Chapter Thirty-Four: Head-On Collision

  "Your Highness, something terrible has happened!"

  Lu Zhongxiang stumbled and staggered, rolling and crawling from outside to inside, crying out loud. Just as he was about to complain, Su Che hurriedly gave him a signal with his eyes. Lu Zhongxiang caught sight of Yue Ling'er on the side and quickly shut his mouth.

  "Ling Mei, Xiao Xiong still has some trivial matters to attend to, please forgive me."

  Su Che strode out of the backyard with a gloomy face and asked, "What's going on?"

  Lu Zhongxiang wailed loudly, crying out: "Your Highness, we were ordered by you to kill Jiang Zikuan, but he ruthlessly struck back and not only killed Brother Mo, but also slaughtered General Xiao and the others. I myself almost died at his hands!"

  "What?"

  Su Che's face suddenly turned icy cold, and he said viciously: "Useless slave, you can't even accomplish this small task, do I have to personally take care of that refugee myself?"

  "Your Highness, would you like me to take care of it personally?" Tian Bao, the eunuch, appeared behind Lu Zhongxiang as if he were a ghost and spoke in a low voice.

  Su thoroughly thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Dealing with just a junior like you doesn't require your intervention. That Jiang Zikuan is quite the character, he even managed to kill Xiao General Manager, that useless thing. However, since he killed Mu Qinnan, he will die without a burial place even if you don't lift a finger! In a few more days, it will be the Wan Shang Conference in Medicine King City, not only will all the merchants gather, but also the major families will send people to participate, purchasing spiritual elixirs and trading rare treasures. The experts from Mu Wang Fu will soon arrive here, naturally there will be people from Mu Wang Fu who want his life."

  The eunuch's eyes lit up and he nodded in agreement.

  The Pharmaceutical King City's Wan Shang Conference is an annual grand event, which will be held in the next few days. Businessmen from all over the country gather here, and the Mu Wang Fu will definitely attend. As long as someone from the Mu Wang Fu arrives, they will not easily give up.

  Su Che glanced at Lu Zhongxiang, feeling annoyed in his heart, and secretly thought: "Although Ling Mei doesn't know that I sent someone to kill Jiang Zikuan now, but after returning to the Medicine King's Mansion, there will definitely be someone who will inform her. If she finds out that I sent someone to kill her benefactor, she will definitely not have a good face for me... Dammit, these few useless people can't even accomplish this small task!"

  "Since Your Highness has arrived at Medicine King City, why not visit the Medicine King's residence and let my little sister play the host?" invited Yue Ling'er.

  Su Che smiled and said, "Obedience is better than respect."

  The two of them chatted and laughed as they walked into the Medicine King's mansion. Yue Ling'er saw that the Medicine King's mansion was much more chaotic than usual, with many slaves moving building materials, some repairing roads, and others constructing houses, which made her feel quite surprised.

  There were also young masters from the Medicine King's Manor who saw her arrive, and just as they were about to approach and report, they suddenly caught sight of Su Che standing beside the county princess, and couldn't help but feel a chill run down their spines, not daring to come forward.

  Yue Ling'er was increasingly puzzled, and she couldn't help but want to grab someone to ask what was going on. Suddenly, she saw a young man walking towards the alchemy room, and her eyes lit up. She quickly went forward, laughing: "Zi Chuan, you're just in time! Little sister will introduce you - this is the Second Prince Su Che, and this is the one I mentioned earlier, the rising star of the Qi Wang Fu, Jiang Nan Jiang Zi Chuan. Speaking of which, Zi Chuan is also a great alchemy master!"

  "I've seen the Second Prince." Jiang Nan stopped in his tracks and said with a hint of a smile.

  Su Che's eyes flashed with a cold light, sizing up Jiang Nan from head to toe. His gaze suddenly became sharp and he said calmly: "Are you Jiang Zikuan? Xiao Wang has heard that you have some grudges with Mo Qinnan, may I ask if you've seen Mo Shixiong?"

  "Is Qin Nan your brother?"

  Jiang Nan smiled with a hint of playfulness and said in a soft voice, "I haven't seen Brother Mu, but I did see a few stray dogs biting people. Coincidentally, I'm not in a good mood and I hate stray dogs the most, so I beat up those few madly barking stray dogs."

  Su Che's face turned cold, and he suddenly burst out laughing, saying with deep meaning: "When beating a dog, one must consider its master. Perhaps the masters of these few wild dogs are not people that Brother Jiang can afford to provoke."

  Jiang Nan smiled slightly and said, "That can't be helped. I'm a person who acts quickly, and I've already killed the wild dog. Even if I've offended its owner, there's nothing to be done about it now."

  Su Che's face grew even colder as he said in a chilly tone, "Brother Jiang, I have a story to tell you."

  "He said dryly: 'Someone once stood on the wrong side and then he died!'"

  Jiang Nan burst out laughing and said: "I also have a story to tell Your Highness, there was once someone who set his dog on people to harm them, but then he got beaten to death."

  Two people locked eyes, with murderous intent flashing in their gaze.

  Yu Ling'er blinked her eyes, and in her heart, she couldn't help but mutter: "These two are quite interesting, they meet and immediately start telling stories to each other. However, the storytelling level of Zichen and the Second Prince is really dull, it's nothing compared to those storytellers..."

  Jiang Nan and Su Che's conversation was brief, only a dozen or so words, but the murderous intent hidden within was naturally lost on Yue Ling'er. However, both Jiang Nan and Su Che grasped each other's killing intentions.

  "This little brat actually had the audacity to think of killing me, truly lawless and unscrupulous!"

  Su Che secretly thought to himself: "I am the prince of Jianwu, and he also wants to kill. This little guy is really ruthless and decisive, doing things quickly and efficiently, a true talent. Can't let him live, otherwise it will be a great disaster!"

