I, a spoiled young master, conquered the Crown Princess right from the start!

When Chu Feng asked about his mother, the air in the entire secret room seemed to freeze.

Chu Tianyuan's face, which had just been beaming with excitement, was instantly shrouded in a complex and indescribable expression.

"your mother……"

Chu Tianyuan's voice was hoarse, as if it had been sanded, "Who is she, where does she come from... even I don't know."

boom!

This answer struck Chu Feng like a heavy hammer.

do not know?

How could his own grandfather not know his daughter-in-law's identity and background?

How is that possible!

"Back then, after your father awakened his bloodline, he went out to train alone for a long time." Chu Tianyuan's gaze fell on the blurry statue of his ancestor, his voice deep, "When he returned, he was holding you, who was still an infant."

"At that time, he was severely injured, his foundation was seriously damaged, and he was practically crippled. It was that injury that caused your father's cultivation to progress slowly afterward; otherwise, with his talent, he would probably have become a martial arts cultivator long ago!"

Chu Tianyuan's fists were clenched tightly at his sides, his knuckles turning white.

"I pressed you countless times about your mother's whereabouts and why she was so badly injured. But you remained silent and refused to reveal a single word."

After listening to his grandfather's account, Chu Feng fell silent.

The father returned, severely injured, carrying the young child in his arms, but the mother was nowhere to be found.

What exactly happened?

"Alright, stop thinking about it." Chu Tianyuan patted Chu Feng's shoulder, pulling him out of his reverie. "These old stories will all come to light when you are strong enough to find your father in the future."

Chu Feng nodded, temporarily suppressing the distracting thoughts in his mind.

Grandpa is right. There's no point in overthinking now. Strength is the foundation of everything.

"Grandpa, what's the situation with the remaining dynasties in the Northern Wilderness?" Chu Feng changed the subject.

Mentioning this, Chu Tianyuan finally smiled again: "The Great Chu Dynasty has been taken over. The remaining three dynasties, after witnessing the thunderous might of my Zhenbei Army, have been terrified and have now submitted petitions to submit to my Great Xia."

"Very good." Chu Feng nodded slightly.

With a flick of his wrist, he took out all the storage rings he had previously looted from the Heavenly Martial Divine Sect, the Sunset Sect, and the black-robed man, as well as the cultivation resources he had plundered from the Northern Wilderness Palace.

"Grandpa, these are some cultivation resources I've acquired. Please take them and distribute them to everyone in the Prince's Mansion and the soldiers of the Zhenbei Army so they can improve their strength as soon as possible."

Looking at the mountain of spirit stones, pills, and rare treasures, even Chu Tianyuan, with his composure, couldn't help but gasp. The value of these resources was probably greater than the combined treasuries of all the dynasties in the entire Northern Wilderness!

"Hey kid, whose lair did you raid?" Chu Tianyuan couldn't help but laugh and scold.

Chu Feng grinned, offering no further explanation.

Over the next two days, the entire Zhenbei Prince's Mansion and the newly established Great Xia Dynasty were operating at breakneck speed.

Xiao Nihuang displayed astonishing political skills, and with the assistance of Chu Tianyuan and Xiao Zhan, she methodically integrated the territories and power of the seven great dynasties.

Chu Feng, meanwhile, locked himself in his room, studying the Medicine Emperor's alchemy techniques, the "Medicine Emperor Scripture," while simultaneously cultivating the Thunder Lord's domineering and unparalleled "Nine Heavens Body Refining Technique."

On this day, there was a knock on the door, and Leng Yue walked in.

"Your Highness," Leng Yue's expression was somewhat solemn, "We used all our resources to search through almost the entire treasury of the seven great dynasties of the Northern Wilderness for the medicinal ingredients on those two pill formulas you are looking for, but... we only managed to find less than one-tenth of them."

"Most of these medicinal herbs, I've never even heard of them, let alone seen them."

Chu Feng's brows furrowed instantly.

