Alchemy Sovereign Against the Heaven-Chapter 89: What a Jun Muqing

"Unexpected, isn’t it?"

Seeing Elder Ling hesitating to speak, Mo Wangchen couldn’t help but frown slightly.

"That Cold Leaf was actually a gift from the Royal Family to Jun Muqing. It’s the main ingredient for refining the Returning Ruins Pill. If I secretly switch it out, the Jun Family might not dare to do much, but the Royal Family is a different matter..."

"The Royal Family gave it to Jun Muqing?"

Hearing this, Mo Wangchen’s heart skipped a beat. Within the Yun Country, the Royal Family’s power was undoubtedly the most daunting. The Yun Country had endured for a thousand years, and its depth needed no explanation.

And for Jun Muqing to receive the Royal Family’s favor, it was evident that she and the entire Jun Family were likely going to rise in status, becoming the foremost family in Yun Country, second only to the Royal Family. The other four great families couldn’t even compare.

"Jun Muqing’s talent is indeed not bad, but why would the Royal Family value her so highly?" Mo Wangchen questioned with a frown.

Elder Ling and the other exchanged glances, then looked at Mo Wangchen before saying after a moment, "Recently, the Jun Family has formed an alliance with the Royal Family through marriage, namely Jun Muqing’s engagement to the Yun Country Crown Prince..."

"What?!"

Lin Feng was suddenly shocked. An alliance with the Crown Prince?

Wouldn’t that make Jun Muqing the Crown Princess Consort in the future, and when the Crown Prince ascends the throne, Jun Muqing would become the Empress of Yun Country, possessing power second only to one?

"No wonder she personally came to my Mo Family back then to annul the betrothal. It seems the Royal Family must have already expressed their intention to the Jun Family at that time."

Mo Wangchen squinted his eyes, a cold smile on his face, filled with disdain, "What a Jun Muqing, a woman who loves vanity. To think I once had an engagement with her. It’s disgraceful just to think about it!"

Uh!

Hearing his words, Elder Ling and the other exchanged glances. After a moment of hesitation, he asked, "You’re not upset?"

"Upset about what?"

Now, it was Mo Wangchen’s turn to be dumbfounded, looking with a puzzled expression.

Seeing this, Elder Ling scratched his head, embarrassment rare on his face, "With Jun Muqing’s talent and beauty, she has many admirers among the younger generation in Yun Country. We thought you liked her too. Now that she’s engaged to the Crown Prince, you don’t seem to react strongly. I suppose this old man overthought it..."

"I like her?" Mo Wangchen was astonished. From start to finish, he never had any feelings for Jun Muqing.

Moreover, before he was reborn, it seemed the two had never met, right?

Where would the so-called admiration come from?

Besides, Mo Wangchen was not one who lusted after beauty. Although Jun Muqing was indeed counted among the top beauties in Yun Country, to him, if not for the engagement between them, they were merely strangers.

Knowing it was a misunderstanding, Elder Ling awkwardly smiled again and then changed the topic, "That Cold Leaf was a gift from the Royal Family to Jun Muqing. From a certain perspective, Jun Muqing is already an unofficial Crown Princess Consort. If the medicinal material were swapped out, it would be a tricky issue to solve since the Royal Family is involved. I am a sixth-grade Alchemist, and the Returning Ruins Pill is just a fifth-grade Pill. How could it possibly cause the cauldron to explode? The Jun Family could possibly be pacified, but the Royal Family..."

Hearing this, Mo Wangchen realized that even with Elder Ling’s status, there was still some wariness towards the Royal Family.

He frowned, "Senior Wan only has three months left. If that Cold Leaf is indeed the Cold Feather Leaf I mentioned, it must not be missed, otherwise..."

After saying this, he looked towards Wan Quan. The other’s complexion was obviously worse than it had been the previous day.

Wan Quan sighed, then said, "Ah, the Royal Family is indeed the highest existence in Yun Country. It’s not worth offending them for an old man like me..."

However, before he could finish speaking, Mo Wangchen suddenly thought of something and looked at Elder Ling, "Does Elder Ling have the Alchemy Recipe for the Returning Ruins Pill? Let me take a look."

"Alchemy Recipe?"

Elder Ling was taken aback, "Naturally, I have it."

With that, he retrieved an Alchemy Recipe from his Storage Crystal Card and handed it to Mo Wangchen, though there was a look of puzzlement in his eyes, not knowing what the other wanted with the Alchemy Recipe.

After receiving the Alchemy Recipe, Mo Wangchen immediately examined it closely. Seeing this, Elder Ling and the other exchanged glances but did not interrupt.

A moment later, Mo Wangchen’s eyes flashed with a bright light, "Got it!"

"Got what?" Elder Ling frowned, his face filled with confusion.

Every Pill had many different Alchemy Recipes, and the one Elder Ling gave Mo Wangchen was just one of the Returning Ruins Pill’s recipes.

In his previous life, Mo Wangchen was a Ninth Grade Pill Master, infinitely close to the Saint Grade. For an Alchemy Recipe like the Returning Ruins Pill, he could see through it at a glance. Based on his previous life’s extensive Alchemy Dao Skill and experience, it wasn’t difficult to devise another method of refining.

Within the short span of one tea break, Mo Wangchen thought of three alternative methods of refining, but all were dismissed as they still required the Cold Leaf as the main ingredient.

After pondering deeply for a moment, Mo Wangchen thought of a fourth method for refining the Returning Ruins Pill, one that could use other materials in place of the Cold Leaf.

Using this method, once the Returning Ruins Pill was refined and handed to the Jun Family, they could quietly take away that Cold Leaf, and the other party wouldn’t know. Even if they did, they probably wouldn’t investigate further, since the Returning Ruins Pill had already been refined and delivered!

Quickly, Mo Wangchen shared his idea with Elder Ling and the other.

After hearing his words, Elder Ling and Wan Quan exchanged glances, their faces filled with incredulous expressions.

They realized that Mo Wangchen, with just one glance at the Returning Ruins Pill’s Alchemy Recipe, could come up with another method of refinement, one that could use different materials to replace the Cold Leaf?

How was that possible?!

Not to mention Elder Ling’s disbelief, this matter would be deemed impossible in the eyes of any Alchemist!

"Are you certain you can succeed?"

Though that was his thought, Elder Ling couldn’t help but ask, because from past encounters, he knew Mo Wangchen had many secrets unknown to others.

If Mo Wangchen’s new method succeeded, Elder Ling couldn’t imagine how the other deduced such a refining method.

A super genius of the Alchemy Dao Realm?!

"I can’t guarantee it one hundred percent, but the chances of success are high."

Mo Wangchen nodded, then continued, "The Alchemy Recipe I came up with doesn’t require difficult-to-find materials, though there is one that is somewhat rare. Have you heard of the Jellyfish Flower?"

"Jellyfish Flower?"

Elder Ling was startled, "I do know about it. It grows in the deep sea and shares some attributes with the Cold Leaf, but compared to it, the Jellyfish Flower’s coldness is not even a tenth of it. Are you planning to use this to replace the Cold Leaf?"