Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 99: Ambush Kill

Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Ambush Kill

Sister-in-law and senior brother were unaware of Chu Feng’s abilities, still believing him to be the once useless individual.

They had always been worried about Chu Feng’s marriage matters.

Little did they know, with Chu Feng’s current abilities and perspective, even the noble ladies born of prominent families wouldn’t catch his eye, let alone the pretty jades from ordinary families or common maidens.

Concerned that senior brother and sister-in-law might preach to him again, Chu Feng hurriedly stated he was tired and needed rest, escaping back to his room.

Upon entering the secret chamber, the lingering faint fragrance left by the black-clothed woman induced an involuntary recollection of her. Deep within his heart, a strong longing emerged.

Seeing her again would likely be difficult. Perhaps it would be easier to find her with stronger power.

Moments later, Chu Feng made an effort to cast aside distracting thoughts, took out a newly refined Super Essence Building Pill, stripped off the wax seal, and popped it into his mouth.

After chewing slightly, the elixir transformed into scorching energy that surged into his stomach.

Then following the meridians and guided by the veins, it was absorbed by the Fake Sword Vein. It nourished back from the Fake Sword Vein, spreading to all his limbs and bones.

Chu Feng’s cultivation level rapidly escalated.

The Super Essence Building Pill’s effect was not just ten times better than the ordinary Essence Building Pills.

In just one night, Chu Feng’s cultivation had advanced by a whole level, breaking through to Sixth Rank Swordsman.

One must know, as one’s cultivation progresses further, the difficulty of advancing also increases.

Even the top talents in the Royal Capital would need more than a month to advance from Fifth Rank Swordsman to Sixth Rank. If outsiders were to know of Chu Feng’s rate of progression, who would dare to mock him as a waste?

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Early the next morning, Chu Feng left the house as usual.

Unexpectedly, he found his senior brother and sister-in-law planting flowers and plants in the front courtyard. He greeted them with a smile, "Senior brother, don’t you have to stand guard at the city gate today? To be in such a leisurely and carefree state, accompanying the sister-in-law in planting flowers and grass!"

Chu Jianlan wiped the sweat from his face and replied with a smile, "I got my shift changed today. I’m off during the day and on patrol at night!"

Seeing that the sister-in-law had the company of her senior brother made her particularly happy, her pretty face flushed with excitement like a little girl.

Seeing his brother and sister-in-law so affectionate, Chu Feng felt particularly warm.

He hurriedly left the Sword King Mansion; he must attend class at the Alchemy Academy today.

Having skipped class again yesterday, Teacher Xie Bing would probably scold him with a darkened face.

No sooner had he stepped out of the mansion gate than someone started chasing him from behind with a quick pace.

Chu Feng immediately went on alert, with a wisp of Abnormal Fire flickering in the palm of his hand.

"Your Highness, Prince Liu may send people to ambush and kill you in the next two days! Be careful!" The man who caught up was none other than Mo Shang, the chief steward of Prince Liu Mansion, who Chu Feng had secretly won over.

"Oh, they finally can’t restrain themselves and are going to take action, eh?" A sinister smile appeared on Chu Feng’s face.

The Prince Liu Mansion would be the first paw of the Royal Family he would eradicate. Prince Liu Mansion had played a part in the troubles that befell the Sword King Mansion back in the day.

"If the information I’ve gathered is correct, Prince Liu is likely to have bribed Captain Wang who is on night patrol duty. You’ll be mistaken for a bandit and killed accidentally! And your senior brother is also scheduled to be part of this patrol team!"

"By then, all blame will be pushed onto your senior brother. In one move, removing two male members of the Sword King Mansion!"

Mo Shang’s words sent a chill through Chu Feng’s heart.

The enemies were truly diabolical; not only did they aim to kill Chu Feng, they also intended to saddle Chu Jianlan with the crime.

It was a strategy that killed two birds with one stone.

