The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron
Chapter 1163 - Chapter 1163 Chapter 1162 Another Dragon Family Demon

Chapter 1163: Chapter 1162: Another Dragon Family Demon? Chapter 1163: Chapter 1162: Another Dragon Family Demon? The Dragon Family Demon escaped its confinement, and its whereabouts remained unknown. Although no catastrophic news came from any region, the uncertainty surrounding such a fiendish figure made it difficult for all parties to feel at peace.

Therefore, finding and exterminating the Dragon Family Demon as quickly as possible became the most pressing matter for the many Alchemy Tao noble families and the Pill Alliance.

And because numerous rumors suggested some connection between Fang Lin and the escape of the Dragon Family Demon, many set their sights on Fang Lin upon his return, all wanting to extract from him the demon’s whereabouts.

Among these people, how many genuinely wished to learn of the Dragon Family Demon’s news and how many sought to take the opportunity to target Fang Lin was difficult to say. Everyone knew that such rumors were unreliable, yet they spread far and wide — even a fool could tell that someone was fanning the flames behind the scenes.

Elder Tiankui’s actions were swift, directly informing the high echelons of the Pill Alliance that during He Gushan’s tenure controlling the North Town Hall, he had made no achievements. Now, with Fang Lin’s return, the position of North Town Hall Master should revert to Fang Lin.

This was not a suggestion to the high ranks of the Pill Alliance but an outright declaration of an outcome.

Elder Tiankui made a very firm stance clear — the position of North Town Hall Master had to be Fang Lin’s; otherwise, it would mean crossing Elder Tiankui.

Although there were quite a few people among the Pill Alliance’s upper echelons who wanted to object, none succeeded in the end. Apart from a visit to Tiankui Pavilion, Fang Lin smoothly reclaimed his position.

As for the rumors circulating outside, which were highly unfavorable to himself, Fang Lin was also aware of them. He knew these were deliberate slanders spread by those intending to target him.

In response, Fang Lin offered no rebuttal; Elder Tiankui had already told him there was no need for any, the Pill Alliance wouldn’t take any action against him, and to rest assured while remaining in the North Town Hall.

Thus, Fang Lin did not dwell on it further and focused his main efforts on managing the North Town Hall.

Fang Lin was unaware that Elder Tiankui was making major moves this time.

On several occasions during the Pill Alliance meetings, Elder Tiankui himself appeared, berating those high-ranking members who sought to interrogate Fang Lin, even going so far as to strip the cultivation of two individuals on the spot.

Such behavior left many high-ranking members in disbelief; Elder Tiankui had never done anything like this at a meeting. The worst he had ever done was to slap a few high-ranking individuals.

Other Elders also made consecutive appearances, fearing that Elder Tiankui would strip the cultivation of more high-ranking people. With the intervention of the other Elders, Elder Tiankui finally tempered his actions somewhat.

Elder Tiankui was so harsh to signal to everyone that anyone daring to touch Fang Lin would need to weigh their own capabilities against offending Elder Tiankui.

Regarding the rumors linking Fang Lin to the Dragon Family Demon, Elder Tiankui reiterated to everyone that Fang Lin had no connection whatsoever with the Dragon Family Demon. Anyone daring to spread such baseless rumors would be directly expelled from the Pill Alliance without discussion.

Similarly, Elder Tianhong and Elder Tianjun stood out as well, voicing their agreement with Elder Tiankui’s stance; if anyone continued to recklessly spread rumors, no matter who they were, they would be expelled from the Pill Alliance.

Under such pressure, the rumors substantially diminished.

Only a few Alchemy Tao noble families, like the Ling Family, still clamored that Fang Lin was related to the Dragon Family Demon and demanded that he disclose the demon’s whereabouts.

However, it was clear that the rumors and whisperings targeting Fang Lin lost their potency due to the joint declaration of the three Elders, and nobody dared provoke them at this juncture.

But no sooner had things settled for long than a sect catastrophe occurred within one of the Middle Three Kingdoms.

After the incident, almost everyone believed it to be the work of the Dragon Family Demon, as a lot of Demonic Qi was left at the scene.

In today’s world, apart from that Devil Dragon in the Air of the Long Family, who else possesses Demonic Qi?

When Fang Lin heard this news, he too was somewhat puzzled, it definitely wasn’t the work of Long Jiankong, for Long Jiankong had already been turned into a puppet by the Old Dried Corpse, and was currently inside Fang Lin’s Nine Palace Bag, unless directed by Fang Lin, the Dragon Family Demon couldn’t possibly do anything.

Several days later, an alchemy family that had just risen was attacked, nearly all the family members were killed, with only a few who were out and not at home surviving by a fluke.

With this massacre reoccurring, Demonic Qi was also found at the scene, causing more and more people to believe it was the doing of the Dragon Family Demon.

Suddenly, the Nine Countries were overcome with panic, especially the alchemy families, each living in the shadow of fear.

Even the Long Family was summoning back many family members who were abroad, and even woke up an ancient ancestor who had been in deep slumber for a long time, to have him stationed within the ancestral home, fearing that Long Zhiming might return for vengeance.

Massacres happened one after another, with nearly each one resulting in the destruction of a family. Strangely, though, these incidents only occurred within the Middle Three Kingdoms and the Lower Three Kingdoms, as well as some of the smaller alchemy families.

In the territory of the Upper Three Countries, it was peaceful, nothing of the sort happened, and those more powerful alchemy families were also undisturbed.

Could it be that the Dragon Family Demon harbored fear and did not dare to provoke these stronger forces?

That didn’t seem quite right either. The Dragon Family Demon of the old days feared neither heaven nor earth, and several of the most formidable alchemy families had suffered greatly from its evil.

Therefore, some speculated that the Dragon Family Demon might not be as powerful as in the past, and thus was acting more cautiously.

But such speculation was quickly overturned.

Within the territory of the Upper Three Countries, there was yet another violent act by the Dragon Family Demon, a family was severely damaged, many of its strongest members falling.

And according to the survivors of that family, the one who had suddenly attacked was indeed the Dragon Family Demon, Long Jiankong.

With this, no one doubted anymore, all saying that the Dragon Family Demon had begun its slaughter.

Only Fang Lin was clear that the person committing crimes everywhere definitely wasn’t Long Jiankong, that was absolutely impossible, unless there were two Dragon Family Demons in the world.

This was clearly not possible, so there was only one conclusion, someone was impersonating the Dragon Family Demon to commit crimes all over the place, attempting to frame Long Jiankong.

Fang Lin didn’t know who was doing this, but in any case, if things continued to develop this way, he was afraid he was going to be targeted by some people again.

Within the Pill Alliance, someone proposed interrogating Fang Lin, and the one who proposed it was actually the Hall Master of the Inspection Hall.

The Inspection Hall Master has extremely high authority within the Pill Alliance, and can conduct investigations, interrogations, and issue punishments, even towards the higher-ups of the Pill Alliance.

However, normally the Inspection Hall Master hardly ever steps forward to speak or reveal any stance.

But this time, the usually low-profile Inspection Hall Master said he wanted to interrogate Fang Lin, causing quite a stir within the Pill Alliance.

Everyone knew that Elder Tiankui had already made it clear that Fang Lin had nothing to do with disassociating from the Dragon Family Demon, but the Inspection Hall Master trying to interrogate Fang Lin at this time was blatantly questioning Elder Tiankui as well.