"Huff!"
Inside the room, Nan Feihuang exhaled a deep breath. His soul power surged through his body, radiating a deep crimson hue.
His soul power was extremely masculine and powerful. The reddish aura indicated his soul power had once again advanced.
He had reached level fifteen. After absorbing his soul ring, he had already been close to the late stages of level fourteen, so breaking through to fifteen with some cultivation wasn't difficult for him.
Lan Xue walked into the room, her face full of pride. Her son's rate of progress was faster than hers had ever been.
Innate full soul power was the limit for a normal person, but it certainly wasn't her son's.
"Mother, why are you here?" Nan Feihuang asked as he retracted his power.
"Your grandpa Jia Chong has returned. He says he's completed the task you and your father gave him. Your father is utterly confused, though. He doesn't remember ever sending him out on a mission. Do you know how embarrassed he was? You've got some nerve, pretending to give royal orders!" Lan Xue said, her tone half-annoyed, half-amused.
Nan Feihuang jumped off the bed and ran to her side, taking her hand and saying with a cheeky grin, "Heh, I knew that with Mother's support, Father wouldn't dare blame me. He's a little scared of you, after all."
"You little rascal!" Lan Xue gently tapped Nan Feihuang's nose. Her beloved son—what could she do with him? Whenever he acted cute, any anger she had disappeared instantly.
Still, she knew her son wasn't just being mischievous. There must have been a good reason behind his faked royal order to send Jia Chong on a mission.
That's why she had come to take him to see his father.
Together, Nan Feihuang and Lan Xue made their way to the imperial study.
Inside, Nan Tianchen was repeatedly thanking Jia Chong, "Sir Jia, thank you so much! Only you could have completed the task I entrusted so smoothly."
Jia Chong, clearly pleased by the praise, replied, "No need for such words, Your Majesty. It was your brilliant strategy that did the trick. A few letters were all it took to leave Baige dumbfounded. He agreed to the deal on the spot."
"When I left, the crown prince gave me a total of eight million Golden Soul Coins. I spent seven million and returned the remaining one million to the royal treasury. As for the items, they are stored in this Soul Guide."
"By the way, Your Majesty, I must say, I envy you. A dutiful son and a beautiful, virtuous wife—what a blessing! Allow me to offer some advice: moderation, Your Majesty, moderation. Cherish your queen and your son."
"Yes, yes, thank you for the wise counsel, Sir Jia. I have always taken great pride in my wife and son," Nan Tianchen replied, though inwardly he was bewildered.
Nan Feihuang stood outside the door, trying not to laugh. The conversation between his father and Jia Chong was completely off track.
Nan Tianchen had no idea what task Jia Chong had completed. But since Jia Chong returned saying he had finished a mission assigned by both Nan Feihuang and himself, Nan Tianchen had no choice but to go along with it. Regardless of what had been done, he had to show appreciation to the hardworking Contra, not dampen his spirits.
Still, the thought of seven million Golden Soul Coins being spent made his heart bleed. That was an amount the entire royal palace could run on for who knows how many years.
And what was all this talk about moderation and cherishing the queen? Who knew what nonsense his cheeky son had fed Jia Chong? He was beginning to understand why he had sneezed so randomly back then.
He had thought it was Nan Feiling who had been bad-mouthing him, so he had used her poor test scores as an excuse to give her a spanking. Turns out, he had blamed the wrong person.
But it was too late now. Oh well, as the saying goes, "If the student misbehaves, it's the teacher's fault." If he hadn't disciplined her, it would have been his sister's fault for not doing so properly. He might as well shift the blame onto her, justifying the scolding.
Nan Feihuang and Lan Xue pushed the door open and walked in. As soon as Nan Feihuang entered, he bowed to Jia Chong, "Grandpa Jia, thank you so much for your help. With this elixir, my father's health can be fully restored. Oh, and as for that one million Golden Soul Coins, you can keep it as a reward. You've worked hard on this trip, and you deserve some compensation. You'll need the funds for developing your sect anyway."
"This... thank you, Crown Prince." Jia Chong hesitated only briefly before gratefully accepting the coins. He had been planning to recruit talents for his sect, and to grow, they needed people. But to have people, one first needed money.
One million Golden Soul Coins was no small sum in any circumstance.
For that much money, he wouldn't mind running errands like this every month.
"Well then, Your Majesty, Your Highness, Crown Prince, I'll take my leave now." Jia Chong, pleased with the hefty sum, bid them farewell and left.
As soon as he was gone, Nan Tianchen's face darkened. "You brat! Now, explain yourself. You emptied my treasure vault, converted it all into cash, and bought some herbs. What on earth are you up to?"
"Father, I wasn't lying to Grandpa Jia when I said it was for a family member's health. But it's not for you—it's for Mother. You know her coughing has been getting worse. She always holds back when others are around, but we can't let anyone know about her condition. That's why I used you as an excuse," Nan Feihuang explained.
"What? The herbs you got can cure your mother?" Nan Tianchen jumped to his feet, suddenly excited. If that was the case, then never mind seven million, even seventy million would be worth it.
"Yes, Father. Look." Nan Feihuang summoned his Dunjia Heavenly Book and flipped to the final few pages.
There, detailed in the text, was a description of the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. According to the book, it did indeed have the power to heal Lan Xue's condition.
More strikingly, there was a small note on the page that read:
"Current owner of the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng: Baige → Nan Feihuang."
"Feihuang, your martial soul not only records the effects and uses of heavenly treasures, but it also shows their current owners and even updates automatically?" Lan Xue was astounded. This wasn't just a martial soul; it was practically an encyclopedia of the world's treasures.
"Exactly, Mother. Otherwise, how would I have known that Elder Baige had the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng?" Nan Feihuang nodded, looking innocent.
In truth, this wasn't entirely accurate. The Dunjia Heavenly Book wasn't quite that powerful.
Nan Feihuang could use his spiritual power to manually add these notes, making it seem as though his martial soul could track the locations and owners of treasures in real time.
Nan Tianchen didn't think of this possibility. He just marveled at how incredible his son's martial soul was, thinking it could record and locate rare treasures far beyond the abilities of even the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
The only thought in Nan Tianchen's mind was: Jackpot!
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