Chapter 961 The Only Two Golden Cores, Suspected Weakness
Inside the VIP room on the second floor of the Chen family's ink room.
A stick of incense emits a wisp of white mist, the smell of which calms the mind.
The Chen family of Taoyuan Town, as expected of the head of the nine clans, is incredibly wealthy and powerful. The decoration style of this ink room is in line with that of the surrounding prefectures and counties.
At this moment, white mist filled the space between the two people inside the room.
Madam Chen looked at the taciturn young man in front of her who was shamelessly asking for money and was speechless.
"No need to borrow from Miss She. I'll make the decision and give you five taels from the ink room counter."
After saying this, Madam Chen went out the door, and a moment later returned, handing a small purse to Ouyang Rong and giving him a word of advice:
"Remember, next time you need money, just say so beforehand. Don't waste time on this. This little bit of money is nothing to me. You still have that poor man's mentality. Remember, my time is more valuable than money..."
"Yes, thank you."
Ouyang Rong picked up the money bag, immediately clasped his hands in a fist salute, and got up to leave.
He didn't even drink a sip of tea.
"you……"
Madam Chen watched the young man's utterly tactless retreating figure with a hint of helplessness, then chased after him out the door.
"Come back early after you've finished your personal matters, and don't forget, by the morning of the day after tomorrow at the latest..."
The taciturn young man's figure disappeared into the stairwell.
I don't know if I listened or not.
Madam Chen had a headache.
Such a dull, simple-minded, and ignorant man—I don't know what the young lady sees in him.
Is it just that your cooking is good?
This truly reflects the saying, "If you can control your stomach, you can control your heart."
...
After leaving the Chen family's ink room, Ouyang Rong wandered around the surrounding streets for a while to make sure no one was following him before resuming his normal route.
He changed his appearance to that of a "fierce man" and went to the market on the east side of Taoyuan Town.
He wasn't actually short of those five taels of silver. If he really needed it, he could have just asked the Fang sisters. The two women were the eldest daughters of a landlord family. The Fang family manor covered a hundred acres and they weren't short of money. The two sisters used to travel the world mainly to "experience the hardships of ordinary people."
Ouyang Rong shook his head and stuffed the five taels of silver into his pocket.
The main reason for asking for the five taels was to use this as an excuse to show his face in front of Madam Chen, and incidentally, to sullenly humiliate himself, appease her, and make Madam Chen look down on him, thus dispelling her suspicions about his disappearance over the past two days.
This would make Madam Chen mistakenly believe that he was truly short of money to take care of his family... This would also prevent Madam Chen from sending someone to secretly come looking for him.
Ouyang Rong pursed his lips.
This meeting with Huang Xuan and the Fang sisters yielded a lot of useful information.
In particular, the top-secret information provided by Huang Xuan before her departure regarding the search for the Transcendent Golden Elixir in the Palace of the Female Ruler caught Ouyang Rong's attention.
Currently, this matter is likely known only to the Queen Mother's Palace and the Celestial Master's Mansion.
On the way to the East Market, Ouyang Rong's brows gradually furrowed.
Currently, the Great Zhou court is issuing arrest warrants for the Yue women of Yunmeng in various places in Jiangnan and Lingnan.
Despite the great risk, the Lady Queen Palace and the Orchid Hall dared to send people to Longhu Mountain in Jiangnan Province to find the Celestial Master's Mansion.
The Transcendent Golden Pill they were asking for must be extremely important to them.
The Transcendent Golden Pill is used to defy fate and reshape one's Qi-refining talent.
So, for whom is it intended to be used, and why is it so urgent?
First, female rulers such as Xue Zhongzhu and Yu Nianyuan can be ruled out.
Their cultivation has already reached a state of perfection, so they have no need for this pill. Or rather, the slight increase in Qi refining talent from this pill would have a negligible effect on their breakthrough of the current bottleneck in their cultivation.
Is it for the younger generation?
