Chapter 134 - A Letter from the Master Apothecary (1/2)

Chapter 134: A Letter from the Master Apothecary

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Upon hearing his master’s words, Li Xu understood that Master Apothecary Xuanyi had made up his mind and nodded quietly. Then, he took his leave and waited outside the hall.

After a while, Li Xu took a letter and rushed off to Taichang Hall.

In a huge hall, two groups of courtiers stood separately on both sides of the hall and were keeping quiet out of fear. Meanwhile, Great Emperor Mingwu, who was dressed in luxurious gold armor, looked furious as he sat in front of the main hall.

Great Emperor Mingwu was in his forties and had a tall and muscular physique, which gave him a rather fearsome and imposing demeanor. Since the Xiwu Empire was built upon military power, the emperor’s imperial robe was also in the form of gold armor.

“They’re just a small clan yet they had the nerve to kill two important courtiers of the Xiwu Empire. How bold and arrogant of them!” Great Emperor Mingwu cursed in anger. “What do you guys think of this matter? Is anyone willing to lead an army and annihilate the House of Ye?”

The courtiers standing before him were crafty and experienced people too and were aware that it had been quite a few days since Great Emperor Mingwu had heard about this matter. If the emperor intended to dispatch his troops to wipe out the House of Ye, he would have done so already. However, he had not made any decision regarding this matter over the past few days. Why? It was because Master Li Xu had taken notice of a young man from the Ye Clan and had been preparing to recommend this young man to Master Apothecary Xuanyi to become his apprentice. Thus, Great Emperor Mingwu was still waiting for Master Apothecary Xuanyi’s response! If any of them came forward and expressed their opinion on this matter, they would certainly offend Great Emperor Mingwu and meet an unfortunate end. Therefore, all of them lowered their gaze and pretended to tremble with fear.

Qiu Ying felt annoyed as he stood in a corner of the imperial court. By the time the messenger hawk had reached him, both Liu Xun and Liu Kan were already dead. Although he was not that close to this father-and-son duo, they belonged to the same faction after all, so their deaths were a huge blow to Qiu Ying’s faction. Thus, of course, he would want Great Emperor Mingwu to launch an attack on the House of Ye. Nonetheless, the situation was not that simple, so he lowered his head and remained silent just like the other courtiers.

While some of them might not know much about Master Apothecary Xuanyi, Qiu Ying was very clear about his background. Aside from possessing top Earthly Venerable Rank capabilities, Master Apothecary Xuanyi was a grandmaster in alchemy and had come from a secret sect from the Great Eastern Continent. Originally, there was no reason at all for him to remain in the Xiwu Empire. However, Great Emperor Mingwu had some level of friendship with the Master Apothecary and had promised him some benefits as well, so the emperor managed to get Master Apothecary Xuanyi to stay in the Xiwu Empire. The medicinal pills provided by the Master Apothecary had helped the Xiwu Empire produce quite a number of Tenth Level combatants, so Great Emperor Mingwu had to keep trying to please him! If Master Apothecary Xuanyi was determined to protect that brat, even Qiu Ying’s death would not lead to Ye Clan being punished, let alone the death of Liu Kan, who was merely a Minister of War!

At that moment, a gold-armored imperial guard entered the main hall and informed loudly, “Report! The Second-rank Prince of Yinbei County, Yin Mengtian, is requesting an audience.”

“Let him in.” Great Emperor Mingwu grew visibly calmer. Second-rank Prince, Yin Mengtian, from Yinbei County had been a faithful and upright servant of the imperial court since his father’s time. Many Tenth Level combatants had died in battle for their country during the previous emperor’s reign. Thus, Yin Mengtian was one of the second-rank princes whom Great Emperor Mingwu trusted the most.

After a while, Yin Mengtian walked into the hall looking travel-worn and weary.

“Greetings, Your Majesty.” Yin Mengtian gave a fist salute and knelt.

“Please rise. Uncle Yin, you don’t have to be so courteous!” Great Emperor Mingwu said while waving a hand.

Qiu Ying turned green in the face when he saw Yin Mengtian. This old fellow had shown up again! He should have killed Yin Mengtian back then when they were in the Sunken Jade Tower but it was too late for regrets at this point.

“I have a few things to present to you, Your Majesty,” Yin Mengtian replied respectfully and held up a stack of letters.

“Bring them to me,” Great Emperor Mingwu instructed.

A gold-armored imperial guard who was standing at the side of the main hall quickly went down and took the letters from Yin Mengtian before presenting them to Great Emperor Mingwu.

As Great Emperor Mingwu read through the letters one by one, his expression turned dark with rage and he exhaled sharply in a cold manner. The courtiers standing before him were scared witless and became filled with guilt as they tried to guess what sort of letters Yin Mengtian had presented to the emperor. Could it be that someone among them was going to suffer again? Yin Mengtian had always been a troublemaker since he had caused the fall of many ministers and second-rank princes before.