The Ancient Kingdom's Princess Seeks Medicine-Could It Be That He Covets My Body?

Fire Province was one of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces of the Desolate Heaven Immortal Domain.

Its territory was nowhere near as vast as Imperial Province, where the Jun Family resided. It was not even one percent of Imperial Province's size.

Yet even at only one percent of Imperial Province's size, Fire Province remained a vast Dao Province.

There were not many scattered powers standing throughout Fire Province.

The force that ruled all of Fire Province was the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom.

The Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom was an ancient kingdom power with a long heritage. Though it could not compare to an archaic aristocratic family, its foundations ran deep, and its reputation was illustrious.

Besides the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom, there were also the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom, White Tiger Ancient Kingdom, and Black Tortoise Ancient Kingdom.

The four great ancient kingdoms were collectively known as the Four Symbols Ancient Kingdoms.

At that moment, within the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom's imperial palace, inside a resplendent golden hall.

A middle-aged man clad in a crimson-gold Vermilion Bird robe lay upon a bed. His brow was darkened, his aura weak throughout his body, as though he were gravely ill, his life like the last ember of a dying flame.

He was the ruler of the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom.

Standing beside the bed was a beautiful woman.

She wore a red feathered robe, with a graceful figure, long legs, and skin white as snow.

Her long red hair was like dancing flames.

Her beautiful eyes were a lovely crimson crystal hue, her jade nose high and straight, her red lips vivid, and her pearly teeth glistening.

Most especially, there was a vermilion mark between her brows. Paired with her flawless face, it made her as gorgeous as peach and plum blossoms, bewitchingly beautiful beyond compare.

This woman was Bai Yuer, the imperial princess of the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom.

"Father, Yuer will definitely find Undying Medicine to save you." Bai Yuer bit her rosy lip tightly.

"Yuer, this has been hard on you. Undying Medicine cannot be forced..." The Vermilion Bird ruler shook his head slightly, his voice incomparably weak and filled with despair.

What sort of rare existence was Undying Medicine?

Even those supreme orthodoxies and immortal powers could not possibly have much of it in reserve.

Much less would they be so kind as to hand it over to the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom.

Though the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom had deep foundations and possessed quite a few top-grade sacred medicines, it did not have even a single stalk of Undying Medicine.

After all, if a stalk of Undying Medicine appeared in the outside world, it would stir up a bloody storm. Others would not even have time to fight over it—how could they possibly sell it to someone else?

"Rest assured, Father. With Yuer's abilities, I will definitely obtain Undying Medicine!" Bai Yuer's beautiful eyes were resolute as she turned grief into strength.

Who was she?

She was the imperial princess of the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom, with Vermilion Bird Divine Fire contained between her brows and extraordinary talent.

Not to mention that her beauty ranked among the best even within the Desolate Heaven Immortal Domain.

The young prodigies of many forces were all Bai Yuer's bootlickers.

Thus, Bai Yuer had developed a somewhat noble and aloof personality.

She believed that she certainly had the ability to save her father and the entire Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom.

"Those young prodigies from those forces are all useless. When I need them, none of them can produce Undying Medicine."

"And my fiancé, Xiao Chen—he is the eldest prince of the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom, yet he cannot even bring out a single stalk of Undying Medicine."

Bai Yuer walked out of the imperial palace, her jade-like face dark and solemn.

In the years after something happened to her father, the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom's national strength had deteriorated with each passing day.

Afterward, the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom came to propose a marriage alliance.

At that time, the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom promised to give the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom one stalk of Undying Medicine.

Bai Yuer and Xiao Chen, the eldest prince of the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom, had known each other since childhood. Though they had always kept some distance, they could still be considered childhood sweethearts, and their relationship was not bad.

Only after weighing matters in her heart did Bai Yuer agree.

Yet after so much time had passed, the marriage contract had long since been settled, while the Undying Medicine remained nowhere in sight.

And now that the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom's national strength had declined, it no longer had the ability to demand it from the Azure Dragon Ancient Kingdom.

Therefore, Bai Yuer could only rely on herself to search for Undying Medicine.

What should I do? Father cannot fall... Bai Yuer could not help feeling anxious.

"Right, how could I have nearly forgotten my close friend, Jun Linglong?" Bai Yuer suddenly thought of her.

She had once encountered Jun Linglong by chance within a secret realm, and they had gotten along fairly well.

Though they had not kept much contact afterward, given Jun Linglong's personality, she presumably would not turn a blind eye.

Besides, the Jun Family absolutely possessed Undying Medicine.

At this thought, Bai Yuer's breathing quickened. She hurriedly took out a jade slip and sent a message.

Elsewhere, within a side hall of the Jun Family's Heavenly Emperor Palace, Jun Linglong also received the message.

