The Emperor of the Three Realms

chapter 139

Jiang Chen knew that the old man had actually received his bait now that the old man had said such words.    

Qiao Baishi found it funny in person. He also knew that they had finally come out of the forest this time. With the eloquence of his esteemed master, they would make this old man go round and round.    

"Continuously? This is something that is set by heaven. Of course it's a coincidence.”    

“Cordained by heaven?” Elder Fei muttered to himself, his gaze a bit distant and lost. “I've heard of the Renewal Purity Pill, but no one knows the pill recipe in Skylaurel Kingdom. It was said that the price of this pill was indeed much cheaper than the Peace Ruling Pill, and the ingredients were easy to find. It's also easier to refine.”    

Suddenly, Elder Fei's eyes moved as if he had decided on something.    

“Son, this old man will trust you this time only. I can avoid asking the matter of you entering without permission in the Qingyang Valley, but you must introduce me to this mysterious expert.    

Jiang Chen deliberately complicates it, “I cannot agree to this rashly. What's the point of meeting him? This senior had long been uninterested in common affairs in the ordinary world. I think it will be difficult for you to ask.”    

The old man chuckled, “It's hard for me to ask him, but what if you ask?”    

“I... Why do I ask?” Jiang Chen was deliberately pretending to be stupid.    

“Eh... alright!” The old man smiled somewhat awkwardly. Right, why would someone make this request to her? It has nothing to do with them.    

*******-****** his hand in his place of standing, he carefully smiled obediently. “Eh, uh, little sister. Tell me, what should I do for you to see me?”    

Jiang Chen had a dark face. “I won't do it. I was scared of you earlier. Twenty years of being a medicine waitress, so inspiring, peh!”    

“Heh heh, don't get angry, don't get angry.” The old man licked Jiang Chen, raising his hand to pat him on the shoulder with a lick. “Come, come, come. Let this old man massage your back for you. How ridiculous was a medicine servant for twenty years? I think you heard wrong. I mean, I'll be a medicine waitress for twenty years for anyone who can solve the problem of the Peace Ruler Pill for me!”    

Jiang Chen found it funny in person, and inevitably wanted to laugh when he saw this old man acting like a clown. Come to think of it, this old man was eccentric and a bit stubborn, but he wasn't the bad type of person.    

If it were the people from the Azure Heaven Northern Palace, they would definitely threaten him with life and death, and would not mind using any means to force Jiang Chen to accept and submit.    

This old man was a pill expert and seemed to be considering the evil ways behind his notice, considering himself pure and majestic, far from all that.    

Even if this kind of person had an eccentric temperament, his natural character would not be wrong.    

“I misheard?” Jiang Chen said intentionally.    

“Mistake heard.” The old man nodded his head quite seriously.    

“That means I can go and go to the capital?”    

"of course! Why can't you?” The old man acted as if this was a very strange question – as if Jiang Chen was really crazy for asking this question.    

Arguably, the old man's personality was somewhat similar to that of a mischievous old boy. He will pretend to be stupid, act funny, and get angry easily.    

Jiang Chen had fun teasing him and laughed, “Elder Fei right? How about this, meet me in the capital after a while.”    

"really?" Elder Fei's eyes let out a lot of sparks.    

“Do I look like a liar?”    

“Not at all, not at all!” The old man shook his head as if he was beating a drum. “When this old man first saw you, I felt that you were very tall and handsome, with a striking appearance and posture, a dragon or a phoenix amongst humans, I felt that you were very tall and handsome, the immortal being that had descended to earth made it such that this old man inevitably wanted to be close to you, it even made me long to swear immediately and undergo the ritual of slaughtering chickens and burning yellow paper in order to become a blood relative.”    

Fawning words come rolling on it, and the adulation flows this – is the epitome of skillful finesse.    

Jiang Chen discovered that this old man was similar to him, without any principles.    

It was as if the old man was dropping off his own relatives when he saw them off on the street. He waved his hand, “Walk well and carefully on the road. If anything happens, just say my name.”    

These words are very intimate.    

Other than Jiang Chen, Gouyu, and Jiang Feng, the others felt like they were dreaming. They thought that they would not be able to avoid twenty years of service as medicine maids.    

Who would have thought that Jiang Chen's words full of snapping and distraction would completely change the old man, and would make him send them away as he sent his old kin, deviating from his usual behavior.    

“Chen'er, you..” Jiang Feng wants to say something.    

“Dad, let's go, this old man is one of ours in the future.” Jiang Chen chuckled. He had just dug a hole, and the old man immediately jumped inside, jumping first with excitement.    

Twenty years as a medicine servant.Jiang Chen smiled. It would be very interesting if there were parents like his medicine man.    

…    

In the Qingyang Valley, two medicine officers, the Great Egg and the Second Egg, had their tongues bound and their eyes bulging. Their faces were bewildered, and their mouths were wide open – enough to include chicken legs.    

“Older Fei, that kid seems really unreasonable. We let him go just like that?” Big Egg thinks this is amazing.    

“Indeed true, I feel the boy is not something good.” Second Egg could not understand it either.    

“Heh heh.” Elder Fei smiled meaningfully, lying leisurely in his chair. “What do you two know? I have lived for hundreds of years, and have seen all sorts of people. This child is full of truth and falsehood, the same person as me. He pretends to be stupid when he should be stupid, pretends to be helpless when he should be, and is not shy to express himself at the time he should be.”    

