Chapter 217: The already cold heart became even colder
Following the order from King Fu Chu of Chu, the imperial guards raised their bows and arrows and aimed at Gongsun Ce in the air.

However, Gongsun Ce seemed not to notice the arrows. He continued to wave his hands, controlling the treasures in the air.

Arrows rained down on Gongsun Ce, but each time they passed by him and no arrow hit him.

Gongsun Ce's body movements were extremely strange. He moved flexibly in the air like a light swallow.

King Fuchu of Chu was shocked when he saw this. He knew Gongsun Ce was not an ordinary person, but he did not expect that his martial arts skills were so strong.

He once again ordered the imperial guards to increase the intensity and density of their archery, trying to shoot Gongsun Ce down.

However, Gongsun Ce remained unmoved. He continued to control the treasure in the air, slowly flying out of the Chu Palace.

Those treasures formed a beautiful landscape in the air, attracting the attention of the people of Chu.

Although the guards tried their best to shoot arrows, they were still unable to touch the corner of Gongsun Ce's clothes.

Their arrows drew arcs in the air and finally fell to the ground.

So on that day, the news of the theft of treasures from the Chu palace spread widely in Yingdu, and then spread to the entire Chu State. King Fu Chu of Chu was powerless to stop it.

Gongsun Ce returned to the Taiwei Mansion in Xianyang with this pile of treasures whose value was unknown.

When landing, Gongsun Ce deliberately chose the warehouse, and then he found Madam Mingzhu, Zi Nu and Xue Ji with dark circles under their eyes in the warehouse.

"How long has it been since you three had a good night's sleep?"

Zi Nu rubbed her eyes, unable to suppress the fatigue in her eyes.

"Mr. Gongsun, you have become a hands-off manager. It's a pity that we have to work day and night to maintain the expedition team."

Gongsun Ce smiled and threw the pile of treasures outside the door into a corner of the warehouse as if he was throwing away garbage.

Xue Ji looked at the income and sighed, "When I was maintaining Feixue Pavilion, I never thought that one day I would get tired of these rare treasures."

Gongsun Ce shrugged helplessly, but when he looked at the Basah Snake beads hanging around the warehouse, he was relieved. With the snake beads to nourish the three women, he didn't have to worry about them dying suddenly.

Gongsun Ce took out eight pills made from the gallbladder of the Basilisk snake, then poured out two and handed them to Madam Mingzhu and Zi Nu respectively.

"This is a pill made by the Bashe snake. It can refine your true energy, prolong your life, clear your eyes and clear your internal heat... It also has the effect of strengthening your yang. You two can take one."

Zi Nu took the pill and looked at Gongsun Ce meaningfully.

"Mr. Gongsun, have you eaten yet? The sisters have been looking forward to it for so long."

Gongsun Ce glanced at Zi Nu with a half-smile, "Tonight, only my Miss Zi Nu and my Madam Ming Zhu are here."

Madam Mingzhu looked at Xue Ji with some apology in her eyes, "Sister Xue Ji, please take care of the accounts tonight."

Xue Ji held her forehead with her hand. It was already a bit difficult for three people to check the accounts, let alone her doing it alone.

"I will find a helper for you as soon as possible, but I don't know whether she is willing to help."

The helper mentioned by Gongsun Ce was naturally Ba Qing.

Ba Qing can be said to be the richest person of the time. According to historical records, her property included 800 million taels of silver, 5.8 million taels of pure gold, and thousands of servants.

He has more than 2,000 private bodyguards and tens of thousands of workers and followers.

In other words, Gongsun Ce's current wealth is nothing in Ba Qing's eyes.

But the help Gongsun Ce wanted Ba Qing to help with was lending him an accountant.

As long as Ba Qing is willing to lend the accountants to Gongsun Ce, then these accountants will become Gongsun Ce's people.

Once the Word Spirit Hypnosis was used, even if he didn't want to join Gongsun Ce, he knew how to do so.

Moreover, Ba Qing's business is cinnabar, which can be used as a pigment, alchemy consumables and corpse preservation.

Therefore, Ba Qing’s contact information can be said to be semi-public.

In order to protect her business, Ba Qing secretly raised a fully armed army, but the exact number of people is unknown.

Ba Qing is confident and not afraid that others can find her at any time.

However, Gongsun Ce obviously had more important things to deal with at this time.

Gongsun Ce put his left arm around Zi Nu's slender waist and his right arm around Madam Ming Zhu's slender waist, and they walked towards Gongsun Ce's master bedroom together.

