This alchemy is not the crude Dan (elixir) practice of ancient times, but rather the use of laboratory pharmaceutics to create an Awareness Golden Core (consciousness core) that can condense the mind and sublimate qualitative change.

Physical damage is nothing to the nobles and royals, so they use various substances to stimulate the body, creating feedback that affects the spirit and consciousness, in order to become stronger. This has become a popular pursuit for them.

"Of course, I wouldn't forget about my virtuous brother." The square-faced man laughed. "I heard that you recently left Chao Yu. Are you taking a break in Fancheng (Mortal City)?"

Among the self-circulating nobles, all non-self-circulating cities are generally referred to as Fancheng.

In essence, nobles and ordinary people are no longer the same species.

Ordinary people can already be said to be mortals to them.

Nobles undergo genetic adjustments from birth, and their upper limits in all aspects are much stronger than ordinary people.

Especially in terms of awareness, their starting point and growth rate far exceed those of ordinary people.

This is also the reason why the truly top experts in Yi Country and White Star are all from noble and royal families.

"That's right." Zhu Rui's eyes narrowed, unexpectedly, the other party had such a keen nose and smelled the scent so quickly.

"Do you need my help?" The square-faced man smiled.

"Just a few Fancheng people." Zhu Rui returned the smile.

The other party stopped talking. Some things are best left unsaid. Zhu Rui couldn't compete with the direct line disciples of the Zhu family, so he could only look for resources to strengthen himself from the external edges.

Su Tan's exposed Mandate of Heaven (heavenly destiny) and potential strength have not yet truly reached the top level.

So it hasn't attracted the attention of the direct line disciples. But this level is enough to make the branch family's heart flutter.

The square-faced man came to explore the situation, also wanting a share, but was rejected by Zhu Rui.

The two stopped talking. After a game of chess, the square-faced man left.

Zhu Rui sat alone by the chessboard, looking at the buildings, courtyards, and palaces of the Zhu family in the distance.

"Ting Chong."

"Young Master." A blurry figure appeared beside him, bowing respectfully.

"How is that Li Cheng Yi's Mingyuan doing now?" He had instructed his subordinates last time to put pressure on Mingyuan, to show off his power and let them know what's what.

".Regarding Suiyang, we just mobilized manpower to prepare to exert pressure, when an accident happened" The phantom replied hesitantly.

"Accident?"

"Yes, the local officials we found were all taken away and suspended from their positions by the Security Bureau within three days. The new officials were all pragmatic personnel who had been promoted step by step from the bottom. According to the investigation, they all have some relationship with Mingyuan." Ting Chong replied.

"Heh, interesting." Zhu Rui raised his eyebrows. "No wonder that Li Cheng Yi has some confidence."

"Then let the Provincial Security General Department go. Everyone has a past, and with a past, there must be evidence of crime. When any force rises, there will be shadows. Mingyuan's previous thugs have done a lot of good things."

He continued.

"Send someone to investigate and then arrest people."

Ting Chong was stunned. Was he going to dig up old scores?

"But Mingyuan seems to have some relationship with Jiu Yi..."

"It's just a small branch of Jiu Yi. I'll say hello to them and ask for some face." Zhu Rui said.

The Zhu family and Jiu Yi have very in-depth cooperation. He can still get this bit of face.

"Understood, I'll go to Fengnan Province." Ting Chong nodded.

He was about to retreat.

Suddenly, a crisp bell rang around.

Zhu Rui raised his hand and tapped in the air on the right side.

Buzz.

A semi-transparent light curtain appeared opposite the chessboard table.

The light curtain showed a dark wooden hall.

The brown floor and the setting sun reflected on the wall through the wooden window, also dyeing the person sitting opposite red.

"You are.?" Zhu Rui was stunned and didn't recognize the other party's identity for a moment.

"Zhu Rui, are you planning to conduct a crime evidence recall on Mingyuan?" The man in the light curtain asked in a low voice.

"You are from the Yan family" Zhu Rui's expression froze, and he quickly reacted.

"A mere Zhu family branch disciple, who gave you the courage to touch my daughter?" The man slightly raised his head and stared at Zhu Rui's eyes through the light curtain.

"Brother Yan, I have already avoided your daughter. This is my personal grievance with Mingyuan's legal person, Li Cheng Yi." Zhu Rui's eyes sank and he said quickly.

"I don't want to repeat myself." The man in the light curtain's voice increased.

"Brother Yan. Are you interfering a bit too much? I haven't involved your daughter at all. Teams like Mingyuan are everywhere. I."

Zhu Rui argued, with a forced smile on his face.

"Two days." The man said coldly, "I'm busy and don't have time to listen to your excuses. If you don't resolve this matter within two days, I'll resolve you."

"Brother Yan. Regarding the Mandate of Heaven, you can block me, but you can't block the eyes of so many nobles in the empire." Zhu Rui's heart jumped.

"You are the last one." The man in the light curtain said finally.

The picture went dark and the light curtain disappeared.

Zhu Rui's face froze. He sat in his seat for a long time without moving.

"Young Master. Should we still do it now?" Ting Chong asked cautiously from the side.

"Withdraw it." Zhu Rui lowered his head.

"Withdraw. Everything?" Ting Chong hesitated.

They had invested a lot of manpower, material resources, and connections in this matter before.

