Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 688 - 567: Biological Son (Monthly Ticket Requested)_1

Chapter 688: Chapter 567: Biological Son (Monthly Ticket Requested)_1

Fortunately, the kitchen of the inner courtyard in this medical clinic was located upwind and was not affected by the dust that the two individuals had stirred up.

Afterwards, Li Xuan used his Hao Qi to suppress all the dust and prevent it from affecting other parts of the clinic.

Before long, Lady Jiang, commanding her several nearby maids, brought several bowls of soup to the dining table in the hall.

Li Xuan lifted the soup cover, surprised look in his eyes, "Eh, this one doesn’t seem like Golden Abalone or Hudan Soup. Is this Snake Meat and Snake Elixir? And this one down here, is this a North Sea Black Tortoise? I’m familiar with these ingredients, they’re all known for enhancing one’s strength."

He felt a slight joy in his heart, thinking to himself that it was time for a significant strengthening.

The lifeblood essence that Duke Wen gave him could only be used to strengthen his Shenpo, flesh and bones, and it would not help the internal injuries he sustained during his fight with Yu Hongchang.

"Didn’t I say that this is a newly researched soup? It’s called Xuanwu Fullness Soup."

When Lady Jiang said this, she sighed softly, "For some reason, recently, demon tigers over two hundred years old or golden abalones over four hundred years old have not been seen on the market, even Dragon Alligators are not available, and no matter how much money is offered, they are not available.

I knew you liked these soups, Xuan, but unfortunately, since arriving in Capital City, I’ve only been able to purchase them twice."

Upon hearing this, Li Xuan immediately replied with a smile, "I think this is quite good as well."

He thought to himself that he shouldn’t always eat the same food and might really cause the extinction of Golden Abalone and Demon Tiger from overeating.

As he spoke, he scooped up a spoonful of soup and put it into his mouth.

A wave of savory flavor exploded in Li Xuan’s mouth.

Li Xuan immediately brightened, "Delicious! It’s really tasty! You are truly amazing, aunt."

A smile instantly bloomed on Lady Jiang’s face, "I’m glad you like it, Xuan. It’s worth all the research I did today."

"It does taste quite good." Jiang Hanyun, who had long grown tired of Golden Abalone Soup and Hudan Soup, was thrilled to have a new flavor, which greatly increased her appetite.

But soon Jiang Hanyun put down her empty small bowl and looked at her mother discontentedly, "Why do I have so little?"

The key was the comparison. The bowl in front of Li Xuan was as big as a small washbasin.

The one in front of Jiang Hanyun could only be described as a small soup bowl.

Lady Jiang just chuckled coldly, "Don’t you realize?"

As she spoke, she intentionally pointed towards the ruins of the two collapsed wooden buildings outside, "This time, I only exceptionally showed mercy to you because Xuan is here and let you have a taste of the soup. Next, I will hold you accountable.

Also, didn’t you say you didn’t like my soup? The quantity is just right for you."

Jiang Hanyun looked at Li Xuan with a pair of eyes filled with grievances and resentment, thinking that it was obviously this guy who didn’t catch her fist properly, so why did she have to take the blame?

At that moment, Jiang Hanyun cast her gaze in the direction of Dugu Biluo.

The size of Dugu Biluo’s soup bowl, of course, couldn’t be compared with Li Xuan’s, and was just a normal bowl. But when compared to Jiang Hanyun’s soup bowl, it was considerably more substantial.

Dugu Biluo acted as if she didn’t notice the desire in Jiang Hanyun’s eyes. She lifted her soup bowl and started gulping it down.

"Delicious!" She put down her soup bowl, satisfaction written all over her face, "So delicious, your soup is really tasty, mother."

She thought that Li Xuan’s decision to send her to Lady Jiang was brilliant.

It was as if a mouse had fallen into rice—darn! There’s no need to degrade herself like that.

In short, she found calling Lady Jiang "mother" really smooth now.

Lady Jiang immediately beamed, "Someone, refill Miss Er’s soup!"

She liked this kind of honest and respectful child who could eat and sleep.

