Upon hearing Gu Yifeng's question, Fang Xuan became even more furtive.
The two immediately took action and set up another soundproof barrier.
"To be honest, Your Highness, this fireworks and poison case is secondary. As soon as the case file from the Court of Judicial Review arrives, Your Highness can immediately take control of those involved with your imperial edict. They are already under my surveillance."
"What we really need to be wary of is the inner palace. These past few days, the Left Chancellor and I have been handling state affairs and have sent twenty letters to the Hall of Supreme Harmony awaiting His Majesty's approval. A few days ago, His Majesty would have approved them the next day. But these past two days, there has been no movement at all."
"According to the Imperial Medical Academy's informants, His Majesty has been unwell recently, and the Wen Shen Dan (a traditional Chinese medicine formula) prepared by the Imperial Medical Academy has not been effective."
Fang Xuan said quietly.
Gu Yifeng didn't say much upon hearing this, but his memories of the days before he transmigrated immediately flashed through his mind.
Yes, whenever the old emperor felt unwell, he would take the Wen Shen Dan from the Imperial Hospital, and one dose would always make him feel better. In addition, the empress would prepare tonics for him every month, so his health was always good.
I suddenly felt unwell recently, and the timing seems rather strange.
However, there have been many things going on lately, and Gu Yifeng has been pondering for a long time but has not been able to come up with any solutions. For now, as long as the old emperor is not in danger, he does not need to worry too much.
The imperial palace was filled with many talented and capable people, so the old emperor was not likely to die so quickly.
"It's alright. Just tell your spies to keep a closer eye on things. No, you should remove the spies from the Imperial Hospital and just keep an eye on Chang Fu. If Chang Fu makes any unusual moves, then notify me."
"Furthermore, Lord Fang, I intend to use the special privileges of the Eastern Palace passed down through generations of my dynasty to grant a special pardon to one person."
Gu Yifeng changed the subject and said to Fang Xuan.
"But General Chi Liancheng? However, Your Highness, you may not know this, but after Chi Liancheng confessed his crimes, he was also poisoned by fire. No one in our Great Gan can cure him. Even if he is pardoned, it will be of no benefit to us."
Upon hearing this, Fang Xuan immediately expressed some concern.
Gu Yifeng simply waved his hand, whispered a few words to Fang Xuan, and then Fang Xuan repeatedly took his leave and left the prison.
He chuckled softly, then took out a Phoenix Flame Pearl from the jade bottle and swallowed it.
"Holy crap! You son of a bitch, system!"
Before he could even enjoy his moment of joy, Gu Yifeng started cursing at the system again.
The reason was simple: the moment the Phoenix Flame Pearl was swallowed, it exploded in his chest cavity, and terrifying phoenix fire spread out. Even though it was just a manifestation of the medicinal power, it still possessed 60% of the power.
The intense heat nearly melted Gu Yifeng's chest.
At the critical moment, the Devouring Heaven Record automatically activated and continued to operate, absorbing the terrifying heat and thus averting the crisis of the first wave of explosions and deaths.
However, this was only the beginning. Even after being devoured by the Devouring Heaven Record, the power it displayed after digestion still carried terrifyingly high temperatures. If Gu Yifeng had not already consumed the Fire Spirit Mushroom and the Crimson Serpent Fruit, his physical body would have already melted away.
Since he couldn't absorb these powers, he had no choice but to force them. The spiritual energy in his dantian circulated wildly, transforming into an angry dragon that swallowed the power of the Phoenix Flame Pearl and channeled it into his dantian.
In the last moment before these spiritual energies were dissolved, all of them were poured into the fire.
In an instant, the fire seed burst open, a spark bloomed, absorbing all the power of the phoenix flames, and then transformed into a phoenix dancing gracefully within its dantian.
The power of the Phoenix Flame Pearl was completely absorbed, leaving nothing behind. It can't be said that it was wasted, since Gu Yifeng suffered greatly to fully catalyze the Crimson Flame.
Before he could react, the fire phoenix in his dantian quieted down, opened its mouth and spat out a fiery red egg, then let it slowly sink to the bottom. It then filled the spirit lake with crimson color, disappearing and then filling it again, disappearing and filling it again.
After nine rounds, the spirit lake finally calmed down, and at that moment, the fourth acupoint in Gu Yifeng's body lit up with a red light on its own before dissipating.
Clearly, this is the behavior of the Crimson Flame giving back to its master due to excess energy after it was catalyzed.
It was only because the Devouring Heaven Record activated on its own, and because Gu Yifeng's dantian was too small, that all the excess spiritual power fell into the fourth acupoint.
"Very good, we can go find Chi Liancheng now."
Gu Yifeng awoke from his cultivation, exhaled a breath of crimson turbid air, and quietly entered the fourth level of the Heavenly Prison. He was now quite adept at entering the fourth level.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Chi Liancheng nodded in greeting.
"Hehe, General, there's no need for such formalities. I've come today to give you a surprise."
Gu Yifeng smiled warmly, opened his right hand, and a fire phoenix instantly appeared. The moment the flame appeared, all the fire power on the fourth level of the Heavenly Prison stopped and then bowed down to the flame in his hand.
This is a phenomenon of all fires submitting; only true extraordinary fires can manifest such a phenomenon. The true Crimson Flame hidden beneath this Heavenly Prison is one of these extraordinary fires.
Chi Liancheng originally thought there was only one Crimson Flame in the world, but he didn't expect Gu Yifeng to give him such a surprise. However, upon closer inspection, he discovered that the flame in Gu Yifeng's hand was different, and it seemed to contain some divine beast aura.
"Your Highness, have you truly obtained such a strange fire!"
Chi Liancheng said with great excitement.
"Alright, alright, General, close your eyes and rest. Now focus your mind and recover your strength."
Gu Yifeng spoke in a gentle voice, and then his spiritual power surged out. The flames in his hands instantly swelled and, under his control, transformed into thin needles.
"Your Highness, come here."
Chi Liancheng spoke in a deep voice, his protective spiritual energy already dissipating from his body.
"go!"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yifeng no longer hesitated. With a thought, thousands of flaming needles shot out from his hand, piercing into every acupoint on Chi Liancheng's body.
As the spiritual energy was released, the pure flame power from the fire needles immediately invaded Chi Liancheng's body. The burning pain and the stinging pain from the acupoints caused his veins to bulge all over his body, clearly indicating that he was in great pain.
However, removing the fire poison was an extremely delicate task. Gu Yifeng needed to maintain a continuous output of spiritual energy to ensure that pure flames were input into Chi Liancheng's body to burn away the fire poison.
This movement lasted for a full hour.
With a thought, Gu Yifeng's fire needles instantly dissipated, and he collapsed to the ground. In just one hour, he had almost exhausted all the spiritual energy in his body.
If it weren't for the several physical training sessions that significantly expanded the capacity of my dantian, I might not have been able to persevere.
Chi Liancheng was also panting heavily, having endured inhuman pain for an hour. Saliva was dripping from the corners of his mouth, showing how terrifying it was. Black blood was flowing from his entire body.
Those were the holes left after the fire needles were inserted. The foul blood that had been removed from the fire poison flowed out from these places, which looked quite frightening.
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