211 Empress Dowager’s Plan
After the empress left, Lin Ran sat opposite Liu Ruxi and looked into her eyes. “Now, tell me why you are doing this.”
“For the Heavenly Saint Dynasty.”
Liu Ruxi replied softly. It seemed like after the empress left, she had become much more honest.
Lin Ran sneered in disdain. “Did you create hundreds of grandmasters for the Great Yong Dynasty to destroy the Heavenly Saint Dynasty?”
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“On the contrary, I’m doing this for the prosperity of the Heavenly Saint Dynasty.”
Liu Ruxi shook her head. It was unknown if she was guilty or afraid that others would hear her, but her voice was very low, but her eyes were abnormally firm.
Seeing this, Lin Ran knew that there was no need to probe further. He asked hesitantly, “What… are they?”
The “they” Lin Ran mentioned were the hundreds of Grandmasters in Nanjiang Town, but he really didn’t know if these Grandmasters were considered human.
“Cocoon.”
Liu Ruxi spat out a word. She knew what Lin Ran was asking. “You can call them ‘cocoons’.”
Lin Ran raised his eyebrows. “Is this how you lie to yourself?”
Liu Ruxi didn’t say anything, as if she didn’t hear Lin Ran’s mockery. She paused for a moment before continuing, “There are too many things involved in this matter. If I tell you everything, it will take a long time. Tell me what you know first. I’ll correct and add.”
Lin Ran nodded and said, “I don’t know the exact time, but that was the last time you fought as a general of the Heavenly Saint Dynasty. After that, you changed your identity and infiltrated Great Yong…”
“I was recruited.”
Liu Ruxi corrected him. “They know my identity.”
Lin Ran nodded and continued, “After that, you began the production of the cocoons in Great Yong. You established the True Martial Workshop and began selecting suitable children across the entire Great Yong Dynasty. You used a certain method to forcefully increase their cultivation level…”
“First of all, the selection happened in the past few years. Before that, I didn’t have enough information. It was very difficult to select a specimen with a high success rate, so many people were killed in the early stages.”
Liu Ruxi said softly, but there was no guilt in her tone.
After a pause, Liu Ruxi continued, “Secondly, the ‘certain method’ you mentioned is a cultivation technique that belongs to the Heavenly Saint Royal Family. Its name is Regal Descent. I modified it and turned it into the method I’m using now…”
At this point, Liu Ruxi suddenly looked at the door and continued in a low voice, “Wan’er should have also practiced this cultivation technique. I don’t want her to follow in my footsteps, so I can’t tell you the exact steps.”
Lin Ran nodded to show that he understood. Although he had also mastered Regal Descent, he was really not interested in making the cocoons.
Although the empress was very jealous that Great Yong had hundreds of grandmasters, if she knew the truth, Lin Ran believed that she wouldn’t be interested either.
After a short silence, Lin Ran continued, “For some reason, these ‘cocoons’ are flawed, and you’re looking for a way to fix it.”
Liu Ruxi nodded, then shook her head. “These ‘cocoons’ are indeed flawed. Their realms have increased too quickly, which will cause their foundation to be unstable. They need to take this pill regularly—”
As she spoke, Liu Ruxi took out a small wooden box from her pocket. After opening it, there was a crystal clear green pill inside.
“After a few modifications, this pill is now very poisonous. One pill alone is enough to kill more than 3,000 people.”
This number made Lin Ran narrow his eyes, but he didn’t say anything.
Liu Ruxi rubbed the smooth surface of the pill with her fingertips, and there was a hint of smugness in her eyes. “But to a martial artist, this is a sought after treasure because it can…”
“Increase the cultivation.” Lin Ran continued softly.
When he first saw this pill, Lin Ran felt that it looked a little familiar. After thinking, he remembered that the first time he saw this pill was in the Heavenly Saint Dynasty. Huo Qiyun brought it back from Great Yong.
At that time, Huo Qiyun was hunting down a martial artist from the Great Yong Dynasty who had insulted the Ten Miles Sword God. After a hard battle, he was about to kill him when the martial artist suddenly took a pill and his strength soared, almost killing Huo Qiyun.
After that, Huo Qiyun investigated and realized that that kind of pill could be seen almost everywhere in Great Yong.
However, the quality of that pill was very ordinary. It looked like donkey dung. On the other hand, the pill in the wooden box looked clearly much more refined.
This was also within Lin Ran’s expectations. The fact that such a heaven-defying pill had entered the hands of the commoners meant that Great Yong had already mastered a more mature technique of making the pill.
Not long ago, Lin Ran and the empress thought that Great Yong would put the pill to use in war. The two of them were surprised that they didn’t use it.
Now that he thought about it, this pill should be specially used by Nanjiang Town, so it did not appear in the war.
At the moment.
Liu Ruxi was clearly surprised to find that Lin Ran knew the effects of this pill.
状态However, she did not ask Lin Ran how he knew. She only rubbed the pill and continued, “In addition to increasing the cultivation, this pill can also consolidate the state of the ‘cocoon’.”
“However, if it’s not consumed after a period of time, the cocoon’s strength will return to normal and it might even die as a result.”
Lin Ran nodded. “Then why did you shake your head just now?”
“You just said that I’m looking for a way to fix the flaw.”
Liu Ruxi mentioned what Lin Ran had just said, but she didn’t continue. She just looked at Lin Ran with sparkling eyes.
Lin Ran was stunned for a few seconds before he suddenly realized something. “You’ve already found the way to fix it?”
Liu Ruxi nodded slightly. Lin Ran’s expression instantly turned extremely ugly!
Now that Liu Ruxi had a way to solve the flaw of the cocoon, this meant that she could create cocoons with a grandmaster realm or even higher.
The “cocoons” would no longer need to live on the pill, and the Great Yong Dynasty would have a true invincible army that could sweep through the world!
“How can you do this?!”
Lin Ran asked the same question he had asked when he entered, but the meaning was completely different.
The first time, Lin Ran wanted to ask Liu Ruxi why she did such an immoral thing. This second time, he wanted to ask Liu Ruxi why she betrayed the Heavenly Saint Dynasty.
“I didn’t betray the Heavenly Saint Dynasty.”
Liu Ruxi understood what Lin Ran meant. Her slender fingers picked up the pill. “I’ve already destroyed the formula. This is the last one in the entire Great Yong.”
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