Supreme Emperor of Mist

Chapter 157: Envoy From Country of Wei (1)

"Father, please allow Yan-Er to go on behalf of you as the peace envoy from the Country of Wei." Peng Yan rubbed her face on the chest of a handsome man seated comfortably on his lazy chair. Only a single sight is enough to discern that his social status is neither simple from the design of the chair and decoration around this pavilion.

He was about forty at most from how young he looked.

"My dear daughter... This trip to the Demon Mountain Fort is not for fun. You're lucky that the government didn't put the blame on your inability to win the war. Why to bother to go back to that place again?" the handsome man said. Even the way he speaks sounded just like Qin Lan.josei

It was sophisticated, well-mannered, and calm.

"That's because your daughter found somebody she really likes. He's a good-looking, gentlemanly, and graceful man just like you, father." Peng Yan said. Once again, she rubbed her face on this man's chest.

"That's not enough to be a reason for me to let you go there. This is not a matter to joke about. You have to know that if this discussion does not go as successfully as we want, I will be forced to take action and liberate the entire Flame Demon Mountain?"

"There are too many things to be considered here. If I know that the Evil Infant Sect is this useless, I will not allow them to borrow the crack soldiers away and wasted them. I would rather let Yang Yuan borrow them instead." the handsome man added.

(Recap: This Yang Yuan is the one in Chapter 80-83, Thunder Roaring Palace's Yang Yuan)

"Father, you're talking about that crazy man again. Why do you have such a good impression on him?" Peng Yan pouted and crossed her hands together around her chest.

"That's because he's one of the most talented individuals in the Thunder Roaring Palace's Outer Sect." her father said. From the way he speaks, it seems like the youth has left quite an impression in the eyes of this Genius Warfare General of Wei, Peng Likun.

"In my eyes, he's nothing but a barbarian," said Peng Yan. To her, a crude man like Yang Yuan, who can pillage, rape, and kill without a hint of hesitation shown in his eyes, was a pitiful man lost in his own world.

And when comparing him beside Qin Lan, the latter is, of course, does much better.

"Father... I want to go... Let me be the envoy, Yan-Er promise I will make sure that the negotiation will go on properly this time..." Peng Yan continues to beg her father.

"Alright, you brat. Tell me your reason to keep pestering your father about this matter. I'm sure it's not as simple as he's handsome, gentlemanly, and graceful-looking." her father said. At the same time, he felt that it's been too long that he didn't properly look at his one and only daughter.

'Would it end up differently for my dear Yan-Er and my deceased wife if I didn't act recklessly during my youth?' Peng Likun lovingly stares at his daughter's eyes as he reminiscence about his youth. And hidden behind this handsome-looking face is a secret that only he can understand.

"Yan-Er," he called his daughter suddenly. It was like a shock to Peng Yan as her father rarely addressed her this way. The reason is likely because her mother was also called Yan-Er.

"Fa - Father..." Peng Yan released the knot of her hand and held one of her father's hands. As a pair of father and daughter connected by blood, how can she not know what was in her father's mind?

"Did you went out to satisfy your lust lately?" Peng Likun asked. Although it sounded like an embarrassing topic to talk about between father and daughter, it was understandable because they both cultivate the same art.

"I did not..." Peng Yan lowered her head as she replied. Seated on top of her father's thigh, it felt like she went back to the shy Peng Yan before she learned this forbidden martial art.

"Then... Just go. Make sure you know how to differentiate between what is a priority and what's not. I'll get two of your uncle to follow you there, along with some Peng Family guards." Peng Likun gives it another thought and finally surrendered to his daughter's request.

"Really? I love you, father!" Peng Yan hugged his neck. In reply to his daughter's sudden warmness, Peng Likun can only smile.

'Let's hope she can solve this heart demon in her before it gets worst to what I am suffering right now...' Peng Likun touched her hair gently...

'Yan-Niangzi... Can you protect our daughter from up there?' Peng Likun looked at the sky and prayed solemnly...

