The Double-Faced Prince

Phoenix Cry, the best fabric shop in Xia City, specializing in selling Cloud Silk, a product sold in Beiqing Country...because Daxia is hosting a Political Hostage who refuses to wear clothes that weren't made out of Cloud Silk. So the doting royal uncle began a trade with Daxia, Cloud Silk in exchange for whatever Beiqing didn't have, thus Daxia now enjoys Cloud Silk too! And it's heinously expensive which was why Lingyue stole a thousand gold.

Its easy for Lingyue to steal money from the royal coffers, upon locating where it is using her bugs. She stole a thousand gold coins before coming here.

She only knows how to make kimonos. She has no idea what princes even wear in the first place!

She bought high-quality silk, some dye, considerate amount of cotton, some materials to craft garter bands and a single button. She then purchased leather and rubber in another store.

She HATES the underwear of this world. She would have worn fundoshi like everyone else in Soul Society but given her fighting style, fundoshi is highly inappropriate thus wore modern-day boyshorts, and made enough for herself and her mother.

And how would she know what boys of this world wear under trousers? Boxers it is. Much more convenient. Well, unlike the rest of Seireitei, the 12th Division is into modern living in certain aspects as Mayuri hated anything inconvenient and slowing him down.

Upon buying the fabrics, she went back to Morning Flower Wing and fashioned it into a kimono set, plus fancy haori, socks and a pair of boots.

The queen is done bathing, having come out a young beautiful maiden so she signaled Houqi to take a bath. Once he's done, she helped him dress up, much to his embarrassment.

'I'm a doctor, I've seen too many parts that I just don't care.'

'You've gotta be kidding...' but hey, that tiny legless trouser for underwear are comfortable and easier to wear than what he's known as a kid...and she made him plenty of those!

'Now then, let's give you some fringes...'

And so...

The blank-faced Lingyue brought out her incredibly-handsome patient, much to the Queen and the maids' shocks. Odd fashion aside, he's still incredibly handsome and despite what he wore, it made him look more noble and elegant! And the way she styled his hair!

(A:N- think Shi Seiran from Saiunkoku Monogatari in terms of fringes)

'He's alright now.' said Lingyue. 'I have no idea what princes wear being a commoner, so I fashioned a bunch of silk with alchemy for decency's sake so I'll leave the princely fashion to her majesty.'

'Houqi...!' the queen looked tearful at seeing her boy normal again she leapt to hug her son after thirteen years of being so near yet so far.

'Mother...everyone...I'm so sorry.' Houqi shook in apology. He can only tell his mother the truth about him in private as maids are gossipy. And gossip WILL kill a royal in the palace.

'It's alright...it was poison, how could we have known...!' Queen Yunxiu sobbed as mother and child have a tearful reunion. 'Luo Wanwan will pay for this, mother will make sure of it!' she swore in anger. 'Nobody will take advantage of us ever again!'

'...that's nice and all but you should be up-to-date with palace events first.' Lingyue piped up, raising her hand. 'Who is allied to you despite a decade of no-show, who is intimately up to date with thirteen years' worth of events? You should also know what people think of the both of you so you can fight back. Not only that, Xia Houqi must get stronger than Xia Houhong in cultivation if he is to take his rightful title back, and know some martial skill. Lots to do, so little time, and easier said than done. And his grand return must make one big impact so everyone will know you mean business.'

'Mm. I'll take action at this coming Ghost Festival this coming autumn.' said Yunxiu. 'It's midspring, we have a lot of time before Social Season in Autumn! And Lingyue, I have a task for you.' Lingyue paid her her full attention. 'My son is a genius, so how soon can he catch up to Xia Houhong? Houhong is currently in Yuan Dan Realm.'

'If his highness and I take a trip to a qi-rich area, he can catch up in a month.' said Lingyue. Several jaws dropped at her confident estimation. 'It seems in his highness' days of deviation, he remembers to cultivate so he is currently a peak Upper Celestial.' she said to the queen and her maids' amazement.

