“Queen Mother, you just think too highly of the Ninth Prince, that’s why you messed up. Otherwise, Zhao Lin, Yao Su, Zhao Xia Mai, and Han Qing Luo, the four of them wouldn’t have all suffered from the Ninth Prince’s assassination.” Lin Chenyu said as he sat on the lower hand side.
On that day, Lin Chenyu and Lin Mishan were imperialised into the royal palace by the Queen Mother to discuss strategies.
Lin Chenyu was the seventh prince’s slave, and Lin Mishan was the seventh prince’s fiancée. Now, the entire Lin family had been tied to the Queen Mother on the same chariot.
One glory for all, one fall for all.
After all, the Queen Mother was also a martial arts powerhouse, gradually recovering from her initial panic, she let out a cold snort and said, ”You say that this Queen has overestimated the Ninth Prince? You are wrong! This Empress just underestimated him too much, and that’s why, she was set up by him, resulting in the deaths of all four major disciples. At how old is he, he is already so powerful, if we let him grow up, what would happen?”
Lin Chenyu said, “Actually, in order to kill the Ninth Prince, there’s no need for the master to personally rush back, and we don’t even need to do it ourselves. Why don’t we go to the black market and hire an assassin?”
“Makes sense!”
The Queen Mother’s eyes lit up and said, “This matter will be handled by you, if this is accomplished, there will be no shortage of benefits for your Lin family in the future.”
“This kind of small matter, the Queen Mother shouldn’t have laboured over it, leave it to us as lackeys, we guarantee that we can take the Ninth Prince’s head in the shortest possible time.” Lin Chenyu smiled panderingly.
Lin Chenyu and Lin Mishan knelt in front of the Queen Mother and bowed respectfully, then, left the Queen Mother’s chambers.
The Queen Mother’s mother’s family, the Xue Family, was itself a seventh-rate family, with a Heavenly Extreme Realm powerhouse sitting in the family. His Highness, the Seventh Prince, was even more astonishingly heavenly.
In the Lin siblings’ opinion, if they could work for the Queen Mother and the Seventh Prince, they would definitely be able to prosper in the future. The Lin family would also be able to follow along and become a pivotal family in Yunwu County.
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The Ninth County Lord sighed and said, “It’s a pity that the one who went to rob the prison and the other two martial artists who went to kill you, all of them committed suicide by taking poison, even their corpses were corroded by the toxin, and it’s simply impossible to recognise their identities.”
The reason why the Queen Mother’s three disciples had died was naturally all because they had fallen for Zhang Ruochen’s ploy.
Those three, all of whom were dead soldiers, had committed suicide by taking poison.
The symptoms of death were exactly the same as Cold Qing Luo.
“It is said that that one martial artist who went to rob the prison, whose cultivation reached the Earth Extreme Realm, killed more than two hundred forbidden soldiers in a row, and if it wasn’t for General Luo Tong and General Xiao Ling’s intervention, she might have escaped. Unfortunately, she also died, and it was impossible to find out the mastermind behind her.” The Nine County Lord said.
Zhang Ruochen revealed a thoughtful expression and laughed, “To be able to mobilise an Earth Extreme Realm powerhouse, that one mastermind, I’m afraid would be a rather terrifying existence.”
Zhang Ruochen had always suspected that the person who wanted to kill him was in the palace.
Therefore, at noon today, he specifically went to check the personnel movements in the palace in the last two days. Surprisingly, it really allowed him to discover the end.
Just last night, four of the Queen Mother’s personal attendants were all given death by the Queen Mother because they had angered the Queen Mother.
How could there be such a coincidence?
Therefore, Zhang Ruochen surmised that those four maids were not bestowed to death by the Queen Mother at all, they should be the four female assassins who committed suicide by taking poison last night. The Queen Mother had simply found a suitable reason to make them all disappear.
Of course, these were all just Zhang Ruochen’s speculations, and without conclusive evidence, there was no way to prove that all those female assassins were dispatched out by the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother was in a high position of power and had the Seventh Stream Family Xue Family behind her.
With Zhang Ruochen’s current strength, if he went to war against her without full certainty, it was simply like hitting a stone with an egg.
