The Emperor of the Three Realms

chapter 43

The plan will be implemented soon. Jiang Chen had one stubborn insistence: that the pill maker must be Qiao Baishi himself.    

Until now, Jiang Chen had not understood much about the Hall of Healing. He only trusted Qiao Baishi. Relatively speaking, Qiao Baishi was an intelligent person, and had morals as well as loyalty.    

Therefore, when it came to the core of the refining operation, Jiang Chen was only willing to let Qiao Baishi participate, and there were no other pill makers in the Healing Hall.    

Qiao Baishi was looking forward to such a development.    

Even if Jiang Chen did not say anything, Qiao Baishi would not give up such a good opportunity to others. Even if Jiang Chen did not let him handle all the important content.    

However, if he, Qiao Baishi, was involved, it meant that he controlled the right to speak within the Hall.    

It was undoubtedly a great help for Qiao Baishi to control the bigger picture in the future.    

As long as he and Jiang Chen had this layer of cooperation, how could others within the Hall interfere with his status as his successor?    

In that case, it was natural for Lord Hallmaster to cultivate it in the future and pass on the position to him.    

After all, fighting Qiao Baishi was akin to cutting off the core competences of the Hall of Healing.    

Qiao Baishi was very grateful. He felt he had made an extraordinarily wise decision that day. If not for the fact that he sold the Dragonbone Sun Grass to Jiang Chen with all odds, then the current situation in the capital would likely look very different.    

And he, Qiao Baishi, was still toiling inside the Hall with his tail tucked between his legs.    

And now, if he managed to do all of these things, and get rid of their competitor, the Pill King Garden in a single blow, then his strength, charisma, and leadership ability, would spontaneously skyrocket.    

This way, his position within the Healing Hall would undoubtedly be stable and he would receive countless support.    

After all, everyone wanted to see a Lord Hallmaster who could bring in income and honor to the Hall of healing.    

Suppressing the Pill King Garden firmly would be an incredible achievement that Hallmaster Lord Song Tianxing had fought for, but it had never been achieved!    

Three days later, the Heavenly Karma Pill was successfully produced. The flames had taken out eight complete pills. Three of them were top-ranked, four middle-ranked, and one low-ranked.    

When Qiao Baishi sensed the concentrated medicinal strength of the “Pil Heavenly Karma”, his eyes glazed over as he looked at the flawless exterior that looked like it was naturally formed, and the smell is enough to make the blood boil and surge.    

He finally believed that the Heavenly Karma Pill was indeed true.    

He's been carrying too much pressure in the last few days. As time passed and the Heavenly Karma Pill continued to fail to appear, some skepticism and voices of doubt were also heard from within the Hall of Healing. They suspected that this time they were being played by Jiang Chen.    

And now that the heart-luring Heavenly Karma Pill was finally in front of Qiao Baishi, how could he not wash his face with tears?    

A pill maker sensed the greatest achievement and hence was deeply moved at the time the fire was extinguished to reveal a perfectly formed pill.    

Qiao Baishi was no exception, the significance attached to this Heavenly Karma Pill was too excessive and too heavy!    

It was as if Qiao Baishi had released himself from all the heavy burden on his shoulders at that moment.    

The qi filling pill was also produced after the next two days. When Qiao Baishi asked the name of this pill, Jiang Chen hid his real name and called it “Pil Lautan Luas”.    

In the past two days, Jiang Chen made some changes to the prescription of the mind tranquilizer and named it “One Buddha” Powder.    

This One Buddha Powder does not need to be purified. It only required a few spirit ingredients to be destroyed, and went through a few more steps, before becoming medicine.    

The lack of a purification stage means the absence of material losses and the ability to pass through an expensive purification stage.    

This would naturally lower the cost to one-tenth of an ordinary pill medicine.    

After all, eight or nine out of ten pills were lost in the refining process. Of the ingredients that were sufficient for a hundred pills, in the end only ten or twenty pills were successfully refined.    

A highly skilled distiller might be able to purify twenty or thirty pills, but that was no guarantee that it would always happen.    

Qiao Baishi had barely slept for the past six days, but he still had an extremely strong spirit. He had the vitality of a dragon and the ferocity of a tiger. This made one suspect that he would not say that he was tired, even if he engaged in a fierce battle for another two months.    

It was true, Qiao Baishi's professional passion had completely immersed himself in the business.    

The shock Jiang Chen had brought to him over the past six days was simply too great. Although he was the one responsible for refining the pill, Jiang Chen was the one who controlled the core operations and recipes.    

Qiao Baishi had no complaints about this arrangement, this was also what was written in the contract. It was unrealistic to have Jiang Chen tell the full extent of all the details regarding the core operations and pill details.    

Six dreamy and fruitful days have passed.    

Gazing at the pill bottles stacked in front of him, Qiao Baishi still felt like he was in a dream. The feeling of satisfaction and satisfaction he had received during the past six days of the pill making profession was something he had not experienced in his life to date.    

And this was all thanks to the young man in front of him.    

At that moment, the feeling of seeing a tall mountain grew within Qiao Baishi as he looked towards Jiang Chen.    

Qiao Baishi patted his chest. “Young Duke Jiang, I never spoke up. Just look at our operations this time. With the help of those divine pills and the foundation of my Hall network and distribution channels, if we are unable to defeat the King Garden Pill thoroughly, then we are truly unworthy of our reputation.”    