Jiang Hanyun was like this when she was young, but ever since her trip to Hangzhou when she was ten, she had become more and more unruly.

Jiang Hanyun could not believe her own mother and wondered if this was her real mom?

Only then did Lady Jiang snorted coldly, and ordered the maids to give Jiang Hanyun a standard-sized soup bowl.

"Actually, the reason for my visit this time is to give you something, aunt."

At this point, Li Xuan started talking about the main point. While sipping his soup, he placed a porcelain bottle in front of Lady Jiang.

"Before, didn’t I team up with Shaobao Yu to slaughter the Saintess White Lotus? Shaobao Yu was very generous and didn’t take a penny of the things left by Saintess White Lotus, so all her possessions fell into my hands.

Most of them are strange and curious elixirs. I asked the expert of our Liudao Division to appraise them and found that there were actually a few ’Tianxin Zhuyuan Pills’ among them. These pills can not only rejuvenate people and return them to their youth but can also add ten years to a mortal’s life.

There are three pills in this bottle, which can extend life by thirty years. To be honest, the process of creating the ’Tianxin Zhuyuan Pill’ is actually against the laws of nature, but the pill itself has no hidden dangers. Since it has already been created, it would be a waste to destroy it. In the future, aunt, you may want to do more good deeds to compensate for the sins committed by the Saintess White Lotus when she created these pills."

"Tianxin Zhuyuan Pill?" Lady Jiang instantly paused in surprise, looking at the pill bottle in front of Li Xuan in disbelief.

Her heart filled with delight, thinking that she has raised her son-in-law well after all.

However, Lady Jiang shook her head with a solemn expression: "Xuan, I understand your intentions, but how could I accept such a precious thing? Take it back. I guess there are some relatives and friends around you who could make good use of it."

Li Xuan chuckled when he heard this: "Auntie, don’t worry, I still have plenty of ’Tianxin Zhuyuan Pills’ at hand, enough for me to use. Unfortunately, one can only use up to three of these pills, and any more will be ineffective. If not, I could give you more."

Saintess White Lotus had left behind a total of thirty ’Tianxin Zhuyuan Pills’. He not only gave three each to his mother, Luo Yan, Leng Yurou, and Yue Qianqian, but also didn’t forget Madam Zhang, the mother of Xue Yunrou, and Lady Hang, the mother of Yu Hongchang, who were in the palace.

Even his father, Li Chengji, received a share. Li Xuan believed that if this old man lived long enough, delaying the decline of his qi and blood for several decades, he could reach the heavenly level.

After hearing his words, Lady Jiang set her doubts aside. She joyfully held the ’Tianxin Zhuyuan Pill’ in her hand, seemingly unable to let go.

For the past half year, she had often grieved over her increasingly aging appearance and decreasing lifespan.

Lady Jiang was not afraid of death, nor was she greedy for the glamour of the world. She was just worried that her husband would be left alone after her death, feeling uncomfortable at this prospect.

She knew well that her husband could have maintained his youthful appearance indefinitely, but because of her, Jiang Yunqi had allowed his appearance to age.

But now with these three ’Tianxin Zhuyuan Pills’, Lady Jiang believed that her life in the next thirty years would somewhat be different.

"I owe you a lot." Lady Jiang’s expression was somewhat complicated, "This thing is something I have long wanted, I won’t be polite to you. But it’s so precious that I don’t know how to repay you, Xuan."

Li Xuan just laughed heartily: "What do you need to repay? Auntie, you’ve made me sad with these words. I’ve always considered myself as part of the Jiang family and treated you as my own mother. Isn’t it only right for a child to express filial piety to his mother?"

After hearing this, Lady Jiang was overjoyed and could not contain her happiness. She playfully pinched Jiang Hanyun’s ear: "Remember to be nicer to Xuan in the future. You must not hit him, or I won’t spare you! How could you behave like you did today?"

Jiang Hanyun thought, how did it come to me? I haven’t hit him for a long time.

Today, she merely wanted to spar because she had just mastered a new ’force’.

But right now, the way Jiang Hanyun looked at Li Xuan was seemingly as gentle as water.