“The Queen’s power is too huge, even the Yunwu County King has to give her three points, right now, I have to hold back. If I don’t endure, I’m just asking for death.” Zhang Ruochen was certain with complete certainty that the Queen Mother was the mastermind behind this.
However, she could not be helped now.
In the final analysis, it was still his own cultivation that was too weak.
Zhang Ruochen frowned deeply and thought darkly, “If the Queen intends to kill me, even if I stay in the palace, it’s not safe. But leaving the palace will only be more dangerous.”
While Zhang Ruochen was pondering, the Ninth County Lord said, “Ninth Brother, the one Life Taking Swordsman who was sent back yesterday has already woken up, should we go and take a look at him?”
“Really? Let’s go take a look at him then.” Zhang Ruochen laughed.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t tell the Nine Counties Lord about his speculation, the more she knew, the less of a good thing it would be for her.
At the moment, Ah Le was lying on the bed, his entire body wrapped in white gauze, almost like a mummy.
Although he had woken up, he had empty eyes, no different from a dead man.
“Your Highness the Ninth Prince, after he woke up, he didn’t even move a bit, and he didn’t even blink his eyes. He’s not just having a flashback, is he?” Servant Yun’er bowed to Zhang Ruochen and said quietly.
Zhang Ruochen walked to the side of the bed and glanced towards Ah Le, gently shook his head and said, “The person has come back to life, but the heart is dead! For a martial artist, an injury to the mind is more difficult to recover from than an injury to the body. Apply the Sinew Breaking Cream on him, right? Once his feet and hands are healed, send him away.”
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen walked out.
Zhang Ruochen no longer thought about the Queen Mother and prepared to cultivate with all his might, striving to reach the Xuanji Realm as soon as possible.
As long as he reached the Xuan Extreme Realm, Zhang Ruochen would be able to cultivate the Spatial Domain and Time Mark, and at that time, his battle power would definitely skyrocket and become even more powerful.
At least, he would be able to have the power to defend himself when the Queen Mother sent someone to kill him again.
In the Yunwu County Kingdom, Yellow Extreme Realm martial artists could only belong to the bottom tier.
Xuan Extreme Realm martial artists were considered to have initially crossed over into the ranks of the powerful.
Only Earth Extreme Realm martial artists were considered to be the true top masters, who could hold their own and be called martial arts masters.
As for the Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artists, each one of them was a martial arts myth, a divine dragon, representing the topmost power of the Yunwu County Kingdom.
As long as a Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist was willing, he could destroy the entire Lin family in one night. As long as he had a legitimate reason, the official forces of the Yunwu County Kingdom wouldn’t bother to hold him accountable.
A Heavenly Extreme Realm martial artist, to a certain extent, had already surpassed the rule of law.
Of course, those Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artists who killed innocents indiscriminately and had a penchant for killing would still be captured and rewarded by the official forces, becoming wanted criminals.
Apart from some reclusive Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artists, there were only a total of fourteen famous Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artists in the Yunwu County Kingdom. Each one of them was a terrific big shot, claiming power on one side, and hiding a stomp of their feet could make the Yunwu County Kingdom tremble.
On that day, Zhang Ruochen headed to the Martial Market under the protection of a team of guards and purchased another batch of pills.
Spending 50,000 silver coins, he purchased 20 San Qing Qi Gathering Pills.
Another 60,000 silver coins were spent to purchase a Xuan Blood Pill.
The Xuan Blood Pill was the topmost Third Grade Pill. When a martial artist was impacting the Xuan Extreme Realm, if they took a Xuan Blood Pill, they could increase their success rate by fifty percent.
However, the Xuan Blood Pill was too expensive, worth 120,000 silver coins, and even the princes and county lords of the Yunwu County Kingdom could not afford to purchase it. Qingxuan Pavilion gave Zhang Ruochen half price and also spent 60,000 silver coins to purchase one.
Now, every time Zhang Ruochen travelled, he would be followed by a team of guards consisting of a hundred people.
Among them, the leader of the guards, named Ge Qian, was once the personal guard leader of the Yunwu County King, with a cultivation of the Earth Extreme Realm. In the Yunwu County Kingdom, Ge Qian was definitely considered a top-notch powerhouse.
