Chapter 293: Chapter 293: King-level Pharmacist, Soul Capturing Technique

From the moment he made his move, Yang Chan was already planning how to cover his tracks and escape any involvement.

He had already chosen his scapegoat: Princess Lan Yue.

Given Princess Lan Yue’s current precarious situation, it would be perfectly understandable for her to kill someone and flee. Besides, it was only logical for the blame to fall on the Great Zhou Imperial Family.

If the Jin Meng Empire wanted revenge, it was best they directed it at the Imperial Family.

When the two empires were at war, both imperial families surely wanted the other dead as soon as possible. They probably even arranged assassinations. What difference would the bodies of a Jin Meng Empire envoy and Prince make?

"Wait! You’re a Pharmacist, aren’t you?"

"I possess the pharmacist legacy of my master, Xu Chuan, the Vice Alliance Leader of the Pharmacist Alliance! It contains not only the legacy of a Top Level Pharmacist, but also the method to become a King-level Pharmacist, a rank even higher!"

"This is an exceptionally rare inheritance, even within the entire Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty."

"It details the refining process for all sorts of rare elixirs, including the method for the Earth Element Supreme Pill, which is immensely helpful for breaking through to the Martial Saint realm!"

Seeing her life was on the line, Princess Lan Yue played another one of her trump cards.

She truly didn’t want to die. To survive, she was willing to offer up anything.

’Unlike the people from the Jin Meng Empire, Yang Chan must be in need of these things. To obtain them, he probably wouldn’t kill me. I might even be able to achieve my own objective.’

"Sigh... The things you offer are excellent, and I do want them. But you are the source of all my potential trouble."

"If you’re alive, the Six Gates will definitely hunt you down. When they expose your identity, I’ll be the one to suffer."

"Besides, once you’re dead, I can just find what I want on your corpse." 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

Yang Chan sighed. ’As expected of a high-ranking Commandery Princess, she has so many treasures on her.’

’Things ordinary people might never see in their entire lives, Princess Lan Yue possessed them all.’

’Whether it was the Martial Arts Techniques to cultivate to the Martial Saint realm, the High Tier Pharmacist inheritance, or even the King-level Pharmacist inheritance he’d never heard of before—they were all priceless treasures. He desperately wanted them, but it was just too much trouble.’

’Compared to those treasures, killing Princess Lan Yue felt like the safer, more prudent option. It would eliminate any future complications.’

’As for whether he could actually find those things on her corpse, that would be a matter of luck.’

"These are all incredibly precious. Of course I wouldn’t carry them on my person. I’ve committed them all to memory. If you want these treasures, you can only get them from me. Otherwise, you’ll never have them."

Princess Lan Yue blurted this out when she heard his last statement, because she had seen his hand move.

"As for the Six Gates, I have a way to deal with them. I have a special Cultivation Technique that can conceal my aura, as well as the Thousand-Faced Treasure Artifact, which allows me to completely change my appearance so no one can recognize me."

"As long as I assume a plausible new identity, no one will ever find me."

"Your plan to pin the murders of the two Jin Meng Empire officials on me won’t be affected by me staying alive. As long as I’m never found, the outcome will be exactly the same as you intended."

"Twenty li from here is the Qingyuan River, which flows into the Abyssal Sea. All you have to do is toss a few of my belongings and some from these two Jin Meng Empire men into the water. The Six Gates will assume we escaped by jumping into the river and will waste their time searching the Qingyuan River and the Abyssal Sea."

"Then, you just clean up any remaining tracks here, and no one will ever trace this back to you. You’ll get your top-tier secret techniques and the pharmacist inheritance without any of the risk."

"All things considered, it’s a pretty good deal, isn’t it?"

Princess Lan Yue laid out her final cards. She understood him completely now. Unlike those who would risk their lives for money, this man valued his life above all else.

He would eliminate any threat to his safety.

That was why she had also offered him a logical way to resolve the problem.

"You make a very good point. I’m tempted..."

A thoughtful expression appeared on Yang Chan’s face, as if he was genuinely considering her offer.

Just then, Yang Chan suddenly struck. He didn’t use his Flying Needles. Instead, his figure flickered and appeared instantly before Princess Lan Yue, his hands striking various points on her body.

He was disabling her, and at the same time, searching her.

Just as Princess Lan Yue had guessed, Yang Chan lacked a Cultivation Technique to reach the Martial Saint realm. He didn’t even have a technique to reach the Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster Realm.

Obtaining a Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm technique from the Cyan Yuan Sect would be extremely difficult. He would have to replace Gu An and become the new Medicine Hall Master, but that would mean exposing his true Cultivation.

If he didn’t expose his Cultivation, his Martial Arts Cultivation would be delayed for years, perhaps even decades, which was not something Yang Chan was willing to accept.

If he didn’t want to waste that much time, he would have to find a technique to break through to Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmaster through other channels, not to mention a technique to reach the realm of a National Guardian Martial Saint. The difficulty of doing so was immense.

In the entire history of the Great Zhou Imperial Dynasty, the number of National Guardian Martial Saints could be counted on one hand. One could only imagine how difficult it would be to obtain their legacy.

Therefore, Princess Lan Yue, who had delivered herself right to his doorstep, was an excellent opportunity.

However, Yang Chan hated complications. He wanted the benefits, but he had no intention of shouldering the risks. That was why he was searching her now.

After a thorough search, his expression turned grim.

It was just as Princess Lan Yue had said; she wasn’t carrying any hidden Cultivation Techniques.

Instead, he found things like Inner Armor, a Mask, Hidden Weapons, and Elixirs. But what he truly wanted was nowhere to be found, not even a scrap of information related to the pharmacist inheritance.

Yang Chan didn’t know if the Great Zhou Imperial Family forbade her from carrying them, or if she had intentionally left them behind. Either way, it was bad news for him.

"You’re shameless!"

After Yang Chan struck, Princess Lan Yue was instantly immobilized, but she could clearly feel his hands searching her body.

She knew what Yang Chan was after, of course, but she was still furious.

As a chaste maiden, no man had ever even seen her body, let alone touched it.

Now, this man was taking such liberties with her. The thought filled Princess Lan Yue with rage.

"There’s really nothing. A pity."

"Look into my eyes."

A look of regret crossed Yang Chan’s face as he spoke suddenly.

An eerie light flashed in Yang Chan’s eyes as he stared directly into hers.

He was using the Soul Capturing Technique, which he had taken from the No-Life Evil Cult. He had never intended to practice this skill, but after his trip to White Jade City, he decided it might have its uses. He had spent a little time cultivating it to Tier One.

As for the No-Life Evil Cult’s *Taiyin Heavenly God Skill*, he had chosen not to practice it. Its limitations were too great, and it was no longer necessary for him. He was already an Inner Master and possessed the Sword Master class, which enhanced his Spiritual Power, so there was no need to resort to such an Evil Technique.

Right now, Yang Chan intended to use the Soul Capturing Technique to extract the cultivation techniques he wanted from Princess Lan Yue’s mind.

Princess Lan Yue’s proposal was excellent. But he only trusted the dead. After all, dead men tell no tales and can’t expose secrets.