'Very well, I authorize this trip! Do what you must in secret. I will fund you both.' Queen Yunxiu told her in determination.

'...I need money to buy him cheap clothes nobody'd miss while we camp in the wild, and buy food in the marketplace to last us a month in Cang Mountains.' said Lingyue. 'Anything else of concern?'

'Yes. Sneak a letter to royal mother-in-law...I need to speak to her in here tonight when she's not seen by anyone coming here.' said Yunxiu darkly. 'We're almost done with uprooting all those flowers. We'll make a new garden here soon.'

xxx

'I guess you'll be my martial arts master.' said Houqi, happy that she would be his master as they snuck out of the city before she lifted him up and traveled at insane speeds. 'What will I learn from you?'

'What I call Survival Training and Reaction Reflex Time Training so you can dodge murder attempts on your life. I will also teach you some Barrier Spells in our month together, then I will leave the rest to your actual martial instructor. Students first learn how to defend, before attacking after all. In the morning, you will cultivate while at late afternoon till midnight, its training. Your mission is to catch up to Xia Houhong, and surpass him.'

'Yes!'

'Cang Mountains is richer than Qixing Mountain where my hometown is, it's ideal for fast catching up indeed.' then upon getting to the mountain top where air is thin, but very rich in ki...she taught him how to form the Yin Dan Core, before she absorbed a supply of ki to break through to Dan Realm. She estimated how much he needed to break through, so she only gathered so much...while causing a ruckus in nearby mountain wall!

'Teacher?!'

'I'm just mining some goods. Proceed with breaking through.'

'...' squirming a little, Houqi proceeded to reaching full-peak of Upper Celestial Realm, before he breaks through. That was Lingyue's instructions as Dan Realm Breakthroughs are crucial to future cultivation.

This was because Lingyue's technique requires that she must control the ki in Cang Mountains for him to absorb a lot of ki when he forms his Yin Dan Core, before she lets him form his core as he must take a number of her pills to do so first, as Xia Houhong must have done the same to help his breakthrough better.

When a person forms their core for the first time, their pores will spiritually explode, opening massive gateways for ki to come in by flooding their being. They will have only one opportunity to absorb as much Yuan energy in the air as possible. This will determine the quality of that core and the user's future improvements. That was what she told him.

His half-brother Houhong dried up almost a mile radius' worth of power that lasted 22 hours as a result of all those tonics. Hong Mingyue, the famous genius of the Hong Family dried up one mile's worth of power that lasted a full day. Houqi swore he must exceed that!

He has to.

Later, at around sunset...

Lingyue built a firepit for a campfire...for a vegetable hotpot...and mixed in eight eggs and tofu cubes, making a thickened soup with cloudy wisps out of egg whites.

'For now we will start our martial arts training later.' Lingyue told him. 'Our goal after dinner, is forming your Yin Dan Core. Are you ready?'

'Yeah. I'm preparing myself.' said Houqi excitedly, receiving his soup from Lingyue, and a mug of...something that smells really nice. 'What's that?'

'Hundred Fruit Wine.' Houqi's young mind gaped at her.

'Wine?! Aren't we too young for that?'

'Its merely a supplement, one glass a day is sufficient not to get drunk like idiot adults do and make them do hilariously blackmail-worthy stupid things.' Lingyue told him bluntly, making Houqi sweatdrop. 'For Constitutional Levels, this wine enables them to boost two levels, purges the body of impurities and washes the marrows which is how Iron-Armed Apes gain their monstrous strength if its a decade-old wine. This one is exactly a century old...thus the boost it grants, is far beyond that.' she said. 'A month of this every day, will grant you such physical strength too, enough to fight a 9th Rank Beast with it.'

'How strong is a 9th Rank beast exactly?' Houqi asked her. His studies...yeah, he's left behind oh-so-much of his own choosing. He was a genius that he could begin writing lessons at age four...and had only three years' worth of education equivalent due to how fast he learns, focusing on literacy, manners and etiquette, and arithmetic, until that fateful day...!