With Ge Qian by his side to protect him, he naturally did not encounter any dangers along the way and soon returned to the royal palace.
In the palace, the great hall.
“Your Majesty, His Highness the Ninth Prince is a martial arts prodigy, his talent is not below His Highness the Seventh Prince, having Great General Ge Qian close by to protect him will naturally guarantee his life. However, this also has great disadvantages.” An old eunuch said in a low voice.
Yunwu County King said, “What do you mean?”
The old eunuch said, “How can an eagle that grows up in a completely safe environment fly high? The royal palace is still too cosy after all, not conducive to the growth of His Highness the Ninth Prince.”
Yunwu County King gently nodded and said, “You have a few points, seventh child was fourteen years old when he worshipped in the Yuntai Zongfu and became an outer house disciple of the Yuntai Zongfu. Two years ago, he even became an inner house disciple of the Yuntai Zongfu in one fell swoop with a first place finish.”
“Speaking of which, Jiu’er’s cultivation has already reached the great circle of the Yellow Extreme Realm, and I believe that he will soon be able to break through to the early stage of the Xuan Extreme Realm, so there might be a chance to catch up with this year’s enrolment for the Yuntai Zongfu.”
If one wanted to become an outer house disciple of the Yun Tai Zongfu, the most basic condition was to reach the Xuanji realm before the age of thirty.
The Yuntai Zongfu was a fourth-rate sect, established in the Heavenly Demon Ridge, located at the junction of the Yunwu County State, the Fire Dragon County State, and the Four Directions County State, and was the largest sect in the nine counties of the western part of the Ridge.
A martial artist at the Xuanji Realm could only become an outer sect disciple of the Yuntai Sect House.
An Earth Extreme Realm martial artist could only be called an inner house disciple of the Yuntai Zongfu.
Of the fourteen Heavenly Extremity Realm martial artists in the Yunwu County Kingdom, six of them had all been disciples of the Yuntai Zongfu at one time or another. It could be said that as long as one became a disciple of the Yuntai Zongfu, it was definitely something to be proud of in the nine counties of Lingxi.
That one old eunuch gently shook his head and said, ”Your Highness, the old slave doesn’t think it’s right. Since His Highness the Seventh Prince has worshipped the Yuntai Zongfu, it may not be a good thing if His Highness the Ninth Prince also worshipped the Yuntai Zongfu!”
“You have a point!”
A few deep glints appeared in the eyes of the Yunwu County King as he gently nodded and said, “The Martial Market Chambers also set up the Martial Market Palace of Learning in the Heavenly Demon Ridge, and not only does it recruit disciples in the nine counties of the western part of the Ridge, but also, in the nine counties of the eastern part of the Ridge, the nine counties of the southern part of the Ridge, and the nine counties of the northern part of the Ridge, it also recruits disciples at the same time.”
“Liu Chuan Shen mentioned to this king that he thinks highly of Jiu’er and wants to recommend Jiu’er to go to the Martial Market Academy Palace to train.”
That one old eunuch’s eyes lit up as he said, “If His Royal Highness the Ninth Prince is able to make a name for himself in the Martial Market Academy Palace, he might become a high-ranking member of the Martial Market Chambers in the future. For our Yunwu County Kingdom, that would be quite favourable.”
The Yunwu County King laughed and said, “The conditions for recruiting disciples to the Martial City Academy Palace are even harsher and more difficult than the Yuntai Zongfu, and the average person simply won’t be able to get in.”
The old eunuch laughed, “Your Majesty is overly concerned! His Highness, the Ninth Prince, is the first in the Yellow List of the Yunwu County Kingdom, and has the recommendation of Liu Chuan Shen, the owner of the Yunwu County Kingdom’s Wushu City Money Bank branch. The old slave feels that His Highness the Ninth Prince has at least a 70% chance of getting into the Martial City Academy.”
“Haha! This king thinks that he should have a 90% chance!” Yunwu County King laughed out loud, “When he breaks through to the Xuanji Realm, this king will go and ask him about his intentions. Does he want to join the Martial City School Palace, or the Cloud Tower Sect House?”