  Jiang Nan also understood Su Che's meaning: "It turns out that Su Che was so ruthless towards me because he thought I had defected to the Fourth Prince Su Huan and joined the wrong camp, so he regarded me as his enemy."

  Su Che treated him as an enemy, and he didn't bother to explain anything. Explaining would only show weakness and timidity, which was detrimental to his mental state of martial arts. Besides, he came to the Medicine King's mansion just to refine the elixir, and had never thought of participating in the struggle for imperial power. As long as he finished refining the Sarira Spirit Elixir, he would leave immediately, and that would be the end of it.

  "County Master, I still have something to attend to, farewell." Jiang Nan smiled apologetically at Yue Ling'er and strode away.

  "Ling Mei, I have something too, I'll leave first!" Su Che also took big strides to leave, leaving Yue Ling'er alone there.

  Now, even if Yue Ling'er was careless, she could see that the relationship between Jiang Nan and Su Che wasn't very friendly. She couldn't help but wonder: "Could it be that Zi Chuan has a grudge against the Second Prince? This is impossible, ah! Zi Chuan is just a rookie who has just entered the jianghu, how could he possibly know the Second Prince... Could it be that there's been some kind of misunderstanding between them?"

  In the alchemy room, Jiang Nan slightly furrowed his brow: "I came to refine pills, not to make enemies. I didn't expect that after just a few days of arriving at Yao Wang Fu, so many things would happen!"

  These past few days have been beyond his expectations. He had originally thought that he only needed to constantly fight when facing demonic beasts, but unexpectedly, interacting with others also required constant fighting.

  However, during the time he spent with Jiang Xue, she had cultivated a decisive and ruthless character in him, casting aside his bookish pedantry. He was now resolute and efficient in his actions, without any hesitation. To him, emperors and princes were no different from those demonic beasts; as long as they dared to lay hands on him, he would definitely retaliate with all his might!

  "I also want to be kind to people, no need to take lives by force, but I'm not so muddle-headed as to repay kindness with enmity. Since you're going to deal with me and take action against me, then I absolutely won't show mercy either!"

  Jiangnan calmed his mind and discarded distracting thoughts, opening the furnace to refine the elixir. He had already taken a Sheli Lingdan, and there was still a vast amount of medicinal energy in his body that had not been refined.

  In the past, he took a petal of Buddha's hand golden lotus and it would take four to five days to fully refine it. The medicinal power of Sheli Lingdan is more pure and grand than that of the golden lotus petal, but its refining speed is two or three points faster than that of the golden lotus petal.

  This is the effect of Dan medicine, it can transform into one's own true energy faster than Ling medicine!

  One elixir of ?arīra is not enough for him to cultivate to the realm of Hunyuan, and after reaching the realm of Hunyuan, the accumulation required will be even thicker, and more elixirs are needed. When cultivating to the realm of external Gong impact divine wheel, it's no longer a matter that can be solved with just a few ?arīra elixirs.

  "Unfortunately, although the Sacred Spirit Elixir is excellent, I won't be able to use it for cultivation. Relying on the elixir to boost my cultivation would make progress too easy and smooth, lacking the necessary tempering and epiphany. This will definitely lead to an unstable foundation, unstable realm, insufficient strength, and even problems with my mental state. It's not worth it."

  Although Jiang Nan had a taste of the benefits of the spiritual elixir this time, he did not become complacent and instead became even more vigilant, lest he stray from the right path. He thought to himself: "I'll keep these Sheli Spiritual Elixirs for when I need to break through my current realm; if there are any left over, I'll give them to Tie Zhu."

  This time, refining the Sheli Lingdan, he was indeed in his element, his cultivation had already far surpassed that of the first time he refined the dan, and there was no longer a shortage of true energy, the speed of refinement also greatly accelerated, and while refining the dan, he also urged the activation of the Moyu Xuantai Jing, to refine and transform the remaining medicinal power of the Sheli Lingdan in his body.

  One night, he refined two furnaces of Sheli Ling Dan, both of which were 100% successful. This success rate was extremely rare in the entire Jianwu country!

  And his cultivation speed can be said to be rare in the country, during the refining of elixirs, his true energy not only did not consume any, but instead was constantly improving, and quickly rose to the middle stage of refining energy, advancing towards the peak of refining energy!

  By dawn, Jiang Nan had tidied up and left Dan Fang's place. He ran the Mystic Fetus Scripture of the Demon Prison, absorbing the primordial energy of Taiyang to simultaneously boost his spiritual elixir and heart method cultivation.

  Two days later, Jiang Nan finally refined the medicinal properties of the Sheli Lingdan and successfully cultivated the Four Symbols' power, so he stopped taking the elixir.

  He treated himself like a monk, cultivating and refining his elixir in the furnace while enduring hardships. Although his progress was slow, he had a solid foundation, and every time he improved his cultivation, he gained a deeper understanding of the realm of alchemy.

  Although these insights may seem insignificant to outsiders, they are a necessary accumulation for Jiangnan himself. When the accumulation is sufficient, it will be his time to break through and become a master!

  His cultivation growth may not be as good as taking the Spirit Pill, but his speed is still far superior to that of most geniuses in Jianwu Country. If this were to spread out, I don't know how many so-called geniuses would be ashamed to show their faces.

  Moreover, the Bright King's Seal had not fallen, and he had to diligently cultivate every day. His spiritual will was so strong that he could even lift a hundred jin heavy object without using his true energy!

  This kind of powerful spiritual thought has already surpassed the degree that should be possessed in the Refining Qi realm, and even the masters of the Hunyuan realm and the Neigang realm have to admit their inferiority!