As long as both Chu Feng and Chu Jianlan were eliminated, the legacy of the Sword King Mansion would effectively be extinguished, leaving behind only the sister-in-law and the second sister - two weak women at the mercy of Prince Liu and his son.

Moreover, Prince Liu would probably use Chu Yun to win over the military’s heart, adding leverage to his bid for the position of Grand Marshal.

Such a venomous scheme; it was fortunate that he had Mo Shang as an internal informant to caution him.

Otherwise, Chu Feng really might have been hit.

He couldn’t help but feel some regret, that he shouldn’t have sold all nine Golden Rune Protecting Body Elixirs. He should have kept one or two for self-defense.

"You did well! Continue gathering information at the Prince Liu Mansion, off you go!" Chu Feng praised before frowning, pondering strategies to break the situation.

It definitely wouldn’t do to inform the Senior Brother beforehand.

It seems he must summon Bloody Beard and the Han Family Master to discuss countermeasures.

It is dawn now, the enemy will not make a move yet. Chu Feng was not in a hurry.

He pretended nothing was wrong and went to the Alchemy Academy for classes.

Just entering the gates of the academy, Chu Feng saw Qiao Sheng, who looked civil but deceitful, pestering Lin Yuxin.

He immediately strode over, pushed Qiao Sheng away, and coldly shouted, "Brat, you still have the face to pester our Class Five’s belle? You lost the bet last time and owe me ten thousand silver taels, have you prepared it?"

Chu Feng’s heroic rescue made Lin Yuxin’s fondness for him even stronger.

Recently, Qiao Sheng has been continuously losing face in public thanks to Chu Feng, destroying his shining image. Pursuing girls was not as easy as before for him.

In the past, he was waiting for Lin Yuxin to take the initiative to pursue him.

Now, with his reputation in tatters and overshadowed by Chu Feng, he dropped his pretense. With a heart full of jealousy, he began his frantic pursuit of Lin Yuxin.

Because Qiao Sheng knew Chu Feng liked Lin Yuxin.

So he wanted to win Lin Yuxin over and then make Chu Feng suffer.

"Money, what money?" Qiao Sheng was obviously unhappy about being disturbed. He rolled his eyes and put on a disdainful face, starting to play dumb.

Ten thousand silver taels was no small sum.

Even with the status and identity of Qiao Sheng, it would be extremely difficult to produce ten thousand taels all at once.

Furthermore, he never really took Chu Feng seriously, let alone thought about compensating him with money.

"It’s written in black and white, you dare to play dumb with me?" Chu Feng took out the written bet from his bosom.

"Hmph, this young master really doesn’t remember such a thing. If you want money, go ask my Qiao Family," said Qiao Sheng, who was not daring enough to start a fight after being beaten by Chu Feng last time.

And behind him, he was accompanied by several followers.

All were admirers from Class One.

These young masters, the scions of power in the Royal Capital, each one of them was not weak.

They were many and had strength in numbers; they were not afraid of Chu Feng taking action.

Chu Feng’s face had completely turned cold, "So what you’re saying, you refuse to pay? Fine, then I’ll go to your father!"

"But let me say this upfront, if I bring my people over to collect the money in person, it won’t be this price anymore, it’ll be at least doubled!"

Having said that, Chu Feng didn’t say much else to Qiao Sheng.

"Yu Xin, let’s go to the classroom for lessons! If they dare to bother you again, I’ll break their legs!" Chu Feng’s overbearing and caring words made Lin Yuxin feel quite cherished.

She shyly and happily nodded her head.

The two entered the classroom side by side, and such intimate behavior left the boys in class with their hearts shattered.

Prince Liu Ping’s face turned incredibly gloomy.

His eyes were cold, and a trace of killing intent appeared on his face.

"This waste, daring to show off in front of me, after tonight, he’s going to be a dead corpse!" Prince Liu Ping, naturally in the know about the assassination plot against Chu Feng, thought spitefully.