Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 344: News of Senior Brother

Chapter 344: Chapter 344: News of Senior Brother

"I need these materials; check if your store has them," Chu Feng handed over a list of materials.

After the shop assistant took it, his face slightly changed once he saw the materials listed.

"These... These materials are all extremely precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures. We do have them in the store, but they cannot be sold directly. They can only be exchanged for merit." The shop assistant said with a look of difficulty.

"Calculate it, how much merit is needed?" Chu Feng instructed without even blinking.

The shop assistant quickly took out an abacus and started calculating. Because the materials were so precious and rarely bought or exchanged, he had to pull out the ledger to check their prices.

"Star Iron Essence, ten kilograms, merit five thousand. Mithril five catties, merit one thousand. Tianhe Luo Water, one barrel, merit six thousand..."

A moment later, the total merit needed was calculated.

"Brother Chu, for the full exchange of this list of materials, you will need 18,630 merits!" The shop assistant wiped the sweat from his forehead, finding the prices of each material was quite exhausting.

"No problem, here are 15,000 merits. For the rest, I will compensate with silver."

Chu Feng had 500,000 taels of silver on him, so he spoke with a clear air of wealth. Short of 3,630 merits, he directly spent more than 36,000 taels of silver to exchange for the needed merits.

Once he obtained the necessary materials, Chu Feng sensed the Demon Slaying Sword on his back slightly vibrating.

The Treasure Sword is sentient; it could hardly wait for Chu Feng to help repair its damaged sword body.

"My treasure, don’t worry, as soon as we get back, I’ll immediately repair your sword body." Chu Feng had the Nine Yang Strange Fire, so he didn’t need to seek out those sword casting masters. He could handle it himself.

...

Back at his place, Li Shishi was organizing various gathered intelligence information.

"Master, you’re back!" She looked up and greeted Chu Feng with a smile.

Normally, she was cold, so seeing her reveal a charming smile like this was a first.

Chu Feng couldn’t help but stare in awe.

It wasn’t that he had never seen a beautiful woman before, but Li Shishi’s smiling face was especially charming.

Gulp!

Chu Feng quite unbecomingly swallowed his saliva and thought to himself, "Goodness, if ever there comes a time when I could marry this beautiful, charming, and aloof lady, even if it shortens my life by a few years, I would be willing."

Although he harbored some undue thoughts toward her, Chu Feng didn’t have any intentions of forcefulness.

Even though Li Shishi was his servant, he must give her enough respect. But Chu Feng was fundamentally decent; he liked women but would rely on his own abilities and charm to capture their hearts.

"Shishi, any urgent intelligence lately?" Chu Feng smiled, walking behind her to check the intelligence documents she was organizing.

Many intelligence reports were on a piece of paper, or even in a pair of shoes...

The content of the intelligence was written on the paper or hidden inside a shoe layer, and its writing was something others couldn’t understand at all.

It needed to be translated using a special cipher book.

For instance, a letter written on the paper might represent the word ’danger’ in the cipher book.

Li Shishi was able to become an intelligence genius naturally had her unique capabilities.

Whether in the training of intelligence talent or in aspects such as intelligence transmission and collection, she was exceptionally skilled.

Feeling Chu Feng so close, she noticeably felt unnatural, somewhat nervous.

"Important intelligence... Indeed, there are two pieces. Both are about the Jianyun Dynasty," Li Shishi said thoughtfully, her tone cold.

Chu Feng stood behind her. Although she was sitting, her hair’s fragrance and the faint, enticing scent emanating from her body occasionally drifted into Chu Feng’s nose.

Looking down from above, he admired her lustrous black hair pinned up behind her head. Her hairpin was exquisitely crafted; her slender neck and fair skin were like smooth cheese—a truly pleasing sight.

Women have highly sensitive perception. She subconsciously turned her head to inspect and immediately noticed that Chu Feng was watching her.

"Ah..."

She felt both shy and annoyed, a blush rising on her pretty face.

"What are you looking at?" She asked angrily.

"Cough... I was looking at the intelligence on the table, definitely not at you!" Chu Feng, caught red-handed by his subordinate, also couldn’t help feeling embarrassed. His words, rather than helping, made the situation seem even more suspicious—as if clarifying there was no silver here.

Invisibly, it was like telling Li Shishi that he was indeed looking at her.

"Master, if you frivolously bother me again, I will move out," Li Shishi seemed very angry.

"Okay, I promise I will be more careful in the future. Just now I really couldn’t help but get distracted..." Chu Feng waved his hands repeatedly and took the initiative to walk in front of Li Shishi, across the table.

This demonstrated his sincere attitude.

Having interacted with girls often, he could guess a bit about their thoughts.

And indeed, he had accumulated some experience in placating girls.

Sure enough, after he showed his attitude, Li Shishi still had a cold expression, but her anger had dissipated a lot. More of it was likely embarrassment.

"Tell me, what big event happened in the Jianyun Dynasty?" This time when Chu Feng crippled Prince Jianyun, it was akin to severing one of the Emperor’s arms. As for the Second Prince he killed, that hardly mattered.

At most, it could only be considered a minor clown’s play.

"Your senior brother, not long ago, was appointed as the Right General! Minister Wu from the Ministry of War has been very active recently, and the operations for usurping the throne have already started in full swing. Probably by the time of the Imperial Examination in spring, a coup will be launched."

The court recruits talents through three stages: the village examination, the imperial examination, and the palace examination.

The village examination is the first round, usually held in August of autumn, thus it’s called the Imperial Examination. The imperial examination is held in the following spring, known as the Spring Imperial Examination.

Now it’s deep winter, leaving Minister Wu just two or three months to launch the coup.

Chu Feng felt both nervous and somewhat anticipatory about this.

Last time by switching the dragon for a pillar, burying the Chu Family ancestors’ bones in that geomantic treasure spot. Was it of any use?

The Chu Family has been loyal for generations and originally had no thoughts or ambitions of usurping the throne.

It was the Emperor who ruthlessly pushed the Chu Family to a dead end, making Chu Feng snatch his imperial throne. His senior brother Chu Jianlan was already appointed as the Right General, a very high-ranking position.

If promoted further, it would be as a Left General.

Whether as the Right General or the Left General, neither holds independent command over troops. They can only lead the troops into battle under strict surveillance.

If one could be appointed as a General, that would be different. It’s equivalent to a regional commander and possesses independent military power.

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