The Emperor of the Three Realms

chapter 40

What Jiang Chen and Jiang Ying did not think of was the fact that Jiang Han's duke, Jiang Feng, had sustained injuries that were not as simple as it seemed. He didn't just suffer a small injury.    

His opponent had actually smeared poison on his knife blade, and it was a poison that worked hard and fast!    

In a short time Jiang Ying came out to escort Jiang Chen – in less than an hour – Jiang Feng's injuries quickly deteriorated.    

When Jiang Chen returned to the palace, duke Jiang Han was already in a coma and his face was as black as ash.    

“Young Duke, Mr. Ying, you are finally back. His Majesty..” The palace butler, Jiang Fu, was so worried that tears drenched his face.    

Jiang Chen combined the three steps into two as he rushed to Jiang Feng, “Dad!”    

Jiang Feng's consciousness was already in a coma. He only groaned a little, and his eyelids did not even open.    

Jiang Ying's sharp eyes were filled with deep regret. As the head of the Iron Guards of the Jiang family, he neglected his duty for not protecting the duke well.    

“Your Majesty, your subordinates have let you down and can only thank you for my death.” Jiang Ying pulled out the dagger on her waist with a clanging sound and slashed her own neck.    

Jiang Chen's elbow slightly bumped into him, coincidentally hitting the area between Jiang Ying's waist and ribs. Jiang Ying felt her arms numb. Unable to hold the knife in his hand firmly, the dagger fell to the ground with a clanking sound.    

“Jiang Ying, easy for someone to die. Working hard to live in the face of adversity is the hard part. You wouldn't tell me that the head of our Jiang family's Iron Guards is a coward, would you?    

Jiang Chen's tone was cold and harsh, and contained a hint of a lecture tone.    

It was as if lightning had struck Jiang Ying. How funny is this scene? When did the young duke start teaching like this? When was the dandy dandy that gave Jiang Ying such a headache equipped with such a skill? Cause he couldn't hold his waist dagger firmly due to a careless impact?    

Jiang Chen no longer paid attention to Jiang Ying and asked Jiang Fu, “Have we called the doctor yet?”    

"Yes we have. We had called three or four doctors and they all left without saying anything when looking at this situation. They were so scared that their faces turned green.” Jiang Fu's words were spoken in a crying tone.    

This type of poison spreads very quickly. If not for the fact that Jiang Feng was a strong practitioner at nine meridians true qi, an ordinary person would have long since died.    

How could an ordinary doctor, who had never seen this kind of poison, be able to cure him?    

“Did not a single spirit alchemist ever pass by?” Jiang Chen asked.    

Jiang Fu was depressed. “I went alone to Pill King Garden but was greeted with ridicule and ridicule. I have no relationship with the other two places.”    

Pill King Garden had always partnered with the Jiang family. Therefore Jiang Fu did not think too much about it when he went to the Garden to ask for a spirit alchemist. He had been the target of ridicule and ridicule, and it made him so angry that his entire body trembled.    

Jiang Chen was silent. This Jiang Fu turned to whichever doctor he could find in times of need. It would indeed be a strange thing if the Pill King Garden was willing to come heal Jiang Feng now.    

Who knows, maybe Park even had a hand in the poison business.    

However, the situation is now quite clear. The Pill King Garden had given up its fate to the Duke of Soaring Dragon and became a biting dog at his command.    

Jiang Chen did not sit still. He placed his finger on Jiang Feng's pulse as his brows furrowed slightly.    

Jiang Chen had also done a lot of research on the use of poison in his past life.    

He thought for a moment, stood up, and called Jiang Fu to bring along a brush and paper, writing a list.    

“Jiang Fu, go to the Healing Hall and give this list to the third hall master Qiao Baishi. Also, have him come by carrying the items on the.” list    

Jiang Chen reached into his pocket and gave the carved dragon medallion to Jiang Ying. “Uncle Ying, grab this item and accompany Jiang Fu.”    

Jiang Chen was calm in the face of panic and order in his actions.    

