After Grandmaster Wang and other people of the Azure Dragon Country left, Zhao Yufei's grandfather hurriedly walked to Zhao Yufei, and only after seeing that she was just unconscious did he heaved a sigh of relief.
Seeing that Zhao Yufei was ok, he told Zhao Qing'er to bring Zhao Yufei with her to the Imperial Palace and for him to return.
Zhao Qing'er left with Zhao Yufei and only after that did he checked the other unconscious geniuses on the ground.
"Everyone, there is no need to panic. They are just unconscious and will wake up soon so bring the geniuses of your country with you and go back to your countries."
After telling the people to take the geniuses back to their corresponding countries, he pointed at Duan Jundi and said, "This boy is dead. As for the other two, they are heavily injured!"
After informing his subordinates to take Hao Yue and Ning Qi to the alchemist association so that the alchemists there could refine some pills to heal them. As for Duan Jundi, that old man send his corpse to his family.
After doing all of this, he returned to the Imperial Palace and arrived where Zhao Yufei and Zhao Qing'er were waiting for him. Zhao Qing'er fed Zhao Yufei a grade six healing pill. Only because of that pill, Zhao Yufei regained her consciousness this soon.
"Grandfather!" Both girls looked at their grandfather and greeted him with a playful smile.
That old man nodded his head, looked at Zhao Yufei, and asked, "Yufei, since you have stayed at the Azure Dragon Country for a few years, you should know who those men and that girl were, right?"
Hearing this, Zhao Yufei's playful smile vanished and she became serious. When she thought of Tong Nian's terrifying aura, she could not help but shiver in fear.
"Grandfather, I don't know much about that girl. I only know that she was working in the Treasure Pavilion of the Azure Dragon Country and the old man beside him was the owner of that Treasure Pavilion. As for the other old man, he was the Grandmaster of Alchemy, Grandmaster Wang." Zhao Yufei replied.
"Who is that boy whom they were searching for?" That old man once again asked.
"His name is Ye Xiao. I heard that he is the only disciple of Grandmaster Wang." Zhao Yufei replied softly.
Grandmaster Wang nodded his head then he looked at Qing'er and said, "Qing'er, Grandmaster Wang told you to search for his disciple and his disciple could help you with anything that is related to a dragon. Do you know why?"
"I... don't know!" Zhao Qing'er shook her head and replied, then suddenly as if she remembered something, she once again said, "Grandfather, do you remember the drop of dragon's blood that you helped me to absorb previously so that I could practice that martial arts successfully?"
"Yes, is that related to that boy called Ye Xiao?"
"Yes, that drop of dragon's blood was given to me by Ye Xiao!"
"Hmm! Although the chances are extremely low but if that boy called Ye Xiao ever come out of the Secret Realm!" That old man thought deeply and said.
"Grandfather, I and Ye Xiao are already very good friends!" it was Zhao Yufei who said this.
"Oh! Is that so? Hmm, good. If he comes out of the Secret Realm, you two girls try to win his heart. If he starts liking either of you, he will bring many benefits to our empire."
"His master and other two are definitely no ordinary people. That little girl was already at the Peak Saint Realm at such a young age. She almost killed everyone with just her aura alone and the reason for that was because someone said a few bad words for Ye Xiao. If either of you or both of you were to marry that boy Ye Xiao, we can develop our relationship with those three people through him and our Grand Xia Empire can become even more powerful."
When Zhao Yufei and Zhao Qing'er heard her grandfather, both of their faces flushed red from embarrassment. Zhao Qing'er looked at her grandfather and said with some resentment, "Grandfather, just to gain the support of someone, you are trying to sacrifice your us!"
"No, you are wrong. I am not sacrificing you two. Just think about it, with the support of another three Martial Saint Realm cultivators, how powerful our country can become. And..."
"Grandfather, enough! I am tired. I am going to rest for a while!"
Zhao Qing'er did not let her grandfather finish what he was saying. She stood up and walked away. Although she had already met Ye Xiao and had a good impression of him, she never looked at Ye Xiao in the way her grandfather was telling her to look.
Her grandfather never let her or her sister develop feelings toward anyone. He always told her to cultivate and become powerful and according to him, developing feelings for anyone was just a waste of time.
But now, he was actually telling her to attract Ye Xiao and make him love her. Well, this was not the thing that she felt about. What she felt bad about was that her grandfather was actually using her and her sister as a tool to let her country become powerful.
When Zhao Qing'er left, Zhao Yufei also stood up to leave. She said, "Grandfather, I think I should also leave!"
Saying this, she also walked away with a flushed face, leaving her grandfather behind. Her grandfather also saw Zhao Yufei and understood that Zhao Yufei already had feelings toward Ye Xiao.
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Hao Yue and Ning Qi were brought to the Alchemist Association by the subordinates of Zhao Yufei's grandfather. After feeding a few pills to them, both of them regained their consciousness but soon discovered that their meridians were messed up terribly and there were also few internal injuries that would take years to heal.
Seeing this state of themselves, their hatred toward Ye Xiao increased once again. They swore if Ye Xiao were to ever come out of the Secret Realm, they will definitely kill him.