The Female CEO's Personal Bodyguard

Chapter 2547: Sparring is the priority, friendship comes first? Bah!
In the magnificent banquet hall, everyone exchanged pleasantries and took their seats.

Lin Chen is merely a retainer of the Wei family. Even though he will play a very important role in this incident, he is still just a retainer.

Wei Deyuan, Wei Mingxuan, and other prominent figures of the Wei family, along with Yuwen Difei and others, sat at the head table. Lin Chen was seated at the second table, accompanied by members of the Yuwen family, but his status was clearly much lower.

The host arranges for the appropriate level of personnel to receive guests of different levels, making everything perfectly clear.

Lin Chen sat down at the table, drank wine and ate meat, and didn't say much.

Suddenly, a sharp gaze fell from behind and landed on Lin Chen.

Lin Chen turned around as if sensing something, and saw an old man with white hair looking down at him with a hint of hostility in his eyes.

Lin Chen turned around and looked at Yuwen Feng, who was sitting at the table with guests: "Who is this? Why is he staring at me?"

Yuwen Feng explained somewhat awkwardly, "Yuwen Zhao, a high-level alchemist."

The alchemist of the Yuwen family?
Lin Chen suddenly realized: "He represents the Yuwen family?"

Yu Wenfeng nodded: "Yes."

This was something we all agreed upon, so it's not exactly a secret and there's nothing to hide.

"That's no wonder."

Lin Chen nodded, said nothing more, and turned back to continue eating.

Seeing Lin Chen's calm expression, Yuwen Feng became somewhat curious: "I heard that Fellow Daoist Chen only recently joined the Wei family?"

Lin Chen answered frankly, "Yes."

Yuwen Feng flattered, "Fellow Daoist Chen has only been in the Wei family for a short time, yet he is already so highly regarded by the family head. His rise to prominence is just around the corner."

Lin Chen said a few words of modesty and then continued to eat his food. Seeing this, Yuwen Feng didn't press further.

Halfway through the meal, someone came to Lin Chen's ear and whispered, "The patriarch has ordered you to have a match with the opposing alchemist. Please come with me."

Lin Chen was prepared. He put down his chopsticks, smiled apologetically at everyone, and got up to leave.

The eyes of everyone at the first table fell on Lin Chen, and Lin Chen's heart couldn't help but beat faster.

Because Wei Deyuan was staring directly at him. Lin Chen calmly walked to the first table, ignoring all the gazes directed at him, and said in a deep voice, "Patriarch!"

Wei Mingxuan smiled and said, "Yuwen Zhao of the Yuwen family has extremely high talent in alchemy. You are an outstanding alchemist in my Wei family with unlimited potential. Take this opportunity to learn from him... Well, don't worry about winning or losing. Let's focus on the exchange and friendship first."

Friendship first?

Lin Chen sneered inwardly, but outwardly remained extremely respectful: "Yes, Patriarch."

He then bowed to Yuwen Zhao, who had walked up to him, and said, "Fellow Daoist Yuwen, please give me your guidance."

Yuwen Zhao was considered a senior member of the Yuwen family, having been immersed in alchemy for countless years. Now, seeing his opponent as such a young boy, he couldn't help but feel contempt.

"Of course, of course. Fellow Daoist Chen is so young, yet he has managed to stand out in the Wei family and represent the Wei family. He must be exceptionally capable..."

Yuwen Zhao's words clearly showed his arrogance and even a subtle mockery of the Wei family for having no one to rely on.

They had naturally learned about Lin Chen's background beforehand. He was just a talented but unappreciated rogue cultivator who was exiled to the Bitter Sea. He was recommended by Sang Daoqing, the head of the Wei family in the Bitter Sea, and thus entered the Wei family, where he rose to prominence.

For this reason, Yuwen Zhao did not take Lin Chen seriously, and he did not believe that Lin Chen could defeat him.

They felt that the Wei family had no hope of victory, so they didn't send Qin Cheng, the manager of the Alchemist Garden, but instead sent this young alchemist who had just started learning. Wouldn't that give them a reason to lose?

He has good talent, but he is still young. If he loses, we can give him a chance to learn. Wouldn't that make everyone feel better?
Didn't you see that Wei Mingxuan just told him to ask him for advice?
So-called "exchange of skills is the main focus, friendship comes first"? Pshaw! If there's a chance to win, wouldn't you want to win?
Twenty percent of the Heavenly Secret Divine Water is no small amount!

Facing the arrogant Yuwen Zhao, Lin Chen was not angry. He calmly cupped his hands and said, "My alchemy skills are limited and not outstanding in the Wei family. I cannot represent the Wei family. It is only because the family head favors me and wants me to broaden my horizons that he has given me this learning opportunity, hoping that I can improve through sparring."

Yuwen Zhao was taken aback for a moment, and for a moment he couldn't continue to be arrogant and pretentious.

To show off, you need an opponent, you need a reaction!

Before you can even put on a show, the other party has already backed down. How can you keep up the act like this?
The Yuwen family and the Wei family have a good relationship. If I continue to be aggressive, it will make me look like I'm abusing my power and disrespecting others.

Yuwen Zhao ignored Lin Chen and turned to ask, "Patriarch Wei, how shall we proceed with the competition?"

Wei Mingxuan was prepared and said with a smile, "How about this, we each take out a pill formula and hand it over to the other's alchemist to comprehend and practice. We have a five-day limit. Whoever comprehends it first and refines the finished product first wins. If we both succeed, then the one with the higher quality wins. How about that?"

(End of this chapter)