Chapter 42: The Downfall of the Crown Prince

  Shengjiang City is the closest city to the Imperial Capital, incomparable to the small and medium-sized cities that have been passed through before. After a month of traveling, the warm and loving scene of the mother and son was envied by others.

  "Yi'er, we're almost at the Imperial Capital. Do you want to stay by Mother's side or return to your space?" After putting away the small person, Zhan Qingwu and her treasured Yi'er locked eyes.

  "It's all good ~ Huì'er will be obedient ~" It seems that she has been away from him for a long time, the little rascal stretches out his hand, and after being hugged by Qīng Kuáng, he rubs his face against hers, sitting there cutely.

  Zhan Qing's words were somewhat amusing, and during this time, the little one was unwilling to leave her side, as if he wanted to grow on her body. "So, Mother's Xi'er is such a spoiled child! Hehe~"

  Xiao Rou Tuan heard her teasing words, but unlike ordinary children who would blush and retort, she instead had a matter-of-fact expression, sat in her arms, took out a piece of red bean cake, gave her one bite, then put the remaining half into her own mouth, her small mouth moving, with cake crumbs still stuck to the corner of her mouth. Zhan Qing saw this and directly licked it off, as if cleaning it up.

  After finishing the pastry, the little one leaned against her again, soft and fluffy, changing to a comfortable posture, with small fat hands grasping a strand of her hair.

  A mother and son enjoying a tender moment were startled by the rustling of grass, Zhan Qing ran to pull Xuan Xi behind him, jumped up, and cautiously looked at the grass in front of them.

  Before long, a figure stumbled out, covered in bloodstains, with disheveled hair and looking utterly wretched. The man thudded to the ground, gasping for breath but unable to exhale.

  He saw that the man was lightly wounded, and had only fainted from the shock of the explosion. He walked up to him, and with his toes kicked at his thigh, hearing a faint cry of pain, knew he wasn't dead yet.

  "Are you still alive? Hey, make a sound." She sized up the man in front of her. Although his clothes were tattered and worn out, the fabric was not something ordinary people could afford to wear. Moreover, when she kicked him earlier, the man's tense muscles showed his vigilance.

  The man took a few violent gasps, then suddenly opened his eyes and watched her vigilantly, not relaxing his guard at all because she was a woman.

  Wow, great, this little eye! The war lightly rotated his eyes, and the man suddenly felt his hair stand on end.

  Lou Lan had never been so humiliated before. Thinking of those people's faces, his heart was filled with bitterness. Could they not tolerate him at all? Did they have to put him to death? Even if he lived a humble life, did they still see him as a thorn in their eyes and a stab in the flesh? They sent wave after wave of experts, destroying his spiritual foundation, using cruel poison plots to harm him. Did they want him to die in vain in a foreign land? As he saw one "benevolent" smile after another pass before his eyes, he only felt irony. If he didn't die, he would definitely make those who hurt and harmed him pay back a hundredfold, a thousandfold! But thinking of his broken body, what could he use to take revenge? He couldn't help but laugh bitterly.

  Just as he was hiding from the enemy, he didn't expect to meet someone else. The woman in front of him was either friend or foe, and had come to harm him? It's no wonder that he was on high alert, but now he had no way to protect himself, so he could only be extremely cautious.

  Zhan Qingcang crouched down, quickly suppressing all resistance with his hands, and then said after a while: "The injury is not light, the spiritual foundation is completely destroyed, and there is severe poison in the body."

  "What's it to you?" For a long time, the dry and cracked lips of Lou Xinglan made his voice sound like a broken gong.

  "Hurting you is none of my business, but saving you, that's my business." She stood up, not minding his attitude. The man's eyes made her very satisfied, like a wolf, lonely and fierce, if there was still a thread of kindness before, but it must have disappeared by now.

  The two men stared at each other, each wanting to outdo the other. A careless word became the final straw that broke the camel's back.

  "I can save you and help you rebuild your spiritual foundation, and your strength will be greatly increased."

  Lou Xinglan looked at her suspiciously, rebuilding the spiritual foundation, this was simply impossible, even the most powerful alchemist couldn't do it, let alone a teenage girl in front of him, it was simply a fantasy!

  "Don't you believe it? Or are you afraid? Don't you want to make the person who harmed you pay for it, and avenge yourself?"

  Upon hearing these words, Lou Yinglan was shaken and thought to himself: How can I not think about it? Living a life like a stray dog, how can I be willing to accept it? No! He is unwilling! He hates it! Hates it to the point of destroying heaven and earth!

  His teeth chattered with a loud click, and the man's face was ferocious. But should he believe the person in front of him?