For some reason, Jiang Ying had suddenly mysteriously cultivated a sense of confidence towards the young duke ever since being lectured by him earlier.    

“I hear and obey.” Jiang Ying knew that saving lives was as urgent as dousing fire and she grabbed Jiang Fu, dragging him as she flew out the door.    

It had to be said that Qiao Baishi paid a lot of attention to Jiang Chen. He had arrived at the Jiang residence with the spirit medicines on the list in less than five minutes.    

Qiao Baishi was also very surprised to see Jiang Feng's condition.    

After a momentary diagnosis, his expression became even more serious. There were signs of incomprehension in his expression, some deep musings and a hint of helplessness.    

“Young Duke Jiang, His Majesty has been poisoned. There's no doubt about it. But the theory behind this poison is hard for me to understand. I was worried I was helpless with just my level of training. Mr. hallmaster is very resourceful and has incredible strength, but unfortunately he started the journey yesterday.”    

Qiao Baishi's tone contained regret and apology. He looked at Jiang Chen, momentarily missing a way to comfort him.    

And, he was also shocked internally. I can't believe the situation in the capital has suddenly deteriorated like this! A county duke had been ambushed at the door of his own house!    

“Third school head, in your mind, how many have the ability to use this poison in the capital?”    

Qiao Baishi furrowed his brows while thinking hard, and responded after a while. “Three heavyweight spirit medicine experts in the capital are all not very adept at using poison. I theorize that this is not the job of a poison master in the capital.    

Young Duke, your father's poison has invaded the veins. We need to hurry up and take action. Why not act according to the usual treatment method, and prick the acupoints with silver needles to remove the poisonous blood?”    

Although Qiao Bai was unable to fully understand the workings of these poisons, he knew that poison treatment usually followed this procedure. Removing toxic blood first can at least slow down the speed of toxins attacking the heart.    

However, Jiang Chen shook his head. “No, we will fall into the other party's trap if we use silver needles to penetrate the acupoints. This poison is not a blood poison, but a nerve poison. If we use silver needles to me acupoints, this will only cause the poison to spread faster.”    

"What?" Qiao Baishi was astonished. This was the first time he had heard something like this.    

Treating this poison in the usual way would actually increase the speed of the poison. Fortunately they did not consider themselves smart and used silver needles. Otherwise, wouldn't this put the duke in even greater danger?    

Qiao Baishi suddenly recalled something and his brows furrowed. “Young Duke, you wrote a list for me and asked me to bring you those spirit medicines. Do you have a way to cure it?”    

Jiang Chen nodded lightly. “If my exercise level is similar to my father, I will be able to easily cure him of this poison. However, my father's level was much higher than mine and therefore it took effort to heal him. But I have my own way.    

Jiang Fu, prepare the secret room.    

Jiang Ying, activate the highest level of vigilance in the palace!    

Third Hallmaster, thank you for making this trip. Please wait here, I'll come chat with you when I've cured my father of poison.    

Qiao Baishi found it hard to scratch the itch in his heart after hearing Jiang Chen's words. He had never seen this kind of poison before and was eager to observe from the side. But he also knew that there should be no interference during the healing process of the poison, so he firmly suppressed his curiosity.    

But he would never agree to return to the current Hall if anyone told him to. He would not let go of this great opportunity to broaden his perspective.    

In addition, he also wanted to use this opportunity to fully understand the theory behind healing this poison.    

As a spirit alchemist, Qiao Baishi was a diligent scholar. How could he miss the opportunity to learn and improve his skills?    

He was willing to wait for ten days and ten nights without the slightest frown on his eyebrows – let alone just a moment.    

This poison, although the materials used were extremely elusive, was not enough to confuse the knowledgeable Jiang Chen. Although there were some unusual methods used in the application of this poison that even baffled Qiao Baishi, a hallmaster in the Hall of Healing. Anyone who used the poison would be considered proficient at using the poison.    

Yet to Jiang Chen, all of these tricks were still at the level of pediatrics.    