'As strong as a peak Yuan Dan Realm Master. However, power is worth crap if you can't even use it properly.' Lingyue told him.

After their soup cooled a little, they began eating their soup. Houqi thought despite it being only vegetables, it's heavy on the belly! And that chiyang ginseng she put in makes quite the kick! She took out a stupidly-huge ginseng he was sure would be criminally-expensive in the market, when a visitor at night came. He was a masked man clad in dark cloud silk clothes. His long hair is worn loose. Its clear that he is both handsome and powerful...and they have no idea who he is.

'Waah!' Houqi got startled while Lingyue stood up.

'What can we do for you, sundown stranger?' Lingyue greeted him. 'Neutral or Foe?'

'That depends on if you strike first.' he said in his sinful voice that even made Houqi melt due to how alluring he sounded. Its like ambrosia of masculinity in his ears! But Lingyue remains unaffected. 'I saw that you have a rather large ginseng. Do you have another?'

Lingyue wordlessly dumped five on him and one of those alone, is two feet already with thick roots that all of it can be consumed! Those things are clearly old and high-ranking! 'GAH!' he wasn't quite expecting that!

Houqi was in utter dismay.

'T-Teacher, a single one large ginseng would cause an arm and a leg in the market, and you're giving five away so freely?!' Houqi howled in comical tearful horror. 'A lot of people would cry foul and unfair!' he whined at the unfairness of it all.

'...he's miles stronger than I am, cooperation is more our benefit.' said Lingyue. 'I am a three-element master,' that caught the man's attention and Houqi choked at her words. His teacher is THAT strong? '-but his power is akin to a bottomless abyss of blackness.' she stated as she compared the guy's power to something close to Unohana-taicho's. She was the second strongest person in Gotei 13, given her...colorful history. 'He is not my opponent.'

The man smirked.

This beauty assessed how strong he is in a glance matter-of-factly that she quickly decided giving him what he wants is more important for safety, because she has a student! Thus its in her best interest to give him what he wants for her student's safety. That's logical common sense, nothing wrong with that. Most people would stupidly defy him yet all bark and no bite, however.

'Well, if only most people are as smart as you.' he snorted. 'How old are you?' due to physical changes of cultivating, one cannot trust outside appearances much.

'13.'

NOW both men choked. A three-element master at that age? She's one hell of a genius!

'You're younger than me?' Houqi squawked out. He was three years older than her!

'Yes. My body became this way when I was ten years old, it took me a while to regain my balance to move normally again.' said Lingyue, placing a hand on her shapely, full bosom.

The man frowned thoughtfully. He has updates every year about ranking lists...there was one person who was a known three-element master under 30...could that be...

'...what's your name?'

'Ye Lingyue.' Lingyue showed through ki how her name is written.

Ah, it's her! He remembered the name being on the list. She was an under-30 who made it to the Ranking Board of Reincarnation Realm Masters but instead of a level 1, she was a 3 when introduced to the boards last. Maybe she was THAT good at hiding till spotted by Heaven's Court...so she was a three on the spot when recorded. They have complete information.

Her gender, age, marital status, her progress at what age, and current occupation. All there. Doctor at a young age to boot for a tiny town specializing in cases normal doctors gave up on.

He sent an agent to browse through her files...

xxx

When Lingyue accumulated enough reiryoku in Cang Mountains that it's so thick and Houqi absorbed all pills to increase his chances by forging his body anew...

'It's time.' said Lingyue as they can feel him breaking through. 'Begin!'

'Yes!' and the process began...

The amassed ki in the mountains were of great help as a great start...that it enabled Xia Houqi to dry up three miles' worth of ki, disrupting many cultivation training in nearby Xia City. It spanned almost four days that not even Lingyue can refine anything or the reiryoku she uses will be absorbed.

After those days, formation of Yin Core completed.

'It's a good quality Yin Core. To think you absorbed so much even with a little help.' Lingyue approves to Houqi's delight. 'Now then, we'll go elsewhere to fill up that core.'

