Medicine Venerable Cangyun

At this, Qin Ruoxian's little face immediately darkened. Gritting her teeth, she asked, "Why?"

"I'm going to the Liu Family tomorrow," Ye Yu said with a smile.

Hearing Ye Yu say that, Qin Ruoxian felt her vision go dark and looked at him in misery.

Everyone knew Ye Yu was Liu Ruyan's lapdog. After seeing how Ye Yu treated Ye Qingwan, Qin Ruoxian had thought he had finally come to his senses.

Yet she never expected that Ye Yu still intended to go looking for Liu Ruyan.

Hearing this, Ye Qingwan immediately wore an expression of "just as I expected." This trash was still the same trash. His lapdog nature had not changed at all. Since that was the case, she would wait for him to come begging at her door!

With that thought, Ye Qingwan did not linger. She called Ye Qingxuan and Nangong Wushe and prepared to head for the imperial palace.

Yet Ye Qingxuan stared fixedly at Ye Yu. The sight of him caring for Qin Ruoxian just now had wrenched at her heart.

Many years ago, when Great Flame was still far from powerful, their imperial father had once brought them to receive envoys from another nation.

At the time, the Zhou Dynasty was considerably stronger than Great Flame, and its envoys were the sort who looked at the world through their nostrils.

That day in the rear garden, a Zhou Dynasty envoy saw the young Ye Qingxuan and, seized by a playful impulse, actually released his spirit pet to chase her for fun. In the end, the spirit pet's ferocity flared, and it was about to attack Ye Qingxuan.

In the end, Ye Yu, not yet seven years old, rushed out and took the spirit pet's attack for her, nearly losing an arm.

Yet Ye Yu had not cared in the slightest then. Instead, he forced a smile and said to her.

"Second Sister, it's all right now. You weren't frightened, were you?"

The same words had now been spoken to someone else. Ye Yu no longer looked at her with tenderness in his eyes, only endless disgust.

"Qingxuan, what are you standing there for? We're going back." Only when Ye Qingwan spoke again was Ye Qingxuan pulled from her thoughts. Burdened with worries, she followed Ye Qingwan back to the imperial palace.

"All right, it seems I was being sentimental for nothing. Go wherever you please." Qin Ruoxian gave a bitter smile and turned to leave.

Situ Guang sighed repeatedly as well. How had such a powerful person become so deeply trapped in the snares of love that he could not extricate himself?

Ye Yu reached out and caught Qin Ruoxian, frowning as he asked, "Where are you going?"

"What business is it of yours? Go find your Liu Ruyan!" Qin Ruoxian said irritably through gritted teeth, her eyes red around the rims.

Seeing this, Ye Yu knew Qin Ruoxian had misunderstood. He hurriedly explained, "You're overthinking it. I'm going to Liu Ruyan to retrieve the Autumn Water Sword. It was my mother's keepsake, and I have no intention of leaving it with her."

Qin Ruoxian froze at this. She turned back and looked at Ye Yu suspiciously. "Really?"

"Of course it's true. Just send someone to investigate and you'll know." Ye Yu shrugged and smiled.

Only then did Qin Ruoxian remember that there did seem to be such a matter. She had simply forgotten it earlier. Looking thoroughly embarrassed, she shook off Ye Yu's hand and said, "Why you're looking for her has nothing to do with me. You're the deposed Crown Prince of Great Flame; Great Qin isn't desperate for you."

Hearing that, Situ Guang's mouth twitched wildly. Inside, he screamed, We need him! Great Qin needs him desperately!

He had already seen it clearly. With Ye Yu's terrifying combat power and the heights he would reach in the future, the tiny Azure Prefecture could never possibly bind him!

If they could build a good relationship with someone like this, Great Qin's future would be boundless! Ninth Princess, please do not ruin this!

"Then what do I need to do to join Great Qin?" Ye Yu asked, looking at the haughty Qin Ruoxian with an indulgent smile.

"Um... I want you to help Great Qin suppress the Nine Nether Blood Spring," Qin Ruoxian said.