No matter how slow she was at grasping emotions, she knew what these three ’Tianxin Zhuyuan Pills’ meant to her mother and to her family.

This guy may be a scoundrel, but when it comes to her parents, she can’t say anything against him.

"Speaking of Saintess White Lotus, I was really worried about you that day."

At this point, Lady Jiang looked worried again: "It’s strange, everything seems peaceful in the world, the Emperor is a wise ruler, the officials are virtuous, and the taxes have been reduced recently with clear politics, so why would such a great demon appear?

I had thought that Beijing, as a model of goodness, would be more peaceful than Nanjing, but after arriving in the capital for only half a year, first there was the invasion by Meng Wu, and then Saintess White Lotus started a Buddhist Kingdom aboveground. Why is this happening?"

She was primarily worried about Li Xuan, who had now become the pillar of the Court and the Liudao Division.

If something happens again, Li Xuan would have to take it upon himself.

And Hanyun, according to what I heard, she will soon be promoted to Zhonglangjiang. In the future, she will inevitably have to take on more responsibilities alone.

Li Xuan thought of Master Zhongliu, Zhonglie Duke Wen’s words, and the Mongols preparing for war, and couldn’t help but feel helpless.

He thought the Jin Dynasty’s future really looked gloomy.

But he reassured her calmly: "Auntie, Saintess White Lotus has been causing chaos in Shandong for over a year, since the Taizong Era. Since she has always wanted to establish a Void Buddhist Kingdom, it was bound to happen sooner or later.

However, there should be no more problems in the capital from now on. Now that Saintess White Lotus has been eradicated, the Mongols heavily injured, and Zhonglie Duke Wen’s divine power restored to its peak, I estimate that for the next three to five years, Beijing should be very peaceful."

But as he finished speaking, Jiang Yunqi walked in: "The external problems have been temporarily resolved, but because they’ve been resolved, internal struggles will arise. The Court might not be peaceful in the coming days."

Li Xuan looked at him in astonishment: "Uncle, why do you say that?"

First, Jiang Yunqi gestured to dismiss the many maids and servants. Then he looked at Li Xuan and solemnly asked: "Do you know about the ’Locked Yuan Technique’?"

Li Xuan was puzzled: "I know, it’s a method to completely lock up the ’essence yuan’ and enhance one’s cultivation level, equivalent to the ’Zhanchilong’ for female cultivators. There are many such techniques."

’Zhanchilong’ was invented by the Northern Sect of the Quanzhen Sect, and the so-called "Red Dragon" is a metaphor for menstrual blood in women.

Physiologically, one of the fundamental differences between women and men is that "a woman’s essence is formed from blood". How can the esoteric power, which transforms essence into qi, initiate the process of internal alchemy when the "Red Dragon", or menstrual blood, is unbroken?

So, the first step for female alchemists of the Clean Cultivation Sect is to stop menstruating.

The ’Locked Yuan Technique’ on the other hand, completely locks away the Yang Yuan, never leaking it.

This will not impede sexual abilities, but it will make one unable to conceive.

"When His Majesty was still Prince Cheng, he used the Locked Yuan Technique on himself in order to quickly achieve the heavenly level after his child was born."

Jiang Yunqi sighed: "This time, he would rather say that his retreat was to heal injuries, rather than to undo the Locked Yuan Technique. But I’m not very hopeful. His Majesty once asked me to examine him and help him find a solution."

"But due to his old injuries, his Yuan Qi was severely depleted. If he forcefully tries to undo the Locked Yuan Technique, he might not only fail to achieve his goal, but it might even worsen his injuries."

Li Xuan couldn’t help but feel a chill run down his spine: "Uncle, how many people know about this?"

He knew what this meant—if Crown Prince Yu Jianji fails to wake up, then Jingtai Emperor will be without a successor.

For the sake of the country’s stability, he would be forced to choose a new Crown Prince from the royal family.

"I’m not sure." Jiang Yunqi shook his head: "But the Emperor has asked more than one person to examine him. If anyone leaked the news, the Court would undoubtedly be thrown into chaos."