'Uhm, where?'

'Its a neat place. Surely your three mile radius hasn't reached it so we can exploit it.'

xxx

The masked man has returned home to a mansion in Glass City when he felt that ki in the air was 'taken away', meaning, someone just entered Dan Realm. He had gone out to look for quality medicine for days.

This was because some asshole pushed the other off the boat when he left his room for fresh air due to how stuffy it was inside, and nearly drowned. He was very cold and no medicine in Glass City was good enough, so he took over and began searching for valuable herbs as the ginseng he found in Qixing wasn't good enough even if its a fifth grade.

Then he encountered a teacher-student pair who uses a stupidly-large root...it's so high-class he MUST have it so he approached them.

The teacher who turned out to be younger than her student immediately assessed him a dangerous neutral...unless crossed...that she gave him five of her monster Ginsengs just to protect her student. And she was using a few slices in that hotpot for dinner.

One bite of those, completely healed all symptoms and enabled faster body recovery that their body ravaged by the poison healed up to 50% that guy ate four bite's worth to heal all damages so next time the poison attacks, it won't hurt much any more.

Too bad the poison isn't purged. Its not strong enough. Ah well.

At least he knows where to look for Ye Lingyue. His people are very efficient.

xxx

Lingyue took Houqi to the borders of Beiqing Country for him to fill up his Yin Dan Core...before exploiting the nearby Star Cave to trigger breaking through and dried up land again for Yang Dan Core formation but that's it. Filling it up has yet to be done.

She then took him to train hard physically. Trained him in combat skills and controlling the flow of reiryoku so he can effortlessly direct any amount he wants for future Martial Skills, as well as read his opponents' flow so he's always a step stronger in attack and defense...and how shinigami fight by speed-fighting. Both in hand to hand and kenjutsu.

In the meantime, Lingyue mined in Cang Mountains to refine a sword out of...Buddhism Metal. Due to Houqi's limited education as he played insane for years, he had no idea his teacher was refining high-class weapons right in front of him. She created an ornate, but highly-dangerous sword, complete with sheath.

One good for a young man, and finally, two for women.

Her and her mother.

'Now then, a drop of your blood on both the blade, the handle and the sheath.' Lingyue instructed as Houqi nervously did so. 'There. Only you and your bloodline can use this sword. You, your mother and her family, and your royal father.'

'What do you mean?' Houqi wondered. 'Shouldn't Houhong be able to wield this as he is my half-brother?'

'If he really is.' Lingyue snorted making Houqi do a double-take. 'I work as an investigator and I blood tested him and your father...no match.'

'Huh?!'

'For now, we let the land recover so we can get you to peak Yuan Dan Realm. Sooo for the time being, you're getting tutored at home!'

xxx

Morning Flower Peak...

'I see, in such a short time...' Queen Yunxiu and General Chiyan were in utter disbelief as Lingyue brought home a healthier-looking handsome prince. In the right hands, he more than exceeded 'the usurper' in looks, and he quickly caught up in cultivation when a few weeks ago, he was an Upper Celestial! His Dan Realm Cores are of good quality that his future as a Reincarnation Master is all but guaranteed!

Lingyue has reported his progress with her in the mountains. Training and Cultivation.

'Right now, it's the beginning of summer, his highness must be tutored while letting the land recover it's ki before we pursue peak Yuan Dan Realm. He sort of dried up three-miles-and-some land in his wake so its not possible to let him cultivate for now. Now would be a good opportunity to catch up in his studies. And also, while I indeed trained him in combat and swordsmanship, I do not know Daxia Martial Skills. What I know is my family's style of martial skills and things unique to myself. Two of which from the latter I taught his highness.'

'How come though?' Houqi asked her. 'You're wealthy enough to afford school.'

'Yes, but its not that easy.' Lingyue tut-tutted. 'Qiufeng Town can only afford to educate up to Constitutional Level Martial Skills. There's no teacher teaching skills up to Upper Celestial Realm so everyone is reliant on family arts, so we're pretty diverse as all families in my town come up with their own style past Constitutional. You seriously expect snobby experts willing to teach a small town of country bumpkins unless we offer that person an arm and a leg?'

