Immortality Path: From the Blind Man at the Pharmacy-Chapter 312 - 173, 174. Daily Life at King Song’s Mansion, Surveying Westward, Medicine of Immortality (Please Subscribe)_4

Chapter 312: 173, 174. Daily Life at King Song’s Mansion, Surveying Westward, Medicine of Immortality (Please Subscribe)_4

This feeling was like "a skilled butcher deftly navigating his knife through the gaps in cow bones."

Song An had been defeated in two battles, both times disgracefully.

He was dumbstruck, disbelieving, standing amidst his defeated army as he watched his father’s troops split the battle lines, charging forward with stunning and fluid grace.

Then, he felt a tug at the back of his neck, and was hoisted up.

"You’re far from ready," Song Cheng said indifferently, then set him down, and amidst the Imperial Guards’ adoring gazes, he said, "Well done," and then he rode off alone.

Stricken by this blow, Song An felt utterly disheartened, standing under the vast autumn sun with his head hung low.

Song Cheng then approached the spectator’s stance.

Zhao Hua stepped forward, laughed, and said, "Big brother, your military genius is truly divine, unmatched through the ages."

Song Cheng waved his hand and said, "Dashang’s history dates back only a thousand years. Claiming it to be the foremost dynasty of the Human World is but a self-proclaimed title. Who knows what heroes have existed on this land thousands, even tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands of years ago? One should neither underestimate oneself nor be arrogant."

Zhao Hua laughed naively, scratching his head just like he used to back in Hanping Prefecture.

Ouyang Chuchu watched this scene in astonishment.

No one knew Zhao Hua’s true nature better than she did.

This was the true Regent King of Dashang, a man of terrifyingly profound schemes, ruthless methods, and decisiveness in killing. Even a mere cold grunt from him was enough to terrify his subordinates.

This heartless Regent King, fiercely cruel even to women and his own children... were it not for her being Zhao Lingxue’s mother, were it not for her daughter’s marriage to Song Cheng’s son, she would never have become Zhao Hua’s wife.

Yet before Song Cheng, this man displayed a youthful innocence and naivety.

Zhao Hua said, "Big brother, over the years, I’ve made some progress in what I’ve been doing. Westward, past a stretch of Yin Cloud Miasma, there seems to be quite a few existing kingdoms. And oddly, there haven’t been any evil spirits there; it’s as if the Yang Qi is extremely dense."

Song Cheng said, "I am aware of that. An has been thinking about leading troops to conquer those kingdoms."

Zhao Hua laughed out loud and said, "An is a youthful hero with such ambition; he will surely succeed."

After speaking, he lowered his voice and said, "Big brother, there’s also... the matter of the Longevity Medicine. I’ve been investigating it. Many have come, but all were frauds. I’ve killed a great number of these fraudsters, and now it seems none dare come anymore..."

He sighed, gently shaking his head.

As they were talking, suddenly a man dressed as a Mysterious-clothed, Green-Scaler-patterned attendant rushed over from a distance. Upon seeing King Song present at the training grounds, he stopped, not daring to draw near.

Zhao Hua motioned for him.

The man then hurried over.

This was the leader of the "Green Dragon Guard" from Zhao Hua’s reorganized "Four Symbols Guard."

Zhao Hua told him, "Remember, to see King Song is to see me. Anything you can say to me, you can tell King Song."

"Yes!"

The Green Dragon Guard leader respectfully replied, then said, "Another Taoist Alchemist claims to know the secret of the Longevity Medicine."

Zhao Hua smiled and asked, "Does he know I’ve already killed three thousand two hundred fraudsters?"

The Green Dragon Guard nodded.

Zhao Hua said, "Interesting," then turned to Song Cheng and said, "Big brother, I’m going to check this out."

Song Cheng patted him on the shoulder and said, "Go ahead."

Zhao Hua led his men away in a hurry.

Song Cheng, together with his family and the dejected Song An, who resembled a defeated rooster, returned to King Song’s Mansion.

Upon arriving at King Song’s Mansion, Ling ran over and said, "My lord, my lady asked me to remind you, you promised Miss to go to Accumulating Thunder Mountain for fun tomorrow... you mustn’t forget."

Song Cheng laughed heartily and said, "I won’t forget."

Over the years, he had taken Ting out for excursions every year.

This year, it was to be Accumulating Thunder Mountain.

That mountain, shimmering with purple light and harboring Demon Beasts, served as the barrier of Thundercloud State...

However, what troubled him was that Ting... seemed uninterested in men.

Conservatively speaking, that is.

If not conservatively, then it’s that... Ting seemed uninterested in the living.