Chapter 1 The Second Morning

The next morning.

Da da da… Irene personally drove the carriage, entering Jinbao along the main road, and stopped at the square in front of the main castle.

The guard surrounded Becky Tarn, who smiled as he watched Bill step down from the carriage.

"Your Majesty."

Zhou Jing got out of the car, put on a respectful look, and stepped forward to greet him.

Becky nodded with a smile: "Master Bill, you are the chief pharmacist of the empire personally appointed by me, and you will become a family in the future. Don't be so polite in front of me, just treat me as an elder."

Believe you and you'll see ghosts…

Zhou Jing rolled his eyes in his heart, and immediately flattered him: "It is really Your Majesty's majesty that is so impressive that everyone can't help but respect you."

I don't know if it's the psychological suggestion of his eloquence talent. When controlling Bill's body, his face was very thick-skinned, and he could blurt out any nauseating words.

Flattery will get you everywhere, Becky was quite pleased and laughed:

"Stop talking about this, today is the day you move into Jinbao, I came to pick you up specially."

Zhou Jing quickly put on a moved expression and offered a series of flattery: "Your Majesty's kindness makes me grateful", "Being courteous and virtuous is a model of a wise ruler".

A few days ago, he was still closed in the secret workshop, unable to contact the outside world. One day, the panel suddenly popped up an achievement of [Imperial Chief Pharmacist], and Zhou Jing knew that the king had already announced the appointment in a hurry.

The day after triggering the achievement, he was taken to Jinbao by the royal guards and stayed in the carriage all the way without being allowed to leave. He still couldn't get in touch with outside information. Zhou Jing learned from Irene about the impact of this appointment in the royal capital.

The king announced the appointment without revealing the reason, which is quite strange… He wanted to block the news of the new potion, but also gave a pharmacist who developed the project an honorary title. Some insiders probably guessed that the research had made a breakthrough…

This wave is blocked, but not completely blocked.

However, after considering it, Zhou Jing roughly understood the king's intention.

The new potion will not be hidden forever. In the future, the news will definitely be made public to inform people everywhere. The safety of the Type 2 potion will subvert ordinary people's perception and arouse more people's courage to pursue the extraordinary. These are new sources of soldiers.

However, the new potion is not popularized and is only produced by the royal family. The other workshops still use the original version of the potion. Then, regulations will be introduced that the new potion will only be supplied to the direct troops controlled by the empire and the royal family, and will become an exclusive benefit for serving the empire, no longer for the public. This will force people who are tempted to enlist in the army. While the direct forces of the empire are growing step by step, it can also guarantee the control over the new potion.

Therefore, the king did not intend to delay and directly appointed Bill… At the same time, this was also a helpless move. In order to win him over, the credit of the creator could not be concealed. Bill's achievements must be publicized, otherwise it might lead to Bill's dissatisfaction. Developing a new potion without even the right to name it would lead to him being inactive and alienated?

So Becky quickly announced the appointment, so that Bill could see that he was seriously implementing the benefits he had promised before.

Although this will cause Bill to be noticed by other tribes, after the appointment, Becky immediately had Bill brought to Jinbao, and would not have contact with the outside world easily, so he would not have contact with other tribes. In Becky's opinion, this was enough to solve the problem.

'He’s hiding me away like a treasure.'

Zhou Jing slandered secretly.

To be fair, although the royal family intends to put him under house arrest, the [Imperial Chief Pharmacist] achievement brought by the appointment is quite rewarding, giving 2000 Star Realm Points and 30 information state particles.

The apostle's constant progress of Bill is currently 96/120, only a little bit away from reaching the minimum clearance requirement.

Among them, 80 points were brought by the two achievements of [Improved Different Blood Potion] and [Imperial Chief Pharmacist]. The other 16 points were the daily income generated after he made a name for himself as the "Master of Aphrodisiacs" and brought the gospel of men to the residents of the royal capital.

His freedom is restricted, and the goal of his life is not easy to achieve. Zhou Jing is currently looking forward to the new potion being put into use, causing a huge impact and generating information state particles to help him achieve progress and improve his evaluation.

While he was distracted, Becky Tarn turned around and waved, beckoning two tall and burly men to step forward and introduce:

"These two are royal guards, Hader and Leike. They have been strengthened three times each and lead a team of four. The members are at least different blood warriors who have been strengthened for the first time. I have specially transferred them to protect you from now on."