Painful truth, they all thought. The stronger one is, the more arrogant they are and they can back it up. Especially if they have a powerful background.

'Er, you should have been wealthy if you sell your pills?' General Chiyan pointed out.

'Out of the question as one, I am currently supplying the Civilian Faction and two...my paternal background is complicated.' Queen Yunxiu horribly winced. Marquis Wu who offered her a doctor for Houqi after getting wind of her son's illness had quite the story about the doctor which was why she was more than willing to aid them if only to counter the prince raised by a man like Hong Fang. What a good man he is! His poor first wife and daughter! But they are more accomplished than he now!

'I cannot publicize my abilities. Only Marquis Wu and General Lan knows outside of this residence. He is currently my patron and backer incase 'they' try something.' and she earns gold in millions from him too. Upon investigating who is truly on Marquis Wu's side and those frustrated with nobles for 'pulling rank to deny' others of the fruit of their hard work, she had submitted names to the Marquis who courted them to his side, and began distributing the goods while spicing up training.

Even in Seireitei, the nobles are more trouble than they're worth. Especially if you're Central 46!

xxx

Queen Dowager has been in a deep thought since Houqi recovered from his insanity that was maintained by a well-hidden poison all these years. Who'd suspect innocent flowers known for its medicinal properties? Who'd suspect a piece of venison that underwent testing before it reached her grandson? How could they have known that combining both causes qi deviation, insanity and backward blood flow that would kill him before adulthood? What a vicious Consort Luo!

And how easily Houqi was cured in the hands of a genius capable of refining a pill above Red Class.

Yunxiu destroyed her garden that only had Coagulating Roselle Flowers and banned venison from Morning Flower Wing forever and planted flowers that won't harm cultivators on the sly, and obtained Supreme-Class Cosmetic Pills to rejuvenate herself to regain her lost youth as she spent thirteen years under severe stress, all alone and ignored by her son the Emperor so she wasn't happy with him. She only made herself young and beautiful again to fight as a Queen and take her power back from Luo Wanwan and the full truth from General Chiyan greatly angered her. So slowly but surely, Dowager was taking back what wasn't hers to help Yunxiu and Yunxiu regretted trusting the woman, effectively making her queen in all but name while she cared for Houqi.

Right now Houqi is training under his doctor to catch up in cultivation under Ye Lingyue. A girl with a...controversial background. She and her mother joined the Civilian Faction if only for revenge. For using up and discarding Huangyu when he got the status he wanted, and for Lingyue's fatal head injury that healed...with a price. That, and their country is doomed that Xia Houhong is educated and 'raised' by a man like Hong Fang! Ye Huangyu was horrified and feared for the future of any wife the boy may have. A life of being deceived, exploited, and then discarded after and betrayed in the worst way possible. A treacherous, black-hearted man!

Thus her daughter is supplying high-class goods to the Civilian Faction and increased their fighting power, and preparing Houqi.

She stood up to visit the Morning Flower Wing on the sly at night when she got wind Houqi is back home.

xxx

Morning Flower Wing...

The Dowager shook.

Her youngest grandson, brimming with youthful life and very handsome. Not even a Yellow Pill will bring these results before her eyes!

He was indeed, the best Crown Prince in his generation, if it wasn't for Consort Luo's dirty tricks! Thirteen years, all wasted!

But the queens did not know that some truths are concealed. As Lingyue was a tru-blu follower of Confidentiality, she kept the fact that Houqi was feigning insane both out of bitterness and staying safe. He was in fact, sane since he was little after figuring out what's bad. He was THAT smart.

'He's really back!' the dowager was near-faint from shock and joy. 'Just what miracle, is Ye Lingyue?! Speaking, where is she?'

'She went to refine more pills and potions in Marquis Wu's estate.' said Houqi. 'And General Lan requested a lot of Hundred-Fruit Wine from her so teacher's busy.' he said sheepishly. 'She decoded the Iron-Armed Apes' recipe of it and created a superior version so the General got hooked...'

