C26. Powerhouses in the Capital

As soon as Kai Chem entered the capital city not only Chain Hai but the Medicine Palace and The Frost Valley got the information about it. They were waiting for Kai Chen for over a week for different kinds of reasons. Both Chain Hai and Medicine Palace sent their men to keep a close eye on Kai Chen for safety measures.

The third faction was the Frost Valley. Zhao Nan was the son of the patriarch of the Frost Valley and the sole heir. Their influence and wealth in the Azure Kingdom was not by any means inferior to the Chain Ho clan.

There are mainly five powerhouses in the Azure kingdom. First was the current king's Royal house, the second was the Prism Phoenix Academy, the third was the medicine Palace, the fourth is the Chain Ho clan, and lastly the Braveheart clan of the second duke of the Azure kingdom.

These clans have been at odds with each other for generations to prove who is more powerful, the royal family had always been cautious about them. After all no matter how loyal a tiger becomes there is always a possibility of getting killed one day.

The Royal Family can hardly keep them in check. To solve this problem to some extent and other clans never become a threat to the Royal Family in the future, the two most powerful factions decided to help Royal Family to keep other clans in check. It was the Prism Phoenix Academy and the Medicine Palace.

They were the only faction created by the founder of the Azure Kingdom and the Royal family trusted them without a fraction of doubt. It is believed that both factions were established even before the kingdom.

To this day they have extended their branch all over the four kingdoms. They also help from time to time to protect the kingdom from invaders and demon beasts.

Because all the other clans were heavily dependent on them for Pills, talented students. The Prism Phoenix Academy and the Medicine Palace decided to never be involved in the rankings based on power and will coexist peacefully and considered revoking their names from the ranking. That's why they were replaced by the Frost Valley and the Spring Tower.

The Frost Valley has been supported by the Chain Ho clan and the Spring Tower has the support of the Braveheart clan. They give the dukes clan a large amount of wealth to provide protection.

Although they might have wealth comparable to the Chain Ho clan and the Braveheart clan, they lack strength compared to the clan of the dukes.

They were initially known as the replacement clan but with time both replacement clans gain strength and influence with the help of the duke clans and removed the tag of replacement permanently and became the true powerhouses of the Azure kingdom.

But they still have to rely on the duke clans for power. Which they wanted to change for a long time. But unable to do so.

The capital city was full of power struggles. The more powerful you are the more people respect you and keep you in high regard. They will fear you and try to get close to you. You will find many people in the capital who will willing to lick the boots of the strong.

People come here from all over the kingdom to attend the exams held by the Prism Phoenix Academy and the Medicine Palace. People who wanted to become fighters attend the entrance exam held by the Prism Phoenix academy and the people who wanted to become alchemists attend the entrance exam held by the Medicine Palace.

The coachman carefully asked, "Young master, where should I take you first?" the coachman was loyal to Kai Feng as his family served the Dragon claw clan for generations.

His family served under Kai Chen's household.

Kai Chen didn't have a place in the capital to stay like the kids of influential families have. He will have to book a cheap boarding house to stay in the back street of the capital.

After entering the Dragon Phoenix Academy, the academy will assign a room in the dorm for students who have no place to stay in the capital, but he has yet to become a student of the academy.

People can live in a boarding house,

However, he didn't have enough money to stay in any boarding house for too many days. Kai Feng gave him one hundred silver coins when he sent him off. With that much money, he could hardly spend three to four days in the capital.

But before searching for a good boarding house to stay he decided to visit the Chain Ho clan. Since today is the day he has to fulfill his promise with Chain Hai, he didn't wanna be on a bad term with him.

To fulfill his promise he needed some herbs from the Medicine Palace, also he has to give them the full recipe of the White sun pill. It will also solve his financial problems. He knew that he will face financial problems as soon as he entered the capital city, that was the reason to send Kai Feng beforehand.

"Let's visit The Medicine Palace First since I need to buy some medicine for someone. And also have some important matters to discuss" Kai Chen smiled.

When Kai Chen arrived at the Medicine Palace doorstep, unlike Kai Feng who sweating and shivering, Kai Chen didn't hesitate a bit and entered the Medicine Palace like he owns the place.

The customers walking in and out of the Medicine Palace as well as the associate of the Palace made disgusting faces. They thought of Kai Chen as a country bumpkin and an ill-mannered brat who doesn't know how high the sky is.

Kai Chen didn't even bother to see them and calmly place the Golden Dragon engraved dragon in front of the counter and said. "Call your grandmaster I want to meet him."