"Mr Envoy, welcome in my humble village! We were awaiting for your arrive for days!" A fat man in luxury clothes came from the main building and run with his fat figure towards Alex and bowed a few times to him.
Alex nodded and did not say anything.
The fat man saw him nodding and quickly said: "This lowly person should serve you a cup of wine, please let me invite you!"
Alex continued nodding and did not say anything, he only followed the old into the main building. While walking he heard what the people said when seeing them to know what they were saying about him.
"I heard that the Lord invited an alchemist to get rid from the plague. Do you think that this young man is him?" A older man saw Alex and did not believe that such a young person could have abilities.
"Shhh, don't say that! I heard that alchemist have very sharp ears and can hear you from far away. They are also cultivators, we cannot measure them with our little knowledge." Another man stopped the man from saying more bad things.
"How do you know this? I never saw any cultivator here or in the town, how can a cultivator or an alchemist come here?" said the old man more energetic.
"My son-in-law went to the big city a few years ago and he told me that there are cultivators everywhere and we cannot compare to them. They need only a finger to kill a person like us. And you know that the Lord sent his younger daughter to the city to marry a rich man, I think this man was sent by the rich man." replied the other man.
"Humpf, his daughter was sold to a rich man not married. I heard that she is only the concubine and nothing more!"
Alex listened carefully and found out what was happening here. It seems like there is a plague and an alchemist was sent here to find out a cure for it.
"I heard about alchemy in the novels, but I never came in direct contact with it. Maybe I can learn something new in this world." Alex thought while seeing the fat man poring wine in his glass.
Of course, Alex did not drink it. He saw the fat man in the eyes and said: "What is the problem here?"
Alex was too direct and did not care about the boot licking of the fat man. He was not someone that like the people that hid their arrogance in front of people that are stronger than himself and act humble. He knew from the beginning on that the fat man in front of him was an arrogant bastard only from the condition he was living in compared to the people he should care about.
"Yes sir, I am sorry if I offended you. I sent the letter to clan master Stan to find a cure for a plague that is killing all the people in the village. We tried to stop it, but more than 10 people are already dead and we cannot find the source." said the fat man in hurry and with horror in his face.
"How are they get infected and what are the symptoms? I did not see anything abnormal when I came." asked Alex, because the people looked healthy and they had no physical symptoms and they did not look very scared about the plague.
"Yes, you are right. The illness comes suddenly and the person dies instantly. They begin to bleed and then they die. There is no sign about the infection at all. It comes fast and goes fast. But the people seems not to feel affected about the infection. They all are crazy!" The fat man said in a hurry and signed to a window, there could be seen people walking and smiling all the time.
Alex observed the people and scanned them, then he looked at the fat man again and asked: "Why aren't you affected like them and called someone for help?"
"It is because I have some cultivation and it stops the plague to affect my mind." said the fat man again and this time he let his little QI flow around his body, so that Alex could feel his cultivation.
Indeed, the man had some cultivation, but it was too small and could not be bragged about. Even the ancient martial artist from the earth were stronger than him, when the earth was still sealed.
"I see, I will look around and find a solution. But…" Alex said, but was interrupted when a guard came running into the building and said: "Lord, someone is looking for you!"
The fat man looked at the guard and said infuriated: "Who is so important to come here running. Don't you see the esteemed Alchemist here? Are you blind? F*ck off!"
The guard began to stutter and said: "But the person is saying that he is the Alchemist sent by the clan master Stan!"
The fat man looked at Alex with almost closed eyes and looked at him suspiciously. Then he stood up and asked: "Who are you? And what are you doing here?" The fat man asked infuriated and with a very loud voice.
At the same time a middle aged man with a long nose entered the building, he was wearing a strange uniform with all types of strange runes. The uniform was gray and covered the whole body.
"Village Lord, why aren't you welcoming me? Is this the treatment to an alchemist? It is already a big favor to Mr. Stan to come to this abandoned land and you do not even show respect. Should I return or what?" The alchemist shout arrogantly while looking down to all the people in the building.
Nobody dared to speak against the alchemist and they lowered their heads trembling.