Chapter 4

Once the rain started, it never stopped.

It rained for seven full days, and the entire city of Xinzheng was almost flooded.

Although the earlier drought had made the monarch and officials of the State of Han anxious, when the flooding was about to occur, the King of Han and the others hoped that the rain would stop soon.

If it continued to fall, the King of Han was prepared to ask that gentleman who had prayed for rain to pray for clear skies.

Fortunately, in the end, he did not ask that gentleman to pray for clear skies.

Because starting from the early morning, the downpour had gradually begun to turn smaller, and by the afternoon, it was only a drizzling light rain; it looked like this rain was about to stop.

However, the impact of this rain on the State of Han was enormous.

First, seven days of downpour allowed the dried-up ponds and reservoirs of the State of Han to become full again; the drought was basically over. Even if it were clear for a while, with sufficient water sources, it would be enough to support them until the autumn harvest.

Second, for the monarch and officials of the State of Han, their cognition was overturned.

It turns out that in this world, there really are capable people and extraordinary talents who can summon wind and rain.

In the Wang Cheng, in a palace room that the King of Han had people temporarily cleared out, blue smoke curled in the incense burner, releasing a strange fragrance.

Su Xuan had changed into a white garment, making him look even more handsome and refined.

Behind the King of Han followed some attendants, who were carrying several boxes and placing them on the ground.

"We know that you might not look down on these yellow and white things, but earlier, with the long drought and no rain, We issued an edict to reward capable people for praying for rain, and once offered a bounty of ten thousand taels of gold."

"Now, you have successfully prayed for rain for our State of Han, resolving this drought that is rare to see in decades!"

"Please accept these yellow and white things!"

As the King of Han spoke, he ordered people to open the boxes.

Immediately, the golden yellow things reflected into Su Xuan's eyes.

Su Xuan just glanced at them slightly and ignored them.

Seeing this, the King of Han couldn't help but sigh in his heart: truly a peerless master, unmoved by these external things. If the edict hadn't already been issued, he wouldn't have wanted to take out these ten thousand taels of gold just to show his commitment to keeping his word in front of this master.

Ten thousand taels of gold is enough to cover one-tenth of the border army's military pay.

Even for him, taking this out made his heart ache immensely.

But some face must be maintained, and it had to be maintained to the end.

"Since it is Your Majesty's request, then I will accept these things!" Su Xuan said lightly.

Upon hearing this, the King of Han felt another pang of heart ache, and his face couldn't help but twitch a few times.

Su Xuan couldn't help but smile faintly in his heart, knowing that the King of Han was reluctant to part with this gold, but he did not decline these things. A person must keep their word; he prayed for rain for the King of Han, and these things were originally what he deserved.

Now, with the rain successfully prayed for, if nothing unexpected happens, he already has some status in the eyes of the King of Han.

However, since he wants to be a master, simply praying for rain is clearly not enough to maintain the persona of a master.

After accepting the ten thousand taels of gold, he said to the King of Han: "I observe that Your Majesty's complexion is not good; it must be because of the drought recently, worrying about the country and the people, which has damaged your spirit!"

"Oh? Are you proficient in the art of observing Qi?"

The King of Han was a bit surprised; he had indeed been a bit tired recently.

However, the specific reason was not because of worrying about the country and the people. Admittedly, the drought had worried him for a while, but the reason he appeared tired was mainly because during this period, in order to resolve the frustration in his heart, he had indulged in excessive lust.

However, such things were clearly inconvenient to say out loud.

"Regarding the arts of observing Qi and medicine, I am slightly proficient in one or two!" Su Xuan did not act too arrogantly by saying he was proficient in medical skills; he appeared very humble.

However, to the King of Han, this was clearly Su Xuan being modest.

A master who can summon wind and rain, the "slightly proficient in one or two" in his mouth is, compared to ordinary doctors, an existence that one looks up to like a high mountain.

"Then in your opinion, how should We recuperate?"

Su Xuan said: "I can refine a furnace of elixir for Your Majesty!"

"In that case, I will trouble you, sir!" The King of Han quickly said to Su Xuan.

In fact, he didn't care whether the elixir Su Xuan mentioned was useful or not.

What was important was the attitude Su Xuan showed him this time.

After he gave the ten thousand taels of gold to Su Xuan, there was no doubt that he had won over this master.

Otherwise, even if the other party were proficient in the arts of observing Qi and medicine, he would definitely not have pointed out that his spirit was damaged, nor would he have taken the initiative to offer to refine elixir for him.

This is a good thing!

A master who can summon wind and rain.

During a drought, he can summon rain for him. If such a master were to apply the art of summoning wind and rain to the battlefield, what would happen?

The State of Han is weak and is close to the powerful State of Qin.

Although the King of Han appears to indulge in sensual pleasures, he is not stupid; in his heart, he still hopes that the State of Han can be powerful.

The appearance of the master gave the King of Han hope for breaking the situation.

The King of Han left, and not long after, other attendants came, just like when they carried the ten thousand taels of gold, and sent many precious medicinal materials to Su Xuan, so that he could use them to refine elixir.

After Su Xuan received the medicinal materials, he did not delay and began to refine the elixir.

Summoning wind and rain is a great supernatural power among the thirty-six Heavenly Spirit methods, which he does not know.

But refining elixir, he really knows how to do.

Among the seventy-two Earthly Fiend arts, there are many alchemy techniques.

Medicine, gold and silver, making pills, auxiliary food, boiling stones—some are purely alchemy techniques, while others have some connection to elixir.

When Su Xuan came to this world, the first technique he mastered was "Guidance", and the technique that made his strength advance greatly was "Ingestion". With the help of the "Ingestion" technique, refining some pills to nourish the body is not a difficult thing.

While Su Xuan began to seclude himself in the palace to refine elixir.

In the city of Xinzheng, many people also paid attention to Su Xuan's movements.

Among them, the Grand General Ji Ji Wuye was the most concerned about Su Xuan.

He admitted that he had misjudged.

He thought it was a swindler, but he didn't expect that the person could really summon wind and rain.

Such a master, not staying by his side, but instead being kept in the palace by the King of Han, made him inevitably a bit depressed, and at the same time, made him feel a trace of threat.

Why is he, Ji Ji Wuye, able to have power over the court and the public?

It relies on the favor of His Majesty!

If His Majesty chooses to favor this master of unknown origin, then the favor belonging to him will be reduced by a large portion.

This is not a good thing.

Therefore, he needs to know the latest movements of this person to judge the degree of threat the other party poses.