Sensing the fluctuations in the man's aura, it seemed that he had a hidden ailment within him, and even the true acupoints that had been formed were showing signs of dissipation.

At this moment, Qin Xin's heart was filled with mixed feelings.

"Mowen, look who's back," Shangguan Lingyan said to the burly man squatting on the ground fanning the fire in front of her.

"Even if anyone comes back, they'll have to wait a while. The medicine is almost ready; Yuanbao and I are counting on it." Mo Wen's somewhat muffled voice came out, seemingly due to an internal injury, and he coughed occasionally.

“Mowen, I’m back.”

Qin Xin said softly.

"Boss!"

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Mo Wen turned around abruptly. He almost dropped the medicine jar, losing his grip on the palm-leaf fan. A smile that looked more like a grimace spread across his rugged face.

"Your injury..."

Qin Xin used his spiritual sense to feel that the aura of the Mo Wen was very unstable. The true aperture that had been condensed in his dantian was on the verge of collapsing. He was also somewhat shocked because the person who made the move was too vicious. Once the true aperture was broken, the powerful true energy would directly break through the dantian. This was a kind of slow death, and he would have to endure a long period of torment before he died.

"Boss, it's nothing. I just accidentally got this on a mission," Mo Wen said, bowing his head.

"You're still planning to keep this from me, aren't you?" Qin Xin said with a slightly grim expression.

“Mowen, I’ve already spoken to the boss,” Shangguan Lingyan said from the side.

“Ling Yan, Yuan Bao said to keep this a secret from the boss, you…” Mo Wen was a little angry, but Qin Xin already knew, so there was no need to hide it anymore. “Boss, let’s just let this go. Heng Hua now has a third-grade alchemist backing him up. We can’t beat them.”

“Who says we can’t beat them? Our leader is a third-grade alchemist now.” Shangguan Lingyan said somewhat resentfully when she heard Mo Wen complaining about her.

"A third-grade alchemist? Boss, is that true?!"

Mo Wen's eyes widened in surprise as he asked.

"Um!"

Qin Xin nodded slightly and took out his badge as a third-grade alchemist.

As Mo Wen stared at the ancient alchemy furnace pattern on the badge, and the three shimmering silver ripples above it, his mouth gaped open, almost dislocating his shoulder.

"Haha, the boss is a third-grade alchemist, that's great!"

Mo Wen was so happy that he became somewhat incoherent.

"What's the name of the third-grade alchemist behind Heng Hua?"

Qin Xin already had a general idea of ​​who the third-grade alchemist was, but he still wanted to confirm it.

"It seems to be someone named Kong Bai from the inner courtyard," Mo Wen said after thinking for a moment.

"Kong Bai!"

Qin Xin had guessed who this person was in his heart, but when he heard it from Mo Wen's mouth, the anger in his heart was hard to suppress. With his true energy surging rapidly, a scorching aura spread outward from Qin Xin's body.

“Boss…”

Hearing Mowen's somewhat pained reminder, Qin Xin finally came to his senses and hurriedly withdrew the burst of true energy. "Mowen, take off your shirt."

Hearing Qin Xin's words, Mo Wen was somewhat puzzled, but he still obediently did as he was told, his bronze skin directly exposed to the air.

Seeing this, Qin Xin waved his hand, gathering his true energy at his fingertips.

"Circulate the true energy I infused throughout the body."

After placing his fingertip on the back of the creature with the inscription, Qin Xin spoke softly.

Mo Wen didn't speak, his expression showing some pain, seemingly because Qin Xin had transferred his true energy into him.

A moment later, Mo Wen's face suddenly turned red, and he spat out a mouthful of black blood. He then sat down on the ground, feeling weak, with a very steady breathing, as if the hidden ailment in his body had been cured.

"Your acupoints were a bit blocked due to the injury. I have cleared the blockage for you. After circulating them a few more times and getting more rest, they will recover."

After Qin Xin withdrew the true energy from his fingertips, he spoke softly.

He then tossed some healing pills and a Qi Condensation Pill to Mo Wen, who caught them with his outstretched hand.

Upon seeing the Condensing Aperture Pill in his hand, the Mowen man revealed a somewhat simple-minded smile, but he made no excuses, knowing that Qin Xin was a third-grade alchemist and naturally had no shortage of such pills.

"Where's the gold ingot?"

After treating the hidden injuries on Mo Wen's body, Qin Xin asked the two people beside him.

“Inside the house, his tendons in his hands and feet have been severed, and he can’t get out of bed for the time being.”

As Mo Wen spoke, a hint of sadness appeared on his face. "Those bastards from the Sword Clan deserve to die! They actually used such a heavy hand!"

"Those bastards must have been after the Heart-Nourishing Pill; otherwise, they probably wouldn't have spared Yuanbao's life!"

The sadness in Shangguan Lingyan's eyes as she spoke touched Qin Xin.

"A heart-nourishing pill?"

Qin Xin also knew the recipe for the Heart-Nourishing Pill and gave it to Jin Yuanbao, but he never expected that because of this recipe...

For a moment, she felt a pang of self-reproach. After pushing open a door in the courtyard, she looked at the somewhat thin and pale-faced man lying on the bed. Compared to his once round face, he now looked like a completely different person.

Jin Yuanbao, who was lying on the bed, seemed to hear the door being pushed open. He tried to get up, but he couldn't control his body and could only lie helplessly on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, as if he had lost his soul.

"Yuanbao, the boss is back."

Shangguan Lingyan walked gently to the bedside and tenderly helped Jin Yuanbao sit up.

"Boss!"

Upon hearing Shangguan Lingyan's words, Jin Yuanbao's somewhat vacant eyes snapped back to reality, and a smile immediately appeared on his pale face.

“We’ve already spoken to the boss about your matter, and we’ll make them pay the price,” Mo Wen said in a deep voice.

"Didn't we say not to tell the boss? The third-grade alchemist behind Heng Hua is not someone to be trifled with. But unfortunately, he still managed to steal the recipe for the Heart Nourishing Pill. Sigh."

Jin Yuanbao leaned against Shangguan Lingyan's shoulder and sighed.

"Don't worry, our boss is now a third-grade alchemist."

Shangguan Lingyan gently patted Jin Yuanbao and said comfortingly.

"Boss, is it true?"

Jin Yuanbao stared at Qin Xin as if confirming something, and his joy deepened when the latter nodded.

"Let's forget about it. I heard that the master behind that third-grade alchemist has a very high status in the inner courtyard. His family is the Kong clan..."

Jin Yuanbao suddenly stopped speaking, as if he knew Kong Bai's family very well.

"It's alright, I also want to know where Kong Bai came from."

Qin Xin gently placed his palm on Jin Yuanbao's dantian, carefully controlling his true qi to help him repair his damaged meridians.

"This is not a secret place. Kong Bai and I are both from the Yan Dynasty. Apart from the royal family, the Jin Clan and the Kong Clan are the most powerful in the Yan Dynasty. The Kong Clan controls the Yan Dynasty's army, while the Jin Clan controls the Yan Dynasty's trade. The two families seem to be on good terms, but there are constant internal conflicts. This is also a means for the Yan Dynasty's royal family to maintain its royal power."

"Although Kong Bai and I come from two major families in the Yan Dynasty, our statuses are vastly different. He is the heir of the Kong family, while I am just the son of the Jin family patriarch and his maid after he got drunk..."

"illegitimate child……".

Qin Xin was somewhat surprised, of course, by Jin Yuanbao's background.