"The Vermilion Bird ruler is gravely ill and requires Undying Medicine for treatment?" Jun Linglong's willow brows furrowed slightly after learning the news.

To be honest, had Bai Yuer not sent her a message, she would have almost forgotten this "close friend."

Bai Yuer was an imperial princess of an ancient kingdom, with a noble status.

But Jun Linglong was an unparalleled daughter of heaven from an archaic aristocratic family.

Though she was currently Jun Xiaoyao's maid, once she stepped into the outside world, she was still the Jun Family's noble lady, sought after from all directions.

"Asking for a stalk of Undying Medicine the moment she opens her mouth—she certainly has quite an appetite. Still, we did know each other once." Jun Linglong frowned slightly.

But the problem was that she did not have Undying Medicine.

At that moment, a divine soul transmission entered Jun Linglong's mind.

"Linglong, make tea."

Jun Linglong hurriedly rose to her feet. Jun Xiaoyao was calling her to brew tea.

Within a steaming pool filled with immortal aura, Jun Xiaoyao bared his upper body. His physique seemed carved from immortal jade, flowing radiance shimmering over it.

Already eight years old, Jun Xiaoyao had grown tall and slender.

Jun Linglong entered from the side, bringing Jun Xiaoyao a cup of Enlightenment Tea.

Watching Jun Xiaoyao gradually grow up, becoming ever more divinely handsome and elegant, Jun Linglong had the strange illusion of raising a little boy into adulthood.

"What is it? Is something the matter?" Jun Xiaoyao took a sip of tea and spoke indifferently.

"No." Jun Linglong's eyelashes trembled slightly.

"Go on. Do you think you can hide it from me?" Jun Xiaoyao shook his head with a smile.

Jun Linglong lightly bit her lip, but in the end, she told him about Bai Yuer.

"So that's it. Undying Medicine? I do not lack it." Jun Xiaoyao shrugged.

At the Mount Tai Ancient Stele, he had obtained three stalks of Undying Medicine. Later, the Eighteenth Ancestor had given him another five stalks, one after another.

Over the years, Jun Xiaoyao had refined only three stalks, leaving him with five.

"Since she is your close friend, giving her one is not impossible. Have her come over." Jun Xiaoyao waved his hand.

"You're just giving it to her?" Even Jun Linglong was slightly stunned.

She truly did not understand the world of the wealthy!

Still, Jun Linglong nodded slightly and sent Bai Yuer a reply.

A faint smile rested on Jun Xiaoyao's lips.

Naturally, he did not intend to be some good-hearted person. He had his own thoughts and plans.

Let those pillars of the righteous path be the light of righteousness.

A saintly, self-sacrificing persona was not suited to him.

Besides, though Jun Xiaoyao did not particularly value a stalk of Undying Medicine, he was not so generous that he could casually give it away.

"Those sequences of the Jun Family have not only the support of their respective branches behind them, but even affiliated orthodoxies and forces."

"Even Jun Zhangjian has affiliated forces behind him, such as the Ancient Sword Sect."

Such affiliated forces did not submit to the Jun Family, but to an individual.

"Though the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom's national strength has weakened in recent years, a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. I can draw them in. Perhaps I can even take the other three ancient kingdoms as affiliated forces while I'm at it."

Jun Xiaoyao calculated inwardly.

After all, he was Zero Sequence. If he did not have a single affiliated force behind him, it would be somewhat shabby.

He still needed the proper prestige.

As for Bai Yuer, did she think she could obtain a stalk of Undying Medicine for nothing? How could that be possible?

Jun Xiaoyao was not running a charity. He would not do anything that brought him no benefit.

Bai Yuer, having received Jun Linglong's reply, was overjoyed.

The feeling was like sweet rain after a long drought.

Yet Jun Linglong's message made Bai Yuer fall into thought.

Because the one giving her the Undying Medicine was not Jun Linglong herself.

"A prodigy of the Jun Family agreed to give me a stalk of Undying Medicine. Could it be that he has taken a liking to me?"

Bai Yuer could not help thinking.

She was quite confident in her appearance. She was the number one beauty of the Vermilion Bird Ancient Kingdom.

Even throughout the Desolate Heaven Immortal Domain, she had quite a famous reputation.

In her way of thinking, anyone willing to give her a stalk of Undying Medicine must be coveting her body.

"Sure enough, even the Jun Family's prodigies cannot escape vulgarity." Bai Yuer felt inexplicably disappointed.

The Jun Family's prodigies did not seem as transcendent and detached from the mundane world as she had imagined.

"Still, no matter what, I must first obtain the Undying Medicine and save Father."

Bai Yuer shook her head and set off for Imperial Province.