisfied with Ke Ruxia and the others. They're so self - important that they look down on the alchemy strength of Ke Ruxia and Sun Jian."
After all, these two were only level - four alchemists. The minimum requirement for the main guild's competition was level - five alchemists or those who could produce pills of 50% quality. So the people on the Elder Council were targeting the alchemists above level five.
"Are you really confident that Ke Ruxia and the others can produce pills of 50% quality or raise their alchemy strength to level five?" Xiaojin asked.
After all, level five was the minimum requirement for signing up.