Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 465 - 374: I am the King of the Sea_1

Chapter 465: Chapter 374: I am the King of the Sea_1

Li Xuan fell into thought under the gaze of three people.

About five breaths later, Li Xuan looked at Sun Jizong with a cold sneer, "Uncle, I can forgive you, but you have to agree to some conditions. First, I heard that during the Yongle Era, The Court once refined five furnaces of Demons Blood Pills, does my respected Uncle have any left?

I won’t ask too much, just three will suffice. More will not be required, but less is not a topic for discussion."

Sun Jizong’s eyebrows furrowed slightly. The Demon’s Blood Pills, a type of elixir, were specially made for the Demon Tribe. They could greatly boost demonic power and increase the purity of Divine Beast’s bloodline.

However, the method of refining was cruel. Apart from various treasures of heaven and earth, it also required a hundred demons of all types above the six realm, their lifeblood extracted for refining.

This bloody method of refining was regarded by Confucianism as an affront to heavenly virtues, so the ruling dynasty did not easily resort to it.

Only during the Hongwu and Yongle Eras did Great Ancestor and Emperor Taizong commit such affronts with carelessness, indifferent to whether they were virtuous or not. Therefore, they refined quite a few during their reign, and opened more than a dozen furnaces of ’Demons Blood Pills’ exclusively for the Demon Tribe kept by the royal family.

However, the quantity of Demons Blood Pills in a single furnace was no more than twelve, and not much was left now.

At these words, both Xue Yunrou and Jiang Yunqi’s expressions shifted, revealing traces of surprise.

Xue Yunrou thought of her ’Huoyun Phoenix’. This Divine Bird had a bloodline purity of about 60% Phoenix. Even so, it made her practice of fire magic progress twice as fast.

If she could make further progress on this basis, she was confident that she could greatly improve her cultivation and combat power in a short time.

And there was no use in consuming too many of these Demons Blood Pills, but just one could increase the ’Huoyun Phoenix’s’ bloodline purity to around 80%.

Jiang Yunqi was thinking of his daughter’s Four-Tailed Spirit Fox, a little demon fox that had both the blood of the Nine-Tailed Fox and the Baize. Yet, because it was hindered by Jiang Hanyun, its cultivation advanced slowly.

Moreover, besides increasing bloodline purity, the Demons Blood Pill also had a remarkable effect in strengthening demonic power.

Li Xuan picked up his teacup and gently blew on it. "The second condition, I don’t want your Six-Turns Purple-Gold Elixir or Six Wonders Mingshen Elixir. I only want a Seven Orifice Illuminating God Pill. No matter what method you use, once this thing is in front of me, everything can be resolved."

Upon hearing this, Xue Yunrou looked at Yue Qianqian at her side. She guessed that this external pill must have been asked by Li Xuan for this young girl.

Yue Qianqian’s summoning technique was extremely powerful, but it was very fragile most of the time. Once she had this ’Seven Orifice Illuminating God Pill’, Yue Qianqian could maintain The Court Mana at the ninth house level at any time and place, without having to draw life force frequently, which would hurt her body and affect her cultivation.

It is important to know that ’external pills’ were quite common during the Tang Dynasty, creating a golden age for aristocrats.

However, after the late Tang Dynasty, due to the lack of key ingredients, only The Court currently has the ability to refine these things. As a result, external pills above the four realms have been extinct in the market.

The parents of Yue Qianqian were skilled and wealthy Artifact Refiners, but unless they were willing to be used by The Court, or exchanged for supreme magical implement, they could not possibly obtain this item.

Xue Yunrou was a bit resentful, but when she thought about the inner armour mentioned by Yue Qianqian, she turned away without saying anything.

"The third condition, the case of Xunjian Yushi, Xia Guangwei from both sides of Huai!"

Li Xuan’s gaze was firm on Lin Youzhen: "I need Inspectorate Lin to give me an explanation about this case in the shortest amount of time."

Lin Youzhen’s face twitched slightly as he tried to speak, but he heard Li Xuan coldly sneer: "If Inspector Lin wants to make excuses, then we don’t need to continue our conversation. I have read the case files of Xia Guangwei’s corruption case and I know some of the issues; there are at least ten places that are questionable.

Considering the character of Earl Jingan, Duan Dong, if he believed that Xia Guangwei deserved his punishment, he would not have risked adopting his wife and daughters."

The colour of Lin Youzhen’s face instantly changed. While he was lost in thought, Sun Jizong was already staring at him with wolf-like eyes.

He used his own daughter in order to get Li Xuan out of prison. He would not allow Lin Youzhen to spoil the whole affair over the case of Xia Guangwei.

"Okay!" Lin Youzhen let out a deep sigh of relief: "Regarding Xia Guangwei’s case, I also feel guilty. Although I was the investigator of the case at that time, it was actually decided by the head of the three law Divisions.

I was dissatisfied at that time, but because my position was low and my voice was weak, I was powerless. However, when the case was closed, I retained some key evidence left by Xia Guangwei, enough to overturn his case."

He then looked at Li Xuan with a peculiar gaze: "But after today, I will have to leave the Inspectorate. The Earl Jingan will need to make his own plans and arrangements for this case.

I have but one reminder: those who participated in the case that day, led by Prince Xiang, involved more than thirty vassal kings of The Court and noble ministers, most of whom are still in office. For Earl Jingan to reinstate Xia Guangwei’s innocence, I fear it will be no easy task."

Upon hearing the words ’Prince Xiang’, Li Xuan’s eyes narrowed slightly. Prince Xiang Yu Zhanshi, the mother’s brother of the late Emperor Xuanzong of Jin, not only was he of royal uncle status, but he also held the Clan House.

This man was also father to Princess Chengning Yu Yunhuang, and apart from Zhengtong and Jingtai brothers, he was the person closest to the royal bloodline.

"Inspector Lin really knows how to avoid blame. Fine, as long as the evidence in your hand satisfies me, then that counts as a resolution. As for how I will act, there’s no need for Inspector Lin to worry it."