Peerless Empress: One Woman, One Sword, Slaying Through Myriad Realms

"What does it matter? I know that Xi'er's future achievements will not be limited to this inferior country."

"We will make you our heir, and you will not be required to do anything. But as you grow stronger, the Ye family and even the Savage Blood Legion will be proud of you, and the cohesion of the family and the legion will become stronger."

“Father is getting old and his potential is limited. The Ye family and Tianfeng Kingdom still need to rely on you talented younger generations.”

Ye Xicheng patted her shoulder and said seriously.

"Daughter understands, and will do as Father says." Ye Wuxi smiled. She had been thinking too narrowly. She felt that the Ye family would not be a help to her. The family head and young master were just burdens. To her, the only people she really cared about were her parents.

But seeing the army charging forward so fearlessly today, she felt a surge of admiration. An army that protects the land is admirable no matter the era.

At the speed of a griffin, it would only take an hour to travel to and from the capital. However, Ye Qingqing and Song Cheng returned so quickly that Ye Wuxi was caught off guard.

Inside the hall, Ye Wuxi raised an eyebrow at the middle-aged man in blue robes who had been ushered in and asked, "And who are you, sir?"

"This must be Miss Ye. I am Bai Fu, the steward in charge of elixirs at the Purple Pavilion."

Upon hearing this surname, Ye Wuxi understood immediately. Zige and Zijinge were indeed from the same family, and the Bai family's background was quite impressive.

Bai Fu took out a black pill and smiled, "I'm here today to discuss business with Miss Ye..."

"You're too kind, Steward Bai. Is Zige interested in acquiring this Transformation Pill?" Ye Wuxi asked calmly.

"Indeed, our Purple Pavilion would like to purchase two thousand Transformation Pills at a price of one thousand low-grade spirit stones each. Miss Ye, are you interested?"

"Deacon Bai is joking. This price is too low," Ye Wuxi said with a smile. In fact, she had no idea what the market price of this thing was, but she didn't mind trying to bluff him.

Bai Fu remained unmoved and continued, "Only our Zige has the ability to collect the required amount of medicinal herbs for Miss Ye in a short time, and we can offer Miss Ye a 20% discount on the price of the herbs."

Ye Wuxi pondered for a moment and asked, "How long will it take Zige to collect 16,000 doses of medicinal herbs?"

"I will personally deliver it to Miss Ye before 7 PM tomorrow!"

"Since Deacon Bai is so agreeable, then this junior will not have any further objections."

"May I ask, Miss, is it possible to deliver these two thousand pills within half a month?" Bai Fu pondered. Two thousand pills was not a small amount. If they arrived too late, this transaction would not be very worthwhile for their Purple Pavilion.

"The medicinal herbs have been delivered. In ten days, Steward Bai can come and pick them up."

Bai Fu was somewhat surprised. "Then I will go back and gather the medicinal herbs. However, we need to exchange spirit stones beforehand. After deducting the cost of the purchased pills, Miss Ye will need to pay 18,400 mid-grade spirit stones. I will take the liberty of rounding it down, and Miss Ye can simply pay 18,000 mid-grade spirit stones."

It was still within her means, so Ye Wuxi promptly paid the spirit stones. As for relying on the Ye family, she decided against it. The General's Mansion still had to support 100,000 iron cavalry, and it was good enough that they weren't running a deficit.

The next day, Bai Fu delivered the medicinal herbs as scheduled at Shenshi (3-5 PM). After receiving the herbs, Ye Wuxi went straight back to her secret chamber to cultivate in seclusion.

With her soul power and Vermilion Bird Flame, making 400 pills in one batch is no problem. She can refine eight batches a day, making 32,000 pills in about ten days.

Inside the Mingyu Army camp, the woman in white sat in the main seat, her expression haughty. "Have you found out yet?"

"Your Highness, it is said that before that day, a woman dressed in the attire of the Heavenly Sword Sect entered Jieming Pass."