'Ah...and no doubt you tasted one?' the Dowager giggled.

'Yes, it was all she ever made me drink in our days to help me along...it was incredibly delicious...while snacking on those monster ginsengs of hers until she deemed my condition satisfactory.' said Houqi. 'And do you know anyone whose cultivation is beyond reincarnation realm? You see...' he told what happened in Cang Mountains.

He earned a horrified look from the adults.

'Such a person...' General Chiyan shivered. 'Given his appearance as you described, he's none other than Ghost Emperor! You two are lucky to survive him! He's known for his incredible power, wealth and reach offending him is a death warrant! It was good Lady Ye knows what to do...but does she really have large ginsengs?'

'They're as big as your arm each...and she gave five to him, five for free! Where on earth did she find those?'

xxx

Lan Estate...

'You know, I was working on Dan Realm when ki suddenly vanished...I had no idea its Prince Houqi!' Lan Cai'er laughed. Lingyue visited the Lans to give them a one-up this coming Ghost Festival to be the most good-looking people among commoners present. The lady Lans are undergoing rejuvenation, and all cosmetic treatments will come a week before Ghost Festival so for now, their bodies that underwent rejuvenation are becoming younger than their age suggests with firmer skin and better figures. Skin and hair treatments can wait.

'To think he drained more than Xia Houhong and Hong Fang's favorite daughter did when breaking through! Houhong was almost a mile and Mingyue is exactly a mile! Yours must be wider since in just three years you're a three-element!'

'...try eight miles.'

Cai'er's amusement became stunned shock.

'...what...?' her own father was a quarter mile which was why it took him till he was fifty to reach Reincarnation Realm and that's prodigious by standards on her father's natural talent alone...then teenagers take in miles due to help from high-class pills. Houqi has access to Supreme-Class Pills for cultivation. Naturally his results will be better than Consort Luo's access to a ton of blue pills as its rare for yellow pills to come by!

Houqi has access to red pills, if he consumed three miles' worth of ki. And Lingyue, out of vendetta, used her Supreme-Class Pills on herself and her mother no doubt!

xxx

Qiufeng Town...

Lingyue operated as a Doctor again after making sure the Civilian Faction are fully-supplied.

She earned about 9 million off the Marquis. In gold as she supplied Supreme Pills for fast effects in strengthening those under the banner of the Civilian Faction, including the Empress and Prince Houqi.

The funny irony was nobody knows Consort Luo's background yet she's a Noble Faction supporter while Queen Yunxiu is a noblewoman with a prominent background who was everything she wasn't. The former was mysterious, the latter was an open book.

She had investigated that.

Everything about Consort Luo was fake. Background, everything. The thing she did right, was making sure nobody knows where she really came from. That's pretty shady in of itself. And she had a secret chamber in her residence and that's NOT in the blueprints of all palaces for the king's wives...

EVERYONE in the palace has a traceable background. If one fakes it, it'll be easily found out by the Censorate.

So now that problem was Marquis Wu's.

So now she's back to her old job now that she did what she could.

One day, she had an unusual customer.

'Doctor, we have a young master with a Cold Constitution.' said an old man as a younger servant led in one hell of a beautiful man in fine clothes. They came in looking at the rather...unusual clinic.

They saw shelves upon shelves of bottles of glass containing blue pills, all of which, labeled as well as equipment and the likes they've never seen before. Even the young doctor was eccentrically-dressed as her dress was so short it barely went up to her knees. Her sleeves are very narrow too, not wide as was usual.

She wordlessly put on a glass device on her face and a person's silhouette appeared blinking and words began appearing...and it was scarily accurate.

...even detailing his secret to their disbelief.

The doctor sighed and put away her device.