While walking, Gongsun Ce sent a message to Jingwei, Feiyan, Yanlingji, Honglian and Nongyu, telling them that these girls who practiced martial arts should also be strengthened.

Moreover, because of the special medicinal effect of the elixir, Gongsun Ce was destined not to be able to fall asleep tonight.

In Gongsun Ce's room, seven women, Jingwei, Feiyan, Yanlingji, Honglian, Nanyue, Madam Mingzhu and Zinu, sat around Gongsun Ce, and in front of each of them was a pill emitting a faint glow.

This pill is made from the gallbladder of the bassian snake. It contains powerful energy that can help them break through the bottleneck of their cultivation. However, it also has some minor side effects.

Gongsun Ce may not care about such side effects, but they cannot.

The seven women looked at each other, with determination flashing in their eyes.

They knew very well that refining the elixir this time was both an opportunity and a challenge for them.

Only by truly enduring the impact of the elixir can you turn the medicinal power into your own use and improve your strength.

Jingwei was the first to reach out and gently picked up the pill on the table. Her fingers were as crystal clear as ice jade, and they matched the brilliance of the pill.

She took a deep breath and put the pill into her mouth. Suddenly, a strong medicinal fragrance spread out and filled the entire room.

Immediately afterwards, Feiyan, Yanlingji, Honglian, Nanyue, Madam Mingzhu and Zinu also took the pills one after another.

For a moment, the room was filled with fragrance, as if one was in a sea of ​​flowers.

As the elixir dissolved in the seven women's bodies, a powerful medicinal force began to impact their meridians.

Their faces gradually became rosy, as if dyed red by the sunset.

Their aura also began to rise, surging like a mountain torrent.

However, this powerful medicinal power is not easy to control.

The seven women only felt waves of heat surging in their bodies, as if they were about to ignite their bodies.

They gritted their teeth and endured this unprecedented pain.

At this critical moment, their respective willpower played a huge role.

Jingwei closed his eyes and concentrated, with the Jingwei sword placed horizontally on his knees. Pink sword energy suddenly spread out from the blade of the Jingwei sword.

Jingwei's breathing began to slow down. Along with her breathing, the pink sword energy entered her body along the acupuncture points all over her body, helping Jingwei to refine the medicinal power.

The medicinal power was seen moving disorderly in Jingwei's veins. At this time, the pink sword energy turned into a big net, intercepting the medicinal power running around in Jingwei's veins.

The pink sword energy condensed the medicinal power and gathered it in Jingwei's dantian. The next moment, the pink sword energy crushed the medicinal power bit by bit, allowing Jingwei to gradually absorb it.

Gongsun Ce observed the Jingwei Sword's behavior of protecting its master, and he gained a new understanding of the nature of the famous sword.

Gongsun Ce patted the Tianwen Sword and Yanri Sword on his waist, thinking that the two swords should be upgraded. The old versions were somewhat unable to keep up with Gongsun Ce's current strength.

Then Gongsun Ce looked at Feiyan. Feiyan's strength was the strongest among the women. After refining the medicinal power, she would probably start to sublimate to the master level and impact the grand master level.

And Jingwei can almost break through to the perfect Grandmaster level.

As for the Grand Master realm, this realm is a huge challenge for Jingwei.

If Jingwei wants to break through to the grandmaster level, he must raise the sword intent of the Jingwei Sword to the level of the grandmaster.

However, she used the secret technique of Luowang when she broke through to the Grandmaster level, so Gongsun Ce was not sure whether Jingwei could do this.

Gongsun Ce shook his head, put aside the matter of Jingwei's breakthrough to the grandmaster level, and continued to pay attention to Feiyan.

At this time, Feiyan formed seals with her hands, and the dragon energy overflowed uncontrollably and turned into the shape of a three-legged golden crow.

The three-legged golden crow stared at Gongsun Ce, which made Gongsun Ce roughly guess what the three-legged golden crow meant.

The next moment, Gongsun Ce released the dragon’s aura, and the shadow of a green dragon pounced towards the three-legged golden crow.

The moment the three-legged golden crow saw the blue dragon, the two of them danced and played above Feiyan's head, and then entered Feiyan's tendons and veins through Feiyan's Baihui acupoint.

Gongsun Ce noticed that within Feiyan's veins, the three-legged golden crow and the blue dragon were constantly engaging in light fighting.

