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Chen Fei's expression couldn't help but change, and he said, "Before I left, I made a military pledge to the Marquis that even if I died, I would protect the safety of the Young Marquis and the Madam."

Long Chen shook his head and said, "Although you are a Late Stage Blood Condensation expert, you can no longer protect me. The fact that you didn't make a move when I was injured on the arena stage shows that you have great misgivings.

In other words, you will only make a move when my life is threatened, but by that time, even if you do intervene, it won't solve the problem, am I right?"

Chen Fei was silent for a moment and did not answer, because what Long Chen said was the truth, leaving him unable to refute.

"In the Imperial Capital, the person who can make you have such misgivings must be Marquis Ying, right?" Long Chen asked.

Chen Fei sighed, nodded, and said, "That's correct. Before I left, the Marquis gave me strict instructions not to let Marquis Ying discover me, otherwise, my life would be forfeit.

Chen Fei is not afraid of death, but I am afraid of ruining the Marquis's grand plans. Therefore, even though the Young Marquis has been bullied for so long, I have never made a move. It was truly a last resort, and I ask for the Young Marquis's understanding."

"My father has a grudge against Marquis Ying?" Long Chen asked.

"Marquis Ying's finger was cut off by the Marquis," Chen Fei said with a smile.

Long Chen's expression was rather strange. No wonder Marquis Ying was targeting him. His father was truly fierce, but he wasn't bad either. His father had cut off one of his fingers, but he had almost made him go bankrupt.

"When did you come to the Imperial Capital?" Long Chen asked.

"Three years ago."

"How many experts like you are by my father's side?"

"There were originally seven, but one died in battle last year, so there are only six left."

"What stage of Blood Condensation have you reached?"

"The Nine Heavens, but unfortunately, I have never been able to break through that barrier." Chen Fei sighed. He was already thirty-seven years old; if he couldn't break through by forty, there would basically be no hope for the rest of his life.

Long Chen was not surprised. Although Chen Fei hid it very deeply, blood energy surged between his eyebrows, which was a clear sign that his blood had condensed to a substantial state.

In other words, the current Chen Fei was a Peak Blood Condensation expert, but he was stuck at this Bottleneck.

How difficult it was to break through from the Blood Condensation realm to the Tendon Tempering realm. There were thousands of Blood Condensation experts in the entire Fengming Empire, but only three Great Marquises were in the Tendon Tempering realm. It was evident that this shackle was like an insurmountable chasm, lying before them, making people feel daunted.

"Chen Fei, I will refine some Medicinal Pills tonight. You will take them to my father," Long Chen said after pondering for a moment.

"Young Marquis, this…"

Long Chen waved his hand, interrupting Chen Fei's words: "Although your concealment techniques are formidable and can avoid the eyes and ears of Marquis Ying to secretly protect the Long family,

but now the entire Imperial Capital is surging with undercurrents, indicating that this entire Fengming is likely about to change. Whether you stay or not has no meaning anymore.

Think about it, if the Long family truly faces a catastrophe, with your ability, can you turn the tide?"

"I can take the Young Marquis and break out of the encirclement," Chen Fei said.

Long Chen's expression turned cold, and he said sternly, "Then what about my mother?"

Chen Fei was suddenly speechless. His concealment technique was formidable, but his strongest skill was his escape technique. He was confident that even if Marquis Ying made a move, he had an eighty percent chance of taking Long Chen away.

But now that Long Chen had said this, he was left speechless. At most, he could only take one person, which would mean sacrificing the Madam.

"I'm sorry, Young Marquis, this is what the Marquis ordered, and this subordinate can only obey," Chen Fei shook his head and said.

Long Chen couldn't help but be shocked and angry. His father had actually chosen to abandon his mother in order to save him. For a moment, his eyes turned red. Perhaps this was a sign of his doting love for him, but he could not accept it.

He took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, and said coldly, "Chen Fei, I am not discussing this with you now, but ordering you to go back.

Do not ruin the two of us, mother and son, for that foolish order. I am going to the Alchemist Guild to buy some medicinal materials to refine pills overnight, and you will take them to my father.

Stop saying stupid things about protecting us. I could take your life right now without any effort; don't talk to me about it being an accident.

I currently have the ability to protect the Long family for the time being, but the situation will take a sharp turn for the worse in the future. I need my father's help, and time is of the essence.

So, I am giving you two choices now: either listen to me and return to my father's side, or die here. Without the follow-up antidote, you will definitely die from the poison you have contracted."

Chen Fei's face turned pale and then blue. Looking at the tone of Long Chen's voice, Long Chen was truly angry. He seemed to see the figure of Long Tianxiao, who was awe-inspiring without being angry, and he knew that if he dared to defy Long Chen, Long Chen would really take his life.

He was not afraid of death, but dying in such an unclear way was truly not worth it. Besides, this was the Long family's private affair. He could only bitterly agree, though his heart was filled with bitterness, not knowing how he would face the Marquis after returning.

Long Chen went to the guild overnight. Now that his pockets were full, he no longer needed to buy medicinal materials on credit and bought a pile of materials directly.

It had to be said that joining the Alchemist Guild was the wisest choice Long Chen had made; the medicinal materials he needed were actually all available.

He let Chen Fei help keep guard outside while he started to light the fire and warm the furnace to refine Medicinal Pills. The Medicinal Pill that Long Chen wanted to refine this time was called the Breakthrough Pill.

