517 The Second Prince Wants to Scramble Over the Herbs? (1/2)
”What is this thing?” Old Man Jun tightly grabbed the bottle in the palm of his hands as he asked. He knew that his grandson wouldn't give him some ordinary item. Therefore, it wasn't necessary for him to know the facts of the matter beforehand. And so, he took the bottle first.
”This is the Vitality Linkage Pill,” Jun Mo Xie replied in a mysterious manner, ”Taking one pill can increase the speed of the Xuan Qi's flow in your meridians by three times.”
”Can this supplement genuinely speed-up the Xuan Qi flow by three times? Is it such a legendary thing?” Old Man Jun's eyes suddenly opened wide.
”It does… in theory…” Jun Mo Xie scratched his head.
”… how is it possible? This kind of thing exists on this earth!?” Old Man Jun was thoroughly astonished. In fact, he was so shocked that he couldn't even think of anything.
”You should find a place to absorb its efficacy. Take the Solitary Eagle along for safety. There are two pills in this; one for each of you. Give him the second one when you're finished consuming the first one. It should be enough to act as compensation for keeping guard. After all, we obviously can't order him around like a servant of the family,” Jun Mo Xie suggested.
”Ok, I will go at once!” Old Man Jun stared at him, ”You Little Bastard, why didn't you give this amazing thing to me earlier as your filial piety if you had it with you? I could've put up a great and powerful show in last night's fight! Ah, that would've been a great fight! When would I get such great chance again?”
Jun Mo Xie's head started to sweat, ”No, I couldn't dare to give you this earlier. In fact, merely listening to your words has given me a scare. Its fortunate that I didn't give you this pill yesterday night… Otherwise, you would've gotten yourself finished like a flash sale if you had gone up to fight… That man was even stronger than the Great Master Level. So, even a three-fold increase in the speed of your Xuan Qi wouldn't have been enough…”
”That's disgraceful! What nonsense are you spewing? You think your grandfather can't handle himself?” Old Man Jun got agitated! Old Man Jun knew perfectly-well that it was needless to mention about the prospect of him facing-off against Huang Tai Yang. But, Jun Mo Xie had mentioned it out aloud. And, this had injured Old Man Jun's self-esteem to some extent. After all, his damned grandson had laid his failings bare…
Jun Mo Xie cried out in fear, and disappeared with a 'whooshing' sound!
Old Man Jun ferociously spat on the ground, and said, ”You damned thing! You ought to know who you're talking to; I'm your grandfather…..” He then went ahead to look for Solitary Eagle in excitement…
The rest was rather simple to explain. The two excited old men animatedly went to find a secret place in order to upgrade their strengths…
The people from the Illusory Ocean of Blood didn't come knocking on their door for the several days that followed. The people from the Silver Blizzard City didn't show up either. And, Tian Xiang's royal family showed no signs of movement as per usual. Therefore, Jun Mo Xie sensed that the situation of restlessness had temporarily settled down. So, he felt happy about it, and decided to immerse himself in his work. However, he didn't spend much time in his alchemic work. Instead, he mostly put his efforts in trying to allure the beautiful women with his supposedly 'romantic' talks. But, his obscenities were met with cold shoulders. And, he was left to feel very dejected as a result…
However, the Magnificent Jewel Hall's people visited several times during these days. But, Mu Xue Tong and Han Yan Meng had been hidden by the Jun Family in an efficient manner. Therefore, they weren't able to discover those two. And so, they had no choice but to bid farewell and leave. Moreover, the Jun Family was no longer the kind of force the Magnificent Jewel Hall could roll between their fingers at a moment's thought. So, how could they have dared to act rashly?
Princess Ling Meng had also visited several times in order to meet Ye Gu Han. But, she never met Jun Mo Xie. However, Guan Qing Han told Jun Mo Xie that Princess Ling Meng lost a lot of weight. She had also become very silent, and her face had seemingly become layered with worries. In fact, she had seemed very different from before. She used to be good friends with Dugu Xiao Yi and Sun Xiao Mei. But, she hadn't been interacting with these two women of late for reasons unknown…
Jun Mo Xie mere frowned when he heard about it. However, he didn't take it seriously, and returned to his work.