When the Azure Dragon and the Three-legged Golden Crow collided, the medicinal power was gathered around them by the two. As the two collided, the medicinal power was shattered and easily absorbed by Feiyan.

Gongsun Ce suddenly felt like he had become a tool, but seeing that Feiyan had overcome the difficulties, Gongsun Ce's mind continued to be focused on Yan Lingji.

Yan Lingji was living up to her name at this moment. She was wrapped in flames, but the flames did not hurt Yan Lingji, nor did they even burn her clothes.

Therefore, at this moment, Yan Lingji looked like an elf in the flames, with an incomparable beauty.

However, Yan Lingji mainly uses fire witchcraft that extends from the power of her bloodline, and the demand for true energy is lower than the power of her bloodline.

Therefore, more of the medicinal power of the elixir made from the gallbladder of the basset snake is used to enhance the blood power of Yan Lingji.

Under the calcination of Yan Lingji's flame, the medicinal power was quite strong and was evaporated bit by bit by Yan Lingji and then absorbed.

Under the nourishment of the medicine, Gongsun Ce noticed that a text mark seemed to appear between Yan Lingji's eyebrows.

Gongsun Ce raised his eyebrows slightly and thought of Zhu Rong. There seemed to be similar words between the eyebrows of Zhu Rong's shadow, and the meaning of the words should be "fire".

However, the words on Yan Lingji's forehead were barely visible at this moment, as if the power of the medicine was not enough to improve Yan Lingji's bloodline to the level that could produce the mark on her forehead.

Gongsun Ce thought about it, raised his right hand, and scratched the tip of his thumb with his middle finger nail. A drop of blood flowed out. Then Gongsun Ce flicked his fingers, and the drop of blood accurately hit the faintly visible words between Yan Lingji's eyebrows.

The text seemed to sense the Zhurong power that had not been completely digested in Gongsun Ce's body, so the illusory text absorbed the Zhurong power and fire power in the blood.

Then, the dragon bloodline, wind power and time power contained in the drop of blood seemed to be rejected by the text. The drop of blood fell to the ground and corroded a small hole in the floor.

Faced with the scumbag behavior of dumping the imaginary text after using it, Gongsun Ce could only curl the corners of his mouth.

The text mark on Yan Lingji's forehead began to solidify, proving that Yan Lingji had successfully overcome the difficulties.

At the same time, Gongsun Ce was certain of one thing: even though the power of blood was declining, it did not mean that the power of blood would not be revived again with the return of the ancestral body.

It is worth studying whether these descendants with bloodlines of the state of unity between man and nature will serve as the initiator for the descent of gods from the state of unity between man and nature.

However, the power of blood is exclusive to the descendants of powerful people who have achieved the state of unity between man and nature through the power of legend.

Therefore, the Kong family had no way to conduct research, which made Gongsun Ce somewhat regretful.

While Gongsun Ce was thinking, something went wrong with Honglian. Her body was shaking, as if she couldn't bear the effect of the medicine. Seeing this, Gongsun Ce slapped his forehead. He actually forgot that Honglian didn't have a proper practice method, and her realm was the lowest, only the third-rate realm.

The next moment, Gongsun Ce took Honglian into his arms and kissed her.

With the help of the Grand Master's intention, Gongsun Ce's consciousness was connected with Honglian's consciousness.

"Honglian, take my Wind, Cloud, Rain, and Uncertain Three Wonders!"

When Honglian's consciousness was blurred, she heard Gongsun Ce's voice. The next moment, a stream of true energy carrying the will of a grandmaster flowed into Honglian's veins, driving the circulation of Honglian's true energy.

The three unique skills of Wind, Cloud, Rain and Uncertainty were discovered by Gongsun Ce when he was in the middle stage of being a grandmaster. In addition to being a set of moves, it is also a technique.

True Qi is like the wind, invisible and intangible.

Condensed into clouds, substanceless but tangible.

Clouds turn into fish to save the people.

These three simple sentences are the formula for the three wonders of wind, cloud, rain and uncertainty.

The practice method that emphasizes comprehension rather than oral formulas makes the practice of Fengyunyu·Wuding Sanjue as difficult as hell.

Gongsun Ce anticipated that even if he recorded the mantras and insights and passed them on to others, they might not be able to practice them successfully.

Even if you successfully get started, it is difficult to unleash its true power.

Under Gongsun Ce's guidance, the medicinal power in Honglian's body was ground bit by bit by her true qi, and then the medicinal power was integrated into Honglian's true qi.

