767: Chapter 503_2 767: Chapter 503_2 “Young General, you’re so dedicated in coming here, surely it wasn’t Father Emperor who summoned you?” Prince Err said.
In the midst of these princes’ chattering, Ye Tian didn’t even know which prince to respond to.
It turns out that not only three women make a market, a group of men can also be quite a nuisance.
“I’m busy, and since there’s nothing pressing in the palace, I’ll take my leave.”
Ye Tian didn’t kneel before these princes; he merely bowed as a form of salutation.
The princes were accustomed to the Young General’s arrogance, yet they were helpless against it.
At the moment, they needed his help.
Although their words contained a hint of mockery, they didn’t employ any severe language.
Recently, they had sent people to stir trouble at the base, only for them to be captured by the Young General’s men, who were still imprisoned in the Young General’s jail.
This made them even more reluctant to take action.
How could Ye Tian just leave?
They were the ones in need of help.
The princes had recently learned that the Emperor had acquired a Supreme Elixir.
As princes, their abilities were not great.
The Emperor, who appeared to be on the verge of death, not only survived but became even more formidable, which made them anxious.
Each one desired to seize power through strength, harboring their own ambitions.
With the Supreme Elixir being so potent, they were unwilling to spend a large sum of money to purchase it.
They only hoped to obtain some benefit from Ye Tian.
They wished to have the Young General serve their interests and grant them Pills for free.
The scouts from the Imperial Palace reported that Ye Tian, the new bridegroom, had a dowry of 200 Supreme Elixirs from his commoner wife.
Ye Tian had no affection for these princes and certainly no interaction with them.
Ever since his transmigration, he had been busy with cultivation, then went to the Sects to take on missions, which enhanced his Artifact Refining skills.
In the Immortal Sect, he concealed his true capabilities, being an elite of the Noble Clans and naturally surpassing the average Sect disciple.
He took on missions from the Sect because his family sensed a crisis looming over Ancient Xia Country, potentially not from disturbances within the Cultivation World.
Main information sources indicated that spies were hidden in various corners of Ancient Xia Country, in Sects, or in the major cities.
These spies lurked throughout the Netherworld and might be plotting conspiracies.
Ye Tian’s mission was to uncover these spies and prevent harm to the country.
The initial hidden years brought little discovery, but in the recent months, more had been uncovered, and actions were taken.
Immortal Venerable City was the first target of the disruptors, aiming to have all the elites from every Sect and the Ten Great Clans perish there, including some leading Elders.
The competition could not take place that time, but later, traces of the agitators were discovered in several other cities.
Recently in the Imperial City, spies were found hiding in the homes of high officials.
The scale suggested that perhaps a foreign nation had infiltrated the country for centuries, with many people bearing the lineage of another land.
Ye Tian was unsure if anyone in the imperial family was an agent of this foreign power, with mingled bloodlines; as of yet, there was no evidence of such infiltration within the royal household.
These were not his concerns; he simply didn’t want his family becoming entangled in the intrigue designed by others.
The princes were uneducated and now had set their sights on him.
Seeing the princes, usually haughty and idle, now with a glint of greed in their eyes, Ye Tian could confirm that these men had desires—not for others, but for what he could give them.
“General Ye Tian, our relationship is quite good, and I bear no grudges with you.
I get along well with you.
Rest assured, I fully support your marriage to a commoner as your wife and will ensure my sister won’t interfere.
I only ask for one thing: could you please give me two Supreme Elixirs?”
Sure enough, the Eldest Prince launched into a lengthy speech.
Ye Tian…
Supreme Elixirs aren’t produced by my family; how could I just give them away?
“The Eldest Prince has a point.
We princes are most amiable towards the Young General.
Please also gift me two Supreme Elixirs,” Prince Err requested.
Ye Tian…
Is this a request?
It’s more like coercion!
Then came numerous princes, who expected Ye Tian to present them with Supreme Elixirs.
