If it weren't for this, the Fourth Prince would have appeared earlier and wouldn't need to appear only now.
However, Xiaoyao was sowhat puzzled about what exactly the Fourth Prince saw in him. He could be certain the Fourth Prince wanted him to work for him—otherwise, he wouldn't be afraid of hurting him or go through such elaborate ans using the Dragon Binding Formation.
"Fourth Prince Your Highness, I don't know what you want to do. Just speak directly—everything can be discussed," Xiaoyao looked at the Fourth Prince and his several subordinates. Besides the six people in the Dragon Binding Formation, there were three or four others standing by the Fourth Prince's side on the road they ca from.
At this mont, the Fourth Prince didn't have people surround him either, because it wasn't necessary—just for a small servant, it wasn't needed. Secondly, there weren't enough people. Having three or four people surround him would leave gaps everywhere.
"I need your alchemy skills, but I also dislike your alchemy skills," the Fourth Prince said with a smile—a very contradictory statent, and his smile looked quite sinister.
"??" Xiaoyao was sowhat confused. "My alchemy skills are very ordinary!"
"Ordinary?!" The Fourth Prince's face twitched slightly. "If they were ordinary, how could they have such effects? Mo Yu and the others' progress speed, and the pills Mo Yu used that obviously restored stamina better than my advanced pills—don't tell these weren't all caused by your pills. This is exactly what I dislike about you, yet want!"
"This is their own effort. Pills are always just an auxiliary ans. The sa pills will vary from person to person. You can't match their speed simply because your aptitude doesn't compare to theirs," Xiaoyao said very directly.
"I really don't like you," the Fourth Prince said coldly. Xiaoyao actually said directly to his face that he was inferior to others—how could he accept this?
"You don't need to like —we're not familiar anyway. Speaking of which, Fourth Prince Your Highness, why did you wait until now to do this? Didn't you have many opportunities before?" Xiaoyao asked casually. He actually understood the Fourth Prince's thinking, but he wanted to delay ti and chat more.
The Fourth Prince at this mont wouldn't think Xiaoyao was stalling for ti. In his heart, he believed that no matter how much Xiaoyao delayed, there couldn't be any possibility of a turnaround. There wasn't anyone within ten ters of this place, and his control over Xiaoyao was completely secure.
At this mont, the Fourth Prince only felt that Xiaoyao truly didn't understand, and to demonstrate his own wisdom and resourcefulness, he specifically told Xiaoyao: "This is because you ca with the Dragon Gate Tournant after all, plus your reputation in the New Moon Empire's capital. If I had acted against you in the New Moon Empire's capital, I might have offended the New Moon Empire—that would be more loss than gain. Even now, I can't let people know I captured you, not only because it might attract the New Moon Empire, but also because it might provoke Guxing and those won!"
"Originally, for what you did, I wanted to kill you, but your alchemy skills make anyone reluctant to kill you. With your alchemy skills plus the Heavenly Wind Kingdom's resources, becoming an Emperor-level martial artist wouldn't be a problem for . The Dragon Gate Tournant—that's just for small fry to participate in. I don't care about it.”
Hearing this, Xiaoyao thought of a saying: Those who can't eat grapes always say grapes are sour! If you really were so open-minded, would you still co looking for trouble with us?
Originally, he didn't want to voice his thoughts, but at this mont he wanted to confirm sothing, so he took this opportunity to probe.
"If that's the case, why would Fourth Prince Your Highness send people to obstruct us from participating in the Dragon Gate Tournant?" Xiaoyao asked suddenly, seemingly unconcerned.
"That was just because I didn't want too many people interfering with ... How do you know about this?" The Fourth Prince answered casually but soon realized sothing was wrong.
The Fourth Prince was indeed the one who had obstructed the Dragon Gate Tournant from the Heavenly Wind Kingdom—the one who had disguised as bandits back then. Who would have thought he'd use the sa trick again.
Thinking carefully, the Fourth Prince's resentnt toward the Young Miss at that ti, so subtle expressions and actions, were all good evidence. Also, when he ambushed the Young Miss and others back then, he had said the Young Miss had cost him so people.
At that ti, everyone thought he was referring to Princess Ke Xin and others, but thinking about it now, he might have been talking about the fake bandits killed by the Young Miss and others.
From the Fourth Prince's character, he was an extrely hypocritical person who liked making moves behind the scenes, so him being the mastermind behind that incident wasn't really hard to imagine!
"First, your bandit thods are exactly the sa, making it easy for to associate with that ti. Second, this person beside you had appeared at that place back then," Xiaoyao pointed at one of the people beside the Fourth Prince.
