C18 Reading Books

Ze Luoshen thought that Xun Qianxia was angry with him because of Meiyi's matter, so he coaxed her, "Qianqian, be good. I promise that such a thing will never happen again. Don't be angry anymore, okay?"

Xun Qianxia left Ze Luoshen's embrace and said as if she had let it go, "Your Highness, I'm not angry. I'm just a little afraid that something like this would happen."

"Qianqian, I'm sorry for scaring you this time. I promise that as soon as you recover from your weakened state, I will let you grow up as quickly as possible. Then, I will give you my own Shadow Guard. I promise that such a thing will never happen again."

"Is your Shadow Guard also a woman?" Xun Qianxia asked in confusion.

"My Shadow Guard is not a woman. The reason why I arranged a female Shadow Guard for you last time was because... Because I don't want you to have any contact with any other men, so..."

"So you arranged for me to take care of the Shadow Guard, didn't you?"

"I promise that it won't happen again. Qianqian, you... Can you forgive me?"

"Okay, I forgive you." What Xun Qianxia didn't say was that, after all, you have no obligation to protect me, and besides, she might not have much time left.

She had felt the poison in her body before. It was an extremely rare poison, well administered, complicated to make, and there was even a kind of power that lingered in her body. It was far beyond her scope of research, and she might not be able to find an antidote in her lifetime.

Besides, she had to suffer a heart gouging once a month, and if she forced herself to stay with him, she might as well walk away and let him think she had simply left.

That night, Ze Luoshen slept beside Xun Qianxia. He had an inexplicable feeling of worry, and he did not want to leave Xun Qianxia's side. Xun Qianxia also let him hug her to sleep. After all, there weren't many days like this.

Early the next morning, Ze Luoshen went to deal with his own matters. There should still be seven or eight days left before the full moon. Xun Qianxia was prepared to read through all the books on poisons in the Battle King's Mansion, or take them away directly. There might be a glimmer of hope.

After knowing that Xun Qianxia was fine, Ze Luoshen heaved a sigh of relief. He finally believed that Xun Qianxia was really fine.

In fact, he had already laid the groundwork. Recently, he had been preparing to close the line, and the conspiracy between the Third Prince and the Xun family would soon surface. Once he dealt with this group of people and ensured that nothing would happen to Xize Country again, he would take Xun Qianxia to get promoted. When he felt that it was about time, they would set off for that place.

Xun Qianxia had been in the library for three or four days, and she had read almost all of the medical books. Fortunately, there were a few books that wrote about poisons in this area.

It was just that the poison she had been poisoned with was a poison from that place. If she wanted to refine the antidote, she would need to have a systematic understanding of the spirit medicines in that place, and she would also need to learn the alchemy of that place to barely be able to refine the antidote. Furthermore, refining the antidote required spirit medicines, and the spirit medicines she had on her right now were simply not the spirit medicines that could be used to refine the antidote.

This time, it seemed, she was doomed.

Xun Qianxia decided to ask Ze Luoshen. Maybe he would have more books on alchemy.

When Xun Qianxia went to find Ze Luoshen, he was in the study room dealing with official business. When he saw Xun Qianxia's appearance after she had been cleansed, he was once again stunned, and stopped what he was doing.

Ze Luoshen carried Xun Qianxia onto his lap and said gently, "Qianqian, you look so beautiful now. I'm more and more reluctant to let you go to that place. In that place, women are toys. I'm very afraid that those who are tempted by lust will make a move on you."

"If I did go to that place, I'd make a fool of myself. I know that beauty is capital."

"Yes, it's good that you can think it through." Ze Luoshen placed his chin on Xun Qianxia's shoulder, looking as if he was enjoying himself.

Xun Qianxia pushed someone's head away in disdain, "Ze Luoshen, I have something to talk to you about."

"What is it?" Ze Luoshen finally raised his head and asked lazily.

"Do you have any books on alchemy and medicinal herbs in that place? Since I'm going there soon, I might as well study it first. When I get there, I might even have some achievements in alchemy."

Ze Luoshen thought for a while, and felt that Xun Qianxia's words made sense, so he said, "Tomorrow I'll have someone send the book to you. Can you accompany me tonight?"

"Alright."

The next day, after Xun Qianxia received the books, she roughly scanned through the few books that Ze Luoshen had brought over. There were indeed books on alchemy, and they were written in great detail. Not only that, Ze Luoshen had even prepared a small pill furnace for Xun Qianxia, claiming that she could practice by pretending.

Xun Qianxia looked at the part about refining the antidote. It wasn't very difficult, but the difficult part was the herbal medicines and Xun Qianxia's skills.

The book said that if she wanted to refine the antidote, her skill had to reach Level Ten of Spiritual Power. According to the book, she thought about her level before she entered a period of weakness, which was around Level Five at most.

Furthermore, the book also said that an ordinary person would need at least three years to cultivate from Level Five to Level Ten. No matter how fast her cultivation speed was, it was impossible for her to cultivate from Level Five to Level Ten in a year, right?

She would try, anyway, because tomorrow was the night of the full moon, and she had to try before she left.

In fact, it was not that Xun Qianxia did not want to ask for the Detoxification Pill directly. She had once read in a book that the alchemists in that place were extremely rare, so pills were not affordable for ordinary people and disciples of sects. Only the senior elders of those sects could afford pills.

However, although the pill was precious, the medicinal ingredients were everywhere. Even ordinary people could pick them.

Therefore, Xun Qianxia could only do it herself and look for Ze Luoshen again.

"Your Highness, do you have any herbal medicines here? I want to practice."

Ze Luoshen did not expect Xun Qianxia to make some progress so quickly, and was also very happy with Xun Qianxia's growth, "There are elixirs, but what kind do you want?"

"I want to try this Detoxification Pill and this Blood Revival Pill. Do you have the ingredients for these two types of pills?" Xun Qianxia pointed the book out to Ze Luoshen.

Ze Luoshen only glanced at it out of the corner of his eye and said, "Your man only has high-level cultivation elixirs here. I don't know how to refine pills, so I won't bring these things with me."

Xun Qianxia was a little disappointed, but she immediately raised her head and continued to ask, "Then do the others have them?"

Ze Luoshen thought for a while, "Let me ask for you. Wait a moment. Gui Yi, go ask everyone who has the ingredients to refine the Detoxification Pill and the Blood Revival Pill."

A faint voice came from the air, "Yes, Your Highness."