"The Heavenly Sword Sect, huh? No wonder," the woman in white murmured.

"The Burning Sound Valley that Your Highness joined is no less powerful than the Heavenly Sword Sect. You were just careless and underestimated them that day."

"Alright. She's quite powerful, and she must have some powerful backing. Let's call off this plan for now."

The Mingyu army did not make any rash moves. Under Ye Xicheng's orders, the secret chamber was heavily guarded, and no one disturbed Ye Wuxi.

As time passed, the secret room was filled with high temperatures and a rich aroma of medicine.

As the cold white flames rolled at the bottom of the furnace, the several portions of medicinal herbs in the cauldron were refined simultaneously without any errors.

"Dan Qi!"

Ye Wuxi gave a soft shout, and his soul power covered the entire alchemy furnace. Then, hundreds of rays of light shot into the sky, and four hundred black pills slowly floated up.

Ye Wuxi opened her eyes, nodded in satisfaction, and put away the last batch of pills. Although it was a batch production, every single pill was of the highest quality.

After taking a short breath, Ye Wuxi pushed open the door, and Ye Xicheng quickly came to greet her, "Xi'er, is it done?"

"Not bad!"

"The white-robed butler is already waiting for you up ahead."

Inside the hall, a wealthy man in a blue robe leisurely sipped his tea.

"Deacon White, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting!"

"where."

Ye Wuxi didn't waste any words and handed over two thousand pills directly, saying, "Deacon Bai, please count them."

Bai Fu didn't even glance at it before putting it away. "I naturally trust Master Chi Huo's disciple."

Ye Wuxi smiled and said, "Butler Bai is certainly well-informed."

Bai Fu did not deny it, and smiled, "I'll take my leave now. Miss Ye, please don't forget Zige if you have any good stuff in the future."

"nature."

Ye Wuxi then handed over all 30,000 pills to Ye Xicheng, saying, "Father, I'm going to cultivate now. You can distribute these as you see fit."

A strange sight appeared in Yangcheng: above a military camp, an aura soared into the sky. Many people were familiar with that aura; it was caused by someone breaking through from the Spirit Martial Realm to the Profound Martial Realm.

For most people in the Tianfeng Kingdom, breaking through to this realm takes a long time. Now, a full 30,000 people broke through simultaneously, but fortunately, this was in a small border town, so it didn't cause too much of a commotion!

Back in her room, Ye Wuxi had no time to appreciate this scene. Instead, she began to refine her Five Elements True Essence once more. The fire lotus formed by the fusion of the Five Elements True Essence and the Vermilion Bird Flame was more powerful than she had imagined, and could serve as her new weapon.

Relying solely on the Five Elements True Essence, she could only kill a first-level Earth Martial Realm cultivator by surprise; the Five-Colored Fire Lotus would be no problem to kill her head-on.

After spending five days reconstituted four mouthfuls of Five Elements True Essence, Ye Wuxi finally found Ye Xicheng.

“Father, Mingyu Kingdom will not be coming again for a while. Let’s go home. I still have something to give you and Mother.”

Seeing her so serious expression, Ye Xicheng sensed that something important was going on and agreed without hesitation. It was already December, and the end of the year was approaching; it was time to go back.

Upon returning to the Ye family home, Chen Shuhui was overjoyed. "You silly child, you didn't even know to come home first. All you did was stay at the border."

Ye Wuxi chuckled twice, took out the Wind and Fire Array, and explained its effects and usage to the two of them in detail.

Ye Xicheng's eyes lit up. "With this, the Ye family will be safe."

Chen Shuhui, however, was perceptive. "Xi'er, could it be that the Ye family is facing some kind of crisis?"

Ye Wuxi thought for a moment and said, "Father and Mother, the destruction of my dantian was related to the royal family. I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would act rashly and give yourself away. Now that we have the Wind and Fire Formation, the safety of the Ye family is not a problem for the time being. But please don't act rashly. Just pretend nothing happened and be more cautious. We'll talk about everything when I have the strength."