"Everything! Withdraw everything for me!!! Can't you understand!?!?" Zhu Rui suddenly stood up and swept all the chess pieces on the table onto the ground.

His face was flushed and he gasped, the frustration and anger in his eyes almost bursting out.

But he didn't dare.

He didn't dare to offend the Yan family in any way.

As a noble family that controls the empire's intelligence network security, the Yan family's status is much higher than the Zhu family's.

Originally, he thought he was being extremely careful, not touching Yan Xincai, only moving those dead-end people, which was already giving the other party enough face.

After all, Yan Xincai was already an abandoned Yan family disciple.

As a noble disciple, he was already giving enough face by avoiding Yan Xincai everywhere.

But unexpectedly

"Ah!!!" Zhu Rui roared and punched the stone table hard.

The heavy stone table was overturned and shattered into pieces.

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Tight Grip Hand · Reading Room.

Li Cheng Yi stood in front of the spacious floor-to-ceiling window, looking out at the rolling thick fog through the glass.

The fog was so thick that nothing could be seen.

While waiting for the bone cell culture, he investigated Gong Fa (cultivation method) type Flower Words everywhere to no avail, and finally came to Iselin.

Hoping to get some relevant information from her.

"Brother wants to find some living flowers in the Dead Zone?" Iselin asked from the chair behind, somewhat puzzled.

"Yes. Any flower is fine, as long as it grows in the Dead Zone." Li Cheng Yi nodded and turned around.

"That's not difficult, but there aren't many flowers. After my brother mentioned it before, I brought both of my teacher's pots of flowers over." Iselin said easily.

"So fast?!" Li Cheng Yi was stunned, then overjoyed.

Almost all the flowers in the Dead Zone have various strange Flower Words, which is why he has always been extremely eager to obtain Exotic Flowers.

Originally, he thought it would take a long time to come into contact with them, but he didn't expect Iselin to be so helpful.

"Teacher usually only comes here once every few days, so it's okay to put them back before he comes back." Iselin replied.

"Where are they? Can I see them now?" Li Cheng Yi asked quickly.

As the difficulty of the Dead Zone becomes stronger and stronger, he urgently needs to improve his strength as soon as possible.

Reality is no longer a big threat to him. The key now is the Dead Zone.

"So impatient? Okay." Iselin stood up and walked towards the corner of the reading room.

In a tool room, she held a pot of dark red flowers in one hand and turned back.

Two plants were planted in the flower pot.

It was a kind of flower with purple leaves like the size of palm-sized purple butterflies.

The flowers of this plant were also somewhat peculiar, slender and white, somewhat like morning glories, but thinner.

The stamens were yellow-green and the fragrance was very light, with a faint sour taste.

"These are the two pots of flowers that teacher likes the most. Brother, don't damage them." Iselin warned.

"It's okay, I'll just touch them. Touching won't damage them." Li Cheng Yi laughed.

He had many guesses about Iselin's teacher, but now, this was an opportunity to test them through these two pots of flowers.

Flowers are affected by the surrounding environment and organisms. This can be seen from the previous scallion flowers and nodding beggarticks.

Therefore, the Flower Word of this flower is likely to carry the characteristics of Iselin's teacher.

He had already recognized the name of the flower.

Purple Shamrock.

This kind of flower is very suitable for indoor planting because of its beautiful appearance.

He asked Iselin to put the flowers on the table, then stretched out his hand and quickly touched the small white flower.

Chi.

The moment his fingertip touched the white flower, a cool stream of air poured into the back of his hand.

Information feedback from the Evil Flower appeared.

'Purple Shamrock: Perennial herbaceous plant with roots. The flowers and leaves are sensitive to light. The flowers will open on sunny days, and will automatically close at night or when there is insufficient light. The plant prefers a warm and fertile environment. The flowering period is from March to August.'

'Flower Word: Mu Yuan (When exposed to light, it can store a certain amount of power, causing a certain percentage increase in physique and resistance to the surrounding environment within a certain range. The amount of increase is determined by the degree of evolution of the main body)'

'This' Li Cheng Yi was a little disappointed. This was not the Gong Fa type Flower Word he wanted.

But. Although it's not a Gong Fa type, this is the first time he's seen this kind of range-enhancing Flower Word.

This category is an extremely rare Flower Word. Increasing physique and resistance according to proportion means that the stronger he is, the stronger the Flower Word enhancement will be.

For a time, he hesitated.

This Flower Word would undoubtedly be of great help to him.

Combined with the Magnolia liliiflora, he could completely strengthen the team's strength.

Then the team's increase would also be fed back to him, secondarily enhancing himself.

In other words, once the Flower Word is activated, he will become a mobile amplifier. He can instantly obtain a huge physique increase.

But his original purpose was to find a Gong Fa type Flower Word

"By the way, brother, do you remember the Dead Zone bedroom we once went to under the bed together?" Iselin suddenly said.

"What's wrong? Which one?"

"The one with the Faceless Scholar."

"The Faceless Scholar with many heads?" Li Cheng Yi also remembered.

"Yes, I happened to go there again last time." Iselin said, "I found that there. That bedroom, you can go out, and outside is actually a large Dead Zone with a not small volume."

"Large Dead Zone?"

"Yes! At the door, I saw outside, there seemed to be flowers."

(End of this chapter)