LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 94: Jia Xingtian’s Plans
Chapter 94: Jia Xingtian's Plans
In the Imperial Palace of the Jia Ma Empire.
Jia Xingtian was conversing with a young woman adorned in a luxurious brocade gown, tall and with a stunningly cold beauty. She is the next successor to the throne of the Jia Ma Empire, Yao Ye.
Unlike ancient China, the Dou Qi Continent resembled more of a western kingdom, where the notion of a queen was not unusual.
"How do you think the royal family should treat this suddenly emerged Master Zhang?" Jia Xingtian inquired of Yao Ye.
This was not a test of loyalty.
Among the royal direct lineage, Yao Ye's intellect stood out, even Jia Xingtian would consider her opinion when in doubt.
After a moment of contemplation, Yao Ye spoke, "Great Grandfather, setting aside whether Master Zhang Xiaofan has a vast power behind him, just his identity as a Tier-6 alchemist means our royal family should attempt to win him over.
However, the problem now is that it seems he has already won over the Ice Emperor, and likely has the entire Miteer family under his control.
Although the Miteer family is not as powerful as our royal family, he likely does not lack for manpower."
Jia Xingtian nodded, well aware of these concerns.
Yao Ye continued, "A question now stands before us.
Even if this Tier-6 alchemist does not intend to stay long in our Jia Ma Empire, his influence will remain.
When Alchemy King Gu He joined the Yunlan Sect as a Tier-4 alchemist, but as he advanced to a Tier-6 alchemist, the strength he added to the Yunlan Sect was immense."
Hearing this, Jia Xingtian's expression changed, realizing the seriousness of the situation.
Yao Ye indeed proved herself to be the future Empress of the Jia Ma Empire with her deep and considerate thoughts.
"Gu He achieved so much.
What about Zhang Xiaofan? How many medicinal pills will he refine for the Miteer family during his stay? And the Ice Emperor, even if his strength has greatly diminished and he's no match for you now, what about the future?
Medicinal pills are quite miraculous; it's hard to guarantee he doesn't have a formula that could restore the Ice Emperor's strength.
Since the return of the Ice Emperor, I've had people keep an eye on the Miteer family's movements.
These past few days, the Miteer family has mobilized all its forces to search for medicinal ingredients, high-tier ones!"
Yao Ye spoke with a solemn tone, her words filled with wariness towards the Tier-6 alchemist.
Jia Xingtian's aged face frowned deeply.
Though Yao Ye didn't spell it out, the implication was clear.
With the help of this Tier-6 alchemist, the Miteer family might become the next Yunlan Sect!
"Do you think it's possible for us to win over this Tier-6 alchemist? The royal family is much stronger than the Miteer family, anything they can offer, we can too!" Jia Xingtian asked.
Yao Ye, however, shook her head with a wry smile.
"Great Grandfather, the key to winning over this Tier-6 alchemist doesn't lie in whether the royal family is stronger than the Miteer family.
The reason he stays with the Miteer family likely has to do with the Ice Emperor. We don't know what happened between them, making it difficult to start."
Jia Xingtian felt somewhat irritable.
Why does it seem like only the royal family is on the decline?
The Miteer family gained a Tier-6 alchemist, the Nalan family and Yunlan Sect formed ties, and even though the Mu family hasn't developed much, Mu Chen is young and Mu Zhan is talented, giving them time to grow.
Only the royal family.
Though it seems prestigious, in reality, it's facing a severe lack of succession, solely dependent on him.
Once his time comes, without him to act, any of the three major families could have the capacity to instigate a coup!
Yao Ye also sighed. With her intelligence, how could she not be aware of the crises facing the royal family?
At that moment, Jia Xingtian looked at Yao Ye, his gaze deep.
"In the past, Alchemy King Gu He stayed with the Yunlan Sect in pursuit of Yun Yun. Why can't our royal family emulate that?"
Yao Ye, understanding the look in Jia Xingtian's eyes and his words, knew precisely what her great grandfather implied.
The next day, news of a sixth-grade alchemist's arrival in the imperial capital spread like wildfire, with people discussing it in every corner of the streets and alleys.
"Have you heard? The Alchemist Guild certified a sixth-grade alchemist yesterday."
"Of course, I heard that this master has a close relationship with the recently returned Ice Emperor and is now residing with the Miteer family."
"A sixth-grade alchemist, what a remarkable figure. In our Hundred-Year Empire, we've only had one Alchemy King, Gu He."
"The Miteer family is likely to soar now. The value brought by a sixth-grade alchemist cannot be measured by common sense."
While discussions buzzed throughout the imperial capital, Su Yun was contemplating in his own room.
Su Yun was facing a dilemma with his system.
He currently possessed three fifth-grade magic cores: one wood attribute, one ice attribute, and one wind attribute.
But what he needed now was a fire attribute.
Due to the influence of his fire attribute Qi from the Heavenly Flame and the intermediate Earth Grade dou skill "Flowing Flame Dragon Slash," his strength in using fire attribute Qi far surpassed his ice attribute Qi.
So, he wanted to strengthen the Remaining Sunset and further elevate his combat power.
The awkward part was that there was no fifth-grade magic core with a fire attribute.
The system's exchange function also had requirements; it needed something scanned before it could spend dou crystals to make exchanges.
In other words, he had to scan a fire attribute magic core first, or he couldn't exchange it at all.
Su Yun felt a bit of a headache.
He wasn't lacking in techniques, dou skills, alchemy formulas, or alchemy experience; he even had Soul Techniques.
But it was just these resources that he lacked. It was vexing.
Su Yun sighed.
The basic conditions for using the exchange function were already clear.
But how to make it play a huge role probably required further exploration.
With no other options, Su Yun could only strengthen the Cold Jade for now.
"System, merge the fifth-grade ice attribute magic core with the Cold Jade."
"Ding, a merge plan has been detected. It requires consuming one fifth-grade dou crystal or one fifth-grade magic core. Would you like to merge?"
"Merge!"
With Su Yun's command, the fifth-grade ice attribute magic core and the fifth-grade wind attribute magic core disappeared from the system space.
The Cold Jade sword placed in the system space emitted a blue light.
The fourth-grade magic core originally embedded in the Cold Jade sword began to merge into a strange blue liquid, enveloping the entire sword body.
After a while, the Cold Jade sword became sharper and harder.
Then, a fifth-grade ice attribute magic core was embedded in the position originally occupied by the fourth-grade magic core.
As the level of the embedded magic core increased, the original material of the Cold Jade sword couldn't bear it.
This led to the original magic core being transformed by the system into something resembling energy to strengthen the sword's material.
The system's merging function was very particular about the feasibility of the merge plan; not every whimsical idea could be executed.
(End of this chapter)
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