Honglian's true energy also went through the three stages of wind, cloud and rain and gradually condensed. Honglian's realm increased rapidly like a rocket. In the blink of an eye, Honglian had stepped into the realm of half-step grandmaster.

Up to this moment, only a tiny part of the medicinal power has been consumed, and the larger part of the red lotus cannot be digested and cannot be used to improve the realm.

To break through to the Grandmaster level, one needs to comprehend the Grandmaster's meaning on one's own, otherwise only the true Qi will break through, which will lead to poor strength.

Just like Bai Yifei, he is a master, but he does not have the intention of a master, which means that his hard power may not be better than Ji Wuye.

Therefore, Gongsun Ce chose to use the medicinal power to improve Honglian's bones.

"Crack, click..."

There was a slight cracking sound from Honglian's bones, and at the same time, Honglian felt the pain of Yi Jin Xi Sui coming.

"Woooooooo..."

Gongsun Ce, however, held Honglian tightly to prevent her from accidentally hurting herself during the process of Yi Jin Xi Sui.

At this time, the impurities in Honglian's body began to be washed out.

Gongsun Ce hooked his finger, and the impurities were blown away by the breeze controlled by Gongsun Ce.

Ten minutes later, when half of the medicinal power was consumed, Honglian had completed the Yi Jin Xi Sui. As for the impurities that had been washed out, they were now held in Gongsun Ce's right hand.

Gongsun Ce threw it casually, and the black ball emitting a foul smell turned into a stream of light and was thrown out of the Taiwei Mansion, flying to an unknown place.

Gongsun Ce could only seal the remaining medicinal power temporarily and let Honglian slowly refine it during his future cultivation.

At this time, Honglian opened her eyes and looked at Gongsun Ce, her eyes full of attachment. Gongsun Ce also felt Honglian's rising body temperature.

"His!"

Gongsun Ce only heard the sound of cloth tearing, and his attention was directed towards Nong Yu. This ability to do two things at the same time made Gongsun Ce admire himself.

At this time, Nanyue's fingers were plucking in the air, as if she was playing a musical instrument, and Gongsun Ce heard the music in Nanyue's heart.

The sadness that once filled Nongyu's heart was replaced by a mood full of vitality and hope.

As the heartstrings play, the medicinal power circulates throughout Nongyu's veins along with the tune, which means that Nongyu is the one who absorbs the medicinal power most easily.

Madam Mingzhu's situation at this time is similar to Honglian's, both are not very good.

Madam Mingzhu's main skill is in mixing spices, and her level is also not high, only second-rate.

But Madam Mingzhu at least has a martial arts skill, but I don’t know whether this skill is a family heirloom or a treasure in the Korean arsenal.

Gongsun Ce placed his right hand on Madam Mingzhu's back, and then Gongsun Ce's true energy began to help Madam Mingzhu refine the medicinal power.

However, after Madam Mingzhu's realm was raised to the half-step grandmaster, the medicinal power was also consumed a lot, so Gongsun Ce could only take the same measures as Honglian for Madam Mingzhu.

The medicinal power is refined to improve Madam Mingzhu's bones, and then the remaining medicinal power is sealed.

As expected, Mrs. Mingzhu woke up and then had the same reaction as Honglian.

Gongsun Ce had no choice but to try three things at once and observe Zi Nu.

Zi Nu herself was already at a first-class level, so it didn’t take her too long to successfully break through to the Half-Step Grandmaster level.

But at this moment, Zi Nu showed no sign of waking up.

Gongsun Ce noticed that Zi Nu was trying hard to comprehend the Grandmaster's meaning at this moment.

This is very risky. Once Zi Nu fails to comprehend the Grandmaster's intention, then she will have no idea when she will be able to comprehend the Grandmaster's intention again.

Gongsun Ce temporarily put Zi Nu aside and concentrated on dealing with Hong Lian and Madam Ming Zhu.

After Feiyan, the strongest one, woke up, she felt a powerful and condensed true energy surging in her body, as if it was going to push her to a new height.

But she was successfully suppressed by Feiyan. Her master's intention had not yet been fully sublimated, and without the foundation of grand master's intention, she was not suitable for breaking through to the grand master level.

"I succeeded!"

Feiyan murmured softly, and at this moment Feiyan heard an extremely familiar voice coming from beside her.

She saw at a glance how absorbed Honglian and Madam Mingzhu were, and her cheeks suddenly turned red.

At this time Feiyan felt the abnormal rise in body temperature, and she finally understood why Gongsun Ce asked them to take the pills together and refine them together.