We should know, Jiang Chen had spent millions of years studying the dao of alchemy in his past life, what had he not seen yet? Many alchemists often came to ask Jiang Chen questions.    

Jiang Chen in his previous life was a trash in the aspect of martial dao training, yet was a superior master at the level of being able to laugh proudly in heaven in terms of dao alchemy.    

In the entire process Jiang Chen prevented Jiang Ying from committing suicide, instructing them to bring back Qiao Baishi, write a list and talk to Qiao Baishi earlier, he said, he was actually constantly thinking about how to cure the poison.    

Finally, he chose the most reliable method to cure it.    

After entering the secret room, Jiang Chen completely destroyed all the spirit medicines and dispersed them completely using a massive wave of actual qi, he said, combining the medicine into actual qi and flowing it into Jiang Feng's body.    

The theory of using true qi to perform medicine seems simple in theory, but it is not something that just anyone can use to cure poison.    

First of all, the true qi of the two people must come from the same source and must not have the slightest conflict. Otherwise, the true qi would be at odds with each other, and the slightest conflict between actual qi was enough to stimulate the poison and result in the poison spreading in all directions.    

This process will not tolerate the slightest disturbance.    

For Jiang Chen, the only problem lay in the difference between his six meridians true qi and Jiang Feng's nine meridians true qi. Since the case was like this, he had to be careful of the poison counterattack while he was in the process of curing his father.    

It was fortunate that Jiang Feng was in a coma due to the poison. Although his consciousness was still performing movements manipulating true qi out of habit, there was no way he could actually activate his true qi limits.    

Plus the fact that Jiang Chen was practicing “The Secrets of the Nine Laughing Seas”, a method that was hundreds of times more sophisticated than Jiang Feng's “Great Wave Method”.    

Therefore, Jiang Chen's great waves of true qi enjoyed absolute superiority and powerfully flowed into Jiang Feng's body, bringing antidotes to all corners of Jiang Feng's body.    

In this case, the process of healing the poison becomes simple.    

Jiang Feng leisurely woke up after an hour.    

“Chen'er, have you cured my poison?” Jiang Feng immediately expanded his consciousness and was even more shocked. “Qi true big wave rich and pure, you.. Chen’er, what level is your ‘Great Wave Method’?”    

Jiang Feng thought the huge wave of rich and pure qi was simply incredible.    

Jiang Chen chuckled, “Dad, I want to talk to you about this matter. I'm practicing not “Big Wave Method”, but “Secret Nine Seas Laugh”. “Great Wave Method” is just a branch of the method, and is a method that has the same origin.”    

“The Secret of Nine Laughing Oceans?” Jiang Feng became extremely frightened.    

“Ya, for example. This Secret of the Nine Laughing Oceans is like an old ancestor “Great Wave Method”. Dad, find your inner peace and I'll tell you. Practice “The Secret of the Nine Laughing Oceans” from now on and I promise that you will break through the shackles of nine true qi meridians within a month, and join the ranks of true qi masters!”    

Within the realm of true qi, ten meridians true qi to twelve meridians true qi were all called true qi masters.    

Being a true qi master meant entering the top tier true qi realm. That practitioner would definitely be the pinnacle of strength in the Eastern Kingdom!    

It was as if Jiang Feng was in a dream, and his expression was still not fully recovered.    

Yet Jiang Chen's next sentence still left him flabbergasted.    

“Dad, “This Secret of Nine Laughing Seas” is a sophisticated method. Practicing this method will give you a seventy percent chance to invade the spirit dao realm!”    

“Nature spirit dao?” Jiang Feng was completely unnerved.    

The spirit dao realm was a legendary existence for the superior practitioners in the Eastern Kingdom. It is said that during the hundreds of years of the existence of the Eastern Kingdom, only one appeared!    

Rising to the spirit dao was like becoming a golden scaly dragon. One would fly into the sky, rise meteorically, destroy the earthly cage, and fly across the clouds!