Chapter 351: The Eldest Princess's Sincerity

The Ink-black Flood Dragon's fire is nothing like the previous two flames; its rank is too high, its power terrifying. Its true form, the Ink-black Flood Dragon beast, is a flood dragon, not an ordinary snake, having transformed into flood dragon form, its strength has long surpassed the other two demon beasts, and the fire it naturally breeds is also terrifying—once touched, both flesh and soul will be instantly burned to ash.

This terrifying demonic fire is one of the Ink-black Flood Dragon's main attack methods; even within the Great Qi Dynasty, a few sentences record its terror.

The Ink-black Flood Dragon, enraged, overturned the rivers, destroyed three prefectures' lands, burned the earth, and starved countless people for a thousand li.

Jing Yuheng does not know how those people earlier killed this flood dragon, only knowing that after this battle, the Great Qi Dynasty's fortune was halved, and more than half of the experts perished, most of them slain by this Ink-black Flood Dragon.

How many Golden Core experts fell, how many became souls lost beneath the Ink-black Flood Dragon's fire.

Chen Chuyang swallowed that mass of fire in one gulp—how could Jing Yuheng not cry out in shock? She rushed forward, wanting him to spit it out to prevent him from being burned to ashes by the Ink-black Flood Dragon's fire. She was a step too late, but she did not stop there; instead she reached out, hoping to press on Chen Chuyang's throat to stop the fire from entering his dantian.

Chen Chuyang raised his hand, stopping her motion, grasped her right hand, and smiled faintly: 'No need to worry, I'm fine.'

Jing Yuheng still felt uneasy, asking: 'You must not act recklessly; the Ink-black Flood Dragon's fire is terrifying, not comparable to the previous two beast fires. You'd better spit it out, don't court death.'

Chen Chuyang laughed and shook his head: 'No need for that, I really am fine.'

Like other fires, the Ink-black Flood Dragon's fire, upon entering the belly, is instantly surrounded, wrapped by the Primordial True Fire, devoured, its will crushed, unable to stir any disturbance; no matter how strong, before the Primordial True Fire it is merely a younger sibling.

Crushed, devoured, becoming part of the Primordial True Fire, the excess impurities expelled; Chen Chuyang opened his mouth, spat out a mouthful of black gas, and let out a satisfied belch.

"Burp."

"Now I'm satisfied; your three flames are excellent, taste good, I'm content. Please tell the Eldest Princess thank you for the gift—I liked it, and next time you can send gifts like this one."

Jing Yuheng: "……"

Do you really think these beast fires are like cabbage? Even if the Eldest Princess collects them, it's not easy—how much cost to find these three flames? You open your mouth and demand three flames again; how is the princess supposed to collect them?

Jing Yuheng's face darkened; she does not want to go through another death battle, nor pay the price for a mass of beast fire.

He is completely unaware of the danger; Chen Chuyang only thinks of himself, truly.

"How so? You don't want to give?"

Jing Yuheng recalled the Eldest Princess's words, quickly shaking her head: 'No, it's just that your demands are too high; these three beast fires are of high quality, next time we probably won't find such good beast fire.'

Within the sealed world, demon beasts are limited; higher-level demon beasts are even fewer, and those that nurture beast fire among them are rarer still—not every demon beast gives birth to beast fire; generally, only fire-attribute demon beasts can nurture beast fire, making them even scarcer.

To find one and then kill it is no easy task.

Within the Great Qi Dynasty, they can be counted on one hand; so far, none have satisfied Chen Chuyang.

This is Jing Yuheng's trouble; she told Chen Chuyang face to face that the difficulty is too great, the time needed will be long—unlike this time, when we found it so quickly and delivered it to him.

"That's the situation; our world's resources are limited, the powerful demon beasts that can be born are limited, and the dynasty stores some flames internally—those flames are not usable by the Eldest Princess; I hope you can understand."

After all, the Eldest Princess is merely a princess, not the emperor.

Jing Yuheng is also hinting to Chen Chuyang: we need your help; if you want more beast fire and other resources, you must assist us.

Chen Chuyang laughed: 'I naturally understand; rest assured, I have plenty of pills, I feel your sincerity—this time, tell me how many pills you want, just speak up.'

Jing Yuheng's face lit up; having prepared for so long and brought all this, it was just for this sentence. Knowing Chen Chuyang's character and temperament, she no longer hesitated, speaking: 'The Eldest Princess means ten times more than last time; of course, regarding raw materials, the Eldest Princess can prepare them for you, plus some of the spirit and magic artifact fragments you want.'

"Everything's inside; take a look."

Saying that, Jing Yuheng handed over a storage bag with relatively large space; Chen Chuyang glanced inside—many fragments, piled into a small hill. It's clear the Eldest Princess collected them painstakingly, spending much thought; so many fragments are not cheap, nor easy to gather.

Spiritual and magic artifact fragments are also valuable, though not as valuable as intact spirit and magic artifacts, they still cost money to buy; this quantity exceeded Chen Chuyang's expectations—indeed, the dynasty's foundations are deep, these fragments are merely the tip of the iceberg.

Speaking of spiritual and magic artifacts, the Eldest Princess might not be able to provide many, but fragments are easy to gather, posing little difficulty.

The mountain‑piled fragments, however, are not as valuable as the spiritual herbs beside them.

"Collecting these spiritual herbs is not easy; fortunately the Eldest Princess herself has a merchant guild engaged in various trades, which can meet your needs. Moreover, these fragments—many magic artifact fragments, fewer spirit artifact fragments—are also not easy to gather."

"The Eldest Princess has already ordered downwards to keep helping you collect fragments; next time she should be able to send another batch."

"Lord Chen Chuyang, the Princess values our friendship greatly; I hope you understand."

Jing Yuheng reiterated: their friendship and cooperation are better than others'; the Eldest Princess would rather spend a little extra to help collect, something others could not do.

This also reminds Chen Chuyang that the Eldest Princess is currently his only option.

"I understand; I agree to your demands—I'll give you the pills."

Chen Chuyang took out a portion of pills for her—exactly what she needed.

Jing Yuheng overjoyed; cooperating with Chen Chuyang is refreshing—no need to worry so much, nor fret that he might change his mind.

Having received the pills, after checking, Jing Yuheng felt satisfied; the Eldest Princess's task, she completed.

"Here is another newly researched pill of higher grade—consider it my gift to the Eldest Princess."

Chen Chuyang then produced an upgraded Dragon Blood Pill and handed it to Jing Yuheng.