"No problem," Ye Yu agreed without a moment's hesitation.

Seeing him agree so readily, Qin Ruoxian was startled. She spoke again, "I also want you to help Great Qin win the War of a Hundred Dynasties."

"Fine, fine, fine. I'll do whatever you say. Whatever you want, that's what we'll do." As Ye Yu looked at the young girl before him, his mind was filled with the grief-stricken Qin Ruoxian from his previous life when she learned of his death.

Watching Qin Ruoxian rack her brains for more demands, Situ Guang hurriedly interrupted, "How about we find somewhere to rest first? We can think about these matters afterward."

Situ Guang was truly panicking. Qin Ruoxian's demands were becoming more outrageous by the moment. What was the Nine Nether Blood Spring? It was the place that had destroyed Ye Yu's spiritual root.

As for winning the War of a Hundred Dynasties? That was even more absurd, a fantasy beyond reach. Although Ye Yu's talent and combat strength had astonished him.

Situ Guang still did not believe Ye Yu could defeat the prodigies of those super imperial dynasties.

"Mm, then we'll leave it at that for now. I'll tell you the rest once I think of them." Qin Ruoxian lifted her little head proudly, then headed toward the Great Yan Imperial City.

Ye Yu and Situ Guang followed behind her.

Upon reaching the imperial city, Situ Guang rented out an inn. Qin Ruoxian went to rest early. The journey from Great Qin to Great Flame was no short distance, and she had nearly drained every last drop of spiritual power in her body to arrive so quickly. She was already exhausted beyond endurance.

"Senior, do you have a hidden injury?" After Qin Ruoxian left, Ye Yu examined Situ Guang for a moment before asking.

"That title of senior is truly too much for me," Situ Guang said with a helpless smile. "I've had this hidden injury for many years, yet I've never found a way to resolve it."

Back then, Situ Guang's breakthrough into the Nascent Soul realm had not come as naturally as water flowing into a channel. Instead, he had forcibly formed his Nascent Soul by pulling up seedlings to help them grow.

Although he had successfully formed his Nascent Soul, it had also left behind a hidden injury in his body that was difficult to eradicate. Even Cangyun, Azure Prefecture's foremost alchemist and a Rank 6 Alchemist, could do nothing about it.

Situ Guang was destined never to advance another step in this lifetime.

"Perhaps I have a way, but it may require quite a few things." Ye Yu studied Situ Guang as he spoke.

"You?! Are you serious?" Situ Guang's breathing quickened, and even his voice began to tremble.

"Senior, have you ever heard of a pill called the Life Profound Origin Pill?" Ye Yu asked.

The glimmer that had just risen in Situ Guang's eyes immediately dimmed. How could he not know of the Life Profound Origin Pill? It was a Rank 7 Pill. Even Cangyun could not refine it, and there was not a single Seventh-Rank Alchemist in all of Azure Prefecture.

Moreover, what status did a Seventh-Rank Alchemist possess? How could a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator like him possibly invite one?

"Of course I know of the Life Profound Origin Pill, but what use is that?" Situ Guang asked with a bitter smile.

"If Senior can gather the medicinal ingredients, I can refine it." Ye Yu stroked his chin.

"Are you serious?!" Situ Guang's eyes widened at once as he stared at Ye Yu in disbelief.

Meanwhile, after Ye Qingwan and the other two returned to the imperial palace, they headed straight for the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Nangong Wushe had originally wanted to ask something, but Ye Qingwan barked him away. Clearly, Nangong Wushe's inaction earlier had angered this princess.

Ye Qingxuan also returned to her own sleeping quarters.

Only Ye Qingwan, her face full of anger, returned alone to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Yet a familiar figure had already been waiting inside. The moment she saw Ye Qingwan, she cried out in delight, "Eldest Sister!"

"Qingshuang?! Why are you back? Weren't you traveling through Azure Prefecture with your master, Medicine Venerable Cangyun?" Ye Qingwan looked at her third younger sister, her eyes filled with surprise.