...
She knew that if she were to refuse again, it would be ungrateful.
"Good! Good! Good!"
Granny Ye Ci said "good" three times in a row, taking the nine-graded purple ganoderma with trembling hands.
She suddenly took a step back and bowed deeply to Luo Nan, her voice ringing with power:
"Lord Luo Nan! From now on, this old woman's life belongs to you!"
"As long as Your Lordship has a use for this old woman, this old woman will go through fire and water without hesitation!"
"You flatter me, Senior. Quickly take the medicine." Luo Nan smiled as he helped Granny Ye Ci up.
Granny Ye Ci hesitated no longer, sitting cross-legged on the soft couch in the reception hall, and placed the nine-graded purple ganoderma into her mouth.
The Immortal Plant melted upon entering her mouth, transforming into an extremely pure and gentle purple warm current.
It instantly surged into her limbs and bones, converging toward her withered and ruined Spirit Origin.
In an instant, a faint purple-gold halo enveloped Granny Ye Ci entirely.
Her originally paper-white complexion began to turn rosy at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The wrinkles on her face seemed to be slowly smoothing out.
"Yuehua, watch over Senior Ye here and serve as her Protector. Once she finishes digesting the medicinal power, arrange for her to go rest."
Luo Nan turned his head and instructed Tang Yuehua.
"Rest assured, Husband, leave this place to me." Tang Yuehua obediently nodded.
"Mhm, I'm going out to handle some matters and will be back soon."
After finishing his instructions, Luo Nan turned and walked out of the reception hall.
...
Just as Luo Nan walked out of the gates of the Moon Pavilion and arrived at the mouth of a dim alley, his footsteps suddenly stopped.
He did not look back, but instead spoke faintly toward the heavy shadows deep in the alley:
"In the middle of the night, Your Highness the dignified prince is not in his estate sleeping with a beautiful concubine, yet he wears night-walker clothes and hides in a dark alley at someone else's doorstep. If word of this gets out, I'm afraid it would damage the royal family's dignity, wouldn't it?"
Following Luo Nan's words, a burst of awkward dry coughs came from the shadows deep in the alley.
Soon after, a man dressed in black night-walker clothes walked out from the darkness.
It was none other than Prince Xue Xing, who had left Moon Pavilion not long ago!
At this time, where was there still any trace of royal nobility's majesty on Prince Xue Xing?
That tight outfit looked extremely comical on him, and his forehead was covered in a fine layer of cold sweat. The look in his eyes as he gazed at Luo Nan was filled with unmasked awe and fear.
"Luo... Luo Nan, my brother..."
Prince Xue Xing hurried over to Luo Nan, even his form of address changed, and his voice was kept extremely low, even carrying a hint of a tremor:
"I... I simply couldn't sit still in the estate! Just now in the reception hall, my mind was entirely filled with last night's events!"
Prince Xue Xing swallowed hard, staring fixedly at Luo Nan as if trying to read something from his face:
"Brother Luo Nan, give me the bottom line..."
"That mysterious powerhouse outside the city last night who beat Bone Douluo Gu Rong until his heart meridians were completely shattered and he was left half-dead... was it... was it you?!"
Luo Nan looked at Prince Xue Xing's nervous expression and readily admitted:
"That's right, I did it."
"That old bone was blind and insisted on blocking my way, so I casually left him a souvenir."
"Hiss—!"
Hearing Luo Nan personally admit it, Prince Xue Xing abruptly drew in a sharp breath, his legs turning soft, almost causing him to kneel directly on the ground.
Casually left him a souvenir?!
That was a level ninety-five Bone Douluo!
The backbone of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!
Was actually beaten to the brink of death by Luo Nan so casually?!
Exactly how terrifying has Luo Nan's strength reached?!
Prince Xue Xing's brain went completely blank, his worldview suffering extremely severe shocks.
He suddenly remembered something, abruptly raising his head, his eyes filled with extreme horror as he stammered:
"Then... then last year... last year, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect's Yu Yuanzhen... he... he was also..."
"I did that too."
Luo Nan shrugged.
"Speaking of which, I still have to thank Your Highness the prince."
"If it weren't for you continuously providing me with so many precious Cultivation resources all these years."
"My strength wouldn't have improved so fast, and naturally I wouldn't have been able to kill Yu Yuanzhen so easily."
"Boom!"
Prince Xue Xing only felt like he was struck by lightning, his entire being completely numbed.
Yu Yuanzhen!
Gu Rong!
Both were level ninety-five Super Douluo!
Among them, one was even a Titled Douluo who excelled in defense!
These two peerless powerhouses who could trigger major earthquakes just by stamping their feet on the Douluo Continent had actually all fallen into the hands of the young man in his early twenties right before his eyes!
Prince Xue Xing couldn't listen to Luo Nan's subsequent teasing words at all right now; his mind was left with only a single thought:
Luo Nan was a thorough monster!
He was a terrifying existence sufficient to single-handedly subvert the entire Heaven Dou Empire and even the layout of the entire continent!
After a full several minutes, Prince Xue Xing reluctantly recovered his wits from that extreme shock.
When he looked at Luo Nan again, there was no longer any calculation or exploitation in his eyes.
He was very clear that he and Luo Nan were now thoroughly tied to the same boat.
The stronger Luo Nan was, the more confidence he had!
Prince Xue Xing took a deep breath: "Brother Luo Nan, since Gu Rong was injured by you, then... then how should we handle this next?"
"The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect is definitely looking for the murderer everywhere like a mad dog right now; Gu Rong's life and death directly relates to the layout of the Upper Three Sects!"
"How to handle Gu Rong? Very simple."
Luo Nan's voice echoed in the dim alley, exuding a hair-raising calculation:
"He cannot die, but he must absolutely not live! Half-dead, that is his best destination!"
"Half-dead?" Prince Xue Xing was stunned for a moment, asking with some puzzlement.
"Brother, why is this? If he is directly allowed to die, wouldn't the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect suffer a massive loss in strength?"
"Foolish!"
"If Gu Rong dies right now, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect will contract, and then concentrate resources, using the fastest speed and most resources to find a way to smash out the next Titled Douluo."
"If the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect only has one Titled Douluo, the threat isn't much to speak of."
"However, if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect has two Titled Douluo like now, even if one of them is newly ascended to Titled Douluo."
"Then their position among the Upper Three Sects is quite stable, and they are difficult to move against."
"Therefore, the best method is to keep him hanging by a single breath, turning him into a bottomless pit for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect!"
Luo Nan leaned closer to Prince Xue Xing and lowered his voice to say:
"After you go back, immediately mobilize the royal family's power to find a few so-called reclusive divine doctors for Ning Fengzhi."
"I will secretly have someone concoct an extremely complex medicinal recipe, which, combined with those healing-type Spirit Masters, will be just enough to keep Gu Rong's life hanging."
"Make it so he cannot die, but can never wake up either!"
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