Zhou Jing looked at the two of them.

Hader looks honest and steady.

Leike has a cold face and is unsmiling.

Understood… One is unhappy, and the other is mindless, a classic combination.

The security has been upgraded again, and the degree of surveillance has also been upgraded. It's not enough to put him under house arrest in Jinbao, and he even has ten different blood warriors as his bodyguards. It's really extravagant. Are they going to follow him even when he goes to the toilet?

Zhou Jing was speechless in his heart, and could only continue to flatter him, thanking Becky for "attaching so much importance" to him.

Becky Tarn quickly skipped this topic, smiled, and waved again.

This time, a dozen young women walked up from behind him.

"They are all descendants of the Tarn royal family, come, meet Master Bill." Becky chuckled.

"Hello, Master!" "So young!" "Hehe, he looks so kind!"

A dozen young women from the royal family greeted each other, looking at Zhou Jing with different eyes such as curiosity, shyness, scrutiny, and admiration, whispering to each other, and discussing in low voices, making laughter from time to time.

The corner of Zhou Jing's eyes twitched.

Good fellow, the king brought all the eligible women in the family here. This is going to be a blind date on the spot.

The best way to bind interests is marriage. Looking at this, the king can't wait for him to hit it off with a woman and get engaged on the spot… If possible, it's best to violate the laws of nature, consummate the marriage on the spot, and have a baby the next day.

Although the king has the right to designate marriage partners, he decided to treat talents like Bill specially and implement the previous promise to let Bill choose for himself - otherwise Bill would not like the designated object, and as the king, he could not easily take back his order, that would not be good.

Of course, Becky still has a preference. He pulled a beautiful young woman out of the crowd and smiled, "This is my daughter, Shuni Tarn."

"H-hello, Master Bill…"

Shuni is not very old, about fifteen or sixteen years old. She looks shy and dares not look Bill in the eye, obviously knowing her father's plan.

"Beautiful Princess, your appearance is as pure and beautiful as the bright moon." Zhou Jing spoke with a delicate tone, like an ode to poetry, speaking shamelessly, doing it for the king to see.

"Th-thank you for your compliment, you are also very handsome." Shuni suppressed her shyness, responded in a low voice, blew each other up commercially, and lied with her eyes open.

Zhou Jing politely returned a smile, stopped when he saw the good, did not continue to talk, but suddenly turned to look at Becky who was showing an "auntie smile" beside him, and changed the topic:

"Your Majesty, I have an idea about the new potion."

Becky wanted to let the two of them continue to communicate, but seeing this, he thought that Bill was not used to it yet, and felt sorry for it. He could only find a way to cultivate the relationship between his daughter and Bill later.

He waved his hand to let the royal women retreat, and entered the castle side by side with Zhou Jing, curiously asking, "What is your idea?"

Zhou Jing's tone was serious:

"The Type 2 potion has proven its effect, but there has never been a successful Type 3 potion user. I need a Type 3 strengthener to observe the effect of the potion. The principle of the Type 3 potion is different, and ordinary people can hardly resist it, so I suggest letting the different blood warriors take it directly."

Becky pondered, somewhat embarrassed.

Different from ordinary soldiers, the royal family's different blood warriors are even more rare, and they have been accumulated one by one over the years.

Even as the king, he cannot easily force them to gamble their lives to strengthen themselves, and must respect their wishes.

Moreover, the failure rate of the Type 3 potion is so high. If a dozen royal different blood guards die, but there is still no successful case, wouldn't it be a blood loss, weakening the power of the royal family for no reason?

Seeing the king silent, Zhou Jing could guess the other party's concerns, his eyes flashed, and he made a suggestion:

"You don't need to force others, you can directly select from those who are currently actively applying for strengthening, tell them the risks of the Type 3 potion, and let them decide whether to take the risk to use it… There will always be someone who agrees, right?"

"Not necessarily." Becky shook his head, not optimistic about this suggestion.

In his opinion, the stronger the person, the more they value their lives. No one would dare to test a new different blood potion that has no successful cases and risk their lives.

