No 1 Supreme Warrior

Rudy started to get frustrated as his face reddened. “What do you think the higherups are thinking? I refuse to believe they don’t know anything about these thieves operating right under them. We’re being bullied here! Can’t they stand up and say a thing or two or even take care of matters for us?”

Jack looked at Rudy helplessly. Not wanting to have his ears filled with his complaints, he answered, “Can you just think about it? You’re asking why they aren’t caring about anything, but don’t you realize that the more they allow the infighting to continue, the more people would try to fight for themselves? Phoenix Valley gives every alchemist their own chances, but the reason they do that is to find more talented and stronger alchemists. They let the alchemists do what they want because they want to stir up the competitive spirits of regular alchemists. They want the alchemists to be frustrated so they’ll put all their focus into alchemy. They want the alchemists to constantly want to improve so they’ll get more higher-level alchemists. This will benefit Phoenix Valley even more, hence why they let such rivalries and conflicts persist.”

Hearing Jack’s explanation, Rudy could only nod. Jack made sense when he said that Phoenix Valley allowed those habits to cultivate even more alchemists. They would not care if it was fair or not, because the world practiced the survival of the fittest only. There was no such thing as fairness.

Rudy got more and more excited as they discussed. They talked about various pills to the materials that they needed, and all the

the Flame Roots must’ve already matured. As long as we look around at the wetter

things, and a mature Flame Root is incredibly valuable. There was a five-hundred-year Flame Root a few days ago sold

heard that, the other guy’s eyes widened. “Two thousand? Why has the price soared by so much? I saw someone selling Flame Roots before. A five a hundred-year-old flame root is already one of the best, but it was only worth a thousand and five hundred. How

ask that question? Haven’t you heard about

the person finished, it was not just the guy next to him to widen his eyes. Jack and Rudy could not help but perk

down to a whisper, unwilling to let anyone else hear it.

“They’re already fighting

was massive news. Even though he could not get the details, Jack could see how important the problem was. Ever since they entered Phoenix Valley, they had been completely