  "How can you know the result if you don't try?"

  "Cough, cough... In this world... there's no free lunch, you think you can get something from me?" Lou Xinglan's face turned pale as he clutched his chest.

  "Tell me about your situation."

  Lou Xinglan hesitated, struggling with what to do in his heart. Looking at the girl in front of him with her arms around his chest, gentle as a cloud and soft as the breeze, he didn't know how to start speaking.

  "Building waves."

  ……

  "The Ninth Prince of the Southern Empire."

  ……

  "Palace struggle."

  "Alright, that's enough. I can save you, but I need your absolute loyalty in return. Will you agree or not?" War Lightkun stopped him from continuing.

  Lou Xinlan's heart was bitter, even if he didn't agree, was there a better way? He nodded slightly and then lost consciousness.

  She withdrew her hand and Warlight gazed at the person she had knocked unconscious, then flashed into the Life Realm to fetch some Life Spring water and plucked a Life Fruit, handing it to her son.

  "Xiao'er, you eat the fruit first, Mother is going to refine the elixir, be good, okay?" Having received the little one's response, Zhan Qingchuan gently kissed his forehead.

  Since the foundation was destroyed, she used the effect of the Life Spring Water to rebuild it for him. She took out the medicine stove and lit a fire, and War Light Crazy seriously added various medicinal herbs inside. Finally, when it was almost time to form the elixir, she pierced her finger and dripped a drop of blood onto the medicine.

  Give him the refined elixir and wait for him to wake up.

  In a short while, the man lying on the ground was shaking all over, his veins bulging, scratching out several gullies on the ground, his fingernails cracking, and his expression painful.

  "Ah~" Lóu Yīnglǎn's eyes widened in shock, and she was suddenly awakened by the pain.

  "Endure! Eat the bitterest of bitterness, only then can you be a superior being!" Hearing her calm voice, Lou Yinglan forcibly swallowed all his pain mixed with blood.

  "Your foundation is destroyed, my elixir can help you rebuild it, but the pain will also increase by tens of thousands of times. After all, this is too against heaven's will, you can only endure!"

  Let him die! Why does God let him suffer so much?

  No way, can't die! The sins he suffered today must be let those despicable villains taste tomorrow.

  After the most intense battle between heaven and man, Lou Yinglan finally managed to get through the hardest part, panting heavily with a big mouthful of air.

  "Not bad!" Zhan Qing exclaimed in admiration as she looked at him. If he hadn't pulled through, wouldn't that have been a waste of her precious medicine?

  "Mom..." Just then, the little one stood on the rhino's back, big watery eyes looking at her, left hand still holding a bitten fruit, opening two small arms, waiting for her to hug. The child, just over a year old, seeing the scene in front of him, didn't cry or make a fuss, and wasn't frightened, Zhan Liang felt infinitely proud, worthy of being his precious son.

  Walking up to the rhinoceros, Zhan Light Crazy lifted up Xuan Xi's small butt and held her in his lap, the little one snuggled into his arms, hugging his neck and looking up at the man who had his back to her.

  She picked up her son and walked in front of the man, looking at him with a fierce gaze.

  "I won't easily believe anyone, the elixir just now had my blood added to it. If you dare betray me, your intestines will be pierced and your belly will burst, dying an unjust death. I think you wouldn't want to try that."

  "Yes!"

  "If you do well, your future will be boundless."

  "Yes!"

  "In two more days, your injury will be healed. I want you to go to the Imperial Capital and establish a power called Kuáng Shā Gé (Crazy Slaughter Pavilion). Hold a arena tournament and recruit capable people. As long as they complete the tasks of Kuáng Shā Gé or achieve a record of 1,000 consecutive victories without defeat, they can obtain any Dan medicine they want to increase their strength. However, I won't give you a single penny for funding. How to do it and do it best is up to you. As a prince of a country, you shouldn't disappoint me, right?"

  "Yes! Master." Lou Xinglan looked at the girl in front of him, although he had countless questions, he knew this wasn't the time to ask.

  "As for how powerful the Crazy Massacre Pavilion will become in the future, it's up to you. As long as you don't cross my bottom line, I can lend you the power of the Crazy Massacre Pavilion to avenge yourself, what do you say?"

  "Thank you, Master!" He thought that using his lifelong bondage to exchange for a life would be good enough, but unexpectedly, he could also get the opportunity to avenge him, so this sentence was heartfelt gratitude.

  Now, Lou Xianlan didn't know that after many years, he would be grateful countless times for having met his master, that talented and beautiful young girl. And the war-light crazy dan medicine also never played a role.