Joke! Even though Mu Ruyue’s level as an Alchemy Master hasn’t surpassed his, she can still refine an elixir of Advanced Supreme level with external assistance. It must be noted that even he couldn’t achieve this.

This kind of alchemy talent is unrivaled even in hell, and yet these fools dared to turn her away?

Moreover, the young man beside her has strength so formidable that it makes even Sun Yao, the Great Commander, wary. Thus, upon sensing these people’s movements, the first thought of Sky Dragon was that they truly had a death wish...

Outside the inn, a girl in pink strides forward, standing in front of Mu Ruyue.

"Hey, thanks for earlier."

Mu Ruyue raised an eyebrow: "I didn’t help you. I just happened to bump into an acquaintance."

The girl in pink chuckled lightly: "Really?"

In fact, how could she not notice that Sky Dragon was respectful towards Mu Ruyue, while she seemed indifferent? If not for helping her out of a predicament, Mu Ruyue probably wouldn’t have appeared.

Since Mu Ruyue is unwilling to admit it, she wouldn’t ask further; remembering it is enough...

"I offended you at the city gate earlier. I wonder if I could join you on your journey?" The girl in pink said with a smile, "By the way, I haven’t mentioned my name yet; I’m Ling Yun."

Mu Ruyue smiled calmly without saying much.

If Ling Yun hadn’t spoken a few words for her at the city gate, she wouldn’t have helped her this time...

...

"What did you say?"

Inside the imperial garden of Prince Manor, a woman’s grip on the longsword tightened slightly, turning to look at the maid behind her, a cold smile playing at the corner of her lips.

"Unexpectedly, that woman knows Sky Dragon, and their relationship seems not ordinary! It seems, I truly underestimated the woman our King keeps close to heart!"

She slowly lifted her head, gazing at the dazzling sunlight, murmuring: "However, that woman is indeed beautiful, even more so than the painting the King has in the alchemy room. Someday, I’ll mar her face. If she loses her beauty, how could our esteemed King continue to love her?"

Bai Yan laughed, a smile like a painting, captivating all who witnessed it.

As the top beauty of the Imperial City, she always believed she was the most beautiful woman in all of hell, the only one worthy of the King...

But upon sneaking into the Imperial Forbidden Room and seeing the painting on the wall, she realized there exists an unparalleled beauty...

His Majesty hung the painting on the wall and then sealed the alchemy room as forbidden; it’s clear that the woman in the painting is his true love, and the secret reason he remains unmarried...

But she is unwilling! Unwilling to bow to another woman.

Thus, she begins to change her character, becoming gentle and virtuous, kind as water, and everyone’s dream lover, yet still unable to move his heart...

If... if she had never appeared! Someday, the King would see her gentleness and kindness and fall for her, so that woman must be destroyed!

"Don’t blame me for being ruthless!"

Recalling the past, Bai Yan withdrew her smile, a barely perceptible malice flashing across her radiant face.

"If blame, blame it on your existence in this world! Blame your parents who birthed you!"

The maid behind her seemed accustomed to such a Bai Yan, showing no change in expression, remaining respectfully behind, awaiting orders...

"Ning Yue, I want you to take care of something for me..."