Aqing probably doesn't need it, as she's already a semi-divine embryo bottle.
You can't exactly say it's for Chen Jiaxin, can you? She's the one who's most demanding when it comes to things that improve her.
However, Chen Jiaxin's influence wasn't so great that the Queen herself had to step in to help her obtain the pills.
Moreover, such a risky trip to ask for the precious pill must be an extremely urgent matter, rather than a trivial matter of the younger generation of disciples' cultivation speed.
This elixir must be intended for an important figure within the Queen's Palace, or to resolve an urgent matter.
Could it be the embroiderer...? No, this pill is for enhancing cultivation, not for treating unconsciousness and injuries. The embroiderer's Qi Refining talent doesn't seem to require this pill.
Ouyang Rong pondered for a moment, then shook his head.
I'm completely baffled.
I had no choice but to keep it in mind for now.
Ouyang Rong touched the bamboo tube at his waist.
Sorry, I have the Transcendent Golden Pill that your Queen Palace wants, and I'm too lazy to even use it...
Remembering the Transcendent Golden Pill hidden in the Peach Blossom Spring painting, Ouyang Rong narrowed his eyes slightly.
This was given to him by the campfire the night before he left Guo'er.
According to Huang Xuan's information, Li Guo'er should have two Transcendent Golden Pills, which were given to her by Lu Ya on behalf of the Three Pure Ones Ancestral Hall when they first met.
Li Guo'er gave him one, and he should still have one left in his hand.
Ouyang Rong didn't mention this to Huang Xuan during their private chat that morning.
Speaking of which, he originally intended to take the Transcendent Golden Pill in his painting after breaking through to the seventh rank, hoping to improve the quality of the ordinary embryo bottle. However, he later came up with the unorthodox idea of using A Qing and the Snow Candle Jade Pendant to enter the Sword Swamp.
Ouyang Rong put it aside because he had to prevent Xue Zhongzhu from discovering his outstanding talent in Qi cultivation and becoming suspicious... Later, because the three entrance examinations of Zhutang required a re-examination of the fetal bottle, it was put aside again.
To this day, Ouyang Rong has not taken any medication to maintain his disguise.
This was just in case, to prevent Chen Jiaxin or Jian Zeyue from checking his Qi Refining talent.
Ouyang Rong felt that maintaining the current state was the most beneficial thing.
Firstly, the improvement in his spiritual cultivation of his two Dao meridians was not mainly due to meditation and Qi refining, but rather to sacrificial rituals and special methods such as the Dingjian sword technique, which temporarily made the requirements for the quality of the embryo bottle less stringent.
Secondly, he could continue to pretend to be a failed candidate within the Sword Marsh. No matter how imaginative Chen Jiaxin and the other ladies were, they probably couldn't have imagined that Ouyang Rong could obtain the seventh-grade cultivation of two Dao veins with the quality of an ordinary embryo bottle.
Ouyang Rong nodded slightly.
They decided to remain willing and not use the Transcendent Golden Pill for the time being.
However, he was quite curious about what Jianze needed this pill for.
Regardless, keeping it hidden is a kind of hidden bargaining chip.
If he were caught red-handed by Lady Zhi Shuang one day, his disguise as a pure and honest cook would be exposed, and he would have some means to delay his escape.
It was afternoon, and Ouyang Rong happened to pass by the Red Dust Inn on his way to the East Market.
He vaguely caught a glimpse of a solitary young Taoist nun at the doorway.
Huang Xuan seemed to be out shopping with the Fang sisters... Ouyang Rong mingled in the crowd, pretending not to see her, and walked straight past without saying hello.
They won't see each other again until next month, as they need to return to Xunyang in the meantime to deliver Ouyang Rong's message.
Ouyang Rong took a deep breath. Everything went according to plan on this trip down the mountain without any major setbacks. The only unexpected thing was Xiao Xuan's sudden appearance.
I don't know if letting her stay is a good thing or a bad thing...
(End of this chapter)
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