He knew the medicinal herbs on those two prescriptions were precious, but he hadn't expected them to be this rare. His sister and Lao Hei's conditions wouldn't allow them to wait much longer.

Looks like I need to go find that woman.

He pondered for a moment, then stood up and walked straight out of the palace.

……

Misty Rain Pavilion.

In the luxurious and elegant room on the top floor, Ya Fei was languidly reclining on a soft couch, but her captivating peach blossom eyes no longer held their former charm, only a faint sorrow remained.

The door was pushed open without warning.

Chu Feng appeared at the doorway.

Consort Ya's delicate body trembled, and she sat up straight like a startled cat, forcing a complex smile onto her face: "Your Highness, what brings you here?"

"Enough with the nonsense." Chu Feng sat down opposite her without any politeness and slammed two sheets of paper covered with the names of medicinal herbs onto the table.

"I need these medicinal herbs, the sooner the better."

Ya Fei picked up the two pieces of paper, glanced at them, and her expression changed instantly.

She looked at Chu Feng, her beautiful eyes filled with shock: "This is... a pill formula? You can refine pills?"

"That's none of your business." Chu Feng picked up his teacup, took a sip, and said, "Tell me, how long will it take to find them all?"

Ya Fei's face showed an extremely troubled expression. She smiled bitterly and said, "Young Master Chu, you overestimate me. Every single medicinal herb on this is a rare treasure. Not to mention in this spiritually barren Northern Wilderness, even in Cangxuan Prefecture, they are priceless and rare items."

"This place is merely a small branch of the Misty Rain Pavilion in the Northern Wilderness, not even a branch in Cangxuan Prefecture. Do you think I have the ability to gather all these things for you in such a short time?"

Chu Feng's gaze gradually turned cold: "You mean, it won't work?"

Ya Fei's heart skipped a beat, but she still forced herself to nod.

"Since it won't work..." Chu Feng put down his teacup and slowly stood up. "Then there's no point in keeping this branch of Yanyu Pavilion here."

Upon hearing this, Ya Fei's face turned deathly pale. She knew that this man was definitely not joking.

Just as tensions were about to rise...

"Ha, what a boastful tone!"

A cold voice, full of sarcasm and arrogance, came from outside the door without warning.

boom!

The door to the room was kicked open, and a handsome young man dressed in a white brocade robe, holding a folding fan, with a face that had a somewhat effeminate air, swaggered in, surrounded by a group of guards.

When Ya Fei saw the young man, her expression changed drastically, and she quickly stood up.

Chu Feng merely glanced at the other person indifferently, his voice flat: "Who are you?"

The young man put away his folding fan, pointed to himself, and said with an arrogant expression, "I am Lin Tianyu, the grandson of the Fifth Elder of the Cangxuan Prefecture branch of the Misty Rain Pavilion."

After saying that, he looked at Ya Fei, his eyes revealing an undisguised greedy desire: "Ya Fei, it's been a long time. Your figure has become even more charming."

Suppressing her disgust, Ya Fei bowed and said, "Young Master Lin, you flatter me. May I ask what brings you here so suddenly?"

"My grandfather said that a peerless genius who has condensed the Nine-Turn Golden Core has emerged in this godforsaken northern wilderness, and he specifically asked me to come and investigate to see if I can recruit him."

As Lin Tianyu spoke, he glanced at Chu Feng with disdain, "However, I didn't expect that the first thing I heard upon arriving was some upstart brat who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere threatening to wipe out a branch of my Misty Rain Pavilion?"

"Heh, they really don't take my Misty Rain Pavilion seriously!"

A cold glint flashed in Lin Tianyu's eyes as he casually waved to the guards behind him.

"Cripple him and throw him out."

"yes!"

The group of guards behind him, all of whom possessed the powerful aura of Foundation Establishment cultivators, responded with a roar and charged towards Chu Feng.

"Young Master Lin, you mustn't!" Ya Fei's expression changed drastically, and she was about to speak to stop him.

However, it was too late.