Feng Yuqin didn't answer. Instead, she looked at Elder Lin and asked, "I heard you brought those two here and tried to force them to join your Elder Council?"
"I didn't force them," Elder Lin said. "I'm the most powerful alchemist in the Elder Council. If they want to improve their alchemy skills, it's certainly more appropriate for them to join our council and be personally guided by me."
But Elder Lin now understood that this was no longer possible.
Because Feng Yuqin had actually called that man cousin, which meant these two were Feng Yuqin's people.
The fact that Feng Yuqin's people could refine pills of 50% quality shocked him greatly.
Elder Lin still didn't believe that Feng Yuqin could really refine pills of 100% quality.
But he was willing to believe that Yan Xiao and the other could refine pills of 50% quality.
"I'll trouble Elder Lin no more regarding my people," Feng Yuqin said, then swaggered out with Yan Xiao and the other.
Just as Feng Yuqin left, Lin Sixue could move her hands.
"Dad..." Lin Sixue called out. "Are we just letting them go?"
"What else?" Elder Lin said with a gloomy face. "As soon as Feng Yuqin came, she controlled you, giving the Elder Council a warning. She's here to declare war."
"Wh...what do you mean?" Lin Sixue was a bit confused.
Elder Lin didn't have time to explain to Lin Sixue. He immediately arranged for someone to call the other elders over.
In a short while, the people of the Elder Council gathered again.
Elder Lin briefly recounted what had happened before.
"Elder Lin, do you think Feng Yuqin just wants to tell us that she can't be easily provoked?" Qi Ruyi asked with a frown.
"Judging from her performance, I think this is very likely," Elder Lin said.
"Elder Lin, aren't you overestimating Feng Yuqin?" Elder Chen said dissatisfiedly. "Feng Yuqin is only in her teens. You're not saying this on purpose just because you want to recruit those two newbies to the guild, are you?"
Elder Lin's face darkened. He glared angrily at Elder Chen and asked, "Do you think I would lie about such a thing?"
Everyone was taken aback. Looking at Elder Lin's expression, it didn't seem like he was lying.
If the situation was really as Elder Lin described, then this Feng Yuqin was indeed quite extraordinary.
"So what do you think we should do, President?" Elder Zhao asked.
"What do you think these two came to the guild for suddenly?" Elder Lin looked at them and asked.
Hearing this, everyone began to think. After a moment, Elder Zhao said, "Our current situation is about preparing for the competition. Elder Lin, do you think Feng Yuqin might be targeting the competition?"
Elder Lin nodded. "You should remember what the president said when we went to see him before, right?"
"The president said that Feng Yuqin didn't need to team up with us," Elder Zhao said, then immediately understood.
"Yes. Now, have you noticed that Feng Yuqin has already gathered a team of five?" Elder Lin said, breaking out in a cold sweat on his back.
The others were also stunned when they heard this.
Lin Sixue was the first to react. "It's impossible. Sun Jian promised me that he would consider joining us and not team up with Feng Yuqin."
"Xue'er, you also said 'consider', and they haven't replied to you yet, right?" Elder Lin looked at Lin Sixue and asked.
"But my people have been monitoring them. I found that they've been refining pills in their room and haven't come out at all, so I couldn't confirm whether they've made a decision or not," Lin Sixue said. "But Dad, your alchemy skills are the best in the Elder Council. As long as they're not stupid, they'll agree, right?"
Elder Lin shook his head. "Things can't be that simple. I think Feng Yuqin has big plans. She's going to take her people to participate in the competition."
"No, we can't let her participate in the competition," Qi Ruyi had returned to the Qi family today. Qi Feihong had personally told her that Feng Yuqin had refined the pills by herself during the assessment and that they were of 100% quality.
She didn't believe it at first, but after the incident at the inn had caused such a stir and she sent someone to inquire, she found that Feng Yuqin's alchemy ability was very strong.
This made her extremely angry, but she couldn't say it.
She was worried that if she told Elder Lin and the others, they wouldn't go against Feng Yuqin.
"Elder Qi is right. This is no longer just about our grudge with Feng Yuqin. It's a game between us and the president. We can't lose," Elder Chen said firmly. "We must find a way to stop Feng Yuqin from participating in the competition."
"I agree with Elder Chen's proposal," Qi Ruyi immediately stood up and said.
"I also agree with Elder Chen's proposal," Lin Sixue said eagerly.
Soon, several members of the Elder Council stood up to support Elder Chen's proposal.
"Now, it's possible that Sun Jian is deliberately stalling Xue'er. And two more people showed up today. Feng Yuqin now has a team of five. Our options are limited. I wonder what kind of solution you can accept," Elder Lin said. "Give her a lesson or get rid of her directly?"
"Get rid of her directly," Elder Chen said.
A look of satisfaction flashed across Qi Ruyi's eyes. She said, "Elder Lin, we've already fallen out with Feng Yuqin. And with the president backing her up, minor skirmishes may not have any effect on Feng Yuqin. So what we have to do is to cut the grass and root it out, so as to avoid future trouble."
"The president is on Feng Yuqin's side. If we get rid of Feng Yuqin directly, once a person is dead, the president won't do much to us even if he's very angry. After all, the guild still needs alchemists," Elder Zhao's words also meant that he supported getting rid of Feng Yuqin.
Everyone reached an agreement, and of course, they were thinking about how to get rid of Feng Yuqin.
"I suggest that each of us send people to surround and suppress Feng Yuqin," Elder Chen said.
"Right here in the guild?" Elder Lin frowned. "This will easily alert the president."
"We'll be careful. The president can't watch over Feng Yuqin all the time. As long as we don't make too much noise, the president won't notice," Qi Ruyi said. "Our Qi family has someone good at sound - canceling formations. I can mobilize that person here."
They all knew about the formation master from the Qi family.
So when Qi Ruyi said this, the elders all agreed.
"Since that's the case, let's act tonight," Elder Lin said.
Seeing that everyone was so enthusiastic about getting rid of Feng Yuqin, Lin Sixue was extremely excited.
That bitch Feng Yuqin was finally going to die.
...
At the same time, Xiaojin told Feng Yuqin what was going on here.
Feng Yuqin then told Yan Xiao and Su Bing.
"What kind of guild elders are these? They actually dare to ignore the guild's rules and kill people openly in the guild," Yan Xiao said angrily.
Su Bing's expression also turned cold. "If they dare to come, we'll make them come and never return."
Yan Xiao nodded. "Su Bing, let's go prepare. We'll make sure the people sent by the Elder Council never leave."