The Crown Prince's residence, Star-Gazing Tower.
A dozen sturdy laborers hauled cartloads of precious medicinal ingredients, including hundred-year-old reishi mushrooms, hundred-year-old ginseng, and other well-aged herbs. Any one of them could fetch over a thousand taels of silver on the open market. Together, they were worth close to ten thousand taels of gold. The Crown Prince had truly spared no expense this time.
Security around the Star-Gazing Tower was tight. Armed guards stood at attention on every side, both to protect the tower and to ensure Ye Uchiha did not flee with the money. It seemed the Crown Prince did not trust him completely.
That was only natural. Doing this much for someone he had only just met was already a considerable show of respect. Without an extra precaution, even Ye Uchiha would have wondered whether this foolish Crown Prince had any brains at all.
Although he considered these guards beneath his notice, he did not begrudge the Crown Prince his little precautions. After all, he still needed the Crown Prince as a conduit to deceive the King of Han, making the entire kingdom's resources serve his own breakthrough to the first-class realm.
Until then, Ye Uchiha would behave himself. Of course, he also had to maintain the proud bearing of an otherworldly mystic and win the Crown Prince's complete trust.
A steward bowed slightly and addressed Ye Uchiha respectfully. "Master Dan Chenzi, my name is Lü Boping, a steward of the Crown Prince's residence. These are the alchemy ingredients His Highness ordered us to deliver."
Word had already spread through the residence that a mystic from the Yin-Yang School had moved in and enjoyed the Crown Prince's deep trust. Although he did not understand why His Highness valued this young mystic so highly, his years as a servant had