These princes took it for granted that their requests were modest after all, asking for merely two Supreme Elixirs each.
For Ye Tian, whose wife’s dowry included 200 Supreme Elixirs, giving away a few dozen pills by handing out two per person seemed trivial.
They certainly wanted more, but that desire could only be realized after the initial two were obtained.
Ye Tian…!
The entourages of these princes, when they watched the princes—their obsequious demeanors, when had they ever groveled so?
Did this Young General possess such great capabilities?
What are Supreme Elixirs?
They didn’t know, could these pills really be more valuable than wealth itself?
The non-cultivating attendants, merely some eunuchs, some were martial practitioners, not versed in the art of cultivation, unaware of these resources’ value.
Ye Tian certainly had these Supreme Elixirs, but not in such abundance.
If the other parties didn’t offer any resources in exchange and simply expected him to give away that many pills without any benefit in return, he definitely wouldn’t be willing.
Even if he did have them, he wouldn’t cheapen himself by giving them away to others; he’d prefer to distribute so many pills among his own family.
Loyalty was only due to his status, it didn’t mean he would distribute all his wealth away.
Ye Tian wouldn’t be so foolish; he possessed a soul different from those in the Cultivation World, naturally his thoughts were far more pragmatic than others.
To desire something without sacrifice, merely wishing to possess—wasn’t that the same as robbery?
The princes, like robbers, carried noble titles yet engaged in bandit-like behavior, which disgusted him to the point of nausea.
Feeling he no longer wanted to stay in this place, he extricated himself from these thick-skinned princes and leaped into the sky, preparing to return to the General’s Mansion, to be with his fiancée.
Two gusts of wind blew through the sky, and suddenly several people fell from the heavens.
The princes attempting to stop the Young General looked up to shout, only to find their mouths filled with a gust of wind.
Several people fell, landing before them, and they recognized the faces of those who had dropped down.
“Ouch, that hurts!”
Long Feifeng and the palace maids, thinking they were done for after being flung into the sky, had just landed, their bottoms aching, only to recognize immediately the detestable princes before them.
“Princess, hahaha, weren’t you attending the Young General’s betrothal feast?
Why were you beaten?”
The Eldest Prince, seeing Long Feifeng in such a sorry state, found the opportunity to vent his longstanding dissatisfaction with the princess.
“Was she really attending the feast?
Could it be that she did something and got herself beaten up?”
The other princes chirped and chattered alike.
Unaware that Ye Tian, still in the skies above, hadn’t gone far, Long Feifeng, seeing the scornful mocking of the despised princes, had the palace maids, whose bottoms also hurt from the fall, help her up.
She lashed out at the princes, “You useless lot, only know how to indulge in eating, drinking, and playing frivolously; look at your actions?
Look at your skills?”
The princes, humiliated by Long Feifeng, flushed with anger—they were accustomed to subterfuge within the Imperial Palace.
They had never before dared to use overly aggressive language in front of Long Feifeng.
The truth was, upon seeing her disheveled appearance just now, they couldn’t help but give voice to their thoughts.
They were also frustrated by their failure to detain Ye Tian, projecting their anger onto Long Feifeng.
“Princess, you are to blame for this.
How could you offend someone while attending the feast?
No wonder earlier, when we wanted the Young General to give us something, he ran off.
It turns out you had offended them,” said the Third Prince, leading everyone to believe it was Long Feifeng’s fault.
She had been at the feast; surely she must have offended the Young General or his fiancée.
So, the princes surrounded Long Feifeng, hurling blame and reproach.
They went as far as to say that she was delusional, failing to recognize her own lack of abilities and beauty.
How could the Young General ever take a fancy to her?
Ye Tian, from the skies above, listened to the princes’ poisonous talk, finding it suited his sentiments perfectly.
Isn’t Long Feifeng indeed unattractive, incompetent, and relying on her royal status to meddle in his marriage?