Jiang Chen was satisfied with Qiao Baishi's statement and smiled faintly. That is, the Hall will not miss the pill medicine exhibition that will be held in the market three days from now?    

“Haha, of course we won't miss it. Pill King Garden is acting so famously, if our Hall of Healing does not get any response, wouldn't it lower our reputation as the number one heavyweight spirit medicine in the kingdom?” Qiao Baishi was very excited.    

“Remember to tell me to go watch the show. I don't want to miss such an interesting show.”    

“Young Duke Jiang is of course the first honored guest we will invite.” Qiao Baishi smiled.    

“Oh right, remember to send an invitation to Princess Gouyu if the time comes. There is a portion of the One Buddha Powder reserved for Princess Gouyu.” Jiang Chen happened to say.    

"Oh? Princess Gouyu also has a portion?” Qiao Baishi was silent for a moment and immediately smiled. “Then we have to prepare a thank you gift for Princess Gouyu.”    

Jiang Chen laughed out loud and thought, 'that woman, Gouyu, may not want the money.' But considering the Hall of Healing gives a gift, the, they would probably be too embarrassed to give anything under one or two million silvers.    

After spending a full six days in the Healing Hall, when he returned to the palace, his father Jiang Feng was still behind closed doors. Jiang Chen knew that his father's closed door training this time could last between one month to three or four months.    

With his father's dao-holic martial will, he probably wouldn't come out before he managed to break through ten meridians of true qi.    

Perhaps, the day when his father opened his door, was when the first true qi master appeared in Jiang Han's palace!    

Since Jiang Chen had given his orders before he went to the Healing Hall, things were still relatively calm. The panic did not occur just because Jiang Chen had not appeared for some time.    

“Jiang Fu, what happened outside during this time?”    

Jiang Fu stood respectfully and respectfully in front of Jiang Chen. As he faced the young duke, Jiang Fu had retracted his negligent and insulting intentions that he had in the past.    

You should give it to him, Jiang Chen's performance during this important time had won the hearts of the servants in the ducal household.    

“Young duke, everything has been more or less quiet the last few days. Rumors had been circulating in the outside world about the duke being poisoned, but no major actions had been taken. There is a saying that is most popular in the outside world today, saying that the duke has been a victim, but we have not announced it due to some pressure.”    

Jiang Fu spoke stammeringly as he talked about this. After all, the servants were not too sure whether the duke of Jiang Han was indeed still alive.    

“No need to pay attention to these rumors.” Jiang Chen was of course most aware of his father's current situation.    

“Did anyone come see me for the past few days?” Jiang Chen asked another question.    

“Yes, Duke of Jinshan and Duke of Hubing have passed, and their two young dukes.”    

The rank of a Jinshan duke was home to a fat Xuan, and the rank of a Hubing duke was home to Hubing Yue. This friendship with the nobles had been going on for generations, and it was perfectly normal for them to visit after hearing that something had happened to Jiang Feng.    

“Did anyone else pass by?”    

“Ya, Princess Gouyu has also come.” Jiang Fu's tone of voice turned a little strange when he talked about this. “And, Princess Gouyu has stopped by every day and left a message.”    

"What message? What are you talking about? Speak honestly.”    

Jiang Fu said with an awkward smile, “Princess Gouyu said whenever the young duke returned was the time when he had to go to the palace to meet him. She seemed to say that Princess Zhiruo missed you.”    

Jiang Chen laughed involuntarily. “This girl, if you miss me then say you miss me, why use Zhiruo girl as an excuse? Looks like you're not a thin-skinned girl.”    

Jiang Fu was tongue-tied and dumbfounded. He was amazed by Jiang Chen. The two princesses of the kingdom have become “gadis” and “gadis” in the mouth of the young duke.    

The young duke in his household was completely unwilling to let things happen until he said words that shocked everyone.    

“Alright, then I have to play in the palace. Uncle Ying, I'm worried that you should accompany me.” Given the circumstances in the capital, Jiang Chen did not dare to be careless.    

"Yes." Yeah." As the leader of the Jiang family's bodyguards, protecting his master was Jiang Ying's duty. He was constantly scolding himself for not protecting the duke enough before, and had yet to find an opportunity to redeem himself. Now that he had received an order from the young duke, he naturally was eager to carry it out. Even if he sacrificed his life, he had to ensure the young duke's safety.    

Princess Gouyu had indeed gone to Jiang Han's palace every day for the past few days. The feeling is quite complicated. He did not know whether Jiang Chen had deliberately avoided him or simply did not want to see him at all. Or did Jiang Chen hold a grudge against the royal family because of what had happened to Jiang Feng?    

Princess Gouyu had always been a loner and following martial dao training, she very rarely paid attention to the feelings of others.    

Yet somehow, that lazy young man – venomous tongued youth – has left a deep imprint in his consciousness, like a brand.    

Even if he deliberately avoided thinking about her, his lazy composure and smiling-looking expression, but not at the same time, it would appear in his mind when it was late at night and there was no one around him.    

When someone came to report that young duke Jiang was coming to visit, Princess Gouyu suddenly rose to her feet, but then it seemed to instantly feel that her reaction was a bit excessive.    

He took a moment to calm himself down, then walked out.    

Jiang Chen stood beside the fake mountain outside Gouyu's room, watching the water trickle into the artificial mountain. He was completely immersed in contemplation at that moment.