Haaaah...
Jiang Chen slowly withdrew his power.
He looked at the thirty gleaming golden elixirs in his hand and shook his head.
'They still haven't reached Purple Gold Quality.'
'At this level of power, they can threaten a Martial King Eighth Layer Heaven expert at most.'
'If I could get them to Purple Gold Quality, no one below the Martial Arts Realm would be able to escape them.'
He was a little disappointed. After all, he still hadn't managed to refine a Purple Gold Quality Thunder Pill.
To improve the quality of his elixirs, Jiang Chen needed to continuously hone his Alchemy Skill.
It wasn't something that could be achieved overnight; he had to take it slow.
Still, these would be enough for now.
He couldn't easily reveal his zombies; they needed to be kept secret.
But these Thunder Pills could be used freely.
He still had some materials left.
However, he stopped his alchemy for the time being. Thirty pills were plenty.
He stood up and stretched.
Only then did he slowly walk out of the secret room where he had been in seclusion.
He entered his main room and saw that it was already afternoon, with the sun slanting in the west.
His alchemy session had taken a full day and a half.
Jiang Chen opened the door, just about to step out.
He saw Xiao Jun waiting outside.
Xiao Jun started, then hurriedly said to Jiang Chen, "Young Master, you're finally out! The Third Prince's men have been waiting for you in the reception hall for a long time."
Jiang Chen knew at once that the Third Prince's men must have brought him what he needed.
He nodded. "Alright, I'll go see."
He followed Xiao Jun to the reception hall.
Sure enough, he saw several royal military officers sitting there.
When they saw Jiang Chen enter, the royal military officers all turned to look.
Xiao Jun introduced him to the officers. "This is our Young Master."
Hearing this, they hurriedly rose and bowed to Jiang Chen.
Their attitude was extremely respectful.
"Greetings, Young Master Jiang."
Jiang Chen waved his hand. "No need for formalities."
"Please, sit."
But they showed no intention of sitting down.
With a flash of light from his hand, a spatial ring appeared. The lead officer respectfully presented the ring to Jiang Chen and said, "Young Master Jiang, this is from our Third Prince. Please accept it."
Jiang Chen didn't stand on ceremony. He had asked the Third Prince for a large amount of alchemy materials and knew that with the prince's resources, he would certainly be able to acquire them easily.
Even though they were worth around five hundred million, it surely wouldn't have been a problem for the Third Prince.
Seeing these officers arrive, he knew he had succeeded.
He took the Spatial Ring and swept his Divine Thought across it.
Immediately, he saw countless materials packed densely together.
There were even many large barrels which, without even opening, Jiang Chen knew contained the fresh blood of Demon Beasts.
He needed to refine Blood Corpse Pills, and the blood of Demon Beasts was essential.
The other materials were all there as well—in fact, there was more than he had asked for, not less.
He said to the officers, "Thank you for your trouble. Please go back and thank the Third Prince for me. Tell him I will personally visit his residence in a few days."
Since he had accepted the Third Prince's things, Jiang Chen was prepared to help him out.
First, it would help the Third Prince ascend to the position of Sovereign. Second, he could get his revenge and kill Wen Shixi.
It was killing two birds with one stone.
Accepting the Third Prince's items was merely a way to test his sincerity.
To see if he was someone capable of great things.
If the Third Prince hadn't even been willing to part with these things, it would have proven him a man of narrow vision, and Jiang Chen would not have wanted to waste any effort helping him.
As for revenge, he could just slowly cultivate his army of zombies; it wasn't as if he couldn't get his revenge that way.
"Yes, we will report this to the Third Prince exactly as you've said."
"We'll take our leave."
Without another word, the officers departed.
Jiang Chen was very satisfied.
Only Xiao Jun, Mr. Jiao, Zhan Yang, and the others looked on with suspicion.
"Jiang Chen, you know the Third Prince?"
Someone of the Third Prince's status giving things to Jiang Chen—it was very strange.
None of them thought it was possible for Jiang Chen to know the Third Prince.
