I briefly doubted that perhaps my presence had caused some change. Yet, I did not know exactly what had changed, as I had not altered much and had not even had the chance to make any changes.
For instance, I could not claim the progeny stone.
However, I did change today’s assassination attempt; maybe that had something to do with the present situation.
"Th-this, wait! Give me some time; I will increase my Qi level to break free from the Rakshasa Blood potion..."
’!!’
’What the hell?!’ Suddenly hearing her mention the name of the potion, which she seemed to have taken to freeze her bloodline, my mouth dropped open in disbelief.
I could not comprehend what exactly this woman was trying to achieve by drinking that cursed potion sold by that scammer crow or raven, whatever it was.
I found everything difficult to process, especially this revelation from the princess about how she just took something used to kill demonic beasts on herself—something that belonged to the upper realm, used there as poison to block internal energy, and sold here in the lower realm by one of the scamming crows, who referred to it as unique material after being duped by a witch.
’Ah shit, what is happening here after all?!’ I found it very hard to understand exactly what was happening with the princess, who was crying while mentioning how she had sealed her Dantian by drinking a potion that had minimal significance in the upper realm, but here in the lower realm was portrayed as very rare and sold in the neighboring kingdom at an enormous cost.
The potion, in particular, was prepared from Rakshasa blood; that was its major ingredient. But unlike how it sounds—blood of some demon—it was actually the red cremation liquid, like water falling from a natural water resource in the upper realm.
I could not exactly recall from which one, but it was like iron, abundant in the upper realms, much like here where a particular witch used to sell it to a crow who scammed its summoners by claiming how rare and unique it was while acting all wise and old.
’Wait, Princess, did you get it from a raven?’ I instantly inquired, doubting that the princess had also fallen for that scamming crow, who not only got scammed by the witch but was also scamming its summoners too, creating a circle of scams. Much like how diamonds in my old world were overvalued by fake control over the exchange rate, even though they were abundant, this potion was also inflated casually.
’Activate telepathy.’ Knowing that people might keep an eye on me and hear our conversation, I directly activated a telepathic conversation with her for precaution.
[ Establishing the Telepathic corridor ]
// !?—How can I hear you without Qi? //
The princess, even in her present state, did not shy away from showing her intellect by asking about the region where I was communicating with her without having Qi, even though hers was sealed at that moment.
’That’s not the matter, Princess. Did you get scammed—shit, never mind!’ Although I wanted to ask many questions, I realized that opening the city door needed to take priority, considering I was feeling feverish all over my body, and this cold was too much for me to withstand. I swiftly turned towards the system.
’How many years of Qi have I collected?’ I directly inquired, knowing the weakness of that particular potion. Though it appeared to be somewhat overpowered for sealing away someone’s internal energy, in truth, it had a limitation: it only sealed the fixed amount of energy present at that moment in the user’s body rather than completely sealing it off.
So, if there was a small spark or increase in the level of internal energy, the whole path would break free and the effect of the potion would vanish.
This particular property made it useful as poison for hunting spirit beasts in the upper realms, as, unlike humans who knew breathing techniques and could cultivate, some of the beasts were just mutated with internal energy and had no way to increase it.
Thus, this potion was particularly used on them for hunting purposes.
[ Currently, it has been around 650 years of cultivation. ]
’What?’ Hearing the amount being less than I expected, I realized that those assassins I had killed on my way to the capital city were still lying there after turning into EXPs, as I had not collected their stats.
Excluding them likely meant that the major portion of the overall stats here was from Kyle and his party.
’Give her one year of it.’ I was definitely not stingy, but rather than showing my important card to someone whose loyalty I could not confirm, I thought it was a risky move. So, I just gave enough internal energy to her to break free from the effect of the poison, allowing us to at least have a conversation where she would not kill me but rather see some profit from me.
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Naturally, her presence as my wife would help keep weaker individuals from attempting assassination on me, elevating my overall status, which had already been depleted after being banished to the Northern Territories.
So, now that we were married and I had already dodged the first red flag, I needed to deal with her. Of course, I was hesitant if she were to attack me when I met her, but still, I acted, as without her help things would not go well for me, as either way, she needed my assistance, and this was the sole reason for bringing me here today.
But upon my arrival here, I learned how she had poisoned herself, despite my considering her one of the smartest characters in the whole story.
’Maybe I was dumb to think like that.’ I casually remarked, as it is natural for someone to be swayed by emotions; it is a human trait. Someone’s tears do not define their intellect.
I thought how her being serious only defined her as merciless, unlike her current appearance as a normal human being.
[ No doubt ]
’....’
’Do the work.’
[ Bestowing upon, 1 year of cultivation energy to second wife ]