Gongsun Ce was not worried that they would not be able to refine the medicinal power, but that they would not be able to withstand the side effects.

Soon after, Jingwei, Yan Lingji and Nongyu also woke up one after another.

Their faces were filled with joyful smiles, as if they had forgotten the pain and suffering they had experienced before.

Afterwards, they felt the same strange feeling as Feiyan, but their state of mind was not as good as Feiyan's, so they soon began to become confused.

As for Zi Nu, she was still trying to comprehend the Grandmaster's meaning and had not successfully broken through to the Grandmaster realm.

So, the next morning, after Zi Nu, who had successfully broken through to the Grandmaster level, opened her eyes, she felt that it would be better not to open them, and it would be best if her sense of smell was sealed as well.

The strong scent of heather made Zi Nu feel a little suffocated, but this was nothing new.

"How does it feel to be at the Grandmaster level?"

Zi Nu looked at Gongsun Ce, then at the scene in front of her and felt it was a bit weird.

"How about you guys wash up first before talking about this?"

Gongsun Ce looked down and found that Zi Nu’s suggestion was very correct.

Gongsun Ce waved his hand, and breeze and flames appeared out of thin air.

The breeze carried the well water from the Taiwei Mansion toward the room where Gongsun Ce was.

At this time, a ball of fire wrapped around the water flow, and in a short while, the water temperature rose to a suitable temperature.

The next moment, warm water entered the room, and under Gongsun Ce's control, the warm water began to wash away the dirt and traces left by last night's madness.

At this moment, Zi Nu's face suddenly flushed, and her master's intention was completely unable to suppress her throbbing at this moment.

Gongsun Ce looked at Zi Nu and grinned, and the breeze threw Zi Nu into the clean water.

Gongsun Ce embraced Zi Nu and whispered softly in her ear: "Round two, start."

It was not until the afternoon that Gongsun Ce left the room with a few neatly dressed young women and began to eat his first meal, which he was not sure how to describe.

"Poria cocos, Euryale ferox, Cistanche deserticola... emmm... Whose good people put this in their porridge?"

Gongsun Ce looked at Duanmu Rong, who was sitting at the table eating what could barely be called afternoon tea, and couldn't help but complain.

Duan Mu Rong blinked her eyes and pretended to be innocent: "Master said that Brother Gongsun might need to eat these. Brother Gongsun, what are these for?"

Gongsun Ce seemed to see the tail of a little devil appearing behind Duanmu Rong. It turned out that this was also a hidden villain.

After Gongsun Ce finished the porridge in one breath, Duanmu Rong picked up the bowl with a smile and continued to serve more porridge.

Gongsun Ce looked at Nian Duan who had just arrived in the afternoon, pointed at Duan Murong, and said, "Don't care?"

"My children and grandchildren have their own blessings, I can't control them. But when will the Tongming Academy, as Mr. Gongsun said, start construction?"

"I shouldn't have lent you the carriage, otherwise you would still be on the road." Gongsun Ce sighed.

"Yeah, I didn't expect that Mr. Gongsun's bronze chariot could be so fast."

"As for the Tongming Academy, we will start construction after the Xiongnu slaves arrive, so just wait. However, Master Nian Duan wants to go to the palace with me to check on A Zheng's illness."

"King Qin?" Nian Duan was puzzled. "Xia Wuqie's name is well-known, but he can't cure King Qin?"

"No." Gongsun Ce shook his head. "He can't be cured, he doesn't dare to take drastic measures. These princes and nobles like to vent their anger on others, he is just trying to protect himself.

Therefore, I hope Master Nian Duan can give me an accurate answer, whether it is possible to cure Ah Zheng through the existing medical methods?"

"Okay, after Mr. Gongsun finishes drinking the medicine, we will go to Xianyang Palace."

Gongsun Ce took the bowl of porridge that Duanmu Rong handed to him hurriedly and blew on the boiling hot medicinal porridge.

Half an hour later, Gongsun Ce and Nian Duan entered the Xianyang Palace.

At this time, Ying Zheng was still handling government affairs in Zhangtai Palace, with no intention of relaxing at all.

"A Zheng, people are like strings. It's not good to be too tight, because the string will break easily."

"Mr. Gongsun." Ying Zheng stopped handling government affairs and asked, "Who is this?"

"This is Nian Duan, the leader of the medical family, the Medical Immortal of Jinghu Lake."

"Greetings, King Qin. I am Nian Duan."

(End of this chapter)