Chapter 19 (1/2)

Chapter 19

Chapter 19 Face Restoration Elixir

In a small side room of the imperial palace was a man in his twenties quietly listening to Manhuang Hou’s report .

“This happened too suddenly and was completely out of my expectations, so your servant didn’t dare act on his own . I beg for fourth prince’s forgiveness and guidance,” said Manhuang Hou .

That handsome man was precisely the seventh prince Chu Fu . But what separated from his other princes was that he was just the son of an imperial concubine .

Although he was also prince, his status was much inferior to the others . But due to his low-profile nature, he didn’t incite the others’ jealousy and so he had a very good relations.h.i.+p with all the princes .

Practically all the aristocracy in the empire felt that the fourth prince had the best apt.i.tude for inheriting the throne, but unfortunately he wasn’t born to the right mother .

The fourth prince Chu Fu nodded and said, “You were right not to act . The fact that Long Chen managed to become an alchemist out of nowhere is definitely a bit surprising . ”

“Yes, when I saw his tablet I couldn’t believe my eyes . For that trash to become an alchemist is just too outrageous . ” Manhuang Hou was also shaking his head and even now he was somewhat disbelieving .

“It’s interesting . After this Long Chen was heavily injured by your son, he seems to have completely changed and is now so much stronger that he is able to kill a half-step Blood Condensation expert . There might be more than meets the eye here . ” The fourth prince paced around for a bit before saying, “Go back and carefully observe the Zhenyuan Hou estate’s movements . See if anyone suspicious goes in . Remember, don’t get caught . ”

“This servant will handle it . But as for Long Chen…” Manhuang Hou hesitated slightly .

“Don’t bother him for a while . He’s just a chess piece . As long as he doesn’t jump off the chessboard, even with a patron he won’t be able to escape his fate .

His current status is something we must be sensitive about . Get your son to temporarily back off . That’s right, how are your son’s injuries?” asked the fourth prince .

“Thank you for your concern fourth prince . After his recuperation, he’s already out of the woods,” hurriedly replied Manhuang Hou .

But speaking of which, when Zhou Yaoyang had been carried back, Manhuang Hou truly had been frightened greatly . Those injuries had been so severe that he hadn’t even recognized his own son .

But what was fortunate was that although the injuries appeared frightening, the inner injuries weren’t very great . That was because Long Chen had made him consume a medicinal pill to preserve his life .

In just a short time of recuperation and after spending a great deal of gold, Zhou Yaoyang was already able to get up and walk . Other than temporarily unable to fight with others, he already didn’t have any great deficits .

“Hm, that’s good then . Go back and remember what I said . Watch them closely, and as soon as anything strange happens, immediately report it to me . ”

“Yes, your servant is excused . ”

After Manhuang Hou left, the fourth prince went to the window . Staring out into the pitch darkness, a smile appeared on his lips .

“The black curtain of night cannot last forever; the sunlight will quickly arrive . Zhenyuan Hou, just how long can you resist?”

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The next day’s morning, when the people of the Zhenyuan Hou household opened the great gates, they found that the floor had been completely retiled, flabbergasting the estate’s people .

What they didn’t know was that Manhuang Hou’s people had completely dug out all the tiles that had been stained with blood .

Seeing the uneven ground after the tiles were excavated, that person who had been cursed by Manhuang Hou before considered it and ordered the people under him to completely retile the floor before feeling rea.s.sured and leaving .

Long Chen smiled mockingly when he saw this . Those childish men would bully the weak and only fear the strong . This time they would be more well-behaved!

The first thing Long Chen did after getting out of bed was to go see his mother . When she awoke, it was as if everything that had happened yesterday had been just a dream .

“Chen-er, what happened yesterday?” Although she saw that Long Chen was completely safe, she was still a bit nervous .

“Mom, your son has already grown up and become a true man . Just the same as my father, I can also s.h.i.+eld this family from wind and rain,” solemnly said Long Chen as he held his mother’s hand .

He didn’t want her to know too much . She was just an ordinary mortal after all . Long Chen had already examined her body . The meridians she had been given by the heavens were simply too short, and it wasn’t just that she had a bad Spirit Root, but she didn’t even have one at all .

Furthermore his mother was now almost forty and had no way to cultivate the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art . Besides, the Nine Star Hegemon Body Art was a Yang cultivation method; women were unable to cultivate .

No matter how Long Chen tried to defy the heavens, he had no way to change his mother’s natural const.i.tution . All he could do for her was to let her not worry .

Seeing her son seem to just grow up overnight, it was as if she was seeing the image of her strong husband . Mrs . Long couldn’t help being moved and tears started to flow down .

“Good child, mom won’t ask you anymore . Mom trusts you . ”

Long Chen quickly wiped away his mom’s tears, laughing, “Mom, your son has grown up . You should be happy! I prepared a gift for you . ”

He then touched his spatial ring, causing a jade bottle to appear in his hand . Before he could say anymore, Mrs . Long asked in surprise, “Where did you get a spatial ring?”

Long Chen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry . Why did his mother’s expression seem so suspicious?

Of course he knew that always hiding things from his mother wasn’t a solution . In order to handle his mother’s worries, he told her about his status as an alchemist .