An alchemy furnace fell from the sky

"You recognize me?"

Niu Ba's expression kept changing, but finally calmed down.

Niu Zhuang was quite surprised to see Niu Ba's expression. He knew that his father hated hearing the word "steward" the most. There wasn't even a steward in the mansion, and he had to approve everything, big or small.

"I've seen him before! Butler Niu wasn't nearly as successful back then!"

Xu Fu kept calling Niu the "butler," as if he was intentionally trying to expose Niu Ba's past.

"I'm so sorry! I'm getting old and my eyesight is failing, so I can't recognize you. But since we're old acquaintances, please come to the front hall for a cup of tea!"

Niu Ba made a gesture of invitation, and then walked ahead with a limp.

Niu Zhuang and Xiao Wang were stunned by this scene. When did this guy become so easy to talk to?

Only Old Wang, his face ashen, swallowed hard as he watched the two figures disappear into the distance.

Xu Fu followed Niu Ba to the front hall, while the two women told Xu Fu to stay in the kitchen for some snacks.

With Shi Jiu'an around, Xu Fu was not worried about the two women being in any danger. Similarly, the two women believed that Xu Fu's easy departure must have had its reasons.

Upon arriving at the front hall, Xu Fu sat down, and Niu Ba politely chatted about various things. Before long, a cup of hot tea was served.

Accompanying the maid was a burly middle-aged man.

The man had a dark complexion and was short and stocky; even the hunchbacked Niu Ba was half a head taller than him.

"The immortal master has arrived?"

However, as soon as this person arrived, Niu Ba immediately stood up to greet him, his expression very respectful.

Xu Fu merely glanced at it before continuing to drink his tea, without even moving his buttocks.

"Don't worry, he's not a cultivator!"

The man opened his hand, revealing an unpolished white crystal.

"The Miracle Stone!"

Xu Fu recognized it at a glance.

This gemstone is extremely sensitive to spiritual energy and can be used to create magical artifacts that can be used to test their quality. Xu Fu had seen it at Yi Bao Hang, and it wasn't cheap.

How do you know him?

The dark-faced man narrowed his eyes when he heard Xu Fu immediately identify the treasure in his possession, and then sat down opposite Xu Fu.

“I went to Yi Bao Hang once with an older sister before, and they sell it there,” Xu Fu said calmly.

"I see!"

The dark-faced man sneered, assuming Xu Fu was a good-for-nothing who lived off a woman, and then nodded to Niu Ba.

"Xu Fu! You dare to come back?"

Niu Ba, who had been smiling the whole time, suddenly changed his expression, his teeth clenched as if he wanted to tear Xu Fu to pieces.

"You recognized me after all," Xu Fu said with a smile.

"Of course! Even if you turn to ashes, I'll still recognize you!"

Niu Ba's face turned bright red, and his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.

"It must have been really tough on you to endure it for so long."

Xu Fu paid no attention to Niu Ba's anger, but instead admired Niu Ba's forbearance.

"Don't think you can escape like last time. This day next year will be your death anniversary! I will grind you to dust!"

Niu Ba's expression had become somewhat ferocious.

"Just him?"

Xu Fu glanced at the dark-faced, burly man, but remained unmoved.

"How could a mortal like you possibly know the methods of a celestial master?"

After Niu Ba finished speaking, he turned to look at the burly man with the dark face.

"Please, Immortal Master, break his arms and legs! I want to finish him off myself!"

Niu Ba's tone was sinister, yet it also carried a sense of exhilaration at finally getting revenge.

"You really have a short memory of how you forget the pain once the wound has healed!" Xu Fu said with a smile.

He followed so easily because he guessed that Niu Ba had recognized him.

Unexpectedly, this idiot had considered things quite thoroughly, sending someone to test his abilities first to confirm he wasn't a cultivator before revealing his "fangs" beneath the mask.

If his spiritual power hadn't been sealed, this "beef skinner" would probably still have treated him as an honored guest.

"Let's see how long you can be so arrogant."

Niu Ba was convinced that Xu Fu was just bluffing; this "immortal master" was someone he had hired at great expense, all for this very day!

Xu Fu broke more than a dozen bones in his body, and it took him more than half a year to recover before he could walk again. Even when he could walk, he was not as agile as before, and the broken bones would hurt like they were being cut by a knife if he exerted any force.

Every time Niu Ba felt this excruciating pain, he would think of the person who had caused him this suffering.

The moment he saw Xu Fu's face clearly, he recognized him. Even though Xu Fu had changed a lot, Niu Ba was still very certain that he had finally waited for him.

Today is the day he gets his revenge.

"Snapped!"

A sharp sound, like a slap to Niu Ba's face, snapped him out of his ecstatic joy at revenge.

Niu Ba stared blankly at the scene before him, feeling as if he were dreaming, or rather, a despairing nightmare!

The "immortal master" he had gone to great lengths to invite was actually blocked by Xu Fu.

The "Immortal Master" can kill a bull with a single punch!

How could it be blocked so easily?

"Don't hold back! Kill him!"

Niu Ba only acted as the "immortal master" because he was worried that he would kill Xu Fu with one punch, so he didn't use his full strength.

Seeing Xu Fu's relaxed appearance, Niu Ba suddenly felt extremely uneasy. He dared not make any more requests and only hoped that the "Immortal Master" would kill Xu Fu as soon as possible.

As for revenge, we'll wait until we kill Xu Fu before we whip his corpse!

But the "immortal master" seemed not to hear Niu Ba's shout, and did not withdraw his hand. His expression slowly changed from solemn to terrified.

"Impossible! Impossible!" the dark-faced man shouted.

Xu Fu smiled, said nothing, and applied slight pressure with his hand, causing the man to squat down in pain.

"You're clearly not a cultivator, how could you..."

"There are mountains beyond mountains, and heavens beyond heavens. What do you, a low-grade body cultivator, know?" Xu Fu sneered.

He sensed from the moment the two exchanged blows that this dark-faced man was at most a third-grade body cultivator. How dare someone with such a cultivation level ask others to call him a "celestial master"?

"Immortal Master, spare me! Immortal Master, spare me!"

As Xu Fu increased the force in his hand, the dark-faced man began to beg for mercy.

"Bully the weak and fear the strong!"

Xu Fu exerted sudden force, and with a sound of bones cracking echoing in the hall, the dark-faced man collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud.

Looking at the "Immortal Master's" deformed hand, Niu Ba felt as if the sky had fallen.

"why?"

Why does God favor this cowherd so much?

Niu Ba screamed wildly in his heart, his face no longer showing any of his previous arrogance.

"Master Xu, spare my life!"

Niu Ba knelt down with a thud, shouting loudly and kowtowing repeatedly.

"If I had begged you like that just now, would you have let me go?" Xu Fu squatted down and asked sincerely.

"Of course! Definitely!"

Niu Ba spoke in a trembling voice, slowly raising his head.

"Immortal Master?"

Niu Ba suddenly looked behind Xu Fu and cried out in surprise.

Xu Fu turned around abruptly and saw the dark-faced man still lying on the ground.

Niu Ba had already pulled a short blade from his sleeve and stabbed it fiercely at Xu Fu's waist.