"Impossible. I was disguised then and only appeared for an instant. How could you possibly recognize ?" That person said in shock.
"I have an advantage—very good mory. Even just for an instant, I can see you clearly. Also, even if you disguised yourself with makeup, so of your physical characteristics don't change,” Xiaoyao answered with a smile.
With just one glance, once Xiaoyao saw soone, he would rember that person. This was his powerful mory, and this mory was trained bit by bit—it wasn't innate. Of course, saying it was innate wasn't impossible either, but that was potential that needed to be developed.
A person's mory isn't fixed from birth—it can be improved later. One can take mory-improving pills, plus so mory enhancent thods, which can make soone without any mory talent develop extraordinary mory.
This point is ignored by many people, who think mory is just talent that can't be envied. But they don't know that all of a person's abilities can be developed.
Just like the Fourth Prince before them—his aptitude was inferior to Guxing and others, but his potential could still be developed. If Guxing and others didn't work hard, the Fourth Prince would definitely catch up.
The Fourth Prince capturing Xiaoyao was one thod of developing his own potential.
"Since you know about this, I definitely can't let you go," the Fourth Prince said coldly. He hadn't expected that not only had his plan failed, but soone had discovered it too.
"Now let ask you another question—where are you planning to take ? Back to the Heavenly Wind Kingdom? In that case, aren't you afraid of being discovered?" Xiaoyao asked. He asked this question just to determine where the Fourth Prince wanted to take him. If it didn't suit his intentions, he would escape now.
If this place wasn't far, or was right on the way to the Great Tang Empire, then he would consider not leaving yet.
Don't doubt whether Xiaoyao had the ability to run. He had been stalling for ti to prepare for escape, and at this mont it was mostly complete. What accomplished this was still Chi Chi.
The Dragon Binding Formation wasn't any difficult problem for Chi Chi—it could eat the barrier.
That's right, Xiaoyao could not only eat any physical thing, it could also eat intangible energy bodies—that is, internal power—and it could also eat such barriers.
Xiaoyao discovered this once when confining Chi Chi. That ti he used a formation to lock Chi Chi up, afraid Chi Chi would go out and cause trouble, eating the dicinal materials he had painstakingly prepared. Chi Chi had already eaten for a while then, which was why Xiaoyao confined it.
But unexpectedly, Chi Chi quickly ate through the barrier and jumped out, very arrogantly "acting cute" toward Xiaoyao. At that ti, Chi Chi thought Xiaoyao had prepared food for it.
For this Dragon Binding Formation, if Chi Chi had ti, it could devour it completely, but by then it would have been discovered long ago and couldn't continue devouring. It was now just eating a hole, and after being eaten by it, those places couldn't reconnect.
Xiaoyao sotis wondered if he had bought an unusual spirit pet—whether he had bought a descendant of Taotie. This little glutton really could eat anything in the world, even energy. Nothing in this world could stop this little glutton anymore.
Perhaps it was also because this little glutton was by his side, constantly absorbing his internal power, that it had this wonderful evolution.
But regardless of which it was, Xiaoyao felt he had profited. Even if this little glutton had no special power, just this special ability gave him many conveniences. Used well, it was more precious than high-level monster beasts.
Taking a step back, even if this little glutton was trash, he had no choice now but to treat it as a treasure.
Now, because of Chi Chi, Xiaoyao could at least escape this Dragon Binding Formation that others couldn't escape from. This was one of Chi Chi's precious qualities.
But now Xiaoyao didn't want to escape, because he suddenly realized the Fourth Prince before him was an opportunity—an opportunity to solve his problems.
"Taking you to the Heavenly Wind Kingdom would be convenient for , but the risk is too great. You've been in the royal palace for so ti. If soone discovers , I'd be in trouble. Besides, there are already forces watching there, making exposure even easier," the Fourth Prince explained, as if wanting to let Xiaoyao know his intelligence and wisdom once again.
"At the sa ti, your disappearance will definitely attract attention from the Mo and Nangong families. I couldn't possibly take you back to the Heavenly Wind Kingdom. I'll take you to a place others would never think of, where we can conveniently obtain needed dicinal materials and refine pills in the fastest ti. That's the key!"
The Fourth Prince paused, then continued: "As for after the pills are refined, carrying them is very convenient. Using ssenger eagles, it only takes one day to arrive."
ssenger eagles were a type of low-level monster beast, but they had a great characteristic—extrely fast flight speed and the ability to fly for very long periods. With just so training, they could fly between two points and transfer through other points, reaching anywhere in a network that could deliver information across the entire continent within days.
(End of Chapter)
(Taotie) - Legendary creature known for its enormous appetite and ability to devour anything
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