Chapter 285: Oh No! We Were Set Up By Chu Yuan!

After finishing the distribution, Jiang Lan tossed her two portions of Jörmungandr's Blood to Gu Xiaobei.

Gu Xiaobei, who was originally happy to receive her share of blood, froze after catching the vials Jiang Lan threw to her.

Soon after, Shang Chuan and Riesling also tossed their portions of blood to her.

Since they were all Forest Elves, tossing them to Gu Xiaobei, their Clan Head and inventor, seemed perfectly natural to them.

Of course, that was just how they saw it.

But from Gu Xiaobei's perspective, things were entirely different.

"I was wrong. I was really wrong. I knew I was wrong from the very beginning."

"I never should have turned the Forest Elf's Breath into a cocktail. If I hadn't made it a cocktail, I wouldn't have to shake it. If I didn't have to shake it, I wouldn't get tired no matter how much Forest Elf's Breath I made. So, why did I ever think of using a cocktail as an Evolution Item in the first place?"

Staring blankly at the three liters of Jörmungandr's Blood in her arms, Gu Xiaobei muttered to herself.

Unfortunately, most of the people standing here completely lacked sympathy.

"Speaking of which, the Speaker of the Supreme Council recently asked how much longer it would take for you to finish your batch of Forest Elf's Breath."

Stab!

They say lies are not sharp blades, but the truth is a swift sword.

Chu Yuan's words pierced straight into Gu Xiaobei's chest like a sharp sword.

Indeed, several months had passed by now, and Gu Xiaobei still hadn't finished the Supreme Council's order of Forest Elf's Breath.

And now, she had an extra three liters of ancient blood, enough to produce sixty thousand glasses of Forest Elf's Breath.

"I will... head back first."

Holding the six bottles of blood with both hands, Gu Xiaobei opened her mouth to say something, but ultimately kept quiet. She simply lowered her head and turned away, as if she had made some sort of firm resolution.

However, she walked very slowly, her retreating figure radiating a desolate and bleak aura.

Only after Gu Xiaobei vanished into the Teleportation Array did the others shift their gazes to Chu Yuan.

"That was too cruel."

"A person cannot be like this, or at least they shouldn't."

"Does your conscience not hurt?"

"Sure enough, anyone who can become a council member has a filthy heart."

"Then you all should have stopped me just now, or comforted her. Everyone just stood there frozen in place. What, are you all made of wood?"

Facing their verbal crusade, Chu Yuan remained perfectly calm and even fired back.

"I am out of here. Time to head back and make Evolution Items."

"We definitely reaped a good harvest this time."

"It was worth coming. I am afraid we will be quite busy for a while."

The criticized group simply ignored him. With skin as thick as fortress walls, they all turned and left, denying Chu Yuan any opportunity to say more.

"By the way, High Priestess."

"What is it?"

Just as Vivian was about to leave with the others, Lan Qingyou called out to her.

"The Platinum Dragon King's Blood you obtained in the dungeon, do you have the container it was stored in?"

Lan Qingyou's objective was simple. Since she had obtained the Fire-Seeking Crucible before, Vivian should possess other containers as well.

"I do."

Understanding Lan Qingyou's intentions, Vivian nodded in confirmation, then spread her hands and shrugged.

"However, I used it for my own clan members. And unfortunately, it is not something an Alchemist could use anyway."

"Is that so? Well then... I will send the Star Dragon King's Blood Essence to you once I get back."

"Alright, then you can hold onto the Platinum Dragon King's Blood for now."

Saying this, Vivian tossed it to Lan Qingyou.

"One liter, make sure to check it."

After saying this with a smile, Vivian spread her fleshy bat wings with a sharp snap. Flapping her wings, she flew straight into the Teleportation Array.

"I do not think she had those flesh wings before, did she?"

Chu Yuan asked, staring at the empty Teleportation Array.

"She probably gained some sort of enhancement after fighting the dungeon boss."

Lan Qingyou, who had a bit more right to speak on the matter than the others, voiced her guess.

If she could obtain those magical fluids, the guardian boss and monsters the High Priestess encountered likely offered similar benefits.

The only difference was that she cleared her dungeon thanks to everyone's help, which was why she had to give gifts.

But Vivian and her team fought their own battles, so it was perfectly normal for them not to share their spoils. Lan Qingyou did not mind it at all.

After all, she hadn't contributed anything to their fight.

"Tower, you will probably gather all the witches once you return, right?"

At that moment, Chu Yuan spoke up beside her.

"Do not worry. I will have the witches deliver the Potions required by the Supreme Council on time. But the rest of their time belongs to them. After all, the witches also need to learn and improve; they are not your beasts of burden. Otherwise, only producing low-level Potions all the time is not something your Supreme Council wants to see either, I imagine."

Knowing exactly what this guy was trying to imply, Lan Qingyou directly stated her plans.

"That is fine. The Supreme Council only needs the Potions produced by ten thousand witches and the right to distribute them."

Seeing Lan Qingyou being so 'understanding', Chu Yuan nodded and revealed the Supreme Council's minor schemes to her.

He then took his two bottles of blood and left.

"Witch, the gathering of your Witch Clan is not mandatory, right?"

Once Chu Yuan left, Shang Chuan stepped up.

"No, they can come and go as they please. Witches are a race that highly values freedom."

Lan Qingyou glanced at Shang Chuan, then tilted her head and rolled her eyes.

"The witches working under you are already from The Abandoned Land, so what are you afraid of? Besides, I think it would be fine if you moved your subordinates and those factories over to my territory."

"Your territory... The Witch Habitat?"

Shang Chuan, who fully understood how the Adventurer's Guild operated, naturally knew those were all Lan Qingyou's doing.

Now that she was asking him to relocate his subordinates and factories there, it was obvious she wanted to develop the outskirts of the habitat.

After all, a city couldn't possibly be populated entirely by witches or just a single race.

They still needed other supporting personnel to assist with the witches' daily lives and research.

"How is that possible? I mean the outskirts of the Witch Habitat, and you will have to take charge of constructing the housing."

'Just as I thought.'

'It is exactly as I guessed.'

However, he had always planned to cling to the Witch Clan for support anyway. Moreover, since the two of them were business partners, moving over would definitely bring more benefits than drawbacks.

So, after a brief calculation, Shang Chuan agreed to Lan Qingyou's request, and Lan Qingyou provided him with a set of coordinates.

"Oh no! We were set up by Chu Yuan!"

Just as the two finished their discussion and prepared to leave, Ingrid, the Sun, who had been fiddling with the blood in her hands the entire time, suddenly cried out.

"Huh?"

The remaining people who hadn't left yet all turned their eyes toward her.

"The Door-In-The-Face Technique! Do not tell me none of you realized it? That guy actually had the absolute nerve to use such a dirty trick on us!"

"What?!"

Reminded by Ingrid, the pupils of the remaining few rapidly contracted in shock.