B-type Gene Potion

"Of course!" Facing Qin De's questioning, Cao Bing smiled. "I have two bottles of this potion. You can take one back to test first. Once it succeeds, come to me for the other."

As he spoke, Cao Bing handed the potion to Qin De.

"Mr. Luo, you trust Qin so readily?" Qin De accepted the enticing potion without further suspicion.

"Since Luo has a request of Mr. Qin, I must trust Mr. Qin," Cao Bing said.

"Haha, Mr. Luo truly is a man of trust. I wonder what it is you require of Qin?" Qin De asked, somewhat puzzled.

In Qin De's view, someone like Cao Bing, who could produce such a treasure, certainly did not lack vulgar things such as money.

"Immortal Master!" Cao Bing slowly uttered the two words.

"Immortal Master?" Qin De's eyes narrowed slightly.

"That's right, an Immortal Master. All Luo seeks is to transcend this mortal world and ascend to immortality. Yet where in this world could one possibly encounter an Immortal Master? After careful thought, Luo believes that only the Immortal Master in your residence may perhaps be seen," Cao Bing said, half-truthfully.

"Besides that, Cao also hopes to obtain an excellent internal cultivation technique."

"Hmm..."

Qin De pondered for a long while without speaking. The atmosphere between them gradually cooled.

"Mr. Luo." After quite some time, Qin De finally spoke. "I cannot guarantee that the Immortal Master will agree to see you. As for an excellent cultivation technique, that is no difficulty. There are quite a few in my residence."

"I must ask Your Highness to convey my request. Whether I can meet the Immortal Master will depend entirely on Luo's fate. Once this matter is over, these two potions will belong to Your Highness regardless of the outcome." Cao Bing spoke solemnly, his gaze never leaving Qin De's eyes.

"Good! Then Qin will thank Mr. Luo in advance." With that, Qin De put away the potion in his hand and tucked it close against his chest beneath his robes. "How about we meet here again in five days?"

"Certainly. Then Luo will take his leave first." Cao Bing replied with a smile, bade Qin De farewell, and turned to leave.

"Take care on your way, sir."

Qin De also rose to see Cao Bing off, but just as Cao Bing had gone halfway, he suddenly turned back.

"Mr. Qin, this potion is best used only upon reaching Houtian Peak, when its effect will be greatest. If used too early, its effects will not be very good, and it may also damage the body's potential. It will become difficult to improve further afterward."

After saying that, he swiftly vanished from Qin De's sight.

"Your Highness!"

Only after Cao Bing had disappeared did Boss Huang, who had been standing behind Qin De all along, finally speak.

But Qin De immediately raised a hand and waved it.

"No need to investigate. People like him are beyond your ability to trace. At most, you would uncover his surface identity. Just make sure he is not one of Xiang Guang's people. Since he wishes to meet an Immortal Master, he likely has not yet entered the ranks of cultivators."

Qin De said.

"Let us return. Inform Elder Lan and have the Dark Arrow people withdraw."

"Yes!" Upon receiving the order, Boss Huang swiftly made several hand signals toward the woods. The forest rustled for a moment, then fell silent once more.

Zhendong Royal Mansion

After returning to the residence, Qin De found himself unable to fall asleep no matter what.

"Someone, summon General Zhao Yunxing back overnight!" Qin De got up and walked out of his room, issuing the order to the soldiers outside.

The soldier accepted the order and hurried away.

"Xu Yuan!" As Qin De stepped out of the manor, he saw the royal mansion's strategist, Xu Yuan, who had arrived in the night.

"Your Highness." Holding a feather fan, Xu Yuan bowed respectfully to Qin De.

"No need for formalities." Qin De waved his hand. Xu Yuan was his confidant, and such etiquette was unnecessary between them.

"Your Highness, a secret agent from the north has just sent word," Xu Yuan said softly.

"Let us speak in the secret chamber." Qin De's expression turned grave as he hurriedly replied.

At the same time, Feng Yuzi, a cultivator in Qin De's residence and also Qin De's friend, received the message Qin De had sent.

Feng Yuzi wore a pure white robe. Apart from his head of silver hair, he looked entirely like an elegant scholar. Though it was already late at night, he was not resting. Instead, he sat in a pavilion, playing the zither.

"A precious potion capable of allowing external cultivation to break through into Xiantian, in exchange for meeting me once?" Feng Yuzi's expression was unreadable, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking. After seeming to ponder for a moment, he muttered to himself.

"Interesting. If it can help Little Yu, meeting him would not be a problem."

"Please report back to His Highness that in five days, I will accompany him to meet this Mr. Luo." Feng Yuzi then calmly resumed playing the zither.

The guard delivering the message did not dare say more. After respectfully bowing, he returned to report.

Cao Family Martial Arts School

Cao Bing was currently lying on his bed, still shaken by lingering fear.

Though he had been able to laugh and converse with Qin De calmly during their meeting, only he knew how much pressure he had been under.

If Qin De had truly harbored even the slightest ill intent, Cao Bing was not sure he could have escaped from Mirror Moon Lake.

Since Qin De had dared show himself and meet Cao Bing, it meant he possessed absolute confidence that he could capture Cao Bing in an instant if Cao Bing made even the slightest suspicious move.

If Cao Bing had guessed correctly, countless skilled experts had already been lying in ambush within the dense forest.

And even if he had escaped, what then? The entire Eastern Three Commanderies were Qin De's territory. Unless Cao Bing fled beyond the Eastern Three Commanderies, he could only wait for Qin De to slowly dig him out bit by bit.

He did not have Qin Yu's luck, finding himself a divine beast to fly through the skies.

"Potion, potion, don't let me down!" Cao Bing muttered softly.

The potion Cao Bing had given Qin De was nothing else than the gene potion sold through the Limitless Martial Arts network in the Devouring Starry Sky World.

There were two types of gene potions best known among Martial Artists. One was the A-type Gene Potion, specially intended to help Martial Artists break through. However, these potions required one to exhaust their potential, and after taking them, there was basically no possibility of further advancement. Thus, unless they were older Martial Artists with little room left to improve, few people bought such potions.

The other was the B-type Gene Potion, a gene potion developed specifically for ordinary people. After taking it, an ordinary person could directly reach the level of a Martial Artist. Yet it also had side effects, greatly affecting future advancement.

Of course, not every potion had such severe side effects. Some were relatively mild, with fewer side effects and very little impact on the body's potential.

Naturally, Cao Bing knew that Qin Yu, that absurdly lucky fellow, possessed Meteor Tears, a supreme treasure of the Divine Realm. Any hidden bodily injuries or exhausted potential could all be restored by it.

At the same time, the improvement granted by such potions would correspondingly be smaller. That was why Cao Bing had reminded Qin De that it had to be taken only at Houtian Peak. He was worried that the increase would be too small; it would be awkward if it failed to reach Xiantian.

Moreover, this potion was exceptionally expensive. Even at half price through Limitless Martial Arts, a single dose still cost a full seventy million.

Fortunately, Yan Ying and the others from the Divine Arrow Squad had some connections, allowing Cao Bing to obtain two doses at a lower price. Even so, Cao Bing had spent every last bit of his savings.

There was not even one thousand left in Cao Bing's Martial Artist account.