'...first is malicious parasitic possession and now this one too...sit down. We are in for a talk because I will give you options.' said the young doctor Ye Lingyue as she used a spell to get some chairs near them for them to use. The way she spoke made them shiver. The way she speaks has no emotion at all it felt like a controlled mindless puppet talking. 'Young master's cold poison is easy but his spiritual case is another thing. The two of you are in a sense, unable to live without the other in layman terms as his spiritual chain is attached not to your body, but to this young master's soul.' that got them choking at the idea. 'The only solution is you must cooperate for a common goal and get along, the most obvious of which is survival. But you and the other have different wants and needs, so you must communicate and reach a compromise that will satisfy both parties.'

'You are not like my first spiritual case whose case was a malicious parasitic possession. I could forcefully pull it out and kill it as the idiot attached to my patient's dantian. But your case is where if one dies so does the other. So both of them must protect the other, or they die together.' the three men choked. 'So one of these days, you will talk. You must agree on some things in order to coexist. Coexistence will serve you well.'

'That's all we can do with that?' the young man deflated.

'Afraid so. Now, as for your cold poison...there is one thing the other you can do. May I talk to that person?' Lingyue requested politely as the three looked nervous, but...its clear to Lingyue 'the other' took over by force, whether the docile one liked it or not.

But this reiatsu...

...it's that guy.

She remembered him from Cang Mountains!

His asking her for herbs...made sense now.

Her customer has black eyes, and the other has amber. Easy to tell apart, how convenient!

'So, nice to see you again, Ye Lingyue.' he purred, flirting with the doll-like doctor who was unfazed by his attempts. 'Not with your student today?'

'Not for now as his breakthrough to Dan Realm left three miles' worth of ki sucked dry, so I had him focus on his home tutoring under his grandfather for now.' Lingyue explained. The other pouted that she 'wasn't a mess' before him. 'I am simply his combat instructor but we had to focus on cultivation for reasons I cannot disclose. So I am back operating my clinic, second young master.'

'So what do I have to do?'

'Young master is three weeks away to 17. He still has a chance to cultivate.' said Lingyue.

Whether it be an alchemist or a martialist, the ideal period to awaken their talent stands at the age prior to reaching sixteen. If beyond this age, the odds of grasping the inner workings of either power becomes negligible. This had been proven through trial and error after generations of testing.

'As his highness Houqi sucked up three miles in his breaking through to Dan Realm, this land is included in being dried up, so I will offer my own ki as a jumpstart. I have a fire element, and his cold poison forcibly converts ki into Yin Ki to stay and cause damage...and you are also a purely yin existence that ironically, staying inside keeps that poison active and ever-flowing prolifically. It's why no cure will ever work on you unless you know what to do.'

That shocked the three men and it also infuriated the other.

'WHAT?!'

'So here is what you will do...stop the flow of your ki into your shared body. We will starve the poison.' Lingyue instructed. 'Then the other you only has three weeks to be spiritually-capable of cultivation. I will give him my fire ki as fire is part of yuan ki types. He must at least, be a 9th constitutional realm within three weeks and lucky for you such a matter is accomplishable in my clinic as I have a lot of red ginseng to help out as well as Hundred Fruit Wine. The last step once young master has enough fire ki converted into yuan ki within his body and eat solely elementally-hot foods,' Lingyue took out a bunch of herbs, which she refined into a high-grade red-patterned pill and gave it to the old man.

'Eat this. By then the poison is weakened and starved, that it can no longer resist the purging. Poison will flow out of your pores and orifices, you will even puke it out and it will stink so bad it is highly-advisable you take it inside the bathroom so once the purging ends, you can bathe immediately.' she said. 'We will begin immediately.'

'Very well. I'll stop the flow of ki in our body now.' said the other. 'All doctors in Beiqing are all useless trash, if only we found out about you sooner...!' he swore, frustrated, gritting his teeth in anger as his presence vanished that the docile one was back.

'I heard everything.' he said anxiously. 'Please guide me!' he told his aides who quickly nodded.

'I will begin emitting my fire ki now.'

'Young master, to form your Spirit Foundation...' the younger bodyguard began as treatment for Cold Poison began...