Little Girl Dugu Xiao Yi obviously couldn't abstain from running to the Jun Family's residence from time to time. However, the little girl's eyeballs would inevitably seem to be dripping-wet when she'd come over to see Guan Qing Han. She would general have three to five different questions for Guan Qing Han. But, those questions would always revolve around the same topic. For instance… [Did you cook it yesterday?] Guan Qing Han would usually be left to flush with anger at the end of it…
This had made it rather obvious that the little girl's evil intentions hadn't subsided yet; she was still wishing for an opportunity to cook rice.
Jun Wu Yi's state of mind had undergone a sudden and drastic change. Even his facial features had also transformed rather heavily. He was particularly active these days. He had personally taken charge of Jun Family's affairs. He had even prepared a list of people who were to be invited in the adoption ceremony.
Fatty Tang was also busy with the intensive preparations for the auction. And, it could be estimated that it would happen in a day or two…
However, something happened suddenly this morning. In fact, it was an unexpected and huge event!
This event had even aroused extensive attention from all the influential families of the capital. Even the Xuan Families which had come from far-away places were left stunned by this! And, that was because this matter had once again been related to the most trending talk of the capital — Third Young Master Jun!
This incident happened at the south gate of Tian Xiang's capital. And, the other party involved was the Second Prince's well-known companion from the Cheng Family… Young Master Cheng — Cheng De Cao! This incident wouldn't have been a big deal if this was everything there had been to the matter. But, the worse had come to worst. But, he had also brought the Second Prince along with him over this matter…
It was no secret that someone was bringing large quantities of herbs to the Tian Xiang City from the Southern Heaven City. In fact, Tian Xiang City's medicine tycoons and merchants had been waiting for this with their sleeves rolled up for action. News had been coming over from time-to-time regarding this shipment of herbs. And, it was being said that this batch of herbs even contained millennium-old ginsengs, top-notch vermillion fruits, tri-colored mushrooms, and many other rarely-seen and precious herbs. Moreover, figwort roots, purple zoysia vines, unwitherable flowers, water nephrites, and many more of such treasures were also said to present therein. This much would've still been fine. But, the real terror lay in the fact that each of the herbs in this batch was legendary in its own merit!
These herbs were items which had existed in the legends. However, they had only seemed illusionary to anyone who had tried to look for them. They were said to exist, but remained absent nonetheless. In fact, it was said that they could an individual immortal…
That 'Immortality' part was obviously an over-exaggeration of facts. But, they could certainly grant a longer lifespan!
However, the things that had only existed in the legends were finally materializing before people's eyes. Moreover, their quantity wasn't very less either. How could this news not excite the hearts of people? Everyone's senses had been battered by a frightening wave of self-interest. And, they had obviously overlooked some basic things in their greed… Such as… Who owned these herbs? What kind of a background would such a person or party have?
Young Master Cheng — Cheng De Cao obviously presented this ”good news” to the Second Prince the moment he received it. After all, this was a good opportunity to flatter the Second Prince. Besides, the Second Prince had surely been bragging about his prowess in the sheets over the past few years. But, his body had somewhat been deficit in that respect. The Second Prince had never said anything about it, but he had always felt bitter from within.
After all, lacking vitality was something that could even terrify the most awe-inspiring of men. Therefore, the Second Prince had never raised his head in front of his wife. Basically, he hadn't been able to the raise the head which stood above his neck since he couldn't raise the one below his waist…
However, it was believed that these legendary herbs could cure every defect! So, it was possible that his golden weapon wouldn't fall before the battle as usual. Instead, it would exhibit its great grandeur. In fact, there was a possibility that it would show such awe-inspiring might that his wife may not even be able to retaliate in the face of its prestige. Henceforth, he may even be able to woo the women in a fair and authoritative manner…
This defect wasn't visible from the outside, but the fact was… he felt inferior among the other men wherever he went. And, this was especially true when a bunch of men gathered together to talk. After all, wouldn't the topics revolve around…? And, he would obviously suffer much embarrassment if he didn't know what he was supposed to say. After all, a man could only raise his head once the thing below could be lifted…
Therefore, the Second Prince's eyes turned blue when he heard this news! And, he immediately issued the highest command — [Get me those herbs at any cost! Use silver to get them, use gold… use beautiful woman… use power and status to press them down! Steal and fight over it if nothing else works. But, get those herbs which can induce the desired raising effect… Do anything and everything. Don't stint from spending extra money. Go to any length to get those things for me!]
This kind of task was naturally handed to Cheng De Cao since he was capable of handling this properly. It must be mentioned that even the most trusted advisories of the Second Prince weren't aware that he suffered from this defect. And, how would this Royal Prince be able to show his face if this news spread out by mistake…?