He gestured for the two women to stay and ordered tea to be served.
A minor official presented the tea.
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The Audit Department held a detached position, making no requests of other departments, so its officials were often arrogant and paid little attention to other officials. The two women were very polite to Chu Zhiyuan, smiling as they sat down to drink tea.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled and said that he wanted to exchange for some spirit pills that could cleanse the marrow and expand or strengthen the meridians. He asked them what they had besides the Mortal Shedding Pill.
The two women rattled off more than a dozen kinds of spirit pills. These spirit pills were all slightly inferior to the Mortal Shedding Pill.
Moreover, these spirit pills had another characteristic.
That was, after taking one kind, there was no need to take the others. The effects would be minimal.
In the end, the effects of first-grade spirit pills were similar, having reached the limit of acquired medicinal power. Innate talent was, after all, innate, and the scope to which it could be changed was limited. Eating more spirit pills was almost no different from eating one.
"Your Highness, among the first-grade spirit pills, the most commonly exchanged are those that increase cultivation. A first-grade spirit pill can increase ten years of cultivation for those in the Innate Realm, and five years for Grandmasters."
"Can it also improve one's realm?" "It can."
"...Ten years...Five years..."
"What is first-grade? This is what first-grade is." "...Is there anything else?"
"The department recently released a spirit pill called the Longevity Pill."
"Similar to the Phoenix Immortality Pill? Isn't that unique to the Phoenix Sword Sect?"
"This Longevity Pill was originally unique to the Phoenix Sword Sect of the Great Mongol, but now we also have it." "Congratulations, how much longer can one live after taking one?"
"If one is critically ill, it's hard to say, but if taken when healthy, it can extend life by one year, no less than the Phoenix Immortality Pill." "One year of life...What about taking ten pills?"
"It should extend life by five years, and ten years would be the limit."
"Ten years of life..." Chu Zhiyuan said, "How many pills do I need to take?" "Probably thirty pills."
"Thirty first-grade merits..." Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "This isn't treating first-grade merit as first-grade merit anymore!" How many people in the world can earn thirty first-grade merits?
Only Prince Ying.
"So, it's useless for me to take more marrow-cleansing spirit pills?" "Your Highness, it's not that it's useless, but the effect is not significant."
This was too wasteful of spirit pills. Chu Zhiyuan pondered.
He asked if there were any other spirit pills or treasures, and the two women listed them like a family treasure. They were clear about the spirit pills, miraculous medicines, rare treasures, divine weapons, and armor in the Heavenly Treasure Department. After Chu Zhiyuan sent them away, he had already decided to continue taking such spirit pills.
He would have to try it himself, pushing his meridians to the limit, even if it was just a little bit, and then painstakingly cultivate with slow and steady effort. Qing Wang Mansion.
Front hall.
Chu Zhiyuan's family of four gathered around the table, eating and talking.
"The news of your great display of power has spread throughout the entire palace," Bai Ning霜 said with a smile. Chu Zhiyuan smiled.
Chu Yi laughed, "Hehe, Mother, do they have smiling faces this time?"
"Everyone is nice now," Bai Ning霜 said with a smile. "Everyone is very polite, all smiles, like flowers blooming towards me, giggle..." Chu Minghou laughed, "Isn't that too snobbish?"
"Your Highness, people in the palace who weren't originally snobbish will quickly become snobbish after entering. If they aren't snobbish, they won't live well, and the people around them will suffer. What can they do? They can only change themselves." "They knew about Yuan'er's strength before, why are they acting like this now?"
"Before, it was just comparing martial arts and hunting. They always felt that it wasn't for real. Now that he's killed the evil sects, they finally admit Yuan'er's strength," Bai Ning霜 huffed.
Chu Zhiyuan laughed, "Mother, you've heard a lot of compliments, haven't you?"
What Bai Ning霜 said hit the nail on the head.
In people's inherent impression, comparing martial arts and hunting is, after all, not a real fight.
Fighting with the evil sects is a true test of iron and blood, and it can show true ability.
"Everyone's mouth is smeared with honey!" Bai Ning霜 giggled. "The Empress is also very happy." Chu Zhiyuan said, "Mother, starting tomorrow, bring more guards to the palace."
"...Afraid of these demons retaliating?"
"They will definitely retaliate." Chu Zhiyuan said, "I killed so many of them. If they don't retaliate, where will their face and prestige be?" Other sects fear the Great Jing imperial family, but the Jade Cauldron Sect and the Secret Shadow Sect do not.
"Alright," Bai Ning霜 nodded. "Then I'll bring more." Chu Zhiyuan looked at Chu Minghou and Chu Yi.
Chu Minghou smiled and said that he wouldn't be leaving the mansion recently, and Chu Yi also quickly said that she wouldn't be leaving the mansion.
Chu Zhiyuan smiled, "Once you leave the mansion, double the guards. It's best to have someone tell Guo Chi and the others to escort you." "Alright, alright."
The three quickly agreed.
He suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of a use for the golden vertical pupils. So he concentrated and looked at Bai Ning霜.
Bai Ning霜 felt uneasy being stared at, touching her pink face, then touching her earrings, necklace, and hairpins. He slowly said, "Mother, I'll take you to the palace tomorrow."
"Intuition," Chu Zhiyuan smiled. "I'll try it every day from now on." "...Alright." Chu Yi didn't doubt Chu Zhiyuan's intuition.
Knowing that his intuition was always accurate, incredibly powerful.
As the sun set, Chu Zhiyuan and his group of dozens of people arrived at the mountain valley outside the city. The valley was still a mess.
Mo Yi and the four women directed a group of servants from the Wang Mansion to start cleaning up. Chu Mingxuan and the others also brought servants and guards, each busy with their own tasks. The desolate valley suddenly became lively.
Chu Zhiyuan came to the mountain wall.
At this time, the mountain wall no longer had the strangeness it had before, it was just an ordinary mountain wall. Chu Mingxuan looked around and smiled, "Fourth brother, what's so good about this place?" "Practicing here tomorrow morning, Eighteenth Uncle will feel the difference."
"Then I'll wait. Fourth brother, this time your clearance of the Jade Cauldron Sect and Secret Shadow Sect was a big scene." "Almost lost my life." Chu Zhiyuan smiled wryly. "Eighteenth Uncle was lucky not to participate."
"I wanted to, but I couldn't get involved," Chu Mingxuan said helplessly. He was a prince, but his immediate superior didn't buy it.
Arguing was useless, there was still a prince above him, so he could only honestly follow the rules.
Chu Zhilu and Chu Zhichuan also came over, discussing the battle with the Jade Cauldron Sect and Secret Shadow Sect.
They were extremely curious about this battle and wanted to hear Chu Zhiyuan's personal explanation.
After Chu Zhiyuan explained it once, they still repeatedly asked questions, not yet satisfied.
Especially after hearing about Chu Zhichuan's powerful flying knives, they asked him to demonstrate.
Chu Zhiyuan demonstrated.
After eating dinner together, Chu Zhiyuan returned to a room, sat on the couch, and took out a golden pill from his pocket.
He finally chose the Mortal Shedding Pill.
Since the medicinal effects were not as good as the Mortal Shedding Pill, and the medicinal effects of other spirit pills were also mostly diminished.
Then it was better to choose the Mortal Shedding Pill.
After examining it, he swallowed it, closed his eyes, and began to circulate his energy.
A quarter of an hour later, he opened his eyes, his expression complex, and sighed.
As expected, the effect was indeed limited.