This was a very common Tier 2 Medicinal Pill used for冲击 Bottlenecks, which could increase the probability of a Breakthrough.

However, the formula for the Breakthrough Pill in Long Chen's hands came from the memories of the Pill Emperor. With the same medicinal materials, through different proportions of Fusion, entirely different effects were produced.

Moreover, Long Chen added Dragon Bone Grass to the medicinal materials. This potent ingredient increased the medicinal properties; this was no longer a simple Breakthrough Pill.

This Breakthrough Pill was meant for breaking through the barrier of the Tendon Tempering realm. A Low Grade Breakthrough Pill could give a person a ten percent higher chance of success when冲击 the Tendon Tempering realm.

And Long Chen's goal was High Grade. A High Grade Medicinal Pill could give a cultivator a full thirty percent higher chance of success. If this were to get out, it would absolutely shock the world.

Such a Medicinal Pill would be far more sensational than the Flesh-Regenerating and Bone-Knitting Pill that was auctioned before. That Flesh-Regenerating and Bone-Knitting Pill actually had huge flaws, it was just that Long Chen hadn't said it out loud.

If an ordinary person had a limb cut off, they could regrow it after taking the pill. That was true, and it was basically harmless.

But after a cultivator took it, it would invisibly consume the True Origin within their Spiritual Root, which would shorten their future growth potential.

Back then, when Long Chen slashed Fugui, it had no effect on him, but later when Yao Niqian slashed that person named "Zaoyang", hehe… anyway, it wasn't me who slashed him. As the saying goes, when one is wandering in the Jianghu, who doesn't get slashed? Besides, who told him he couldn't resist Yao Niqian's beauty.

…

"BOOM"

With a loud explosion, the last furnace of pills was refined. Opening it to look, there were three round Medicinal Pills with faint halos of light around them. A smile appeared on Long Chen's exhausted face.

This was the third furnace of pills. The first furnace had succeeded in producing three pills, but the second furnace had exploded because he had been slightly distracted, almost shattering the Pill Furnace, and the whole furnace of pills turned to ash.

Alchemy was like this. As long as one was slightly careless, even with all the techniques from the Pill Emperor's memories, accidents were still inevitable.

Originally, two furnaces of pills would have been enough to solve it, but with this explosion, Long Chen had to continue dragging his exhausted body to refine the third furnace.

The Breakthrough Pill with Dragon Bone Grass was simply too difficult to refine. Even with the strength of Long Chen's Soul, he still felt exhausted to the point of death.

However, looking at the six round Medicinal Pills, all the exhaustion was worth it. After handing the pills to the shocked Chen Fei, he had him take a letter to his father.

Chen Fei left before the sky was bright. Long Chen took a short nap, and after his spirits were restored, he felt much more relaxed.

His father's situation was like a big rock pressing down on him. Now that he knew his father's recent situation, his heart was filled with anticipation.

The only regret was that Chen Fei also didn't know who was targeting his father, and Long Tianxiao had never revealed it to them either.

However, this was no longer important. Having news of his father was the best possible news for him. Now, he was full of fighting spirit.

After getting up, he went to pick up Little Snow. Little Snow was the name Long Chen had given to the Crimson Flame Snow Wolf, because it was a little female wolf.

Little Snow was still closing its eyes and whining. Long Chen smiled slightly, extended a finger, bit it on his tooth, and a drop of fresh blood slowly flowed down, dripping into the Crimson Flame Snow Wolf's mouth.

The little guy licked that drop of blood, and its eyes, which had been tightly closed, actually slowly opened, looking at Long Chen with curiosity. Its glistening eyeballs, paired with the red fur between its eyebrows, were indescribably cute.

Usually, after a Demonic Beast is born, the first drop of blood it tastes, it will remember that taste forever, and from then on treat the owner of that taste as a relative. Of course, cold-blooded series Demonic Beasts are excluded; they need more special methods.

After the Crimson Flame Snow Wolf opened its eyes, it started crawling towards Long Chen. Although its steps were unsteady and it could fall at any time, it still desperately crawled forward.

Seeing this little guy, Long Chen felt a warmth in his heart. His Soul power was strong, and he could clearly feel the feeling of attachment in the depths of the little guy's Soul.

Originally, after this little guy acknowledged Long Chen, Long Chen should have circulated his Soul power and used the secret technique taught to him by Lu Fang'er to plant a slave seal in the little guy's Soul so that the little guy would never betray him.

But Long Chen hesitated for a long time and still did not cast the slave seal. He could not bring himself to treat such a cute little guy as a slave.

While he was deep in thought, Long Chen's face felt wet. It turned out that the little guy didn't know when it had crawled onto Long Chen and was enthusiastically washing Long Chen's face.

Long Chen laughed out loud, picked up the little guy, left the Long family, and headed straight for the outskirts. Now that the little guy had opened its eyes, he would take it out for an adventure.

Demonic Beasts have extremely tenacious vitality. Basically, as long as they open their eyes, they can start eating by themselves and won't starve to death. They no longer need to eat those nutritional liquids.

Now that Long Chen was going out, taking it with him was just right to let it grow as fast as possible.

However, before going on a long journey, he needed to find someone and take him along. In less than an hour, Long Chen arrived at a pasture.

"ROAR"

Suddenly, a roar came, and the earth shook along with it. A curve appeared on the corner of Long Chen's mouth.