Editor: Atlas Studios Mu Yurou noticed that Nalan Yu’s gaze was fixed entirely on Mu Qianyue from start to finish, making her heart burn with even more resentment, biting her teeth in hatred.
Just as Nalan Zheng was about to inquire further, Lan Keyu, standing beside him, entwined her arm around his, her stunning face adorned with a bashful and charming expression, “Your Majesty, how could a little girl know any medical skills?
I am hungry…”
“Alright, alright, let’s return to the palace for a meal,” Nalan Zheng’s eyes lit up, a lecherous smile spreading across his face.
The ‘meal’ they referred to was no ordinary food.
The officials watched Nalan Zheng and Lan Keyu’s disappearing figures, somewhat dumbfounded.
Now that the emperor had left, why should they remain?
Naturally, it was time to head home to their respective families.
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Exiting Xuande Hall, Mu Qianyue took a deep breath, filled with doubt.
This was her first encounter with Jade Concubine, so why did she assist her time and again?
If it weren’t for her twice diverting Nalan Zheng’s attention in Xuande Hall, she wouldn’t have been able to pass so easily.
Forget it; since she couldn’t figure it out, she decided not to think about it.
Just as she was about to leave, she saw a white figure drifting over, then rushing into her arms, holding her tightly.
The unique snow lotus fragrance of youth filled her senses, faint and fresh.
“Sister, I just heard, the emperor has betrothed you to me, you’ll be my wife from now on!” A clear, cool voice with a hint of delight and joy.
Mu Qianyue twitched her mouth slightly, pushed him away, and responded softly, “Mn.”
“That’s wonderful, Sister, no…
I should call you wife.” Nalan Jing said excitedly, his jade-like face glowing with a radiant light due to his happiness.
“Do not call me wife!” Mu Qianyue glared at him.
“…But, but you are indeed my wife.” Nalan Jing’s expression fell upon hearing this, lowering his eyes, looking very aggrieved, his voice filled with immense disappointment, “I know you must despise me, despise me for being blind, despise me for being ugly, everyone says I’m both blind and ugly, that no one wants me…”
Mu Qianyue’s mouth twitched upon hearing this.
Although he was blind, at least his looks could be considered to ruin nations, right?
If he was ugly, could there be any beautiful people left in the world?
“You are not ugly, I do not despise you.”
“I am indeed very ugly, though not in face but in body.
Look, I have a lump on my body.
They all say it’s terrifying.” Nalan Jing said, pulling open the front of his shirt, revealing skin as white as jade, with a black lump growing in the center, even emitting a foul smell.
Mu Qianyue’s eyes focused, this was no ordinary lump, it was clearly a malignant tumor, a sign of poisoning!
And it had been there for a long time!
“How long have you had this?” Her phoenix eyes slightly narrowed, her voice taking on a chilling edge – he was already blind, and yet people were still poisoning him?
“Well…
several years I think, I don’t remember, it appeared when I was young.
Oh right, after I recovered from a severe illness at five, this lump grew.” The youthful face showed both fear and hope, cautiously asking, “Wife, are you really not afraid?
Do you really not despise me?”
The slightly lowered pale purple eyes occasionally flashed with brilliance, bright as stars.
Taking a deep breath, Mu Qianyue tried to calm her heart, eyes involuntarily showing a hint of distress, “It’s alright, isn’t it just a lump?
I’m not afraid, actually this lump can be cured.”
Softly pulling up his clothes, acting as if afraid of hurting him.
“Really?
But I’ve seen many Imperial Physicians, and they all say it cannot be cured.”
“Do you trust me?”
“Of course, I do!” The boy gave a gentle smile, his voice firm.
“I will cure it, make it completely disappear, then no one will say you’re ugly anymore, though it will take some time.” This innocent and pure boy always made her feel a sense of pity, every encounter with him brought a feeling of déjà vu, yet she couldn’t remember.
A trace of confusion and doubt flitted across her phoenix eyes.
Nalan Jing hesitated, lowered his eyes, and a dull light spread in his eyes.
For a brief moment, he concealed his gaze, revealing a childlike happy smile, “Wife, you are so good to me.
But I can’t accompany you now, I need to arrange our home, decorate it beautifully, waiting for you to come over.”
Mu Qianyue was taken aback, looking at his youthful face full of excitement and cheerful smile, she couldn’t bear to shatter his dream, though she was destined to disappoint him, marrying him was just a temporary measure; she never intended to become his true wife.
Fine, let him be happy for now.
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Returning to Bright Moon Garden, Mu Qianyue immediately went into the space within the Heaven-Reaching Tower.
“Tianshuo, is there any way to rapidly increase strength?”
“At your current stage, you can use Essence Nourishing Liquid,” Tianshuo said.
Obtaining the recipe for Essence Nourishing Liquid from Tianshuo, Mu Qianyue eagerly bought the medicinal ingredients.
Then she cleaned and sorted the ingredients before beginning the alchemical process.
Concentrating intently on maintaining the right heat in the furnace and watching the changes in the ingredients inside, she carefully bottled the green liquid after refining a Heavenly Silk Seed, and only after that did she begin refining the next herb, White Crow Grass.
Without Soul Fire, using ordinary flames to refine the potion required great skill, as a small mistake could lead to failure.
Constant adjustment of heat was essential; too high a flame could destroy the ingredients, too low would result in insufficient medicinal properties.
Finally, after wasting a few herbs, the three herbs were fully refined.
The next steps were much simpler: mixing the three liquids together, completing the fusion, the most critical step indeed.
“I wonder if the Life Qi in the Life Ring can be used in alchemy?
Let’s try it out first.” Mu Qianyue murmured to herself, since the Wood Element in the Life Ring could save people, it should also be usable in alchemy, right?
Channeling her soul power, she guided the Life Qi from the Life Ring into the cauldron.
Tianshuo, watching this scene, had a glint of approval in his eyes; her understanding was decent, able to infer from example, he had not followed the wrong person.
“Whew…
finally done.” Mu Qianyue took a deep breath, her fair face covered in sweat, but her bright phoenix eyes brimming with excitement and joy.
She discovered that using the Life Qi from the Life Ring in alchemy produced potions with much stronger properties and a higher degree of fusion than usual!
After resting for a while, Mu Qianyue tilted her head back and drank the Essence Nourishing Liquid, then closed her eyes to cultivate, absorbing the Primordial Energy in the air.
The Nine Dragon Soul Devouring Skill slowly started functioning, filtering out the impurities in the Primordial Energy, allowing pure strands of it to flow into the Dantian, transforming into a pale white True Essence Power.