“The same person as you, Elder?” The Big Egg and the Second Egg were getting confused.    

“Ya, same person.” The old man closed his eyes from drunkenness, and began to cradle a small song. He had just investigated his act of pretending to be stupid and acting sweet.    

The old man was a fairly narcissistic person, and felt that Jiang Chen was the same as him. Therefore, he was definitely not a bad person, or someone who was too free to flick his tongue.    

Moreover, after analyzing the details, the child's eyes did not even blink when he mentioned the name of the pill. This was not an action that ordinary people could take.    

How could he have gained such knowledge without the pointers of a pill expert?    

How many people in the entire Skylaurel Kingdom had heard of the Renewal Purity Pill, let alone others?    

Therefore, even though Elder Fei looked puzzled, he was actually quite astute. At least he had made some preliminary conclusions that Jiang Chen had not made any empty promises.    

Not to mention the capital is not too far from here. Even if this child is planning something, Elder Fei can leave at any time if he wants to create trouble for him.    

However, Elder Fei's instincts had been honed quite sharply after living for hundreds of years. This time, his instincts told him that maybe this child really did not cover his eyes.    

After all, he had no shortage of medical personnel or anything like that.    

He had made a frightening rule because he did not want too many idle offenders roaming the Qingyang Valley, interrupting the peace of the Valley in spirit medicine cultivation.    

It was not because the old man was really evil.    

There really was a fundamental difference between the Qingyang Valley and the Azure Heaven Northern Palace.    

As Tang Long had said; they had not encountered any problems that needed to be mentioned after leaving the territory of the Azure Heaven Northern Palace and Qingyang Valley.    

They arrived at the capital of the Skylaurel Kingdom early in the morning on the second day.    

As they flew high in the sky and stared at him from afar, the capital of the Skylaurel Kingdom was quite an impressive sight. The city walls and enormous moats were as if they were brilliant pearls embedded within the earth, presenting an extremely beautiful scene.    

High and sturdy city doors, spacious architecture, the capital army equipped with armor and weaponry — every detail is a testament to the position of the amazing Skylaurel Kingdom.    

“The reputation of the four great kingdoms is indeed worth getting. Looks like we were really frogs at the bottom of the well in the Eastern Kingdom before.”    

Gouyu felt mixed emotions as she stood in front of the capital of the Skylaurel Kingdom and looked at the enormous city walls and trenches.    

With Tang Long's warning, Jiang Chen and them naturally did not fly to the capital by riding the Golden Winged Sword Bird. They instead landed outside the city door, and led the Golden Winged Sword Bird through the city door.    

With Prince Ye's medallion, their entrance through the city door was smooth and unobstructed.    

The guard at the city gate smiled, "You have a prince's medal, and there's no need to be checked as you enter and exit the city gate in the future."    

The presence of bustling city life greeted them upon entering the capital.    

By looking at the map that Ye Rong had left for Jiang Chen, the group walked over leisurely and finally reached Ye Rong's 'Prince Rong Residence' after roughly two hours.    

A group of practitioners wearing red armor walked out from both sides before they reached the front door, and openly brandished their weapons towards the group.    

“Unemployed people should not linger in front of the prince's palace!”    

“We are friends of the fourth prince, and invited to come visit him.” Jiang Chen showed the medal.    

The red armored practitioner looked at the medallion for a while, after which the captain waved his hand and all the red armored practitioners put down their weapons.    

“Please wait, I will tell the fourth prince.”    

A warm laugh came from within the palace after a while.    

“Hahaha, I heard a magpie chattering on the branch after waking up this morning. I made some small calculations and learned that some distinguished guests would come to visit. Could my little brother come to visit?”    

The owner of the warm voice was Prince Ye Rong.    

A red shadow quickly walked out of the door even before his voice finished echoing. Ye Rong directly walked up to Jiang Chen, giving him a passionate embrace of smoldering.    

“Sister, I miss you! I've been waiting for your arrival, and finally saw you arrive.” Ye Rong grabbed Jiang Chen's shoulder after the bear's embrace, and looked at him from top to bottom, “Heh. Looks like a lot of stories have happened to you all this time.”    

Jiang Chen smiled sadly. “If you had told me that when traveling to the capital would be filled with such twists and turns, I would definitely not have rejected your idea of meeting me at the border.”    

"What's been going on?" Prince Ye Rong's face darkened. “Is there a blind fool who makes trouble for my little brother?”    

Jiang Chen sighed, "The story is long, I'll tell you later."    

“Alright, come on in, let's go in. Let's all go inside to talk. I'll soon have a banquet to greet you and clean the road dust off your feet. Today is a joyful day and we should drink. Heh heh, I have not found it in me to open the wine I requested from the Precious Tree Sect. Today, we're going to get drunk!”    

As a prince, Ye Rong's personality might not be the most desirable.    

But as a friend, Ye Rong's straightforwardness actually increased Jiang Chen's good impression of him. At least Ye Rong did not act in front of him or make a fuss about the superior facing his junior.    

Moreover, Ye Rong followed that line very carefully. Although sexy women like Gouyu and innocent beauties like Wen Ziqi were in Jiang Chen's entourage, Ye Rong always looked at them with courtesy as her eyes looked at them, without the slightest sign of depravity.    

At the very least, this point was quite rare to find in someone who had a superior position.