Jiang Chen nodded and didn't deny it. "That's right, I know him."
Of course, the reason Jiang Chen knew the Third Prince was because the prince had taken the initiative to seek him out.
At this, everyone was even more astonished.
After a brief farewell, ignoring everyone's shocked gazes, Jiang Chen prepared to enter seclusion once more to perform alchemy.
If he was going to assist the Third Prince, he needed to cultivate his own power base even more.
That horde of zombies was naturally the most suitable seed for him to cultivate.
Back in the secret room, Jiang Chen inspected the Spatial Ring. As expected, the contents were all there.
'But first, I'll refine a batch of Second-Grade Blood Corpse Pills.'
Jiang Chen had requested materials not only for Third-Grade Blood Corpse Pills but for Second-Grade ones as well.
After all, the Green-haired Zombies also needed to evolve.
Otherwise, with the Green-haired Zombies' current Combat Power, they wouldn't be much help to Jiang Chen.
If he could evolve all the Green-haired Zombies into Silver-haired Zombies—no, into Golden-haired Zombie Kings—he would have hundreds of Martial Arts experts by his side.
Even against a Martial Emperor, with hundreds of Martial Arts experts and his Infinite Sword Array, Jiang Chen would be able to put up a fight.
Therefore, cultivating these zombies was an urgent matter.
After a full two days, Jiang Chen had refined over a thousand Second-Grade Blood Corpse Pills.
The red Blood Corpse Pills emanated an endless golden light, naturally mixed with quite a few rays of purple-gold light.
He could now refine any Second-Grade Elixir to Purple Gold Quality with ease.
After distributing these Second-Grade Blood Corpse Pills to the Green-haired Zombies, Jiang Chen once again began refining the Third-Grade Blood Corpse Pills.
This refining session took another five full days.
Haaaah...
Jiang Chen finally finished his work.
He gazed at the more than six hundred Third-Grade Blood Corpse Pills before him.
Amazingly, the ten elixirs from the very last batch had been refined to Purple Gold Quality.
'With these Blood Corpse Pills, I have enough to evolve all the Silver-haired Zombies into Golden-haired Zombies.'
Jiang Chen made a quick mental calculation. One Third-Grade Blood Corpse Pill could raise a Silver-haired Zombie's Cultivation from the Martial King Realm to the Martial King First Heaven.
This evolution would take ten days.
And to go from Martial King First Heaven to Martial King Second Layer Heaven would require two Third-Grade Blood Corpse Pills.
He currently had about twenty Silver-haired Zombies.
Six hundred Blood Corpse Pills were still not quite enough.
Furthermore, some of the Green-haired Zombies would evolve into Silver-haired Zombies in a short time.
He had spent a full five hundred million on materials just to refine these elixirs.
Jiang Chen shook his head with a wry smile.
'Alchemy really is an incredibly expensive business.'
It was true. The higher the grade of an elixir, the more precious it was, and the materials alone cost a fortune.
Of course, spending five hundred million to evolve all the Silver-haired Zombies into Golden-haired Zombies was worth it.
It just required time.
For these zombies to complete their evolution would take more than half a year.
More than half a year wasn't a long time, relatively speaking.
'Forget it. I'll take it slow.'
Jiang Chen knew he couldn't rush things.
Besides, now that he was starting to cultivate his zombies, a mere Spirit Beast Bag was no longer enough to meet his needs.
'If only I could get a Spatial Treasure.'
A Spatial Treasure contained a vast space.
Some even contained their own self-sufficient world.
Inside, one could cultivate Spirit Grass, raise Spirit Beasts, and even foster one's own power base.
But that kind of Spatial Treasure was at least an Immortal Artifact and extremely rare.
He could only dream about it for now.
'How pathetic. I have nothing.'
'So frustrating.'
Jiang Chen sighed. In this life, he realized, he lacked everything. He lacked money, and he lacked treasures.
It was nothing like his previous life, where he had lacked nothing and could have anything he wanted.
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