"It won't hurt to try… and the scope can be broadened. Compared with the royal guards, the number of imperial hunters is the largest. Maybe someone in it dares to experiment. In addition, this is also a way to test loyalty. It's normal not to want to use it, but those who are willing to use it must be reliable people who are loyal to the empire." Zhou Jing pretended to be fair and offered advice to the king.

Becky stroked his chin, somewhat persuaded.

Zhou Jing seized the opportunity and suggested:

"What needs the most attention is the current second and third-strengthened hunters, because they still have the potential and possibility to continue to strengthen, and are the most suitable targets for using the Type 3 potion. In my opinion, they are more important than the fifth strengthening…

I'm not belittling Fifth Strengtheners like Guard Captain Irene. It is just that they have already fixed, there is no potential, there is basically no possibility of continue strengthening, so they can't use the Type 3 Potion… In the future, the strongest combat power of the empire will definitely come from this batch of second and third strengtheners. They still have room for improvement."

Hearing this, Becky nodded slowly, feeling that it made sense.

Both are Fifth Strengtheners, those with special abilities are naturally better.

After thinking for a while, Becky decided to adopt it and agreed: "What you said makes sense, I will ask people to see which imperial hunters are applying for strengthening… but we must choose reliable targets, don't let them run away after strengthening."

At this time, Irene, who was following beside him, suddenly spoke:

"Your Majesty, I have a suitable candidate."

"Who?"

Becky asked curiously.

"It is Jess who rescued Deep Rock City before. Kleber was very optimistic about him last time, saying that he still has the determination to continue strengthening. He may be willing to use the Type 3 potion." Irene recommended, she had a good impression of Jess.

Becky immediately remembered this "Deep Rock City Savior".

Extraordinary potential, and has made great contributions to the empire… Such a hunter is trustworthy.

His eyes lit up and he nodded in agreement:

"Yes, I also gave him a Miracle Armament. Jess is a very good candidate… Let the workshop ask him if he is willing in the next two days. If he succeeds, we will focus on training him. Master Bill, I will have to trouble you to make the potion then."

"This is my 'duty'."

Zhou Jing grinned, his teeth flashed with white light.

…

At the same time, a room in Jinbao.

Roman leaned by the window, overlooking the scene in the square at the entrance of the main castle.

Seeing Bill and the king talking happily, he couldn't help frowning, his expression sour.

"The king has gone to great lengths, even using marriage to bind Bill… This is troublesome."

The new different blood potion has not been made public yet, but Roman guessed it through the king's unusual appointment and the fragmented information from the intelligence network.

He had already formulated a way to win over Bill, but the plan could not keep up with the changes. Seeing the price of the royal family, he couldn't help but feel a thud in his heart.

In his imagination, it would take Bill several years to produce results. During this period, he couldn't always be closed in the secret workshop for development. There would always be opportunities to contact him.

But Roman did not expect that Bill would complete the potion development so quickly. This once-in-a-century amazing pharmacist talent made the royal family win him over at all costs.

In his analysis, Bill is a profit-seeking person. The royal family's offer is too high, and others will hardly exceed this price, which almost cuts off others' way to win over Bill.

Normal people would not refuse such a good thing that is tied to the royal family. Roman felt that it was unlikely that Bill would rely on others again… There is no reason to give up such huge benefits, risk offending the royal family, and accept a potentially not-higher offer from others.

Moreover, the royal family has also put Bill under house arrest in Jinbao in disguise, making it difficult for outsiders to contact him, and even more difficult to use tough methods.

"The king gave such a price, it seems that he has discovered the tribe's movements…"

Roman's eyes flickered.

Even if he valued Bill, the king's series of wooing was quite anxious, and he must have noticed the existence of competitors, otherwise why would he be so eager?

Thinking of this, Roman's determination to recruit Bill was even firmer.

Such a once-in-a-century genius cannot be controlled by the royal family.

Moreover, the royal family will inevitably regard the new different blood potion as a strategic resource. Only by breaking the monopoly can we continue to compete with the royal family.

-- Compared with simply getting the formula, having Bill who can continuously improve the formula is the only way to solve the root cause.

"With a normal offer, I can't be higher than the royal family… It seems that I have to find Bill's other desires. Even, use something that the royal family doesn't have to impress him…"

Roman's eyes changed, and he lowered his head to look at his palm.

A fire snake ignited out of thin air, wrapped around his fingers, and the firelight reflected an uncertain face.