Becoming the Villainess: I Dominate the Cultivation Realm with My Wok!-Chapter 431

Huo Lian, carrying the "Wuyou Fruit" that Changgui had crafted to imitate the Wuyou Immortal Fruit, hurriedly stepped into the Imperial Palace once again.

At present, the Imperial Palace seemed desolate; as Huo Lian walked along the empty palace pathways, he constantly felt an invisible gaze upon him. Despite his cultivation, he couldn’t pinpoint the existence of the observer.

The gaze was hidden, yet apparent; every few steps, Huo Lian could spot a white-robed Immortal Supervision Bureau member searching for something.

At the gate of the Eastern Palace, Huo Lian encountered the first black-robed member of the Immortal Supervision Bureau he had seen since entering the palace. Just a glance from that person sufficed to bring cold sweat to Huo Lian’s back. That gaze was filled with pressure, enveloping him with a killing aura instantly.

Fortunately, the black-robed man merely glanced before moving his sight away. Huo Lian cautiously proceeded toward the Eastern Palace, relieved he wasn’t stopped by the black-robed man, allowing him to finally step into the Eastern Palace.

Unexpectedly, the Eastern Palace was bustling with many palace attendants, yet none dared to lift their heads, gaze around, or speak excessively.

If given a choice, many of them probably wouldn’t want to be in the Eastern Palace. However, the black-robed individual seamlessly appeared at the entrance, instilling fear powerful enough that these untrained attendants didn’t dare step outside, despite the lack of apparent hindrance from the black-robed figure.

Huo Lian entered the Crown Prince’s bedroom; the strong medicinal scent lingered, but the flow of palace attendants was not as frequent, and the bloodwater previously brought out from time to time was absent. It seemed the Crown Prince’s condition had unexpectedly improved significantly.

The Second Prince and Yan Luan were also present. Yan Luan momentarily revealed a displeased expression upon seeing Huo Lian, though she quickly brushed off any excess emotion.

"Huo Lian, why have you returned?" The Second Prince appeared rather revitalized, a stark contrast to the somber atmosphere of the palace.

Noting the Crown Prince seated by the bed rather than lying in it, Huo Lian first dutifully saluted the trio before presenting the Wuyou Fruit: "This is a medicine developed by the Huo Family to combat Black Qi. We thought it might be useful for the Crown Prince’s... illness."

After the commotion caused by Chen Muxue’s group, these individuals were well aware that the Crown Prince’s illness was not an actual illness...

Perhaps if the Emperor died, the Crown Prince would recover.

Recently, such dangerous thoughts often emerged in the Second Prince’s mind.

"Thank you for your efforts." The Second Prince, not consulting anyone else, stepped forward himself to retrieve the porcelain bottle containing the Wuyou Fruit from Huo Lian and poured out several pills.

The Wuyou Fruit was much smaller than ordinary Elixirs, roughly the size of those old packets of six-flavored Rehmannia pills consumed in one sitting. From it, it was clear Changgui had attempted to replicate the step of injecting Curse-breaking Grass into Vein Powder but failed. No one in the Huo Family, including him, could achieve that step.

Therefore, he abandoned that method and chose a simpler, more direct approach, attempting to blend the two substances directly. Evidently, the effect was unsatisfactory; eventually, Changgui abandoned the refined Vein Powder, opting instead to use components of Vein Powder and adding Curse-breaking Grass.

Thus, it was not the Wuyou Immortal Fruit, and it could be said it was far from the Wuyou Immortal Fruit; the medicinal effect was suboptimal, yet Changgui boldly named it "Wuyou Fruit".

Concerning the medicine for the Crown Prince, the Second Prince dared not be negligent. He first had a palace attendant try one, waited for an hour, and summoned the Imperial Physician to diagnose, confirming the attendant was fine before giving the Wuyou Fruit to the Crown Prince.

The Second Prince watched expectantly as the Crown Prince swallowed a Wuyou Fruit.