“They’ve all gone far, still pretending?” A voice came out of nowhere.
There were still people ——
Feng Jiu’s soul died, only to a*sume that there were still people left behind from the previous group and were watching him quietly.
When that person saw Feng Jiu did not respond, he continued on by himself, “You are from the royal family, yet only because you were born weak and unable to practice martial arts, you were despised by others. Those people just now, in terms of their status, even their father’s elders would have to salute you when they saw you.
However, beneath the surface of respect, there is endless ridicule and mockery. Now, they don’t even bother to keep up the pretensions on the surface. Today was the first time, but it would not be the last. This time, those people ran away out of fear, but next time, it won’t be for sure.”
As the man in the shadows spoke, Feng Jiu breathed heavily and her body trembled. It wasn’t trembling from fear, but from uncontrollable anger. Now, as long as one’s eyes were not blind, anyone with a discerning eye would know that this Ninth Prince was pretending to be dizzy.
“So, you want to change your fate? Change this pathetic fate of your own. I can give you this chance.” In the frivolous words, but with an incomparable temptation, this temptation, for Feng Jiu, was fatal.
However, Feng Jiu was still lying on the ground, that is, even the trembling of her body had calmed down.
“If you want to change your fate, come and find me in room A, number three, at the Yun Lai Inn.”
After the man in the dark said these words, there was no more sound.
Feng Jiu lay on the ground and waited for a long time, finally sort of making sure that there was no one else nearby, so she climbed up. When he looked around, there was no trace of him in the secluded alley, only himself, and the man had left silently, just as he had come.
“Changing fate? ——” Feng Jiu muttered, pressing the back of his head, which still ached vaguely, and stumbling away from the alley.
“It seems that this ninth prince is stronger than expected, facing such a tempting situation, he is not easily shaken, but instead calmed down from his anger as a result.” In the courtyard of the house to the right of the alley, Qing Yu, who was dressed in black Confucian clothing, stood on a large tree with thick branches and leaves, watching Feng Jiu’s departing back through the gaps between the leaves.
“But you came back for me after all. Sometimes, the more you think about it calmly, the more you can’t stand the temptation. Think about how you were treated in the past, and then think about the future after the change, and you will find that you have no choice at all. What’s more,——,” Qing Yu’s eyes showed deep meaning.
What’s more, just now, Qing Yu did not just casually juggle. Secretly, he had also released a slight bewitching smoke, paired with a mind deterrent technique, which deepened the obsession of this ninth prince who was in a miserable situation.
As expected, the next day, early in the morning, there was a knock at the door. Upon opening the door, it was the same Ninth Prince at the door.
“It’s you?” Feng Jiu said in a suspicious voice. He recognized this person, last night, it was this person who came to Tianle Place with Jin Mingxuan, this person was a friend of Jin Mingxuan.
“Are you making fun of me?” Feng Jiu’s face was flooded with deep anger, he did not think that this friend of Jin Mingxuan, who had disgraced himself, would help himself. Besides, the other party was so young, and there was no way he was capable of solving his own problems.
“Since you are here, why not try again. If you are sure that I am swindling you, it is not too late to leave then.”
Qing Yu turned back and walked to the table in the room and sat down, poured a cup of tea and said, “Want some tea?”
Feng Jiu shook his head and went into the room and closed the door behind him, not sitting down either, but just standing a little behind the door, looking at Qing Yu and said, “If I want to change my destiny, it is actually very simple, to practice martial arts. And this is something that I had already encountered when I was ten years old. At that time, someone told me that there was someone outside the palace who could cure my congenital weakness, and I was so excited to sneak out of the palace, but I was almost caught by human traffickers.
Afterwards, my second and fourth brothers told me that it was a little joke they had played on me. Ridiculously, I was even imprisoned by Father for three days because of it.”
“Oh,” Qing Yu sipped his tea and said, “then why did you still come to me?”
“Because I was unwilling. I am the ninth son of the current emperor, and although my mother is only a palace maid and has no powerful maternal family to rely on, I am, after all, a genuine imperial son who has entered the royal family tree within the Sovereign’s House. If I had been an honest and contented prince, I would not have had to do so much, and the royal family would not have had to take a bite out of me.
But I was not willing. So, even if there is a little hope, I don’t begrudge trying. It’s just another disappointment, and over the years, have I been disappointed any less.”
Feng Jiu’s words were not so much for Qing Yu’s ears as they were his dissatisfaction and venting of reality, his face showed a rare look of relief after his words were finished, thinking that these words had been bottled up in his heart for a long time.
“My words are finished, now, it’s time to talk about your so-called method that can change your fate.”
“Aren’t you afraid that I’ll tell you some unbeatable condition? Or that you are so old that you still think I will help you unconditionally?” Qing Yu looked at Feng Jiu with a wry smile.
“Even my relatives would not help me unconditionally, let alone you, a non-relative,” Feng Jiu smiled mockingly, “but now, apart from my glorious status as an imperial son, there is nothing else that anyone can look at. Even this rotten life, with my current physical condition, it is still unknown if I can live until I am thirty. So, even if there are any conditions, they are for later, and what future could be worse than the present?”
“Then let’s hope you won’t regret it later.” Qing Yu said.
“Since we have already talked, then tell us your solution.”
“Good.” Qing Yu nodded and said, “I have learned that your body is so weak that it cannot even withstand a little internal energy from an outsider. The medicine that can slowly nourish your body must be made from heavenly treasures and configured by a great master of the healing arts. It is not that the royal family cannot afford such a price, but it will not be paid for you.”
“That is indeed true. The royal family is not short of heavenly treasures, and there are also great healers in the world, but this is a price I cannot afford, and the royal family does not want to bear it. After all, I have twelve brothers, capable of literature and martial arts, abound, and one less scrapper is simply inconsequential.” Feng Jiu confirmed.
“This is a price that I cannot afford either. So, there is only one solution, and that is for you to cultivate your own internal energy bit by bit and slowly nourish your body.”
“This method won’t work,” Feng Jiu interrupted, “martial artists cultivate internal energy by refining essence and turning it into qi, and with my body, if I were to refine essence and turn it into qi, I’m afraid that I would simply die from refining. If I were to take spiritual medicine to replenish my essence, I wouldn’t be able to withstand the sufficient medicinal power. If I want to practice martial arts to strengthen my body, I must use the pills configured with heavenly treasures as mentioned earlier, then everything will be back to square one.”
Speaking of this, Feng Jiu could not hide her disappointment, obviously lost over the disappearance of hope once again.
“But what if we borrow someone else’s inner strength to cultivate our own body?”