(Niangzi = Wife / Wifey. Since Peng Yan's mother name is only known as Yan-Er, just like herself, so addressing her as Yan-Niangzi would sound much appropriate)

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"Hehehe! I wonder what kind of reaction will be when he saw me!" the same sentence appeared in two maiden's mind as they encountered one another on the road to Demon Mountain Fort.

'Huh? Aren't those clothing is often worn by nobles and royalties from the Country of Wei? What brings a group of people like them here?' Zhou Mei thought.

'That carriage... Zhou Family? Don't tell me the Zhou Family has some connection with this ninth prince too? If that's the case, this negotiation is going to be more troublesome than I've expected...' thought Peng Yan as she steals a glance at Zhou Mei's private carriage.

The two traveled side by side as they approach the entrance to the Demon Mountain Fort. It was a pure coincidence that Zhou Mei was on the other side from where Qin Fan rested. This makes them failed to notice each other as the carriage drove past.

But to those on top of the wall, their heart almost stopped beating. To expert Yi and the others, it looks like the fifth-level Bone Expert is communicating secretly with the passenger from the Country of Wei!

"There are people from the Country of Wei is here! Notify Commander Huang, Commander Qin, and his highness! Everyone else in Bone Reconstruction Layer cultivation shall come with me!" said Expert Yi.

Making a grand entry onto the fort's entrance, Expert Yi obstructed Peng Yan's carriage by bringing over twenty cultivators in between half-step to second-level with him!

"Stop right there! State the reason behind your visit!" Expert Yi bravely stands right in front of the carriage. He indirectly blocks Zhou Mei's carriage as it was sandwiched between the carriage and those coming by foot or horses.

"A few of you, search the man idling over there as well." Expert Yi pointed at Qin Fan, who was nibbling on a branch he plucked from a nearby shrub.

"Eh? What is wrong with me?" Qin Fan was puzzled. To think that even sitting over here will alarm the guards.

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"I think I can see some hope in this Marrow Cleansing Pill..." Luo Yunxi excitedly said as she focused all her attention on the three burning cauldrons. The medicinal fragrance released from the tiny ventilation gaps is getting stronger with every second passed.

"Are we going to put them together now?" Luo Yunxi asked after the Mineral Flamestone has burnt out. Right now, only the Purified Corpse Extract is yet to be added into the cauldron.

But once again, Qin Lan uses an unconventional method in mixing the Purified Corpse Extract with the dregs from the Mineral Flamestone. A frigid cold Spiritual Qi was used instead of the usual Yin or Yang properties flame when pouring the extract into the piping hot cauldron.

*Sssh...*

It was like a boiling hot pot was doused by freezing cold water. The cauldron instantly lost all the warmness as it changed color from molten red to earthen brown.

"This... This..." Luo Yunxi and the two other alchemists were speechless with Qin Lan's eccentric and unconventional preparation method. In their eyes, this was like heating up a pot for the sake of cooling it down afterward. Perhaps, not a single alchemist will repeat what he was doing because this act is akin to destroying their treasured medicinal cauldron.

Their surprise does not end here. When the extract inside the pot picking up its heat again, a distinctive aroma different from what a Purified Corpse Extract should smell came out for the first time.

"How can the Purified Corpse Extract smells like this?" they were shocked by the wooden gum aftertaste fragrance that came from neither hot nor warm cauldron.

"The preparation is now complete. Let's put everything together!" Qin Lan controlled his Spiritual Qi and pulled the content from three different cauldrons out.

The milky juices from the Yao Beast's Marrows. The essence from the three kinds of herbs. And the warm Purified Corpse Extract. When the content is mixed together, the composition turns the unfinished elixir into a brownish blood color. A stench of blood seeps out, although there's no blood is in used here.

"Now, we're left with firing the cauldron." Qin Lan smiled as he drops the blob of elixir back into the third cauldron.

Everyone else was grinning on their face as they already can guess what's the success rate for this Marrow Cleansing Pill in front of them.

**Knock - Knock - Knock!**

"Commander Qin, a problem at the Fort Entrance! We have a carriage with envoys from the Country of Wei and a wandering fifth-level Bone Expert!